Stroebel called the University s Covid-19 app an Orwellian invasion of student privacy .
The plans require students to track and share their own health data through an app on their phone, according to a news release.
See Also Increased testing for COVID-19 next semester makes sense, but I strongly disagree with the University s decision to embrace what sounds like an Orwellian invasion of student privacy, Stroebel said in a statement. Forcing students to use an application on their phone to track test compliance and subsequently share that data with trained employees who will stand guard outside buildings conjures images of a state-run campus in a repressive regime.