Tiny Warner college didn’t comply with COVID precautions before outbreak Students at Magdalen College carried a large wooden cross side by side without masks during an Easter event on campus last week. The state has traced 16 COVID cases back to the small college in Warner. —Facebook Until recently, Magdalen College was a quiet and unobtrusive fixture in Warner’s community. The small, Catholic school which sits on 135 acres of pine forest and open fields rarely caught the attention of the public. There are no loud parties – alcohol and romantic displays of affection are not permitted on campus. Music, the student handbook says, should always be played at “a moderate volume.” Instead the administration encouraged students to attend Friday night lectures or discuss fundamental questions from class.