At the start of 2021, one share of GameStop stock was worth less than $20. At 10 a.m. on January 28, the stock was worth $480. How did this happen? The Reddit community WallStreetBets noticed the stock had been shorted by several hedge funds such as Melvin Capital. Millions ofRead More
“Yeah!” my friends and I shouted as Manchester United, our favorite soccer team, scored a goal. It was Saturday night in Bangkok, and my friends and I were elated, spilling a glass of lemonade on the carpet as we leapt up and cheered. We hugged and laughed as our teamRead More
The “Anthropocene Reviewed,” a podcast hosted by author and YouTuber John Green, reviews different facets of the human experience on a five-star scale. Inspired by this idea, I decided to give it a shot, too. Why not? I’ve got time to kill, and I also happen to be an authorityRead More
I downloaded TikTok for the same reasons everyone else did: I thought it would be funny, and I was bored. But, just like everyone else, I found myself using the app much more than I had intended to. I admit that these hours were not completely wasted. Through TikTok, IRead More
On February 10, the Asian Student Association (ASA) hosted an event in partnership with Compassionate Home Action Together (CHATogether), an Asian mental wellness initiative founded by Dr. Eunice Yuen, a Yale researcher and child psychiatrist specializing in Asian and Asian-American mental health. The event consisted of a scene played outRead More
Photo by Maddie Dubrinsky/The Choate News On Wednesday, February 3, the School hosted its fourth Community Conversation, this time on Pan-Asian identity. The discussion offered Pan-Asian-identifying students an opportunity to share their experiences in response to randomly selected questions submitted anonymously by community members, such as “What do you treasureRead More
Photo by Jessica Wu/The Choate News On the weekend of January 29, Choate welcomed students back to campus for the hybrid portion of winter term. However, due to rising public health concerns, the Choate administration implemented a boarding-only model. Since many boarding students decided not to return to campus thisRead More
Graphic courtesy of the Choate Student Council After returning to campus on the weekend of January 29, students entered a mandatory quarantine in their dorms. To liven up the period, the Student Council implemented the first-ever Choate Dorm Olympics, an opportunity for students to grow closer within their dorms, especiallyRead More
Photo Courtesy of CHS In honor of this year’s Black History Month, organizations across Connecticut are hosting events to celebrate, reflect on, and teach about the Black Identity. This year’s Black History Month theme, as announced by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, is “BlackRead More
