TOP ROW, FROM LEFT:
PARKER GOULD, 18, Freshman
“In high school, I liked being
able to ask teachers questions
and talk to them at the end of
class and get to know them,
and that’s really hard to
do n o w.”
SOPHIA MELOCCHI, 20, Junior
“I’m thankful that I get to
experience Penn State, even
if it’s only a percentage of the
Penn State that I knew in the
years previous.”
MICHELLE MARIETTE, 21, Senior
LIZA VECCHIARELLO, 21, Senior
JORDAN KALFON, 22, Senior
“I’m personally kind of worried
for my future and everyone
else’s,” Vecchiarello says. “I’m a
microbiology major, and I want
to go into the medical research
side of things. COVID is
preventing me from attending
a lot of these hands-on
courses.”
NICHOLE JIANG, 19, Junior
“Honestly, I’m expecting to do
worse this year, grades-wise,
because it’s kind of different
with everything being online.”
BOTTOM ROW, FROM LEFT:
AIDAN BRANDT, 18, Freshman
“There is kind of a general fear
of going home because people
choose not to wear the masks,
and there have been block
parties and stuff.”
KALEIGH QUINNAN, 21, Senior
“I’m staying an extra semester
because the economy just
crashed, so I’m going to take
some business classes. I’m
hoping by the time I graduate,
the dust will have settled a
little, but mostly it’s a lot of
anxiety.”
TAJAH GREEN, 19, Sophomore
“I have a dry-erase board with
a calendar built into it. I got
index cards to put reminders
on, and I put everything in
my phone so you don’t get
sidetracked when you’re doing
remote learning and you can
focus.”
GRANT DAVIS, 21, Junior
“You honestly don’t feel as if
you’re in school. You simply
feel like you’re watching
videos and you’re not part of
the class.”