 this beautiful campus of ours has been quiet for far too long. I like it when it's full of life, full of noise. That's because it's full of you. Soon it will be again. But of course, that's just one of so many changes that this year of the pandemic will bring to our campus this fall. I recently sent you a letter. It makes just two basic points. The first is that we have done everything we can think of, everything anyone has suggested to make this campus safe for your study and for our operations this semester. And yet we know that all that effort, all those dollars and all that investment will not be enough unless we can all discipline ourselves to change our behaviors in ways that control this terrible virus. The critical factor really is you. There are those who say that simply won't be possible. Just a few excerpts from many, many articles to that effect in the national press and the US news. It's naive to assume that students will adhere to campus restrictions at the level required to prevent COVID-19 infections. From the New York Times, some psychology professor wrote, these plans border on delusional. Students will become cavalier about wearing masks and sanitizing their hands. They'll ignore social distancing guidelines. They'll get drunk and hang out and hook up with people they don't know well. And in the Washington Post, one writer said simply, how realistic is this? Have you met college students? Well, I've met college students, thousands of them over the years on this campus. Yes, some are less serious about their studies than they should be. And some, their behavior could stand some improvement. But I haven't met any who don't care about others and presented the opportunity, wouldn't act or refrain from actions to protect the health and safety of others. Living up to the Purdue pledge will be hard, especially to maintain. No one can say that we can do this with total confidence, but we do believe that it is right to try. If circumstances force us to stop classes again and the interest to safety will do that. But that's the last thing we want to happen and you have told us emphatically, that's the last thing you want to see. And the outcome is very much in your hands. There's a positive way to look at all this. We have never been presented what institution has been with such an opportunity for unity. We need every single member of the Purdue family to pull together to make this ball of success. The medical advisors, the case managers, the tracers, the custodians, the servers, the IT experts, but most of all, you. If we make it to Thanksgiving, it will be a great collective achievement. It will be the greatest capstone team project in Purdue history. It's your actions that will determine more than any other factor, whether that success is possible. Let's see if we can do it.