{"id":2413,"date":"2021-01-04T19:08:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T19:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/?post_type=project&p=2413"},"modified":"2021-11-23T15:59:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T19:59:54","slug":"masked-faces-of-ohio-state-a-college-community-amid-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.thelantern.com\/projects\/project\/masked-faces-of-ohio-state-a-college-community-amid-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"(Masked) Faces of Ohio State: A college community amid COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Upon a staggered return in August, a constant uncertainty weighed on campus at all times. Cases rose, declined and then rose again. Students and professors adapted to sitting spaced out in large lecture halls, not sure of what the bottom half of each other\u2019s face looked like. Athletes wondered if they would even have a season while practicing, getting tested for the virus regularly and balancing full course loads.\u00a0Fall 2020 was the first full semester during COVID-19 at Ohio State.\u00a0A group of students, student athletes, instructors and alumni volunteered to be followed throughout the course of the term to document their experiences in a semester like no other. These are the faces of Ohio State.<\/span><\/p>\n
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As the Ohio State Women\u2019s Glee Club gathered for a typical Monday Zoom meeting last semester, director Jordan Saul\u2019s plans for rehearsal collapsed into a series of technological mishaps.<\/p>\n<\/div>read more<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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The Ohio State baseball team implemented strict virus protocols and hosted fewer organized team activities throughout the summer and fall. Although this has helped slow the spread of the coronavirus, it has hindered Evan Ulrich\u2019s adjustment to becoming a college baseball player.<\/p>\n<\/div>read more<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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The strides Key has made in the adjustments to college basketball, academics and life have challenged him. But he said he\u2019s enjoyed the demands, and encouraged others to take things one day at a time even when the going gets difficult.<\/p>\n<\/div>read more<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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by Jack Long<\/a><\/span><\/p>
Even though he loves teaching, Brad Bushman said he cannot endanger his wife\u2019s life to hold in-person classes. The new platform was challenging, but Bushman said he enjoyed some aspects of online classes. <\/p>\n<\/div>read more<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Sick to her stomach, Alex Richards laid in bed in a dark room at a hotel near Ohio State\u2019s campus. It was the first time that she had to deal with an illness completely by herself. Laying there, she realized how much she missed the support of her family through hugs.<\/p>\n<\/div>read more<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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