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A Guide to Choate’s Vernacular

October 12, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

During your time at Choate, you’ve probably become used to the various acronyms students use to communicate both for convenience and easier understanding. Here is a condensed list of some of the acronyms that Choate students frequently use:   The SAC: The Student Activities Center / St. John Hall St.Read More

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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

We Have Become Our Worst Selves Post-Election

November 18, 2016 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

Stop Partisan Bickering, Let’s Work Together

November 18, 2016 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

Trump’s America, but Not Trump’s Campus

November 18, 2016 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

Have a Little Faith

May 27, 2016 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Most of the diversity we speak of is associated with race, socio-economic status, and gender identity. Meanwhile, faith systems often receive little notice, despite being a central aspect of Choate’s diversity. From organized religion to atheism and everything in between, the spectrum of religious and non-religious identities is wide onRead More

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Choate: Money Over Morality

May 13, 2016 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Choate Rosemary Hall currently invests 8-9% of its endowment in fossil fuels. In doing so, the school profits from an industry perpetuating global warming and destroying our environment. In spirit and in letter, these investments are at odds with the ethos of our community. On Tuesday, April 12, Choate’s ChiefRead More

Follow The (Male) Leader

May 13, 2016 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

We often bill Choate as a progressive, left-leaning campus, and many members of our community identify that way as well. We talk extensively about diversity, equality, and justice. We make efforts to publicly show how inclusive we are as a school. But I can’t help notice the many ways inRead More

To Stay or Go: The Complex Question of Medical Leave

May 13, 2016 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

For the past three issues, I have explored the state of mental health at Choate, taking a closer look at the support systems that are available to students, competition inside and outside the classroom, and diversity within the health center. To conclude this series, I will be examining the oneRead More