Denver, Colorado, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of students moving luggage with cart, suitcase
2. Board showing epidemic precaution measures
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Max Parry, student, University of Colorado Boulder:
"I think it's gonna kind of explode in the next three or four months, but I mean I know we're taking all the precautions that we can. So fingers crossed that I'm wrong."
4. Various of students walking, riding bike on campus
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeff Zayach, public health executive director of Boulder:
"In the past 10 days specifically, we've had six days with over 50 new reported cases, and the large majority of which are students."
6. Various of students walking, riding bike on campus
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip DiStefano, chancellor, University of Colorado Boulder:
"We've had enough of students choosing to gather in large groups and choosing not to wear masks."
8. Aerial shots of university campus, surrounding neighborhood
9. Girl walking, traffic
10. SOUNDBITE (English) student, University of Colorado Boulder (name not given):
"It's pretty crazy honestly. A lot of my friends have said it's like they're grounding the whole college."
11. SOUNDBITE (English) student, University of Colorado Boulder (name not given):
"I think it's a good idea for quarantine because COVID is just spreading everywhere, and that's never good."
12. SOUNDBITE (English) student, University of Colorado Boulder (name not given):
"I don't agree with it, especially with the two-week quarantine, we don't get to use the school resources we pay for."
13. View of town from hill
14. Buffalo statue
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick O'Rourke, interim executive vice chancellor, University of Colorado Boulder:
"We're not taking these steps in an effort to try to shame or blame students."
16. Various of students walking, traffic
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeff Zayach, public health executive director of Boulder:
"We can't all be everywhere and it's really up to individual behaviors to be able to control the spread of this virus."
18. Various of street view shot from moving vehicle

Administrators at universities in the U.S. are trying to curb COVID-19 infections on campuses, but these preventative measures have garnered various reactions among students as they try to navigate returning to school.

For some freshman students who moved into University of Colorado Boulder housing around mid-August, it wasn't a question of if the coronavirus would spread on campus this year, but when.

"I think it's gonna kind of explode in the next three or four months, but I mean I know we're taking all the precautions that we can. So fingers crossed that I'm wrong," said Max Parry, a student of the university.

Unfortunately, cases on campus surged with new daily infections being reported.

"In the past 10 days specifically, we've had six days with over 50 new reported cases, and the large majority of which are students,” said Jeff Zayach, the public health executive director of Boulder County.

In the past month, nearly 800 tests results came back positive, which prompted the school to order students to self-quarantine for two weeks.

"We've had enough of students choosing to gather in large groups and choosing not to wear masks,” said Philip DiStefano, the chancellor of the University of Colorado Boulder.

Authorities have said large social gatherings and off-campus parties have helped fuel the spread of the virus.

According to one survey, more than 150 colleges have reported at least 100 cases, leading a number of schools to implement their own quarantines and some have suspended in-person classes.

However, students have different opinions on the anti-epidemic measures that are now in place.

"It's pretty crazy honestly. A lot of my friends have said it's like they're grounding the whole college,” said a student of the University of Colorado Boulder.

"I think it's a good idea for quarantine because COVID is just spreading everywhere, and that's never good,” said another student.

"I don't agree with it, especially with the two-week quarantine, we don't get to use the school resources we pay for,” said another student.

Earlier students in one Boulder dorm were told that because more room was needed in their facility to isolate those who'd tested positive for COVID-19, they'd have to move to another building.

The school then took it a step further and announced two weeks of remote-only learning will begin to try to bring case counts down.

"We're not taking these steps in an effort to try to shame or blame students,” said Patrick O'Rourke, the university's interim executive vice chancellor.

O'Rourke said it's about protecting the health and safety of the community and that disciplinary action against students who don't comply with social distancing mandates is possible.

"We can't all be everywhere and it's really up to individual behaviors to be able to control the spread of this virus," said Zayach.

If cases continue to surge, then more extreme measures may be taken.