COVID Cafeteria: Precautions in Café Lab have changed eating environment

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Chloe Ma

No longer filled with large tables designed for student gathering, the school cafeteria looks very different this year. Students report that these physical changes have impacted the social dynamic previously associated with the space.

Sahana Unni, Reporter

Due to the coronavirus precautions, the physical environment of the cafeteria has changed, replacing the once-crowded tables with individual desks set six feet apart. These changes have increased physical and mental separation between students.