WHICH WILL BEGIN IN THE UPCOMING
SPRING SEMESTER.
KEVIN, OVER TOU.
>> Kevin: INCREDIBLE, ST. THOMAS
IN FLORIDA IS PLEDGING TO BRING
STUDENTS BACK TO CAMPUS NEXT
WEEK, A STARK RELIEF TO SOME
COLLEGES WHO ARE BEGINNING THE
SEMESTER REMOTELY, DESPITE
ACCEPTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
GOVERNMENT COVID FUNDS. HERE TO REACT IS DAVID
HERE TO REACT IS DAVID
ARMSTRONG, SENIOR AT ABIGALE AND
AUDREY, WHO IS REMOTE LEARNING
FOR THE FIRST COUPLE SEMESTERS
AND STUDENT JORDAN.
PROFESSOR ARMSTRONG ISSUE
PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG, LET ME
BEGIN WITH YOU.
AS SOMEONE WHO LIVED IN SOUTH
FLORIDA, I’M FAMILIAR WITH YOUR
UNIVERSITY, IT IS WELL REGARDED
AND STUDENTS APPRECIATE THE FACT
YOU ARE MAKING SURE OPTIMAL
EDUCATION IS HAPPENING BY HAVING
STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. FROM THE
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, WE
MADE THE DECISION TO MAKE
DECISIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE
DECISIONS BASED ON PANIC, MAKE
DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT WAS BEST
TO GIVE STUDENTS FULL COLLEGIATE
EXPERIENCE AND WITH SUPPORT OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE’VE
PURCHASED THINGS AND CHEMICAL,
BIOSCIENCE, TO CLEAN THE CAMPUS
AND MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE WE
GIVE A FULL EXPERIENCE,
ATHLETICALLY, STUDENT
ACTIVITIES, STUDENT LIFE AND SET
THREE YEARS OF STRAIGHT RECORD
IN THE HISTORY OF THE LAW SCHOOL
THIS YEAR.
>> Kevin: AND A STELLAR LAW
SCHOOL TO BOOT.
IT IS ANYONE’S JOY TO GET OUT
AND SEE THE PALM TREES,
SOMETIMES IT DOES HELP HAVING
ACTIVITY WITH PROFESSORS AND
FELLOW STUDENTS 6789.
TELL ME WHAT THAT IS LIKE FOR
SNU
>> I’VE HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE
AT ST. THOMAS.
WE ARE TAKING NECESSARY
PREKAUGSZS TO ENSURE A SAFE
SEMESTER.
>> Kevin: AUDREY, YOU’RE
UNFORTUNATELY DOING REMOTE
LEARNING FOR THE FIRST COUPLE
WEEKS UP IN CHICAGO.
I GET IT, SOMETIMES THIS SORT OF
THING HAPPENS, I’M SURE YOU’D
LIKE TO GET BACK AND SEE YOUR
FELLOW STUDENTS.
HOW ARE YOU HANDLING THE REMOTE
LEARNING CIRCUMSTANCE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WISH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
WERE SIMILARLY FOLLOWING THE
SCIENCE, IT IS A LITTLE BIT
EMBARRASSING WE’RE GOING BACK TO
MORE COVID THEATER, ZOOM
UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS A LOUSY
SUBSTITUTE FOR IN-PERSON, REAL
EDUCATION
EDUCATION, THERE IS NO EXCUSE
ANYMORE.
>> Kevin: AND NO COMPARISON IS
WHAT I’M HEARING FROM COLLEGE
STUDENTS.
JORDAN, I THINK YOU WOULD
PROBABLY AGREE, WHAT IS YOUR
TAKE?
>> AT VANDERBILT, WE’VE BEEN
LOCKED DOWN AT BEGINNING OF
SCHOOL.
I CAN’T LEAVE MY DORM ROOM TO GO
TO THE LIBRARY OR EAT AT THE
CITY HALL.
WE COULD BE EXPELLED.
I TRANSFERRED TO CALIFORNIA,
THINKING THEY WOULD BE MORE
SALIENT, TURNS OUT YOU HAVE THE
SAME WOKE ADMINISTRATORS THERE
AS IN CHICAGO.
THEY ARE IRRATIONALE.
>> Kevin: YOU ARE A SMART
STUDENT, IF YOU GOT INTO VANDY.
THE COLLEGES THAT RECEIVED
GOVERNMENT MONEY ARE MASSIVE
ARMENTS OF MONEY TO ENSURE
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND GET
STUDENTS BACK, YALE, DUKE,
TEMPLE.
U-DUB IN SEATTLE, VANDY AND DOWN
AT THE U, 41 MILLION.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GETTING
UP EARLY FOR US AND SPENDING
TIME AS WE CONTINUE TO UNPACK