If I had a dollar for every time someone has asked me in the past two years whether, and how, campus life has changed since October 7^th, I could probably retire from the very work that brought me to the campus in the first place.

But I wouldn’t. The task feels too vital.

Since that dark day, there have been shifts. Some are visible from the outside. Many are subtle and internal. And the truth is more complex than the headlines appearing on Jewish news sites and WhatsApp groups.

There are certainly students like Taylor, a young woman from a secular background who, almost overnight, became a fierce campus advocate. She tracks every incident of antisemitism from fellow students, professors, and administrators. Her documentation has been used by major national organizations. She has become, in some respects, an avatar of Jewish student activism.