Students walk to and from class Friday at Slippery Rock University. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Freshman Matthew Fallecker walks to the library Friday at Slippery Rock University. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

A student walks across campus at Slippery Rock University Friday. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

The stands at Slippery Rock University basketball games will be empty until further notice.

David Wilmes, SRU’s chief student affairs officer, said a disregard for the masking policy by many spectators led the university to make this decision. The spectator halt only applies to mens and womens basketball at this time, Wilmes said.

“We have signage, we make announcements and people were disregarding it,” Wilmes said. “The games are still being played and they are being broadcast on our website.”

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