The Hofstra Chronicle, February 15, 2022

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THE HOFSTRA

CHRONICLE

HEMPSTEAD, NY VOLUME 88 ISSUE 1

TUESDAY February 15, 2022

KEEPING THE HOFSTRA COMMUNITY INFORMED SINCE 1935.

NEWS

Hofstra mask policy adjusted

By Dickinson-Frevola

Following Hochul’s announcement, Hofstra University President Susan Poser issued a statement to the student body, stating that the administration would be reevaluating the school’s mask policy Adam Flash/The Hofstra Chronicle in the coming weeks, Hofstra President Susan Poser speaks at a Student Government Association (SGA) meeting. in tandem with conversations with NorthNew York Governor Kathy well Health. While masks are Hochul has announced the end still required in classrooms of the indoor mask mandates, and administrative buildings effective on Feb. 10, adding that the state could reassess the on campus, Poser announced that mask requirements for mandate in March, depending on reported numbers moving CONTINUED ON A3 forward. M ANAG I N G E D I TO R

OPINION

The price I pay for education should not be my life or the lives of others

announcement in 2020, over five and a half million people have perished as a result of the disease or associated conditions. Last week, President Susan Poser sent an email to the Hofstra body, lifting mask mandates for spectators in Photo courtesy of Reuters the Mack Arena, an indoor locaHofstra students disagree with new controversial tion. Attendees mask policy. are still required By Haley Kugler to show proof of vaccination SPECIA L TO TH E C H R O N ICLE prior to entry, which is about as effective as putting a tank top on We are approaching the to go outside in the snow. The second anniversary of the virus does not care if the student classification of COVID-19 as body is vaccinated against the a pandemic. Since the initial variants, or if you sit six feet

Features

Professing their love: Gail and J. Bret Bennington

Julian Rocha / The Hofstra Chronicle Gail and J. Bret Bennington in Breslin Hall.

By Julian Rocha FEATUR E S E D I TO R

College is often a place where people fall in love. Perhaps two lab partners have chemistry together in more ways than one,

or maybe the next person in line at Starbucks is a total catch. However, this phenomenon is not limited to students, as professors also fall for each other. J. Bret Bennington, chair of the department of geology, environ-

ment and sustainability, and Gail Bennington, an adjunct professor in the same department, are a prime example of this. A Hofstra graduate with degrees in geology and science education, Gail Bennington began working as a high school earth science teacher shortly after finishing college. One of her former professors invited her and two other students to go on a field trip with the Hofstra geology department. “When I got on the bus,” Gail Bennington said, “I sat next to Bret, and I had never met him before. We started chatting, and we got along great.”

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away from one another without masks on. Diseases spread with contact are exacerbated by exposed pathways – specifically, the nose and mouth. The aforementioned email also included discussions that Hofstra would be “reevaluating” its mask policy following the actions of Governor Hochul and discussions with Northwell Health.

“I can no longer say I am proud of this university’s response to such a deadly communicable disease.”

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