“What is the purpose of your paper?” The four of us on the Executive Board sat in the lounge, meeting the gazes of each other, unsure of how to answer the Yale Daily News (YDN) staff member who...

Coughing and sneezing; classes and practices with half of their students; bags under everyone’s eyes: these are all symptoms of a community stricken by the spread of the flu and other illnesses. While...

I initially began writing for The Record in the fall of my Prep year at Hotchkiss. I had always had an interest in journalism and knew I wanted to write for a news publication in high school. I decided...

Number of issues: 15.5 (kinda); number of words published in the Record: 182,319; number of photos and cartoons: 1,190; number of images converted into CMYK: 1,150 probably; number of images I’ve forgotten...

I was unlucky enough to become the President of The Record’s CXXI Editorial Board. It isn’t that I disliked my time at The Record, I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it, but rather the path I took...

I’m going into my Senior spring, and it looks like it’s time for me to figure out how to wax sentimental. I’ve never been particularly good at that, but here we go. It was around this time 3 years...

Earlier this week, students and faculty gathered to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a program which is part of the school’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion and help students feel safe,...

This upcoming break, many of the American readers of this paper will make their way back to their families in order to celebrate Thanksgiving. Hopefully, though, most of you think you have some kind of...

At the beginning of each November, school spirit reaches its peak as Hotchkiss celebrates its long-standing rivalry with Taft. Main hallway becomes nearly unrecognizable, as students eagerly cover the...

The majority of students at this institution are citizens of the United States, who are granted by law rights and liberties that are often portrayed as the gold standard of human rights for the world....

As the end of the marking period quickly approaches, many students are feeling the overwhelming pressure to earn perfect grades and ensure the appearance of “A”s on their report cards. In an environment...