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lable of Contents A semester in the Moonrise Hotel WU students use remote classes as an opportunity to explore the country How WU’s quarantine and isolation housing handled the fall semester’s COVID-19 surge The freshman perspective: Reflecting on dorm life in the fall 2020 semester Practice COVID-19 etiquette in your dorms We are guests in the St. Louis community Housing guide

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A semester in the

Moonrise Hotel Julia Robbins Staff Writer

She was also unable to download PDF readings off of Canvas for a class assignment: “I waited a full three minutes and then said Students living at the Moonf-ck it and stress ate some ice rise Hotel this past semester woke cream.” up with king-sized beds and WiEspecially at the beginning of Fi problems, a once-a-week clean- the year, students were facing a ing service, seven-minute bike lot of these Wi-Fi difficulties and rides to school, a glitchy Grubthey brought these concerns to Hub food system and wonderful Residential Life. connections with the hotel staff.

ResLife subsequently delivered Fifty-three students were personal Wi-Fi hotspots to every assigned to the Moonrise for the student at the Moonrise while the fall semester, and 43 students are ResLife Operations team worked assigned to the Moonrise for the with Student Technology Serspring semester. Of the students vices and the Moonrise Hotel to in the Moonrise, 50% are sophoupgrade the overall high-speed mores, and 25% are juniors and internet system. seniors.

After the system was upgradAssociate Director of Resied, ResLife asked residents to redential Life Andrew Wills, wrote turn the hotspots, which students in an email to Student Life that contested because the upgraded residents of the Moonrise are a Wi-Fi didn’t work as well as the combination of students who hotspots. chose to room randomly, whose “Wi-Fi is essential for us to do roommates weren’t returning for our schoolwork, but the infrathe fall, who did not want to be structure that enables that was assigned randomly with a student really lacking,” Choi said. or who requested a private room While students were able to with a private bath. keep these hotspots, the difficulStudents noted common issues ties created in the first part of the during their first semester living semester have not been forgotten. at the Moonrise, including diffi“In September I went through culties with the Wi-Fi and food 15 gigabytes of hotspot data in services. two weeks beacuse I had to use Resident Advisor and senior my phone hotspot for anything Katherine Choi remembered back that I wanted to do using my to the start of the year, when computer, my iPad, my phone––I she was forced to cancel a Zoom had to use my data,” Wilson said. meeting with her residents after Alfred ran through all of his only 10 minutes because of the off campus meal points within the glitchy internet connection. Anfirst two weeks because he had to other day she had to lead a discus- spend so much time on campus to sion in class and ended up using work. “I was headed to campus a the cellular data on her phone. lot, because the Wi-Fi was horri-

ble and I literally couldn’t get any work done [at the Moonrise].”

Every resident in the Moonrise was required to purchase the same off-campus meal plan that Alfred flew through in his first few weeks.

“All students living in Residential Life housing are required to have a dining meal plan,” Wills wrote. “To offer consistent meals and nutritional options for our students, we require the minimum meal plan (off-campus plan) at the Moonrise Hotel.”

“There was no guarantee that dining options during the pandemic would be available outside of the WUSTL Dining Services program to students,” Wills wrote. “This benefit allows students to have a guaranteed opportunity for reliable, safely prepared, delivered and nutritional based food items from a mobile ordering platform.”

Students living at Moonrise can order food through the Grubhub app. For delivery, residents had certain windows of time where they could place their order for each meal.

Choi said that there have been instances of people ordering food and it never being delivered, in addition to students facing difficulties with the windows of availability.

“I helped out one of my own residents pretty recently because he didn’t get his food for dinner,” Choi said. “I keep some leftover meals in my fridge so I gave him some of that....Especially when it’s dinner time and it’s past business hours, and nobody at dinner services is going to pick up your call

it gets pretty rough.”

In addition to ordering food from campus, students can purchase food from the hotel restaurant or from a grab and go kiosk in the lobby of the hotel.

Staff at the Moonrise sent out a survey to Wash. U. students to help develop a menu for the Eclipse Restaurant at the Moonrise that specifically caters to Wash. U. students. This menu, aptly named the “Wash. U. Student Menu” is available every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The menu includes salads, sandwiches, main courses and pub food like wings and tacos. A sandwich whimsically titled “Not Ya Momma’s Grilled Cheese” sits at the top of the sandwich list at 8 dollars.

Wilson said that while he was overall disappointed by how ResLife responded to issues, including Wi-Fi and food issues, but “the actual Moonrise staff has been amazing.”

The warmth of the staff was the one common positive aspect of living at the Moonrise that all three students brought up.

“The staff went above and beyond and thought of solutions to try to make living there as best as possible,” Wilson said.

Wilson said this accommodating spirit included creating the Wash. U.-specific food menu and acquiring a machine at the restaurant so students could pay for food with Bear Bucks.

“Most people that work in the hotel, I know their name, they know my name,” Wilson said.

“And I feel like that goes for most of the residents.”

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‘If there was ever a time to take time off from school, this would be it’:

WU students use remote classes as an opportunity to explore the country Em McPhie Senior News Editor Washington University’s fall plan left many underclassmen living alone in double or triple rooms while some upperclassmen scrambled to find replacements for canceled campus housing contracts and others simply chose to take classes from home. For some students however, the semester became an opportunity to try living in an entirely new setting.

Sophomore Alaina Baumohl took a leave of absence for the fall to work on a small organic farm in Yellville, Ark., about five hours south of St. Louis. Baumohl and one of her previous suitemates found the opportunity through World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF), a network that connects visitors with sustainable farms where they work in exchange for room and board.

“The farm that we were at was not a commercial farm—it was more like a homestead,” Bahmoul said. “Eighty percent of the food they eat is stuff that they have grown or meat that they have processed there on their property…

They have a huge garden and three goats that help manage the land.

They’re basically living lawnmowers, they’re very cute.”

In addition to the goats, the farm had three dogs, two sheep, 30 laying hens, 45 meat hens and a few roosters.

“Part of what [the farm is] establishing in their garden, in

addition to all the foods, is a dye garden,” she said. “I actually got to help harvest indigo and learn the process to turn the indigo leaves into the paste you use for natural dying. That was one of the coolest parts of the experience...we were just constantly learning new things.”

One of the more challenging things Bahmoul got to participate in was meat processing.

“It was a bit emotionally difficult for me...but it was definitely the most unique experience,” she said. “Personally I eat meat, and it’s a very real part of the food chain, so it was really eye opening and I’m glad I was able to do it. I would tell anybody who has the opportunity to process meat and eats meat to do it, because it has changed my relationship with food for sure.”

Like Bahmoul, junior Samm Kaiser spent the fall learning about farming. She lived on a friend’s family farm in Iroquois County, one of the least densely populated areas in Illinois.

“Right now, it’s a very traditional Midwest corn and soybean farm,” Kaiser said. “But they have this vision of transforming it into a sustainable farm, and so we started the process of getting that off the ground this semester.”

While she wasn’t taking classes through the University, Kaiser said she felt like she was getting handson experience for her Environmental Studies minor through a mix of outdoor and indoor work.

“The outdoor work was your typical farm stuff,” she said. “We burned a lot of stuff to make fancy compost, shifting through people

manning the bonfire. And the biggest thing I did was build these garden beds that we’re going to be planting vegetables in in the spring—they’re built out of concrete blocks, so there was a lot of hauling concrete blocks and drilling and setting them up. We put together the tree nursery, which mainly involves a lot of raking dirt, so that took a couple weeks of raking using this fancy lawnmower thing to make sure that the soil was soft enough that we could dig.”

Kaiser described her indoor work as being equally important, involving tasks like grant writing, research into sustainable agriculture practices and recruiting people to come to the farm in the spring.

“It was just a good way to meet new people during a time when that’s kind of not possible,” she added.

Junior Wyatt Pelton and three of his friends did not want to take a leave of absence from the University, but they also didn’t like the idea of returning to St. Louis unable to see friends or participate in their usual activities due to social distancing guidelines. When the University canceled their housing contracts at the end of July, it was the push they needed to find somewhere else to go.

After a few stressful weeks of searching, the group found a house in Arizona, where the weather would stay warm year-round and within easy driving distance of several scenic destinations.

“We figured that...it’d be good for mental health, especially because everyone has to stay away from people, if we could get out-

side and do some fun outdoor activities without it being absolutely frigid,” Pelton said. “So we ended up settling in Scottsdale and we spent the semester trying to find national parks nearby to go to.”

One of Pelton’s favorite trips was to White Sands in New Mexico, about six hours from where he was living.

“The sand there is such pure white it looks like snow, so you’re standing there in the hot sun in a T-shirt but feeling like you’re in a snowy area—it’s very surreal,” he said. “We drove in during the day and then got there that evening and just saw the most stunning sunset I’ve ever seen. And then we even stayed the whole next day into the next evening because we wanted to see it again.”

Pelton and his roommates balanced weekend trips to places like Joshua Tree and Horseshoe Bend with their coursework in the engineering school.

“A lot of it has just been quiet days in the house,” Pelton added.

“It’s just relaxing to be somewhere that’s a little warmer. Even a daily walk or a bike ride or something does a lot for your mental health… and a lot of our classes are either project-based or the lectures are posted for you to watch at your leisure, so it’s given us a lot of flexibility.”

Sophomore Sophia Conroy couldn’t settle on just one place to be during the fall, so she and one of her childhood friends built a bed into the back of a minivan and went on a two-month road trip across the country.

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EXPLORING from page 8 “We hit 28 states and went to 16 national parks...occasionally staying with some people that we knew and stopping to see friends in St. Louis and in D.C., but mainly just hiking and seeing lots of new places,” Conroy said. “I really hated online classes in the spring, and even though most of my friends were going back, I was feeling like if there was ever a time to take time off from school and like do something cool, this would be it.”

Conroy worked at a restaurant over the summer while weighing her options for the upcoming semester, and was influenced by some of her coworkers’ stories.

“A lot of my coworkers had worked in really cool places or in national parks—one of my coworkers had worked in Yellowstone and in Alaska and all these places and I was like, there’s so many places in this country that I have never been and really want to go,” she said. “I’m from Boston, and I had been to Wyoming once when I was nine, and then other than

that I had never left the east coast except to go to Wash. U.” The highlight of the trip for Conroy was reaching the Grand Canyon in early November.

“We got to hike down into the Grand Canyon and spend the night at the bottom and then hike out the next day, and that was so amazing,” she said. “That was probably the coolest experience for me.”

The morning that the two friends hiked out of the canyon was the day of the presidential election. It was the only night of the entire trip that they stayed in a hotel, to ensure that they could access election coverage. But the tumultuous election cycle played a role in the trip beyond that single night. Conroy recalled how she and her friend would take turns reading headlines out loud each morning to whoever was driving.

“We would be at like a campground in the middle of nowhere and have two bars of service and be trying to live stream the debates, so in some ways, we did feel

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In spite of the disconnect, Conroy said that driving across the country during the months leading up to the election added a very interesting layer to the trip.

“Being in super red areas and super politically charged areas and not being in the liberal bubble that I’m used to was definitely a good challenge of my own perspectives,” she said. “And in some ways it was a nice break to not feel like we had nothing else to do but constantly refresh the news on our phones.”

Both Bahmoul and Kaiser described being more engaged with the election than they might have been during a more typical semester.

“I had more time than I’ve ever had to just read the news and read books and process all that information, and [I could] listen to podcasts while gardening and stuff like that,” Bahmoul said. “So I would say actually being at the farm and taking the time away from school allowed me to be more in the loop with news than I think I tend to be during school.”

Kaiser said that people she stayed with on the farm were a contrast from her college friends, many of whom were not very politically engaged.

“We actually had people working remotely for campaigns [and] we did a lot of phone banking,” she said. “So in a sense, I felt like the election was more prominent in my life than it would have been normally. And also because we were in Trump country...I had never lived in such an intensely Republican area before.”

As November approached, Pelton and his friends chose to switch their voter registrations to Arizona, predicting Maricopa County’s significant role in the election’s outcome.

“As the election cycle started really ramping up and we were getting spammed with ads, we realized, ‘Oh man, we’re in a battleground state,’” Pelton recalled.

“That felt good, especially seeing how tight the votes ended up being by the time that everything had been counted—it really did feel like we made a difference, which is the first time in my life voting that I felt like I made a difference.”

Even though Bahmoul, Kai-

ser and Conroy chose not to take classes for the semester, their experiences were still full of learning opportunities.

“Before I left, I was just really anxious that the classes I was taking or my major or my internships and all the things that I was choosing to spend my time doing, that I wasn’t doing the right thing, whatever that’s supposed to mean,” Bahmoul said. “It was pressure that I was putting on myself, and I think that a lot of us relate to that sort of stress at Wash. U. And this experience in particular of taking the time off, which was a little bit of a leap of faith, and going to a new place…really reassured me that the pressure I was putting on myself was entirely self created.”

Kaiser said that the semester gave her confidence in her ability to do new things, even if the farming skills she learned weren’t specifically applicable to future career paths.

“The main thing I learned is that it’s actually not that hard to just pick up a skill if you pretend you know what you’re doing, because it was just eight college students on this farm and no one had any idea what they were doing...and so if something needed to happen, someone just had to do it,” she said. “I think it’s a Wash.

U. thing that a lot of people think that they have to be an expert on something before they do it.

I learned that a lot of times you can just Google stuff and bulls--t your way through it and it ends up being fine.”

Conroy and Baumohl are both planning to return to St. Louis for the spring semester, while Kaiser remains undecided. Pelton and his friends are looking for a new location to explore while taking classes remotely in the spring.

“We want to go somewhere that we can possibly visit St. Louis from,” Pelton said. “We’re looking at North Carolina right now.”

Reflecting on their experiences, all four students encouraged others who might be thinking about taking time off of school or traveling somewhere new to try it out.

“If you’re considering doing it, you should—it was such a worthwhile experience,” Conroy said.

“This time is obviously presenting a lot of challenges, but also a lot of opportunities.”

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How WU's quarantine and isolation housing handled the fall semester's COVID-19 surge Anirudh Kesanapally Staff Reporter As COVID-19 cases increased in the St. Louis region during the second half of the fall semester, Washington University’s quarantine housing played a vital role in containing the spread of the virus.

Students who tested positive on campus were placed in the Millbrook Apartments, while their peers who had been in the presence of someone who tested positive were placed in housing in the Waycrow Residential College and the Charles F. Knight Center.

Students in both quarantine and isolation housing were subject to the same rules and restrictions, the most important one being that they were not allowed to leave their assigned spaces for any reason other than medical care or COVID-19 testing. Activities

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such as picking up mail or packages, attending in-person classes and interacting with peers were all restricted.

According to Dr. Steven Lawrence, the medical professional involved with Washington University’s handling of COVID-19, the importance of quarantine housing and isolation housing cannot be understated.

“Setting aside those who test positive or those who were contact-traced back to someone who is positive until we can be 100% sure of their well-being makes sure that the rest of the community can carry on their activities with less concern,” Lawrence said.

Financially, official statements by the University have addressed that “the only cost associated with quarantine and isolation housing is the $25 per day fee for meals.”

However, all students in quarantine or isolation housing were also given the option to request that these food expenses be covered by

the University’s food security fund.

The relatively large increase in cases during the second half of the semester led to an increase in demand of both quarantine and isolation housing. The dashboard covers how many students are in isolation housing through active positive cases. When it comes to quarantine housing, however, the transparency falters and both parents and students have raised concern about this.

The University’s COVID-19 dashboard’s metric on active positive cases gave an indication of the number of students in isolation housing over the course of the semester, since all of those students were placed in isolation housing.

However, the dashboard failed to provide any information on the number of students in quarantine housing.

Washington University parent Facebook groups have mobilized through emailing and contacting University sources to receive statistics regarding quarantine housing, an extra step for both parents and students concerned about the pandemic.

Interim Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students Kawanna Leggett and Associate Director of Administration at Habif Health and Wellness Aaron Daugherty were able to provide figures for both quarantine and isolation housing for Student Life.

As of Dec. 8, there were 193 total cases and 447 contacts of COVID-19. In other words, around 200 members of the Washington University community dealt with some form of isolation housing while nearly 450 mem-

bers through contact-tracing were asked to quarantine.

In addition to the struggle of being alone for two weeks, students in quarantine and isolation housing faced other concerns.

Many students expressed alarm after Washington University police officers arrived at quarantine housing to perform “wellness checks” after students failed to fill out their daily online check-in forms.

“We are more of a last resort as we work with Student Affairs and Habif,” WUPD Chief Mark Glenn said. “Many times Student Affairs staff or Residential Life members that oversee the quarantine and isolation buildings perform these wellness checks. And if Habif is trying to reach out to students to no avail, we are put into action.”

According to Glenn, this procedure is similar to how WUPD often carries out wellness checks for mental health or other extenuating circumstances, another practice that has come under fire recently.

“Although we have done multiple wellness checks, only two from the [WUPD case/incident] database are strictly COVID related,” Glenn said. “Anecdotally, we have not seen any significant changes in total wellness checks this semester and that will probably continue.”

By the beginning of spring semester in late January, the St. Louis region is still expected to be dealing with the brunt of the pandemic. The arrival of thousands of students to the Danforth community from many regions across the world only is anticipated to further complicate this situation.

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The freshman perspective: REFLECTING ON DORM LIFE IN THE FALL 2020 SEMESTER Reilly Brady Staff Writer After a semester unlike any other, many Washington University students, home for winter break, have been reflecting on their experiences in the dorms during this past semester.

This semester, students were housed in individual dorm rooms without roommates, leaving some in single rooms with multiple suitemates, some in doubles with one suitemate, and others in spacious doubles or triples with no suitemates. Students were also instructed to refrain from visiting other buildings, but students within the same building could visit each other as long as masks were worn and social distancing was maintained. The rules established this semester will be continued into the spring semester as well.

As a freshman living in the dorms this past semester, I spoke with freshman Maddie Dieffenbacher, a fellow resident and neighbor of mine on the second floor of Umrath, about the highs and lows of life in Wash. U. housing on our floor this past semester. Our conversation has been edited and shortened for clarity.

REILLY BRADY: First of all, generally, how was dorm life for you?

MADDIE DIEFFENBACHER: It was very spacious [in my triple] and I guess luxurious. It was way

bigger than my regular room at home, so it was nice to be able to have space. And I had two desks, so especially in COVID times, studying in my room was not a problem at all, and it was also nice to have people over and have space to social distance. Even though I didn’t have [a suitemate], somebody I could share a bathroom with, I thought it was really nice.

ple the first week, I didn’t mind taking the time to coordinate and find time to meet up with people, so it really wasn’t that big of a deal at the end of the day.

RB: With your triple, since you had all that space, did you reorganize your room at all to fit the area?

MD: Oh, totally. I don’t know if this is regular, but because I had weekly quizzes in a bunch of classes, it was really nice to have a place where I knew it would be quiet and no one would be coming into my room. I came home after break, and it’s just one less thing to worry about when you know no one’s going to be com-

MD: I had three of every type of furniture. I used one desk to put a TV on and store plates and utensils and random food items.

So that was one desk, and then the other two desks I used for school. One of the beds I made into a couch, and the other two I combined to make a big queen bed.

RB: Especially with online classes, how much time were you spending in your dorm? Do you think it was more than if it had been a normal semester with in-person classes?

RB: I remember seeing it and being very impressed with your decorations. So you had the triple, and you had a lot of space that way, but did you feel like it was harder to meet people without a suitemate, or were you still able to meet people just as well as you think you would have with a suitemate?

MD: I think maybe the first week for meals, that was really the only disadvantage I had was not [having] someone easy to coordinate with, but after that, it really wasn’t bad at all. People were super friendly. Once I met peo-

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ing in and out of your room. Not that a suitemate would be interrupting, but to have all of that space just for yourself was really nice for online classes, and I definitely think in a regular year, if I did have a roommate or a suitemate, I would be probably in the library a lot more than usual, [more] than I was this year.

I think like most people, [my room] was the easiest because you didn’t have to walk anywhere. I could be pretty productive there just because there wasn’t a lot going on.

RB: I understand that totally. I feel like I would have used the libraries more, too, but, my goto was just [the Bear’s Den] if I needed another space to work in, or otherwise the common room

Housing Guide spring 2021 | Student Life or just my room. The common room is fun, but then if someone walks in, I’m going to start talking to them, obviously, and then I get so distracted. You mentioned, since you’re home now, have you noticed any differences from being at home versus being in the dorm room?

MD: Well, the big thing is, in my chemistry exams, I get distracted very easily. And seeing my chemistry exam here, even though all the doors are closed, my neighbors [were] running around screaming at seven o’clock at night and so I was hearing them while I was taking my exam, and I had siblings [that] were home. I mean, at least in terms of distractions, for formal tests and quizzes, that kind of stuff, I much prefer being at school. But for homework, I didn’t think getting things done at home was too bad.

I wasn’t here for too long, so it wasn’t terrible, but I don’t know if I’d be able to spend a whole semester. It seems very challenging to spend a whole semester being at home.

RB: For us, too, with the

COVID-19 restrictions, we didn’t have roommates, so we were basically just by ourselves. So it’s a lot different to be home and have people always walking by or checking in on you.

different.

MD: And even though you had a suitemate, you still had a door to close, and I don’t think the walls were too thin. Did you feel that for the first week, you did a lot more things with your suitemate?

Did what I said about the first week echo for you as well, or was it a little different?

RB: Especially because you want to be as careful as possible for yourself but also for those around you. I’m always thinking about how anywhere I could have been could affect the other people I’m hanging out with, so, I totally get that. So, we talked about some of the distractions of being at home, but have there been any positives about being at home versus being in your dorm room?

RB: Well, I have to say, it was really nice to have [met my suitemate online before] going in, just because I could go to her if I had any questions about classes or just a really easy person to grab food with, so it was nice to have a suitemate in those first few weeks for sure. But I have to say I have gotten used to having my own independent space. I think it would be really weird if we switched to roommates this next semester, just because I’ve just gotten so used to having my messy areas and being okay with it. I just feel like it would be so

MD: Oh, totally. And COVID adds a whole other layer. You’re not only thinking about yourself but also maybe somebody else.

MD: Even though I have my own space, it’s really nice to have my sister and brother around just to not have to worry about that with family, so [I hope to have] a suitemate or a roommate in the future because I’ve enjoyed being able to hug somebody else. Just one less thing to worry about, it’s nice.

RB: That’s so true. It’s been kind of weird in one way too, though.

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til I got a COVID test, and I got it back yesterday, so I’ve had a day of just being around my family, and it’s kind of weird at first.

I keep thinking, I need to put on my mask, sorry guys. But I don’t have to, at least for now, so that has been really nice, actually. Just to be able to be around them and know that we’ve all been super safe, and that anxiety of “What if someone you’ve been hanging out with has been somewhere?”—all of that is gone, and that was a lot of anxiety in the dorms.

MD: Yes, I think so. That was the same for me. There’s a lot less stress in that way.

RB: What are you most looking forward to next semester in terms of dorm life or returning to campus?

MD: I’m most looking forward to being able to…COVID kind of determines it, but…a normal year. Especially with BD being closed, just eating, or sitting around, or hanging out more with people indoors, and I guess dorms are a good place to do that.

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practice covid-19 etiquette in your dorms Ryan Ricks Staff Writer A few weeks ago, I was in one of my few in-person classes when someone from my dorm building told me, out of the blue, that a handful of people in our building had been put into quarantine a few days prior. This came as a complete shock, because I hadn’t even heard a hint of this.

And thinking about that made me start wondering: Why exactly didn’t I

know about this?

I don’t like not knowing things. It bothers me. Especially now that we’re in a pandemic, not knowing things, particularly things that affect people’s safety, should be a thing of the past.

And, in some ways, they are. I know I’m supposed to wear my mask every time I leave my suite; I know I’m supposed to stand at least six feet apart from everyone; I know I’m supposed to wash my hands and use hand sanitizer. But this is all stuff that I’ve been told to do outside of my dorm.

What about inside of it? That’s where the problem is. Because at this point,

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I don’t know. And I don’t like that.

Why is it that after months I still don’t know exactly what I’m supposed to do in my own dorm? The University chose to give us the opportunity to come here, on campus. For most freshmen like myself, that means moving into a dorm and being in close proximity with our suitemates for much of the day, even if we all have our rooms to ourselves.

The University has spent a lot of time telling us how to stay safe outside of our dorms, but not about how to stay safe inside of them. Because unlike before, at the beginning of this pandemic when we were all quarantined in our houses, everyone who lives in a suite isn’t quarantined.

Many of us have at least one in-person class, not to mention how many people have been traveling off campus as well.

Despite popular belief, our suites are not bubbles. Yet it seems as though we’re supposed to think that they are—at least that’s what I would assume. Why else would we not have clear guidelines like everywhere else on campus?

The lack of clarity doesn’t make any sense to me. When the school year began, we were told that we were supposed to wear our masks in our suites, but most of the people I know, myself included, hardly remember that because it was only said once or twice before that guideline was seemingly abandoned. And while I can somewhat understand abandoning the guideline when cases on campus were extraordinarily low, when they started rising, why exactly did this requirement not come back?

Other than that one forgotten recommendation, essentially everything we do within the walls of our suite is up to those of us living there, meaning that we’re left to come up with our own guidelines to follow.

And that would be fine, or at least less bad, if everyone was on the same

page. But we’re not. Not everyone follows the same levels of COVID etiquette.

Another issue with the lack of clear guidelines to follow is the fact that we, as people living in a dorm, have very limited amounts of information to base our decisions on.

When someone tests positive for COVID-19 or is put in quarantine, unless you’re deemed at risk via contact tracing, you’re not going to know about it unless the person themself tells you, which, considering the stressful situation they have just been put in, may not happen quickly.

I find this lack of information to be very problematic. Not only does it make the environment ripe for rumors and paranoia, but it causes possible risk for everyone living in the building. They don’t know if they’ve been in contact with someone who was put in quarantine or who was also at risk.

We can’t carry on like this. The University can’t ask us to make these decisions about our and others’ safety, but then not give us all the tools to make said decisions. How are any of us supposed to know if the people we’re interacting with in our buildings have been exposed to COVID if none of this information is told to anyone?

All of this goes back to simple COVID etiquette. One of the best things you can do during this time of the pandemic is just be transparent.

If you feel sick, let someone know. If you know someone who tested positive, or who was exposed, especially when it means you could have been exposed, let someone know. If you tested positive, let someone know.

If we want to make our dorms safe, we as students need to come up with our own COVID etiquette and be transparent with each other, because sometimes it feels as though the University has left this aspect of the pandemic behind.

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Reilly Brady Staff Writer When picturing Washington University housing, images of South 40 buildings, decorated hallways and cozy common rooms come to mind. Beyond housing within the borders of campus, living at Wash. U. also comes with the larger area of St. Louis: The ability to explore and reside in the city is part of the housing package.

However, it is important for all students to remember that we are guests in the greater St. Louis area, and we need to act as such when we venture out of our Wash. U. dorms and into the city.

Just as one would strive to be a kind and considerate guest at a friend’s house, Wash. U. students must retain those values as guests in the larger house of St. Louis.

While treating others with kindness, respect and appreciation should be expected in any interaction, these qualities are even more essential when it comes to guest behavior.

In the time of COVID-19, this guest mindset is critical: Our actions outside of our comfortable dorm rooms can quite literally have life-changing effects on the health and safety of others. The people we interact with––essential workers, drivers, waiters, pedestrians––all go to their own houses at the end of the day. Wearing a mask in all areas both on and off campus is fundamental in maintaining a presence as a considerate guest. The more we protect the health and safety of others by wearing masks, the more gratitude we show as guests towards the larger St. Louis community. This includes dining outdoors whenever possible, wearing a mask at restaurants when not eating, wearing a mask in Ubers or Lyfts and generally keeping a mask on at any public location. During

this pandemic, wearing a mask is literally a point of safety, and ensuring safety for those who provide services for us is part of our duty as guests in the St. Louis area.

Being considerate guests in the St. Louis community goes beyond wearing masks. As the majority of college students have debts and loans to pay, it is understandable that Wash. U. students try to save money whenever possible. However, simple actions such as tipping waiters and drivers can go a long way towards giving back to members of the St. Louis community who generously host us as guests in the city. Just as tipping well directly helps individuals in the St. Louis area, purchasing from small businesses can also help to support individuals and families who live in the city. That form of support can even be given from the convenience of campus––the student-run store Gallery 314, located on the South 40, features items for sale, many of which are made by local artists or other creatives in St. Louis.

In fact, both tipping well and helping small businesses may be even more important during COVID-19, as those individuals and businesses have been hit the hardest by the economic hardships that come with the pandemic. By providing our support now, we can help to ensure that these individuals and businesses will continue to be valued parts of the community post-pandemic.

College is stressful, and it is easy to get caught up in our demanding workloads, packed schedules and individual needs.

However, remembering our status as guests is a simple yet essential approach to giving back to the community that generously hosts us in the St. Louis area. Next time you leave campus, think about how your choices will affect those who graciously allow us to live and study as guests in the broader housing that is the St. Louis community.

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Student Life Presents: Housing guide 2021

Welcome to Student Life’s Housing Guide!

Curious what the residence halls look like? Can’t figure out where you want to live next year? We’ve got you covered. In the Housing Guide, we will take you through all the official Residential Life options for freshmen, sophomores and upperclassmen.

We will give you a glimpse into on-campus and off-campus offerings, dorms and apartments. Each feature includes photos of the room and building, a list of pros and cons or amenities, pricing, estimated walk times and a summary. Please note: photographs are not meant to be a representative sample of the dorm or apartment; there may be variances between different rooms in the same building. Not all housing options are represented in print. For all ResLife housing options, see Student Life’s online housing guide at studlife.com/housing.

Editor’s note: Room rates are current through Fall 2020.

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Overview Living in The Lofts gives Wash. U. students a taste of city life, and the Lofts have some updated amenities.

Styles Efficiency, two- or three-bedroom

Pros 1. The Loop can be a fun location 2. Apartments are well-furnished and include dishwasher/garbage disposal 3. Full-sized beds

Cons 1. Far from Danforth Campus

Walk Times To Brookings: 15 min

To the DUC: 19 min To the Loop: 0 min

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VILLAGE EAST Village East

$15,760

Overview Located in close promixity to the Danforth Campus, Village East includes well-maintained units that many students want. However, the units are the most expensive option and thus are undesirable for some.

Styles Mostly four-bedroom apartments with a few three-bedroom

Pros 1. Very convenient to Danforth Campus 2. Well-furnished and nice 3. Two bathrooms in most apartments

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1. The most expensive housing option 2. Dorm-like feel 3. Some noise from streets and fraternity houses

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6678 WASH AVE and 520 KINGSLAND AVE $15,450 Overview These two virtually identical buildings contain six three-bedroom apartments, each with three bathrooms and free in-unit laundry. They’re also among the most expensive housing options.

Styles Three-bedroom apartments

Pros 1. Very spacious and nice 2. In-unit laundry 3. 1:1 bedroom to bathroom ratio

Cons 1. One of the more expensive housing options 2. No computer lab 3. No elevator

Walk Times To Brookings: 15 min To the DUC: 15 min To the Loop: 3 min

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Overview Each three-bedroom apartment in this building has three bathrooms and in-apartment laundry. But these amenities are reflected in high prices.

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Walk Times To Brookings: 15 min To the DUC: 15 min To the Loop: 3 min

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Overview Greenway offers unique townhouse-style living for many of its three-bedroom units. Located between Danforth Campus and the Delmar Loop, these units offer great value for students looking to live off campus.

Styles

One-, two- or three-bedroom

Pros

1. Street and dedicated parking 2. Spacious and well-furnished 3. Unique townhouse layout for some units

Cons 1. Non-townhouse units can feel like a dorm 2. No dishwashers 3. Low social interaction in townhouses

Walk Times To Brookings: 12 min

To the DUC: 12 min To the Loop: 2 min

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VILLAGE EAST Millbrook

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Overview For people looking to stay close to campus while having the amenities of an apartment, Millbrook provides a great value. Millbrook also has an outdoor pool that is open during the summer months.

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Pros 1. Some units include balconies 2. Large common space and well-furnished 3. Very convenient to Danforth Campus

Cons 1. No elevators in buildings 2. Walls are thin 3. Outdated appliances in units

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To Brookings: 11 min To the DUC: 7 min To the Loop: 15 min

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Lopataand village $12,948 Overview The Village House and Lopata House are attractive options for upperclassmen looking for a community similar to the South 40.

The Village House’s dining hall, mailroom and convenient location help outweigh the drawback of not having a common room in each four-person suite.

Styles Mostly four-bedroom suites with some two-bedroom and three-bed room suites

Pros 1. Convenient to Danforth Campus 2. Village eatery and small grocery store 3. Two bathrooms in four-person suits

Cons 1. No common rooms for suites 2. Sophomore residents may feel isolated from South 40 3. Occasionally loud due to noise from fraternities

Walk Times To Brookings: 12 min To the DUC: 9 min To the Loop: 16 min

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VILLAGE EAST Rosedale

$10,928

Overview While Rosedale is one of the furthest options from Danforth Campus, its value and dedicated Gold Line bus stop make up for it. Although there has historically been some vehicle-related crime in the area, additional security patrols have been deployed.

Styles

One- or two- bedroom

Pros

1. Very spacious 2. Relatively inexpensive 3. Close to Forest Park and the Loop

Cons STEPHEN HUBER | STUDENT LIFE

1. Very far from the Danforth Campus 2. Small showers 3. Some crime in the area

Walk Times

To Brookings: 12 min To the DUC: 20 min To the Loop: 7 min

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U- Drive

$12,948

Overview While a bit outdated, the University Drive apartments offer true apartment living while being extremely close to campus.

Styles

Two-, three- or four-bedroom

Pros 1. Very spacious 2. Free parking 3. Convenient to Danforth Campus

Cons 1. Outdated 2. Some noise from Metro 3. No dishwasher

Walk Times To Brookings: 9 min To the DUC: 10 min To the Loop: 10 min

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