Human life rarely lasts beyond a century – we appear and vanish like flickers of light, a mere blink in the vast expanse of the cosmos. As mortals, our flesh may not endure through time’s inevitability. Still, our arts, our cultures, and our thoughts may cross generations, as our magazine The Mortals seeks to broaden students' perspectives, aiming to impart knowledge, creativity, and the essence of humanity beyond the years spent on campus, beyond the “shelf life” of our mortal souls, celebrating individuality with connections to societies. We welcome anyone and everyone, beyond objectification and beyond doubt, towards humility and humanity.