Madison Veldman hadn’t heard another soul in her residence hall until the yelling started. On Day 7 of quarantine in the New York University high rise, students started leaning out of their dorm-room windows, shouting to one another from the building’s east and west wings.
Veldman, a freshman from Indiana, quickly joined in on the chatter. She’d been excited to start college in a city she’d never been to before, but “being alone in this room for so long kind of killed that excitement.” Being able to shout out her window to her neighbors has made her feel a little better, she said.
Image: CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS BY CHARLES HSU, MADISON VELDMAN, DANIELLE GOULD
