Trebor Maitin, Assistant News Editor
• March 25, 2022
While many professors have opted to forgo masking in their classrooms in the wake of updated CDC guidance, mask requirements persist in the halls and classrooms of faculty, and in at least one department...
After an update to CDC guidelines and Covid protocols on campus, Lafayette students will no longer be required to mask up in most indoor settings on campus.
As of Tuesday, masking is no longer required...
Trebor Maitin, Assistant News Editor
• February 18, 2022
As states and localities across the nation ease or erase their mask mandates, the future of masking at Lafayette has come into question. Annette Diorio, the vice president of Campus Life, is taking a “flexible”...
Trebor Maitin, Assistant News Editor
• January 28, 2022
The college's Covid-19 testing plan fell apart after pre-arrival tests failed to ship on time–if at all–to many students, sewing confusion over the updated Covid protocol. Mailboxes remained empty...
Baris Yazici, Contributing Writer
• November 19, 2021
Labor shortages and disrupted supply chains have been a harsh reality since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with repercussions felt by institutions across the country. Lafayette College is no exception.
The...
Baris Yazici, Contributing Writer
• November 5, 2021
While Lafayette’s Bailey Health Center was able to offer the first series of COVID-19 vaccines on campus during last spring semester because of a partnership with St. Luke’s Hospital Network, such...
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Bailey Health Center has been the epicenter of the fight against COVID-19 at Lafayette. Even though many students visited the center this semester, few are likely...
The recent spike in COVID-19 cases on campus coincided with Rush Week. All members of the pledge class are a sophomore or above, and only around one percent of cases during September’s surge were among...
Due to the financial strain of the pandemic, faculty experienced a monetary loss to make up for some of the college's lost funds. On May 28, 2020, the college announced a "progressive pay reduction" and...
After a record 156 COVID-19 active cases was reported Tuesday afternoon, the number of quarantined students as of this Wednesday has finally begun to tick downwards, as of this Wednesday.
The spike began...
Despite almost 100% of students being vaccinated, this week Lafayette experienced its largest spike in COVID-19 cases on campus to date. As of Thursday morning, the college has reported 111 cases from...
With increasing calls for students to get vaccinated, many colleges and universities across the country have announced that they will require COVID-19 vaccinations to return to campus for the Fall 2021...
