A Day in the Life Curious about how our students are adjusting to life on campus during the COVID-19 global pandemic, we reached out to senior Sydney Roach ’21, the editor-in-chief of Westminster’s student newspaper, The Holcad. Sydney stepped away from campus reporting to grab some images of campus during COVID and offer a glimpse of what a typical day looks like for her and many of our Westminster students. By SYDNEY ROACH ’21
S
ome things aren’t so
a little different on some days. Some
sweatpants and fuzzy socks with the
different. You still wake up
days you hike across the quad to class,
cute heart shapes on them.
to the annoying blare of
your tired expression and inside-out
One hidden blessing to come from
the alarm on your phone,
T-shirt visible to everyone you pass.
classes during the Time of Corona is
only to hit that snooze
But this morning’s class is an easy
the class that does not meet at all.
button one more time (it’s never just
commute—it’s only a few feet away
Some professors assign work to do but
one more time.) You still go through the
from your bed. All you have to do is
still keep open office hours to help the
motions of getting dressed, brushing
open up your computer and sign into
struggling student. You never realized
your teeth and making sure you’re
a Zoom meeting. Nobody will know
before how much you love the ability
ready for the day. The motions are just
if you’re still wearing those comfy
to go your own pace and in your own
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