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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: But is That REALLY A Problem? [View all]Fritz Walter
(4,365 posts)8. And, this just in...
Jerry Falwell Jr. is welcoming back thousands of Liberty U. students to Lynchburg VA. This would include holding "live" classes, and requiring faculty members to work on-campus, but dorm cafeterias would be serving food as take-out only.
I think we have a responsibility to our students who paid to be here, who want to be here, who love it here to give them the ability to be with their friends, to continue their studies, enjoy the room and board theyve already paid for and to not interrupt their college life, Falwell said.
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
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I wouldn't give a wet slap about these students -- especially if their lives were interrupted by contracting COVID-19 -- but what about everyone else in the Lynchburg area?
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