Drab campus life amid COVID used to define Iowa students
Iowa students share draining year as spring break extended then vanished and classes moved behind plexiglass. ISU senior Sarah Bartlett returns after a history of family illnesses and a car crash while peers like Joseph Verry and Brooke Busch adapt with online courses, isolation, and therapy as campuses struggle with safety, masks, and missing normal rituals.
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Optimism amid Iowa hospitals plan for possible COVID surge
Dr. Dustin Arnold of UnityPoint Health says teams are ready to convert more units to COVID designations if needed. Iowa officials note future surges may occur after Thanksgiving with 45 percent risk in Linn County for a 10-person gathering per a Georgia Tech risk map.
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