Tag: coronavirus
‘Stealth Omicron’: What You Need to Know
The new COVID-19 variant Omicron has swept the nation in becoming the dominant strain within the United States. Researchers have now discovered a new...
‘Lean, Mean Vaccines’: New Episode of ‘Rosie the Raconteur’
Another Wednesday, another episode of "Rosie the Raconteur!" This week, things get real. I have a special guest, my very own sister, Pauline. Within...
BU’s handling of COVID-19 cases
COVID-19 is still spreading rapidly around the United States, and Bloomsburg University is no exception with the cumulative total of student cases being 355...
COVID on campus: 10 students with confirmed cases
On Aug. 17, Bloomsburg University began its fall semester in person and online. On Aug. 18, the university confirmed its first off-campus case of...
COVID-19 case on BU campus: Is this the first of many?
Students and staff of Bloomsburg University received an email around 4 p.m., Aug. 14, notifying them that a BU employee had tested positive for...
Things that weren’t normal before COVID-19
Owning several different masks
In March you may have been hesitant to invest in a reusable face covering, but by now you own a mask...
Ponderings From the People: The Pandemic Told Through Quotes and Photographs
Ponderings From the People
I was curious to see what the public had to say regarding the current state of our world and the effects...
Working in a restaurant during a global pandemic
An inside look at what the last month has been like being an essential worker at a restaurant.
My day working at a nursing home during Coronavirus
I pull into the parking lot and go to the front door. I have to ring a doorbell to be let in because we...
The Fifty Minute Goodbye: A Student’s First Hand Account of Our Changing World
The 50 Minute Goodbye
I think I was in the car when I got the email. With squinted eyes, I tried my best to make...
Lycoming County Coroner Contradicts the Health Department’s Data
In a video posted Tuesday to Facebook, the Lycoming County Coroner and President of the Pennsylvania State Coroners Association, Charles Kiessling Jr., stated that...
Coronavirus: How Students’ Grades are Being Affected
Now that all schools and universities in Pennsylvania have been closed indefinitely and switched to online classes, students have been seeing a decline in...