Rutgers University has closed its residence halls until at least April 3rd due to the COVID-19 outbreak in New Jersey, and has moved to all online classes. During this time, students who are at home will not be using their meal plans. Students will not be receiving the classroom-based learning that they are paying for. Students will not be utilizing the residence halls or any other resources that the campus has to offer. In fact, students will be buying their own food on top of what they're paying for their meal plans. Those who don't have internet or a personal computer will struggle to attend their online classes, and some might even be forced to pay rent on top of their existing residency costs.

Although this is a very serious and difficult time for everyone, including the university administration, this situation is not what the students are paying for. Because the money is not being used for food or housing, a portion of the food and housing costs should be returned to the students. In addition, the extra resources that Rutgers usually has to offer, such as resume consultations or health clinics, are closed, so the tuition that students are paying towards those resources should also be returned to them. This is a hard time for everyone, but the university should not be making a profit off of these unfortunate circumstances––a refund is only fair.

Please sign this petition so that Rutgers University sees this message and returns the students' money to them!

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