{"id":21698,"date":"2022-04-01T20:40:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T00:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=21698"},"modified":"2022-10-27T22:26:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T02:26:27","slug":"nyaa-collins-reporting-opening-of-hunter-campus-spring-semester2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/nyaa-collins-reporting-opening-of-hunter-campus-spring-semester2022\/","title":{"rendered":"This WORD<\/i> Reporter Does Not Feel Safe Without Her Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Before Coronavirus Disease 2019, AKA COVID-19, started ravaging the Big Apple like a M8 Bazooka gone wild.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Third-floor student cafeteria. Recently taken picture by Nyya Collins.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWhen I first started this semester, I was still in break mode,\u201d said Milan Dupuy, a junior and East New York, Brooklyn, resident in a phone interview. \u201cSchool has started so crunch time is now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dupuy, a junior who majors in media studies with a concentration in journalism and minors in French, was one of several students interviewed for an assignment about their academic comings and goings the early weeks of the semester \u2013 especially in light that Hunter did not schedule classes on campus for two years because of the Pandemic.<\/p>\n

COVID-19 was first reported in New York after the outbreak of the virus. According to data of the 2020 Census Bureau, 320,000 residents fled New York City in 2020. When the campus opened this year, people were still required to wear masks and show proof of vaccination.<\/p>\n

COVID-19 is still a factor, yet, many can be seen not wearing masks in the subways as required. NYC suspended its \u201cKey to NYC\u201d<\/a> requirements March 7 \u2013 meaning that proof of vaccination would no longer be mandatory for indoor commercial spaces including restaurants, fitness facilities and entertainment venues.<\/p>\n

In a press release, CUNY Chancellor Matos Rodriguez said students were no longer required to wear masks on campuses though it’s rare to see Hunter students without masks.<\/p>\n

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Downtown No. 6 IRT stop at Hunter. Picture by Nyya Collins<\/p><\/div>\n

New York Post reporter David Meyer, in an article headlined \u201cSubway safety essential for NYC comeback officials say,\u201d wrote, \u201cThe Big Apple\u2019s skyrocketing crime rate<\/a> may stymie its attempt to claw back economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders said Sunday \u2014 as they underscored the importance of subway safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

There have been voluminous news reports of an increase in violence and crime, such as armed robberies, stabbings and shootings, fatal and otherwise, on the streets and in the subways, the latter the major transportation option for many commuting students.<\/a><\/p>\n

Is it not safe to opine that students traveling to Hunter\u2019s main campus at 68th Street and Lexington Avenue should be on special lookout for dangers?<\/p>\n

On campus, students navigate crowded hallways, elevators, lounge areas and the bridges connecting the West, East, and North buildings. There is no state of fear on this campus that this reporter is aware of though Hunter has history of clashes and fights in the nearby streets and by campus invasions by students from other campuses. A few years ago, Hunter was headline news because of a “perp” who had been stalking a female student on a 6 Train to campus managed to evade security measures to follow her right on campus. Also, the President\u2019s Office was once taken over by students but that incident happened several years ago. Click here for more info.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Once Upon a Time: A Groping Attack at Hunter<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n