By Payton Carns
COVID-19 restrictions meant the 2020-21 school year began in isolation.
In August 2020, almost 3,500 freshmen began at the University of Louisville. Typically, this would mean a bustling campus full of fresh faces mapping the routes to their class buildings.
The reality: the move-in day turned into a move-in week, with students entering the dorms over the course of three days in staggered groups. Each student completed a 14-day quarantine, an isolating way to end a secluded summer. Recruitment for Greek life organizations was entirely virtual and no one had any idea what sports events would even look like.