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Apr 29, 20202 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: LOOKING FOR THE FAMILIAR
With the global pandemic and shutdown, Emma Ford has found herself struggling to cope. For her, familiarity is key. “I’ve just been...
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Gator Quad
Apr 29, 20201 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: SIEZE THE DAY!
Image credit: @karim_manjra, Unsplash This is my quarantine story. There are lots of reasons to be sad or scared, but I’m here to give...
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Gator Quad
Apr 29, 20202 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: BROTHERLY LOVE
Without being able to leave the safety of their home, a lot of people are turning to people they are quarantined with the biggest dare --...
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Gator Quad
Apr 28, 20202 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: LIFE AT HOME, RE-SET
“The unprecedented shift to remote learning took me by surprise, like it did for many of my peers. Personally, as a student, I learn and...
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Gator Quad
Apr 28, 20202 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: DRIVING US BATTY!
I was upstairs in my room, just relaxing, and all of a sudden my dad starts screaming, “Emily! Emily! There’s a BAT in the house!” I run...
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Gator Quad
Apr 28, 20201 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: WHEN IT'S AT YOUR DOORSTEP
This COVID-19 has been really hard for my family since not many of us have stable jobs and half of my family does not know how to speak...
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Gator Quad
Apr 28, 20203 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: SOCIAL DISTANCING
The Coronavirus pandemic has been difficult for most people, especially because of the social distancing. However, there is a very small...
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Gator Quad
Apr 28, 20202 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: REDISCOVERING HOME
When the magnitude of the pandemic finally set in it was hard to process the uncertainty of it all. Moving back home and not knowing when...
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Gator Quad
Apr 28, 20202 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: PAIN IN THE BUTT!
Sometimes, there are unexpected circumstances that we could never have prepared for. The Coronavirus pandemic is one of those...
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Gator Quad
Apr 27, 20203 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: MAKING UP FOR LOST TIMES
Like the rest of the Class of 2020, I never could have imagined that my final days as an Allegheny student would be spent quarantined at...
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Gator Quad
Apr 27, 20203 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: MOO-SING ON LIFE
When we all headed home for spring break back in March, I doubt any of us really thought we would be coming back in a week or two,...
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Gator Quad
Apr 26, 20201 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: PAINTING THE MIND
During quarantine, I have been using my free time to paint. Painting is something that I love to do because it is freeing and a way to...
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Gator Quad
Apr 26, 20202 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: POEM FOR OUR TIMES
I watch as the menacing orb of darkness swirls around me I sprint down a stony path only to see that A dead end lies ahead, An end more...
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Gator Quad
Apr 21, 20203 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: MY BROTHER MIKE
Since he was a boy, my brother Mike Weston has been a character. Getting into mischief and being a comedian. On occasion, he’d become a...
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Gator Quad
Apr 21, 20202 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: BEHIND THE MASK
"So, I am a physical therapist, which is considered an essential medical service. During the pandemic, my position has become dangerous,...
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Gator Quad
Apr 21, 20203 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: HAPPY CAMPER
" So recently, my wife and I purchased a small trailer at my childhood campground. Camping has been something I’ve been doing for the...
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Gator Quad
Apr 21, 20202 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: FLIGHT FOR LIFE
“I have had a 3D Printer for a number of years and have just kind of done a lot of hobby things with it. I am not really an avid 3D...
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Gator Quad
Apr 17, 20202 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: THIS IS HOW WE DO IT!
This video (see below) that my Allegheny College soccer teammate Ryan Hilty made, has a dual purpose. The first purpose was to create...
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Gator Quad
Apr 17, 20202 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: WHEN ADULTS BECOME THE KIDS
Certain fun activities such as building puzzles, playing board games, using the Wii, or playing basketball, were among the Dosch kids'...
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Gator Quad
Apr 12, 20203 min read
QUARANTINE TIMES: THROUGH MARTHA'S EYES
I know the three smaller humans go to this place called ‘school’. It is where they teach young humans all sorts of things that I do not...
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