Message from the New Editors

from The Finish Line 2023, published by Student Life, at Washington University in St. Louis

Samantha Lynn Marcotte e Samant nn M rcotte a Lyn Sammantha t Marc ynn te ntman arco nn n Ma ott cotttte co Ly tha a a rc

Dear readers,

The past year has been more been on campus since 2020. classes, packed theater performances, and full-capacity our News or Scene teams pews of Graham Chapel. The Class of 2023 marks the last class at Washington college pre-, during, and seen the transition through Zoom classes and quarantines to a world where “social distancing” is no longer the underclassmen what it is campus community after a year of only communicating with each other through screens. hardly had a chance to fully and things they can’t wait students. It’s also a reminder behind — of underclassmen championships won, and To the Class of 2023: We happened in your community tell the stories of people on campus all year long. This issue, we take some time to focus on the graduating senior class and allow them to tell their own stories — of friendship during periods of