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  <title><![CDATA[Thousands call on the USG to require face masks on 26 college campuses this fall]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>At least 2,000 people have signed a petition calling on the USG to amend its policy, as of Tuesday evening. &ldquo;I think we are an outlier at this moment, with respect to both Georgia Tech and the Board of Regents as a whole, in terms of not requiring face masks inside buildings,&quot; said <a href="https://biosciences.gatech.edu/people/joshua-weitz" target="_blank">Joshua Weitz</a>. The university had 36,000 faculty, staff and students last fall. &ldquo;This policy is going to elevate risk unnecessarily, and my hope, and indeed really my expectation, is that the USG must change this policy.&quot;</p>
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      <value><![CDATA[ GAANN Fellows ]]></value>
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      <value>2020-06-24</value>
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