College party culture: creating a second wave of COVID-19

At the University of Kentucky, we are most efficient pertaining to COVID-19. At least, that's what we're told. In walking around campus, it's rare you'll come into contact with someone not wearing a mask. In common areas and dining halls, that becomes a different story. In these areas, many people aren't wearing masks or social distancing. The same can be said about people going to off campus parties and congregating inside other people's dorms. For this reason, I fear campus will have to go online before the end of the semester. I believe the University is truly doing all they can do. They are constantly surveying these areas, attempting to distance them and encourage them to put their masks on when finished eating. People are sanitizing and wiping down surfaces periodically throughout the day. The University can only control so much, and at some point the students have to take that responsibility upon themselves. I've seen so many posts from the people I know at UK in crowds of at least 100 people from daily Fraternity, Sorority, and off campus gatherings. These posts are captioned with phrases making a joke about the pandemic and things such as, "I'm not losing another year to the rona!".These people then come back to campus and continue their daily schedules. Knowing this, and knowing the spreading rate of COVID-19, I think it will be impossible for students to remain on campus until November. Until students decide to take the situation we're in seriously, it's uncertain how long it'll be before we have a guarantee of what's going to happen.