letter from the editors

Dear Readers,

Now that we have found our footing for this school year, we were able to actually achieve our goal for the publication. For this winter issue, we wanted to engage the entirety of the Hamilton community, expand our readership, and connect different class years to each other through articles that highlight different experiences. Building up our voice on social media was the first step, particularly in reaching out to the freshman class to make sure they felt welcome and their stories were heard. We want to give a special thanks to our social media coordinator, Zoe Neely, since without her help we wouldn’t have been able to accomplish this arduous task or have such an impact on campus life. Within this issue, we were able to incorporate social media into the magazine through our “Overview of the Hill” and “What’s ‘In’ and ‘Out’ on campus” articles, which display the popular opinions of Hamilton College students. Through these articles, we have included more campus voices in the magazine than we have had in our past issues. Our Eboard is also made up of a variety of students in different class years, including those that remember campus before Covid, those that only remember campus as masks and testing, and those that are starting their Hamilton careers being able to experience Hamilton to its fullest.

This issue illustrates the vibrant and varied Hamilton community by presenting many unique and thought-provoking perspectives. Staff Writer Maeve Brown spotlights the hard-working team of the Facilities Management department in a day spent shadowing them in her article, “A Day with Facilities Management.”

In “And on the Eighth Day (11 months later) Bristol Pool Was Open Once Again,” our Editor at Large, Ashley Kolpan, celebrates the opening of the renovated Bristol Pool from the view of a varsity swimmer. Lastly, an article that intrigued us was the opinionated piece by staff writer Eric Santomauro-Stenzel on the interdisciplinary major at Hamilton, which gives students the option to construct their own major.

We hope that our goal of increasing community engagement came across in these pages. With every Continental issue we write, we find ourselves learning more about the community and finding more ways to showcase the fantastic work happening across Hamilton College. We want to thank everyone who contributed to this issue, including those that participated in our Instagram polls, since without their hard work and dedication we would not have been able to put forth this issue. We also want to mention how appreciative we are of the work that has been done by our fantastic Eboard comprised of our section editors, our Creative Director, and our Director of Photography. You all made the work appear seamless even when it was incredibly difficult. Thank you all, and thank you to our readers for continuing to enjoy our magazine. We hope you enjoy the Winter 2023 Continental issue!

Nicolette & Stella