Spreading an Idea

Sun editorial on Thursday:

One change that could decompress the current campus climate is to make a change to the academic calendar. The eight-week period between the end of Winter Break and the beginning of Spring Break is the longest stretch of uninterrupted classes at any Ivy except Columbia — the others get vacations on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day or President’s Day, or they start Spring Break earlier.

Dean of the University Faculty William Fry that same day:

One possibility that the University Faculty will consider is to adjust the academic calendar. In that regard, one possibility is to reduce the time between the start of the spring semester and spring break. Now it's eight weeks without a break and almost the darkest time of year in Ithaca. A faculty committee will look at everything next year: the spacing and length of breaks, whether or not we have classes on federal holidays, when we start, when we end.