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Students in Shock after Ceiling Collapses at Latinx Theme House
“It was somewhere that felt like ours.”

COVID-19 update: Environment returns to yellow-high
Campus COVID-19 level raised to yellow-high as positive COVID-19 cases increase on campus

Trayvon Martin’s mother urges Black students not to give up the good fight
The Student Association of Black Unity sponsored the conference
COVID-19 update: Conduct probation and internship cancellations
Some students are asked to finish the term virtually. Others are told that their summer plans are cancelled

Campus environment level increases as more students are quarantined
26 students are in on-campus isolation and quarantine housing and 132 students are quarantining elsewhere

University eases rules due to low COVID-19 positivity rates during arrival and surveillance testing
Students can now visit one another in their residences as long as they wear masks and social distance.

The fate of summer research programs: Canceled or virtual?
President Will Dudley announced that all summer programs will be canceled or online, but the associate provost is hopeful that the program could still be in-person at the end of the summer.

How Lexington nonprofits are responding to the community’s needs with coronavirus
Rockbridge Area Relief Association set up a drive-thru

University cancels all athletic events
The women’s lacrosse team was one team whose season was cut short by the decision

How professors are navigating canceled spring term courses and the potential of online classes
The university is expanding spring term class numbers to account for students who were enrolled in cancelled abroad courses

Trevor Noah discusses the political divide in America
The keynote speaker touched on serious topics while keeping the audience laughing with Trump and Obama impressions

Jim Acosta predicts Michael Bloomberg as Democratic presidential nominee
The politics and media panel kicked off Washington and Lee University's 2020 Mock Convention