2 10 20 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Days Records from Rutgers Students and Instructor Subject The topic of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Description An account of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document <div style="text-align:center;">Far from Home</div> After the fear that I felt for Ebola, this novel Coronavirus honestly seemed like a joke. The 2014 outbreak scared me as a child of 13 years, as did the Zika virus, which followed in its footsteps; however, the non-existent impact that both viruses had on my life instilled a false sense of security in my mind. Thus, the Coronavirus seemed like nothing new – it would be a virus that would rampage across specific areas in Asia and necessarily fall through as it reached the industrial walls of more developed countries. Although severely misplaced (and incredibly embarrassing to admit), my confidence in America's capitalistic greatness and selfishness assured me that I would be immune and safe in our bubble of money and advanced technology. By March 10, 2020, the news about the virus was spreading and becoming more serious, labeled as an epidemic and threatening Asia's entirety. My own apprehension only grew as the urgency of Rutgers University emails increased, and more and more events were canceled, along with labs and other social activities. Much of the danger behind the virus flew under the radar for me, as I was dreading an upcoming debate tournament for which I was severely underprepared and desperately hoping that it would be canceled. It was. Like Christmas come early, classes were closed prematurely before spring break, exams postponed, clubs and outside commitments canceled, and the campus attained a liminal status in which the students could enjoy themselves while not worrying about any work. At this point, "Corona" (which quickly became the new vernacular) seemed to be a blessing in disguise! I woke up on the morning of March 11 to about 5 missed calls by my parents and a multitude of texts inquiring about the state of the virus and my speedy return home. The impending discussion included talks of expediated travel – bookings of flights were made, and apocalyptic rhetoric was thrown around casually as my parents insisted that we had to be together as the end of the world happened around me. Although they were excessive in their caution and worry, there was a change in the atmosphere and a sort of chill in the air throughout campus and in the dorms. Following the CDC's announcement on March 11, I soon realized the gravity of the situation that the world was in – this announcement was a critical turning point in the lens through which I was viewing the world. I was terrified not only for my parents and isolation from home, but also for my imminent travels, leaving my girlfriend, and not returning to campus for a long time. The following day, I woke up to an incredible barrage of notifications inquiring after my health from friends, family, and acquaintance the like. I immediately called my parents, and they showed me this Facebook post made by my best friend's mother: The post, filled to the brim with tragedy and import, urged all those who knew me to pray for me and my uniquely dire situation as a student in New Jersey and my impending doom. The deluge of responses and worried queries were mortally embarrassing, albeit touching, but was very indicative of the romanticized and fearful narratives traversing the world. Within the campus, however, parties were rampant, and everyone was enjoying their free-time in a bubble of safety; fraternities were holding parties – one especially notable one was the "NOVID PARTY" - which blatantly disregarded all policies and caution. The days around the announcement of the pandemic were chaotic, to say the least. From the complete disregard of rowdy undergraduates to my family indulging in the national toilet paper war, to my friend's creating an altar for me in their house, Coronavirus induced a noticeable volte-face of the people and society around me. Of course, this was nothing compared to the months that would follow, but there was a defined gradient of reaction that everyone followed: from excitement, to worry, to shock, and finally panic. These three days were suffused with emotion and activity, and I battled a two-sided confrontation between my life in Albuquerque and that at Rutgers-Newark. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Word Document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource My First Days: Far from Home Subject The topic of the resource Personal Narrative of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic Description An account of the resource An account of my personal reactions, emotions, and actions on the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Akshay W. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Akshay W. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Akshay W. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 28, 2020 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Akshay W. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource I have written and own this document and thus distribute it freely to this archive Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text format converted from Word Document Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral history narrative account CDC coronavirus COVID Newark pandemic Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Days Records from Rutgers Students and Instructor Subject The topic of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Description An account of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document First Days Assignment: CAN EKER My Adventurous First Days March 2020 has been a month full of surprises. News regarding an outbreak of a deadly virus was circulating in almost every tv news channel. I am certain that at first, many people, including myself, underestimated the urgency and seriousness of this disease that would later develop into a worldwide pandemic. During the first days of March, I purchased a plane ticket from Newark to San Francisco scheduled for the first day of spring break. I envisioned it would be an excellent idea to spend the scheduled spring break vacation with my mother. Her flight was scheduled from Istanbul to San Francisco. Little did we know that our plans would undergo a drastic change. Approximately, about a week before my flight, I decided to exercise at the golden dome gym for an hour before my night class. When I entered the gym, the lady at the front desk told me that all facilities in the golden dome were temporarily closed. I asked her if it was because of the coronavirus. She replied “yes”. At that point, I realized that the situation was only getting worse. There were rumors in my classroom about classes resuming online for the remainder of the semester. Frankly, I thought this was out of the question. The morning after, I called my mom on the phone to find out about the trip details. I also mentioned the severity of the virus referred to as COVID-19. I wasn't sure if traveling in such circumstances was a good idea. Of course, I was worried about myself, but I was more worried about my mom. The first and most important information I received about the virus was that it is more serious for the sick and elderly. My mom was aged, and just the thought of her remaining inside a packed airplane for 8 hours straight was horrible. I did not even want to imagine what she would encounter. After a couple of days, I received a crucial e-mail from Rutgers notifying me that classes were to be held virtual until April 3. I immediately called my mom. After I told her about the news, she worriedly expressed that she is willing to cancel her flight from Istanbul to San Francisco. In return, I told her that I would try to change my arriving destination from San Francisco to Istanbul and so I got to work. As the virus was spreading continuously and nonstop, airlines and airports were very busy. Two days before my flight, I got on the phone for hours with airline personnel. I explained my situation and asked the company to help me out by changing my destination.The person on the other line was sympathetic but helpless at first. I explained to him that I needed to change my destination urgently and that I was willing to pay the price difference. I had to make multiple other phone calls to other individuals periodically. The other personnel was the supervisor. She couldn’t solve the problem so I had to wait for the next day. On the last day before my flight, I called the airline company once more, and spoke on the phone again with the first personnel that I called. The personnel was calling me from Istanbul’s time zone and I was in the Eastern Standard Time zone so I could only speak until 3 PM. The personnel told me that my flight destination would be changed first thing in the morning. I panicked because tomorrow was the day that my flight to San Diego was originally scheduled and if the destination were to remain unchanged then the money I spent on the ticket was gonna go to waste. I woke up the next morning and swiftly grabbed my phone to check my emails. The airline company finally emailed me about my ticket. The email confirmed that my destination was successfully changed. However, when I saw the time when my flight to Istanbul was I panicked. My flight was departing in 2 hours and 45 minutes and I was still in bed. I quickly got out of the bed, dressed up grabbed my passport and left my house instantly without even packing my belongings. I can't even recall the level of stress and anxiety that I went through on the day of my flight. Thankfully everything worked out accordingly. I made it to the airport on time and made it to my destination safely. The airplane was not crowded and I did not encounter any trouble waiting in passport control lines and exiting. I am glad that I arrived home. Since mid-March, I have been in Istanbul and I don't regret my decision in any ways. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data First Days Assignment: CAN EKER My Adventurous First Days March 2020 has been a month full of surprises. News regarding an outbreak of a deadly virus was circulating in almost every tv news channel. I am certain that at first, many people, including myself, underestimated the urgency and seriousness of this disease that would later develop into a worldwide pandemic. During the first days of March, I purchased a plane ticket from Newark to San Francisco scheduled for the first day of spring break. I envisioned it would be an excellent idea to spend the scheduled spring break vacation with my mother. Her flight was scheduled from Istanbul to San Francisco. Little did we know that our plans would undergo a drastic change. Approximately, about a week before my flight, I decided to exercise at the golden dome gym for an hour before my night class. When I entered the gym, the lady at the front desk told me that all facilities in the golden dome were temporarily closed. I asked her if it was because of the coronavirus. She replied “yes”. At that point, I realized that the situation was only getting worse. There were rumors in my classroom about classes resuming online for the remainder of the semester. Frankly, I thought this was out of the question. The morning after, I called my mom on the phone to find out about the trip details. I also mentioned the severity of the virus referred to as COVID-19. I wasn't sure if traveling in such circumstances was a good idea. Of course, I was worried about myself, but I was more worried about my mom. The first and most important information I received about the virus was that it is more serious for the sick and elderly. My mom was aged, and just the thought of her remaining inside a packed airplane for 8 hours straight was horrible. I did not even want to imagine what she would encounter. After a couple of days, I received a crucial e-mail from Rutgers notifying me that classes were to be held virtual until April 3. I immediately called my mom. After I told her about the news, she worriedly expressed that she is willing to cancel her flight from Istanbul to San Francisco. In return, I told her that I would try to change my arriving destination from San Francisco to Istanbul and so I got to work. As the virus was spreading continuously and nonstop, airlines and airports were very busy. Two days before my flight, I got on the phone for hours with airline personnel. I explained my situation and asked the company to help me out by changing my destination.The person on the other line was sympathetic but helpless at first. I explained to him that I needed to change my destination urgently and that I was willing to pay the price difference. I had to make multiple other phone calls to other individuals periodically. The other personnel was the supervisor. She couldn’t solve the problem so I had to wait for the next day. On the last day before my flight, I called the airline company once more, and spoke on the phone again with the first personnel that I called. The personnel was calling me from Istanbul’s time zone and I was in the Eastern Standard Time zone so I could only speak until 3 PM. The personnel told me that my flight destination would be changed first thing in the morning. I panicked because tomorrow was the day that my flight to San Diego was originally scheduled and if the destination were to remain unchanged then the money I spent on the ticket was gonna go to waste. I woke up the next morning and swiftly grabbed my phone to check my emails. The airline company finally emailed me about my ticket. The email confirmed that my destination was successfully changed. However, when I saw the time when my flight to Istanbul was I panicked. My flight was departing in 2 hours and 45 minutes and I was still in bed. I quickly got out of the bed, dressed up grabbed my passport and left my house instantly without even packing my belongings. I can't even recall the level of stress and anxiety that I went through on the day of my flight. Thankfully everything worked out accordingly. I made it to the airport on time and made it to my destination safely. The airplane was not crowded and I did not encounter any trouble waiting in passport control lines and exiting. I am glad that I arrived home. Since mid-March, I have been in Istanbul and I don't regret my decision in any ways. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource My Adventurous First Days Subject The topic of the resource First Days Assignment: Can Eker Description An account of the resource First day experience of myself during the COVID-19 outbreak. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Can Eker Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Can Eker Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 13 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Word Language A language of the resource English https://archivingcovid19.libraries.rutgers.edu/files/original/127aee4331d6232ff023ba6604f4ab4c.pdf c307feb2f24709a4cc57d40cee44b552 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Days Records from Rutgers Students and Instructor Subject The topic of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Description An account of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document A Graduate Student's Perspective on the First Days of the Coronavirus Pandemic Before the coronavirus came to the United States of America, I did not take the virus all that seriously. I remember from my youth there were a number of other disease “panics” every so often. But at least from my personal perspective, it always seemed as if all the worry was completely for naught. Even though I knew that these diseases were infecting some people in my home country, they never really impacted my life in any meaningful way. When I first heard about the virus in China, I assumed it would be the same as all the other past disease panics. I was sure that some people in America would be infected by COVID-19 and the media would make a big deal about it, but I thought that the virus would pass without much incident in a couple of months. In fact, I was so sure that the virus would not amount to much that I even made jokes about the coronavirus to some of my friends. I remember one of the jokes started off when I overheard one of my friends talking about how one of their family members was worried about their sick child. In order to lighten the mood, I quickly quipped “He obviously has the coronavirus” and the room burst out laughing. The child of course obviously did not have COVID, since this was way before the virus landed in America, so we could all laugh assured that everything with the child would be fine. I still find that moment funny today, but more in ironic way than the joke was originally intended to be taken. This is all to say, in early March of 2020, I would have never imagined the coronavirus would have impacted my life as much as it has over the last six months. My perception on the coronavirus completely changed when I heard the players on the Utah Jazz had contracted the virus in early March of 2020. The memory of the opening of the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder basketball game on March 11th, 2020 is still burned in my mind. The pre-game started off just like any other during the NBA regular season. The players were warming up on the court, the commentators were breaking down what each team needed to do to win, and the fans were getting excited for the upcoming game. But slowly but surely, you could tell that something was wrong in Chespeake Energy Arena. The player and coaches were suspiciously talking to the referees, the commentators had a confused tone in their voice, and Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was out from the game with a mystery unnamed illness. Then after what was supposed to be a “short delay,” the players left the court and the PA announcer told the audience that the game was cancelled. It then came out the following day that star players on the Utah Jazz Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell had contracted COVID-19. People, myself sometimes included, often think of celebrities and athletes as super humans who are immune from things like diseases. When a celebrity does come down with a disease, especially ones as popular as Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, it lets the public know that the disease is something to be reckoned with. Once I saw this happen, I knew that my life was going to be dramatically changed for the foreseeable future. The very next day, on March 12th, I had my usually scheduled appointment with my counselor. Before I started with the counselor I am with now, I was in a really dark place in my life. These regularly scheduled meetings helped add some much needed normally and routine to my weekly schedule. But there was something a little bit out of the ordinary about this week’s visit. On the secretary’s desk where I normally signed in, there was little bottle of hand sanitizer. The secretary, who had obviously heard about the newly named pandemic, motioned for me to use the hand sanitizer. This in and of itself was not that big of a hassle for me, after all it only took five seconds of my time, but it represented the first of many changes in my life. That visit was actually the last time that I saw my councilor in person, even to this very day. A lot of the places that I used to frequent followed their temporarily shut down, which meant I had almost nowhere to go so that I could socialize with my friends. And perhaps worst of all, I became afraid to go outside, even for the simplest of things. The pandemic and my fear of it had essentially destroyed the careful schedule that I had planned out for myself. The current coronavirus pandemic should serve as a forewarning for how to handle future potential disease pandemics. Many people, including myself, did not take the early days of the pandemic seriously enough. There was a very popular mindset early on during the pandemic that life should just go on as normal. I still remember seeing photos of people crowding beaches in Florida like nothing was wrong at all. This mindset created the perfect situation for the virus to thrive. Thanks to medical and scientific research, the general public now knows of easy steps that they can take in order to stop the spread of future potential infectious diseases like the coronavirus, like social distancing and wearing a mask. Whenever we learn of potential infectious diseases spreading to America in the future, we must make sure that we take these preventative steps from the very beginning, in order to prevent the situation from getting as bad as the current coronavirus pandemic. I know for certain that I will never be laughing at a disease like COVID-19 ever again. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Graduate Student's Perspective on the First Days of the Coronavirus Pandemic Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19 Description An account of the resource A graduate student analyzes his own first days of the pandemic Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kenneth Morrissey Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/4/2020 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights to this work belong to Kenneth Morrissey Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Word Document Language A language of the resource English First Days Rutgers social distance Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Days Records from Rutgers Students and Instructor Subject The topic of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Description An account of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document My Worst Fear Confirmed On March 11th, 2020, COVID-19 was announced as a pandemic, and the world was struck with fear and confusion of what was to come. Not since the Influenza outbreak in 1917 has the world been thrown into a time of comparable economic turmoil and health hysteria. On that day, I found myself at my Rutgers University apartment in Newark, New Jersey, microwaving a cup of Ramen noodles while browsing through social media on my cell phone. I sit down to blow off the steam hovering from the cup, hoping that my first sip won’t burn my tongue off. But as I lifted the cup and fork closer to my mouth, something strange popped up on my feed. The title of the post said: “The WHO has classified COVID-19 as a pandemic,” while linking a statement written by the World Health Organization (WHO). I dropped my cup Ramen upright on the table in shock, accidentally spilling a little of the searing hot soup on my leg but barely even noticing it as I tried to wrap my head around the title of the post. I quickly scanned the article, and my worst fear was confirmed: COVID-19 was here to stay. The next day, I called my parents and I got ready to move out. Rutgers had announced that spring break would start earlier due to COVID and I decided to use that opportunity to move back home as soon as possible. I said goodbye to all my roommates and friends, knowing full well it would be a long time before I would see them again. When I got home, I unpacked after a long day and just rested out. My family and I were definitely in a bit of a panic. We made sure to get non-perishable foods like canned goods from the supermarket and tried buying some toilet paper, which ended up already sold out. Much of my time for those first few days was spent on FaceTime where I would call my friends up to see how they were doing, what precautions they were taking, and if they knew anyone who had the virus. As a pre-med, I was also deeply interested in the science behind COVID-19, and I read many journal papers and articles online to grasp a better understanding of what this virus was. I also discovered COVID-19 number tracking sites like Worldometer.com that influenced my mood based on whether the number of new cases and deaths each day was rising or falling. The worst part about my experience for the first few days of the Pandemic was how the terrible news of spiking cases was unavoidable because of social media. After those initial days, however, I started to calm down and accept the state of the world and just made sure my family and I followed COVID-19 health guidelines to stay safe. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Google Document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource My Worst Fear Confirmed Subject The topic of the resource Record of Varoon P's First Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic from March 11-15 Description An account of the resource Record of Varoon P's First Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic from March 11-15 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Varoon P Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 11-15, 2020 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New Jersey, USA 2020 COVID-19 First Days Media WHO Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Days Records from Rutgers Students and Instructor Subject The topic of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Description An account of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document On March 10th 2020, the day before Coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, I had my first moment of realizing that this was going to change the way we do things. I was in class at Stevenson University in the morning and my professor told us about students at Towson University being exposed to Coronavirus over the weekend. My roommates and I would go to Towson every week, so that news was a bit alarming. She also offered that school could possibly be cancelled for the week or moved online. In the middle of my next class, both TowsonUniversity and Johns Hopkins announced that they would be closed for the rest of the week. I asked my professor in my last class of the day if there was a chance we would follow suit and he told me there was a zero percent chance. At 8 pm we got the email saying that Stevenson classes were cancelled for the rest of the week and classes were going to be online for the week after spring break. I remember thinking that it was just going to be a few weeks and then we would be back at school in early April. I was nervous not so much for myself but for my parents and grandma. In the early stages, I was stressed that the elderly and immunocompromised were most at risk. I still had plans to go to Boston for St Patrick's day, and I still planned to visit my sister in Orlando, Florida. I don't think that the severity of Covid really hit me until March 20th, when Stevenson’s classes were moved to remote instruction for the rest of the semester. It just seemed that after March 11th everything was shutting down. The world was coming to a standstill. I had called my mom multiple times throughout the day of March 10th. She thought that I had been in direct contact with people exposed, and she was beyond concerned. She called my dad and told him that I had been exposed even though I thought that I hadn't. My parents even tossed around the idea of quarantining me at my Uncle’s home for two weeks. That day was just a lot of uncertainty and trying to convey it to my parents in a way that wouldn't make them worried. The early days of the pandemic were chaos in trying to find Lysol, wipes, and toilet paper. On the 10th, my mother had asked me to see if I could find wipes while I was still in Maryland. I went to ten different grocery stores and pharmacies and couldn't find any. After finally getting back home, my own family had started to quarantine to the extent that we could before it was required by the state of New Jersey. It was only a hint at what was to come in the following days when stay at home orders were issued. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data word document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource College Senior Meme Subject The topic of the resource A meme about College seniors Description An account of the resource A meme about college seniors on March 10th and on March 16th realizing how Covid is going to affect their last semester. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Old Row Offical Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Old Row Offical Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 2020 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Still Image Language A language of the resource English First Days meme pandemic Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Days Records from Rutgers Students and Instructor Subject The topic of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Description An account of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document A Bet On March 10, 2020, I lost a bet. I had organized a loose group of Rutgers-Newark instructors to go in on a pool – for bragging rights only – about when Rutgers University would close the three campuses due to the coronavirus threat. We all received an email in the mid-afternoon on March 10 that Rutgers was cancelling classes as of Thursday March 12 and, after Spring Break, moving online for two weeks as of March 23. The pool was a light-hearted way to process uncertainty and budding grief about a world we were about to lose. What sticks out in my mind nearly seven months later, however, is how most got involved in this pool. I ran into various colleagues in indoor hallways at Rutgers, with nobody wearing masks or social distancing, and, while chatting, I cajoled them to name a date. Such carefree interactions, even if against a looming darkness, are, for now, a relic of the past. A Dinner On March 11, 2020, I went to a pre-conference dinner held on campus at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. There were about 15 of us present, fewer than originally planned. Our numbers were reduced because some attendees had their flights cancelled and so could not attend. Also, we were complying with new rules, just instituted by Rutgers, that capped the number of people who could gather together on campus. Upon arriving at the dinner, nobody wanted to shake hands. How do you greet people professionally, in Western contexts, without shaking hands? One of the last attendees to arrive put out her hand for me to shake, and I almost did so before jerking back my hand. So awkward. After dinner, it came out that one of the people present was a medical doctor, and so we all surrounded him and began bombarding him with questions. Will the pandemic really be that bad? What’s going to change in hospitals? Should we pull our kids out of school? Why is there no testing available? What can we do to protect ourselves? A Conference On March 12, 2020, I attended and spoke at a conference on Islamophobia at Rutgers-New Brunswick. We had anticipated a large crowd and so were holding the event in a cavernous auditorium with hundreds of seats. But now that the pandemic was on, we proceeded sans audience and livestreamed it. There were never more than about twenty of us in a room that could seat 500. I had given a lot of talks in my academic career to sparsely populated rooms, but never one quite as large and quite as empty as this one. One of my co-panelists emailed us before he came to the conference saying that one of his kids was sick with a cold, but that he could not imagine it was coronavirus and so would attend the conference anyways. I found this exchange odd at the time, both that my colleague would bother to mention a child’s runny nose and that I felt slightly uneasy about it. Later I came to see how his email represented a transitional moment, where the just-declared pandemic had changed us enough that you would bother to disclose that your kid had a daycare cold but we had not yet reached the point where such symptoms meant you stayed home. We all had lunch together at the conference, in a small room, indoors. While at the conference, I kept up on coronavirus news on my phone. My husband sent me this photo from our local Trader Joe’s grocery story, taken around 5 p.m. on March 12, 2020 that depicted bare shelves. Writing that evening, I closed my journal entry for March 12, with this: News is coming fast and furious on COVID-19. Time of uncertainty and fear. It is a scandal that the US had so little testing and the resulting ignorance is fuelling fear. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data word document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A bet, a dinner, and a conference Subject The topic of the resource Account of Audrey Truschke's First Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic, March 10–12, 2020 Description An account of the resource Account of Audrey Truschke's First Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic, March 10–12, 2020 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Audrey Truschke Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 10–12, 2020 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New Jersey https://archivingcovid19.libraries.rutgers.edu/files/original/5a465f085e17343a87ff0a2e0e1daa37.jpeg 2edafdc2e5b384d9007acb011e5b311b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Days Records from Rutgers Students and Instructor Subject The topic of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Description An account of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data digital photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Trader Joe's Shelves on March 12, 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Trader Joe's Shelves on March 12, 2020 Description An account of the resource A photograph of Trader Joe's shelves, in Hoboken, New Jersey, taken around 5 p.m. on March 12, 2020. The shelves are empty due to panic buying associate with the COVID-19 pandemic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thane Rehn Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Audrey Truschke Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 20, 2020 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource digital photograph First Days food shopping shortages Trader Joe's https://archivingcovid19.libraries.rutgers.edu/files/original/275ca8c1782ad7a1aa0bc6856cea4b0f.png da92c42b978b1a914c6f6189845df6dc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Days Records from Rutgers Students and Instructor Subject The topic of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Description An account of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Digital Image Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks on COVID-19 on March 11, 2020 Subject The topic of the resource WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks on COVID-19 on March 11, 2020 Description An account of the resource The WHO Director-General's announced during a media briefing that the WHO recognizes SARS-CoV-2 as a Pandemic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource World Health Organization Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbT6AANFOm4&ab_channel=WorldHealthOrganization%28WHO%29 https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Varoon P Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 11, 2020 Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Image COVID-19 First Days WHO Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource First Days Records from Rutgers Students and Instructor Subject The topic of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Description An account of the resource Material Related to the experiences of students and their professor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly in March 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document First Days: My Account On March 11, 2020, the state of New Jersey declared a state of emergency and began initiating quarantine, effectively closing all schools, buildings and non-essential businesses. At this time, I was not doing much in my life. I had finished my undergraduate degree in December 2019 and was getting ready to apply to graduate school in the fall. During the beginning stages of the virus, I was working in a restaurant, saving money for school and for my monthly expenses. For weeks, analysts had been reporting that the virus was coming, but I hadn’t paid much attention to it. However, once quarantine started, everyone’s’ lives were impacted. When it came to my job, I was very fortunate to be one of the few workers still being called in. Most businesses were shut down in order to minimalize human contact. Some places, however, were deemed essential businesses, and allowed to stay open. The restaurant where I worked at was one such place because it also specialized in carry out. When quarantine hit, only around 25 percent of the staff stayed on; the rest were not called back to work. Now, most of them were younger workers, so it makes sense to have them stay home, but I was pretty surprised that I was still called it. Procedures were put in place to help prevent the spread of COVID, such as shutting down the dining room and having a limited amount of people in the building. Even still, I was pretty nervous going to work because I always felt in the back of my mind that I was at risk. The other notable event I can remember in the first days of COVID is my birthday. I was born on March 23rd, less than two weeks after COVID was declared a pandemic. I was planning to do what I always do on my birthday: go out to dinner with my family to my favorite restaurant. Unfortunately, COVID completely put an end to these plans. Not only were most restaurants closed down, but my mother was also especially worried about our state of health. She made sure nobody left the house unless absolutely necessary and had a bottle of bleach for disinfecting whenever somebody came back. As such, my birthday was primarily spent indoors. We did celebrate it, however; my mother cooked dinner and we all spent our time in our big backyard, relaxing and speculating of things to come. I figured that by the time my sisters’ birthdays came around in the fall, we’d be back normal. Six months later, our situation unfortunately hasn’t changed. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource My First Days: An Account by Christopher Perez Subject The topic of the resource An account of my first day in quarantine during the pandemic. Description An account of the resource An account by graduate student Christopher Perez about the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Christopher Perez Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 14, 2020 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Christopher Perez Language A language of the resource English