Archive for May, 2018

Rudy Giuliani: Not The Lawyer America Needs

May 20, 2018 at 12:58 am Comments are Disabled

 For those that don’t know him as the former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani is widely recognized as a fervent supporter of Donald Trump P’00. Around the time of the 2016 election, he could be reliably found at Mr. Trump’s rallies, energetically urging Americans to vote for theRead More

Think Before You Impeach

May 20, 2018 at 12:56 am Comments are Disabled

Like many of my liberal peers, I have spent the last months, post-election, flirting with the idea of impeachment. In doing so I have found myself facing many questions: “Is Pence a better alternative?” “Will a push to impeach President Donald Trump P’00 turn independents away from the Democratic Party?”Read More

Melania Trump’s “Be Best”? We Should “Be Embarrassed”

May 20, 2018 at 12:55 am Comments are Disabled

After being in the White House for more than a year, First Lady of the United States Melania Trump officially announced her first initiative, Be Best, on May 7. Be Best is a program for American children that promises to target the opioid crisis, improve overall well-being, and eradicate cyberbullyingRead More

A Letter to My Past Self

May 20, 2018 at 12:53 am Comments are Disabled

Dear Esther, Here you are, about to start freshman year. I know — you’re nervous but excited. Lots of things are running through your head at the moment. After all, this is high school, and everything is changing. Entering Choate, it’s inevitable that you’ll be encouraged to try a myriadRead More

Endings, Beginnings, Transitions – They’re One and the Same

May 20, 2018 at 12:52 am Comments are Disabled

Conclusions — they’re not just the end of an era but also the start of a new one. They are transitions from a stage of one’s life to the next, forcing people to morph and adapt to a new, perhaps daunting environment. For me, such an adjustment occurred when IRead More

Looking Back On Four Years

May 20, 2018 at 12:50 am Comments are Disabled

Four years — four intense, terrifying, exciting, testing, rewarding years — and only ten days left. It seems only fitting to reflect on everything that I’ve learned. Choate means something different to everyone. For me, it was a balancing act; I found that it was quite the challenge to simultaneouslyRead More

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Choate Students Help Prepare New House For Refugee Family

May 20, 2018 at 12:46 am Comments are Disabled

On April 21, a dozen Choate students traveled to South Meriden, Connecticut, to spend the day helping out with a local Unity House. In 2002, the South Meriden Trinity United Methodist Church, with help from other churches in the Central Connecticut Cluster, began turning the two-story apartment into a transitionalRead More

BoarCast to Replace Schoolwide Emails

May 20, 2018 at 12:38 am Comments are Disabled

Say goodbye to the floods of daily emails that come from the Student Activities Center (SAC) reminding you of club events, meetings, and other activities. With the introduction of BoarCast, students will receive only two of those emails a week, on Monday and Thursday, with information presented in a compressed,Read More

Four Students Win John Kirby Simon Service Awards

May 20, 2018 at 12:37 am Comments are Disabled

On April 3, all students received an email from community service encouraging them to “lift up and celebrate our community members who have made, and continue to make, great contributions to our local and global communities through service to others” by nominating classmates they believed would fit the criteria forRead More