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Publication: The Collegian, , California State University - Fresno, Fresno, CA
As every semester commences, students are unsure what each one entails, but no one could have predicted how the Spring 2020 semester would take shape? The last five months were eventful for the Fresno State community, and The Collegian was there to document the top stories of the semester.
COVID-19 cancellations
Bulldog Zone without students as a campus suspended in-person, on-campus classes as they begin to transfer to online due to concerns of the coronavirus on Monday, March 16, 2020. (Armando Carreno/ The Collegian)
As the world transitioned into a new decade, very few people were aware of COVID-19 as the number of cases were initially limited to a small cluster in Wuhan, a city in China‘s Hubei Province.
But in just a couple of months, COVID-19 sent everyone into lockdown as the virus spread across the world and became a global pandemic.
For Fresno State, the fear of catching and spreading COVID-19 grew as the first cases in Fresno County began to be reported in early-March. These reports led to the cancellation of all in-person classes, graduation commencements, athletics, on-campus activities and all Save Mart Center events in just a span of a week and will remain that way for the foreseeable future.
Beyond Fresno State, for the next few months shelter-in-place, face masks and social distancing became the norm for everyday life across the nation. And as of May 28, the Washington Post reported that there are over 100,000 confirmed deaths in the United States.
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Election controversy
Ruby V. Muñiz, 2020 ASI president-elect. (Courtesy of ASI)
The 2020 Associated Students Inc. presidential election saw ASI senator Ruby Muñiz...