I have a confession to make; I have yet to watch Hillary Clinton’s concession speech, and I don’t think I will be able to anytime soon. I know, or can guess, what she said, having read excerpts here and there. Love and accept one another; thank you for supporting me;Read More

Wednesday, September 9. The day the dining hall became the battleground of the School. On that day, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, and our own campus could not have been more visibly lurid and torn. Somehow even students with allegiance to the same candidate found groundRead More

The outcome of the recent and deeply controversial presidential election, which named Donald Trump President-elect of the United States, has left the Choate community in a state of conflict on multiple fronts. On campus, reactions ranged from the formation of support groups to club outreach through emails. However, while thisRead More

Early last Wednesday morning, the United States entered a new era under President-elect Donald Trump. Across campus, one population cheered and celebrated, while another mourned and wept. Across the nation, people rallied and rioted. Amid all the opinions thrown around in the last few days, only one thing is absolutelyRead More

I recognize how hard these past two weeks have been for many people, especially on our own campus. As a conservative, I care about you — and I doubt that I’m the only one. The election results made me uneasy as well. I refused to vote for Hillary, but I couldn’tRead More

The fight for equity has intertwined the struggles of women and minorities for hundreds of years. In the 1830’s, thousands of women were involved in the abolitionist movement, and in the latter half of the century, minorities greatly aided the women’s suffrage effort even after being shunned by the NationalRead More

Last Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump announced his selection of Stephen Bannon, head of the alt-right media source Breitbart News, as his chief White House strategist. The appointment of Bannon, whom Republican strategist Ana Navarro has called “a white supremacist Neanderthal,” affirmed that spiteful, bigoted rhetoric is sinking deep roots inRead More

Early this morning, we received news of Donald Trump’s presidential victory after nearly two acrimonious years of campaigning. Yesterday, polls across the country opened around 7:00 a.m., and the American people began casting their votes. Here at Choate, we asked students to do the same. An online poll sent viaRead More

If you venture past the Library Reading Room and into the computer room, you may stumble upon a glass case containing a colorful collection of campaign buttons. The assortment represent classic Americana pop art and depict slogans and images of presidential candidates from the late 1890s to the 2008 election.Read More