New Mexico Tech shut down after reports of weekend parties

  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Tech has temporarily closed out of caution against COVID-19 after officials learned of several off-campus weekend parties. University President Stephen Wells announced on the school’s website that the campus would be shut down Monday. According to Wells, between 50-100 students gathered over the weekend at multiple parties in the area surrounding the Socorro campus. Wells says extreme measures are needed due to "the irresponsibility of a few.” He warned any student who attended a party should go into self-isolation and report it to the office of the dean of students. Wells did not say if the school would remain closed beyond Monday.