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Tara Westover, Best-Selling Author of Educated, Speaks Choate Rosemary Hall 333 Christian Street Wallingford, CT VOL. CXIII · NO. V FRIDAY, NOVEMBER , THECHOATENEWS.CHOATE.EDU UNSEEN FACULTY COMMITTEES HELP SHAPE SCHOOL LIFE By Claire Yuan ’21 Copy Editor Throughout their time at Choate, students will likely be- come familiar with the various clubs and student groups on campus. While these groups greatly influence student life, they are not the only groups to do so. In fact, there are sev- eral important groups of peo- ple that have often been over- looked: faculty committees. Photos courtesy of Danielle Capri Charged with responsibili- Educated author Tara Westover signed copies of her book and answered students' questions in an interview during her time on campus Tuesday. ties ranging from reviewing the wellness program to oversee- ing community service initia- Big Changes tives, faculty committees deal TARA WESTOVER, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR with issues that affect the en- tire School. While many com- OF EDUCATED, SPEAKS TO STUDENTS in Admission mittees deal with student life, By JeeHwan Kim ’21 Brooke Fichera, who mostly asked efects of those experiences came taken as is, without user-specif- others are more focused on Copy Editor questions provided to her by stu- to fruition. She stressed the impor- ic modifications. supporting faculty or Choate dents across all forms. When asked tance of accepting vulnerability in Additionally, when asked about Office as an institution. These com- Dr. Tara Westover, author of about her writing process for Edu- times of hardship and never for- gender discrimination, Dr. Westo- By Chris Lin ’21 mittees discuss topics such as the book Educated, visited campus cated, Dr. Westover explained that getting that there is always more ver acknowledged the overwhelm- Staf Reporter faculty workload and housing, on Tuesday as this year’s Summer she taught herself how to craft nar- to one’s story arc — that is, there is ing statistics that suggest sexism reshaping the School’s mission Reading Series speaker. The En- rative nonfction in part by study- more to come in life. exists but said that she herself nev- Starting this past summer, statement, or creating Strate- glish Department required all Cho- ing Slaughterhouse-Five author Dr. Westover also com- er assumes the others’ motives. Choate has seen many signifcant gic Plans. ate students to read Educated, Dr. Kurt Vonnegut’s analysis of arche- mented on society’s addiction Dr. Westover said that she changes within its Admissions Of- Unlike student groups like Westover’s memoir about growing typal narrative arcs. She acknowl- to their phones. She stressed plans to write a series of essays re- fce, including the departure of Mr. the Student Council or Judicial up in a Mormon survivalist family edged that before Educated she’d the value of learning from tradi- fecting on unjust economic trends Amin Abdul-Malik Gonzales, Cho- Committee, faculty committees in rural Idaho, last summer. The engaged only in technical, often tional books that cannot “know in rural America. Like Educated, ate’s former Director of Admission. are often not permanent fix- book has spent 87 weeks on The abstruse academic writing. that you’re reading them,” these new works are inspired by the The most signifcant change in tures but are formed when the New York Times best-seller list and As a girl, Dr. Westover said, in contrast to internet-based stories of acquaintances back in her the Admission Ofce this year was need for one arises. Dean of received a variety of other honors. she was never able to process the technology, which tracks user home state of Idaho. the implementation of SLATE, a Students Mr. Mike Velez said, Dr. Westover was introduced complex emotions engendered patterns and tailors content to new software system used almost by Caroline Rispoli ’20 and in- from her childhood trauma, which users’ preferences. Literature, JeeHwan Kim may be reached exclusively by colleges and univer- See FACULTY, Page 2 terviewed by English teacher Ms. caused trouble later in life when the Dr. Westover argued, must be at jkim21 @choate.edu sities. According to SLATE’s web- site, the program is “the only solu- tion that can handle the breadth and depth of modern admissions BAKING CLUB HOSTS JFK Students Dine and advancement.” It allows users to easily review and manage all in- INAUGURAL COMPETITION and Discuss with Judge teractions, communications, appli- cations, test scores, relationships, Katherine Forrest ’82 and materials, as well as seamless- By Praj Chirathivat ’22 use of deepfakes (a technique ly organize outreach, travel man- Staf Reporter used to alter photos or videos), agement, online applications, and and how AI will be used by law online reading. SLATE provides Last Tuesday, October 22, enforcement. Choate with a more personalized Choate students in the John F. “We are the frst generation system of communication for pro- Kennedy ’35 Program in Govern- that has to deal with AI. So, we spective students and families. ment and Public Service (JFK) are the ones who have to build “SLATE will also make our participated in a discussion the infrastructure to support reading and selection process and dinner with former South- the increasing involvement with more streamlined and easy for of- ern District of New York Judge it to make sure we don’t suf- fcers,” said Mr. Jefrey Beaton, Katherine B. Forrest ’82 regard- fer from advancements in AI the Interim Director of Admis- ing artifcial intelligence (AI). technology,” Sharma said. Nate sion. “Our old reading system was Part of the purpose of the White ’20, a sixth former in the clunky, and we lost time due to dinner “[was] to see someone program, added, “my main take- technical inefciencies. We are ex- who has worked in the gov- away from the dinner was that cited that SLATE will give us more ernment as a federal judge not only is artifcial intelligence time to review applications.” and give students a career going to play a big role in our In another administrative path to explore,” said Mr. lives: it already is. It was inter- change, the Admissions Ofce Ned Gallagher, Director of esting to hear her talk about the took the sustainability efort to Choate’s JFK Program. current applications of AI in law, go paperless this year, getting During the dinner, Forrest such as predicting recidivism for rid of fling cabinets and re- focused her talk on the develop- released prisoners.” vamping the ofce space. Photo by Renee Jiang/The Choate News A team incorporates the required ingredients of orange, paprika, and white chocolate into its recipe. ment of AI and the digital world. After graduating from Cho- This year, Choate has also Because this event was the ate Rosemary Hall, Forrest brought in two new members to By Varun Ramamurthi ’22 gredients revealed to them at Anna Bonnem ’21, Aidan frst-ever dinner exclusively for earned her Bachelor of Arts at join the Admissions Staf: Mr. Reporter the start of the contest: orange, Concepcion ’21, Kai Joseph ’21, the JFK Program, students were Wesleyan University and re- Nick Skitko and Mr. Ryan Strange. paprika, and white chocolate. and Aarthi Katakam ’21 were excited to meet a professional ceived a graduate law degree In addition to being a graduate On Sunday, October 27, Then, each team had two hours on the winning team. Concep- who has worked in both the pub- and a doctorate in history from of The Hill School in Pottstown, Baking Club held its first-ever to create a baked good before cion described their winning lic and private sectors of law. New York University School of Pennsylvania, Mr. Skitko, the baking competition, which took it was presented to the three strategy: “We used orange zest “I think that before the pre- Law. Her professional career fo- new Assistant Director of Admis- place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in judges: Baking Club co-presi- in our batter and a ton of pa- sentation, I [hadn’t] realized cuses on litigation and judicial sions, has experience working in the Dining Hall kitchen. dents Wavy Griffin ’21 and Iris prika that surprisingly wasn’t how impactful AI is in our lives,” work involving digital media and college admissions. Mr. Strange, The competition was sim- Parsons ’21 and the club’s facul- very prominent in the finished said Naina Sharma ’21, a ffth antitrust, and she served seven an admissions ofcer, is a gradu- ilar to and inspired by Food ty adviser, Ms. Victoria Pierotti. product. We also took the former in the program. years on the bench from 2011 to ate of The Westminster School in Network’s program Chopped The judges evaluated each white chocolate, melted it, cut Forrest provided students 2018. Currently, Forrest works Simsbury, Connecticut. – each of the four teams con- dish using three criteria: taste, a hole in the middle of our cup- with insight on how AI will be- as a lawyer at Cravath, Swaine & Mr. Gonzales was offered sisting of two to four students creativity, and presentation. cakes, and filled it with that. come a more signifcant aspect Moore in New York City. the position of Vice President had access to a variety of pri- The group whose dish received I couldn't tell you what our of everyday life, discussing the In its second year, the JFK and Dean of Admission at Wes- mary ingredients, but the catch the highest score was awarded frosting was, other than that it formation of laws regarding ar- Program is continuously im- leyan University, where he is an was that all competitors had to a $30 gift card to Colony Diner tifcial intelligence, the use of AI use a certain set of special in- & Restaurant in Wallingford.
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