Cvirus Essay

Escape to the last frontier

by Denali Culver | Mar 27, 2020 | Cvirus Essay | 0

From budding daffodils to a blanket of snow: a window into my abrupt journey from South Carolina to Alaska during the coronavirus pandemic.

Yes, I’m mad. But I’m getting better.

by Maddox McKibben-Greene | Mar 27, 2020 | Cvirus Essay | 0

As the country battles with the new challenges brought by COVID-19, I am also learning how to deal with personal struggles.

Help! I’m in college and coloring with a toddler

by Lexi Torrence | Mar 27, 2020 | Cvirus Essay | 0

I’m back home in Charlotte self-isolating with a rambunctious toddler.

Cabin fever, with a chaser of pain, is real

by McKenzie Lindberg | Mar 27, 2020 | Cvirus Essay | 0

I finally understand why movies are made about people going insane as a result of isolation.

Farm life endures during pandemic

by Maria Jutton | Mar 27, 2020 | Cvirus Essay | 0

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, life at home on my family’s farm remains basically the same.

From the coffee table to the frontlines

by Joseph Leonard | Mar 27, 2020 | Cvirus Essay | 0

By day, I’m reporting from my family coffee table. At night, I don a mask and gloves to clean a doctor’s office.

The view from my front porch

by Madison Poindexter | Mar 27, 2020 | Cvirus Essay | 0

My mom worries about getting sick. My brother hates his online classes. My sister frets about moving home. And my dad started a new job at our kitchen table.

Recording a quieter life in my small hometown

by Mae Frances Bing | Mar 27, 2020 | Cvirus Essay | 0

Back in my small South Carolina town, I’m taking out my camera to record what this new, quiet life is like.

Talking through my quarantine

by Landon Stamper | Mar 27, 2020 | Cvirus Essay | 0

While my parents deal with issues at home, I am 180 miles away self-quarantining after spring break, only able to communicate via phone.

My personal pandemic life

by Laurryn Thomas | Mar 27, 2020 | Cvirus Essay | 0

With graduation, a wedding and a first job all up in the air and at risk of being postponed or cancelled, life is full of uncertainty in a time of pandemic.

I never wanted to talk about this. Now all I do is listen.

by Cole Smithson | Mar 27, 2020 | Cvirus Essay | 0

I used to love my couch at the end of the day in a busy college newsroom. Now I’m starting to long for that room full of over-caffeinated journalists.