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St. Norbert Times Volume 91 Issue 10 Article 1 5-11-2020 SNC Fights COVID-19 Pandemic Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snctimes Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, Creative Writing Commons, Digital Humanities Commons, English Language and Literature Commons, History Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Music Commons, Other Arts and Humanities Commons, Photography Commons, Reading and Language Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons, Technical and Professional Writing Commons, and the Television Commons Recommended Citation (2020) "SNC Fights COVID-19 Pandemic," St. Norbert Times: Vol. 91 : Iss. 10 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snctimes/vol91/iss10/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the English at Digital Commons @ St. Norbert College. It has been accepted for inclusion in St. Norbert Times by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ St. Norbert College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. May 11, 2020 Volume 91 | Issue 10 | Serving our Community without Fear or Favor since 1929 INDEX: NEWS: Athletes React to SNC Fights COVID-19 Pandemic Abrupt Season End ERIKA DITZMAN AND KYRA KRONBERG | NEWS CORRESPONDENTS SEE PAGE 3 > OPINION: The Podomoro Technique SEE PAGE 5 > FEATURES: SNC Students Adopt Animals SEE PAGE 9 > ENTERTAINMENT: “Parks and Rec” COVID-19 Episode SEE PAGE 13 > SPORTS: Netflix Sports Series to Binge SEE PAGE 14 > “May we who are merely in- convenieced Remember those who lives are at stake. May we St. Norbert College | Kyra Kronberg who have no risk factors Re- member those most vulnerable. Study Abroad Returns “I was a little freaked the option to stay once the ing abroad has always been May we who have the luxury The SNC community out but didn’t want to country was under a catego- my biggest dream and now of working from hom Remem- received their first email on think too much about it, ry two, but also stated that it was being cut short.” ber those who must choose be- Friday, Feb. 28 regarding so I moved on with enjoy- if they didn’t leave soon, Leisgang left early tween preserving their health when Spain was at a level or making their rent. May we the COVID-19 virus. The ing my study abroad. But they’d need to later. Sure who have the flexibility to care lives of eight students in It- things started to really es- enough, the situation esca- one, however the travel for our children when their aly were quickly upheaved, calate late february and lated, and like students in advisory was put at a level schools close Remember those removed from the country early March. SNC gave us Italy, they returned home. three the day after she got who have no options. May we for the sake of their safety. a decision to leave early “It happened so fast, in back. who have to cancel our trips The rest of the study Remember those that have no Spain students were ad- or try to tough out the pro- a matter of a few hours I safe place to go ... May we vised to return shortly after. gram until Spain would had a plane ticket and only abroad students were told who settle in for a quarantine “One morning I woke reach a level two. ” had a few hours to pack and to come home by Mon- at home Remember those who up to an email from SNC Travel restrictions and sleep,” stated Leisgang. “ day, March 30, as apart of have no home. As fear grips saying that the Italy stu- safety are rated on a scale The next thing you know I the Wednesday, March 11 our country, let us choose love. email announcing classes ... Let us yet find ways to be the dents were coming home of 1-4, one being mild, four am saying goodbye to my loving embrace of God to our due to the virus,” said Me- meaning students needed host family and getting on were online. Olivia Biskob- neighbours. Amen.” gan Leisgang ’21, a stu- to be pulled out. The SNC a plane to Chicago. I didn’t -Cameron Bellm dent studying in Toledo, students in Spain received want to come home. It was SEE STUDENT EXPE- Spain. an email that gave them so heartbreaking and study- RIENCE Page 3 > Dining Services Donates Meals GRAEME GALLAGHER | CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Although the St. Nor- have the option to pre- such a large commercial great quality food, but it’s Sysco. While the company bert campus has closed for order a meal and then the kitchen at Ruth’s, Dining not going to hold in the has begun to reduce ser- the remainder of the semes- staff gets it all packed up Services has already be- freezer very well and main- vices and close warehouses ter, dining services staff and for them behind the scenes, gun recipes and foods that tain quality until the fall due to the virus, the leftover employees continue to be then puts a beverage and a would not be able to last when the students come food in those places needs hard at work to serve those salad all together, and then until students came back back,” explained DaPra. an outlet, such as DaPra at the college and in the sur- the students come to a pick in the fall. With that in “So we’ve been slowly us- and dining services, to be rounding community. it up,” said Melissa DaPra, mind, the team has begun ing that inventory to make of use to people. Recently, While in the midst of director of Dining Services. to branch out to local com- some meals for community after being in contact with the pandemic, dining ser- “So we have a carryout munities to donate some of partners.” Sysco, dining services re- vices have been provid- only service available at the food, such as last week However, the amount ceived around 500 cases of ing an option for carry-out the marketplace, which is when the team began mak- that dining services can produce, which is around meals for students and staff totally different from what ing 30 lunches and 100 din- continue to prep and donate 4000 to 5000 pounds of that remain on campus. Fol- everyone has experienced ners for the NEW Commu- will depend on the total food. lowing the recent executive historically.” nity Shelter in Green Bay. food they receive and the This massive influx of order guidelines, the meals In addition to providing “We have a very large policies in place during the produce will go towards are first pre-ordered by resi- regular meals for those on commercial kitchen here pandemic. As businesses community partners and dents, prepared by dining campus, DaPra and the din- and we have all of these and companies continue to services and then handed ing team have begun utiliz- recipes that we have kind shut down, dining services out at the marketplace. ing their resources to help of forward started earlier have been in contact with SEE DINING SERVIC- “So basically, students local communities. With in the semester that is still their primary food vendor, ES DONATES Page 2 > sntimes.wordpress.com facebook.com/stnorberttimes @sntimes Monday, May 11, 2020 Editor: Madelyn Glosny NEWS sntimes.wordpress.com/news | 2 Editors in Gallagher Chief: Kyra Kronberg > DINING SERVICES and figure out how to make Graeme Sara Dillon DONATES Page 1 it work and every day is a Gallagher Erika Ditzman Copy Editing: surprise. Every day we are Anna Leadership Vanseveren also will be used to create just trying to find new ways Team: Leah Hennick Graeme Adrew Schaut assorted boxes of food for to continue to support our Gallagher Hannah Erika Ditzman Robinson students and staff to pick up community folks and other Emma Sipiora Kyra Vinz and use for cooking while folks in the community.” Heidi Swanson Mercedes Madelyn Glosny Danforth they stay on campus. Going from doing 2500 Anna Hernandez Vanseveren Sarah Schepp “We’re trying to find meals a day while students Jared Gartzke Kenneth Costa Photography: ways to help our campus on campus to only doing Alyssa Brugger Kenneth Costa Marybeth Koss community and then also 130 meals is a small frac- News Team: the community at large ture of what the St. Norbert Madelyn Glosny Social Leah Hennick Media and because we have the staff dining capacity is. Howev- Kaitlin Foley Distribution Janelle Knick Team: that’s here and able to take er, in these unprecedented Alyssa Brugger Features Team: that raw product and trans- times, the team is working Emma Sipiora Advisor: Anna Denucci John Pennington form it into something more hard every day to use their Joscelynn recipe-based to feed hun- resources to help those in McKillips gry people,” said DaPra. Dining Services | www.performainc.com need. Opinion Team: “When our immediate mis- to the Freedom House and However, these types of “Our mission is to pro- Jared Gartzke Aldo Gonzales sion kind of goes away, this they’re not accepting any complications are not out vide radical hospitality and Emily of the ordinary for the din- Buellesbach is really the next best thing prepared food right now. because our current stu- that we can do.” But, they will accept a case ing services staff. In such dent population isn’t here, Entertainment Team: While DaPra and din- of salad greens and cucum- a strange time, DaPra and we had to figure out how Rebecca Jacques Heidi Swanson ing services are actively bers that we can give them the team have had to deal we still fulfill our mission Anna Vanseveren seeking to donate more and that they can prepare with new challenges daily knowing that we have good themselves.

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