Indiana Univ. calling for closure of 40 frat, sorority houses due to virus spread

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Indiana University is calling for the closure of all fraternity and sorority houses on its flagship campus in Bloomington due to a growing spread of the coronavirus that has already put 30 of the 40 houses under quarantine, university officials say.

The 42,000 students at the university's Bloomington campus includes about 2,600 in the 40 fraternity and sorority houses and two other student-fellowship houses.university’s testing dashboardIn contrast, the university's residence halls showed a 1.6 percent positive rate over the past week, the testing dashboard shows.

“We do expect that they direct policy and operating procedures and will work closely with the families who are in the houses to come to solutions that are in the best interest of our students,” she said.

 

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It’s ridiculous because 50% of tests are showing false positives. Let the kids stay there unless they want to go home!

Moving 1600 students into the general population seems like a great idea. 🙄 Tuition is due on the 10th.

Fauci said not to send these kids out into the community to spread it. Probably better to just quarantine them for awhile and wait it out. Not ideal but safer for everyone else.

brandon_barnes_ Yaaayyyy they’re ~abolishing~ Greek life!

What did people expect?

they are kids ...they will just find somewhere else to gather

Anarchist, president Xi says that your paychecks are in the mail.

Really all schools college and below should do online only until January..Hopefully by then will have a safe and effective vacine

Good !

Go Hoosiers! 🙄

I feel bad for the parents, all of these assholes and divas moving back home without their paid friends. Gonna be a tough year for these empty nesters.

The school needs to shut down!

Closing the houses down wont stop anything. It wont slow anything. A virus is going to virus

But who's ready for some football!!!

You mean having frat parties as if nothing is wrong was a bad idea?

if only someone would have warned them about this virus that's been going around

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