The annals of time are likely to mark the recent period as the world before COVID-19 and the world after COVID-19. The pandemic has touched virtually every aspect of life on the planet in some way. And the way the narrative has played out so far, days feel like weeks and weeks feel like years.
The debates themselves take place on a platform called Yaatly, which was designed specifically for speech and debate. That lessens the impact on the event itself, but not what occurs outside of the speeches.
The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is taking place in battlefields of many forms, and College of Idaho alumni around the United States have found themselves on the front line against the disease.
Bui found that students were studying and preparing for the MCAT on their own. Some, he said, were basically “winging it,” so he thought about starting a club.
Both students have learned about pandemics in the classroom. But it’s different experiencing one while on the job. Thurston and Young have been assisting in testing patients with symptoms, and they suit up with personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as PPE.
According to recent data released by the College, the current student body contains students from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, and Venezuela. Eight of those countries celebrate their national independence days during Latinx Heritage Month.
The dorm with the blue trim is named Sawtooth, after the iconic Idaho mountain range. Owyhee is named after the Owyhee range that frames the College’s southern skyline.
