What moving out in March looks like: Photos from the final week on campus
March 25, 2020
Seniors snapped photos in cap and gown, unsure of whether graduation will happen in June. (Jeongyoon Han/The Williams Record) 
(Jeongyoon Han/The Williams Record) 
(Jeongyoon Han/The Williams Record) 
(Jeongyoon Han/The Williams Record) 
(Jeongyoon Han/The Williams Record) 
Storage pods, usually only seen in August and May, popped up as students began to move out. (Rebecca Tauber/The Williams Record) 
Sensation Hoxsey, an annual street party that usually occurs in May, was moved to the Saturday before students left. It was later discovered that the College’s first student who tested positive for COVID-19 attended the party upon returning from their study abroad program in Barcelona, Spain. (Joey Fox/The Williams Record) 
Images Cinema, temporarily closed due to the pandemic, displayed this message in lieu of movie titles. (Rebecca Tauber/The Williams Record) 
The Writing Workshop held its final day of in-person tutoring on the last day of classes, Friday, March 13. (Irene Loewenson/The Williams Record) 
Messages celebrating seniors, whose final year was cut short by two months, popped up around Paresky Student Center. (Rebecca Tauber/The Williams Record) 
In addition to the chalk, “Sayonara Baby” appeared on the concrete column outside Paresky. (Rebecca Tauber/The Williams Record) 
With most people off campus by Tuesday, March 10, spots usually full of students, like Tunnel City Coffee, emptied out. (RB Smith/The Williams Record) 
Though most students left campus, the few whose petitions to stay were accepted have experienced a mid-March snow in Williamstown. (Alice Qu/The Williams Record) 
(Kevin Zhang Yang/The Williams Record)
About the Writer
Rebecca Tauber, Senior Writer
Rebecca Tauber ’21 is a history and English major and Jewish studies concentrator from Lower Merion, Pa. She is a senior writer. She previously served...
