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As criticism over college reopening plans mounts, Penn students who work in residence halls demand hazard pay, safer conditions

“Parties are generally harmless, though not allowed in a normal year,” said Zoe Osborne, 21, a rising senior from Philadelphia, who is in her second year as a resident assistant at Penn. “They are not harmless now.”

Resident and graduate assistants at the University of Pennsylvania are demanding hazard pay and safer working conditions. They will be on the front lines in the university's residence halls this fall.
Resident and graduate assistants at the University of Pennsylvania are demanding hazard pay and safer working conditions. They will be on the front lines in the university's residence halls this fall.Read moreMichael Bryant / Staff Photographer