One cold October night, I exited Paresky Center to find my bike missing. A week later, after I submitted a panicked rental request to the Purple Bike Coalition, I found it, but the entire ordeal got me thinking: What exactly is the Purple Bike Coalition?

Sophie Throop ’23 and Caleb Dittmar ’23 recount their unsatisfactory experiences with the College's mental health services, or IWS. In light of the rather one-dimensional approach IWS has taken towards student mental health during the pandemic, Throop and Dittmar call on IWS to develop more effective and accessible support systems for students.