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By Pinn Chirathivat ’19 me, the ability to see them and Truelian Lee ’17 not just in classrooms, but Reporter and News Editor around campus and the op- portunity to be a resource For the first time in 12 for them is extremely im- years, Choate will welcome portant.” He added, “The a new Director of Admis- parts I find most fulfilling sion. Mr. Amin Abdul-Ma- include watching students lik Gonzalez will succeed realize their full potential, Mr. Ray Diffley III in July, whether I have direct con- after the school formal- tact with them or observe ly extended a job offer to their accomplishments Mr. Gonzalez on March 15. from a distance.” Along with assuming the Ms. Wallace described role of the Director of Ad- Mr. Gonzalez as “intelligent, missions, Mr. Gonzalez will thoughtful, collaborative, also become a member of knowledgeable — he is going the senior administrative to be an exciting new face in team, meaning he will help our admission offce.” make major decisions with “I think that our families Photo courtesy of Mr. Ian Morris the Board of Trustees and coming in will connect with Varsity Frisbee Win over Gunnery Followed by a Loss to Hotckiss other senior administrators him and like him,” Head- The pummeled the Varsity Ultimate Frisbee team, with a final score of 3-11 on April 16, 2016. Page 8. concerning the school. master Dr. Alex Curtis re- Mr. Gonzalez has been marked. “He’s a wonderful the Associate Director of combination of being likable, Undergraduate Admis- fun to be around, thoughtful, CONTEMPLATING THE NEW CURRICULUM sions and Co-Director of and intellectual.” Multicultural Recruitment Choate hired a search By Nathan Chang ’17 tiatives Dr. Katharine Jew- incredible. One of the beau- English teacher, required at since frm called Wickenden As- Staf Reporter ett, a teacher who has an ties of teaching in this de- considerable diligence and 2008. He was appointed sociates to help fnd a new idea for a new course must partment is that you have patience. He said, “What a member of the interna- Director of Admission ear- Recently, the school has first talk to their depart- people with different spe- was hard about it was that tional admission commit- lier this year, after discov- added several new courses ment head, then draft a for- cialties, so you can share we were trying to serve a lot tee, and he has also been in ering Mr. Diffey would be to the curriculum, many of mal course proposal over ideas with them, and you’re of different audiences; we charge of managing Yale’s leaving his post to become them interdisciplinary in the summer, which includes given the freedom to be were trying to satisfy what relationship with Quest- the Director of the Center nature. For example, some a title, description, expla- creative. I think the whole at that point was a very new bridge, a program that for Admission and Enroll- of the courses added re- nation for how it supple- point is to make teaching AP course. There was not a helps students who don’t ment Management Lead- cently are AP Journalism, ments or replaces any cur- interesting and fun and to lot of framework.” have the financial means ership in the Association of Topics in Engineering, and rent offerings, a syllabus, use as many different tools He added, “There were to afford higher education. Admis- Cognitive Neuroscience. and potential list of texts. as possible to engage stu- a lot of meetings where we Ms. Wallace described Mr. sion Professionals (AISAP). Other new courses will be In the fall, the department dents in a variety of topics,” didn’t know exactly the Gonzalez’s former role with The school drafted an added next year as well: a heads evaluate the propos- he commented. product that we wanted, Questbridge at Yale as “al- opportunity statement for history class called Colonial al and then decide whether Ms. Emily Lovejoy, the but we knew that there were most like running your own candidates and received Latin America and another the class should be added to third form girls’ dean and a things that we liked. We admission office within an many applications. “This class called Twentieth-Cen- the curriculum. biology teacher, also found knew we wanted things to admission office.” was a position that had a tury African History. Despite the numerous the process relatively easy. be interesting, and honestly lot of interest. It’s signif- steps within the process, She is teaching a biology I think a lot of the frst cou- icant, and it’s an interna- The Process of Creating Mr. Yaser Robles, a teacher and psychology elective ple months of meetings, we tionally known opportuni- a New Course in the HPRSS department, called Cognitive Neurosci- didn’t get very far. I think ty,” said Dr. Curtis. “There commented on the surpris- ence this spring with Ms. we had a lot of grandiose were probably hundreds of Although the number of ing efficiency of approving Tianlin Ford, a psychology ideas but we didn’t think applicants. We only spoke new courses has surged in his Colonial Latin Ameri- and Chinese teacher. about how they would be directly to about 10 or 12 the last few years, the pro- ca course, which will run However, Mr. Nicholas executed or what resourc- of those applicants, and cess of adding a class to the in the 2016-2017 school Molnar, a math teacher, es would seem to make the we had a small number of course catalogue requires year. “I am very impressed said that the course plan- most sense. I think we had people who had a full day of considerable work on the with the openness of the ning for Journalism with a lot of interesting ideas, interviews.” He continued, part of teachers and depart- department and how much Ms. Harriet Blanchard, the but we weren’t exactly sure Photo courtesy of Mr. Amin Gonzalez “We were looking for some- ment heads. According to they want to diversify the Director of Teaching and Mr. Gonzalez said, “My one who was deeply experi- Director of Curricular Ini- curriculum. The support is Learning Center and an See New Classes Page 2 frst task at Choate is to ap- enced in admissions; who preciate it as fully as I can. knew boarding schools, It is really important to take especially ones with as di- the temperature of the place verse a student body as we TUDENTS EEK IVERSITY IN EALTH and then see what areas, have, both nationally and S S D H from an admissions per- internationally; and who spective, could use the most supported the values of the CENTER, QUESTION CONFIDENTIALITY attention. Having said that, school and had experience in all of my previous posts with the really large process A major recurring theme The lack of comfort that defnitely getting better – the I’ve always been about in- that we’ve got here.” Esul Burton ’16 contin- when interviewing members Norman alluded to is attribut- perception of both med leave creasing access for prom- After the interviews, ues her exploration of of the community on mental ed to anecdotes depicting and the counseling center.” ising young people. That Choate narrowed down the Choate’s mental health health is the contentious rela- counselors as out of touch However, she added, “I think access can extend globally, feld to three fnalists. services in the third in- tionship that some believe ex- and even antagonistic towards there are a few things that locally, socioeconomically, Ms. Wallace comment- stallment of this series. ists between students and the students’ needs. Misconcep- people still don’t understand religiously, and racially. I ed on some of the attributes Pratt Health Center. Jerri Nor- tions are abound on campus, about the health center.” think Choate is an institu- Choate noticed in Mr. Gonza- In the past two weeks, man ’17, a leader of the Choate which is why student clubs Some of these misunder- tion that should be known to lez. She said, “He brings with I have explored support Diversity Student Associa- like CDSA, and now Mental standings have to do with all, should be aspired to by him experience as a student systems and competition tion’s (CDSA) Mental Health Health at Choate, are trying diversity within the Health most, and should more than at a peer school, as a teacher, at Choate. This week, I will Campaign, said, “There is to educate the community on Center. Some students believe meet the needs of those stu- a coach, and college counsel- examine the Pratt Health a perception that people in mental health and the services that the counselors aren’t rep- dents who ultimately enroll.” or in other secondary inde- Center in depth, looking at the health center aren’t hap- that are available. resentative of the Choate com- He added, “I like to pendent schools, and as an the diversity in staffing and py to help or are rushing you Martha Zhang ’16 believes munity at large. see students in a variety of admission offcer in institu- the student-counselor con- around. People just feel un- that some of these efforts settings and support their fidentiality. comfortable.” work, saying, “I think that it’s See Counselor Diversity, Page 3 growth however, I can. For See Mr. Gonzalez, Page 2

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Sabrina Xie, Elle Rinaldi and Trewin Copplestone Opinions • P5 Sports • P8 2 | NEWS The ChoaTe News Friday, april 22, 2016 Mr. Gonzalez Continued from Page 1 NEW CLASSES EXPAND INTERDISCIPLINARY OPTIONS Continued from Page 1 adjust on the fly and base tions of higher education.” She the material off of what added, “Not only has he been of how much they would ft the kids already know and an offcer at institutions of together.” would like to know.” higher education, but he’s also Though the process of Amir Idris ’17 had a had a range of responsibilities creating a new course may similar opinion with re- at those schools.” be arduous, Dr. Jewett re- gards to the Topics in En- Mr. Gonzalez has expe- marked, “We want to make gineering class that he took rience working not only in sure we are covering as during the winter term of colleges, but also in board- much breadth and depth in this year. Idris said, “The ing schools, such as North- our curriculum as possible, topics are in a sensible or- feld Mount Hermon and the and that we are capitaliz- der, though the pacing of McDonogh School, where he ing on the latest trends in the class can be sporadic. was the Co-Director of Col- neuroscience and learning, Some nights there is quite lege Counseling. He was also and technology and learn- a bit of homework, and oth- a student at Loomis Chaffee. ing. We are always looking ers there is not much if any. Mr. Gonzalez shared the for the best practices of Obviously, this happens tremendous impact his expe- teaching and learning in a with any course, but it was riences have had on him. “I course, and I think general- exaggerated in this course.” am a lifelong believer in the ly curriculum not just here He added, “If you give a power of education because but in the wider world is Choate student ample op- it has changed my life,” he evolving.” portunity and incentive, exclaimed. He grew up as She added, “There’s al- Photo courtesy of Mr. Ross Mortensen they will be very open to a Puerto-Rican orphan in ways a balance between The journalism class will embark upon its second year in 2016-17 with a new name: Journalism trying a new activity. If the Spanish Harlem, New York content and skills in a and Nonfiction Storytelling. course is well-planned and City. When he was a teen- course, and I think for a relevant. The world isn’t He added, “Students themselves to be psycholo- advertised, I think it will ager, he applied to Loomis long time, especially be- made of silos that are di- can choose to investigate gy students or biology stu- have a fine turnout.” Chaffee and was awarded the fore the Internet, content vided into math, science, any story that they want dents. There is definitely a Dr. Jewett noted the Albert G. Olveri Scholarship was the more important of history, and language, for and follow their own in- big group of students who evolving nature of many of from the school. From there, those two poles. Certainly example. I think there’s tre- terests, and I think that’s have taken Anatomy and these new courses. She said he went to Wesleyan Uni- the teacher’s knowledge of mendous opportunity for one of the appealing things Physiology or AP Psycholo- that the school is always try- versity, where he received a the content is always im- interdisciplinary work that for students. Say they have gy, but because the course ing to improve each course, B.A. in history. At Northfeld portant, but now we have really engages students and interest in body image, doesn’t fall under one dis- whether new or old, by look- Mount Hermon and the Mc- the Internet, where people also excites faculty.” transgender rights, ex- cipline, it makes it more ing at student evaluations Donogh School, he taught can find things and infor- She added, “A great ploring sexual assault on out there for students. One and by having department history, coached for the foot- mation very easily, so I example is the Journal- college campuses, or the of our goals when we were heads visit classes. ball and teams, and think the balance is tipping ism course taught by Ms. restaurants in the world creating the class was to try served as a college counselor. a little more toward skills, Blanchard and Mr. Molnar, that have the most sustain- to draw students from sev- Being able to apply He frst heard about the like what can you do with and I think that’s exciting able practices. There’s all of eral disciplines.” new opening for the Director what you know? And how because there is some in- these things that students These classes are still what you know in of Admission job at Choate critical can you be of a giv- terdisciplinary stuff that’s can’t explore in their other in the process of being one field to another from colleagues who were en set of knowledge that’s been around for a long courses, that they can in adapted to better fit stu- field and seeing Choate alumni. put in front of you? And time, like the humanities this course.” dent interests. For exam- major connections is A large part of Mr. Gon- how can you compare two courses, but when you start Ms. Lovejoy voiced a ple, Sara Ishibashi ’17 was zalez’s philosophy regarding different sets? We want to jumping between the hu- similar opinion about the optimistic about Cognitive really important. admissions stems from his make sure that students are manities and the quanti- multidisciplinary aspect Neuroscience, though she Ms. Emily Lovejoy interactions with Mr. Drew getting a sufficient number tative realm: that’s pretty of Cognitive Neuroscience. still believes there is room Third Form Girls Dean Casertano, a former Direc- of skills in a course in addi- cool. I think that has been “It’s great for us specifi- for improvement. “Because tor of Admission at Loom- tion to a significant amount organic: it’s what people cally, because we have two it’s a new class, the course is Chaffee. Mr. Casertano of content.” have proposed. I’m pretty teachers. Both of us com- material is not solid yet. Mr. Molnar said, “It’s ensured that Mr. Gonzalez happy because I think the ing together and being able Since the prerequisites for great that we’re continu- could enjoy the full Loomis Refecting on the New effect of it is positive for to have those dialogues is the course are biology and ing to evolve the Journal- Chaffee experience without Courses our students.” really great. I think being Intro to Psychology, a lot of ism course, and that it’s being limited by financial Mr. Molnar agreed that able to apply what you know us know some of the mate- evolving to a place that reasons. “His actions have A notable way Choate the fact that Journalism is in one field to another field rial that we’ve talked about meets students’ needs and stayed with me many years has ensured that students multidisciplinary is an es- and seeing major connec- so far,” she commented. continues to meet student later — that the admission are learning sufficient sential characteristic of the tions is really important.” Ms. Lovejoy has noticed interest. I’m glad that it process isn’t just about skills is with the addition of course. He said that one of For example, she said that this situation as well. She helps inspire students to bringing people here, but multidisciplinary courses. the goals of the course is to part of the time this spring said, “It’s hard to balance recognize that though the making sure that they are Dr. Jewett said, “We’ve train students to “commu- will focus on applying the what I thought we should departments at Choate op- able to fly, be cared for, and done a lot of research that nicate better in all forms material learned to eco- teach and what the students erate in different buildings, feel supported in becoming shows that interdisciplin- and transmit clear thoughts nomics and why some peo- might know coming into it. the problems and things extensions of their family,” ary work increases stu- on the page through data, ple strive for more money. A lot of them took Anatomy that they are interested in said Mr. Gonzalez. dent engagement, increas- graphs, or infographics, She added that the in- and Physiology, so a lot of involve all of them.” He continued, “I treat stu- es their critical thinking and having students find terdisciplinary aspect them have that background dents whom I’ve recruited or skills, and increases their their voice in a spoken for- could “draw more students information to the neuro- Nathan Chang may be reached had contact with as if they were motivation, and it’s really mat as well.” who might not consider science, but it’s been nice to at [email protected]. my own children, and I make sure they have the beneft of my advocacy, my counsel, or what- ever wisdom I can impart.” THE FACULTY HOUSING PROCESS UNCOVERED He looks forward to work- ing at Choate, noting, “I think By Neve Scott ’18 based on the category of the “If you ask a dozen faculty one of the most rewarding Reporter house and the category of the members, they all might have aspects will be transition- applicant, housing points, different answers. There are ing from a highly selective “Housing season is the and quality of advising, I certain apartments that are university setting that re- most exciting time of the make assignments.” really popular when they open ceived tens of thousands of year,” enthused biology teach- Houses are assigned a let- up. I tend to be surprised at outstanding applicants and er Mr. Deron Chang. Howev- ter B to E to determine what what ends up being really pop- admitted signifcantly fewer er, he was referring to the pro- kind of family should occupy a ular and what isn’t,” remarked than we would have lived. I cess that faculty members, not particular home. B designates Ms. Levesque. look forward to calibrating to boarding students, undergo. a house intended for a single Mr. Chang believes that Choate’s selectivity and being Starting at the beginning of faculty member or a couple Edsall House is commonly able to afford more students spring term, faculty members with fewer than ten years of regarded as the best dorm for truly exciting educational engage in a complicated pro- experience, C for a family with faculty. “It’s an E house. There opportunities. In addition to cess to select their housing for one child or a couple with are very few students in the responding to polished stu- the upcoming year. more than ten years of experi- dorm, but it’s still a dual house dents with stellar credentials, “It’s not a lottery. It’s ence, D for a family with two advising situation. The house Photo by Audrey Powell/The Choate News our team will be looking for a process,” said Ms. Katie children, and E for a family is absolutely beautiful and in a New and old faculty vie for housing every spring in a system those who show immense po- Levesque, Dean of Faculty, with three or more children. great location,” he said. determined largely by years of employment and family size. tential as well. These students regarding the faculty hous- For special cases in which Ms. Levesque believes system could use improve- fnd it diffcult to catch up.” To may have less than perfect ing system. “I would say it’s two faculty members have the the faculty housing system ment. Houses are placed in make the process fairer, he be- but quite strong credentials, similar in some ways and same number of points in the has proven itself to be fair. categories solely based upon lieves “giving only one point to good hearts, and lots of abil- different in others to the stu- same category, Mr. Chang ex- She commented, “We can’t the number of bedrooms they those who don’t live in dorms ities and ways to add to the dent lottery. I post in Fac- plained, “No one knows what do everything all at once, have; a D house meant for a would be better, and faculty community.” ulty Notes, a weekly faculty happens, but the school re- but we have a plan that tries family of four could have only members should have to cash Mr. Gonzalez conclud- newspaper, apartments that serves the right to think about to keep things fair to ensure one bathroom, for example. in some of their points when ed, “I’m frmly committed to we know will be vacant each the advising situation. There is continuous development Mr. Chang explained, “There they move into a new house.” expanding Choate’s recruit- week, and then the whole fac- an aspect of subjectivity.” of faculty housing. Teach- needs to be more consider- Ms. Levesque concluded, ment efforts. We want to be ulty can apply if they want.” Spanish teacher Ms. Nan- ers pay for their own deco- ation for square footage and “I hope the faculty feels as visible in every space, and Explaining how faculty cy Burress, who currently rations, but anything that number of bathrooms when though the process is clear, ensure prospective students are chosen for specifc hous- resides in Bernhard House, would really be considered determining the category into transparent, equitable, and and families, from near and es for which they bid, Ms. commented on the varying a renovation would be paid which a house falls. that it serves us relatively far, appreciate Choate’s di- Levesque continued, “We preferences of faculty in re- for by the school. We have a Additionally, referring to well. It’s not something that verse education, supportive have a system based off fami- gards to housing. “I would say budget, and we have a pro- the housing point system in I have received requests to community, and incredible ly size of the faculty members that it depends on what stage cess for reviewing where the which a faculty member who change, but it’s always pos- resources.” and housing points, which of your life you are in. I have budget should go. We are lives in a dorm gets three sible that we can review our are based on years of experi- lived in and out of various able to do several major ren- points a year while one who processes and make chang- Pinn Chirathivat ence. Those two factors apply dorm housing,” she said. ovations each year to kitch- does not only earns two, Mr. es. However, there’s noth- may be reached at [email protected]. for non-dorm housing, and Similarly to the list for ens, bathrooms, removing Chang said, “We give too many ing major on the rise.” for in-dorm housing, an ad- most coveted student dorms, walls here and there.” points to people who don’t live Truelian Lee may be reached visory match also comes into the list for the most coveted However, Mr. Chang be- in dorms and do duty, so peo- Neve Scott may be reached at [email protected]. play. People can apply, then faculty residences is nebulous. lieves that the current housing ple who are behind point-wise at [email protected]. Friday, april 22, 2016 The ChoaTe News NEWS | 3 CHOATE’S OLD COUNSELOR DIVERSITY CAUSES CONCERN

LAPTOPS AND IPADS Continued from Page 1 DONATED TO TOWN Elena Turner ’17 said, “The counselors are white, By Alyssa Shin ’18 or international. Choate has cis-gender, straight ladies. Staf Reporter donated school-owned elec- The lack of diversity is prom- tronic products no longer inent in the counseling offce.” Try to imagine 75 iPads in use for the past six years. Turner believed that and 40 to 50 computers. In Mr. Speyer cited an exam- the lack of diversity, espe- their efforts to donate old ple: “We gave a lot of com- cially lack of diversity in electronics to local Walling- puters to Wallingford public sexual orientation, led to a ford organizations, the Infor- schools last year. We’re com- misunderstanding between mation Technology Services mitted to helping our neigh- her and her counselor. “I (ITS) offce gathered more bors in Wallingford.” was having issues with my than 100 iPads and laptops The ITS department has sexuality. I brought it to from the Choate community devised a life cycle for all my counselor, which was a that were not being used to school-owned electronic prod- huge mistake. When I came give away this spring. ucts in order to reduce their out, there were noticeable The Choate News Various organizations differences. She didn’t un- Photo by Audrey Powell/ The integration of the health center into the community has raised concern regarding counselor- such as Wallingford public derstand what my sexuality The most exciting student confidentiality. schools, the Wallingford Pub- meant. She said I wouldn’t lic Library, the Wallingford thing we do is when understand sexuality until I and accessible to the needs of that students might talk might not be enough to con- Senior Center, the Spanish we give technology was 18, so I shouldn’t come a diverse population.” about during sessions. vince some members of the Community of Wallingford, to underprivileged out to people because there He mentioned that the Ms. Bender disagreed Choate community to reach Ball & Socket Arts, West Ha- areas. is no way that I can be sure Health Center needed to with these comments, saying out to mental health services. ven High School, and the about this, and I shouldn’t demonstrate trust among that if counselors are involved As Norman said, “The rela- Wallingford STEM School Mr. Andrew Speyer put myself in that box.” Choate’s diverse student in the community, it helps tionship that students have Director of Information received these electronics. Technology Services While Zhang, on the other body and that “there has to normalize accessing support with the health center hasn’t Choate also donated some of hand, has maintained a good be a sense of understanding for mental health. “Students been great so far and it’s going the laptops to an on-campus environmental impact. A few relationship with her coun- when we address cultural will think, ‘This is a person to be hard to change that.” student club, Girls for Girls, a years after an initial purchase, selor, she supported Turner’s groups or folks with certain who is out there and teaches However, Dr. Diamond mentorship program between laptops and iPads are refur- comments, saying, “People identifers who don’t feel safe and seems okay and maybe I offered some measures that underprivileged female stu- bished or repurposed. As the still have personalities, re- coming here.” can go talk to them.’” the Health Center could im- dents in the Bahamas and fe- school distributes newer iPad gardless of whether they are Dr. Diamond acknowl- plement to better its relation- male students at Choate. models to teachers, the old counselors or not, so maybe The counselors are edged that the work the ship with the student body. Mr. Andrew Speyer, Di- iPads may be relocated to the we need more counselors. white, cis-gender, Health Center staff does with “My goal would be to institute rector of ITS, explained, “Our library or used for summer Counselors who aren’t white individual students, saying patient or client satisfaction goal is to make the donation programs. Then, ITS eventu- women or counselors who straight ladies. that they work behind what surveys, so that every student pile bigger than the trash pile. ally sifts through the electron- deal with only gender issues.” Elena Turner ’17 he calls the “iron curtain of gets an opportunity to give We don’t want to add to our ics to sort products that can These concerns regard- clinical care.” At the same feedback on a visit. You need landflls, so we try to reuse be donated and products that ing diversity aren’t lost This need to demonstrate time, he did not believe that in a medical setting constant equipment as much as we need to be taken apart or recy- on those who work in the trust doesn’t only pertain to confdentiality was absolute, quality assurance, quality possibly can.” cled. This step is vital in keep- Health Center. Ms. Char- students from diverse back- saying, “The moment a per- control, and quality improve- For this year’s collection ing Choate at the forefront of lotte Davidson, Director of grounds on campus. Another son is an imminent risk to ment. Right at this moment, process, Mr. Speyer sent out a the growing STEM movement Counseling, acknowledged issue that students and alum- themselves and others, conf- we don’t have all those things.” note to faculty and staff asking while minimizing its carbon students’ concerns and spoke ni mentioned when speaking dentiality is dropped.” He also mentioned imple- them to donate old electron- footprint. According to the about the work that the Health about the Health Center was This viewpoint on con- menting an advisory council ics. “We usually like to have a Environmental Protection Center is doing to compensate confdentiality between the fdentiality isn’t limited to for the Health Center that combination of causes inside Agency, in 2012, the United for the lack of diversity. “We counselors and students. the Health Center. Ms. Nan- would be comprised of stu- and outside of Wallingford,” States alone produced about have had African-American Grace Alford Hamburg cy Miller, the Fourth Form dents, faculty, staff, alumni, he said. “I think the most ex- 3.4 million tons of electronic therapists in the past, but ’14 echoed these sentiments, Girls’ Dean, described the and parents and would help citing thing we do is when waste, but only about 29% of they have gone onto other remarking, “On one hand, Health Center’s relationship identify ways to reach out to we give technology to under- that was recycled. jobs. However, we have other you want a counseling cen- with the deans as “a two- and educate the community. privileged areas, whether it’s Mr. Speyer hopes to people who we know and can ter that’s on campus and way street.” She said, “When Future reforms don’t only Africa, South America, or the increase student involve- utilize.” easily accessible for stu- the deans are worried about have to be implemented inter- Bahamas. That’s the biggest ment in this venture. He re- Dr. Christopher Dia- dents, but on the other, the someone, they speak to the nally. Ms. Bender said, “Over reward I get out of doing the marked, “It would be cool to mond, Director of Health way Choate is constructed health center and vice-versa. the years we probably haven’t program. There are plenty of have a student club be more Services, elaborated on Ms. means those very counselors We, the deans, are very much been making as many changes organizations in the local area involved in the process. Davidson’s comments, say- are part of the community.” aware of the fact that there as we could be, but I think that that are in need as well, but Right now, we just donate ing, “I’m very aware that I She believed that counsel- are confdentiality rules that this is an opportune time for bridging the digital divide in what we own. No one has ap- walk into this job as a mid- ors who were integrated into apply to the Health Center kids to speak out because the those areas is really good for proached us yet, but we are dle-aged, white male who is the community would have and we respect those rules, school seem s to be looking to the world as a whole.” very open to the idea.” a product of a racist, sexist, a harder time maintaining but often there is the bare make these changes.” This is not the frst time hetero-centric, gender bina- confdentiality because they bones, skeletal information that Choate has lent a hand Alyssa Shin may be reached ry focused culture. The one personally know the class- that is shared with the dean.” Esul Burton may be reached to other communities, local at [email protected]. thing I try is to be as open mates, teachers, and deans Still, good intentions at [email protected]. BY THE NUMBERS NEW SENIOR SPRING SCHEDULE DRAWS SPRING LONG WEEKEND MIXED REACTIONS

By Mehreen Pasha ’18 Mr. Kevin Rogers, Direc- Conversely, many se- ing seniors from doing idiotic Staf Reporter tor of Studies, noted that the niors are mourning the things when we have our own omission of the last week for loss of an additional week time. But I think that the time As this year’s seniors nav- seniors will combat the large- to spend with friends. This that’s taken away from us is igate the end of their Choate ly idle days that sixth formers feeling is exacerbated by the kind of rough.” careers, some of them may spend while other students plethora of events in the last Another consequence of have found themselves grap- take their exams. He ex- few days leading up to Grad- this new schedule is that se- pling with this question: How plained, “Now, the sixth form uation for seniors, such as niors will be exempt from all will the different end-of-year will graduate ahead of time so Last Hurrah, Garden Party, fnal exams, including ones for 70% schedule make their senior that they can move on to their and the Senior Beach Trip. classes in which underclass- of students reported assigned spring different? summer plans and the other Aiden Reiter ’16 said, “I men are enrolled. Dr. Jewett homework over the weekend. The major difference in students can focus on fnish- have really mixed feelings. On said, “I think the benefts of the new schedule is the date ing up their work for the year.” one hand, I understand the having everyone in the com- of the graduation ceremo- At this stage, it is unclear rationale. We are making sure munity together at this very ny. Instead of being held in whether the schedule change everybody graduates, and we important event are going to early June, as it has been in will carry on to the following get to be done early and not outweigh any inconveniences the past, this year’s ceremo- years, as its continuation de- disturb people taking exams. that may happen if the seniors ny will be on Sunday, March pends on the community’s in- But part of me also wants that can’t take their exams.” Where are you going for the 29. All Choate students will put. According to Dr. Jewett, week of just being on campus The seniors will ulti- be required to attend, and af- “Whenever we make a change, with all my friends, because mately cross the stage, com- majority of your time off campus? ter the ceremony, the newly we usually evaluate it after- when else in our Choate expe- mencing a new chapter in graduated seniors will have wards. We did a lot of research rience are we just there?” their lives. However, one to leave campus. The rest of before this change with other Nazar Chowdhury ’16 thing is certain: we are going the student body will stay on schools that have their whole echoed similar sentiments. to need a lot more chairs. campus until their last day in schools present during gradu- He commented, “I under- early June. As an effect of this ation, and we found that it was stand that there’s the idea of Mehreen Pasha may Friend’s home decision, seniors will be ex- certainly worth trying.” having the entire school there be reached at empt from any fnal exams or The new schedule has for graduation and prevent- [email protected]. other term-end experiences. procured mixed opinions According to Dr. Kath- from the community at arine Jewett, Director of large. Some seniors, such as Curricular Initiatives, the Olivia Podos ’16, seem over- change will ensure that “the joyed with the idea of an ex- first time you walk across tra week of summer. Podos the stage is not the first remarked, “I think people time you experience Grad- are looking forward to hav- uation.” She added that the ing long summers with their change was made in hopes families and friends before of unifying the campus to they go off to college. I’m 308 Residential Students Surveyed celebrate a milestone. pretty excited for it.” Confidence Interval: 4.00 4 |OPINIONS: CAMPUS The ChoaTe News Friday, april 22, 2016

The ChoaTe News THE BEAUT Y OF BEING BILINGUAL th Rivas ’19 reflects on her winning speech for the 2016 Krause-Stevens Public Speaking Contest 110 Masthead VOL. CIX NO. 16 J. Bryce Wachtell ’17 By Abigail Rivas ’19 English and that became my felt, not you, not anyone, sim- people here may be able to say Editor-in-ChiEf Opinions Writer primary language. I spoke ply because she couldn’t tell they are. I carry the hardships Lucas C. Ferrer ’17 Sabrina Xie ’17 English everywhere I went, anyone, because no one “un- of my language on my back Managing Editor ProduCtion Editor When I frst began at- from school to small conver- derstood”. In this moment, I and I carry them with honor. tending Choate, I tried my sations with my older sister. realized how much language At home, Spanish was not un- best to ft into this diverse Growing up, I never truly real- truly affects my family, how usual. But here, I realized that News opiNioNs community full of people ized how challenging life was much it divided the commu- Spanish truly shapes me into Varshini Kumar ’17 Katharine Li ’17 Truelian Lee ’17 Jack O’Donnell ’17 with different personalities for my family simply because nication between my parents the person I am becoming. and backgrounds. In the of the language they spoke. I and their children. My sister The culture, the history, ev- Features arts & Leisure Jessica Shi ’17 Camila Borjesson ’17 process of integrating myself remember my mother sitting should have been able to ex- erything the language carries into the community, I found with my sister and me, watch- press herself, but couldn’t. with it is a part of me, and I sports photography Rachel Hird ’17 Elle Rinaldi ’17 myself changing things ing TV and mumbling words She couldn’t tell me because couldn’t be prouder. from my homework rou- under her breath, trying to apparently I was too young to Although being brought tine, to the way I pronounce say them correctly. I remem- understand emotionally, and up in such a diverse family my name in front of others. ber how she stuttered trying my parents could not quite has had its ups and downs, copy graphics Kristen Altman ’18 Alex Yoon ’18 I began to change things I to speak to us in a language understand verbally. She had that does not change my un- Haley Chang ’18 Ariel Zhang ’18 never thought I would, and that was so distant from her no one to tell, no way to ex- conditional love for my fami- Nina Hastings ’18 things I frankly did not need own. I also remember having press the way she felt. ly. Language may set a barrier Daniel Zanuttini-Frank ’18 oNLiNe Nikhil Davar ’18 to change. Gradually, how- to translate things from small To be honest, I have never between us but it is nothing sociaL Media Alan Luo ’18 ever, I began to fnd pride in words to my parents, to some been completely comfortable that love cannot overcome. Sophie Ball ’17 Arielle Kassinove ’17 circuLatioN the things that make me who of the most important sen- with my family’s inability to Whether other people like it Nils Lovegren ’18 I am: my culture, and the tences of their lives. speak using correct English. or not, I am who I am, I speak adVisers language that I speak. My I feel quite horrible saying it the language I speak, I come Mr. Austin Davis Video Mr. Mike Peed Johnny Clapham ’17 culture, my language, and I carry the out loud, but frankly, I have from where I come from, and my heritage make me who been ashamed. I was embar- no one can make me ashamed I am — and there is nothing hardships of my rassed when my mother came of that. My name is not “Abi- that can change the pride language on my to small events at school and gail Rivas,” it is Abigail Rivas. STAFF WRITERS I take in that. My journey had to speak to my teach- I say it loud and proud be- Hakeem Angulu ’16 Catherine Moore ’17 Grayce Gibbs ’18 of “self-discovery” through back and I carry ers. I would get frustrated at cause I am not ashamed to be Esul Burton ’16 Namsai Sethpornpong ’17 Sophie Hare ’18 the language barriers I times because it was always who I am anymore. Maya Birney ’17 Jack Bergantino ’18 Mehreen Pasha’18 them with honor. Emilia Furlo ’17 Eben Cook ’18 Imad Rizvi ’18 have faced in this commu- hard to express myself to my Jun Jang ’17 Riley Choi ’18 Alyssa Shin ’18 nity became my inspiration parents, it was diffcult to be My whole life I struggled Lauren Lamb ’17 Kevin Chyun ’18 Nicole Yao ’18 Gabby LaTorre ’17 Jackson Elkins ’18 Julian Yau ’18 for writing my speech for Now, I want you all to re- on the same page. But, a few with language barriers. the Krause-Stevens Public member being 10 years old, weeks ago, I realized that I Growing up in a Spanish- Speaking Contest. a little clueless, not quite a do not need to be ashamed of speaking household in a child, but also not quite a this. I do not need to feel em- country whose main lan- Interested students should attend an assignment meeting, held on most Mondays, Growing up in a bilingual teenager. Now imagine sit- barrassed about the way my guage is English has cer- at 6:45 PM in the i.d.Lab of the Lanphier Center. To submit a letter to the editor or opin- ion piece, please email us at [email protected]. Opinion pieces represent the family has truly helped me be- ting in an offce hung up family is, or how different we tainly impacted who I am. At opinions of their respective authors and do not necessarily refect the views of the edito- come who I am. I love speak- with posters with about life, are from others. I was writing home I was the Abigail who rial board or the School. Unsigned masthead editorials represent the view of the majority of the members of the editorial board of The Choate News. ing Spanish. I love the way my with your mother, and with email down for information couldn’t speak English to her tongue tickles the roof of my a stranger, a stranger who when this happened, and a parents because they didn’t mouth while rolling my R’s. I knows your sister better than woman asked me how to pro- understand, and at Choate love how the words to fow to- anyone. Now imagine having nounce my name. Naturally I I am the Abigail who can- /choatenews @choatenews @choatenews gether so romantically. I love to listen to your sister’s thera- said, Abigail Rivas, but then not speak Spanish because Email us: [email protected] || Call us: (203) 697-2070 || Find us: thechoatenews.choate.edu singing along to Enrique Igle- pist, this stranger, telling you went on to saying “but Abigail many of my classmates don’t sias with my mother, danc- to translate to your mother Rivas” to make it easier and understand. I have always ing around, not caring what that your sister does not want more “anglicized.” Instantly been either English Abigail, people think. I love how close to live anymore. Something after correcting myself, some- or Spanish Abigail, never it brought me to completely that a 10 year-old is not aware one told me that I do not need just Abigail. Until I came to different group of people, of, and having to fnd out by to change myself for others. Choate, I was unable to ap- Classics Majors Are who share the same culture. translating it to your mother. They told me to say my name preciate the beauty of the A language shared among a Imagine having to look at proudly, to not be ashamed of languages I can speak. I will large community, creating your mother in the eyes and saying it the way it was meant always be thankful for those Still in Style love, creating unity, is the tell her that her child wants to be said. I realized, she was who helped me realize how By Audrey Sze ’17 ten we forget that although very thing that drives me so to end her life. Realizing that right. I should embrace my special it is to be who I am. Opinions Writer industries may evolve at far from the ones I love most. all those times your sister said differences, my culture, my breakneck speeds, human I was raised in a Spanish- she was cutting her hair in the language, and all that they Abigail Rivas is a third lassics is broadly de- nature does not always keep speaking household. Spanish bathroom, she was cutting embody. My language makes former from Lawndale, fned as the study of pace. Therefore, possessing was all I heard as a child. As her wrists. Realizing that you me different. It makes me CA. She may be reached at Cthe languages, culture, a fexible mind capable of I got older, I began to speak didn’t know how horrible she unique in a way that not many [email protected]. history, and literature of critical thinking proves use- Ancient Greece and Rome. ful not only in the workplace, Liberal arts education itself but in life. has its roots in classics — in But perhaps we shouldn’t fact, “liberal arts” is a phrase calculate the value of an edu- BE A HERO, SAVE THE EARTH derived from the Latin artes cation based on its employ- liberales, meaning “the skills ability at all. Naturally, the worthy of a free person.” The desire to return to a time feld has produced a long line where education wasn’t syn- of illustrious students with onymous with job training By Danielle Young ’17 diverse talents: Karl Marx, is not an outlook exempt Opinions Writer revolutionary and sociolo- from backlash. Some criti- gist; W.E.B. Dubois, civil cize the starry-eyed roman- ustainability has rights activist; Oscar Wilde, tics who desire education to started to become playwright and novelist; mean developing the means Sa buzzword, and its and Toni Morrison, Nobel to think, and think well, are meaning has been primar- Prize- and Pulitzer Prize- unrealistic at best, and elit- ily lost in confusing corpo- winning novelist, to name a ist at worst. And they might rate language. What does few. And yet, classics is a dy- be right. But that’s not to say this often overused and ing feld; humanities depart- there isn’t value in familiar- misconstrued word mean? ments across the nation are izing oneself with classics I understand sustain- increasingly vulnerable to — or philosophy, or history, ability to be a mindset and facing budget cuts, and clas- for that matter. Regardless a set of behaviors that lead sics are especially at risk. Al- of its value in the job market, to the long term health of though this may come as no studying the humanities is to the planet and its inhabit- surprise as pre-professional better understand humanity. ants. This is intentionally majors dominate the highly There’s something universal broad as to allow for a va- competitive world of the 21st and timeless in the values riety of thoughts and ac- century, I believe there is passed from Homer to Vergil: tions to be included. My intrinsic value in studying Athena’s proclamation that earlier definition of sus- the classics that a vocational tied juries should acquit the tainability makes it easy education cannot provide. accused in Oresteia asserts to distance oneself from “I want to major in the that mercy should prevail its goals. humanities,” many high over harshness; the broth- No one should dis- school students say, followed erly love between Castor and tance themselves from inevitably by: “but I’d rather Pollux defes death itself; working toward long term have a job.” Although want- and the hamartia that be- sustainability because sus- ing to secure work is more falls even the greatest of he- tainability affects us all — than understandable, it is roes humbly remind us that if not now, then later. Even doesn’t, get disposed unfortunate that so many we are all fallible. To study “later” is getting increas- of. Does my soda bottle Illustration by Kevin Xie young adults feel that they the classics is to see all the ingly closer to “now,” as the actually get recycled? Who can only do so at the cost glory and pettiness of man effects of our ancestors, in will be affected by the dis- ask the administration to rent actions have the real of sacrifcing the pursuit of echoed in an age that doesn’t addition to our own, ac- posal of my old appliances? support you in striving for capability to affect some- their passions. In the age seem so distant, despite all tions are catching up to us. Educate yourself and oth- the level of awareness that thing far greater than us. of automation, it seems as the years that separate the I believe sustainability to ers about the implications you desire. The community holds the though schools too have be- classical era and our own. be something that every- of these actions that we, Lastly, be conscious of power in this situation. If come assembly lines, mass- The universality of classics one should incorporate in the majority of those living and educate yourself about we ask the administration producing the same types of allows it to transcend time, their life because a healthy in “throw-away societies,” how many and which re- to make the changes that students: pre-med, pre-law, and its resonance today environment is essential to have consistently disre- sources you consume. The we so firmly believe in, we pre-business. However, what proves its imperishable rel- the longevity and health of garded. immediate environmental will be able to lead the sus- most people fail to realize is evance. But its value doesn’t the human race. effects of these choices are tainable lifestyles that we that in a job market clogged lie solely in permitting us to How would someone not so evident at Choate, strive for. with pre-professional ma- passively appreciate the par- practice sustainable and Sustainability but they affect every mem- These are only a few of jors, an education in the hu- allels between then and now: conscious living at Cho- affects us all ber of this community. The many things that we can do manities offers something to study classics is to join an ate? Let’s start with what cost of our choices have to become more conscious unique: character. Clas- ongoing conversation about I believe to be the most — if not now, repercussions that are citizens and stewards of sics and other disciplines the big questions that has achievable method: reduc- then later. greater than us here. The the environment. Don’t of a traditional liberal arts been happening for millen- ing consumption. Whether extraction and process- worry if you don’t think education allow students to nia. After all, to understand it be through buying less ing of resources to provide you can do this all at once; develop the ability to think where we are and where we new clothing or not buying Next, consider what us with the energy that start with step one and by learning from the past are going, we must frst un- things that come in plastic you are eating. Do I know if it takes to heat the water work your way up. The fu- frsthand — to confront the derstand where we’ve been. or other disposable materi- my food has been responsi- in the dorm or to run the ture of our world is in our profound questions that als like potato chips, water, bly grown, harvested, and/ lights when we are not in hands, and we have the have always puzzled man Audrey Sze is a fifh former or soda at the school store, or sourced? This includes the room can cause severe power to make it a world is to better understand the from Beijing, China. She may be everyone can do something growth practices as well as domestic conflict — con- that nurtures and supports human experience. Too of- reached at [email protected] to reduce their consump- the treatment of the work- flict that could spill out human and environmental tion habits. ers growing the food. If onto the world stage and longevity. What will you do If you do purchase you feel as though you do create other problems that to make a difference? CORRECTIONS these things, first, recycle not have access to this in- could negatively impact the OPINIONS or dispose of them prop- formation, or any informa- comfortable lives that so Danielle Young is a fifh A correction misprinted the name and graduation year of Staff erly and then educate your- tion that allows you to be a many of us live. former from Redford, MI. Reporter Grayce Gibbs ’18. self about what you’re pur- conscious and thoughtful These problems can She may be reached at chasing and how it gets, or citizen, take the steps to seem far off, but our cur- [email protected]. Friday, april 22, 2016 The ChoaTe News OPINIONS: NATION/WORLD | 5 Today in History: First Earth Day is celebrated internationally (1970) The New Gold Rush Smells of Kush and Cash By Andrew Kim ’17 Opinions Writer Although 23 other states are experiencing social and political changes in the stance n the 1920’s, prohibition towards marijuana, the case of was synonymous with the California will be like no other. Imob and black market With voters expected to ap- booze. These days, nationwide prove recreational marijuana proscription doesn’t target use in November, the West alcohol, but instead this era’s Coast state will easily become recreational drug of choice: the world’s largest legal mar- marijuana. Despite this, the ket for the favored narcotic. innocuous and – quite hon- Estimates are changing day to estly – popular herb has ab- day as promises of grandiose I would have millions solutely thrived in the back- profts are skyrocketing far of votes more than yards of peoples’s homes and beyond what local pot shops Hillary except for the teenagers’ sketchy basements. and growers have undergone fact that I had 17 op- The furtive trade has had to in other states. This has al- stay relatively underground, lowed California itself to four- ponents and she just usually requiring connections ish vastly as well. Prosperity is had a socialist named through the avant-garde of so- clearly evident in cities across Bernie! ciety. However, under a new the southern California desert state law, authorized marijua- as frms race to permit com- na businesses will be granted mercial cultivation in proper- the legal means of turning ties that have tripled in value. proft without limits on ac- The obvious fact is that legal What you’ll fnd in my tual substance growth. This marijuana will rake in tens, tax returns is that I seemingly simple implemen- Illustration by Mckynzie Romer if not hundreds, of millions tation of legislature will set terms of legal and fnancial re- examples of immense proft Furthermore, tax rev- of dollars for the state. This made less in one year precedent for all other states; sources. Under the new state and social benefts from enues have increased in both will help to fund better public as a U.S. Senator than California will be a catalyst for law, the marijuana industry marijuana, just take a look states by around 40 to 50 mil- equipment and facilities — a Sec. Clinton did in one marijuana’s expansion in capi- has fnally opened up to the at Washington or Colorado. lion dollars — a sum that has more apparent beneft. How- speech to Wall Street. talist America. world. This development has In Colorado, possession ar- gone towards refning public ever, the subtler blessing will Marijuana had gained im- reignited the fames of pas- rests have dropped a stag- properties, education, and be seen in the public, as mil- mense popularity amongst sion last seen during the Cali- gering 84%, while distribu- infrastructure. These fgures lions will fnally be able to use people of all demographics, fornia Gold Rush, with both tion arrests have dropped an have astonished individuals marijuana without fear of per- ranging from high school stu- corporations and lone inves- even greater percentage of ranging from the average tax secution or detainment. For dents to full grown adults. It tors scrambling to grab their 90%. The months following payer to state experts. One years this harmless drug has was, and is, widely considered shares of the profts (some of legalization were met with quote in particular describes been praised by celebrities and to be the “safest” drug out whom have been waiting since a 9% drop in overall prop- the situation quite bluntly: has been criticized by the igno- there — a fact that still remains 1996, when it was forbidden). erty crimes. Similar statistics “Marijuana prohibition has rant and scared, but now it’s undisputed within both medi- Legalized and massive- emerged from Washington. been a costly failure — to indi- fnally valid. And it’s honestly cal and scientifc circles. How- scale marijuana farming has These numbers do not de- viduals, communities, and the about time. ever, the market has only been birthed a unique industry serve to be ignored; rather entire country,” says Tamar able to expand to a certain with vast potential for con- they are hard evidence of so- Todd, the Director of Mari- Andrew Kim is a fifh former from degree, considering that many sumers, producers, and all cial prosperity ensuing legal- juana Law and Policy at the Seoul, South Korea. He may be growers have been limited in other in-state residents. For ization of marijuana sales. Drug Policy Alliance. reached at [email protected]. Photo courtesy of Nati Harnik - AP

Donald Trump prepares for a clash with Sec. Hillary Clinton Israel Must Not Infringe Upon Palestinian Rights in the general election, although he will probably By Liza Mackeen-Shapiro ’18 rael, the decision to release is simply disgusting. Were mature enough to handle ernment made the correct need to win a contested GOP Opinions Writer the Palestinian child early she Israeli, the girl behind the traumatic experience choice to release the child convention to face of against was the only morally accept- the attempted stabbing at- of being in jail. The harsh early. The grounds for her the democratic frontrunner. n February 9, in a able one to make. tack would not have been conditions that come with imprisonment were com- settlement on the By law, Israeli minors imprisoned — a fact that is being in prison have the po- pletely racist — as the girl’s OWest Bank, Israeli of- cannot be sent to prison un- truly repulsive, seeing as all tential to do lasting damage lawyer, Abeer Baker, said, fcials arrested a 12-year old less they are at least 14. Un- people, regardless of race, to an already troubled child, “If [the Palestinian girl] was Palestinian girl caught with fortunately, this rule does deserve equal treatment in making imprisonment ulti- a Jewish girl, she wouldn’t a knife under her shirt — a not also apply to Palestin- the eyes of the court. mately more harmful than stay in prison for even one .@NYTimes on Hill- knife that she intended to ian children. In November benefcial. The Palestinian hour because it is forbid- ary: “One of the most use to kill the settlement’s of 2015, a military bill that To pass a law girl was not permitted to den under Israeli law.” Ad- broadly and deeply Jewish inhabitants. Upon authorized Israeli authori- see her mother for her frst ditionally, no 12-year old qualifed presidential being taken to court, the ties to imprison Palestinian that supports this six weeks in jail and, even child, whether Palestinian young girl pled guilty to children as young as 12 was notion is simply after being allowed visita- or Israeli, should ever be candidates in modern charges of attempted man- approved by Israel’s Minis- tion, was prohibited from forced to endure the hard- history.” slaughter and illegal pos- terial Committee for Legis- disgusting. any form of physical contact ships of prison. In almost session of a knife and was lation. This law and, by ex- with her. At such a volatile all aspects, the jailing of sentenced to four and a half tension, the imprisonment Even setting racial is- age, this sort of treatment this girl was a complete hu- months in Israeli prison. of the Palestinian girl, are sues aside, this girl’s impris- can wreak havoc on a child’s man rights atrocity, and the However, after much lob- extremely racist and hypo- onment is still unacceptable mental state. Regardless of Israeli government should bying from human rights critical. Palestinian chil- solely on the basis of her age. the crime, it is inhumane to never incarcerate a Palestin- activists and lawyers, the dren are no more at fault for At the time of her arrest, she subject an immature, vul- ian that young again. “We have full confi- Israeli government recently the crimes they may commit was 12 years and two months nerable young child to the dence that a Cruz White announced plans to release (or in this case, attempt to old — the youngest Palestin- horrors of prison. Liza Mackeen-Shapiro is a House will advance the her on April 24, six weeks commit) than Israeli chil- ian female prisoner in Israe- Seeing as it never should fourth former from New Haven, right to life of unborn earlier than originally in- dren, and to pass a law that li history. Children of such have imprisoned her in the CT. She may bce reached at children” #ChooseCruz tended. On the part of Is- supports this bigoted notion a young age are simply not frst place, the Israeli gov- [email protected]

HILLARY IS THE DEMOCRATS’ REALISTIC CANDIDATE By Edith Conekin-Tooze ’19 mative. In the beginning of Sanders’s disorganiza- Opinions Writer the great recession, Obama tion can be seen throughout won with close to 70 mil- his platform. In this political am a post-millennial lion votes on a platform climate no progressive presi- and very progressive built on hope and change. dential candidates will be I liberal. My beliefs most A young Obama entered his able to make change unless closely align with those first term ready to make they have fully feshed out of the Green Party, and I this change, but he had to their ideas and are willing would not shy away from fight for everything he did to settle for slow but steady proclaiming that I am a throughout his presidency. incremental change rather democratic socialist. After Through persistence than a full-on revolution. reading the latter two sen- and compromise, Obama tences one would probably has been able to achieve assume that I support Ber- a lot. He was elected for I am doubtful nie Sanders in the current a second term, and in his that Sanders election; however, this is two terms he has instituted not true. From the begin- the Affordable Care Act, has a good plan ning of the primaries I have created 13.7 million new to accomplish been in firm support of jobs, championed a climate Hillary Clinton. change agenda, worked to these goals. fix US relations with Cuba, struck an important Nu- I thank Sanders for en- Hillary actually clear Deal with Iran, over- tering this election. He has hauled No Child Left Be- pushed more radical lib- has the ability hind, and helped to legalize Photo courtesy of Robert F. Bukaty - AP eral issues to the forefront to push a same-sex marriage. None of Hillary Clinton supports continuing many of the Obama administration’s policies. of the political scene. This these are small feats, espe- has caused Hillary to start progressive cially considering the resis- I would love to live in a would adhere to the will of the current system would discussing topics she would agenda. tance he has received from country in which Sanders’s the people. However, this leave 17 million citizens un- have shied away from with- the Republican Party. plans for breaking up the is idealistic and totally un- insured. Instead, Hillary’s out his candidacy. He has Any new Democrat pres- big banks, universal health true, as nearly all of the plan to build on Obama’s made a big mark on the po- To understand my sup- ident will face similar hard- care, and free college tu- country is not represented legacy is much more prac- litical scene, but he is not port of Hillary, I think it is ships in achieving change, ition have been instituted. by his ideals. tical and would be more a practical president. At first important to under- and because of this, we need However, these actions are An example of Sand- beneficial for the citizens of this point, I think it would stand the history of politics a leader who is capable of not realistic in the Unit- ers’s impractical idealism is this country. be best if he stepped back that has lead to the current compromise. Sanders’s cam- ed States today, and I am his idea of universal health Furthermore, Sanders’s and let the well-qualified political climate and this paign has criticized Clinton doubtful that Sanders has care. Sanders has promised full economic plans entail Hillary continue Obama’s election. When I say his- for being too centrist and a good plan to accomplish to completely overhaul the raising government spend- legacy of pragmatism. That tory, I don’t mean all the willing to compromise. This these goals. During de- Affordable Care Act so that ing by over $18 trillion. is what is best for the Dem- way back to the founding fa- is not a weakness but a true bates Sanders has been very he can institute his own He has absolutely no ef- ocratic Party and for the thers or even the Cold War. strength; Hillary actually vague about how he will be health care system. This fective plans for procuring United States. I mean the last eight years has the ability to push a pro- able to actually enact his idea is ludicrous, as we are this money through taxes, in which our country has gressive agenda. Maybe she radical agenda if he is elect- currently at a point at which which means that most Edith Conekin-Tooze is a been led by Barack Obama. won’t lead a revolution, but ed. When asked about the the rate of Americans with- would probably come from third former from New York, His election and last two she will be able to make a practicality of his ideas, he out health insurance is at an loans, increasing our na- NY. She may be reached at terms have been transfor- real change in our country. has replied that Congress all time low, and scrapping tional debt. [email protected]. 6 | FEATURES The ChoaTe News Friday, april 22, 2016 SOCIAL MEDIA? DECODING THE FUTURE OF NO THANKS CHOATE PROGRAMMING UNION By Kristen Andonie ’17 Regardless of the changes By Pavin Sethbhakdi ’18 In some cases, the deci- Reporter CPU is undergoing, however, Staf Reporter sion to forgo social media was its central objective is static. not entirely the students’. An- What does the acronym “The original goal was to What would life be like if donie’s parents do not want “CPU” mean to you? For teach everyone to code. We we did not worry about how her information to be publi- some, it could be just that: a strived for that then, and we many likes our last Instagram cized online. She admitted, “If jumble of unimportant let- still do today.” said Kage. In photo received, or if we didn’t it weren’t for my mom, I would ters. For the tech-savvy, it addition, central to CPU’s spend lazy Sunday afternoons have a Facebook account.” Yet stands for “central processing culture is an unfailing drive perusing our friends’ Facebook other students simply abhor unit” — essentially the heart to inject fun into every mo- walls? In a world of ever-in- what social media has become. of a computer. For a small ment. For example, when creasing technology use, we of- As Keck put it, “I’d say social but growing group on Choate asked about the new mission ten have trouble sympathizing media is a scourge of society campus, however, it means so of CPU, Co-President Jonah with people who avoid social that is ruining minds and wast- much more. The Choate Pro- Berman ’18 quipped, “Uh, I media. And, to be sure, those ing the time of millions. I fnd it gramming Union (CPU) is a forget. Eat pizza?” people are out there. utterly useless and just another student organization dedicat- CPU has also main- Take Kristen Andonie ’17, way of giving away privacy.” ed to allowing its members to tained its friendly, open who has no social media ac- Alexis Walker ’17, who share, create, or simply revel atmosphere. Xu said, “We counts. “It’s pretty funny to see does not use Facebook or Ins- in anything and everything Photo by Elle Rinaldi/The Choate News want newcomers to feel people’s reactions when you tagram, claimed no moral high related to computer science. Members of the Game Development pod code the night away. welcome.” Anyone inter- tell them you don’t have social ground, but, simply, a lack of CPU was co-founded by ested in computer science media,” Andonie said. “Often, interest. “I would say that I am Philip Xu ’16, Patrick Kage ings. The leaders decided to members of CPU came to- can fnd room for growth they gape at you, ask ‘Why?,’ less aware of what’s going on in ’16, and Alex Rupp-Coppi ’16 split the group into two sec- gether to propose changes in CPU, regardless of their and then try to convince you to pop culture,” Walker said, “but during their freshman year, tions: one for experienced to the club’s structure. After experience level. Moreover, stop being anti-social-media.” pop culture doesn’t interest me around January 2013. The programmers, who discussed much thought and discus- even when conficts do oc- Many Choate students who much. If it did, I would have a creation of the club was part of and tackled complex projects, sion, CPU developed a pod cur, a spirit of camaraderie shun social media cite time as social media account by now.” an attempt to increase learn- and one for beginners, whom system, with each of the four prevails. Kage explained, a factor. They bristle at their In truth, social media has ing opportunities for students Rupp-Coppi lectured on the distinct pods focusing on a “I almost threw a shoe at attention being diverted from the power to both inspire and interested in computer sci- basics of programming. different feld of program- Rupp-Coppi once and then schoolwork, face-to-face rela- destroy. As Yeung said, “On ence, as Choate had little to Each Friday evening, ming: Game Development, inducted him into the lead- tionships, and old-fashioned, one hand, it allows for people offer aspiring programmers at the members engaged in a App Development, Design, ership right afterward.” analogue leisure time. Carl who may have never had the the time. Xu said, “We want- variety of activities. From and Algorithms and Artif- As the three co-founders Keck ’16, who also does not chance to meet to be able to ed to create an environment learning the fundamentals cial Intelligence. prepare to graduate, they have any social media ac- communicate and become ac- where all the coders could of HTML to working with The pod system comes feel proud to leave a legacy counts, said, “During breaks quainted. On the other hand, it meet and talk about ideas and the Blender Game Engine to with signifcant advantages. at Choate through CPU. I’m almost completely isolated is a very effective medium for maybe even teach people who Super Smash Bros. tourna- For one, it is a direct re- Since coming to a school from my friends as a result of spreading rumors or falsities, were interested.” ments at each term’s end, sponse to the previous con- with limited computer sci- having no social media, and as well as to harass people.” Initially, CPU did not CPU was equal parts infor- cern of not being able to re- ence opportunities, Xu, this allows me to concentrate If Keck claims that he will have a particularly strong mative and entertaining. tain an active membership: Kage, and Rupp-Coppi have on reading, composing, ar- never be interested in social presence in the community, As time progressed, “Now, people can drop in opened many doors for chery, food, nature, writing, media, others are more recep- and the few members that some problems arose. In any one day and get some- students to collaborate on and much more.” tive to the possibility. Jordan did regularly attend meetings particular, the leaders rec- thing out of it,” said Luo. projects, learn about topics For Singhei Yeung ’16, Howell ’16, who does not use belonged to the same friend ognized a major issue with Furthermore, instead of pas- they fnd interesting, and, privacy is a major concern. “I any social media currently, group. As a result, meetings the way they were teaching sively listening to lectures, most importantly, have fun. would prefer to have privacy said, “I honestly don’t mind so- were not particularly produc- the beginners’ group: “Each students are welcome to ac- Rupp-Coppi said, “I am ex- from people and institutions cial media now that I have got- tive. According to member meeting was structured like tively collaborate with pod cited for where CPU is head- that may want to fnd infor- ten into college. At this point, Nicholas Petrocelli ’16, “A lot a class, which meant that if leaders through what Rupp- ed. This club has already mation about me without my I see it as a pretty good way of the time we just spent the someone missed something, Coppi described as an “ex- grown a lot in the last three knowing consent,” said Yeung, to keep in contact with class- period playing video games they’d be missing a lot,” said periential learning process.” years.” It seems on track to who does not have a Facebook mates.” For now, he’s stuck in a room in the old St. John current Co-President Alan The diversity of pod options continue to do so for the or Instagram account. Many with the archaic methods of building (rest in peace).” Luo ’18. Consequently, the also allows for a variety of foreseeable future. critics of social media worry actual conversation. After a while, CPU be- number of students attend- student interests to be met. that, especially in regards to gan to rise in popularity, and ing meetings diminished. Gamers, visual artists, robot Kristen Andonie may the college application process, Pavin Sethbhakdi large numbers of students This past winter term, enthusiasts: Anyone can fnd be reached at teenagers may hurt themselves may be reached at soon focked to the meet- both the leaders and the his or her niche. [email protected]. by what they post. [email protected].

Q&A AROUND CAMPUS: THE VIEW FROM MY BEDROOM WINDOW

MS. JUDY DONALD ’66 Monday, 9:05 p.m. I love waking up to the sight of a large man By Riley Choi ’18 How did you start work- founded. There is a scrap- casually standing on a beam outside my Staf Reporter ing for Choate? book from the 1890s that window. Life is great. Of course, I was attracted show some pictures, a photo When we think of “Choate to the Archives because I am album, newspaper accounts, Grace Tully ’16 Archives,” we likely envision an alumna of Rosemary Hall. and an ad for Rosemary Hall, Bungalow 202 some dark attic from which Pretty quickly, I found that which had pictures of the critical pieces of historical people can be swept up in his- school. It’s not much — ei- information appear magi- tory of this institution, and I ther the documents were not cally at command. Many of was one of them. I moved back saved or were simply lost. I us may not realize the great to in the mid- am ever hopeful that some- time and energy required to 1990s, and someone suggested thing is going to show up. collect and maintain the ar- that I go and see how the Ar- You never know: those lost tifacts that comprise Choate chives operated. I did, and I goods could be hiding in an Rosemary Hall’s history. In met Mrs. Lee Sylvester, the attic or a closet somewhere. AN INSTANT TASTE OF HOME fact, the Archives is one of archivist at the time. I ended the warmest and friendliest up working with her as a vol- What is the most interest- By Alan Luo ’18 termined to mine the Internet places on campus, thanks to unteer, and I learned how the ing thing that you have Online Editor for a comprehensive list of Ms. Judy Donald ’66— Cho- Archives operated for about come across in the Ar- the best ramen in the world. ate’s archivist and an alumna three years. When Mrs. Sylves- chives so far? I’m an international stu- To my surprise, I found the of Rosemary Hall. Ms. Don- ter retired, I was hired to take There once was a dairy dent. When I meet people on very same garlic noodles ald recently sat down with her place. That was in 2001. farm on this campus right campus, one of the frst ques- from Hong Kong topping the The Choate News in hopes about where the tions they ask me is, “Where list. I decided to see if they of demystifying the school’s Describe a typical day. Arts Center is today. What bet- are you from?” This question were really the same ones I secret vault. My primary duty is to be ter way is there of showing a is more troubling to me than knew and loved. a steward of the Archives col- dairy farm existed than a milk a chemistry exam. They arrived in the mail lection. The collection ranges bottle? [Ms. Donald holds up I was born in New Jersey. Monday afternoon, and I from documents to photo- a pint-size, glass milk bottle, I lived there for three years, cooked my frst pack Monday Illustration by Norman Peng graphs to uniforms that help with “Choate Wallingford” before I moved to Stamford, night. Let me tell you, I have illuminate the history of the emblazoned on its side.] Isn’t CT. When I was fve, I moved and timing allows their gauge never missed Hong Kong so schools. Yes, it’s plural, the that fascinating? What’s this to Old Greenwich, CT. At and stretch factor to be just much. Something about the schools: Rosemary Hall, the worth? For anybody else, it’s eight, I moved to Hong Kong, perfect for chewing. They are simultaneous activation of so Choate School, and Choate just a glass bottle. To us, it’s where I lived before arriving only amplifed by their unique many different senses awak- Rosemary Hall. All three of priceless. It’s a wonderful arti- at Choate. In Hong Kong, I taste, the likes of which I have ened a sort of primordial them are in here. fact of our past. went to two schools and lived still yet to encounter else- memory from deep within I respond to research in- Objects can be a very sim- in two apartments. where. I’m not even sure what the recesses of my mind. For quiries from students, and I ple but meaningful; they are Usually, I answer the the taste is, though I know it’s pretty much the frst time, I think that is very important fun with good stories behind question with “I don’t know.” not garlic. Although plenty of longed for my homeland. because an archive, par- them. We can never forget, My family has been divid- similar favors exist, none of I’ve had the exact same Photo by Charlotte Beebe/The Choate News ticularly in an independent though, that it’s documents ed into four corners of the them are quite the same, and meal four more times since school, should not be a mu- — whether it’s the minutes world, eliminating any sense no one knows the recipe. then, and I have experienced What was your time like seum. Students, faculties, of the Trustee meetings or of “home.” However, I re- These noodles are far the same reaction each time. at Rosemary Hall? alumni, and anybody should the papers of the Headmas- cently found respite from this more than a snack. They I’m still not quite sure what I was a day student, so feel that they have access to it ter — that tell the history of identity crisis in an unlikely represent security and sta- it is. If you had asked me be- my daily challenge was to ar- and can learn something from the school, how decisions are source: instant ramen. bility. 7-Eleven will always fore, I never would have told rive on time for the required it or get an answer to what- made, and how it has moved I should explain. Ramen be a bastion for those poor you that garlic noodles were 8 a.m. service in our beautiful ever question that they have. from one year from another. is to Hong Kong what pizza is souls battling with Hong what I missed most about St. Bede’s Chapel. At least I That’s what makes this place a to the U.S.: it’s an ethos, not a Kong’s merciless hot weath- Hong Kong. Perhaps they didn’t have to fret about what living treasure. What do you do outside of product. Here, you walk into er or equally merciless rain. are an echo of the time I de- to wear each morning be- Another aspect of this job Choate? a store and stumble upon a They represent cultural uni- voted with old friends. Per- cause we all wore uniforms. is expanding the archive col- I enjoy reading books and dejected-looking cranny with ty. Hong Kong is a heteroge- haps spending those highly We just hoped they were lection. The Archives collects watching operas. I also enjoy a single favor of low-quality neous amalgam of cultures formative years in Hong clean and more or less ironed. news stories and other things playing piano, word games, Cup Noodles. In Hong Kong, assimilated through decades Kong created some sort of (Come and check them out in every day. I get boxes from fac- jigsaw puzzles, and . This entire sections of a super- under rule by two govern- link in my subconscious the Archives!) ulty who are retiring, or alumni job is only during the aca- market are dedicated to walls ments. British, Cantonese, between the island and me. Our curriculum was more donate some things. I also look demic year, so I have sum- upon walls of ramen. How- and Chinese settle their dif- Perhaps they simply taste structured—two years of Latin for things on eBay. My latest mers off. During the summer, ever, one variety stands out ferences to enjoy a bowl of really, really good. was required, for example, with acquisition was a scrapbook I head to Maine, a place I above the rest: 7-Eleven’s garlic noodles. (I am aware I may never understand fewer electives and advanced from 1924; it was wonderful. truly enjoy. “garlic noodles,” which are that 7-Eleven is an Ameri- the origins of these pas- courses. Afternoons were I am always on a lookout for prepared fresh from the pack- can company; I fnd that fact sions. I do know, however, spent, as now, with sports, but things, and that makes this What should students age in front of the customer. wonderfully in sync with my that if anyone ever asks with an added twist. In addi- place ever-changing. know about the Archives? The thing is, these garlic cultural schizophrenia.) me where I’m from now, tion to varsity sports, every girl It should be on the bucket noodles are almost impos- About a week ago, the I’ll proudly answer “Hong was a member of the “R” Team What is the oldest docu- list of every sixth former to sibly delicious. It’s diffcult ramen payload I brought to Kong” with my bowl of gar- or the “H” Team, and there ment in the Archives? stop at the Archives. to describe and harder to Choate freshman fall fnally lic noodles in hand. were intramural competitions The Archives has, alas, replicate. Something about ran out. After a series of throughout the year, complete very few examples from the Riley Choi may be reached the way they’ve been cooked traumatic experiences with Alan Luo may be reached with cheerleaders. 1890s, when the schools were at [email protected]. with mechanical perfection Maruchan ramen, I was de- at [email protected]. Friday, april 22, 2016 The ChoaTe News ARTS AND LEISURE | 7 ART AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE DANCE FLOOR WITH TIFFANY LIN ’18 By Nicole Yao ’18 Dance affects Lin’s life Staf Reporter in different ways. “I dance whenever I feel sad or dis- Meet Tiffany Lin ’18. couraged. It helps me ex- From Little Neck, New York, press my emotions,” she this two-year sophomore has explained. “I also like meet- contributed to the Choate ing new people through arts program in many ways, dance,” she added. Lin’s particularly in dance. favorite types of dance are At Choate, Lin is a part contemporary dance and of Dance Company, Hip step because “they are fun Hop Club, Step Squad, and and lighthearted, as well as Dance Ensemble. She has a way to express myself.” also participated in the an- Other extracurricular in- nual dance concert, and is terests include doing tech now one of three new danc- crew and participating in ers in the Arts Concentra- Choate’s frst Chinese play, tion program, joining Madi which will take place this Epstein-O’Halloran ’18. Friday, April 22. Lin’s commitment to dance, As for future endeavors which consumes 12 of her in the world of dance, Lin hours each week, demon- is unsure about her dance strates her dedication. career beyond Choate. Her goals for next year, howev- y of Tif any L tes in ur er, include choreographing Photo by Alix MacKillop/The Choate News co to o a dance and showcasing it Students in the new environmental art class study, draw, and improve their surroundings h P during the annual dance By Mint Sethbakhdi ’18 with a large picture window joyed lunch with artists in the Students are expected to concert. “I also want to and Inc Thongthai ’19 overlooking the Connecticut residence, from whom they work collaboratively and at help other people through Reporters river,” to bring awareness to it. learned much more about a the end of each week, they are dance,” she added. “Madi The chamber will honor the lo- spectrum of environmental expected to turn in refections. Epstein-O’Halloran is in- This spring term, Choate cal landmark’s natural beauty artconcepts and processes. Students also actively partici- volved in a project teach- inaugurated an environmental without distraction from high- pate in seminar-based discus- ing little kids how to dance arts class proposed to com- ways or artifcial noises. This It is important that sions of artistic concepts and — I’d like to do that too.” bine artistic expression and commission is a gateway for ideas with their peers. This Katie Lee ’18, who of- environmental awareness in a the course and has become an we think hollistically encourages further awareness ten dances with Lin, said, single class. Ms. Jessica Cuni, integral driving force for it. about the world we of the environment and allows “Tiffany is a natural per- who teaches the course, en- Henry Jacob ’17 said, the them to refect on the im- former. She’s had a huge couraged its creation to instill “Mrs. Cuni has turned her own inhabit. portance of their learning. I dance whenever influence on me during appreciation for the environ- idea into our major class proj- Ms. Kalya Yannatos Students in the class have I feel sad or all the hours we’ve spent ment in a new generation of ect. We are currently working Director of the Arts praised Ms. Cuni’s artistic together in the studio, and artists at Choate. “The course to design, build, and transport talent and innovative teach- discouraged. It has helped me grow as a encompasses many different the structure before the festi- Art is a powerful resource ing methods. But, most of all, helps me express dancer.” modes of art, including envi- val begins on May 7.” that inspires people around they admire her passion and Ms. Emily Lutin, the ronmental and natural mate- In addition to the large the world, and it is often mar- dedication, which never cease my emotions. dance instructor who di- rials in the landscape and the weight of their commissioned ried to advocacy. Ms. Kalya to positively infuence her Tifany Lin ’18 rected this year’s dance creation of activist art to raise project, which they will work Yannatos, Director of the Arts, students. It not only enriches concert, said, “Tiffany’s awareness about issues con- on throughout the month of said, “It’s not enough to say their knowledge of art, but also lovely spirit radiates cerning the environment.” April, the class also plans to ‘I’m an artist;’ use the gift of allows them to fnd a new ap- Lin began her dance ca- through her movement Ms. Cuni’s involvement in work on nature journaling, that opportunity to say, ‘I’m preciation for visual forms. reer when she was nin years both in rehearsals and on the feld outside of Choate has Earth Day campaign posters, an artist who has something William Kanders ’19 said, old. “My mom encouraged stage. She is consistently played a role in the creation of and temporary, site-specifc meaningful to say’.” “This class is special. I feel it’s me to dance, so I joined a present, positive, and ded- the course. She explained, “I pieces on campus. She went on, “It is impor- going to push every student in rhythmic gymnastics team icated to the group as well was comissioned a site-specif- On Thursday, April 14, tant that we think holistically it to be the best artist possible. in Queens,” she explained. as her own evolution. It’s ic artwork with the students in the class embarked on a feld about the world that we in- It is the perfect ft.” Over time, this hobby been so great to see Tif- the class for a public environ- trip to I-Park, an international habit. Nature is inspiring. If grew into a major passion fany grow as a dancer and mental art festival in Middle- environmental residency pro- we’re paying attention and ap- Mint Sethbakhdi and Inc of Lin’s. “Starting early in as a person.” town.” The goal of this project, gram environment. There, preciating all that is before us, Thongthai may be reached New York has defnitely titled “Quiet River,” is to “build the students explored the ar- we should pay homage to the at [email protected] helped me to develop as a Nicole Yao may be reached a sound-attenuated chamber tistic elements on site and en- beauty that we see.” and [email protected]. dancer at Choate.” at [email protected].

A NOTE ABOUT OUR ARTS CON’S BOSTON ADVENTURES day by attending an open re- you’re just overwhelmed by and overpopulation, as well USIC EACHERS hearsal of the Boston Sym- how fantastic it was and you as how these modern ideas M T phony Orchestra, which don’t really think about all infuence artistic expression. By Sophie Hare ’18 she enjoys singing with the pa- performed Gustav Mahler’s the preparation it must have I learned about incorporating Staf Reporter tients. She loves that she can Ninth Symphony. In the after- taken. This was a great chance social activism into artwork. take her instrument anywhere. noon, the students visited the for our student artists to expe- I’d like to try it in the future.” Behind every music stu- Like Ms. Simmons’s, Ms. Boston Museum of Fine Arts rience that connection.” On a different note, In- dent at Choate is a caring music Sellati’s students range from with the freedom to explore gulli also remarked, “I loved teacher. Ensembles on campus mixed-beginner to advanced in it in small groups. Kay Ingulli It was shocking to see the fact that the trip was in- would not function if students terms of talent and level. Com- ’18, a visual arts student, felt everything up close terdisciplinary. The way the weren’t able to learn their monly, Ms. Sellati’s students that the experience brought Arts Con program is set up, parts. Because of this, Choate perform in Chamber Chorus, her understanding of art to and in person. everyone is always so focused music teachers play a vital role the Winter Vocal Festival, and Photo by Dilan Bozer/The Choate News life. She said, “It was amazing Kay Ingulli ’18 within their own department, in the Arts Department. a cappella groups. because I was seeing so many so going with everyone was a Ms. Artemis Simerson, Ms. Susan Cheng, a By Ananya Karanam ’18 things that I’d been learning nice change and a great way to a violin teacher from North piano teacher at Choate, be- Reporter about in my art history class. Katharine Li ’17 refected, get to know new people.” Brantford who has taught at gan playing at the age of four. It was shocking to see every- “It was inspiring to watch the As Dani Zanuttini-Frank Choate for eight years, still In her opinion, the piano is a Students from all of the thing up close and in person, Boston Symphony Orchestra ’18, a music Arts Con student, remembers the day when she very versatile instrument. “It various Arts Concentration and I think it made me appre- and see the level of profes- said, “I’m not a visual arts was given her frst violin — af- has the power of being the ‘or- disciplines — music, theater, ciate the art even more.” sionalism and musicianship student or a part of Choate’s ter much begging. The day was chestra’ by itself, being equal to dance, and visual arts — con- Ms. Kelly Caldwell, who in the ensemble. It’s some- Symphony Orchestra, but I momentous for the eight-year- other instruments in a cham- gregated last Thursday, April works in the box offce, com- thing that I think Choate still thoroughly enjoyed the old: “On that February 22, ber-music setting, or standing 14, to visit the Boston Sym- mented, “It was a wonderful students should strive for as trip and thought that it was a when I picked up the violin, I alone as a solo instrument,” phony Orchestra and the Bos- opportunity for our students well.” She further added, “I valuable learning experience.” knew it was what I was going to she noted. “The possibilities in ton Museum of Fine Arts in an to see professionals and the really enjoyed the ‘Megacities be doing for the rest of my life. the sounds and colors that can the opportunity to learn and process of working on some- of Asia’ exhibit. It addressed Ananya Karanam I was lucky.” be created by this instrument improve their own work. thing to completion. Usu- issues such as consumerism, may be reached at Ms. Simerson currently are endless.” The students began their ally, when you go to a concert, commercialism, pollution, [email protected]. teaches 20 Choate students, Ms. Cheng has taught all of whom are at different piano for 18 years, including levels. “I teach everybody,” she ten at Choate. In addition to said, “Most people have played teaching, Ms. Cheng often ac- before, and a very few start companies students during ANDY SUZUKI: BACK AT THE SAC from scratch, but I really love instrument and Arts Concen- the variety.” Lucky for Choate, tration recitals. She also plays By Simi Sachdeva ’19 necting with the crowd.” They cifc music for them to dance years ago, and they have fre- Ms. Simerson really loves it for the Wallingford Symphony Staf Reporter talked to the audience mem- to. The concert ended with quently returned to Choate here: “Everyone at this school Orchestra, and with other mu- bers, and Andy even got on a touching original song, to perform, in the SAC, at is interesting. Everybody has sicians too. Witty, energetic, and pas- one knee and sang directly to “Fight,” about “going for- Harvest Fest, and at Spring something to say, has a point Ms. Cheng loves watching sionate, the professional rock someone in the frst row. ward.” Audience members Fest. Mr. James Yanelli, Di- of view, or has something to Choate students grow as they band Andy Suzuki & The The concert kicked off to stood right in front of the rector of the Student Activi- share. It’s wonderful. I love it.” move through the arts curricu- Method performed at the Stu- a great start, and by the end stage with arms around each ties Center, decided that in At home, Ms. Simerson lum. She described the Arts dent Activities Center (SAC) of the frst song, everyone in other, swaying back and an indoor, more concert-like teaches private lessons and community as an encouraging on Friday, April 14. The band the enthused crowd clapped forth. Andy told the audi- setting would allow people to plays in several orchestras, in- environment, saying, “There had everyone sing and dance along. Some students were ence that “you, me, and my focus more on the music it- cluding the New Haven Sym- are a lot of dedicated support- with them on stage. brought up on stage, and band are having more fun self. He explained, “It is rare phony Orchestra, Orchestra ers and lovers of music, which Based in New York City, their respective conversa- than predicted.” that we are able to give live New England, and the Wall makes being a part of the Cho- the fve members of the band tions with Andy each acted The members of Andy music of this caliber. It is a Street Chamber Players. In ate music community a nurtur- play a variety of instruments as a segue into the next song. Suzuki & The Method are not musical style that is acces- the orchestras, Ms. Simerson ing experience.” Her students and have a variety of person- Students danced on their strangers to Choate. Their sible to all kinds of people. is the assistant concertmaster commonly play in chamber alities. The band performed a feet as the band played spe- frst visit was about seven Their music has great roots, — a huge honor. She is a self- music groups, sing in choirs, mix between original songs, and is contemporary and so- described “freelance musician, perform in orchestra, jazz, and such as “Fight,” and covers phisticated enough to hold teacher, and orchestral and symphonic bands, and even such as “When It Rains,” by the interest of a serious mu- chamber musician.” take part in music theater pro- Eli Young Band and “Seven sician — and there were a lot Ms. Robin Sellati, an- ductions throughout the year. Years Old,” by Lukas Graham. of serious musicians going other treasured teacher in our The unrivaled dedication, Audience members were also on stage.” community, has coached voice passion, and knowledge of able request songs. After re- Overall, the concert was at Choate for 27 years, and has teachers like Ms. Simerson, questing “Wonder Wall,” by a complete success and was taught for 32 in total. Outside Ms. Sellati, and Ms. Cheng give Oasis, Mia Rubinstein ’18 well attended; hopefully it of Choate, she performs with Choate students the chance to and Haley Williams ’18 went will continue to be great, if the Cantabile Vocal Quartet rise to their greatest potential. on stage and performed with Andy Suzuki & The Method and owns a voice studio. For When we clap for the students, the band. The concert was come back on campus in her, teaching and playing mu- we clap also for their teachers. extremely interactive as well. coming years. sic is a full-time job. In her Zara Harding ’18 claimed, “It spare time, though, Ms. Sellati Sophie Hare may be reached had a really nice vibe. They Photo courtesy of Haley Williams Simi Sachdeva may be reached volunteers at a hospice, where at [email protected]. did a really good job of con- Andy Suzuki entertains students last Friday night. at [email protected]. The ChoaTe News Vol. CiX • No. 16 SPORTS Friday, april 22, 2016 Game of the Week: Girls’ Varsity vs. • 4/27 • 3:30 p.m. • Hunt Tennis Center FIELD BLITZER LEAVES STRONG LEGACY

REPORT By Arielle Kassinove ’17 that she was crying because Social Media Editor the other team was trying to W-L-T drown her. That moment was Since her arrival at Cho- the beginning of her prosper- 5-1-0 ate in 2010, Ms. Meg Blitzer ous water polo career. She has been a beloved biology ended up earning a starting WIN Hotchkiss 19-1 and environmental science position and was elected cap- teacher, as well as an well- tain by her teammates. She Ultimate 2-3-0 respected water polo coach. was a part of the team that LOSS Hotchkiss 3-11 To the dismay of students built up to become New Eng- and faculty alike, this highly land Champions.” valued campus member will Blitz feels that this story Boys’ Golf 3-1-1 depart from Choate after the exemplifes the spirit of New LOSS Taf 415-409 end of this school year. England prep school water Blitz, as most call her, polo. She loves that, unlike Girls’ Golf 2-0-0 grew up in New Hampshire many other sports, most play- and started competitive ers begin with little to no ex- WIN Miss Porter’s 3.5-1.5 at the age of four. perience, yet they are able to She began her water polo ca- make it to the varsity level or Boys’ 3-2-0 reer at , then even earn a starting position. continued playing at Bucknell At Choate, everyone prac- LOSS Deerfield 5-15 University. Once she earned tices together, regardless of her Master’s in environmental skill level. Blitz said, “It is Photo courtesy of Trewin Copplestone ’17 Girls’ Lacrosse science from the University of really cool that helping less- 2-3-0 Ms. Blitzer coaches the girls’ varsity water polo team during a tense season opener. The girls Sydney, her next stop was experienced teammates is LOSS Deerfield 3-10 went on to triumph over Williston Northampton, securing a 16-8 win for Choate. Choate. Here, she was able to not seen as a waste of time, pursue both of her passions: starter and captain, saying, time against Suffeld. Blitz game. They ended up losing but instead as investing in Sofball 1-3-0 teaching science and coaching “This is the most fun I’ve ever explained, “They played out to Andover in the fnal, which Choate’s program.” Josh Gil- LOSS Deerfield 8-9 water polo. had losing a championship of their minds. It was awe- crushed their expectations. ligan ’17 said, “We all feed off Blitz was the assistant game.” Blitz said, “Although it some to watch them. There is However, that loss fueled of Blitz’s energy. When she coach for the boys’ team dur- would have been nice to have a photo that shows them after their incredible 2015 season. picks up the intensity, we play Boys’ Tennis 3-0-0 ing her frst three years at won, I loved seeing the cama- their win with pure joy that In Blitz’s fourth year coaching hard, and when she goofs off, WIN Exeter 5-2 Choate, before becoming raderie and love amongst the I’ve been meaning to frame.” the girls, the team only lost we have fun, too. Her attitude Head Coach. One of her most team.” Coaching the girls’ team two games, both to Suffeld, on deck really sets the tone for Girls’ Tennis 2-1-0 impactful experiences with She was very nervous to hits very close to home for and ended up becoming New the game or practice.” the team occurred during the take over the team from her Blitz, who began playing wa- England Champions. Blitz Starting next year, Blitz WIN Tabor 8-1 2012 New England Cham- mentor, Mr. Currie. However, ter polo in the New England said, “The group really came will be teaching environ- pionships. Blitz said, “The the boys’ team was incredibly Prep School League. together. It was an incredible mental science and biology Boys’ T&F 5-1-0 boys were losing pretty badly welcoming. Out of her fve years serv- moment to watch their hard at Georgetown Day School in at that point, and Mr. Todd One of her favorite mem- ing as Girls’ Head Coach, one work pay off and to see them Washington D.C. They do not WIN Westminster 77-53 Currie, the head coach at the ories as Head Coach occurred of her favorite memories is hit their stride.” have a water polo team, but time, told them that they had this previous fall. The team from her third year, when the Blitz’s all-time favorite D.C. has many master teams Girls’ T&F 4-0-0 put their hearts and souls not needed to win against Bruns- frst group of girls she started water polo experience was that she hopes to join in the WIN Westminster 92-44 only into this game, but into wick or Suffeld — the number coaching became juniors and coaching Sophie Benson ’14. future. One thing is for cer- the season. He asked the boys one and number two seeds core starters. Blitz said, “Sophie had started tain: Choate’s campus will not how they would like to fnish in the league — in order to The girls had fnally quali- playing her sophomore year be the same without the infec- Boys’ 1-3-0 the game.” The team ended up qualify for their post season. fed for the New England with very little experience. tious, passionate presence of LOSS Newington 1-3 losing, but was eager to kick Blitz commented, “It was do Championships. They were During her very frst game, Ms. Meg Blitzer. off the next season with the or die. Either we win and get the fourth seed out of four immediately after getting in Girls’ Water Polo 2-4-0 same incredible and competi- to keep playing or we lose teams, and they upset the the pool, she was in tears. Arielle Kassinove may tive group. Blitz recalled Hen- and our season is over.” They number one seed in the last They stopped the game to be reached at LOSS North Penn 3-13 ry McMillan ’13, a three-year ended up winning in over- 20 seconds of the semi-fnal check on her and discovered [email protected].

BOYS’ VARSITY VOLLEYBALL VARSITY ULTIMATE AGAIN, ULTIMATE FALLS TO HOTCKISS CHOATE WILD BOARS By Sabrina Xie ’17 GET SERVED Production Editor By Grifin Kefer ’18 ate to pull ahead by 4 points; The Varsity Ultimate Reporter however, a late comeback al- Frisbee team took on both lowed Newington to close out The Gunnery and Hotchkiss Boys’ varsity volleyball the set 25-22. for the second time this sea- has had a rocky start to the With three tight sets be- son, last Saturday, April 16. season after graduating six hind them, Coach Tom Brady After a quick game against players last year. Going 1-2 encouraged his team to per- The Gunnery School, re- in their frst three games, the severe. Unfortunately, Choate sulting in a sweeping win of team was anxious for a win got a slow start in the fourth 11-1, Choate fell short to the heading into their matchup set and couldn’t recover, los- Hotchkiss Bearcats with a last Friday against Newing- ing 17-25 and the match 1-3. score of 3-11. ton High School. “There was a spirited effort, In the frst half of the Newington took the frst but unforced errors cost us Hotchkiss game, the Bearcats set 25-20 due in large part the game,” said Nils Loveg- did a very good job complet- to their 6’6” middle blocker, ren ’18. Despite losing, Cho- ing deep passes. For the Cho- who caused problems for the ate battled through four tight ate players, this was the frst Photo courtesy of Mr. Ian Morris Choate defense throughout sets, demonstrating vigor and game all season in which they Captain Ben Wishnie-Edwards ’16 prepares to huck the disc downfield past two Hotchkiss defenders. the entire match. The second vast skill improvement since faced a team skilled enough set was back-and-forth until the beginning of the season. to do so, and as a result, were pleted a throw. Having calm, Offensively, we had quick long. This which resulted in captain Chanin Kitjatanapan After the game, Kit- not prepared to face it with non-frantic passes leads to disc movement, especially several turnovers. ’17 faked Newington with a jatanapan said, “It was a their defense. Captain Ben some good momentum, and from Ben Wishnie-Edwards, Despite the score, the set and then spiked the ball really tight game, and I’m Wishnie-Edwards ’16 com- we saw Hotchkiss just taking Mola Adeyemi ’18, Linds team maintained a positive into the back right corner. The happy with our performance. mented, “In the frst half, we that momentum and running Cadwell ’16, and Caleb Hast- outlook, ending the game ex- Wild Boars bounced back to It’s early in the season, and got beat deep way too often. with it the whole game.” ings ’18.” changing songs with the Gun- take the second set 25-23 and we have a lot of work to do in We kept playing underneath The team went into the The team fought hard nery and Hotchkiss teams. remained focused going into practice this week.” Choate our men trying to prevent second half down 6-1, but — Hastings and Adeyemi in Choate Ultimate is look- the rest of the game. will play Phillips Academy, short throws. But because kept calm and adjusted to the particular worked the disc ing to work on staying orga- After a strong start from an evenly matched team, on there was no wind, they were deep passes. As Head Coach down the feld and along the nized, staying focused, and Choate in the third set, New- April 23. Looking forward, able to just bomb it deep and Mr. Daniel Hartsoe stated, sideline, getting breaks, and moving the disc quickly on ington managed to set the the New England tourna- beat us downfeld a couple “Once we made the adjust- bringing the team together. offense and hopes to redeem score to 18-18. With every ment will culminate the sea- of times, which was unfor- ment and started helping Once the team started play- itself in the next three games point crucial in the home- son in under a month, where tunate.” Assistant Coach Mr. each other deep, Hotchkiss ing in unison, Choate com- this week, including one stretch of the third set, senior Choate will look to avenge its Morgan Harris commented, actually had to complete a pleted a number of offensive against its rival, Deerfeld, on Nazar Chowdhury ’16 made a three losses. “I think sometimes we got a lot of shorter passes to score sequences moving up the Saturday, April 23. key play against Newington’s little rushed and had we tak- and we did a much better job sideline, but unfortunately, star middle blocker. Chow- Grifin Kefer may be reached en one more breath, stayed of slowing down their offense they could not sustain the Sabrina Xie may be reached dhury’s block inspired Cho- at [email protected]. chilly, we could have com- by causing a lot of turnovers. offensive sequences for at [email protected].