Dear Readers,
I recently texted my friend about my deep yearning to travel to The Ice Cream Barn. Her response: “YOU SHOULD GO WHAT’S STOPPING YOU?!” It’s a fantastic question for which I really struggled to conjure an excuse. I do have a car on campus, and I do love ice cream, and I am not really sure what else I need to add to the equation to get to my desired answer. Still, I’m paralyzed by this overwhelming sense of April dread. It’s only in this fleeting moment between the dead of winter and the lackadaisical summer haze that I’m filled with equal feelings of wanting to do absolutely nothing and also wanting to do everything under the sun.
On Monday, I gave into the pull of the Main Green and split my attention between football, Canva, and chitter-chatter with my closest friends and all the adjacent folks that crossed our path. This central hub of campus has cast some kind of magic spell that’s keeping me around, existing within the Brown ecosystem, and loving every second of it. In a few days, if this spell has not reached you yet, I invite you to let it overtake you and guide you on adventures around the niches of campus that you haven’t visited in a while. After you’ve finished your exploration, come to the Main Green and celebrate the festivities. And if you need a little help to get in the spirit, post- has got you covered.
We’re coming to you this week with an extra special edition, full of memories, games, and anticipation for the weekend. As you are curating your concert fits, check out Tabitha, Klara, and Alissa’s piece about the beauty and community of sharing clothes, a wonderful alternative if you haven’t had the chance to go shopping yet. To get you excited for the main event, we have Kathy’s reflection on Weston Estate and the funny moments when music meets you at just the right time. And what’s Spring Weekend without the times shared between your friends? Check out Elijah’s poem on the party before the Party!
In moments of respite between all the excitement, we’ve also got some great games for you to puzzle over with your community. Coming in live for the first time, post- is debuting our first Connections board. Share it far and wide and see if you can figure out the links between the words. As a challenge for the brave amongst you, we are also sharing a Spring Weekend Bingo Board full of fun, harrowing, and inevitable events for you to check off the weekend list.
Finally, as the weekend winds down and you grow wistful about the ticking clock, we share with you some memories from post- past with a previous Spring Weekend experience and a classic Top 10. To top it all off, you’ll learn to make all spring weekends special in Kimberly’s piece detailing a spring weekend now past that she shared puzzling with her friends.
With my final editor’s note of the semester, I want to leave a few notes of thanks. Thank you to all the wonderful writers and incredible illustrators who have contributed this semester to make this magazine everything it is. Thank you to all our editors, head illustrators, and social media and layout teams for keeping us afloat week in and week out. A special thank you to all of the managing editors for helping make this special edition a reality with your wonderful pieces! And an extra special thank you to all our superb seniors on the editorial team for all the laughs and love you have given us: Eleanor, Jack, Addie, Kelsey, and Kimberly (our beloved post- ghost), good luck in your next chapter and keep a copy of post- with you wherever you go! Finally, one last thank you, for a text I received in response to my weak excuse not to go The Ice Cream Barn : “no is not an answer, we have too little time at brown.”
Let the weekend suck you in and enjoy the time we’ve got left before we wrap up the semester. And if you find a minute to step away from it all, I hope you share that time with a copy of post-.
Springing into the weekend,
Joe Maffa
Editor in Chief
