By Francesca Howard ’26 Recent initiatives of strict federal law enforcement and the creation of homeless shelters in New York City has helped to reduce misdemeanors and felonies. And yet, the safety of residents in the Big Apple is not guaranteed. Not only does aggressive policing contribute to increased crimes,Read More

By Stan Cho ’25 Marijuana laced with cocaine, recreational fentanyl usage, and needles coated in heroin. These are just some of the key identifiers of the ongoing epidemic of drugs, and the United States is no stranger to an excess of these illegal substances, with 13.5% of Americans aged 12Read More

By Francesca Howard ’26 As Choate’s Community Conversation on political identity drew near, it quickly became the most anticipated event on campus. An arguably more contentious topic than ever before, it was predicted to spark sudden controversy.  From dining hall small talk to English class discussions, speculations about the heatRead More

By Brendan Beng ’26 Flight JL516 was a routine trip from New Chitose Airport in Sapporo, Japan to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. For all I knew, it would be just like every other flight I had taken. How wrong I turned out to be. The mood on the flight was calm.Read More

By Ana Bury ’25 To standardize any particular system is to assure consistency and regularity. The College Board and ACT Corporation insist that the scoring processes for their respective tests, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and American College Testing (ACT), are fair and “standardized.” But how can they emphasize theseRead More

By Arjun Pathy ’25 Democracy will continue to be up for sale as long as we fail to recognize the corporate-centric nature of campaign contributions. Despite stringent regulations on individuals’ political contributions, the regulatory structure for money funneled through Super PACS (Political Action Committees) is, at best, inadequate. In aRead More

By Francesca Howard ’26 The core issue of ghostwriting can be summarized in one word: dishonesty. Paying someone else to pass off their words as your own without giving proper credit is dishonest. Ghostwriting misleads audiences about who created the content they consume, and this is especially problematic when theseRead More

By Sophia Liao ’25 Superfoods. Think expensive, exotic grains, powders, and berries extracted from the finest grounds and flown in from halfway around the world. They line the walls of nearly every grocery store and have blown up on social media in the last couple of decades with radical claimsRead More

By Ava Hult-Falk ’27 Since my return to campus from fall break, I have been pleased to hear holiday carols constantly ringing in the hallways of Nichols dormitory. Inspired by this melodic backdrop and my own holiday spirit, I, along with my Nichols dormmates, have created a Christmas playlist withRead More