cognitive dissonance: The Atlantic article

[Hibush]

Current state regulations require that students arriving from approximately three dozen other states will have to quarantine and attend classes remotely for the first two weeks of the semester.

Yesterday, Syracuse U said they don't have enough room for out-of-state students to do the New York State 14-day quarantine so Syracuse U is looking into reduced rate hotel rooms for the 2,000 affected students.

Yeah, right.  Let's say it's $100 a night.  A student will pay $1,400 plus meals (and who will deliver the meals?) to quarantine in a hotel for two weeks before the semester starts?  LOL!

Edit: I used my 500th post for that!  It should have been something cheerful!

I believe that tourism in Syracuse this summer is lagging, so the university may be able to negotiate a better rate than that.

[kaysixteen]

Syracuse ain't gonna expect that these out of state students will pay for their own quarantine quarters, are they?  I would assume that the uni will have to pony up the bucks to put these kids into quarantine hotels, right?

[glowdart]

Because students who are on campus will have a mix of F2F and online classes, they will need spaces on campus to participate in synchronous online classes, because they won't have time to shuttle back and forth between their dorms or apartments. Our campus doesn't have those spaces.[/li][/list]

Oh, dear. Neither do we.

I do not think our committee on fall semester improbabilities has thought this one through yet.

[spork]

Because students who are on campus will have a mix of F2F and online classes, they will need spaces on campus to participate in synchronous online classes, because they won't have time to shuttle back and forth between their dorms or apartments. Our campus doesn't have those spaces.[/li][/list]

Oh, dear. Neither do we.

I do not think our committee on fall semester improbabilities has thought this one through yet.

Here's another one that probably hasn't been thought through yet: meals in the dining hall, with food in washable plates, bowls, and cups, will supposedly be replaced by prepackaged items to be eaten where, outdoors? Certainly not in classroom buildings, where everyone is supposed to be masked at all times. And where is all that extra trash going to go? Will walkways be lined with trash bins that are emptied three times a day?   

[Diogenes]

Related article:

https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/614410/

"Mistakes were made, but not by me." -your administration mid-fall

[glowdart]

Because students who are on campus will have a mix of F2F and online classes, they will need spaces on campus to participate in synchronous online classes, because they won't have time to shuttle back and forth between their dorms or apartments. Our campus doesn't have those spaces.[/li][/list]

Oh, dear. Neither do we.

I do not think our committee on fall semester improbabilities has thought this one through yet.

Here's another one that probably hasn't been thought through yet: meals in the dining hall, with food in washable plates, bowls, and cups, will supposedly be replaced by prepackaged items to be eaten where, outdoors? Certainly not in classroom buildings, where everyone is supposed to be masked at all times. And where is all that extra trash going to go? Will walkways be lined with trash bins that are emptied three times a day?   

Oh, the new trash cans will be emptied by... wait... we laid off.... Hmm.