How the University of North Carolina went from a leader in college reopenings to what the student paper called a 'clusterf---' with 135 coronavirus cases in just 7 days

The Daily Tar Heel

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had originally planned on a hybrid reopening, partially in person, with its dorms more than halfway full.
• Within a week of classes starting on August 10, coronavirus cases spiked, with six separate clusters reported and at least 135 positive tests. The school went completely remote on Wednesday and told everyone on campus who could move out to do so.
• Some students and staff members said the situation, which The Daily Tar Heel dubbed a "clusterf---," was completely avoidable if the administration would have listened to community concerns.
• Business Insider spoke with 12 students and staff members on campus about what went wrong.
• UNC said its senior leaders have "regularly met with" student leaders and organizations and incorporated "many of their recommendations" into its reopening plan.
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Anna Pogarcic was in her Zoom class on Monday, trying to focus and not check her notifications. All of her classes were going to be remote now that the professor who taught her one in-person class decided it "wasn't worth it" after the first session.

But Pogarcic, 21, is the editor in chief of The Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her "Slack was blowing up," she said, referring to the digital-messaging app used by many newsrooms (including Business Insider).

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