Archive for April, 2017

Students from the annual Spring Dance Concert perform “Sing! Sing! Sing!,” choreographed by ballet teacher CK Shelley Cook.

Annual Dance Concert Graces PMAC

April 14, 2017 at 6:01 am Comments are Disabled

Each and every spring, the annual Student Dance Concert is performed in the Paul Mellon Arts Center. It is the culmination of a year of hard work by the dance faculty and students, resulting in a two-hour production that goes on twice. This year, the concert featured 17 dances choreographedRead More

A wide array of  fresh fruit is part the dining hall’s recent changes.

SAGE Revamps Dining Hall Menu

April 14, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

“The trips up to the dining hall now seem somewhat less tedious,” Kaki Su ’19 said of the improved mealtime experience through changes introduced this term. After weeks of planning and organizing, SAGE Dining Services and the Dining Hall Committee created a new calendar of events for April. Whether itRead More

Students often face the predicament of taking courses they are not neccessarily interested in.

Bountiful Courses, Limited Chances

April 14, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Imagine taking Spanish 100, Chinese 100, and French 100 in three consecutive years. That would likely not prove very productive.. A student would be unlikely to learn enough material to sustain a meaningful conversation and, odd are, he or she would soon forget whatever small elements of each language wereRead More

Choate Women’s Initiatives Advocate Change

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Since the 2016 presidential election, there has been a call for women’s rights across the country. Choate is no exception to this phenomenon, with several new women’s advocacy initiatives across campus including Girl Up and Like a Girl. Girl Up is an organization existent outside of Choate that supports girlsRead More

Syrian men carry  children through rubble in Aleppo in September 2016.

For Humanity’s Sake, America Must End The War in Syria

April 14, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Last week, the world was left shocked by the news of Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime using chemical weapons on its own people. This attack destroyed communities, deprived children of their parents, and inflicted  major brain and nerve damage upon survivors. Even more disheartening is that this was only one incidentRead More

Boys’ Lacrosse Beats NMH and Kent

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On Wednesday, April 5, the Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse team, riding a three-game win streak, went up to Northfield Mount Hermon for a showdown with the Hoggers. The team dominated from the start, and came home with a massive 16-5 win. Nick McCall ’17 said, “It’s always fun to win andRead More

Photo by  Lauren Canna/The Choate News

Picturing Mr. Ross Mortensen

April 14, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Look at any photo on the Choate website. It likely came from one source: Mr. Ross Mortensen, Manager of Media Resources and a dedicated observer of campus life. Mr. Mortensen can be found in a variety of locales across the Choate campus, photographing Choate students from afar. Mr. Mortensen wasRead More

Nicolai-Scanio’s graphic interpretation of the KEC.

From Algorithm to Art

April 14, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Encountering art is inevitable. Everyone has seen some form of art in his or her lives, whether that is through symphonies, exhibitions, dances, writing, or musicals. However, Zev Nicolai-Scanio ’18 has developed a new form of art through an algorithm. Nicolai-Scanio completed a Directed Study with his project advisor Dr.Read More

Choate Represented in Disarmament Forum

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While most Choate students spent their Wednesday afternoons catching up on homework or at athletic competitions,  Arin Kaye ’17 and Noah Hermes de Boor ’18 traveled to Nagasaki, Japan, for the Critical Issues Forum on Nuclear Disarmament. The two students, along with HPRSS teacher Mr. James Davidson, were in JapanRead More