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As colleges struggle to bring students back to campus while preventing coronavirus outbreaks, they have suspended or barred from campus hundreds of students accused of violating rules on social distancing, mask-wearing and large gatherings.
In one of the largest crackdowns to date, Ohio State University has told 228 students they must leave campus while their disciplinary cases are pending, school spokesman Ben Johnson said Monday — and classes have not started yet. Johnson emphasized that Ohio State has an enrollment of nearly 70,000 students, many of whom are following the rules, but warned that student organizations “that host or participate in parties or gatherings that are not safe … could lose their university recognition and their university funding.”
“We are reminding students at every possible opportunity that each individual’s choices affect all of us here on campus, and so we all have to do the right thing if we are going to be able to remain here on campus,” Johnson said. “And if we don’t all do the right thing, we could have to go home.”
Other schools that have disciplined students include:
Coronavirus clusters at Central Michigan University spurred concerns about parties, causing university president Bob Davies to announce Monday the suspension of Greek organizations “in-person activities." The school tallied 57 new cases in 7 days, Davies said. To deter mass gatherings, the administration would also issue fines and suspensions and work with off-campus housing managers.
The University of Tennessee, where WBIR reports that four students face suspension or more for misconduct: Three allegedly hosted rule-breaking parties, while a fourth did not isolate while positive for the novel coronavirus.
Purdue University in Indiana, which last week suspended a cooperative house and 36 students who went to a party, according to the Indianapolis Star. The university president has banned attendance at parties that do not meet its requirements on mask-wearing and social distancing.
The University of Connecticut, where students have also been kicked out of campus housing for gathering without masks and proper distancing, WBUR reported.
Drake University in Iowa, which told 14 students to leave campus for two weeks, citing broken rules on gatherings, according to local news station KCCI.
More than 530 University of Alabama students, faculty and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus since classes started Aug. 19, according to data released by the school Monday. As on-campus cases have climbed, the city of Tuscaloosa announced Monday it would close bars and shut down bar service in restaurants.
Syracuse University, which published a blistering letter Aug. 20 saying a “large group of first-year students” would face discipline for an evening quad event that “selfishly jeopardized” the residential experience. The letter warned that they “may have done damage enough to shut down campus, including residence halls and in-person learning, before the academic semester even begins.”