Despite COVID cases, college students partied Labor Day weekend away
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From double-decker party boats to shadowy riverside gatherings, college students have found a way to party. Will the fall semester survive?
Caitlin Faulds, Mary Claire Molloy, Franco LaTona, Rina Torchinsky, Colleen Vann, Danielle Sondgeroth, Dana Cassidy, Sabrina LeBoeuf, Daniel Lempres, Special to USA TODAYartying students would be dismissed without tuition refunds. Northeastern University had made that clear Friday, kicking out 11 first-year students who broke COVID-19 rules to gather in a Boston hotel room.
Yet by that night, a few dozen students from Northeastern and Boston University found their way to the Charles River, their legs lit by the Esplanade lights, their faces by reflections of skyscrapers off the water. Bottles of Tito’s vodka, Gatorade, Coca-Cola and soda water were laid out on a park bench, a convenient bar for students seeking a way to party.
Any doubts that students would find a way to party, even during a pandemic, have been quickly dispelled as COVID-19 cases skyrocketed at colleges around the country. Some colleges promptly canceled in-person instruction, and social media videos and images of partying students helped feed a narrative of irresponsible behavior putting everyone in the university community at risk.
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