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OPINION: Handling the spring break spreader
Some Idaho colleges disregard students need for spring break while responding to the pandemic

Spring break used to be seen as a time to relax and plan a vacation, to go somewhere new or to enjoy a place you love far away from college. […]

Lookout view at Cress Creek Nature Trail during spring break in 2020 Kim Stager | Argonaut
OPINION: Forecast: sunshine with some thunderstorms
Spring break will be more relaxed this year, though we should still exercise caution to contain the virus.

Lockdown last year still causes nightmares. Introverts thrived from the “forced to stay home” rule. Extroverts suffocated from a lack of human interaction aside from their family.   Now that I’m […]

A stack of toilet paper next to a window
COVID-19 affected my spring break
I offer a first-hand account and thoughts about the panic

When panic about the coronavirus started, I hadn’t really noticed anything. I saw the memes of people stocking up on toilet paper first on an Australian “The Simpsons” meme page. […]

News update
UI classes to go online March 23 and 24
Further communication regarding online classes and campus closure will be on March 19

The University of Idaho will move classes online March 23 and 24 — to test UI’s ability to close long-term — due to growing outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease […]