SEEING CASES RISE ON SEVERAL
COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
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ANOTHER 35 STUDENTS TESTED
POSITIVE AT G-V-S-U...
BRINGING THEIR TOTAL NUMBER OF
CASES TO 158.
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THE LATEST DATA IS FROM MONDAY
-- WHEN THE UNIVERSITY STARTED
CLASSES. THE SCHOOLS SAYS IT'S
TESTED MORE THAN 23 HUNDRED
PEOPLE OVER THE LAST 7 DAYS
FROM THEIR TESTS -- ONE
HUNDRED-38 STUDENTS áTOTAL
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE IN THAT
SAME TIME. NO FACULTY OR STAFF
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE YET.
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TERESA:..STUDENTS AT THE
SCHOOL ARE ALSO USING THE NEW
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THE RAPID
OPERATES.CASEY:..THE RAPID
RECENTLY REMOVED THEIR
CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS WHICH
WERE PUT IN EFFECT TO COMBAT
THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.
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NEWS 8a
THE BUS YESTERDAY WHERE HE
SPOKE TO STUDENTS, HE JOINS US
NOW FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH HOW
THOSE STUDENTS ARE FEELING.
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JUSTIN:..TERESA AND CASEY THE
WORD TO DESCRIBE STUDENTS
EMOTIONS IS STRESS.STRESS
ABOUT STARTING A NEW SCHOOL
YEAR, STRESS ABOUT THE
PANDEMIC, STRESS FROM JUST
ABOUT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING
GETTING TO AND FROM CLASSES ON
THESE BUSSES.
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PKG:08:58:13:10 SO FAR SO
GOODa& AND WE DID ADD SOME
ADDITIONAL SERVICE BOTH ON THE
GRAND VALLEY SHUTTLES AND IN
OUR REGULAR ROUTES ON MONDAY.
THAT MOVE, AFTER BUSSES
QUICKLY CROWDED ON THE FIRST
DAY OF CLASS FOR GVSU.NATBILL
KIRK, BUSINESS AFFAIRS
SPECIALIST FOR THE RAPID, SAYS
THEIR DECISION TO REMOVE
CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS IS NOT A
RISKY ONE, GIVEN THEIR EFFORTS
TO KEEP THESE SHUTTLES
SPOTLESS AND SAFE.( BILL KIRK
- BUSINESS AFFAIRS SPECIALIST,
THE RAPID )08:55:46:04 WE DID
HEAR ABOUT SOME ISSUES WITH
CAPACITY ON MONDAY, SO IN
CONCERT WITH GVSU WE PUT MORE
BUSSES ON THOSE SHUTTLES
(ROUTES) STARTING TUESDAY.
ADDING MORE BUSSES, CLEANING
AND DISINFECTING THEM NIGHTLY,
REQUIRING RIDERS TO WEAR
MASKS, ALL THIS - JUST PART OF
THE PROCESS IN A PANDEMIC.
08:57:42:04 WEa
THAT OUR RIDERS ARE FOLLOWING
THOSE RULES AND WE NEED THEM
TO KEEP FOLLOWING THOSE RULES
AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THE
PANDEMIC. RIDERS LIKE ISAIAH,
A GRADUATE STUDENT AT GVSU.(
ISAIAH - GVSU GRADUATE STUDENT
)09:15:58:23 IN COMPARISON TO
FOUR YEARS AGO ITa
VERY STARK CONTRAST AND ONE OF
MY BIGGEST STRESSORS IS THAT I
AM AT RISK.ISAIAH SUFFERS FROM
ATHSMA, BUT SAYS LEAVING THE
HOUSE IS WORTH THE RISK FOR
OPPORTUNITY AND EDUCATION.
09:16:59:09 THERE IS VALUE IN
BEING ON SITE, SO FOR ME IF I
CAN GO ONE OR TWO TIMES A DAY,
INSTEAD OF EVERY DAY THERE IS
SOME MERIT FOR THAT BUT ITa
HARD TO MAKE THAT DECISION YOU
KNOW?A a
THAT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON HIS
MIND, ADDING TO THE STRESS OF
BEING A STUDENT DURING A TIME
OF SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY.
09:16:10:11 GOING ABOUT DAILY
LIFE AND EVEN DOING SOMETHING
LIKE TODAY, RIDING THE BUS, IT
POSSES A LOT OF RISK TO A LOT
OF US AND I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED.KIRK SAYS
THE RAPID WILL CONTINUE TO DO
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO REMOVE
SOME OF THE STRESS, ON THESE
STUDENTS, SO THEY CAN SUCCEED.
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08:55:54:24 SO WEa
GONNA MONITOR REALLY REALLY
CLOSELY EVERYDAY TO MAKE SURE
WEa
RIDE POSSIBLE.
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WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE COVID SITUATION AT GVSU
AND WILL OF COURSE BRING YOU
THE LATEST. IN THE NEWSROOM,
JKO, NEWS 8.
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