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Take initiatives to decrease obesity rates

Eila Shokravi, Assistant Opinions Editor
March 19, 2025

During Super Bowl LIX, I found myself paying as much attention to the ads during the commercial breaks as I did to the game itself. Many of the commercials were about weight loss alternatives and body...

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Library Closes: Prospects and Pitfalls

Max Turetzky, Assistant Opinion Editor
August 26, 2023

Mudd Library is an essential element of many students’ time at the upper school. It’s not just an academic space, but one where students relax and talk with friends. However, this year, the school...

Putting Name* on trial

Putting Name* on trial

Tammer Bagdasarian
March 20, 2019

Louis, Megan, Lauren, Gordon, Phoebe*. A name and a star, the Chronicle’s method of citing anonymous quotes, can elicit powerful reactions within the school community. When a source who criticizes the...

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Continue semester classes

Audrey Kim, Assistant Opinions Editor
March 19, 2025

The school announced that all one-semester full block classes had to expand and would become full-year classes starting next year. Classes like Criminal Law, Creative Writing and Shakespeare and Our World...

Rethinking our mental health initiatives

Ellika LeSage, Assistant Opinions Editor
September 4, 2024

When the school released its new plans for improving student mental health last August, I felt a surge of hope. After a series of tragic events in our community and minimal support for students, it seemed...

Making up for lost time

James Hess, Assistant Opinion Editor
September 1, 2021

As a new ninth grader who came to the school without the friendships and memories usually forged in seventh and eighth grade, I’ve always perceived the upper school campus as a place to make up for lost...

Thanking the opinion section

Thanking the opinion section

Jessa Glassman
June 3, 2020

For the duration of my time as a Wolverine, the opinion section has been my home. I’ve taken refuge in its presentation of unabashed student perspectives and found solace in its inky pages filled with...

Accept competition

Accept competition

Jessa Glassman
March 20, 2019

Competition will inevitably thrive between actors auditioning for the same lead role in the school play, baseball players turning as many double plays as they can to make the Varsity team and yearbook...

Con: Keep Testing In

Audrey Kim, Assistant Opinion Editor
November 12, 2024

In middle school, I was studying for an impending math test when the COVID-19 lockdown hit. My math teacher made the test open note and said she would make the questions easier. I immediately stopped doing...

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Halloween should embrace innocence

Eila Shokravi, Assistant Opinions Editor
November 1, 2024

About a year ago, the administration sent an email to all Upper School students warning them to be careful attending Halloween parties because of the increase in teenage overdoses due to alcohol and drugs...

Embracing uncertainty

Sarah Mittleman, Opinion Editor
September 1, 2021

When students departed for what we expected to be a two-week quarantine, I was a sophomore who had yet to experience a full year at the Upper School. I hadn’t started behind-the-wheel driving lessons,...

Dear Saba: A New Start

Dear Saba: A New Start

Saba Nia
March 20, 2019

Dear College Freshman Saba, Today, I applied to work at my summer job for the last time. I expect several more lasts this year–my last night at home, my last stroll through the Quad–but this last...

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