--- title: "So much for honor': Despite COVID cases, college students partied Labor Day weekend away (USA Today)" date: 2020-09-08T03:00:00-04:00 author: Mei Lu canonical_url: "https://president.umd.edu/news/so-much-honor-despite-covid-cases-college-students-partied-labor-day-weekend-away-usa" section: News --- # So much for honor': Despite COVID cases, college students partied Labor Day weekend away (USA Today) *September 8, 2020* — by Mei Lu Originally appeared in USA Today President Pines spends time in the City of College park to encourage students to adhere to health and safety measures.
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