By Julia Lopez, community reporter UW-Eau Claire students and faculty appear to be cautiously optimistic that they’re doing what they can to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on campus, but there is concern that the efforts may not be enough. These reactions were expressed in interviews with the CVPost as 20 new positive student cases were confirmed on Friday (Sept. 11), bringing the total of UW-EC cases to at least 142. A total of 22 students living on-campus are isolating in Putnam Hall and the university’s COVID-19 dashboard reported that an additional 80 students are quarantined on campus and not allowed to leave their rooms. No students have been hospitalized for treatment, according to the dashboard. To read more, please click on the headline.