NOTE FROM EDITOR HANNAH DIGGS

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

I’ve spent a lot of time the past few years moving around. After I unpacked my bags in Galloway for the first time, I was propelled into moving from place to place, primarily because of COVID combined with the flighty nature of young adulthood. During all of this roaming, living with people from around the world and occupying seats that I never thought I’d make it to, I thought a lot about comforting spaces. What makes a comfortable space? Who has the privilege of feeling comfortable where? How can you curate a space that is comfortable for all people?

The stories in this issue seek to answer these questions as they span from talking with activists around campus and how they make comfort and activism coexist all the way to how to cure freshman homesickness. Our writers also had the chance to sit down with interim Dean LeBlanc to help students get to know him a little better since he now, with the nature of the position, has the opportunity to influence campus culture by making Hendrix a more welcoming, comfortable place for all students.

I implore you as you read through this issue to not only think of ways in which you make the world a little more comfortable for yourself, but about what you can do to lighten someone else’s load. In what spaces do you have privilege, and how can you curate spaces that help make others more comfortable in those spaces? Making a comfortable space is an intentional act, and I hope that this issue walked you through facets of the idea that you had not explored before.

Sincerely,

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