<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Dear 2015s,</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This has been an incredibly trying year for all of us. We have endured one of the most painful experiences of loss three times in one school year.</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Class Councils have worked alongside UA Exec as well as the UA Council* to discuss student wellness on campus, and have begun the process of reinforcing our unity behind change.</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This process includes establishing data that we can bring to administrators via</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">a survey about student wellness services, and the potential formation of a permanent Institute Committee focused on improving student mental health on campus. But we need your help in working towards defining our goals as undergraduates and developing a comprehensive plan of action. Please keep an eye out for future emails gathering student ideas, and if you have suggestions as to how we should organize these ideas, we would appreciate if you send them our way. </span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our community is hurting, but healing. As we move forward in rebuilding our home, let us support our MIT family by reaching out and listening to each other.</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Always,</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Joanne Zhou, Anish Punjabi, Liana Ilutzi, Colin Webb</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presidents of the Classes of 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">*composed of presidents from each dorm, as well as representation from IFC, Panhel, and Independent Living Groups</span><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#741b47" face="georgia, serif" size="1"><b>Joanne Zhou</b></font><br><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="1" color="#444444"><b>________________________<br></b></font><div><font size="1" face="georgia, serif" color="#444444">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</font></div><div><font size="1" color="#444444"><font face="georgia, serif">Department of Biology | </font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Class of 2015</span></font></div><div><font size="1" color="#444444"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">(920) 915-7730 | </span><a href="mailto:zhoujy@mit.edu" style="font-family:georgia,serif" target="_blank">zhoujy@mit.edu</a></font></div></div></div></div>
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