Hello all! My name is Anette Barrios-Torres. I am junior Music Theatre major and Spanish minor, and I’m working as one of the managing editors on our newspaper staff this year. I consider it such an honor and a thrill to serve our campus community in this way!
As we’ve eased and leapt our way back into the swing of things here at OCU, it has been simultaneously bizarre and wonderful. I think most of us are used to the COVID-19 protocols from last year. It may be fair to say that for those of us who had become accustomed to dancing in boxes and attending zoom classes, this semester’s environment is a (masked) breath of deliciously fresh air.
Though we’re not quite at the place we thought we’d be by now, it important to recognize the kind of progress we have made together and reflect on how close this very strange and terrible pandemic (or pantufla, as we say in my house) has brought us as humans. It has exposed both our character and dedication to the work we do, the arts and sciences we study, the people we care about.
As we move forward and into the rest of the school year, it is also paramount that we continue these efforts! I strongly encourage that our students adhere to the University’s COVID-19 protocols, get vaccinated, be especially careful with who we see and continue to wear our masks. I know what kind of care and love this campus has to give, so I deeply appreciate the work everyone has done and continues to do in an effort to stay together as the family we are!
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