The Pros by Fiona Fu’25:After the Supreme Court’s June 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade, a Gallup study showed American confidence in the Court sank to a historic low. This illustrates that the Supreme Court is out of touch with the American public and that our nation’s democratic foundations areRead More

While the CEOs of studios in Hollywood have entered the billion-dollar range in their yearly salaries, their writers can barely afford rent. The entertainment industry and major studio executives have exploited writers and their hard work for as long as the concept of media has existed. For the first timeRead More

Last March, China conducted more trans-border transactions in the Chinese yuan (CNY) than in the U.S. dollar (USD), marking a historic shift. Amidst uncertain international power dynamics, China has leveraged allied developing economies in an attempt to institute the CNY as the new standard global currency. If the United StatesRead More

On Wednesday, February 22, I stood before my form, anxious to present my speech to over 100 people. I was prepared to convince them to choose me as their Student Council form representative, but, in that moment, I realized that I couldn’t say I knew all of them. I’m sureRead More

On Wednesday, February 22, I stood before my form, anxious to present my speech to over 100 people. I was prepared to convince them to choose me as their Student Council form representative, but, in that moment, I realized that I couldn’t say I knew all of them. I’m sureRead More

Trigger Warning: This article includes mentions of sexual assault. In preparation for my speech in Choate’s third-form Krause-Stevens Declamation Contest, I was looking forward to the opportunity to voice my experiences and opinions. I knew that my speech, which explored my own experience with sexual assault and America’s pervasive rapeRead More

With mandatory lights out and the inability to receive a sixth-course exemption, third- and fourth-formers enjoy few of the privileges granted to upperclassmen. Teniola Obayomi ’25 and Francesca Howard ’26 battle it out, debatinng whether these privileges should be extended to underclassmen or remain exclusive to upperclassmen. Should underclassmen beRead More

School dances are some of the most fun, yet most unsanitary activities one can experience at Choate.At a school dance, I feel like I am in a can of packed sardines, overwhelmed by the body odor erupting from the bodies next to me. All jokes aside, it is really funRead More

Watching Choate Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse annihilate IMG Academy on April 21, you might have noticed many players on the team looking bald or like they have several pounds of ramen noodles flying out of their helmets. For some context, this is all part of their latest team-bonding activity: hairstyles.You wouldRead More