Because of the COVID 19 pandemic, all face-to-face classes at Fordham have been suspended and have transitioned to online classes. This is a hinderance to both students and faculty for many reasons. First, teachers are not trained for online learning, in neither the technology nor technique, and have written their syllabi for in person lecture and lab. Second, students living in other time zones, such as the west coast and, even worse, internationally, have to attend online classes at unreasonable times of both the morning and night. Third, the technology provided for these online classes is not perfect and a shadow of the experience provided by a physical classroom. For these reasons, and others, the administration should change all classes this semester to a pass fail grading structure. This way, student’s GPA’s will not suffer when under normal circumstances they would have been higher taking the same class and relieve some of the stress that has come with dealing with the COVID19 outbreak, including housing, supplies, and staying healthy. Additionally, many of the services that are provided at the university, such as tutors and the writing center are not as readily available. For the sake of both the students academic careers and mental health, we are calling on the Fordham University administration and Father McShane to change all classes to pass fail.