San Diego State finds itself caught in the middle between county and state over county COVID-19 case rate
by Brenden Tuccinardi, Editor in Chief
September 16, 2020
On Wednesday, San Diego State reported 37 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 among students and 9 new probable cases. Since Aug. 24 there have been 722 confirmed and probable cases associated with SDSU. The increase in cases has thrust the university further in the middle of what could become a sta...
San Diego State to test all on-campus residents, implement surveillance testing program
by Brenden Tuccinardi and Katelynn Robinson
September 15, 2020
All students living on-campus at San Diego State are now required to be tested for COVID-19, the university announced in a campus-wide email Sept. 15, the same day the university reported 19 confirmed cases and nine probable cases of COVID-19. The total number of confirmed and probable cases associated w...
Letter from the editor: A lot has changed, but we’re still here
by Brenden Tuccinardi, Editor in Chief
September 15, 2020
There are so many reminders of the old normal that have made living in the new normal even harder. Up until a week before the start of the semester, the March 11 issue of The Daily Aztec was still sitting in newsstands. From where I stand today, it’s funny to look back at the headlines from that we...
How to manage your mental health while taking online classes
by Kiana Sujishi, Contributor
September 14, 2020
Due to concerns over COVID-19, San Diego State is providing a majority of its instruction online for the fall semester. For many, the transition from in-person classes to remote learning is an isolating and stressful experience. In addition to the uncertainty of the pandemic and the current political ...
Spring 2021 will be primarily online, CSU announces
by Brenden Tuccinardi, Editor in Chief
September 10, 2020
California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White answered the question at the back of every student, faculty and staff member’s mind regarding next semester. In a press release Thursday, White announced that all 23 CSU campuses will continue with primarily virtual instruction in Spring 2021. “This decision is the only responsib...
SDSU nears 400 confirmed COVID-19 cases in first two weeks
by Patrick Doyle, Staff Writer
September 8, 2020
San Diego State has confirmed 396 positive cases of COVID-19 across the on- and off-campus student population since the start of the semester two weeks ago. On Tuesday alone, the number of confirmed cases increased by 110, and four new probable cases were identified, bringing the total number of confirmed a...
Mountain West Conference postpones and cancels fall sports, affecting San Diego State athletics
September 8, 2020
The Daily Aztec sports editor Kyle Betz covers everything you need to know so far about the Mountain West Conference postponing and canceling fall sports, including comments from San Diego State athletic director JD Wicker, women’s soccer senior forward Chloe Frisch and football senior offensive lin...
University extends ‘stay at home’ order until Sept. 14
by Brenden Tuccinardi, Editor in Chief
September 7, 2020
At the close of the holiday weekend, San Diego State extended a “stay at home” order for on-campus residents and a COVID-19 Advisory for students living in the College Area. The stay at home order began on Sept. 5 and was originally slated to end on Sept. 8 at 6 a.m. Now students living in on-campus dorms and apartments will be required to stay in their residences, save for essent...
SDSU issues ‘stay at home’ order to on-campus residents
by Jeanette Giovanniello, Staff Writer
September 6, 2020
In light of the holiday weekend, San Diego State has issued a “Stay at Home” order to all students living in on-campus housing. In an email sent out this morning, the university announced that the order will go into effect on Sept. 5 at 10 p.m. until Sept. 8 at 6 a.m. The order comes a day...
BREAKING: 120 new positive COVID-19 cases reported among SDSU students
by Katelynn Robinson, Assistant News Editor
September 4, 2020
San Diego State confirmed an additional 120 COVID-19 cases on Sept. 4 following the announcement of a declared outbreak within the community’s undergraduate population. The 120 newly confirmed cases are among students living both on and off-campus. In total there have been 184 COVID-19 cases wi...
Two weeks and 64 cases later, San Diego State pauses in-person instruction
by Jadyn Brandt, News Editor
September 2, 2020
Two weeks and 64 confirmed and positive coronavirus cases into the semester, San Diego State has placed a four-week moratorium on in-person instruction, moving approximately 200 additional courses to a fully online format. “The university is aware of probable cases and while the majority of these ...
Editorial: This pandemic is killing people and derailing lives but by all means party on, Aztecs
September 1, 2020
There are a lot expletives we could use to describe the current situation the San Diego State community now finds itself in, but we think you can figure them out for yourselves. 64 new cases in 10 days. The Editorial Board at The Daily Aztec is disappointed but not at all surprised. Before the semester...
