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Subject: Columbia and Barnard move to online classes, confirm quarantine community member for exposure to COVID-19
Columbia and Barnard will be suspending their classes this Monday and Tuesday before moving all of their course instruction online for the rest of the week, according to an announcement sent by University President Lee Bollinger on Sunday evening. The email also confirmed that a member of the Columbia community is in self-quarantine on campus as a result of his exposure to COVID-19, though he has not been diagnosed with the virus at this point.
Sunday, March 08, 2020
Columbia and Barnard Move to Online Classes, Confirm Quarantine Community Member for Exposure to COVID-19
Columbia's decision to cancel classes follows actions taken by others across the nation—such as Stanford University and the University of Washington—which have mobilized emergency planning teams and taken measures to follow recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
With the growing threat of a pandemic, universities have faced acute disruptions in their daily operations. Students abroad and international students await more information regarding travel requirements, as Columbia continues to release updates on CDC recommendations. Columbia also has one of the largest international student and scholar populations in the United States, and China is the most-represented international country.
Follow our ongoing coverage for a more comprehensive look at how the new coronavirus outbreak will impact Columbia's campus, both in the short term and for months to come.
When news of the virus first began circulating over winter break, Barnard students returning from the Hubei province of China found that they would be recommended to self-quarantine. By mid-February, 13 Barnard students had self-isolated upon returning from China at the recommendation of the University, some of whom were under the impression that they would face violations from the Barnard Student Code of Conduct if they did not follow the instructions.
The growing fear of COVID-19 has also sparked concerns over anti-Chinese sentiment around campus. These conversations came to a head following the discovery that students had torn down and burned the nametags of two Chinese students on a floor of East Campus residence hall. Prior to that incident, in early February, students found a blackboard in Butler Library on which a student had written "Wuhan virus isolation area" in Chinese.
Precautions ramped up in early March, when the University began urging student groups to cancel nonessential organized events of more than 25 attendees on campus. Among the canceled events were the annual John Jay Dinner, at which Columbia College presents six alumni with an award for "distinguished professional achievement," and the two weekends of Days on Campus, at which newly admitted students have the opportunity to shadow classes and meet their peers. Professors also took their own steps to move classes online and midterms out of the classroom, while Columbia suspended sponsored overseas travel and encouraged students in high-risk areas to leave to safer locations.
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WORLD STOCKS DOWN 8%--PORTEND POSSIBLE CRASH IN US
Unfortunately,I woke up around 4am,checked out the stock futures and STILL found them lock limit down--5%.
Then I scrolled to the open stock markets in Europe and saw the damage:DAX,the German index down 8 1/2% and FTSE,the British market down almost 9%.
A similar fall in our S&P would mean 250 points--to 2720--from Friday's close of 2972(which has already crashed from 3370 in one week,because of COVID-19 fears.)
Add to that the fact that crude oil prices are collapsing a historic $15 a barrel and you have a recipe for a disastrous Monday.The Federal Reserve must stop an epic fall with some kind of emergency edict,or predictions of another Great Depression will follow--the same which were erroneously called for after 1987's one day record 23% crash.That was attributed to computer trading gone beserk--the Depression never arrived,stocks came back and then some.The economy in 1987 was sound--there was no fear of a pandemic.Today,if the Fed does not intercede,untold wealth will be lost by Americans and Europeans alike.
With a possible pandemic striking in the next two months,a stock market crash is the LAST thing we need.
Note:It's now 4:32am and Germany has rallied a percent--no big deal.It will trade back and forth in a range.The true damage will only be known at 4pm-when our stock markets close for the day.It seems very grim at the moment.I'm hoping for the best.
---GRA
Why not do on line classes all the time then.
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