Dorm Visitation Policy at University of Kentucky

 

Dorm Visitation Still Restricted

Disappointing News from Kentucky

By Zachary Reboletti

Student at University of Kentucky

September 7, 2020

    Today I just received an email about the visitation policy change at University of Kentucky. It reads as follows:

A snippet of the email sent out to University of Kentucky students on September 11, 2020

    This is obviously quite disappointing to see. Today was supposed to be the first day that we were allowed to go to other people's dorms and be able to meet more people and even have people over ourselves. For a while, I have been wanting to have a couple friends over to watch the NBA Playoffs in my dorm because it has the most space. I have not been able to do this yet, though, due to the restrictions on the visitation policy. This is pretty tough for me personally because I have not met too many people so far, and this would have been an opportunity to meet more people. Although this is not the best news, it is an action that must be taken to prevent further spread of the coronavirus. With many schools going to fully online, Kentucky has been taken action to ensure that spread of the virus is limited. If the situation looks to continue, maybe they will open up visitation more, but we will have to see. It is honestly too soon to make a judgement because the school year did just start a couple weeks ago. Hopefully everyone continues to be safe and wear facial coverings, washing their hands, and to keep maintaining 6 feet of distance over the next couple weeks while the university decides on further action.