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Days after students moved back to UNC Chapel Hill, many are going back home -- and local businesses are worried.



CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Days after students moved back to UNC Chapel Hill, many are going back home -- and local businesses are worried.

<a href="https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/story/unc-chapel-hill-halting-in-person-classes-as-campus-coronavirus-crisis-grows/19239935/">A virus outbreak prompted the university to move all classes online</a> after a couple days of in-person instruction. Some students are taking an extra precaution by moving back home to learn remotely.

A junior at UNC-Chapel Hill said she took precautions but may have been infected by coronavirus on campus and wishes the school had just started the semester online.

ONLY. AND THAT'S PRESENTING SOME CHALLENGES. WE HAVE MORE ON THOSE PROBLEMS COMING UP IN A MOMENT. WITHIN THE LAST 90 MINUTES WE LEARNED THAT UNC IS MOVING UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES ONLINE. THIS IS AFTER THE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED FOUR CLUSTERS ON CAMPUS. 149 STUDENTS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE. IN ONE WEEK THAT NUMBER DOUBLED 279 AS OF AUGUST 16th. HERE'S MORE ON THAT STORY FROM KEELY ARTHUR. &gt;&gt; Reporter: WHAT A ROLLER COASTER FOR THESE STUDENTS. MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM. MOST OF THESE STUDENTS MOVED IN JUST ONE OR TWO WEEKS AGO. YOU SEE THESE SIGNS ON CAMPUS SAYING KEEP CALM AND MASK ON. A VERY POSITIVE ATTITUDE. GOING BACK TO IN PERSON LEARNING. NOW WE KNOW THAT THAT IS OFF THE TABLE. THE UNIVERSITY SAID THAT THE DECISION COMES FROM THE FACT THAT 500 STUDENTS ARE IN ISOLATION OR IN QUARANTINE ON AND OFF CAMPUS. WE SPOKE WITH ONE STUDENT WHO IS WAITING FOR HER COVID-19 RESULTS. THIS IS 135 CASES , 130 WERE STUDENTS. MANY OTHERS ARE RIGHT NOW LIKE A UNC JUNIOR IS IN LIMBO. &gt;&gt; WHY DID YOU THINK YOU NEEDED TO GO GET TESTED AND FIGURE THIS OUT? &gt;&gt; I WAS HAVING SYMPTOMS AND I THOUGHT I SHOULD GET TESTED. &gt;&gt; Reporter: SHE'S AT A CRAIG MORRIS, DESIGNATED AREA FOR STUDENTS SUSPECTED OF HAVING COVID-19. SHE SAID SHE WILL KNOW THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RIGHT NOW SHE HAS A MESSAGE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS CONSIDERING GOING BACK. &gt;&gt; UNC WENT BACK , NOW THEY WONDER SHOULD THEY HAVE GONE BACK? WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE? &gt;&gt; I WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU CAN STAY HOME AND DO ONLINE CLASSES. EVEN IF YOU SOCIAL DISTANCE AND WEAR A MASK YOU CAN STILL GET IT. &gt;&gt;&gt; NOW WE KNOW THAT ALL UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES ARE ONLINE. WHEN WE ARRIVED ON CAMPUS IT WAS BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE. THERE WERE A LOT MORE STUDENTS AROUND. THE NEWS IS SETTLING IN. THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS ARE COMING TO AN END. HERE'S WHAT ONE STUDENT HAD TO SAY WHEN WE TALK TO HER. &gt;&gt; I JUST WENT TO GET COFFEE AT STARBUCKS. ONE OF MY CLASSES HAVE BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE MY TEACHER HAD TO GET TESTED FOR COVID-19. HALF OF THE CLASS HAD TO QUARANTINE. I WAS VERY SURPRISED. &gt;&gt; Reporter: SURPRISED BUT NOT SHOCKED. THE OTHER THING IS WILL THEY BE REIMBURSED FOR HOUSING AND FOOD? I ASKED THE UNIVERSITY AND THEY RESPONDED QUICKLY SAYING THAT THEY WILL FIND MORE INFORMATION IN THE COMING DAYS. I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE FINANCES. HOPEFULLY THAT INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THE NEXT

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Many Chapel Hill businesses said it’s been hard getting by during the pandemic, and the student population is what they rely on.

Time-Out Restaurant on East Franklin Street is right across the street from UNC. The owner, Eddie Williams, said business was starting to pick up when the university reopened.

Paul Friga, a professor of strategy at UNC's business school, said the people in the chancellor's office and other university offices need to be having serious conversations about budget cuts. Not small budget cuts, but big ones at an unprecedented level.

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After hearing that undergraduate students will no longer take in-person classes because of the spike in campus cases, he’s not sure what will happen to his business. He said March was bad, and he hopes it doesn't get that bad again.

“I just know that a lot of places are closing, especially here on Franklin Street," Willians said. "And the students were supposed to be our saving grace. But, it’s gonna be -- I don’t know -- it’s gonna be hard.”

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will shift all undergraduate classes online, starting Wednesday, as the number of coronavirus cases on campus continues to grow, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz told students and faculty Monday.

ON RADAR AND THE TROPICS COMING UP. &gt;&gt; WE CAN HEAR THE THUNDER OUTSIDE HERE TOO. THANK YOU, KAT. &gt;&gt;&gt; LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER MOVING IN, MANY GRADS AT UNC CHAPEL HERE ARE MAKING PLANS TO MOVE BACK UP. CORONAVIRUS CLUSTERS PROMPTED THE UNIVERSITY TO PULL THE PLUG ON IN-PERSON LEARNING. SINCE FRIDAY, THE UNIVERSITY IDENTIFIED FOUR CLUSTERS. THE JAMES COMMUNITY WAS HIT JUST ON SUNDAY. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE MOVEMENT IN JUST A MOMENT. WE START LIVE ON CAMPUS TONIGHT. KEELY ARTHUR HAS MORE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: A STUDENTS PLAYING SAND VOLLEYBALL, PEOPLE HAVING LOTS OF FUN, IT FELT LIKE VERY MUCH THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. HERE, YOU CAN SEE THREE STUDENTS BUT THAT IS BASICALLY IT. MANY STUDENTS HAVE GONE BACK INSIDE, STILL TRYING TO PROCESS EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. &gt;&gt; CLOSE EXPERIENCE OVER BEFORE IT BEGAN. &gt;&gt; DO YOU THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE FROM THE UNIVERSITY? &gt;&gt; I THINK THE RIGHT MOVE INITIALLY WAS TO NOT OPEN AT ALL, BECAUSE BACK IN JULY THE CHANCES, THE NUMBERS WERE NOT WHERE THEY WANTED TO BE. &gt;&gt; NUMBERS ARE REALLY NOT WHERE THE WHITE UNIVERSITY WANTS THEM. STUDENTS ARE IN ISOLATION OR IN QUARANTINE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF COVID-19. AND WITH THAT, A NEW EMAIL FROM THE CHANCELLOR DECLARING IN TWO DAYS, ALL UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES WILL GO ONLINE. &gt;&gt; I WAS LIKE OH, MY GOSH, BECAUSE MY IN-PERSON CLASSES, ONE OF THEM HAD BEEN CANCELED, BECAUSE MY TEACHER HAD TO GET TESTED FOR COVID-19, AND HALF THE CLASS HAD TO QUARANTINE ANYWAYS. SO I WAS SURPRISED, NOT SHOCKED. &gt;&gt; SURPRISE, NOT SHOCKED, IS THE CONSISTENT SENTIMENT ON CAMPUS. &gt;&gt; JUST GETTING NOTIFICATIONS ON CLUSTERS. &gt;&gt; MANY STUDENTS ARE WONDERING WHAT THEY WILL DO NEXT, AND HOW THE UNIVERSITY WILL HANDLE ALL THIS. &gt;&gt; IF THEY WERE TO NOT GIVE ME A HOUSING REFUND, FINANCIALLY, LIKE THAT IS THAT WILL REALLY MESS UP MY FAMILY AND STUFF. &gt;&gt; Reporter: SO, SOME UNDERGRADS WHO MAYBE CAN'T AFFORD WI-FI OR OTHER SITUATIONS ARE ALLOWED TO STAY ON CAMPUS. MOST, HOWEVER, NEED TO LEAVE. AND I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS. THIS IS A FATHER WHO DROVE HERE. HE JUST WENT INSIDE THE DORM WITH HIS DAUGHTER, AND THEY ARE MOVING OUT, TODAY. THIS IS TWO WEEKS AFTER STUDENTS MOVED IN HERE. SO, VERY SAD.

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