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What will you remember most about 2015?
The fact that there have already been more shootings in the U.S. than days in the year.
—Neha Srivastava ’15

!e year Adele (and Justin Bieber) made a comeback.
—Sanaea Bhagwagar ’17

“I will probably most remember getting married.... I hear it’s kind of a big deal.”
—Corey Chase, Mathematics Department

I will remember 2015 as the year of Paris Terror attacks, the rise of Donald Trump, and the deaths of Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) and Maureen O’Hara (The Quiet Man).
—Hunter Congdon ’17

How much snow we had in January, February, and March!
—Hayli Kinney, Mathematics and Science Departments

Memes.
—Meghan Podolsky ’16

My first day at Hopkins. Everyone was so welcoming!
—Helen Racowski, Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Faculty and Assistant Head of School

[W]aking up to another mass shooting on the news, or another incident of unpunished police brutality. I remember listening to speeches rife with racism and sexism given by presidential candidates over and over again. I remember the denial of climate change amidst sixty-degree days in December. But most of all I remember wondering if it was always like this, and if I just hadn’t looked hard enough until now.
—Caroline Vanderlee ’17

I will remember Donald Trump. [Most] definitely, Donald Trump.
—Andrew Treat ’18

Sunday Production sessions with The Razor!
—Canny Cahn, English and Science Departments

For a race, I sailed for twenty-four hours straight through the night during a meteor shower. We won.
—Alex Hughes ’19

The year I got into Hopkins. Everything that I wanted happened, and I convinced my friends to sign up for the swim assembly.
—Eric Martin ’19

The 2015 field hockey season. We were able to rebound from a point in the season where most of our starters where unable to play, and ended with a really great season.
—Annie Nields ’17
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The Razor's Edge reflects the opinion of 4/5 of the editorial board and will not be signed. The Razor welcomes letters to the editor but reserves the right to decide which letters to publish, and to edit letters for space reasons. Unsigned letters will not be published, but names may be withheld on request. Letters are subject to the same libel laws as articles. The views expressed in letters are not necessarily those of the editorial board.
     
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