On April 8, the United Kingdom released a 102-page white paper, entitled the Online Harms White Paper, that outlines future plans to penalize social media and technology companies that don’t take steps to protect users from harmful, fake, or dangerous content. Companies that don’t conform could face heavy fines andRead More

On Sunday, April 7, Kirstjen Nielsen resigned as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security. Her resignation marks the end of a highly contested tenure during which people from both sides of the political spectrum expressed their discontent with her performance. Liberals ardently opposed Nielsen’s treatment of families trying toRead More

Last Monday, April 15, the world watched helplessly as Notre-Dame, Paris’s beloved 800-year-old Gothic cathedral, burned. The devastating fire, which firefighters fought for twelve hours, resulted in the loss of the church’s 300-foot spire, portions of its medieval roof, and a countless number of its relics. The church’s stone exteriorRead More

When most students are done with their last class at 3:20 p.m., they feel relieved to break away from the classroom and begin their extracurricular activities. I immediately rush down to the Paul Mellon Arts Center to unwind as I sit on the piano stool and get ready to practiceRead More

We are the prefects of the brand-new all-gender dorm next year. When we were first assigned to the all-gender dorm, we called ourselves guinea pigs; now, however, we realize that we’re more like pioneers. We hope to have a lasting impact on the school through our prefectship and are veryRead More

The recent measles outbreak in the United States has defied norms. The disease, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared eliminated in 2000, has resurfaced in recent years, with the number of reported cases rising from 120 in 2017 to 372 in 2018. In just the first fourRead More

At Choate, students are fortunate to have a wide and diverse collection of courses to choose from — they are largely given the power to explore their own interests by taking more advanced courses in whatever subjects they prefer. Choate’s math courses are no exception — and yet, I believeRead More

In recent weeks, a fierce debate has ignited among the people of Canada in response to a new bill introduced in Quebec. The most widely controversial aspect of Bill 21 is a section that, in an attempt to support the “secularism” of the province, bans public servants from wearing religiousRead More

“Hey, can I get late lights tonight?” This is what I was asking my prefect at 10:55 p.m. every night fall term. In fact, one of my prefects eventually told me that I didn’t need to ask him anymore because I was doing it so often. My routine after 11:00Read More