Issue 4 2025 Editor's Note

As winter sports pick up and temperatures drop, it’s tempting to disengage from the Middlesex community and spend the winter reclusively mourning the cold and dark. This mentality is also often a self-perpetuating one: to ward off the dark, make additional efforts to spend time with friends, continue to engage with clubs and other forms of student life, and show up to games and performances. Winter often feels bleak and dull here, but it doesn’t have to be. 

This is also a good time for some reflection on the first semester. We encourage you to consider retrospectively both your successes and shortcoming socially, academically, and athletically. Are there people you could be kinder to? What strategies and habits paid off in your classes? How will you be a leader on your team? The second semester is an exciting fresh start, and we hope you learn from your wins and mistakes in the fall. 

JE & CB