As vice president of the student body for the upcoming school year, Madeleine Foote ’11 has taken over the reins of the Committee Student Activities (COSA), and will continue her position as head of the Club Recognition Board (CRB). With the help of Cason Crane ’11, the secretary of CRB, the board has set out to enhance club life on campus. Their first step has been placing clubs under stricter scrutiny to ensure that the clubs are indeed active.

On Wednesday, May 19th, after two long months of demanding for the dissolution of Parliament, anti-government protestors known as “Red Shirts” withdrew from their main rally site in Bangkok. Government security forces then launched a crackdown on the demonstrator’s main encampment, which was located in the heart of Bangkok’s financial and shopping district.

On Sunday, the twelfth annual Walk for Autism was held on campus by the Autism Spectrum Resource Center (ASRC) in cooperation with Choate Rosemary Hall.

This is the third year running the walk has been centered on Choate’s campus. The walk/run involved a 5K course followed by activities at booths on the field in front of the Winter X. So far $151,000 has been raised with a projected $155,000 total. The ASRC, based in Wallingford, organized the event to promote awareness and raise money for Autism support programs. With the $155,000, the ASRC, which is not part of the national autism organization, Autism Speaks, can fund itself for the entire year.

The event has become a galvanizing spring ritual that activates Choate’s community spirit on a broad scale. Mrs. Sandy Shanahan, wife of Headmaster Ed Shanahan, said, “Mr. Shanahan and I brought it to Choate. I got to know Julie Hipp, who runs the ASRC, and we thought that the Choate campus would be a great place to have it, so we brought it here.” With the event’s new location came a large number of Choate volunteers, who have made the event a success since it arrived.

After its twelfth regional victory at the Boston Federal Reserve Bank, Choate’s Fed Challenge Team will partake in the national competition held on May 18th in Washington, D.C. The 2010 Fed Challenge team members are Ian Chan ’10, Olivia Jorgensen ’10, Pooja Pendri ’10, Ellis Reilly ’10, and Roman Yevstihnyeyev ’11.