{"id":1564,"date":"2020-12-10T16:21:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T16:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/NewsUpNow.org\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2024-02-08T00:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:53:14","slug":"to-spring-break-or-not-california-colleges-weigh-options-as-pandemic-worsens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsupnow.org\/news\/to-spring-break-or-not-california-colleges-weigh-options-as-pandemic-worsens\/","title":{"rendered":"To spring break or not? California colleges weigh options as pandemic worsens"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In an effort to minimize travel during the coronavirus pandemic, the university shortened the semester so it ended before Thanksgiving, and didn’t include any multi-day breaks. But the condensed schedule, Acosta said, came with consequences.<\/p>\n

“Having no breaks did not allow me to catch up with any of my assignments nor responsibilities nor my mental health; they just kept piling up,†the senior industrial and systems engineering major said. “I felt incredibly overwhelmed, so much so that my hair started falling out.â€<\/p>\n