January 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled
While most Choate students were in the midst of the first full week back after Thanksgiving, a select group from Choate traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to discuss important issues about religion, socioeconomic status, race, and gender, along with other diversity identifiers. Six students participated in the 2016 Student Diversity LeadershipRead More
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For the Inauguration of President Donald Trump P’00 today, H block and conference period have been eliminated from the class schedule, and an almost two-hour midday break from classes has been added. The altered schedule is meant to allow students time to view screenings of the event and participate inRead More
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Mark your calendars; the 89th Academy Awards ceremony will take place on February 26th! With the awards season upon us, a horde of Oscar-worthy films have been flooding the theaters, and I’ve had the privilege of viewing a generous handful of them. Of these, Captain Fantastic was the most poignantRead More
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All of Choate’s campus will be covered by one Wi-FI newer, faster network, “Choate,” by this September. Choate’s Director of Information Technology Services, Mr. Andrew Speyer, predicts that “the dorm experience will improve dramatically in spaces where they don’t have the ‘Choate’ network now, especially in big places like MemorialRead More
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In the previous issue of The Choate News, Anselm Kizza-Besigye ’17 wrote an Opinions piece titled “The College Conundrum,” and in it, he explored the often harmful ways with which we approach conversations about college applications and decisions. As no words of my own can capture the eloquence with whichRead More
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In previous years, it was not uncommon to hear students complain about the large number of emails received from Mr. Jim Yanelli, Director of Student Activities. Before this year, students who wanted to announce anything, ranging from club meetings to special events, emailed Mr. Yanelli, who would then send theRead More
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Recently, patterns and daring colors have been filling the streets of the fashion capitals of the world. At Choate, this aesthetic and style is ever-so-slightly becoming more predominant, and these characteristics are incorporated into Sarah Bonnem’s ’19 day-to-day style. She said, “I always try wearing some sort of pattern orRead More
January 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled
On December 14th, 2012, in Newtown, Conn., an armed and mentally unstable man stepped into Sandy Hook Elementary School. After five minutes that included over 150 gunshots, twenty children and eight adults were dead. Guns are a constant threat in our society today — on average, they kill ninety AmericansRead More
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In October, rapper Lil Uzi Vert held a concert at the Wallingford Oakdale Theater. A few freshmen boarders, including Sutherland Brown ’20, Lucas Nelson-Madore ’20, Andrew Price ’20, and Gavin Galiardo’20 scored tickets. As they entered the building, they received a call from the Dean on Duty telling them toRead More