Students said they were incensed that Haverford, which is supposed to care deeply about social justice, would try to interfere with their right to protest.
Pennsylvania reported more than 15,000 new COVID-19 cases last week, the most of any week during the pandemic and over 3,600 more cases than the previous week.
Local colleges that opened for in-person classes and on-campus living are cautiously optimistic they can make it to turkey day, despite rising case counts of the virus nationally and statewide.
Although it was Penn State's first home game of the season, there weren't any large social gatherings like the previous weekend. Officials considered that a win in the COVID era.
Both Pennsylvania and New Jersey have seen the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations more than double over the past month, according to an analysis of state data.
Penn State will play the first of four home games against archrival Ohio State on Halloween night. Its first away game of the season this past weekend already triggered unsafe student behavior.
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and her husband have donated $2 million to the nursing school to establish leadership scholarships for undergraduates and graduates.
While fans were glad to be back, they were stunned how different things felt with so few of them. "Masks up, please," yelled one worker to approaching fans. There wasn't even a wait at the bathrooms.
