Opinion: Why I’m choosing to live in a campus dorm during a pandemic

Last year as a freshman, I lived on campus with three other roommates and had to move out shortly after Idaho reported its first positive COVID-19 case. Even then, a few weeks later I applied for housing for the following year with naive hopes and dreams that the pandemic would be long gone.

However, Idaho continues to report hundreds of coronavirus cases every day, with Ada County being one of the hotspots. Despite this, Boise State has pushed for an opening for in-person classes, and along with that, the university has committed to opening residential halls for students.

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