>> THANK YOU.
>> SO HOW DO U UW-MADISON STUDENTS
FEEL ABOUT THE QUARANTINE?
WILL KENNEALLY HAS THAT STORY.
>> WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER 8:00
P.M. AN EMAIL WAS SENT TO
STUDENTS THAT CONFIRMED THE
RUMOR.
UW WOULD MOVE CLASSES ONLINE AND
QUARANTINE STUDENTS IN TWO DORMS
FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
>> SO WE WERE IN OUR DORM ROOM
IN SELLERY AND WE HEARD GOSSIP
ABOUT IT AND WE LOOKED OUT THE
WINDOW AND EVERYBODY WAS RUNNING
TO THE STORES.
>> STUDENTS WERE TOLD THEY HAD
TWO HOURS.
AFTER THE QUARANTINE WENT INTO
EFFECT, STUDENTS COULD LEAVE BUT
WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO
THE DORMS FOR TWO WEEKS.
>> MY ROOMMATE CAME BACK AND
TOLD ME.
WE WENT OUT, GOT GROCERIES,
STOCKED UP.
>> WENT FOR AWR OUR LAST WALK.
>> FREEDOM.
>> IT WAS LIKE THE WALK OF
SHAME.
IT WAS LIKE BEING ARRESTED.
>> ALL OF US IN MADISON FOUND
OUT AT THE EXACT SAME TIME THAT
THE REST OF THE STUDENT BODY
FOUND OUT AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.
SO WE WERE A BIT INSULTED AND
CONFUSED WHY THERE WAS NO
STUDENT INPUT AS FAR AS WE KNOW
IN THIS DECISION.
>> MATTHEW MITNICK SHARES CHAIRS THE
UW-MADISON STUDENT GOVERNMENT.
>> STUDENTS NEED TO BE INVOLVED
IN THESE DECISIONS THAT ARE
BEING MADE BECAUSE IT IS
IMPACTING PEOPLE IN A VARIETY OF
WAYS.
JUST ONE THAT COMES TO MIND WITH
THE QUARANTINE AT THE DORMS,
WHAT IF A STUDENT HAS DIETARY
NEEDS.
>> THE UNIVERSITY SAID IT WOULD
PROVIDE MEALS FOR STUDENTS WHILE
IN QUARANTINE, BUT AFTER FACING
BACKLASH SAID THEY WOULD ALLOW
STUDENTS TO LEAVE THEIR DORMS TO
PICK UP MEALS FROM A DINING
HALL.
>> IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE
TO GO OUTSIDE.
ORIGINALLY WE COULD NOT GO
OUTSIDE.
>> THE MOVE TO GO ONLINE AS
MADISON SEES HUNDREDS OF NEW
CASES A DAY, MOSTLY AMONG
STUDENTS.
DESPITE THAT, STUDENTS SAY THEIR
PEERS ARE TAKING THE VIRUS
SERIOUSLY.
>> THE LAST TWO DAYS IT'S A
LITTLE MORE SERIOUS.
>> OVERALL, STUDENTS HAD A MIXED
RESPONSE TO THE UNIVERSITY'S
HANDLING OF THE QUARANTINE, SOME
SAYING IT WAS RUDDERLESS BUT
RESPONSIVE TO SOME CONCERNS.
>> I THINK THIS WAS A BAD
REPRESENTATION JUST BECAUSE I
THINK THEY FELT THEY HAD TO DO
SOMETHING REALLY FAST.
SO THEY KIND OF MADE A DECISION
QUICKLY AND WE HEARD LIKE THEY
REALLY -- LATE, I GUESS.
OTHER THAN THAT THEY'VE BEEN
FREQUENTLY MESSAGING US OR EMAIL
TELLING US WHAT THEY'VE BEEN
OBSERVING AND HOW THEY WANT TO
REACT TO IT.