The Vista September 29, 2020

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Volume 118, Issue 6 v

VISTA “Our Words, Your Voice.”

vistanews1903 @thevista1903 @thevista1903 The Vista ucentralmedia.com Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Dance practices canceled due to COVID-19 exposure

INSIDE

Spring Break Change

UCO announces changes to its winter and spring breaks to adapt to a COVID-19 impacted semester See Pg. 6

Trump Selects Justice

Ahead of the November election, President Trump has nomiated his choice for the U.S. Supreme Court. See Pg.7

Around Campus

Events are happening all over campus this week! The university is hosting several homecoming events. See Pg. 2

The photo above was taken prior to the pandemic, in a full dance studio. Those majoring in dance at UCO find themeslves here often to practice and perform their routines as they prepare for a regular semester of dance. (Provided/Ravin Ray}

Sarah Hite Editor-In-Chief

Dance classes and rehearsals have been temporarily suspended for a week at the University of Central Oklahoma due to COVID-19 safety precautions. In an email Friday, dance students were informed their classes for the remainder of the week would be held virtually in a zoom setting rather than meeting in-person. “This week will allow us to reset, do some extra cleaning in the studios and make sure we are putting the health of students and faculty first. … There are some students quarantined but there are enough students to continue next

week,” the email stated. Students were informed on Friday, in-person classes would resume Oct. 5. The impacts of the suspension should be minimal on rehearsal time according to the email. Rehearsals and class practice have been rescheduled so no students lose any time to prepare for any upcoming performances. However, some students are concerned that the closure will not be an isolated incident and could impact their craft later in the semester. COVID-19 has impacted how they learn and rehearse, instructors are not able to physically correct a student’s posture or stance and there can be no partner or group work due to the so-

cial distancing regulations on campus. Ravin Ray, a Dance Major at UCO, has been dancing since she was three years old. She performed ballet, jazz, tap and hip hop until she graduated in 2018. “Dance means so much to me. It’s my escape. I used to not have any rhythm at all and the more and more I danced I loved watching videos of myself each year from the dance recitals to see how much I was improving,” Ray stated in an email. “By the time I was 15 I was in love with dance and wanted to do it the rest of my life,” Ray stated. Ray explained the impacts of this Continued on Pg. 7


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