dear students: you who have been working hard, caring fiercely, showing up for each other and for our tender, aching collective; you who are forgoing parties, and bars, and the gatherings that you’ve anticipated with joy; you who know there’s life beyond football games and tailgating and beer pong; you who are holding the losses that none of us really know how to bear; you who are scared, who don’t know where to take your fear, or your wisdom; you who know shit ain’t right, and are laboring for a world where tender togetherness and creativity are valued above Mine and More; you who have been...
