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UPCOMING EVENTS

“Yeah we’ll leave but we’re not happy about it” Thursday, March 12 Harvard Yard, 10 a.m.

According to the Facebook page of this student-created event, students will protest Harvard’s instruction for undergraduates to vacate campus to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Students will “dissent in groups of 25” in response to advice from the University that students can have “non-essential gatherings of no more than 25 people.” The Facebook event currently lists over 1,000 students attending and describes the event as “housing day minus the housing plus righteous fury.” Students make their way through Harvard Yard in the sunny weather Tuesday afternoon. RYAN N. GAJARAWALA—CRIMSON PHOTOGRAPHER

DAILY BRIEFING

All Harvard courses will move to remote instruction beginning March 23 as a result of a growing global coronavirus outbreak, University President Lawrence S. Bacow announced in an email Tuesday morning. The University will also ask students not to return from spring break. In other news, several Harvard faculty members said that, while they still need to iron out several details, they felt largely prepared to deliver classes online for the rest of the semester.

IN THE REAL WORLD

National Guard Sent to New Rochelle, N.Y. With the largest cluster of national cases of coronavirus, all large meeting points in New Rochelle, a town outside of New York City, have been closed. The Governor of New York has announced a one mile containment zone around the city and the National Guard has been called to clean schools and deliver food.

Coachella Postponed Until October Think postponing Housing Day wasn’t bad enough? Now, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is postponed until October. Although coronavirus fears are running high, it is anticipated that most of the original acts will still be featured.

Biden in the Lead in Democratic Primaries With former vice president Joseph R. Biden Jr. winning the Michigan, Mississippi, and Missouri primaries, his lead over U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Democratic primaries has grown. Yet, as expected, coronavirus has touched both of these candidates’ campaigns, resulting in cancelled campaign events.

AROUND THE IVIES

CORNELL Cornell University announced Tuesday that it will transition to digital courses after spring break, according to the Cornell Daily Sun. Students have been asked to leave campus at the start of spring break — which is March 27 for Cornell — and not return for the remainder of the semester. Graduate and professional students will be allowed to continue research and rotations on campus, though they have been encouraged to limit travel and group activities. All events with over 100 people have also been prohibited.

PRINCETON Princeton University announced Tuesday that it will switch to virtual instruction starting on the week of March 23, according to the Daily Princetonian. Princeton said that its policies and practices — including virtualization of lectures and seminars, limiting campus gatherings, and restricting travel — are “based on the concept of social distancing.” Like Yale, Princeton said the policies will be in place until April 5 and be assessed then.

YALE Yale University announced Tuesday that it will hold courses online until at least April 5, and told students to stay home after spring recess, according to the Yale Daily News. Like Harvard, Yale plans to hold classes through Zoom, Canvas, and other online platforms. Yale also instructed students currently on campus to “make every effort” to return home on or before March 15. Yale said they will “reassess” as they approach April 5.

THE UNIVERSITY DAILY, EST. 1873

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