By Hannah Ahn & Tessa Laurans, Contributing Writers

Have you ever wondered which types of milk are most popular within the Winsor community? Well, the Winsor Varsity Soccer team (WVS) considers themselves the authority on milk. On the team, a favorite “getting to know you” question is, “What’s your favorite type of milk and why?” Because of this, we decided to investigate this topic by surveying WVS. 

We wanted to investigate which milks are most popular because we are both milk lovers ourselves. In our dining hall, Winsor offers three different types of milk: 2%, fat free, and chocolate milk. While Tessa tends to drink the chocolate milk from Winsor’s dining hall as a sweet treat, Hannah enjoys a fresh glass of milk around 1-2 times per week. We both consider 2% our favorite kind of milk, but Hannah believes that all kinds of milk are acceptable. 

We found that, out of 18 members, a shocking 62.5% of WVS enjoys a glass of milk on a daily basis. The remaining 37.5% of the surveyed team members stated that the last time they drank a glass of milk was in the past month. Lizzy Fitzpatrick ’25, a manager of WVS and a milk fanatic, declared, “I absolutely love milk; it’s my favorite part of my day. I always put Winsor milk in my Winsor cereal, and it completes my Winsor morning.”

Members of the team also shared what their most recent glass of milk had been. We discovered that half of the team last drank 2% milk while 37.5% had enjoyed chocolate milk, and the remaining 12.5% had skim or nonfat. Nell Sparks ’25, a captain, reported, “I love how strong milk makes me! I’ve never had a broken bone because a glass of milk a day keeps the broken bones away! Also I like how versatile it is; I can really have it with anything”.

Finally, we prompted the players with the question, “If Winsor could add any kind of milk to the dining hall, what would [they] want it to be?” In response, a quarter of the team stated that they only drink 2% and chocolate milk, which the dining hall already carries, while half of WVS requested the addition of 1%. We found it interesting that half of the team wanted 1% milk in the dining hall, and we questioned some of the members about what drove this request. Emma Roffman, ’27, explained, “I would add 1%; it is better than skim milk but healthier than 2%.” 

Although students may not realize it while focused on their busy schedules, milk plays a crucial role in their day to day lives, and helps keep WVS’s members’ bones strong. 

I love milk! Katina Handrinos