14
Cabin Fever Days by Layci Froese
The spring semester and COVID-19 fatigue are stressful. Both students and faculty need a break during this time to rest, recover, do homework and grade.
Tentative dates scheduled as Fever Days: Wednesday, March 3; Friday, April 2; and Tuesday, May 4. Some activities will be provided during these days but are intended to slow everyone down.
COVID-19 has complicated the usual spring break and Tabor’s campus has been left wondering whether they can handle the long push through. Thankfully, “We will do our best to strike an appropriate Tabor has decided to incorporate several “Cabin balance between activities and rest,” said Ruiz Fever Days” into the semester for students and Esparza. “When I look at these days I don’t want faculty. to just fill it with activity. I want to create a time for people to rest. It’s OK to rest. It’s OK to pause.” Minimizing COVID-19 exposure and fatigue and providing a time for students and faculty to recover Through this time, students and faculty are are factors that influenced the decision to supplement thankful for the amount of time they have to pause spring break with Cabin Fever days. and the ability to stay in-person. “Last year we lost almost a whole semester,” said Emir Ruiz Esparza, Dean of Student Life. “One thing we wanted to do was gift time through the Cabin Fever days.”
“Everyone is trying to do their best under the circumstances,” said Ruiz Esparza. “We want to do everything we can to stay open and stay in community. Staying open and in-person is the most important thing we can do.”
