Issue 2 Editors' Note 2024

Paetyn Naidoo
Jan 7
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In this issue of The Anvil, we celebrate 120 years of student journalism at Middlesex and reflect on the newspaper’s evolution since its inception. A lot has certainly changed since 1904—we now publish online and in print and no longer have to run advertisements in the paper to support it as the early editions did. However, more has stayed the same. We still rely on the same enthusiasm and dedication of Middlesex students to write for, edit, format, photograph, and distribute The Anvil which sustained the paper through 12 decades. Many of the topics have lasted through decades too: the same questions about free speech on campus and the school newspaper’s role therein remain as relevant as ever. The Anvil provides students with a special opportunity in both reading and writing to engage in the perennial conversation about both what it means to each student to be a member of the Middlesex community, and what direction the school more broadly should head in. We encourage all students, regardless of past experience, to take part in the life of the school not only by contributing to or reading The Anvil, but also by engaging in other clubs and extracurricular activities that spark your interest in any way.

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