While COVID-19 pushed colleges to operate online, students still graduated college with their degrees and those students graduating were coming up to face their biggest obstacle yet, getting hired during a pandemic. “After graduation I applied to over 500 jobs across America, only to hear back from a handful of …
Read More »Public universities and their students battle over mandates for the Covid-19 vaccine
By Stephen Lloyd Kayla Stissel, a first-year student at the University of Florida, gets her first COVID-19 vaccine from UF nursing student Taylor Collins at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville on April 5, 2021. Brad McClenny ATLANTA, GA (mocsnews.com) – As nearly half of the adult United States population …
Read More »Tampa Fans Ignore Executive Order
Chattanooga, Tenn (Reid Harvey) – Fans with no masks were present all throughout Tampa, Fl following the Buccaneers 31-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, despite an executive order from Mayor Jane Castor. Castor’s executive order required that anyone attending the Super Bowl festivities in the city would be required to wear a mask …
Read More »Questions Arise for Spring Graduation at UTC
By JOSEPH CHAMBERS CHATTANOOGA, TENN (mocsnews.com) — With COVID-19 still affecting our day-to-day lives and changing our plans for health and safety reasons what does a spring graduation ceremony look like for the class of 2021 at UTC. Graduation is a monumental moment for students of all stages, graduation symbolizes …
Read More »How Coronavirus Has Affected Upcoming College Graduates
By Shianne Vincent CHATTANOOGA, TN (mocsnews.com) Covid-19 has put out many plans this year making it difficult for upcoming college graduates from some classes switching to Zoom, to not having a proper senior year or graduation, and more importantly to finding their dream jobs. Many graduates are already experiencing stress …
Read More »COVID-19 Precautions: Do Students On-Campus Really Feel Safe?
By Luke Dammann CHATTANOOGA, TN (mocsnews.com) After multiple mask mandates, rulings and new safety precautions, half of the college semester is now complete with one major question to ask: do students actually feel safe? Although there have been plenty of guidelines put into effect on college campuses, students with in-person …
Read More »Playing video games is probably the safest thing to do during a global pandemic.
By Chris Milligan Chattanooga, TENN (mocsnews) – COVID-19 has many people bored at home with nothing but time on their hands because of issued stay-at-home orders. So, what better reason to cure the boredom than to watch someone stream a video game. Although the idea of streaming a video game …
Read More »Streaming Through Cyberspace to Keep the Virus Away
By Chris Milligan Chattanooga, TN (mocsnews.com) – As the world slowly adjusts to the impact of COVID-19, many places in the world have instructed social distancing, staying six feet apart from one another, or issued stay-at-home orders, only going out when it is absolutely needed. This has left people turning …
Read More »COVID-19’s Fall Semester
By Madison Gilliam CHATTANOOGA, TENN (mocsnews.com) – UTC officials have released a report that lists all of the COVID-19 precautionary changes that faculty and students should be aware of before beginning the fall semester. The task force was created by Chancellor Steven Angle who appointed Dr. Robert Dooley, the Dean of …
Read More »Corona Virus Effects Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tenn. – As of Saturday, April 4, according to the Tennessee Department of Health, Tennessee has had 3,321 cases of COVID-19 confirmed. That puts Tennessee 17th in the list of U.S. coronavirus cases by state. The total number of deaths has now reached 53, and the number of recovered patients reached 248. …
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