(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- The University of California-Berkeley is playing down the role of campus police to keep students in their dorm rooms except for very narrow exceptions.
The Feb. 1 “self-sequester,” which does not exempt students who test negative for COVID-19, was supposed to expire Feb. 8 but was extended another week on that same day.
It bans students from going to their jobs or work-study positions or even exercising outdoors, though the administration removed that last requirement in a Friday update, after widespread media attention.
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