Ms. Nancy Burress has had a crucial impact on the School’s Language Department over the last 35 years. During her time at Choate, Ms. Burress was the Spanish Department Head and taught Spanish levels 100 through 500, focusing primarily on the 200 and 400 levels. Over the years, she hasRead More

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria in early February has devastated the region. To add to the crisis, the area had already been dealing with a massive influx of refugees and a decade-long war. Yet, despite its political and financial implications, this natural disaster offers theRead More

Though the earliest records of vegetarianism were centered in religion, in the modern day, there are even  more reasons people are opting into the diet today. The rising concern of climate change, which could be mitigated by a decrease in the global consumption of meat, is one. If the entireRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim ’23 My personal relationship with religion is complex. After being introduced to both Catholicism and Buddhism at a young age, I found myself comparing the two religions, trying to determine which was the “correct” faith. I frequently criticized the scientifically impossible stories told in the BibleRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim ’23 U.S. News & World Report is widely known as a primary source for comparing the prestige of universities. Schools modify campus and curriculum to earn higher spots in rankings. But what if major universities stopped cooperating with the ranking system? In early October of 2022,Read More

Photo courtesy of Macleans.ca  The re-election of Premier François Legault in Canada highlights the growing desire for nationalism amongst voters in Quebec. Legault has taken a nationalist stance on behalf of the French-speaking Québécois majority, a population that has felt economically and politically oppressed by an English-speaking minority.  Though LegaultRead More

Graphic by Brian Yip ’24 Recently, Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and her administration announced that they would cut taxes while increasing government spending to mend the economic repercussions of exorbitant energy prices. Unfortunately, the recent change has negatively affected the British market and createdRead More

Y oon Suk-yeol, a member of the People Power Party, won the South Korean Presidential election on March 9 to become the nation’s 13th president. In recent years, South Koreans have been outraged by the political exploitations committed by previous presidential administrations. Though some remain suspicious about Yoon’s lack ofRead More

On Sunday, April 3, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was responsible for leading a constitutional coup that caused the dissolution of the National Assembly. Though the country was notorious for its controversial politics, the recent turn of events has threatened Pakistan’s democracy, making it very vulnerable. If we’d like toRead More