When speaking against the measures UO took to prepare for an in-person term over the summer, some members of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF) and UO students found they weren’t being heard or acknowledged by administrators. To gather more support and input, four of these current and former UO students, who wish to remain anonymous, created the Instagram page @covid.campus. Their goal is to give students a platform “to call for and enact the changes they deem necessary,” they said in a statement to the Emerald.
Reporting on this piece took two and a half weeks corresponding with student workers, the Instagram page managers and UO administrators, plus researching COVID-19 specific protocols and regulations. This piece was the cover story for the print edition published November 2, 2020.