What is up, Baylor Nation? This is Joshua
Martin. I am a senior religion major here
at Baylor, and i'm going to be taking you around
campus and the university this week,
showing you guys what's the same and
what's different with all the new
COVID procedures and all the new
safety guidelines that we have in place.
Let's do it!
We are on our way to our first class of the day.
Now, I'm gonna be showing you guys a
little bit of what the classrooms are
looking like now with all the covid regulations. So, what
i'm expecting to see is a lot of, you know,
social distancing, a lot less chairs...
Alright, so we just arrived at our
class. So this is a cross-cultural ministry
class here in Cashion, and this
is what the classroom is looking like.
So as you can tell, we've got a lot of space in between these
seats right here, and back here.
Alright, i am here with
my cross-cultural ministry professor, Dr. Horton,
and I'm gonna ask him some questions
today just about how different it's been
kind of adjusting to this hybrid, online,
you know, COVID-proof schooling.
"It's not the most difficult, but just wearing masks
all the time is a challenge.
Shifting to this particular classroom, for example,
where the entire lecture is recorded. 
I can make it available to the students
afterward. i'm learning all kinds of new technology.
Alright, so we are out of cross-cultural ministry,
and I was
really surprised at just how,
how it felt so normal. It felt
like such a normal class.
So i'm here with my friend Skyler
-- "What's up y'all?" -- and we are heading
right now to Penland dining hall to
check out how that looks.
So we are in
Penland, and just immediately
what i'm seeing are a lot of tables all
spread out.
So normally, on face value is a lot more
spread out, there's a lot less chairs,
so it's great -- it's really good to see,
but it still feels like the same dining
hall that
I ate in pretty much every day when
I used to live on campus.
We're about to head into the SLC to go
get a workout in,
and we're going to be showing you guys
all of these safety measures that Baylor University
has taken to make sure that its students are
protected and safe while they work out.
Let's get to it.
"So, at the fitness center,
we have these green and red cards on
every machine.
If it's on green, you're free to use it.
When you're done, you flip it to red,
and if it's on red, just come get one of
us in one of these shirts and we'll clean it for you."
You're perfect, awesome, thank you so much!
So y'all heard it, right here,
they have a fantastic system in place to
make sure the students can still work out safely.
Alright, now we're going to check out
what some of these study tents look like
on Fountain Mall.
So as you can see, there's a bunch,
there's six of these, actually,
all on Fountain Mall, which are
air-conditioned, which have Wi-Fi in them,
which are phenomenal places to study, and
are all social distanced.
"Well, I have my own personal air conditioning vent right there. They blow there constantly on me, so it feels kind
of nice, and then it's quiet, so this is a place i can
go in the middle of the day without
worrying about
other people being around, and just sit
and do my stuff,
and go to class right across the hall."
Alright, so Baylor has gone ahead and hired a bunch of
safety officers to stand around campus
and basically ensure that
that we are staying within guidelines as
students. I'm going to talk to one.
"Baylor's very concerned about their students.
They want their students to always be
able to stay on campus and have live classes,
and so we're just giving friendly reminders
to everybody to wear their mask,
and tell them what the rules are so
that they'll be aware and they'll know what they are.
How about a KitKat?"
Oh, thank you so much!
Alright, so we are walking back from
campus right now.
It's been a great day.
I wanted to ask you guys,
what has been the most interesting thing,
the most different thing,
about being back on campus so far?
"Well, I think that there are a lot
less people on campus. I think Baylor did a great job of
combining hybrid classes, online classes,
in-person classes,
because i remember all the other years,
during a passing period, it's like an ant bed.
There's so many people, and you're like
dodging bikes, dodging people on
skateboards, like
almost getting hit. But this year, 
it's been a lot easier to social distance and stay safe, so it's good."
For sure, for sure.
