KCRA 3'S VICKI GONZALEZ HAS
MORE.
REPORTER: BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS
AT SAC STATE.
THE MORE THAN 31,000 HORNETS,
JUST A SLIVER ARE BUZZING
AROUND.
>> WE WANT FOOTBALL GAMES, WE
WANT TO DO ALL THAT STUDENT
ACTIVITY STUFF BUT WE CAN'T.
WE'RE MAKING THE BEST OF IT.
REPORTER: 95% OF CLASSES ARE
ONLINE.
>> HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL BE
COMING ONTO CAMPUS AT ANY GIVEN
TIME?
>> USUALLY ANYWHERE FROM 150 TO
300 STUDENTS ON CAMPUS.
REPORTER: AROUND 460 STUDENTS
ARE LIVING SOLO IN DORMS.
THAT'S A DROP OF AROUND 80% FROM
LAST YEAR.
COMMUNAL AREAS ARE CLOSED.
THE DINING HALL, ONLY OFFERING
GRAB AND GO MEALS.
>> EVERYTHING IS JUST DIFFERENT.
I WISH IT WAS NORMAL.
REPORTER: TRACK ATHLETES, JADE
AND GENTRY, ARE AMONG THE FEW
LIVING ON CAMPUS.
>> BECAUSE WE GET TO LIVE HERE,
SO I GUESS WE GET TO SEE MORE
PEOPLE, MEET MORE PEOPLE, EVEN
THOUGH IT'S, LIKE -- YOU CAN'T
GO UP TO THEM AND STUFF.
BUT WE CAN, LIKE, SEE THEM.
WE'RE LIVING ON CAMPUS AWAY FROM
HOME SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GETTING
MORE OF THE COLLEGE APPEARANCE.
REPORTER: BUT A TWO-HOUR DRIVE
UP NORTH, CHICO STATE IS
CLEARING STUDENT DORMS AND
REVERSING TO ALL VIRTUAL CLASSES
JUST ONE WEEK INTO THE SCHOOL
YEAR.
A HUGE BUMMER FOR RORY, JUST
GRADUATING FROM RIO AMERICANA
HIGH IN SACRAMENTO.
>> YES, THIS IS MY DORM ROOM.
>> YOU'VE ALREADY DECORATED A
GOOD AMOUNT OF IT.
>> AND NOW I HAVE TO TAKE IT ALL
DOWN.
REPORTER: LAST NIGHT, CHICO
STATE GAVE STUDENTS LIKE RORY
ONE WEEK TO MOVE OFF CAMPUS.
>> ARE YOU STRESSED OUT AT ALL?
>> DEFINITELY BECAUSE, LIKE, ALL
MY CLASSES ARE RESUMING.
NOBODY IS GOING TO STOP FOR THE
KIDS WHO ARE LIVING IN THE
DORMS.
I HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE,
PACK UP ALL MY STUFF IN A WEEK.
REPORTER: A YO-YO SCENARIO SAC
STATE IS TRYING TO AVOID.
>> WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OUTBREAK.
WE HAVE HAD COVID CASES ON OUR
CAMPUS BUT THE COVID CASES WE'VE
HAD HAVE GENERALLY BEEN THE
STAFF.
AND IT'S BEEN FROM USING A BREAK
ROOM WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE
USING A BREAK ROOM.
I'M NERVOUS JUST LIKE ANY OF THE
STUDENTS ARE THAT ARE COM
