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For some students in need, campus is a safe — but lonely — place to live during the pandemic Susan Svrluga © Eileen Blass for The Washington Post Omaya Torres's classes at the University of Pennsylvania went virtual in March, but the 21-year-old from Philadelphia has been living in a dorm on campus since August. PHILADELPHIA — To see friends this fall, Omaya Torres had to improvise. She couldn’t bring them into her dorm on campus, a pandemic rule that was strictly enforced. While a security guard watched at the entrance, a card-operated gate would open, then swift...

Campuses are safe, lonely places to live for some students Susan Svrluga, The Washington Post Dec. 29, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Omaya Torres walks through the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia on Dec. 20, 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by Eileen BlassShow MoreShow Less 2of3Omaya Torres looks out the window of her dorm room at the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia on Dec. 20, 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by Eileen BlassShow MoreShow Less 3of3 To see friends this fall, Omaya Torres had to improvise. She couldn't bring them into her d...