COVID-19 has affected colleges and universities across the country and I had the opportunity to talk to Rory Bredlow about his personal experience. Rory is a student at Morningside University and he is majoring in Mass Communications. Rory, being a sophomore this year, hasn’t really had a “normal” college year. His biggest fears were things being cancelled and having to quarantine. Rory had to quarantine once last year and he specifically said, “it really sucked.” Rory is a part of the band so having football games and marching band events cancelled affected him directly.

Besides activities on campus, other areas of Rory’s college life were affected. Rory is a hands-on student and being online made it really hard for him. “It was really hard for me to focus a lot especially because I have adhd,” Rory commented on the situation. He struggled doing online assignments online and zoom was not ideal for his educational experience.