Archive for January, 2017

School Creates Special Schedule for Presidential Inauguration Viewing

January 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

Spotlight on the Highly-Acclaimed Captain Fantastic

January 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

ITS Consolidates Network to Improve Wi-Fi Speed

January 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

The Case for Keeping Quiet

January 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

Director of Student Activities Reevaluates Effectiveness of Portal Announcements

January 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

À La Mode

À La Mode

January 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

Time to Fight Second Amendment Madness

Time to Fight Second Amendment Madness

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

Lacina Coulibaly (left) and Wendy Jehlen (right) perform their quantum physics-inspired dance duet, “Entangling.”

Guest Dance Performers Entangle Audience at the PMAC

January 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Last Friday, January 13, at 7:30 p.m., professional dancers Lacina Coulibaly and Wendy Jehlen took to the Paul Mellon Arts Center’s main stage to perform their dance duet, “Entangling.” The origin of this unusual name comes from the dance’s inspiration of quantum entanglement. Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon in whichRead More

Oakdale Shooting Prompts Review of Concert Policies

January 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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