The student body at the University of South Florida has had to acclimate changes to our daily lives on every campus.
The requirement to wear masks, the cancellation of time-honored events, the changes to college football, the switch to online courses and having to keep hand sanitizer nearby to keep our areas clean have all become commonplace in the new age of COVID.
Student leaders have seen firsthand whether these procedures have worked or not. Teresa James-Scavotto, leader of the Friends of the Garden Club, is disappointed with the whole situation.
“We can only do so much, and I have a lot of patience for the University, so with them postponing games, I probably wouldn’t go myself right now but I’m just generally disappointed with the whole situation,” she said. “I know it’s out of USF’s hands, so what could you do.”
Most of the things that the Friends of the Garden Club does is outside in the botanical gardens at the Tampa Campus and hands on, which has been hindered by COVID.
“We’ve been around for a long time, and we’re the liaison between the gardens and the student body, and we can’t be a very good liaison when things are online, so it’s been tricky but a good test of my leadership skills,” James-Scavotto said.
