Iowa State University cracking down on students breaking social distancing guidelines off-campus

Administrators at Iowa State University watched colleges across the country close campuses because of coronavirus outbreaks and they don’t want it to happen in Ames.

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W H OTHIRTEEN'S LAURA WILCOX SHOWSUS HOW STUDENTS AND BUSINESSOWNERS ARE REACTING.YOUR CURRENT EDUCATION ANDI DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE'SUP, PARTYING TO STAND IN THEWAY OF THAT.NEITHER DOES IOWA STATEUNIVERSITY.

JUST DAYS AFTERCLASSES BN PRESIDENT WHEN YOUINTERESTING SENDING THISLETTER TO STUDENTS.

MORNINGTHOSE WHO AREN'T WEARINGMASKS OR SOCIAL DISTANCINGCOULD BE SUBJECT TOUNIVERSITY DISCIPLINE IN EVENSUSPENSION.

IT'S AN ADDEDSAFETY MEASURES SOME STUDENTSARE HAPPY TO SEE.FOR ME PERSONALLY I WASREALLY UNEASY BUT I WASTHINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW THEWHOLE SITUATION AND WHERETHINGS ARE GOING AND I'MCONFIDENT THAT YOU KNOW THEUNIVERSITY HAS BEEN INCONTROL I KNOW I WAS SOMEONEWHO WAS DRIVING AROUND LASTWEEKEND AND I I'M COMFORTABLELET'S SEE ON GROUP'S OURHOUSE THROUGHOUT GAMES AND IKNOW THAT I WAS COMFORTABLEBEING ON CAMPUS WITH THIS.MANDATE.THE NEW RULES ADDING EXTRAPRESSURE TO CAMPUS TOWN BARSBLUE OWL SAYS IT HASINCREASED SAFETY MEASURESSINCE STUDENTS ARRIVED ONCAMPUS.SO WE'VE ACTUALLYINCREASED MAKING SURE THAT WEHAVE EXTRA DOOR GUYS AND FORPEOPLE TO KEEP STUDENTSSEPARATED SOCIAL DISTANCINGAS MUCH AS THEY CAN WITHINTHEIR GROUPS.

WHILE THEY'REIN THE BAR.IN DOWNTOWN AMES ARCADEBAR TIME OUT FOLLOWINGSIMILAR PRECAUTIONS HANDSANITIZER AND MASKS AVAILABLEINSIDE.OWNER LANCE HARDING SAYSTHEY HAVEN'T SEEN THE CROWDSTHEY USED TO BECAUSE OFCOVID-19.

I HOPE EVERYONEFOLLOWS THE UNIVERSITY'SGUIDELINES, SO THEY CAN GETBACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL.

ITDOES BRING US COMFORT KNOWINGTHAT THAT IS OUT THERE.BUT THAT DOESN'TNECESSARILY MEAN THATEVERYBODY'S GOING TO LISTENTO IT.

SO HOPEFULLY WITH THESTUDENTS KNOWING THAT THEREARE REPERCUSSIONS FOR NOTADHERING TO THOSE RULES.

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