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November 18th issue: last issue of the fall term

The News will resume publication in January. Have a nice break!

 
Math Team Earns First Place in New England
By Sneha Saha ’14, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00


Submitting over eight perfect papers, the math team tied for first in the November contest of the New England Mathematics League (NEML) on October 12th.

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Eighty Percent of Seniors Apply Early to College
By Caroline Agsten ’13 and Zoe Dobuler ’13, News Staff Reporters   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

This fall about 80% of the senior class has applied early for college admission. This percentage is a noticeable increase from the 75% of the students who applied early last year.

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Fall Teams Celebrate Success, Look to Postseason
By James Line ’12, Jason Plush ’12, Katherine Kowal ’12, Emma Cook ’14, Sam Konolige ’14, Allie Williams ’15, and Charlie Wall ’15, News Staff Reporters   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

Boys’ Soccer

On Wednesday, November 16, the Choate Varsity Boys’ Soccer Team kicked off against Andover Academy as the fifth seed in the first round of this year’s New England soccer tournament. Coming off a successful regular season with a 10-4-3 record, the Wild Boars are eager to move past an unsatisfying 1-1 tie against Deerfield and focus on the postseason.

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Festival Chorus To Perform At Carnegie Hall Over Break
By Lindsey Lui ’14, News Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

On November 27 at 2 p.m., approximately fifty singers in Choate’s Festival Chorus will be performing with the New England Symphonic Ensemble on the Ronald O. Perelman Stage in the Isaac Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall, in a concert produced by Mid-America Productions.

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Interdisciplinary Courses Offer Fuller Education
By Maddie Beecher ‘13, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

In the last decade, substantial debate has arisen about the manner in which America educates its students. Many educators and professors have been questioning the effectiveness of the division of subjects into delivery systems-- typically into science, math, history, English, and a foreign language. They claim that this division of subjects is impractical to students’ learning styles and inconsistent with the way the world is actually viewed outside of school.

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Protected Period Affects Stress
By Sarah Balaguer ’12, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00


The start of “protected period” is the first sign that the end of the term is approaching. “Protected period” is the to the last week and a half of classes of each term, before exams start. During this time, each academic department has an assigned day to give tests on.

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Let’s Do Lunch, Not Undo It
By Trevor Peard, English Department   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

You’ll like this. In this, you’ll witness a faculty member flounder after a hopeless cause that only he considers worth the time, or even the ink.

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Dancing, Hip Hop, Step, and Spirit at D-Day Pep Rally
By Nicole Wallace ’13, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00


On Friday, November 11, the annual Deerfield Day Pep Rally took place in the Paul Mellon Arts Center. The Pep Rally featured performances by the varsity teams and Senior Soccer, along with acts by other Choate clubs including the Step Squad and Hip Hop Club, to rally students to beat Deerfield and supporting competing Choate teams the following day.

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Herman Cain Unfit for Presidency
By John Grow ‘13, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

In the race for the GOP candidacy, Herman Cain is a standout. Whether through his gimmicky economic policies or current sexual harassment scandals, time and again Cain has proven himself a master of attracting media attention to his cause. However, during the current firestorm of allegations surrounding the would-be candidate, I worry that Americans have lost sight of the fundamental reason why such a man is absolutely unfit for office: his policy ideas. Herman Cain has proven himself consistently incapable of producing a coherent or even mildly prudent stance on any of the critical issues facing this nation, including, among many others, the economic crisis, foreign relations, and immigration.

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Curtis, in First Policy Departure from Shanahan, Reduces Community Lunch
By Jackie Bernstein ’13, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

Headmaster Dr. Alex Curtis formally announced on Wednesday that Community Lunch would take place only on Fridays next term.  Community Lunch (aka “Sit-Down Lunch”), is a two-time per week exercise in bringing one third of the student body and faculty together for forty minutes in each of one of the mid-day blocks. The custom, less than six years old, has been controversial since it was instituted by former headmaster Ed Shanahan with minimal consultation with faculty.

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89th Deerfield Day Yields Choate Triumphs
By James Line ’12, Jason Plush ’12, Katherine Kowal ’12, Sharel Liu ’13, Emma Cook ’14, and Allie Williams ’15, News Staff Reporters   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00


On Saturday, November 12, five varsity teams and nine sub-varsity teams travelled to Deerfield Academy, marking the 89th annual Deerfield Day.  Three of the five varsity teams were victorious.

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Double Feature: Spizzwinks and Choate a Cappella
By Alisha Kapur ’14, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00


The Yale Spizzwinks, the nation’s oldest undergraduate a cappella group, is scheduled to perform on the PMAC Main Stage on December 9 at 7:30 PM. Alumnus David Lim ’09 is a member of this prestigious ensemble, and he will be joined by two of Choate’s own a cappella groups that will be picked after auditions on November 16th. Choate students, faculty, and staff will be able to purchase tickets to the event for five dollars.

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Turkey Day Traditions: How Choaties Spend Thanksgiving Break
By Isabella Wu ’14, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

Less than two weeks away from Thanksgiving, many Choate students have already made plans for the week away from school. Most are looking forward to Thanksgiving break and their own Thanksgiving holiday celebrations, whether traditional or unique, while some choose not to celebrate the holiday at all.

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Plans for KEC Curriculum Develop
By Julia Griffin ’14, News Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00


As construction on the Kohler Environmental Center (KEC) continues, Choate faculty members, department heads, and the Director of the KEC, Dr. Howard Ernst, are working to finalize a curriculum for the center’s inaugural class. The curriculum will feature some similar courses at Choate, but the center will also offer its own, unique classes.

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The Gold Standard: 9/11
By Evan Goldstein '12, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

Living as we do in an era of the most partisan division in American history, it is seldom that we find occasion for the country to come together.  But as we pass the 10th anniversary of 9/11, nothing could be more appropriate than for the United States to come together as patriots, as we did that fateful morning a little over ten years ago.

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Nat Warner ’13 Qualifies For Worlds Debate
By Evan Goldstein ’12, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00


On Sunday, November 13th, Nat Warner ‘13 finished first at the Andover Invitational Debate Tournament, qualifying for a spot on Team USA at the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Competition (WIDPSC) in Brisbane, Australia, this spring.

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Random Acts of Kindness Revived
By Mia Perez ’13, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

On Thursday, November 10, two tables full of chocolate chip cookies appeared in the Humanities Rotunda thanks to “A Random Act of Kindness,” according to the signs posted all around campus.

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No Prejudice For “Pride”
By Adam Goo ’13, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00


From November 3 to 5, Choate’s theater department performed Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice on the PMAC Main Stage, the second production of fall term. A character-driven, gossip-ridden play, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of the Bennet sisters, who seek happiness in the 19th century, an era filled with double standards, parental pressures, and societal restrictions.

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Big History, Small Dorm: Squire Stanley
By Brennan Marczewski ’13, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00


Squire Stanley, previously known as the Red House, was built in the 1690s.  It was first a haven for Revolutionary War patriots, a hospitality house for George Washington, a local seat of justice, and a court used to try Royalists. In 1775, Squire Oliver Stanley bought the house, giving it the name it has today.

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The Dream Act: A Step Forward for Immigrants
By Ian Klin ‘13, News Staff Reporter   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

On October 11th, governor Jerry Brown of California signed into law the second part of what is known as the Dream Act. That name will sound familiar to many, primarily because of the federal bill of the same name. The federal Dream Act was introduced a decade ago and has been reintroduced multiple times since its inception, most recently in May of 2011 by Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

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Is Homework Still Serving its Purpose?
By the 105th Editorial Board   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00

As students, we all face a constant struggle with the limited free time we have. In 1880s, the American Federation of Labor argued for “eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will” to improve the lives of American laborers. Though the slogan represented the goals of the lower- and middle-class in late 19th century, it embodies the unattainable objectives of Choate students now.

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Spirit Week Returns for Deerfield Day 2011
By Emma Zehner ’13, Copy Editor   
Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00


In anticipation of Choate’s 89th annual Deerfield Day, Choate students participated in Spirit Week from November 8th to November 11th.

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