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Colleges across the U.S. and U.K. have closed due to the virus and moved to online learning.

Alumni return home after university closures

Emily Forgash and Isabelle Lhuilier April 6, 2020

Reacting to the closure  Although students at the University of Chicago were officially informed of the school closure due to COVID-19 March 12, Sam Holtzman (’19) said the school newspaper, The Chicago...

AP tests will still take place during the outbreak, but as shortened 45-minute, online versions of the exams.

AP test adjustments strike range of feelings

Helen Roth, Features Editor: Online April 5, 2020

The College Board has hosted AP exams in the month of May, tracing back to 1954. Now, 66 years later, with the outbreak of COVID-19 requiring global citizens to quarantine, marks the first time in history...

Discarded surgical gloves are littered across London streets. The coronavirus has to be taken seriously in order to prevent the spread of the disease.

Lockdown requires participation due to severity of virus

Maarya Shafqat Adil, Staff Writer April 5, 2020

Every day I wake up to my alarm playing as I open my eyes to the light from my window. But Friday, March 13, was different. I woke up to school being canceled due to coronavirus. Some may say that school...

The DLP has now been in place for two weeks, incorporating both synchronous and asynchronous aspects.

Students adapt to distance learning challenges

Cameron Spurr, News Editor: Print April 3, 2020

COVID-19 has generated a lot of uncertainty around learning at ASL. Globally, many schools have closed for the remainder of the year, while others have continued online. ASL chose the latter, implementing...

Performance crew team member Leyth Sousou (22) trains on an erg at home. Crew had many races scheduled for the spring season, but they were canceled. Sousou has been able to train six times a week on the erg, but finds it hard be motivated to train without the other members of the team.

Athletes adjust training during lockdown

Jonathan Novak, Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Online April 2, 2020

Eight practices a week, 15 hours in the pool and three hours of general fitness.  Swimmer Lauren Brantley (’20) had been exercising at least that much every week since September.  However, on...

The aisles at the M&S in Earls Court are barren because of panic-buying . Some stores are adding item limits to combat the issue.

Virus fears incite panic-buying, over storage of goods

Isabel Link, News Editor: Print April 1, 2020

“It seems to be something new every week,” Malachy Doherty (’21) said when describing products disappearing in stores. “At first, it was toilet paper, and all the hand sanitizer was gone,”...

Ever since school closed march 14, the administration have to take on various challenges like implementing the Distance Learning Plan and keeping the school running.

Behind the scenes during the school closure

Emily Forgash, Culture Editor: Print March 31, 2020

Communication with the U.K. government The decision to close the school until April 17 was not based on instructions from the U.K. government, but was instead decided by the administration. However, Head...

Quarantine Diary

Quarantine Diary

Megan McGilchrist, Guest Writer March 26, 2020

I return to literary models a lot. In times of deep trouble, I look to The Odyssey. Although he didn’t face plagues, Odysseus faced nearly every other kind of disaster, and got through. We look to others’...

5. Ryan Tannehill receives big contract

March 25, 2020

The Tennessee Titans started off the 2019 season with Marcus Mariota under center, the quarterback out of the University of Oregon who the Titans picked as the second overall choice in the 2015 NFL draft....

4. Stefon Diggs traded to Buffalo Bills

March 25, 2020

Similarly to Deandre Hopkins, wide receiver Stefon Diggs’ trade to the Buffalo Bills was born out of his frustration with the Minnesota Vikings, for whom he played since his entry into the league in...

3. Todd Gurley released by Rams, picked up by Falcons

March 25, 2020

In the summer of 2018, the Los Angeles Rams gave running back Todd Gurley an extension worth $57.5 million over four years, with $45 million of that guaranteed. However, two years into the contract, the...

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