Looking back, I realize that every year of college except for my freshman year, I’ve ended up submitting a dead serious assignment that somehow mentions the moon being made out of cheese… I never planned this, but now I wish I had.

English orthography is tough though the thorough can get through it with thought.

—Gary Zhang (May 2023)

Alas, two years is far too short a time to learn among such excellent and admirable linguists. I’ve made so many memories here at UNC, from chalking hieroglyphs on the sidewalk and distributing wug pins to writing grammar-inspired sketch comedy and navigating multilingual scavenger hunts. Leading UnderLing this year has been an honor and a delight, and I’m also deeply grateful to the professors who have shared their expertise and welcomed my countless questions. Language is even more complicated, beautiful, and fun than I imagined, and I want to study it for the rest of my life.

—Lydia Boshart