{shortcode-d9be1ac8c4a49c02067ade4128b0c84a1b5db997} Welcome back the warm(er) weather, hordes of new characters to campus (I don’t know where they are coming from either), the looming threat of finals, and the countdown to summer. If you’ve ever found yourself walking around without your AirPods in, here are some of the things you’ll probably hear around campus. And, if you never go out without your “between classes” playlist blaring in your ears, here is your quick update on all of the Harvard student grumblings you may have missed.

1. “Widener Library was actually a gift from Eleanor Elkins Widener in memory of her son Harry. Now, do you know the story of why she donated this in his honor?”

Yes, actually. I've heard this story in bits and pieces every single time I’ve walked by Widener over the past three weeks. Between helping my friends practice their Crimson Key tours and bearing unsuspecting audience to many, many others, I am extremely well versed in Harry Elkins Widener’s untimely death.

2. “My seasonal depression is finally over.”

I don’t know about you, but I swore I didn’t have seasonal depression until I walked outside one day and the sun was out, the sky was blue, and the weather was warm, and I suddenly realized that the thought of walking to my 9 a.m. didn’t make me feel like crying.

3. “Unwritten”

The song at Yardfest, or my essay due tonight?

4. “What are you doing this summer? I'm going to be doing finance in…”

Let me take a wild guess… New York? This question and answer sequence has become my biggest fear. I know you’re only asking me so that you can “humbly” tell me that you are “Goldman-bound” this summer; however, the situation only gets worse because then I’m expected to tell you what I’m doing. So, either I make something up that we both know isn’t true, or I admit that I have no clue what I’m doing this summer and that I am in fact crashing out over it (please hire me).

5. “Are you hosting any prefrosh for Visitas?”

Do we have to call them prefrosh? I sorta hate that word. And, nope, but my friend is hosting six between her and her roommates, so that’s enough prefroshing for me.

6. “I just have to get my thesis in, then I’m free!”

This one is coming from the seniors who procrastinated writing 70 pages (or all) of their thesis until the final two months, realizing that they have come to and are now “crossing that bridge.” Little do they know even once their thesis is in, they’ll be having nightmares about it for the rest of their lives…

7. “Have you booked rooms for graduation yet?”

With more than five schools all graduating in the same stretch of days, getting hotel rooms in Boston, let alone in Cambridge, is going to be a nightmare. As far as I can tell, my uncle booked his hotel rooms for my cousin’s graduation almost a year in advance. My mom even tried to book rooms for my graduation during move-in this year (I’m a freshman…).

8. “Did you do the reading?”

Nope, and neither did you. The best part of this is that I know we were both thinking that we would get paired with someone who had done it. Unfortunately, I got paired with the living embodiment of “the consequences of my own actions,” and now we are going to have to ChatGPT our way through this.

9. “Are you free for din tonight?” “No, sorry, I actually have a date.” “HUH?”

Hello… since when??? Why does it feel like there are 25 new relationships post-spring break? Aren’t you the same person who just a few weeks ago was sending me insta reels about how single you were? It’s not that I’m not happy for you — I’m just surprised, and thinking that you might want to go curate your reel likes asap.

10. “OMG, only five weeks until summer!”

Yes, that’s all well and good, but all I can think when I hear that is “four weeks until finals,” and that makes me a little nauseous.

Whether your mindset is four weeks till finals or five weeks till summer , both are rapidly approaching (queue “Where’d All The Time Go?” by Dr. Dog). Soon, this student chatter will be a distant memory. I hope this article motivates you to take out your AirPods (or just one of them) every once in a while and maybe even do something productive, like pick your courses or even do a reading… or keep procrastinating but outside, without a jacket!