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Where are Choate’s Black  History Teachers?

Where are Choate’s Black History Teachers?

February 25, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by William Gao/The Choate News I love my American Studies class. But, for the past three months, the course has taught me fewer lessons on U.S. history and literature than it has on the compartmentalization of trauma. Between September and December, I spent numerous hours every week — bothRead More

Let’s Not Go Back to Normal

February 25, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

As the community made its hopeful, masked return to something like normal last spring, we, the 115th masthead of The Choate News, began our tenure. Only four of our editors had ever experienced in person Editors’ Meetings, so as we crammed into the newsroom at the beginning of this year,Read More

The Pitfalls of US Intervention in West Africa

The Pitfalls of US Intervention in West Africa

February 25, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Photo Courtesy of DW News With the recent coup d’état in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, the U.S. finds itself in an awkward position — having to condemn yet another U.S. trained African coup leader. The United States has a longstanding policy of foreign intervention, tracing its roots to the 19th century,Read More

FILE PHOTO: Patients wearing face masks lie in bed at a makeshift treatment area outside a hospital, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hong Kong, China February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Aleksander Solum

A Tale of Two Covid-19 Responses

February 25, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Photo Courtesy of Reuters As Omicron cases continue to rise around the world, the countries most impacted are now forced to choose how best to deal with the rising cases. Hong Kong and Singapore are two cities that have been significantly impacted by this new wave of cases and haveRead More

The Mental Health Problem the Olympics Poses for Young Athletes

The Mental Health Problem the Olympics Poses for Young Athletes

February 25, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by William Gao/The Choate News On February 8, it was revealed that Kamila Valieva, a 15-year-old figure skater for the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and the favorite to win the gold medal, had tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing drug trimetazidine. Trimetazidine purportedly improves endurance by increasing blood flowRead More

It’s Okay to Change  the Plan, Trust Me

It’s Okay to Change the Plan, Trust Me

February 11, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by William Gao/The Choate News Ever since second grade, I’ve known that I want to be a writer. But I didn’t think that high school would be the time to pursue that passion. In my mind, the purpose of attending a college-preparatory school like Choate was to, as theRead More

Covid-19 Pandemic Masks Rise of a Mental Health Crisis

Covid-19 Pandemic Masks Rise of a Mental Health Crisis

February 11, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News Not only did Covid-19 shut down schools and prevent gatherings, but it also brought forth a crisis of mental health. The grief, anxiety, and depression that  children have experienced throughout the Covid-19 pandemic is spreading into classrooms and hallways. Studies have shown increased cryingRead More

Quandaries with boycotting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Quandaries with boycotting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

February 11, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News The 2022 Winter Olympic Games will take place in Beijing, with an opening ceremony scheduled for February 4, 2022. While the focus of the opening ceremony is to introduce the elite competing athletes with grandiosity, the gathering of high-ranking politicians is an essential partRead More

Pandemic Exacerbates Turkic Economic Turmoil

February 11, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

As we prepare to enter into a new year of the Covid-19 pandemic, what seems like never-ending economic turmoil trails right behind us. Over the past two years, Turkey has been swept by a devastating currency crisis, which has surged inflation to its highest rates in almost two decades. AsRead More