Dear Readers,

On the heels of a challenging week, I hope you all have made time for yourselves and prioritized your mental health. While we can all be grateful that the situation that took place on Thursday night didn’t end worse, I encourage you all to take the time to process the rollercoaster of emotions that follows an event like this. The counseling center on campus is a great resource, located in the 5th floor of Miguel Hall. You can reach them via email @jegan01@manhattan.edu or by phone at 718-862-7394 to set up an appointment.

Hopefully, this week’s issue will be able to provide you all with some clarification about recent events and will let you know that your voice is being heard. As always, if you would like to contact us about a story, you can email us at thequad@manhattan.edu. We are a student newspaper, and we exist to help amplify your voice.

Our wonderful team has yet again put together an excellent issue for you all. This may only be our second issue of the semester, but our writers and editors have been working around the clock to bring you the most relevant stories on campus. In news, I want to highlight a web exclusive published this past Wednesday by one of our senior writers, Kyla Guilfoil. This piece highlights the most recent faculty layoffs, and provides a lot of valuable information about the current issues our faculty face. Also in news is a story I wrote covering the recent program cuts, which will hopefully answer some of the most frequently asked questions I’ve heard around campus. 

If you haven’t already, I encourage you to follow us on social media to stay up to date, @mcquad on Instagram and X. We also publish stories nearly every day of the week on our website, @mcquad.org. Staying informed is staying educated, and I implore you all to stay up to date about what’s going on, this semester especially. As always, we appreciate your support and love hearing any feedback you have to give. 

With love,