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With the COVID-19 pandemic still in full swing for a year, many sports and activities on college campuses have had to adapt to the new adjustments, including shutdowns.
For the Morganettes, a student organization-based dance team at Morgan State University, the team’s last halftime performance occurred last March, at a basketball game against crosstown rival Coppin State. The Morganettes, a close group of 12 young women, pre-pandemic they practiced with one another Monday through Friday for about two hours each day.
Jaime Lyons of Springdale, Maryland, who identifies as a student-athlete, is an undergraduate student at Morgan State University. Because of the lack of practice and active interactions with her fellow Morganettes, she is uneasy about the growing absence of dance in her life.