Independent student newspaper of Washington and Lee University

The Ring-tum Phi
Independent student newspaper of Washington and Lee University

The Ring-tum Phi
Independent student newspaper of Washington and Lee University

The Ring-tum Phi
Masks are no longer required in campus buildings. Dining hall staff worked without masks this week for the first time in almost two years. Photo by Elena Lee, ’25.

W&L loosens campus masking guidelines

Masks are now only required in the health center and classes with professor-made requests
Bri Hatch
March 15, 2022
As of Jan. 30, 38 of the university’s 47 isolation/quarantine beds are occupied. This means the isolation/quarantine space on campus is 80.9% full. Photo by Jess Kishbaugh, ’24.

Prison on campus?

Washington and Lee takes a nonsensical approach to Omicron
Victoria Ernst
February 1, 2022

COVID-19 Update: W&L plans for winter and spring semesters

One in-person semester finished. With two more to go, W&L looks at how to make next semester safer and better.
Jin Ni
November 19, 2020
Students social distance on the Colonnade.

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.
Nobel Manaye, Vivek Kumar, Jin Ni, and Avalon Pernell
September 10, 2020
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