Another American ritual the pandemic has warped: college arrivals

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Brandon Vergel stood outside his new student dormitory at Texas Tech University, grappling with the bittersweet nature of yet another American rite of passage warped by the COVID pandemic -parents dropping their kids off at college.

Kaitlyn Abercia is seen moving into her student residence at Gates Hall on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, U.S. on August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Brad Brooks

How to safely and productively conduct courses is a challenge that university administrators, parents and students are trying to wrap their heads around. At Texas Tech, the course work will be primarily in person, as it will be at most universities in the state. Some freshmen students will be living in dorms - they are required to live on campus their first year - but have a majority of their classes conducted online.Under a scorching afternoon sun outside the Texas Tech residence halls, students wore carefully chosen outfits, hoping to casually make fantastic first impressions on Friday.

Everyone was asked to wear face masks both inside and outside the buildings, despite few other people around. Students said the masks were making communication more difficult - and chilling their ability to break the ice with their new neighbors.

 

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