People say that the more often you do frightening things, the easier they become. Unfortunately, standing here today feels just as intimidating as it did two years ago when I gave my first Chapel talk....

Try not to roll your eyes when I say this: I proudly play ultimate frisbee. One of Coach Dave Thompson’s most frequent phrases is “make space to take space.” You have to open up the field by moving...

I came to Hotchkiss with a fever— I carved my path so intensely that at some point my dedication bordered on insanity, and my discipline, asceticism. My drive didn’t come from external pressure or...

It’s a Saturday night during my Lower Mid year. I’m sitting on the edge of a friend’s bed, holding my phone like a prop, half-listening to a conversation I have nothing to add to. The room is full,...

When I was a kid, my mom didn’t have to be particularly observant. I was unapologetically emotional, wearing my heart on my sleeve for everyone to see. All I knew were open arms waiting for me to come...

For those of you who don’t know what an Ironman is, it’s a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile marathon—back-to-back-to-back, all in one day. People train for years to do this. I...

One of my favorite memories is of my sister and me on the trampoline in mid-summer, practicing flips we had absolutely no business attempting. In my version of this memory, we are fearless and...

Lowerclass students may explore honors and advanced courses in STEM fields from the moment they arrive on campus. A Prep who’s ready for a higher-level math or physics class can take advantage...

For many teens, myself included, scrolling through social media has become so routine that we don’t even notice how much political content we are absorbing. You open an app for entertainment,...

It’s natural to feel skeptical when a human finds what they claim is unconditional love with a chatbot. As exemplified by Windsor Johnston’s NPR article, “I Went on a Date with My AI Boyfriend...

A couple of weeks ago, I got a notification on my phone from The New York Times alerting me that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had been deployed to TSA in airports. Previously,...