NDSU Students want to make decisions about their own personal health. Whether one wears a mask to protect themselves from COVID-19 or not is a personal decision and not one that North Dakota State University should be forcing upon its students. If masks, as advertised, are meant to protect oneself from contracting the virus, then individuals who wish to protect themselves may. Those who do not wish to protect themselves may do so. This petition is about regaining the constitutional right to our personal health and wellness. Because North Dakota State University is a state-sponsored and therefore public institution, it should follow the North Dakota State and United States Constitutions in full. Student rights are infringed upon with President Dean Bresciani's mask mandate and the decision to wear a mask or not should be in the hands of the students. In addition, as of August 2nd, 2021 North Dakota legislature passed a bill stating no state leader may institute a mask mandate. It is the belief of multiple students attending NDSU that the institution should follow suit.