Cabral then explained why an open double would be potentially detrimental to his health. Īt first, SU tried to move Cabral to an open double in Booth Hall. Cabral takes immunosuppressant medication, which can make you more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Card Services took the concerns of students who wanted separate bedrooms into consideration by placing them in South Campus apartments, Scalese said.Ĭhristopher Cabral, a sophomore in the School of Information Studies, said his medical accommodations were not initially taken into account during the moving process. Staff from SU’s Housing, Meal Plan, and I.D. She moved out by the end of Saturday, and she had to rely on her mother and grandmother, who drove to Syracuse from Boston to help. Rossi said she did not get assistance throughout the process of moving to off-campus housing. I don’t know what underclassmen would have done at all.”
“I was in a position where my parents were OK with me getting an apartment off campus,” Rossi said.
She and her family decided to find an off-campus apartment instead. Bella Rossi, a senior chemistry and forensics major, was told she would be relocated to Marion Hall and had to share an open double with the person who lived next door to her in Skyhall II.