Carter Kratz is a senior baseball player at Morningside College from Vermillion, South Dakota. When he isn’t in school or at baseball practice, Kratz enjoys hunting and fishing. Kratz plans to graduate this coming spring with a degree in business.

When I asked Kratz how he thinks the college is handling COVID he saw some good and some bad. On the good side, he thinks that the college is doing a good job quarantining kids in the dorms. However, he also thinks that students choosing to go home to quarantine isn’t a good idea because they could spread the virus to their parents or people in the community.

On Monday, President Reynders sent out an email to students and staff about the new college sports spectator guidelines. Morningside will increase gate attendants and off-duty officers patrolling crowds, kick out those that fail to adhere to the mask policy, limit football spectators by only letting in students, ticketed friends, and family members, and a few other rules.

Kratz thinks this is will help overall. “Lots of people were not wearing masks who aren’t with the college. The new guidelines should help if the rules are enforced,” said Kratz about Friday’s season opener against Northwestern College.

Kratz is not a fan of online schooling, so he will be upset if Morningside has to go down that road for an extended period of time. “Classes should go to pass fail if you are online. We pay for a personalized education, not for online classes. We should be compensated for that,” he said.