Leaders of colleges and universities are issuing desperate demands to students to help curtail the spread of the coronavirus on campus: Wear masks and rein in your back-to-school partying—or go home. The messaging accompanies new outbreaks at schools around the country as students return to campus, leading several this week to halt on-campus instruction and punish some rule breakers. The directives are being broadcast to all students, but specifically aimed at hot spots which include a lot of fraternities, sororities and upperclassmen throwing off-campus parties. In two of the harshest rebukes so far, Purdue University on Thursday suspended 36 students who attended an off-campus party, and Syracuse University suspended 23 in connection with a large gathering on the quad. Then, on Thursday, first-year students gathered on campus without masks or physical distancing.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 21, 2020 18:11 UTC