BU enforces new safety protocols as COVID-19 cases on campus rise Michael Golann / Contributing Photographer Students bear long lines waiting to get food in the Chenango Champlain Collegiate Center (C4), one of just two dining halls that remain open on campus during a surge of COVID-19 cases. In-person dining permitted at 25 percent density, CIW Dining Center remains closed March 7, 2021 Following a spike in COVID-19 cases on campus, with a total of 362 positive cases from Feb. 13 to Feb. 26, Binghamton University’s Residential Life faculty implemented changes in dining hall services, including the enforcement of new safety protocols. On Friday, Feb. 26, BU’s Residential Life closed the College-in-the-Woods Dining Center and began using it as a space to prepare meals solely for BU students in quarantine housing. Additionally, the Hinman Dining Hall has been under construction for over one year now. As a result, the Chenango Champlain Collegiate Center (C4) and the Appalachian Collegiate Center are the only two dining halls still open for all students, thus resulting in a drastic increase in student traffic.