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Later Class Start Times, Healthier Students

Later Class Start Times, Healthier Students

May 1, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsoloe/The Choate News With Covid-19 scattering Choate students across the world, the Choate administration has faced a new problem: How can we make the daily schedule convenient for as many students as possible while our community is spread across various time zones?  The short-term solution was toRead More

Governments Stand By As Virus Invades Prisoners’ Cells

Governments Stand By As Virus Invades Prisoners’ Cells

May 1, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Photo courtesy of ABC News As the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, incarceration systems pose a serious threat to containing the spread of the virus. Because of the close proximity of the prisoners, contracting and spreading the coronavirus becomes very easy — prisons in the U.S. are nowRead More

Sheltering in Far-Off Places: Saudi Arabia

Sheltering in Far-Off Places: Saudi Arabia

May 1, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Sabahat Rahman ’21, a resident in Saudi Arabia, reflects on the changes in her life following the safety measures her country has enacted in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. [Photo courtesy of Arab News]

Trump Testing Patience Instead of Patients

Trump Testing Patience Instead of Patients

April 17, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News As the U.S. leads the world in the number of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, with the number in New York state alone higher than any other country, many are left to wonder where our nation went wrong.  Despite America’s world-class medical technology and aRead More

Xenophobia in the Age of the Coronavirus

Xenophobia in the Age of the Coronavirus

April 17, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Ava Gizzie/ The Choate News Growing up in a majority white town, it didn’t faze me when kids on my school bus asked me why my eyes were so small or when the boy sitting across from me in my social studies class asked if I ate dogs.Read More

Trump’s Myopia Imperils Economic Stability

April 17, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Like many of my fellow Republicans, I’ve thus far supported President Donald Trump P’00 through gritted teeth. He may be an incendiary and ineffectual charlatan, but when push came to shove, he was a staunch advocate for conservative legislation, foreign policy, and, most important, judicial appointments. I may not likeRead More

The Detriments of Labelling Learning Styles

The Detriments of Labelling Learning Styles

April 17, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/ The Choate News Engrossed by the blinding display of your computer screen, you stare at the thirteen emboldened letters: visual learner. Many students have taken the Visual, Auditory, Reading & Writing, and Kinesthetic (VARK) learning style questionnaire, a short quiz that reveals their learning style.  StudentsRead More

Unity in a Time of Hardship

Unity in a Time of Hardship

April 17, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Senching Hsia/The Choate News It’s easy to focus on everything bad happening in the world. However, it’s important to look out for the remarkable instances of people coming together in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic. On March 14, the empty streets of Italy were filled with musicRead More

Letter from the Editors

Letter from the Editors

April 17, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Dear readers, We hope that wherever this issue finds you, you and your loved ones are healthy and safe. The Covid-19 pandemic has left millions feeling uncertain about their futures and disconnected from their communities. Amid the closures of schools and businesses and government orders to adhere to social distancing,Read More