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Student Opinions: WSU’s Response to the Pandemic


Many students feel that a lockdown and restrictions are necessary during the coronavirus pandemic. While some think restrictions are a necessity, students may not agree with Wright State University’s (WSU) implementation of the protocol. 

WSU lockdown 

WSU student Trevor Paddon was not too critical of the restrictions. 

“I think they handled it okay. I think they could’ve offered some more in-person classes for the people that were comfortable, just due to the different learning styles some people thrive in the in-person environment,” said Paddon 

WSU’s swift response 

One student, Javan Thomas, had high praise for Wright State’s response to the coronavirus. 

“The first thing they did was obviously get all the students out of the dorms. They started slowly shutting down everything until they could get everything together on how to reopen everything back up but safely,” said Thomas. 

WSU was able to get a plan together to not only reopen but reopen quickly. 

“I would say Wright State handled it pretty darn well,” said Thomas. 

Some gripes 

“Probably no, not really, I think that when it comes to the tech that they use for the web calls they’re not really that well prepared,” said Graham Arnett. 

Arnett cited technical difficulties cutting class short as a big problem he has experienced due to remote learning. Arnett feels that a web call format should be standardized to minimize technical difficulties. 

Fall Semester 

Paddon had a very optimistic outlook on the fall semester for 2021, envisioning school going back to normal, though their view has changed. 

“With how the cases have been doing for a while I’m not too optimistic that it will be all the way gone or at the very least it will be back. A decent amount of those procedures will still be in place,” said Arnett. 

Arnett offered a cautionary tone, while Thomas had some more optimism. 

“I hope that our world leaders today can figure out something to get rid of this whole pandemic so that we could hopefully start opening back some of the classes a little bit,” said Thomas. 


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