The president of a New York college resigns after more than 700 students test positive for Covid-19

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/us/suny-oneonta-president-resigns-covid19-trnd/index.html

The president of the State University of New York at Oneonta has resigned, as the school grapples with hundreds of reported Covid-19 cases within the university since the beginning of the semester.

In a statement announcing the new interim president on Thursday, State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras said that Dr. Barbara Jean Morris had "transitioned from her position as president" and that she wanted to "pursue other opportunities."
A spokesperson for the university told CNN that Morris resigned.

SUNY Oneonta has reported 712 student cases of Covid-19 since residence halls opened on August 17.

That's more than half the total number of reported cases from campus testing across the entire SUNY system. There have been 1,167 positive cases reported from 61 different campuses.

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1. Sounds like she paid no attention to the campus infection rate at all. Forced out.

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2. DOCTOR Morris should've known better.

"Most SUNY schools required testing before the semester started. My sister goes to SUNY Plattsburgh, and testing was required." Kenney also said that "there could have also been more restrictions on social distancing," adding that she wished the administration had forced students living on campus to quarantine when they arrived like some other universities did. But she also acknowledged the role students played in the spread getting out of control.

"I do believe that it is PARTLY [the student body's] fault," she said. "I believe that much of the spreading could have been prevented if the students hadn't partied or hadn't gone anywhere without masks on."

That last part's fair, though. Just because the admin chose to whistle past the graveyard and hope for the best, it doesn't excuse the students deciding they're too immortal to put the party on pause.

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3. omg