Category: Campus & Community

I remember seeing my friends, but now I just hear their voices over Discord calls. As a person accustomed to long bouts of being left alone, isolation challenges the extent of my love for time to myself.

Air is a funny thing. As a nurse, Anna Njau has witnessed the lack of it. She held the hands of gasping patients in the final throes of pulmonary diseases and lung cancer.

I never imagined that my life would change in such drastic ways, let alone the lives of millions across the globe would too. This is not just an issue I can watch unfold and develop, but one that I can personally feel the impact of.

Four days after Elle Kolquist landed in Los Angeles was when the pandemic forced most businesses to shut down and the CDC began to enforce social distancing.

I did not have any issues with schooling until I went back to work. I got bored of sitting at home doing nothing once my homework was completed — I wanted to do more.

I probably won’t see anyone new besides my family and my roommate for at least another month. I want people to stop feeling afraid, and the sooner we can get this beast under reigns, the better.