Students React to Fall Break Cancellation

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By Janis Buelow

With COVID-19 creating uncertainty for future semesters, students reflect on the cancellation of CUNE’s fall break.

Due to the change of ending times for the fall 2020 semester, classes resumed a few weeks earlier than expected. Since finals fall before Thanksgiving break, it means that students will get out of the school year earlier.

However, it also means that the normal one day break after midterms was removed.

Junior Ruth Moon was looking forward to the break, especially since her classes are now more intensive than ever.

“There really were no pros for not having a break,” Moon said. “I was going to visit my brother, and now I’m going to have to wait until after finals before Thanksgiving.”

Sophomore Faith Jonas expressed similar feelings.

“I’m tired. Like, completely exhausted,” Jonas said. “No days off has led to everyone being so overwhelmed.” 

Some students felt a little more positive about the ability to complete studies before Thanksgiving.

Senior Matthew Murphy talked about the ability to have students rest a little bit even though the work will pay off.

“It’s nice to ensure that learning is completed before Thanksgiving break, but it definitely feels like we’re being run into the ground,” Murphy said. “Not having a break is not really a sustainable model.”

An anonymous source talked about being able to still have fun.

“I still did fun things anyway,” they said. “I was one of the lucky ones that had a class or two cancelled.”

Out of almost forty students, 30% still had a professor recognize the needed break and gave them some time off.