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Campus parties continue despite a pandemic – Florida Courier

In case you have been living under a rock, COVID-19 is still out there and growing even more destructive each day. But, unfortunately, that’s not stopping my fellow college students who want to live their best lives and be in the streets. When COVID-19 first swept across the country last year, everyone was devastated. It […]

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