Getting through a difficult time Jan 22, 2021 | DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer And with those inaugurations, the assault on LGBTQ rights from the top should come to an end. So what better time to set goals and resolutions than the beginning of a new era? Of course, we’re still in a pandemic, and that has caused stress in everyone’s life. But counselor Candy Marcum is optimistic. “When the Pfizer vaccine came out, I felt a lot of hope,” Marcum said. “I was happy to see how many people got in line to get it.” And although she called the actual rollout a debacle, she said she expects distribution to improve over the coming weeks.