COVID-19 empties WSU campus

WSU students are supposed to to do online classes for rest of year. The campus is in upheavel. Petition with 6,500 signatures in two days calling on admin to cancel, refund or award grades based on pre-spring break performance

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Wed., March 25, 2020

Beasley Coliseum is seen closed on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash.

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Renee Bourgeois, 19, a CUB employee and junior hospitality business management major sits in an empty and roped-off hallway in WSU's normally bustling Compton Union Building, working on homework, as she makes sure her fellow students don't pass the roped off areas on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash. The CUB remained open for essential student services - like banking - on Wednesday, but students were not allowed to loiter, gather, or bring in outside food.

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Sanitizer spray is seen in a mostly-closed Compton Union Building on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash. The CUB remained open for essential student services - like banking - on Wednesday, but students were not allowed to loiter, gather, or bring in outside food.

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WSU students pass through a largely vacant campus on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash.

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Aaron Stone, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, walks down an empty Glenn Terrell Mall on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash. Stone was on his way to the CUB to cash some checks. The CUB remained open for essential student services - like banking - on Wednesday, but students were not allowed to loiter, gather, or bring in outside food.

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Meribell Lopez photographs her friend Max Elston as they head to WSU's financial aid office on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash. When Lopez and Elston arrived at the office they found it closed and resolved to check their aid status online. ]

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Students walk across an empty and snowy WSU campus on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash.

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A social distancing memo is seen on the Compton Union Building on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash. The CUB remained open for essential student services - like banking - on Wednesday, but students were not allowed to loiter, gather, or bring in outside food.

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Thinh Tran, left, a junior bio chemistry major is helped by friend Bryce Overstreet, a junior education major, as they move a mini-fridge out of Tran's dorm room on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash. The pair planned to drive back to Seattle together where they will continue classes online.

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Thinh Tran, right, a junior bio chemistry major is helped by friend Bryce Overstreet, a junior education major, as they move Tran's belongings out of his dorm room on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash. The pair planned to drive back to Seattle together where they will continue classes online.

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Max Elston, right, reacts at the door of WSU's financial aid office on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash. Elston arrived at the office and found it closed with his friend Maribell Lopez (not pictured). The pair resolved to check their aid status online.

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Meribell Lopez right, her friend Max Elston head to WSU's financial aid office on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on WSU's campus in Pullman, Wash. When Lopez and Elston arrived at the office they found it closed and resolved to check their aid status online.

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