In order to inspire lasting change and shape the fundamental culture and climate of departments, a cohort of faculty and administrators have convened to tackle pervasive issues of harrassment and discrimination within Arts and Sciences, introducing bystander training workshops and revising hiring and promotion policies to enforce ideas of diversity and inclusion to create a “culture of respect” within academia.

As the dust settles on a new semester, the add/drop craze several weeks since passed, we’d like to welcome you back to The Eye. Whether you’re a first-time reader or a longtime friend, we want to invite you this semester to take an active role in our work.

As final papers and exams inch closer and closer, we hope this letter finds you well. We’ve prepared our last full-fledged issue of the semester, so if you find some time between cramming and more cramming, give it a read.

The sun is out, or it was… briefly. Curl up inside by the fire if the rain persists, or out on Low Steps if the sun returns—either way, you can spend your weekend leafing through our penultimate issue!

We’ve officially crested Bacchanal, emerging in almost one piece from an excessively long midterm season. We’re nearing the end of the semester, and the end of Volume XXVI, but we still have three more issues in the works. Whether you’re still recovering from a wild Bacchanal weekend (we recommend Advil and water), or an endless week in Ref (we prescribe a night in watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine), we hope this week’s issue provides you with some recovery reading.

This week’s issue deals with entry—in student groups that make up our school’s social fabric, and college bookstores, and trains and big cities, and a little bit of coursework (this is a university, after all). It’s midterms, and we’re feeling a little closed off from it all, so why not talk about it?

It’s been a busy few weeks for us at The Eye, and we know we’re a bit late on this letter, but we have a wealth of articles to show for it. So if you’re in need of a break from midterms studying, you’re in luck. Both issues center around responsibility—of students, administrators, Internet-users, and community members.