A belated welcome back! Shopping’s almost over, so you should have sheets on your bed by now. I called my parents yesterday when I realized I had no hangers and also bought notebooks because this is school among other things. Your schedule’s hopefully looking nice now that “Trees” is uncapped, and you should have managed to confront your roommate about how it’s not that chill to clip his toenails on the couch.

But while you may have already started the countdown to fall break, our year at the Herald has just begun, and we’re thrilled to be here with you again. We’ve been away for these last three months, but Yale and New Haven have kept happening without us, so we’re doing our best to catch you up. In this week’s cover article, Lara Sokoloff, TC ’16, breaks down Yale’s unique responsibility as the single largest employer in New Haven. Stick around the Elm City in Features, where Victoria Wang, PC ’18, delves into a collaborative new program to reduce youth violence.

There’s lots more. Claire Goldsmith, ES ’18, hits close to home in Culture, where she descends into the chaos of the Extracurricular Bazaar. In Opinion, Isis Davis-Marks, JE ’19, discusses entering Yale as a woman of color, and Ryan Wilson, SM ’17, weighs in on the Calhoun debate. Read about heritage in Voices and about the Australian apocalypse in Reviews. Sit down with us and take a look. There’s a lot to like.

See you around town,

David Rossler

Editor-in-chief