‘how was your summer?’

Annnnnd, we’re all back. Let the classes, roaming freshman herds and awkward embraces begin. Whether you are coming back from abroad, or just the summer, the first-week encounters are exciting and exhilarating, yet painfully uncomfortable at the same time. Suddenly leaving Ross dining hall becomes a 20-minute process as every fifth person you run into results in the same old “Oh my gosh! How was your summer/where are you living/what classes are you taking” debacle. And don’t forget the critical decision of whether to hug or not—a major turning point in the relationship.

Every year we all swear to avoid these fatal questions, an oath that usually lasts a day, if even hours. Well, I demand that we stop the shenanigans this year. I dare you, oh mighty Midd Blog reader, to be adventurous, to go that extra mile, walk over those burning coals and resist the urge to indulge in this behavior. Let’s just stick to the intellectual conversations about, you know, which dining hall is the best or how the hell to navigate Atwater suites.