COVID-19

Sep 18, 2023

COVID-19 Rates Spike in July and August

As of early May, COVID-19 hospitalizations and positive test rates have spiked in the US.  Since May 6, 2023, positive COVID tests in the United States have risen from 4.9% to 14.9%, and 7,727 more people have been hospitalized. A similar trend has emerged in Wake County, where there have been 230 more hospitalizations since…

Mar 3, 2022

Bye, Bye Masks? Well, In Some Places

Here is a condensed timeline of the removal of mask mandates within North Carolina: In a press conference on Feb. 17, Governor Roy Cooper recommended that masks be optional after Mar. 7, 2022.  On Feb. 18, Wake County released a statement saying that the Wake County Government will be lifting its mask mandate effective 5…

Feb 3, 2022

Numbers don’t lie. UNC System – What’s good?

What will it really take for the UNC School system to value students’ health over profit? With as much as we are paying in tuition, you would think we could at least be provided with a safe environment to learn in. Truthfully, the only acceptable amount of COVID-19 cases is none. While it may be…

Feb 3, 2022

COVID-19 Campus Update

For the spring semester, NC State has decided to return to full in-person classes, whereas some schools in North Carolina have decided to push back the spring start date, or return to online classes for the first few weeks. Schools like Methodist University are taking a different approach and requiring that all of their students be…

Feb 3, 2022

Omarion Got Hands… The Dap of Doom

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]School has started and the first week of spring has come to an end. But things have just started, in more ways than one. It’s hard to believe that COVID-19 has been a constant for the past two years. One of the things that have also been constant is…

Oct 28, 2021

PackHOWL: A Night of Contagious Fun

PackHOWL was a concert featuring artists Duckwrth and Yung Gravy. The concert was held on Thursday, Oct.14 in Reynolds Coliseum. I have mixed feelings about the event. Before PackHOWL, there was Primetime with the Pack, an event that guests could choose to come to before the concert. Primetime with the Pack was mainly the women’s…

Oct 28, 2021

Students Gain Voting Knowledge

The Kappa Omicron Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated recently hosted their Voting Knowledge program. The program was one of many the sorority hosted during the Fall ‘21 SKEE week. This year’s Voting Knowledge event was forced to go online due to the COVID-19 pandemic but Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was still able…

Oct 28, 2021

Back in Action: 2021 NC State Fair

After being closed last year due to COVID-19, the N.C. State Fair is back. This year’s fair, entitled “Worth The Wait,” was open from Oct. 14, 2021, to Oct. 24, 2021, and featured a wide variety of attractions and food. A total of 821,463 people attended this year’s fair. According to their website, the NC State…

Sep 2, 2021

Students on Federal Vaccine Approval

On Aug. 23, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine, the first vaccine available to the general public. The FDA’s approval includes a name change to Comirnaty (what official people call the Pfizer vaccine) and an age restriction to allow vaccination in individuals over the age of sixteen. Emergency approval is…

Sep 2, 2021

How many cases is too many? When will we pack it up again?

We’ve had 338 COVID-19 cases since Aug. 1. As of Aug. 31 there are currently 44 students on campus in isolation and quarantine. There are 625 students in isolation and quarantine off-campus.  This comes as no surprise, considering the history that NC State has with their lackluster COVID containment protocols. The first three weeks of classes…

Jan 14, 2021

To NCSU Administration: Your Disregard For Human Life Is Simply Irresponsible.

CW: Death, COVID-19 NC State Administration: You have less than 48 hours to fix your shit before students return to on-campus housing. Your disregard for human life is simply irresponsible.    We are tired of begging you to care about the wellbeing of your students, faculty, and staff so this will be brief.    Last semester,…

Aug 18, 2020

To NCSU Administration: If You Don’t Care About Us Then Just Say That

If you don’t care about the lives of your students, faculty and staff, just say that.  After over 130 positive COVID-19 cases (in the span of a week), UNC-Chapel Hill has made the decision to cancel all in-person classes. This is 130 potential lives lost.  How many cases will it take for the NC State Administration…