The first day of class feels like a memory from another time. After successfully, if narrowly navigating my way to campus on time, I slipped into the back of class just as things were getting started. Spaced out across the lecture hall, my peers’ masked faces face forward toward the instructor. The first day of class is always unique, but this was its own weird. My peers are not physically approachable. There is a sense of temporariness. While the wide space under such conditions had the potential to feel cold, icebreakers and introductions added some familiarity. The professor’s determination to…