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“You all belong here.” It was a statement repeated over and over again as the class of 2022 filled the seats of Morrell Gymnasium on August 25, 2018. As various faculty speakers made their way to the podium to offer welcoming remarks to the incoming class, I remember a feeling of exhaustion as students finally allowed ourselves to sit back into our chairs to relax. Once again, we were being reminded that our fight through the arduous college process had come to an end—our efforts had paid off, earning us the privilege of roaming across the quad and under the branches of Bowdoin’s famous whispering pines as a fresh-furred Polar Bear…….