- He determined that it was vital for students to come back to campus and boldly announced the decision while most other schools were busy furloughing their cafeteria staffs.
- He developed a brilliant strategy to start the semester early and end it when flu rates typically start to increase. A decision that has proven to be remarkably prescient.
- He didn’t panic when there was an initial rush of cases on campus and among athletic teams.
- He saved the college football season so we could watch the best Notre Dame game in 27 fucking years.
- Sure, he didn’t wear a mask at the White House. But he was there to support a graduate and professor of Notre Dame’s law school as she was sworn in to the SCOTUS. The first non-Ivie justice in God knows how long. He was told that the rapid tests given to all of the participants meant that it was safe not to wear a mask. This was not a completely unreasonable decision on his part.
- Notre Dame students “stormed” the field. It would have been sad if they hadn’t. 95% of them were wearing masks anyway.
This guy is the greatest University leader since Benjamin Franklin.