It is currently 10:30 p.m. My English essay is due at 11:59 p.m. The problem? A total of five words are written on the page. Weeks of saying, “the essay is a problem for future me” finally catches up to me, and the stress starts to kick in. The deadlineRead More

Photo courtesy of Suzie Kim ’24 On move-in day, as my father drove the rental Honda through the Kohler Environmental Center’s (KEC) driveway, he turned around and said, “I hope you know what you have gotten yourself into.” I responded with a confident “yes,” but to be frank, I wasRead More

Graphic By Yujin Kim ’23 We’ve all heard the infamous phrase, “It’s time to put down the phone,” spoken across the dinner table or silently communicated across the rows during a school meeting. Personally, the phrase haunts me: I think I’ve heard my parents say it a few too manyRead More

Herschel Walker’s notoriety as a result of being a football player could not help him win the election, but he did come close — scarily close. The Georgia Senate runoff, which occurred after neither candidate won the general election in November, ended with a win for Democrat Raphael Warnock. ThoughRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim ’23 In a letter dating back to October 2, 1780, John Adams wrote to the First Marshal of Massachusetts,Jonathan Jackson: “There is nothing I dread so much, as a Division of the Republic into two great Parties, each arranged under its Leader, and concerting Measures inRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim ’23 U.S. News & World Report is widely known as a primary source for comparing the prestige of universities. Schools modify campus and curriculum to earn higher spots in rankings. But what if major universities stopped cooperating with the ranking system? In early October of 2022,Read More

Graphic by Melody Qian ’24  Every morning at 7:22 a.m., I climb into the car and head to school. The 30-minute commute has several downsides, but none more stressful than being late to class.  The late policy should not be the same for both day students and boarding students. ARead More

Photos courtesy of Ximena Castillo Nuñez ’24  Thrift shopping is not a new concept. Thrift stores first appeared in the 1950s. Thrifting makes essential goods like clothing, cookware, and furniture affordable and accessible to those who cannot consistently afford commercial retail prices. Through social media and popular culture, thrifting hasRead More

Photo By Alex Hong ’24/ In June of 2022, Olivia Du ’24 and Virginia Nelson ’25 participated in Choate’s inaugural camping trip in collaboration with National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) to Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains.  OLIVIA: On my first camping trip, an 11-day backpacking expedition through the Wind River range,Read More