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2 PRESIDENTS AT ODDS

At SUNY, It's Partying;

At Hartwick, Trespassing

City Council member David Rissberger referenced this photo of a party in a SUNY Oneonta isolation dorm that was posted to social media over the weekend during this evening's Oneonta Control Group meeting.  It painted contrasting pictures of SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College, where a total of eight students have been put on administrative leave and two tickets issued for trespassing.

By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

ONEONTA – A photo circulating on social media, purportedly showing a party underway in SUNY Oneonta's isolation dorm over the weekend, prompted a conversation about the differences in how SUNY and Hartwick colleges are handling the COVID-19 outbreak and quarantines.

"I'm concerned by this photo," said Council member David Rissberger, Third Ward, during the second of Mayor Gary Herzig's Oneonta Control Room meetings this evening. "There's no supervision, and the community needs reassurances that moving forward, something like this is not going to happen again."

Currently there are 651 total cases of COVID-19 at SUNY Oneonta; 43 students are quarantined on the campus, with 139 in isolation after testing positive for the virus.

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