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Attorney shot, killed Saturday

By Alex Hardgrave ahardgra@iu.edu | @a_hardgrave

A 56-year-old Bloomington attorney died Saturday night from an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. His death is being investigated by the Monroe County Sheriff 's Department and the Monroe County Coroner's Office, according to an email from Monroe County Coroner Joani Shields.

Donald Francis was pronounced dead at 9:58 p.m. at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. He was a local adoption attorney and the owner of Heartland Adoption Agency.

According to past IDS reporting, Francis was part of then-Gov. Mike Pence's adoption study committee in 2014. He also helped draft a bill to allow access to birth records for people who were adopted from 1941 onward.

Shields said the autopsy is scheduled for 8 a.m. Monday in Terre Haute, Indiana.

The sheriff ’s department didn't immediately respond to a request for information.

IU officials discuss employment, no tuition reimbursement

By Shelby Anderson anderssk@iu.edu | @ShelbyA04288075

More than 1,000 people tuned in Friday to a Facebook Live Q&A event with Bloomington campus leaders who discussed employment concerns in light of remote operations due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“We are all human beings and we are all struggling with this pandemic,” Provost and Executive Vice President Lauren Robel said.

Robel, Vice President of Human Resources John Whelan, Vice Provost for Finance and Strategy Venkat Venkataramanan and IU spokesperson Chuck Carney were some of the officials who represented IU at the event.

They discussed essential workers, a hiring freeze, salary raises, retirement plans and more.

Campus officials also addressed tuition refunds and the possibility of SEE EMPLOYMENT, PAGE 3

We ' miss you' About 40 Summit Elementary School teachers participated in a car parade to visit their students.

Story and photos by Claire Livingston cbliving@iu.edu

The sound of distant honks filled the air. A group of children squealed, yelling to their parents that their teachers must be here.

Henry McMurray, 10, and Sophia McMurray, 12, sprinted down the street, carrying their signs. Their mom picked up another sign and followed behind, along with one of her other daughters. Soon the four of them were parked on a street corner.

The noise grew louder as a car parade approached their corner. The cars were decorated with car paint, balloons, streamers and signs with sentimental messages. Almost all read “We miss you!”

The kids waved and shouted at the cars passing by. Some parents told their kids to stay six feet away from other people.

Teachers from Summit Elementary School participated in a car parade at 5:15 p.m. on Friday in Bloomington. About 40 teachers participated and visited their students in neighborhoods around the school district.

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Top A Summit Elementary School teacher waves a ribbon wand out her window April 3 on South Glasgow Circle. The van led a line of cars throughout neighborhoods in the school district.

Bottom The McMurray family waits on the corner of a roundabout with signs April 3 on West Lockview Street. Summit Elementary School teachers drove through the neighborhood, waving and honking at their students.

Here's how IU athletes are training at home

By Caleb Coffman and Matt Cohen calcoffm@iu.edu | mdc1@iu.edu

Kroger employee’s vehicle reportedly stolen from lot

By Ben Price beprice@iu.edu | @bbenpprice54

An employee of the Kroger on South College Avenue reported her car stolen from the parking lot around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, according to an email from Bloomington Police Department Capt. Ryan Pedigo.

The Kroger employee told a BPD officer that her wallet, which contained the keys to her white 2018 Honda HR-V, had been taken from the employee break room, according to the email. The employee told police that when she went outside her vehicle was missing from the parking lot.

Police reviewed surveillance footage and saw an unknown man enter the break room and leave shortly after, according to the email. The same man was seen leaving the store and getting into the employee’s vehicle in the parking lot and driving away.

The vehicle has not been located and the case is still active, according to the email.

With IU classes taking place online for the remainder of the semester due to the coronavirus pandemic, student athletes have been forced to find new ways to train without IU’s athletic facilities.

Here is how some student athletes are training.

Thomas Warr, junior, men’s soccer The video conference service Zoom has become an integral part of college classes. But outside of the classroom, junior Thomas Warr and the IU men’s soccer team have embraced Zoom as a way to create a sense of normalcy for the program, with four team meetings a week.

“It’s not quite the same as being with everyone, but it allows us to stay together,” Warr said. “We still get to joke around and talk with each other, but it’s just online.”

For Warr, the Zoom calls are an important way to build relationships that may have been lost without the spring season.

While the fall practices are about improvement and performing at the highest level, the spring is focused on personal development and coming together as a unit.

The meetings go over some of the standard items such as workout plans, expectations and film study, but they aren’t ordinary.

“Coach [Todd] Yeagley loves his surveys and quizzes,” Warr joked.

“Some of it is to know how we’re doing, but a lot is to help us bond.

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Freshman pitcher AJ Hacker pushes a car while training from home. IU athletes have been forced to find new ways of training away from the weight room as a result of COVID-19.

We did a trivia quiz this week on some random stuff, there was some NBA in it I think, but it was really fun doing it with everyone.”

The bond the team has through Zoom doesn’t end when Coach Yeagley leaves the meeting.

Unlike many athletes who do individual workouts, the players do them together in groups over smaller Zoom calls.

“It creates a sense of accountability,” Warr said. “We know we’re all doing it together. Sometimes you don’t want to do it, and that’s easy to do when no one’s watching.”

Since many of the players on

the team don’t have weights, the team’s strength coach Thomas Morris has gotten creative.

“Slow squats,” Warr said. “Slowly doing one squat for 30 seconds, I never knew how bad that could be. Once again, it’s a part of the fun though, doing it all together.”

While Zoom is being used to finish off the school year, the men’s soccer team is determined to also use it as a springboard for the 2020 season.

AJ Hacker, freshman, baseball AJ Hacker is used to training creatively.

As a native of Morehead, Kentucky, the freshman pitcher didn’t grow up with the athletic resources he has at IU. He’s used to having to find his own ways to train at his own home. His family built a bullpen in their backyard because his high school didn’t have one.

So when the season abruptly ended and Hacker was sent home, he didn't face much of an adjustment. He wasn’t surprised when the season was shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, especially after seeing all the announceSEE TRAINING, PAGE 3

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Majority of sorority, fraternity houses closed

By Ben Price beprice@iu.edu | @bbenpprice54

Out of the 40 sorority and fraternity houses at IU, 37 are completely closed to members for the rest of the semester, IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said Thursday.

Each sorority and fraternity house at IU is privately owned and managed by the respective greek organizations, but IU’s Dean of Students Office provided guidance to the greek houses and advised them to close amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Dean of Students Office suggested the organizations set up move-out times for the students living in the houses by appointment, similarly to how IU coordinated move out for its residential programs, Carney said. It was also suggested to limit the number of people in the houses at one time.

“We strongly advised them in keeping with the directives from the federal government,” Carney said. “If they had a bunch of students in one of these fraternity or sorority houses, they would be in violation of the order to not have large groups of people in one place.”

For the three houses that remain open, Carney said there are very few students living in them, so they can still practice social distancing.

Carney said IU does not handle payments for the greek houses. He said reimbursements would be handled by the respective organizations.

Amy Makota, house director of Sigma Kappa, said the decision to close the house was made when IU closed the dorms.

She said the Dean of Students Office provided Sigma

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Phi Kappa Tau, left, and Acacia, right, fraternity houses sit next to each on Third Street. Out of the 40 fraternity and sorority houses, 37 of them are completely closed for the rest of the semester, IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said.

Kappa’s staff with excellent guidance on how to make their own decisions on what was best for their house.

After IU switched to online classes permanently, Makota said she let members come back over spring break in a structured schedule to get their belongings out of their rooms. Some of them chose to wait until the end of the semester to move out.

“Having them come back in as quickly as I could arrange a very controlled, stag-

gered and healthy schedule was very important to us,” Makota said. “We wanted them, in a time of uprootedness, to have the most basic things that they own to give them control and comfort over what they were going through.”

Makota said she is still employed by Sigma Kappa and is staying in her apartment in the house. She said she is not working as much but she is still overseeing the sorority. Makota said no one

else is living in the house and that the house’s kitchen is closed down.

Makota said she was impressed with the mindset of the girls in her sorority as these events unfolded.

“It was a shock for everyone, but they were determined that they would get through this process as positively as they could,” Makota said.

Jessica Ware, Alpha Omicron Pi chapter president, said the house is only open

for emergency situations such as a student not having anywhere else to live. She said only a few members are living there.

Ware said her sorority sisters were sad after IU switched to online classes for the remainder of the semester. She said some felt like they were missing out on the college experience, but they understood why it was important.

“The more we stay away from each other, the faster

this situation will go away,” Ware said. “I think greek life housing could potentially be a place where the virus could spread quickly.”

Ware said Alpha Omicron Pi’s headquarters determined the students that were living in the house would be reimbursed for an unspecified amount of their room and board bill.

Ware said her sorority will continue with chapter meetings over Zoom starting next week.

IU Health prepares for countywide COVID-19 surge

By Joey Bowling jobowl@iu.edu | @joeybowling8

The IU Health hospital system has been preparing for weeks for a COVID-19 surge in Monroe County, a hospital official said during a Friday videoconference with city, county and university officials.

“We can’t be too careful,” said Brian Shockney, president of the IU Health South Central Region, which includes the Bloomington, Bedford and Paoli hospitals.

Shockney said the Bloomington hospital has been

running surge scenarios for weeks to better prepare the hospitals’ staff members and respond to a variety of situations. One example they’ve been preparing for is an outbreak in a long-term care facility or nursing home, creating plans on transporting patients and testing employees and residents.

Bloomington’s outbreak status is about a week behind Indianapolis in terms of the number of confirmed cases and deaths, Shockney said, so the city and county have had more time to pre-

pare and learn from the Indianapolis surge. IU Health hospital staff members were retrained in the last couple of weeks in emergency and hospital protocols.

Shockney also said there is no shortage of personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves at the hospitals. He said some rumors arose after a memo asking staff not to be careless with the protective equipment and to only dispose of them before the end of the shift if the equipment had become soiled.

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Brian Shockney, IU Health South Central Region president, spoke during a video press conference Friday. The press conference addressed some of the city, county and hospital efforts to combat COVID-19.

Parks and Recreation Department employee tests positive for COVID-19

By Alex Hardgrave ahardgra@iu.edu | @a_hardgrave

A Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department employee tested positive Thursday for COVID-19, according to a Friday press release from the city.

The employee has been on leave since Monday

when they started displaying symptoms, according to the release. The exact symptoms are confidential, and it’s unknown how the employee contracted the virus, according to an email from city spokesperson Yael Ksander.

The city is identifying other employees who may

have come in contact with the person and implementing guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Indiana State Department of Health, according to the press release. Following protocol, the Monroe County Health Department is contact-tracing to determine

whether the person came in contact with anyone in the general public, according to Ksander’s email. The results of the contact-tracing are unknown at this time.

The person is the second city employee to test positive, according to the release.

A firefighter was confirmed March 28 to have the virus.

IU Student Government Inspire campaign discusses COVID-19 plan

By Lily Wray lgwray@iu.edu | @lilywray_

IU Student Government presidential candidate Rachel Aranyi and her running mate organized a virtual town hall meeting Thursday to discuss how their campaign would address issues created by the coronavirus pandemic.

Aranyi and vice president candidate Ruhan Syed, both sophomores, are running a campaign called Inspire.

The campaign’s platform includes pushing for a tuition freeze, a $15 minimum wage on campus and discouraging investment in fossil fuels.

The Inspire campaign’s COVID-19 response plan includes creating financial security for students, protecting student workers, advocating for students’

academic success, helping students with the digital divide created by online classes and ensuring access to health care for full-time student employees.

Inspire campaign manager and third-year law student Andrew Ireland said in an email their campaign plans to accomplish these goals by “building relationships, leveraging technology, and grassroots organizing.”

The campaign also advocates for giving students the option to strike a course from their transcript at the end of the 2020 spring semester.

“If a student does not receive a satisfactory grade, we want to make sure that due to the circumstances surrounding COVID that the class fail would not stick on

their transcript,” Aranyi said.

The Inspire campaign is also pushing for students to be reimbursed 25% of their tuition costs by the end of the spring 2020 academic semester. Syed said the reimbursement they are advocating for includes reimbursing students for transportation and printing fees.

Syed said they are working to get graduate student fees dropped and reimbursed and want all drop/add course fees to be suspended through May 22, 2020.

Inspire also wants to establish an emergency task force and relief fund for students who are overseas or in areas where internet accessibility is limited.

Aranyi said that they are also working on a new student emergency health fund

to help subsidize the cost of COVID-19 testing through the IU Health Center. Ireland said in an email the fund would also serve as a safety net to help students pay for medical care in emergencies.

Sophomores Madeline Garcia and Arianna Hoye are also running for student body president and vice president, respectively, on a campaign called Defy. The campaign advocates for students who are dealing with homelessness, employment issues and other vulnerable students they feel are often left out of the IUSG policy.

Voting for the IUSG election will start at 10 a.m. April 15 and end at 10 p.m. April 16, according to IUSG’s website. A link will be sent to IU students’ emails.

RPS cancels move-outs due to extended stay-athome order

By Mel Fronczek mfroncze@iu.edu | @MelissaFronczek

After Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Friday announcement that he will extend Indiana’s stayat-home order by two weeks, Residential Programs and Services canceled moveout appointments that were scheduled from April 7 to 20.

Holcomb will announce Monday that the order will be extended through April 20, according to the Indianapolis Star. He also extended the state’s public health emergency by 30 days, through May 3.

RPS canceled students’ move-out appointments Friday and extended the move-out deadline from May 1 to June 1. Students can reschedule their appointments

online, according to a Friday update on the RPS website.

If students cannot reschedule their move-outs scheduled between April 7 and 20, they can still come during their appointment time, according to the website. Students should call the number posted on the door of their residence hall or apartment, and RPS staff will verify the student’s identity and give access to the building remotely.

Anyone with questions should call 812-855-3502 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. for further assistance.

RPS will not dispose of students’ personal belongings without attempting to contact the student first, according to its website.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 On April 2, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an executive order saying that K-12 schools must use remote learning for the rest of the school year. The parade was an opportunity for the students to see their teachers since they won’t see them in class.

In the different neighborhoods, many of the kids worked on sidewalk art for the parade as they waited.

They wrote messages such

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ments about the suspension of professional sports leagues proceeding the cancellation of spring sports.

Returning home brought Hacker back to his old routine. The transition back to Kentucky was comfortable, even amid the circumstances.

“It’s home, I love being home,” Hacker said.

Hacker’s workouts at home include walking with weights across the front yard, pulling a weighted sled in the street and pushing a Hummer up the block. He throws in his home bullpen, which he calls the baseball facility in his backyard.

Bendu Yeaney, junior, women’s basketball Former IU women’s basketball player Bendu Yeaney doesn’t feel weird being stuck at home while the world comes to a screeching halt. She has more freedom now than she did a year ago.

After tearing her Achilles in March 2019 during the NCAA Tournament against the University of Oregon, Yeaney was on bed rest until the end of April recover-

as “We love Summit,” “We are still your students” and “Miss you Kaley. You are the best teachers.”

When the teachers finally arrived, the streets were filled with beeps and whoops. One woman cheered from her window as every single car passed her house.

“All right all right. Woo!” Another family blew plastic horns.

The teachers honked horns and yelled to their students as they passed by. Some teachers brought

their family members to help hold signs saying they missed their students or told them to stay safe and stay home. One teacher drove with one hand on her wheel, the other out the window inside of a sock puppet.

The Highlands subdivision was the last stop and many of the children grew impatient as they waited to see their teachers. Most of them sat in their driveway with their parents, delight brightening their faces every time a car drove by.

ing from surgery. She's has started to go a little stir-crazy since going home to Portland, Oregon, at the beginning of IU’s spring break.

Now, Yeaney breathes heavily with her hands are on her head, staring at the top of the hill near her house during her run. It’s been over a year since she suffered the injury, but she’s still working her way toward being in game shape before she transfers to the University of Arizona in the fall.

“Tuesdays and Thursdays are when I force myself to go running. I hate running,” Yeaney said.

Since being home, Yeaney has gotten creative with her rehab.

“YouTube has sort of become my trainer,” said Yeaney.

Every morning, she pulls up her computer and types “home workouts” into the search bar, hunting for new videos. Her morning workouts often include a simple circuit of sit-ups, pushups and mountain climbers with different variations to keep it fresh.

To get back to the athlete was before the injury, Yeaney said she knows her training and rehab can’t stop while she’s at home. One last

deep breath and she’s off, bolting up the hill.

“Last year I was the only one dealing with my injury,” Yeaney said. “This year is different. Everyone is dealing with it — you just gotta keep your head down and know there’s going to be better days."

Simon Stepaniak, senior, football It’s already been four months since Simon Stepaniak stepped on a football field, but COVID-19 has added another challenge to the offensive lineman’s path to the NFL. Stepaniak tore his ACL in practice ahead of IU’s loss in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 2, so he was sidelined for the final game of his college career.

Since his injury, he’s been in gyms, unable to practice on a field anyway because he wasn't at that stage in his rehab. He was the only Hoosier invited to the NFL Combine where he only participated in the bench press because of his recovery process. He had the second highest number of reps among offensive linemen with 37 reps.

Stepaniak is from Hamilton, Ohio, one the earliest states with a stay-at-home

Students from Summit Elementary school pose with a banner April 3 on South Glasgow Circle in Bloomington. Families gathered in their lawns and driveways as the teachers of Summit drove through the streets in a mini parade.

order. A friend has a gym in his home that Stepaniak has been using.

“Thankfully I haven't had to skip too much of a beat with all this going on,” Stepaniak said.

Though Stepaniak has reached a stage in his recovery where he can begin onfield work, there aren’t any turf fields for him to practice on. That doesn’t help his hopes of being drafted coming off a major knee injury.

Instead, he’s had to do his position work on a rubber floor in a gym.

“It's a blessing that I have still been able to get my rehab in at a quality amount, and I can't be mad at anything I’m getting right now," Stepaniak said.

He’s on an accelerated recovery pace, one that has him projected to participate in training camp should he end up with a team. Stepaniak said he feels comfortable with what he has shown teams as the draft approaches, still set to take place as scheduled.

Without access to IU's facilities, Stepaniak’s recovery can only progress so far, but all he wants to do is prove why NFL teams should choose him.

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Left Freshman pitcher AJ Hacke carries weights across his yard. IU athletes have been forced to create new training routines amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Right Freshman pitcher AJ Hacker pulls a weight sled outside. Hacker and other IU athletes have been forced to create new training routines amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 all-online fall classes. Robel said there are no plans to refund students for tuition. All resources other than physically being on campus are still available to students, so the administration does not find it necessary to offer a refund.

She also said the university is doing “scenario planning” in the event that all classes will be online for the fall semester as well, but this decision will not be made until it’s clear this is absolutely necessary.

“We are desperately hoping that that won’t be necessary,” Robel said.

Whelan said only essential workers are allowed on campus. These are employees who keep the buildings operating. All essential employees will be designated by their deans, their chancellor, a vice president or Robel, Whelan said. If someone hasn't received notice from their supervisors that they are an essential worker, they should assume they are not one and should stay home.

All on-campus essential employees will be paid time and a half for all hours they normally work on campus, Whelan said. IU has committed to compensating all employees through June 30 or until the end of the semester if they were only scheduled to work through the semester.

Whelan said during the event that the compensation also applies to student and temporary employees.

Whelan said there is a pause on all hiring, replacement and compensation decisions because of the financial strain on the university.

He recommended people look to the Human Resources website for codes regarding paid time off for any circumstance related to COVID-19.

Any rumors about a mass university layoff occurring July 1, after the promised compensation has ended,

are not true, Whelan said. Officials have not discussed a mass layoff.

However, Whelan said there is no decision whether employees should still expect a salary increase. If an employee was promised a salary increase, officials will review each case and determine if the raise is possible.

At this time IU will not be allowing changes to retirement plans, Whelan said.

Employees cannot pull out savings from a 401K, but university officials may reevaluate this later.

Whelan recommends reaching out to Human Resources if an employee has a question their supervisor can’t answer. The human resource department regularly updates the Frequently Asked Questions section of its website, and Whelan said almost 7,000 people a day view it.

Students in need can apply for emergency funding from the Division of Student Affairs. This funding is to help students in critical need receive money for necessities such as food. The application allows students to request a specific amount of money and requires they provide a breakdown of their expenses, including rent, utilities and groceries. Dave O’Guinn, vice provost for student affairs, said about 600 requests have been made already. Due to the amount of requests, the Division of Student Affairs is offering a maximum of $500 per student.

Venkat said people can return university parking permits virtually. There are specific instructions on the Office of Parking Operations website detailing how to photograph a parking permit before and after destroying it and where to send the photos.

Venkat said people still cannot park in reserved handicap spaces or on campus, but rules against parking in lots without a permit are not being enforced.

Bloomington man arrested for burglary at IU apartments, Acacia fraternity

By Cate Charron catcharr@iu.edu | @catecharron

The suspect in two oncampus burglaries at University East apartments and the Acacia Fraternity was arrested Friday after a BPD officer recognized him, IU

Police Department Deputy Chief Shannon Bunger said.

The first burglary occurred around 8:20 a.m.

Monday at University East apartments on East Third Street. Bunger said Staples was trying door handles to see which apartments were

open. Staples entered an apartment and stole a wallet but left in an unknown direction when the person living in the apartment woke up and saw him.

He was identified as 29-year-old Stanley Staples.

Staples and an uniden-

tified person went into the Acacia Fraternity at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Bunger said. They stole several items such as a bike.

IU sent out crime notices for both burglaries, one on Thursday and one on Monday.

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Bunger said IUPD received clear camera footage from University East apartments that identified Staples with. A BPD officer located and detained Staples before being sent to IUPD for questioning.

Staples is charged with

burglary, criminal trespass, possession of synthetic drugs or lookalike substance, possession of paraphernalia and violation of a local disaster emergency.

He was booked in Monroe County Correctional Center.

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“Some part of me still can’t believe that we ever did it. It feels like a dream.”

Lily Bines, junior and ballet student

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Left Junior Lily Bines sweeps the floor of the ballet studio March 12 while acting as Cinderella in the Musical Arts Center. Bines would have performed in two of the four spring ballet shows before it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Right Senior Haley Baker rehearses March 13 in the Musical Arts Center for her role as Cinderella in the spring ballet. The ballet was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The ball that never came Jacobs canceled the spring ballet due to the coronavirus. Two Cinderellas lost a stage and a dream.

By Claudia Gonzalez-Diaz clabgonz@iu.edu | @clabgonz

Cinderella swept the floor of a dance studio in the Musical Arts Center.

Her movements were soft and elegant, and her hands held the rickety broom like it was a dance partner.

Her furrowed eyebrows and pursed mouth showed disdain — Cinderella couldn’t stand the torment by her evil stepsisters.

Off to the side, another Cinderella loosely mirrored her brushing movements and the small turns. It helped her to memorize the acting, the dancing. She stretched her hamstrings and sipped water, her attention fixed on the movement at the center of the studio.

They would soon alternate, to get equal practice time.

The two Cinderellas were Haley Baker, 22, and Lily Bines, 20, ballerinas in the IU Jacobs School of Music Ballet Department. They were cast as Cinderella, what would have been the biggest role of their lives to date, on Feb. 10.

It also would have been one of their last college performances. Haley will graduate in May, and Lily will graduate a year early in August.

They would have performed “Cinderella” this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Since last semester, they have done the demanding work for the role, spending hours at a time in the studio.

But they will never get to perform this show. They will never go to this ball. Like all Jacobs events scheduled between March 23 and May 16, the department’s spring ballet was canceled.

“Some part of me still can’t believe that we ever did it,” Lily said. “It feels like a dream.”

“It does kind of feel like, ‘did it actually even happen?’” Haley said.

Haley and Lily were ready to dive deep into the role of Cinderella. Seeing it all come together — glittering dresses, an ethereal set, a live orchestra — would have added that magical touch of “wow.”

But no amount of training, time in rehearsal or love for ballet could halt the spread of the coronavirus long enough for the two Cinderellas to go to the ball. * * *

Haley Baker was “ponytail girl” before she was Cinderella. She took her first dance steps right before she turned 3, learning tap and jazz. She would jump and turn with so much enthusiasm that her ponytail would dance, too.

“She was just a little jumping bean,” her mom, Beth Baker, said.

As Haley got older, it was harder to show emotion in front of an audience. She had the technical skill of a dancer, but the acting part was a challenge. Her teachers would try to pull it out of her.

Sarah Wroth, co-chair of the Department of Ballet, remembered asking Haley a question during an evaluation at the end of the fall semester of her sophomore year.

“Do you want to be a professional? Because we can’t tell,” Wroth told her.

In an interview, Wroth said they knew Haley was talented, but she needed to work harder, the way a professional dancer would.

“We didn’t see that hunger, that thirst to be the best that we knew she could be,” Wroth said in an interview.

Haley has always been a hard worker, but she worked silently. She wouldn’t naturally push to the front of the studio. On the inside, Haley knew she loved to dance. But it was harder for others to know that if she didn’t outwardly show it in her movement.

“When others see me dance, they shouldn’t question if I love it or not,” Haley said she realized after the evaluation. “They shouldn’t question if I want to be there.”

Lily Bines found dance later, when she was about 9. In the beginning, her parents, Audrey and Joel Bines, signed her up for a single class. She had participated in soccer, softball, gymnastics and musical theater — all the usual activities, her mom Audrey Bines said.

After the first class, Lily took an interest in ballet and asked to go to another. Soon enough, she would go three or four times per week, and when she was 10, she started dancing at a studio with a stronger focus on ballet.

“She really lit up when she went to ballet,” Joel said.

Lily said while she was comfortable acting, she couldn’t move and bend the way more experienced dancers could. It was hard to straighten her legs, make them look

longer. She had to gain strength in her feet. After barre class, when the dancers would practice the splits on the floor, her torso would hover above the ground. Lily’s dance teacher would push her hips down.

Despite this, her parents said they’ve never had to tell her to go to rehearsal, stretch or complete ab exercises to strengthen her core. For 11 years, it was all self-motivated.

Before college, it was hard for Lily to dance with confidence in front of her peers. But after three years at IU she can move to the front and feel good about what she puts out there.

“I think that’s been the biggest growth for me, is finding that confidence for myself,” Lily said.

The two dancers’ sleep schedule has to be consistent. Their diets of nutrient-rich grains and proteins have to sustain hours of conditioning, technique class and rehearsals.

They pack resistance TheraBands in their bags to strengthen their feet and toes, and they have traded weekends of downtime for auditions.

For Lily and Haley, performance makes the challenges worth it. Getting to perform after weeks and months of intense focus is an emotional high.

“The feeling of getting to dance is

so special,” Lily said. “It’s hard to say exactly what it is. I just love doing it.”

The dancers said in class,Wroth pushes students to find their light, both by lifting their heads up while dancing and by finding positivity in life and embracing it.

But sometimes finding light is hard to do on a hard day.

“It’s fun,” Haley said. “But sometimes you’re having a really bad day and it’s like —” “I don’t have any light!” Lily finished.

“Exactly.”

It helps to dance alongside their best friends. Both Haley and Lily lived with dancers who go through the same thing they do. There’s a special kind of bond formed in the trenches of the MAC. “It’s really good to have a friend there to make you laugh,” Lily said.

Haley and Lily competed against other dancers for the role of Cinderella, and they have even competed against each other in the same company auditions. But by now, comSEE CINDERELLA, PAGE 7

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Above Junior Lily Bines ties her pointe shoe March 13 in the Musical Arts Center. Bines went through several pairs of pointe shoes while preparing for her role of Cinderella.

Below Junior Lily Bines dances as Cinderella surrounded by freshmen Cameron Smith and Mia Gonzalez on March 12 in the Musical Arts Center. Smith and Gonzalez were cast as mice.

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IU seniors struggle to prepare for NFL Draft

By Caleb Coffman calcoffm@iu.edu | @CalCoff

Players dedicate most of their lives to the goal of hearing NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell say their name during the NFL draft.

For many NFL hopefuls, the months leading up to the draft are the most crucial time period because it’s the only time teams get to interact with them and evaluate them.

To many, the draft process looks glamorous on television during the NFL Combine — the league’s most prestigious scouting event — as players run 40-yard dashes in under four and a half seconds and perform dozens of reps on the bench press. While only 330 players are invited to the Combine at the end of February, for the vast majority of athletes the process is a stressful grind for recognition.

With the coronavirus halting all sports throughout the United States, this process for NFL hopefuls has become even more difficult.

Players usually go through a taxing process of interviews, individual team workouts and most importantly college Pro Days — their only opportunities to make an impression on a team.

As a result of the pandemic, IU and schools across the country were forced to close athletic facilities and cancel Pro Day — a mini-combine hosted by schools — leaving many athletes with just their body of work from games to show NFL teams.

“I was really disappointed when I first heard about it because I went out to a training facility in Seattle, and it was like training for that first game of the season,” Nick Westbrook said in teleconference Tuesday. “There’s a build-up for that. I was ready to perform which was important to me since I didn’t get a

Combine invite.”

Westbrook was in Seattle at a training facility when the outbreak started to sweep through large metropolitan cities throughout the country. He didn’t want to be stuck out west so far from his family, so Westbrook decided to cut his stay short and he returned to Florida on March 14.

Before leaving, Westbrook wanted to get something on film just in case IU’s Pro Day was canceled. Westbrook held an impromptu Pro Day at a local field, recording drills NFL teams would want to see.

“It was rushed,” Westbrook said. “I would have preferred to have a day to be at my best physically. My agent has been sending them out to teams, so we made the best of what we had.”

Since returning home, Westbrook said he’s doing “Rocky workouts” in his driveway. He uses sandbags as a replacement for weights to maintain his training leading into the NFL Draft, which is still set to take place from April 23-25.

Westbrook is not the only Hoosier struggling to prepare for the upcoming draft.

Linebacker Reakwon Jones had been training in Colorado since January before deciding to return home to Florida on March 14 due to the coronavirus.

Now that Jones is back home, his workouts are limited. All the gyms are closed, and he doesn’t have any weights. The only exercise equipment Jones has in his house are bands for stretching, so his workouts consist of pushups, sit-ups, crunch-

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es and fieldwork.

Jones has teamed up with former teammates Jonathan Crawford and Donavan Hale for his workouts. With everything on lockdown, the three of them have to hop fences to get onto fields and continue their workouts.

Jones said he understands the reality of the situation he finds himself in. He said speed and footwork are the focus.

Just because he won’t have an official 40-yard dash time from his Pro Day doesn’t mean his speed isn’t important. Just because there is no three-cone drill or 20-yard shuttle doesn’t mean his footwork shouldn’t be graceful. Just because no one else is around to see it now doesn’t mean everything can’t be perfect for when someone is.

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IAN’S INSIGHTS

Don’t use prisons for COVID-19 supplies. Release prisoners instead.

Ian Nowlin (he/him) is a sophomore in law and public policy.

Gov. Eric Holcomb said at a press conference last month that Indiana was “no mistake about it, at war” with the coronavirus. That sentiment has only seemed to grow as the Indiana Department of Corrections joins businesses in producing medical supplies. IDOC inmates churn out hundreds of gowns, masks and other supplies each day to ease shortages during the pandemic, according to WTHR. Exploiting prison labor in the middle of a pandemic is immoral and risks the lives of inmates while providing them with little compensation and no formal sentence reductions.

Indiana’s correctional facilities are matchboxes next to an open flame. Prisoners are already at significant risk for infection just living in prison, not to mention working with other inmates to manufacture supplies.

Instead of asking inmates to produce supplies, Indiana should begin releasing nonviolent offenders, prisoners with underlying medical conditions and pre-trial detainees to prevent widespread COVID-19 infections.

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams warned in a tweet Sunday that efforts to “flatten the curve” must be focused on emerging hotspots such as Indianapolis. Indiana’s prisons are in full production of gowns and produce about 200 a day. In addition to gowns, inmates at Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, Indi-

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Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks Sept. 22, 2017, at the Wylam Center of Flagship East in West Lafayette, Indiana.

ana, had made at least 650 12-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer as of Saturday.

The emergency production of these supplies should not fall on prison inmates. Indiana pays prisoners as little as 12 cents per hour, according to a Prison Policy Initiative report. Especially during a pandemic and recession, it’s unjust to pay prisoners so far below the minimum wage.

IDOC said in an email Friday that there are about 80 inmates at Miami Correctional Facility producing COVID-19 medical supplies. These inmates receive compensation, the agency said.

The responsibility should

instead fall on the business community.

Hundreds of businesses nationwide are working together to increase manufacturing of ventilators and other critical supplies.

Manufacturing company 3M, which makes about 400 million masks a year in the U.S., plans to increase its production by 30%. Additionally, Honeywell, another manufacturing company, has pledged to double its production of N95 masks.

Other countries with coronavirus outbreaks have taken significant steps to reduce their incarcerated populations. Iran last month released 70,000 prisoners with underlying med-

ical conditions who posed no security risk to society.

The coronavirus will spread rapidly through jails and prisons if nonviolent offenders are not released to reduce overcrowding. In New York City, for example, more 130 inmates and 100 staff at jails and prisons across the city had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Saturday.

More than three-quarters of Indiana’s jails are overcrowded or at capacity, according to a 2018 Indiana Criminal Justice Institute study. Hendricks County Sheriff Brett Clark told WTHR in November that the county jail was holding 303 inmates, above its ca-

pacity of 252.

Prisoners are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19. At a National Institute of Health workshop on the health effects of incarceration, the panelists reported that poor ventilation, overcrowding and stress exacerbate chronic health conditions among inmates.

Many prisons forbid the use of hand sanitizer and are not staffed to the same degree as hospitals to provide continuous health care in the event of an outbreak.

After defendants are sentenced to serve time in prison, the government is immediately responsible for their well-being. The American Bar Association’s

Standards on the Treatment of Prisoners call for the constant protection of the physical well-being of inmates and accommodations for prisoners who are particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases.

The ACLU last month called on governors to grant commutations to anyone identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as particularly vulnerable whose sentence ends in the next two years and to anyone awaiting trial.

“The Indiana Department of Correction has and will continue to test staff and offenders according to CDC guidelines,” IDOC said in an email Friday. The agency said it will separate offenders who show symptoms “as needed.”

Local officials must act if the state does not. A Herald-Times report this week found that Monroe County has already reduced its county jail population 34%.

This was accomplished by police officers making fewer arrests and judges signing off on releases of nonviolent offenders.

Nonviolent offenders were not sentenced to die, but allowing them to stay — and even work — in overcrowded jails could become a death sentence.

The continued incarceration of the sick, elderly and those who pose no threat to society during this pandemic is cruel and exploitative.

By not releasing nonviolent offenders, Indiana runs the risk of rampant COVID-19 infections among inmates, staff and in communities surrounding correctional facilities.

KAILYN’S COMMENTS

Hoosiers, be vigilant of threats to abortion laws during pandemic Kailyn Hilycord (she/her) is a senior studying journalism, English and music.

While the coronavirus ravaged the U.S. at the end of March, lawmakers in Alabama, Ohio and Texas attempted to limit abortion access during the pandemic.

These states cited abortions as “unnecessary medical procedures.” Judges did not allow such laws to pass. The Texas ban was temporarily reinstated Tuesday.

With Indiana being one of the most restrictive states on abortion, it’s hardly surprising that Gov. Eric Holcomb enacted a similar restriction Wednesday. Hoosiers must be aware of what lawmakers are doing and stand vigilant in protecting their rights, especially during this time of uncertainty due to COVID-19.

Outside of these four states, Mississippi and Kentucky have banned abortions, referring to them as “elective procedures,” or nonessential, with the exception of a danger to the moth-

er’s life.

While Holcomb’s executive order does not single out abortions, it most certainly is a threat to women’s rights.

Taking away such medical facilities poses more harm than good to the public.

As of March 1, Indiana law states that abortions cannot take place after 10 to 16 weeks depending on method and reason for the procedure and 20 to 22 weeks postfertilization if it is endangering the mother.

The patient must take part in counseling, which involves description of the procedure and fetal development, offering the explanation of the fetus’s “personhood and ability to feel pain.”

It is required before the procedure, and can inflict emotional trauma and discourage patients from getting the procedure.

After this, the patient must wait 18 hours before having the procedure in Indiana. To add to the trauma, insurance will only cover abortion in the state if it is in cases

of rape, incest or danger to the mother’s health.

The counseling and restrictions vary from state to state. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Utah laws are currently the most restrictive.

A bill was introduced on Jan. 16 by Rep. Curt Nisly, R-Goshen, in an attempt to make abortion illegal in Indiana and criminalize anyone involved in allowing the procedure, citing it as murder.

This proves that the state government was thinking about prohibiting these rights long before the coronavirus safety precautions were issued in Indiana. The coronavirus pandemic is now being used as a tool for restricting abortions and other medical procedures the government deems unnecessary.

In July 2019, another bill involving the restriction of second-trimester “dilation and evacuation” abortions, unless it compromises health, was nearly passed in

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A Planned Parenthood clinic sign is pictured.

Indiana but was ruled unconstitutional. The state desired to put Hoosier women at risk long before the epidemic, and their actions are not for the protection of the public. They are only pushing forth their radical, misog-

ynistic, biased beliefs to hurt those affected by their views.

There are only four abortion clinics in Indiana, one of which is in Bloomington.

Hoosiers must not allow lawmakers to take advantage of the most vulnerable

time the country has seen since the Spanish flu pandemic. By remaining aware of bills, remaining vigilant on current laws and spreading awareness via the Internet, Hoosiers will not let pro-life lawmakers win.

ALWAYS WRITE

Here’s some helpful, or not, ways to stay busy during quarantine Christian Sayers (he/him) is a senior in mathematics and economics.

Whether you want to or not, you’re probably reading this from home. More than 238 million Americans across 35 states have been urged to stay home as the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic.

After weeks of binging Netflix and baking bread, you might be running out of things to do. And it’s not likely we’ll be leaving our homes for a month or longer. But don’t worry. This columnist is here to offer some very important suggestions on how to keep busy.

Here are several ways you can avoid monotony during the stay-at-home period: Learn to code The future will be written in binary.

Artificial intelligence is already encroaching on human turf such as writing literature erotica and inventing colors. When the chrome

overlords rise, will you say you stood idly by?

Learn to code so you can instead program them. I’m already preparing by practicing my C++, and you should be too.

Sure, Joe Biden thinks you should learn to code to be competitive in the global marketplace. But the stakes are much higher. Spend this quarantine learning to code so that when the robot apocalypse comes you can claim your rightful place as an ally of the machines.

local news in a T-shirt that read “Family man, family business.” Like Colvin, you too can be a small business owner.

Kelley students will gain valuable supply chain management experience while hoarding much needed supplies, and law and public policy majors will have a leg up on others with law aspirations.

Price gouging is a criminal offense in many states, so you’ll already have courtroom experience.

Start a small business, then have your small business investigated for price gouging If you’re in the Kelley School of Business and the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, this activity is for you.

Take inspiration from Noah Colvin, the Tennessee man who bought 17,700 hand sanitizer bottles, sold them for up to $70 a bottle and is now being investigated for price gouging.

Colvin interviewed with

Become a “reply guy” Are you addicted to social media? Don’t worry, I’m not gonna tell you how it’s bad for you. I mean it is, but by now you’ve learned this piece is pure chaotic energy.

Instead, why not take that addiction to the next level by becoming a “reply guy.”

What’s a reply guy, you ask? The term, which originally referred to creepy men on Twitter, expanded to include anyone who frequently responds to their favorite accounts with strong, unsolic-

ited opinions.

You can be a reply guy to anyone you want: the president, Alex Rodriguez, the Indiana Daily Student, Dolly Parton. It’s perfectly normal behavior. IDS editor Tom Sweeney, for example, moonlights as a reply guy to statistician Nate Silver. Find a hobby or celebrity, get those thumbs moving and give those blue check marks a piece of your mind.

Play “Animal Crossing” like an adult If you’re active on Twitter, you’ve likely been exposed to the video game “Animal Crossing.” The newest iteration of this Nintendo classic, “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” tasks you with slowly building an island paradise for you and your fellow villagers.

But that isn’t enough for some people.

No, some people can’t appreciate the game’s slow, methodical pace. Instead players change the time and date on their gaming device to skip ahead days at a time

and immediately unlock long-term upgrades.

Play it like an adult. Log on for a little bit, tend to your island and then come back tomorrow. I’ve been playing this way and can assure you it’s just as enjoyable.

Or start an in-game religion like the Trash Church of Danny Devito. Just no time hacks, I’m begging you.

Start writing While in quarantine, William Shakespeare wrote “King Lear,” and Isaac Newton invented calculus and studied gravity.

Now is the time to de-

velop your magnum opus, standing among the great rhetorical arguments of our day, such as “Is cereal a soup or a salad?” or the completely correct Midwestern Power Rankings.

Seriously.

Join me in writing through the pandemic. Pen a letter to the editor. Record your perspective for the Indiana Historical Society.

Start writing a “plague journal,” and submit it to IU Archives. Years from now, you can look back through your writing and remember this moment— from somewhere other than your house.

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Letters should not exceed 400 words and may be edited for length and style.

Submissions must include the person’s name, address and telephone number for verification.

Letters without those requirements will not be considered for publication.

Letters can be mailed or dropped off at the IDS, 6011 E. Kirkwood Ave. Bloomington, IN 47405.

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Left Junior Anderson Dasilva and senior Haley Baker practice for the ballet, “Cinderella,” March 13 in the Musical Arts Center. Aside from her ballet classes and her role as Cinderella, Baker helps teach with the precollege ballet program at IU. Right Junior Lily Bines dances as Cinderella surrounded by freshmen Cameron Smith and Mia Gonzalez on March 12 in the Musical Arts Center. Smith and Gonzalez were cast as mice.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 petition is normal. They don’t let it affect their relationships beyond the studio.

The department wears matching T-shirts with nicknames on the back on special occasions such as opening night. Haley’s is “Halley Backer,” which sounds like “hollaback girl,” and Lily’s is “Buck.” It’s a physical sign of belonging. The dancers all chose to wear them on their last rehearsal.

“The camaraderie, that’s what made it special,” Haley said. * * * When Wroth posts the cast list, nobody ever wants to be the first to look. It’s such a tense moment, Haley said. Squinting from afar where things feel safer won’t cut it.

The print is too small.

In mid February, the role of Cinderella was on the line. Back in Texas and Pennsylvania, Lily and Haley’s parents waited anxiously to hear the news. They knew it would happen any day now.

Lily didn’t know the list was up Feb. 10 when she left her ballet class in studio 305. She needed to blow her nose. In the hallway, an underclassman walked up to her.

“You’re Cinderella!” the younger dancer said.

For a moment, Lily was in denial, and then felt a burst of shock.

She had to contain her excitement as she returned to the far corner of the studio.

Haley was dancing close to the door. She could see the underclassmen congregating near the bulletin board. She knew what that meant and glanced at the clock overhead.

There were 30 minutes left. Maybe she could hold it off. She really tried to stay focused on the class.

But there was another distraction. Students mouthed “It’s up!” from the doorway, which was open.

So close. She left to get a drink — a perfect excuse to peek at the cast list on the way to the fountain. She couldn’t handle the wait.

“I was so distracted,” Haley said.

“I had to go look.”

She was excited but knew there would be pressure to execute the role.

Lily and Haley talked about it later, discreetly. They were grateful, overwhelmed and excited and knew it would hurt others if they made a big deal out of their accomplishment during class.

Haley tried to hold it together. “I didn’t want to come back in and yell across the room like – “ “I’m Cinderella!” Lily joked, finishing the sentence in an obnoxious, nasal voice.

Lily told her proud parents in a text message written in all caps and followed by multiple exclamation

marks. Haley’s family would reply to the news with memes and GIFs of Disney princesses and mice.

Looking forward, they could see it coming together — Cinderella would accept pointe shoes from the fairy godmother and wear a glittering dress to the ball. She would dance alone to the live orchestra. Patrons would pay to see her.

But Cinderella was also a massive responsibility. Lily and Haley would have to prepare for the most consecutive dancing they’ve ever done.

They would go to the gym after six hours a day in the studio for cardio and strength to keep up with it all.

Heavy breathing doesn’t look good on stage.

They also had to act, advancing the plot without words. Haley and Lily would learn to show deep compassion for the mice, contempt for the stepsisters and love for the prince.

Haley and Lily felt the pressure. In rehearsals, they would turn to each other with a look that said: “How are we going to do this?”

But they found a way. On a rough day, they knew how to lighten the mood. Instead of being competitive, they cheered after each other’s accomplishments and would have a water bottle ready when Cinderella came running off the dance floor.

“For me, I realized it was okay to be afraid of a role, as long as it didn’t affect how I tackled it,” Haley said.

Wroth has worked with Haley and Lily for three years, and said this year they took their dancing from solid technique to artistry. Instead of pretending to be Cinderella, they became her.

“They took the character of Cinderella and made her a human being,” Wroth said.

Haley said she thinks they both surprised themselves with how strong they became in the process, both mentally and physically. It was the first opportunity they’ve each had to find themselves within a character.

“We’re both Cinderella, but we’re Cinderella differently,” Lily said.

It was time for the fairy godmother to wave her wand over the two ballerinas. Then unfortunately, reality took over. * * * Ballet dancers have to make strength, beauty and athleticism look easy, even when they’re exhausted.

In the same way, the ballet department had to believe the show would happen, even as the threat of canceling “Cinderella” became more

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real each day. They began to practice with the intention of performing.

Lily and Haley were cast Feb. 10. A day later, the disease that had already killed a thousand people in China got a name: COVID-19. Seven weeks until

showtime.

Around two weeks later, on Feb. 28, the coronavirus claimed its first death in the U.S. Five weeks until showtime.

Eleven days after that, on March 10, IU President Michael McRobbie announced online teaching for the two weeks following spring break.

It would end right after the last performance of “Cinderella” was scheduled to take place.

Wroth, holding out hope, scrambled to reschedule dates for the show.

On March 13, the air in the studio felt heavy and the dancers knew it might be their last rehearsal together. Wroth had to believe there

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Left Senior Haley Baker dances as Cinderella March 13 in the Musical Arts Center. The ballet, “Cinderella,” would have been performed April 3-5.

Right Junior Lily Bines poses March 13 during a rehearsal in the Musical Arts Center. The ballet, “Cinderella,” would have been performed this Friday through Sunday.

was a way for forward, and the dancers wanted to perform.

But the World pe Health Organization had declared Organ the coronavirus a pandemic two coronavir days earlier.

“You could tell everyone knew it was going to b be the last time in the studio together togethe for a while,” Lily said.

It was a hard ha day to navigate, because it marke marked the end of the “Cinderella” production as well as the last produ semester for the graduating class.

Dancers cried. cried The final blow was sent March b 15 in an email from President em McRobbie.

Lily’s parents had planned to pare fly up from Texas for “Cinderella.”

T Mike and Beth Baker had scheduled their Airbnb for fo this weekend, too. It wouldn’t be u used.

Haley was watching TV on the couch with her h parents in Pennsylvania when sshe saw it. She didn’t want to open it. She knew what it said.

Classes would be virtual for the wo rest of the th semester.

Haley and Lily sobbed that night. It felt like something was taken from them. * * * The realization that “Cinderella” realiza was canceled sunk in over time. No ballet, no Cinderella.

No pre-show Cin nerves, no audacious stepsisters, no au endearing mice, no prince charmmi ing, no stan standing ovations from

strangers. No final curtsy.

On April 3 they would have prepared for opening night, maybe wearing their matching team T-shirts.

Now, Lily and Haley are back home in Texas and Pennsylvania.

Virtual ballet classess help establish a sense of normalcy.

Dancers can attend tend ballet class in their hometown bedrooms, living rooms and kitchens. ns. Zoom classes can’t offer the same me open space as dance studio 305, but it can transmit live pointe classs to keep dancers trained up.

It brings the department epartment back together.

“It’s kind of fun because you have all your friends on the little screen,” Haley said.

For dancers Haley ey and Lily, a day without ballet would d feel unnatural.

A week without it would be uncomfortable. When en COVID-19 subsides, Haley and d Lily need to be ready for the studio. dio.

In the future, Haley will take more risks. She’ll e’ll push herself to the front. nt. Nobody will question n her love for dance. They’ll They’ll believe it.

Lily will approach roach auditions and roless with confidence. She’ll remember her friends that hat would have wanted her to shine, too.

For now, they’ll click into Zoom, and find more wayss to be active outside of class. The next ext step for Haley and Lily is to join a ballet company,

where they would get paid to dance instead of paying to dance.

Changes happen every day.

Hopefully, the company auditions canceled during the pandemic will be rescheduled.

When it’s time, Haley and Lily will find new ways to tilt their heads a little closer into the light.

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