Due to safety concerns brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, theaters everywhere have turned to understudies as a saving grace. Northwestern’s Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts recently began to standardize the incorporation of understudies and swings ― an understudy for multiple roles ― into their productions after the process dropped off pre-pandemic. But so.
After testing positive for COVID-19 the same day in-person learning resumed, Communication freshman Gavin Shaub said he spent the first week of classes learning mostly through lecture notes and class assignments. While Wildcat Wellness allowed students who tested positive for COVID-19 to have an uninterrupted learning experience, that luxury is no longer an option for.