Masters shifts to mask-optional policy

Rowan McWhinnie, Lexi Wachen, and Hanna Schiciano|March 12, 2022

For the first time since March 2020, the community can walk around the halls maskless. Lexi Wachen and Rowan McWhinnie talk to Director of Health Services Sue Adams about the decision to shift to a mask-optional policy, as well as to students, to get their reactions.

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Masters shifts to mask-optional policy