Student Life

Jennifer Lazarow, who facilitates interactive courses through the Center for Professional Education at UT, offered advice to help students with the transition to online learning, as well as how to stay on top of it all without going stir-crazy.

In the middle of March in Texas, Andres Aguilar went sled racing with a group of friends, while Andrea Luna and Jan Carlos Rubio spent six hours building the Tower. They all did it without leaving the house. Aguilar, Luna and Rubio say they are logging onto childhood favorites, Club Penguin and Minecraft, to pass the time and connect with friends while away from UT through the online platforms.

 

In response to an announcement from Mayor Steve Adler that called for the closure of restaurants and bars, some businesses have remained open, while others have closed or laid off a portion of their staff — some of which includes students. Caught between the choice to file for unemployment or search for another job, students say they are stuck in limbo. 

After President Gregory Fenves announced that residence halls would be closing, students started to leave campus in droves. But some students remain in West Campus and will stay in their apartments for the rest of the semester. Although it’s early, they said it already feels like a ghost town.