Hybrid Classes: Hurting or Helping?
With the new age of Internet capabilities, colleges all over have been offering online and in-person courses, and for a while now hybrid courses have started to become more and more popular. A hybrid course is one in which part of the coursework is done online and the other part is completed in person. The fall semester at Blue Mountain saw the start of hybrid courses being offered for the first time in the college’s history. To make this process easier on students who may ne
Maintaining Sanity During Quarantine
2020 has turned out to be a year of madness so far, with everything from a pandemic to murder hornets to numerous natural disasters, and it seems as though the only common thing throughout the year has been quarantine. While quarantine was mandatory at the beginning of the pandemic, most people have been able to go back to somewhat normal. However, a lot of people have had to be in quarantine since because of possible exposure to the virus. Being stuck in quarantine isn’t a f
Finding Calmness Through Calamity
Students poured onto the campus of Blue Mountain College on August 11th, eager to begin their new academic year after the abrupt ending of the previous semester. But though the college has reopened its doors in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s not exactly the same place we left. There are new precautions in place, designed to keep every member of the Topper family safe. Masks are mandated, and some larger classes have been split in half to comply with social distancin
Students Opening Up to Online
With a global pandemic, it is a possibility that Blue Mountain might have to shut down at any time, so our professors and faculty have tried to make that possibility not as scary. With plans ready for the pandemic to take over, Blue Mountain has warned the students that we might have to make the switch to online. Making this switch would indeed be safer, but some issues may rise depending on majors, the type of learner the student is, and the student’s home life. Different Ma
COVID-19 Strikes at Blue Mountain College
Two Students Share Their Experiences Everyone is talking about COVID-19. Starting a new semester, the president of Blue Mountain College, Dr. McMillin, issued a plan for the college to keep everyone safe and healthy. Even though those on campus are following the rules, there is no guarantee that there will not be students or faculty who test positive for the virus. Within the first week of school starting back, several students tested positive. When one tests positive, Ms. De