The last day on campus at Brooklyn College was March 14th 2020, more than a decade ago now. I remember walking out of the Bedford Avenue gate, only glancing back to look at the provisional existence of it all. The magnitude of what was about to come had not occurred to me or any of us walking out of those gates that day. None of us were wearing masks, all us walking within that 6 feet that would eventually pry us apart both physically and mentally. No goodbyes or formalities were made, no acknowledgment of what a shut down would …
