Choate Rosemary Hall 333 Christian Street Wallingford, CT VOL. CXIII · NO. II FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER , THECHOATENEWS.CHOATE.EDU Photo courtesy of Charissa Lin Choate students protested at the New Haven climate strike on Friday, September 20. See NEW HAVEN, Page 3 Missing Dishes, Cutlery New Club Proposal Process Growing Problem for SAGE Established for Fall By Praj Chirathivat ’22 keep silverware in, and there Though the School has made By Nick Visuthikhosol ’22 have been viewed as a club that If students wanted to start Staf Reporter are many empty racks of glass- announcements to the Choate Staf Reporter is not there to help the students a club last year, they had to community to discourage stu- but to catch the student’s mis- email former Assistant Director In the past year, SAGE Din- dents and faculty from taking This school year, the Com- takes. We do not want to be seen of Student Activities, Ms. Alex ing Services has noticed a sharp We have had to silverware and plates out of the mittee on Student Activities like that because that is not what Long, or former Director of Stu- rise in the number of silver- continually restock what dining hall, the lost items have (COSA) has decided to change we are mandated to do by our dent Activities, Mr. Jim Yanelli. ware, plates, and glasses that we had available to the created a significant financial the new-club proposal process mission,” said Laura Solano Flo- The student would also have to have gone missing from Cho- students and faculty. burden for the School, a figure in what it hopes will be an efort rez ’20, vice chair of COSA. contact a COSA member to initi- ate’s Hill House Dining Hall. that Mr. Kikosicki has declined to better achieve its mission of Last year, because many ate the approval process. Mr. Paul Kikosicki “We have had to continually re- to provide. Last year, the dining being a resource for students to clubs failed to stay active COSA would assess the stu- SAGE Onsite Food Service Director stock what we had available to service ordered a total of 2880 sustain a culture of active club throughout the year, there was dents’ goals and learn why they the students and faculty,” said pieces of silverware. SAGE has life on campus. a major change in the club pro- thought this club was import- SAGE Onsite Food Service Di- already had to order an extra Many students have long posal process: COSA developed ant. If all went well, the leaders rector Mr. Paul Kikosicki. “We es in the back. They were disap- seen COSA as a club that does a more selective process for can’t fill all the containers we pearing at a fast rate.” See SILVERWARE, Page 2 the opposite. “In the past, we club approval. See COSA, Page 2 CHANGE IN STATEWIDE TOBACCO LAWS WILL MIDAUTUMN FESTIVAL AFFECT CHOATE POLICY DRAWS CROWDS By Chris Lin ’21 producing these products. It to Choate’s Safe Haven poli- rules, now, if they vape on Staf Reporter seems clear that the companies cy. Information about the new school grounds they are break- specifically target high-school- state law has been included ing Connecticut state law,” Last summer, students age students in their market- in the Student Handbook so said Mr. Velez. and their parents received an ing. The scary part is that there students, parents, and faculty This clause may also have a email from Choate’s Dean of isn’t enough data yet to know can inform themselves on the direct impact on adults at Cho- Students Mr. Michael Velez how dangerous using these changes in state legislation and ate. Faculty and staff who live detailing revisions to the Stu- products is to one’s health.” the corresponding shifts made on campus have been told that dent Handbook. One signifi- While the use of other to Choate’s drug policy. smoking, which includes the cant change will occur along drugs, including opioids, alco- “I believe that this new use of cigarettes, cigars, and with the passing of a new Con- hol, and traditional cigarettes, law will be something that the vaping products, on the school necticut State Law regarding has decreased in recent years, deans look at very carefully campus will be prohibited be- the sale of tobacco products. there has been a significant in- and take feedback from the ginning October 1. This rule On October 1, 2019, Connecti- crease in teen vaping through- Student Council. The vaping includes any residence that a cut will become the 16th state out the country. policy will be reviewed care- faculty member inhabits on to raise the minimum age to A recent study by the Uni- fully by students and faculty school grounds. purchase tobacco products —in- versity of Michigan found that alike,” said Ms. Dana Brown, a “I think that it is an incon- cluding e-cigarettes and vaping the number of high school va- fifth-form dean. venience in some ways,” said paraphernalia —from 18 to 21. pers in the United States in- While amendments to the Ms. Brown, “but it is the law Several Connecticut towns, in- creased by more than 1.3 mil- school's policy have yet to be and we have to abide by it. I be- cluding Wallingford, the fifth lion from 2017 to 2018. finalized, Mr. Velez expects lieve our faculty and staff are town to have passed ordinanc- Much of the controversy stricter regulations and con- flexible and will abide by the es through local legislation, has been centered around the sequences to be implemented laws of the state and the reg- raised the minimum age for e-cigarette company JUUL at Choate in the future. “Even ulations set down by Choate,” purchasing tobacco in March Labs, Inc. and its product, the though I don't expect any im- said Ms. Dana Brown. 2019, which started the con- JUUL e-cigarette. JUUL, which mediate changes in the law af- Mr. Velez acknowledged Photo courtesy of Abby Lu versation at Choate before pas- is owned in part by Altria, the ter October 1, we have the abil- that his office has work to do to A wide selection of traditional Chinese food was ofered at the festival. sage of the new state law expe- maker of Marlboro cigarettes, ity in our student handbook reshape the wellness curricu- dited the process. accounts for nearly 75% of the to continue changing policy lum in certain aspects and edu- By Joy Bang ’22 nese Club organized the Mid-Au- Vaping has dominated re- U.S. e-cigarette market. if circumstances require us to cate students about the change Reporter tumn Festival Dinner. Abby Lu ’22, cent headlines, as an onslaught On September 9, 2019, the reevaluate,” he said. “As an of- in state law. “Groups on cam- a cabinet member of the Chinese of vape-related illnesses and U.S. Food and Drug Adminis- fice, we will continue to moni- pus like Peer Educators that On Friday, September 13, the Club, said, “We hosted the event even deaths, especially those tration issued a warning letter tor coverage not only of the law will be well-positioned to have Chinese Club hosted its annual because we wanted something that of numerous high-school stu- to JUUL Labs Inc. for market- but this general issue.” student-to-student conversa- Mid-Autumn Festival Dinner. will show people a fun side of Chi- dents, has struck the nation.“I ing an unauthorized modified In addition to the rise in tions,” he said. “Beyond that, The Mid-Autumn Festival is re- nese culture.” think vaping poses a serious risk tobacco products through the minimum age to purchase there will be programs, such as garded as one of the most import- Chinese Club President Jayden health risk,” said Mr. Velez. false labelling, advertising, tobacco products, there is also bringing a speaker to campus ant holidays in Chinese culture. Khuu ’21 said, “Because the fes- “In the past decade, so much and direct marketing towards a clause in the law criminal- or having an educational com- In hopes to teach students tival is traditionally a gathering of the work trying to educate youth in schools. izing the act of smoking on a ponent to school meetings.” about Chinese culture and for Chi- for family, gathering with friends teenagers about the dangers of Starting this school year, school campus. “While before nese students who weren’t able to at school may help bring Choate tobacco use has, in a large way, e-cigarettes and other tobac- a student possessing vapes or Chris Lin may be reached go home and celebrate the national been undone by the companies co products have been added e-cigs violated Choate's school at [email protected] holiday with their family, the Chi- See MID-AUTUMN, Page 2 What’s A Growing Movement A Fresh Experience 26 days into their Choate Inside Students protest climate change journey, third-formers reflect on School News...............................1-2 in Hartford and New Haven. 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