Tyler Ory '21, Website Editor | October 19, 2018
Casey Bakarani ’22 | October 19, 2018
“Mad Dog” Mattis Resigns as Secretary of Defense
January 30, 2019
The Trump Administration’s Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis resigned December 20th in protest of the President’s sudden announcement that he would withdraw troops from Syria, saying “[the President has] the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with [his own].” Many felt that Mattis was the sole remaining “adult...
Interview with Queer Affinity Group and GSA Co-heads
November 28, 2018
The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Matthew Gainsboro, a Q2 (Queer and Questioning) and GSA (Gender Sexuality Alliance) co-head and Keagan Tan, a Q2 and QPOC (Queer People of Color) co-head. What made you want to be involved with GSA/Q^2 in the first place? Matthew Gainsboro: I guess for me it was...
Big Data Club at the “2018 Teradata Analytics Conference”
November 28, 2018
In mid-October, Big Data Club went to the 2018 Teradata Analytics Universe Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two student representatives at the conference, Lucas Ewing ’19 and Haley Wixom ’20 presented their study on gun violence in schools. Their presentation was completed with the help of other Big Data Club members such as Ken Lin ’18, August...
Room for Discussion: Harvard Lawsuit and Affirmative Action
Stefano Amador ’19, Helen Wu ’19
November 28, 2018
Introduction to Room For Discussion Based off of the New York Times’ Room For Debate section, Room for Discussion showcases the nuances of the multiple opinions revolving around a current controversial topic in order to encourage awareness, empathy, and further conversations. It is important to state that the opinions presented in this piece are...
Faculty Profile: Karilyn Sheldon
October 19, 2018
Karilyn Sheldon came to Concord Academy this year joining the Modern & Classical Languages department as a Latin teacher. Before coming to CA, she taught Latin and Greek to 7th-12th graders at Norfolk Academy, an independent school in the southeast of Virginia. Sheldon says that she “accidentally” became a teacher and explains,...
The Creation of the Chapel: An Interview with Barbara Bailey ’58
Abigail Herrmann and Hannah Fine ‘22
October 19, 2018
Barbara Bailey ’58 graduated Concord Academy in 1958 before taking a larger role in the CA community as a teacher. She entered CA as a freshman boarder from Chicago in 1954 and became a teacher 10 years later. While her experiences with CA chapels indefinitely vary from ours today, she did recount many interesting stories from her time here. Bailey...
Tyler Ory ‘21, Website Editor
November 28, 2018
In June 2018, The Cannabis Act to legalize Marijuana received royal assent, and as of October 17, 2018, it became legal to use and purchase Marijuana in Canada. The legalization...
November 28, 2018
Over the last few months, trade tensions have escalated between two global economic powers, China and the United States, as they continue to battle for the upper hand in the...
November 28, 2018
In October of 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a liberal Saudi Arabian journalist, went missing in the Saudi Arabian consulate. Khashoggi had been an author and previous editor in chief...
October 19, 2018
Racial Crisis in Xinjiang has no longer been an internal issue of People’s Republic of China, it is widely known nowadays internationally due to its close relationship...
February 4, 2019
Other opinion: Opt-out culture at CA Little is optional in a high school student’s life. However, this does not apply to the Inclusion Council meetings,...
Eric Yoon ’20, Staff Writer
February 4, 2019
Standardized Testing Eric Yoon ’20 As I head into my second semester as a junior, I am beginning to feel the pressure of college applications, which...
Marina He '20 and Charlotte Ko '20
February 4, 2019
Dolce & Gabbana: The “Not So Great” Great Show Marina He & Charlotte Ko Dolce and Gabbana released a three-series advertisement promoting “The...
Samantha Davidson ’19, Photo Editor
February 4, 2019
Thoughts on the College Process Samantha Davidson ’19 Most colleges request that students submit their common applications by January 1st,...
January 16, 2019
Should I admire the work of an artist who has a history of mistreating women? Reading multiple headlines alleging that Junot Díaz had a systemic pattern of sexual misconduct towards many women in his life launched me into a process...
January 16, 2019
At the beginning of December 2018, NASA successfully landed its InSight mission to the planet Mars. Launched in May 2018, the satellite successfully touched down on Mars six months later. Many raveled about the successful feat of landing...
November 28, 2018
On October 3rd, the federal government performed the first test of a nationwide alert system, sending out emergency alert messages to almost every cell phone in the country. The alert was sent out at 2:18 pm EST, which was soon followed...
November 28, 2018
Light is a part of our daily lives. Without light, we cannot see anything. Light seems to have no definite shape or form and is intangible, however, Arthur Ashkin, an optical physicist in Bell Telephone Laboratories...
January 16, 2019
If you are looking for a relaxing, light book to soak up your spare time between classes or before bed, look elsewhere. Nguyen’s first novel, The Sympathizer, is one of beautiful prose...
January 16, 2019
My grade is the first to almost entirely be born in the 21st century. CA seniors are mostly 2000s babies, the start of a generation of students cut off from the now nostalgia-ridden decade...
January 16, 2019
“We’re four misfits who don’t belong together. We're playing for other misfits. And the outcasts right in the back of the room, we're pretty sure they don't belong either. We belong...
November 30, 2018
John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning book The Grapes of Wrath is a literary masterpiece of which I have found no equal. Set in Oklahoma during the Great Depression,...
Eric Yoon ’20 and Anna Sander ’20
November 30, 2018
The Boston Red Sox won their fourth World Series in the twenty-first century, taking the Fall Classic four games to one against the Los Angeles Dodgers on October 28, 2018....
November 30, 2018
The last time that the Boston Celtics won an NBA Championship was 10 years ago. However, heading into the 2018-19 NBA season, Boston is one of the favorites to win it all....
November 30, 2018
This year, Concord Academy secured the Chandler Bowl after hours of nail-biting games in soccer, field hockey, cross country, and volleyball. Despite initial losses by boys...
Max Koehler ’22 and Finn Boyle ’22
October 21, 2018
With the 2018/2019 NFL season starting, this is a summary of the NFL Week Five top 3 teams and defending super bowl champions based on their performance in the first...
December 12, 2017
The Concord Academy winter sports season began on November 16th and team tryouts ended on Monday, November 20th. Now that the teams have been chosen, athletes are ready to...
Which NFL team do you think will win the Super Bowl?
- New England Patriots (67%, 2 Votes)
- Los Angeles Rams (33%, 1 Votes)
- Kanas City Chiefs (0%, 0 Votes)
- New Orleans Saints (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 3
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