OMAHA- A nationwide debate has emerged on whether it is asking too much of college students to follow basic COVID-19 rules. Many universities across the country have had to shut down due to an immense amount of students not following any CDC guidelines. People believe the small amount of students throwing and attending large social gatherings have put entire universities at risk for shutdown.

An administrator from North Carolina said that it is hard to criticize students for doing what has driven the most fond memories for alumni and secures their loyalty to the university. Many large events held by older adults have also demonstrated that even adults are sometimes incapable of following simple social distancing rules and mask mandates.

Almost every part of college requires human interaction, so to send students back to campus may have been asking too much of them. Some believe that sending students to campus shows that universities do not have their students safety as a high concern.

The University of Alabama has reported over 1,000 positive cases, whereas UNL is sitting at around 100 and Creighton closer to 50 cases. Other schools have switched to completely remote learning after just 2 weeks in-person. Colleges are having the hardest time with trying to monitor students off of campus where the rules are completely out of their hands.

The first weekend students arrived back to Lincoln, there were 23 complaints about parties that came through. The average amount of party complaints on a weekend during the school year in Lincoln is 32. Universities are aware that it is naive to expect 100% compliance, however they still hope their students are taking the pandemic seriously.

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