It’s not until mile five that I get that flying feeling.
THE SOPHIAN
Traducción de Laisha Aniceto
Por Sara DaSilva
Universidad en un formato completamente remoto ni siquiera se acerca a lo que ofrece la experiencia en el campus, tanto para estudiantes como para profesores. Desafortunadamente, dado que COVID-19 sigue siendo una crisis de salud pública, Smith y muchas otras universidades y distritos escolares han considerado que un semestre completamente remoto es la mejor opción. “Zoom University”, como la han acuñado los estudiantes, viene con sus desafíos y experiencias únicos. Ya sea que se encuentre en Northampton, Bangladesh, Alaska o Mississippi, los herreros se han unido en una comunidad virtual para seguir avanzando y marcar otro semestre hacia la graduación. Entrevisté a nueve estudiantes y cinco miembros de la facultad para preguntarles cómo les va a “Zoom University”.
There are red modes and green modes and phases of arrival; weekly testing, mandatory masking, and “enhanced” remote formats; a .02 coronavirus positivity rate at “peer institutions”; and an expected 1,700 undergraduate Smith students welcome back on campus.
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College in a fully remote format is not even close to what the on campus experience provides–for both students and professors. Unfortunately, with COVID-19 remaining…
We spoke with three Smithies who, in their own unique ways, have built a home for themselves while Smith’s campus remains closed to the majority of students.
As college students around the country awaited an announcement from their school’s leadership regarding the decision for the Fall 2020 semester, people everywhere were asking a similar logistical question: what do I think is the best solution for education during a pandemic?
As Twitter user @jishnu_bandu so eloquently put it, in the era of COVID-19, in some of the dimmest of times in recent history, one must remember: “As you binge watched your thirteenth entire series, or read a book, or sleep to music, remember. Remember that in the darkest days, when everything stopped, you turned to artists.” This is true. We have all become heavy, gluttonous consumers of all forms of media.
In a letter to the Smith community on Monday, Nov. 23, President McCartney announced the college’s plan for the spring 2021 semester which will allow…