“UC student leaders have supported the idea of a move to online classes at the start of the winter semester in light of the growing caseload connected to the Omicron variant.”
other University of California undergraduate campuses announced Tuesday that classes will begin remotely at the start of the new term, as colleges throughout the nation wrestle with plans for a safe return after winter break amid an increasingly serious surge of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
UC Berkeley, which is on a semester schedule, starts later than most campuses and is monitoring the situation, as is UC Merced. UC Irvine said its delay allows time for “extensive testing, retesting and sequestration following the winter recess,” spokesperson Sheri Ledbetter said. Although the booster mandate applies systemwide, it is up to campuses to implement it based on local conditions. Some seemed unclear about the mandate; UC campuses at San Diego and Merced said they are recommending but not requiring a booster shot. UC San Francisco, a graduate level and professional education campus dedicated to health sciences,to encourage eligible students and employees to get booster shots by Jan. 15.
“I’m happy to see UC go online — at least temporarily,” said UC Student Assn. leader Esmeralda Quintero-Cubillan, 23, a senior at the Santa Barbara campus. “I say this remorsefully, as someone that thought my senior year would be in-person, but for the risk of public health and the health and well-being of our community, I think it makes sense to move online.”
Manu Agni, president of the Associated Students of UC San Diego, was supportive of the move to online instruction yet frustrated with the situation.
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