Editor's Note

Dear FM, Love is in the air. And we have the stats to prove it. In this week’s scrut, the talented OGP immerses us in the eclectic Community Church of Boston and the archive on its third floor, dedicated to their self-proclaimed “martyr patron saints” — Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. OGP searches for meaning in this painstaking preservation, exploring the afterlives of the Sacco-Vanzetti case throughout Boston. There are bombmaker manuals and fake funerals, guitar serenades to Harvard Law grads and scrupulous anarchist-archivists. Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s Twitter habits even make an appearance. You don’t want to miss it. Elsewhere, FM debuts its Harvard Love Map — over 50 stories detailing where Harvard students have found, lost, and rediscovered love on campus. Our geographic survey has led us to three conclusions: 1) Contrary to common belief, love is not dead at Harvard 2) If you want to find that love, head to Weeks Bridge 3) At all costs, avoid Currier House In the spirit of love, and lust, and loss, I have mapped out the rest of FM’s charming first edition: Missed connections: KJK unplugs for a moment to visit the tech-free world of Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous. Her Around Town takes an introspective turn, as she ponders her own techno-sober-curiosity. Breaking up: CL revives the Venn Diagram with a pressing question — what’s worse, running into your ex or running into your PAF? Finding love: DCB pens an ode to senior sales and Spy Kids (2001). Memorable dates: AM — visiting us from Ed — writes a stunning endpaper on contingency and our tenuous environmental futures. And in the all-encompassing Other category: JP, our newfound crossword extraordinaire, brings us a puzzle with a special Valentine’s Day twist. CB chats with geneticist David A. Sinclair about immortal mice and anti-aging. EMK talks coffee shop AUs and medieval fanfiction with Assistant Professor Anna Wilson. ESKS discusses bikes and deep history with Professor Daniel L. Smail. This closeout cannot end without a thank you to FM execs and FM staff, for a wonderful first week. A special shoutout to EMK, RAD, RCG, and XSC for pulling off our return to in-person production night, to VWR for diligent scroofing, and to KJK for donut reinforcements. You all have my heart. And to the brilliant YAK — we did it. FMLove, MTB + YAK