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December
Sarah Roberts '20, News Editor, and Sophie Sonnenfeld '21
During the Friday, October 19 all-school Assembly, Head of School Dr. Kai Bynum unveiled the plans for a new track and softball feld, marking a powerful advancement in Hopkins history.
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Burton Lyng-Olsen '20, Campus Contributor
As the days get shorter and the first snow falls, the Hopkins community enters a brief period of weekly working frenzy. During the weekends, however, many students won’t be found at home studying, but instead outside in the cold partaking in the annual Connecticut Food Bank Fundraiser campaign.
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Leah Miller ’20 Assistant Arts Editor
Amidst one of the more academically strenuous times of the school year, the Hopkins Drama Association once again took on the stage for a gripping theatrical piece from November 29 -December 1 with their production of Anon(ymous), directed by Hope Hartup.
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Orly Baum ’22
Ian Dailis ’20, finds inspiration in taking intricate photos of his surroundings.
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Juan Lopez ’22
Caitlyn Chow ’19 has been a powerful force within the Hopkins Girls Swim Team for four years.
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Nick Hughes ’22 Alex Hughes ’19 Sports Editor
Owen Sherman ’19 is one of the Boys Varsity Wrestling captains this year.
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Eleanor Doolittle’20 Arts Editor
On Tuesday, December 4, Battell Chapel, Yale’s elaborate place of worship, was flled with melodious music from Hopkins’ annual Music of Winter concert.
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Julia Kosinski '21 and Zoe Kim '20, Assistant News Editors
To begin this year’s season of fundraising, Student Council President Samuel Jenkins ’19 surprised the Hopkins community by changing the name of the fundraiser from the long standing Canned Food Drive, also known as the CFD, to the Connecticut Food Bank Fundraiser, or the CFBF.
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Ella Fujimori '21, Campus Contributer
When I was 12 years old I decided to donate my hair.
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Izzy Lopez-Kalapir ’20 Features Editor Sam Mason ’22
Throughout the year, Hopkins hosts several school dances, including Homecoming, Yule, and Sadie’s.
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Lily Meyers '20, Assistant Features Editor
Holiday food traditions can be a way to connect with family and friends, enjoy some of the extra free time during break, and, of course, eat some good food.
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Graley Turner '20, Campus Contributer
I’m sitting in the hallway in the basement of Thompson and I’m about to have an anxiety attack.
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I wish...
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Katherine Takoudes '20, Arts Editor
After being admitted into Hopkins in sixth grade, I remember my dad telling me that my classmates would be a bunch of other Katherine Takoudeses.
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Do you have any advice for other people? Don’t be afraid to prioritize yourself above other things once in a while.
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Saira Munshani’20 Voices Editor
The concept of “tabula rasa” has been developed and considered all over the world, and it now makes its mark on Hopkins as the theme for the community art show this November to January in the Keator Gallery.
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The Class of 2019 gives us a peek into their college essays, as they near the end of their application journey....
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Today is the start of Winter Break. While many of you are about to enjoy your winter holidays, I know seniors are about to enter a world of pain.
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Olivia Capasso '19, Editor-at-Large
Currently, a global conversation centers around the controversial crisis of immigrants fleeing their native countries and arriving on the shores of foreign nations in search of a better life.
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November
Katie Broun '19, Managing Editor
There was an Eleanor Roosevelt quote that I found recently that resonated with me.
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Melody Parker ’19
I’ve always been quiet.
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Eleanor Doolittle ’20 Arts Editor
Zachary Blake ’19 is an avid cellist whose passion and dedication to his instrument have reaped great success.
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Sarah Roberts '20, News Editor
This year, on Friday October 12, the Hopkins Student Diversity Board hosted the Culture and Community Day assembly, but with an expanded purpose.
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Parker Connolly ’20
It’s June. You’ve been in your bird-cage for months and months, and finally, you fly free.
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Noah Schmeisser '19, Editor-at-Large and JR Stauff '19, News Editor
This fall, Hopkins rolled out a new version of its website.
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Madeleine Walker ’19
When I was standing at the [purposely unnamed, politically partisan] club table at the activities fair and asking passersby to sign up, at least a dozen responded with “Nah, I don’t get into that stuff. I don’t mess with politics.”
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Theodore Tellides ’19 Editor-in-Chief
Meet John Huggins ’61, Hopkins Alumnus and Black Panther.
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Margaret Mushi '19 and Audrey Braun '19, Sports Editor
Michael Christie ’19 has been a powerhouse presence on the Boys Cross Country team for six years.
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Sapphira Ching '20
Naomi Tomlin ’19 has been playing field hockey since seventh grade.
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Katherine Takoudes ’20 Arts Editor
On Friday, November 11, Hopkins’ three a cappella groups - Spirens, Harmonaires, and Triple Trio - will gather in Upper Heath to perform in Can Jam, a concert to benefit the Connecticut Food Bank.
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Where did you grow up? I grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, wedged between fruit and fish stands and a post office.
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Connor Pignatello ’19 Features Editor
Senior mentors may be best known for their pre-advisor group Dunkin Donuts runs, but the most important qualities they bring to those early morning meetings are their experience and advice.
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Leah Miller ’20 Assistant Arts Editor
October 11-13 marked the kickoff of the Hopkins Drama Association (HDA) season with the fall production of The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket.
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Simon Bazelon '21, Assistant Op/Ed Editor
Last week, Hopkins began our largest community service project, the annual Canned Food Drive.
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Julia Kosinski '21, Assistant News Editor
The Yali delegation’s visit to Hopkins marks a turning point in Hopkins’ global connection with other rigorous schools around the globe. On September 26, a delegation of twenty middle school students and three faculty members from the Yali-Peicui school in Changsha China arrived at Hopkins.
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September
Lily Meyers ’20 Assistant Features Editor
Five days after summer break began, students in the Hopkins Tour Choir convened to leave for their trip to Portugal and Spain from June 11 to June 20.
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Anushree Vashist ’21, Assistant Sports Editor
Dominate the Day is a nonproft foundation established in honor of Hopkins alumnus and faculty member Jordan Sebastian ’11, who passed away last October.
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Zoe Kim '20 Assistant News Editor
Although many students used their time off for traveling, eating, and sleeping, some kids found themselves on Hopkins campus during their summer vacation.
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Julia Kosinski ’21 Assistant News Editor
On August 5, a group of ten students and two chaperones traveled to Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, where they spent ten days volunteering at a local elementary school and gaining insight into Guatemalan culture.
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Connor Hartigan ’19 Op/Ed Editor
I have to give the Trump administration credit for one impressive achievement.
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Katherine Takoudes '20, Arts Editor
Student Productions kicked off the 2018-2019 theater season with their adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play, Much Ado About Nothing, on September 6 and 7.
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The Razor welcomes new faculty and staff to Hopkins. Here are some personal introductions and tidbits. Be sure to give them a warm welcome!
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June
Eleanor Doolittle ’20 Arts Editor
This summer, Hopkins Concert Choir departs for a European tour of Spain and Portugal, visiting Lisbon, Madrid, Lagos, Seville, Toledo, and Granada.
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Leah Miller ’20 Assistant Arts Editor
Within the graduation tent on the evening of Thursday, June 7, Hopkins a capella will rock the stage with their annual Spam Jam celebration.
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Joseph Hutchinson '21
Writing is essential to our role as students, day in and day out.
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Veronica Yarovinsky '20, Assistant Features Editor
A general reaction to learning that someone is vegan is “Why? How?” but the vegans at Hopkins are used to these questions.
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As the year comes to a close amidst daydreams of sandy beaches, aspirations for the next year have begun to arise. The Hopkins community strives to raise awareness about the injustices of the world, but it often ignores the plight of poverty.
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Noah Slager '19
This week I quit rock climbing competitively.
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Aaron Gruen ’21
At Hopkins, students are given a wide array of art classes to choose from, ranging from Orchestra to Web Design.
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Anu Vashist ’21 Assistant Sports Editor
Aislinn O’Brien ’18 is one of the co-captains of the Girls Lacrosse Team this spring. O’Brien played lacrosse for a local team in fourth grade, but unsatisfied with her skill, she quit shortly after. At Hopkins, O’Brien decided to try lacrosse in the Junior School
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Ethan Pritchard ’19
Jake Rizzuti ’18 first set foot on a baseball diamond in kindergarten.
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Saira Munshani ’20 Voices Editor
As a tribute to National Poetry Month this past April, English 10 students have brought poems from inside the classroom to pathways on The Hill.
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Connor Pignatello '19, Features Editor
Summer Reading: the dread of every Hopkins student.
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From the Razor Staff
Numbers listed after colleges indicate that multiple Hopkins students will be attending those institutions next year.
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Helena Lyng-Olsen '18, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
When Donna Fasano retires from Hopkins this June, she will end an era that has spanned her forty-two years teaching English at Hopkins.
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Lilly Tipton '18, Managing Editor Emeritus
When Eric Mueller frstwalked onto the Hopkins campus, he had no idea that it would be his home for the next forty years.
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Zoe Kim '20 and Julia Kosinski '21, Assistant News Editors
On the weekend of May 18, the Hopkins Science Olympiad Team travelled to Colorado State University to compete against sixty schools from around the country at the National Science Olympiad Tournament.
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Lily Meyers '20, Assistant Features Editor
Summer vacation is here, along with all of the activities and traditions that go with it. One such ritual is going out for ice-cream. Many students have a favorite local ice-cream shop to visit when the temperatures get high, but if you do not know where to go, or are just looking for some new places to try, here are some recommendations from Hopkins students.
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Katie Broun '19, Managing Editor
Balance is diffcult to come by.
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Teddy Glover '21 Assistant Sports Editor
As the world waits with bated breath for the 2018 World Cup, many Americans will be left with a sense of disappointment as they watch the most viewed sporting event on Earth begin, without the presence of the United States Men’s National Team.
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Katherine Takoudes ’20 Arts Editor
Every year, graduating artists in Fine Arts III complete one final project: to design and paint their class banner, to be unfurled to the Hopkins Community at Prize Day.
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Veronica Yarovinsky '20, Assistant Features Editor and Connor Pignatello '19, Features Editor
Every spring, seniors at Hopkins embark on Senior Projects in areas that interest them. Here is what some seniors have created this year.
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May
It would be an understatement to call the current political climate polarizing. Democrats and Republicans are essentially at war, and both sides view each other as the Antichrist.
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Katherine Takoudes ’20 Arts Editor
For Kieran Anderson ’18, music has always been a part of his life.
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Alex Hughes ’19 Sports Editor
Chris Sherk ’18, a Co-Captain of Hopkins Boys Varsity Lacrosse, has been a prominent force in the program’s defense for the past six years. “Although he only started playing lacrosse in seventh grade, he’s one of the best goalies [Hopkins] has ever seen,” said attackman Quinn Schneider ’18.
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Anu Vashist ’21 Assistant Sports Editor
Girls Track and Field Co-Captain Grace El-Fishawy ’18 has been on the team since seventh grade; however, her love of running began much earlier.
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JR Stauff '19 News Editor
From April 25 to 28, The Hopkins Robotics Team competed at World Championships in Detroit, Michigan.
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Eleanor Doolittle ’20 Arts Editor
During the past few months, students in both the orchestra and concert choir were busy preparing for the annual Spring Music Concert.
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Izabella Lopez-Kalapir '20, Features Editor & Veronica Yarovinsky '20, Assistant Features Editor
With the warm sun shining and the classes over, summer vacation is a great time to relax and take a break from the demands of school.
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Sarah Roberts '20 News Editor
On March 24, hundreds of thousands of people across the country marched together in solidarity with the student survivors and activists from the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 students.
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Katie Broun '19, Managing Editor
Stephen Hawking, an iconic, inspirational figure in the scientific community, said, “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”
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Miya Segal ’21
I had just crossed the Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan, perhaps the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world where thousands of visitors come to see its magic every day.
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Julia Kosinski '21 Assistant News Editor
Dr. Josiah Kaplan, this year’s Hopkins Spring Fellow, will visit Hopkins and speak in Assembly on Friday, May 11.
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Leah Miller ’20 Assistant Arts Editor
The Hopkins Drama Association (HDA) was back at it again with their triumphant spring production of Once in a Lifetime, on April 26 to 28.
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Teddy Glover ’21 Assistant Sports Editor
Regarded as the greatest rivalry in sports by many, the historic competition between the Red Sox and the Yankees boiled over yet again on April 11, culminating in yet another brawl.
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Zoe Kim '20 Assistant News Editor
With only a couple months left of the school year, the Hopkins community has chosen Sam Jenkins ‘19 as its new Student Council President.
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Connor Pignatello '19, Features Editor & Veronica Yarovinsky '20, Assistant Features Editor
The Razor staff interviewed Hopkins seniors about the college process. Below are their responses.
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1) This year the Girls Varsity Water Polo team is the biggest in Hopkins’ history. How many people are on the team?
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Kristina Yarovinski ’18 News Editor Emeritus
The stands are packed with cheering crowds, eager to watch the athletes compete. At this point, it is too late for the athletes to train harder, eat healthier, or sleep more. Their physical preparation is done, leaving their mind as their most powerful tool.
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Genevieve Speer ’18
Sometime this year, Athletic Director Rocco DeMaio made an announcement in Assembly, creating a recurring weekly event called “Maroon Friday.” This may have seemed like a silly dress-up at first, but I think it is exactly what we need.
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Lily Meyers ’20, Assistant Features Editor & George Kosinski, ’19 Assistant Voices Editor
It’s spring on The Hill now, and that means Prom season has officially arrived. The “Prom mindset” is prevalent across the Upper School.
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March
Isabel Vlahakis ’19
All around me, I see intelligent young women succeeding and thriving in a world that is constantly evolving, for better or for worse.
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Mike Lazarre ’18
Am I too black, or not black enough?
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Emilia Cottignoli ’18 Arts Editor
A decorated performer with twelve years of experience at hand, Mark Xu ’18 exudes success in his musical career.
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Julia Kosinski ’21
Water polo captain Karyn Bartosic ’18 began her Hopkins career in 2013.
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Teddy Glover ’21
Phil Schmitt ’18, co-captain of this year’s Varsity Boys Tennis Team, has long inspired others on and off the tennis court through his skill and outgoing demeanor. At the age of five, Schmitt’s grandfather pushed him towards tennis-- putting this year’s co-captain on the path to where he is today.
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Eleanor Doolittle '20, Assistant Features Editor
The Calarco Library is undergoing a major process, “weeding,” that regulates the books at Hopkins.
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Katie Broun ’19 Arts Editor
Last month, the Hopkins Keator Gallery opened a new exhibit showcasing the work of Hopkins longtime art teacher Eric Mueller.
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Jeff Gu '18, Features Editor
Located a short eight-minute drive from our very own Hopkins Forest Road lot, Dozo Asian Bistro and Sushi is the shortstop, after school, after-activities meal that should replace student obsession with the Athenian Diner.
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Saira Munshani '20, Assistant News Editor
Established two years ago, the Academic Policy Committee Schedule Subcommittee strives to examine student life and ways that the schedule can be improved upon in order to meet the needs of the Hopkins student body and faculty.
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Leah Miller ’20 Katherine Takoudes ’20 Assistant Arts Editor
The Hopkins Drama Association (HDA) wrapped up another successful spring musical, Heathers: The Musical, on March 1 to 4. Heathers is the story of senior Veronica Sawyer (Georgia Doolittle ’18) who longs to be popular like the three Heathers: Heather McNamara (Naomi Roberts ’18), Heather Duke (Katie Broun ’19), and Heather Chandler (Kiarra Lavache ’18).
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Spencer Lockhart ’18 Assistant Sports Editor
While many Hopkins students this past winter were focused on perfecting their shots on the basketball courts, their swings in squash, or maybe even their breaststroke or diving form, there were a few Hilltoppers who took their athletic pursuits off of The Hill and onto much snowier, larger ones.
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Theodore Tellides '19, News Editor and Sarah Roberts '20, Assistant News Editor
Tracy K Smith, the current U.S. Poet Laureate and perhaps one of the most distinguished poets of the modern era, will visit Hopkins on Friday, May 4.
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Zander Blitzer '18, Features Editor
As Hopkins students and faculty return from March Break rested and refreshed, the crunch period before vacation may seem like a distant memory.
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Izabella Lopez-Kalapir '20, Assistant News Editor
Hopkins is hosting its fourth annual Model United Nations conference on Saturday, April 28.
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Brought to you by The Voices Staff
“What qualities do you look for in a new friend?”
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In the past two months, victims from Stoneman Douglas High School organized a national walkout on March 14 and a nationwide march on March 24.
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People don’t really talk about what goes through their heads when they look in the mirror, but if they are anything like the 70% of teenage girls and 25% of teenage boys that reported they are unhappy with their bodies in a National Health Study, conducted in June of 2016, then, at times, their reactions are probably not positive.
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Julia Kosinski ’21
Water polo captain Karyn Bartosic ’18 began her Hopkins career in 2013.
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Teddy Glover ’21
Phil Schmitt ’18, co-captain of this year’s Varsity Boys Tennis Team, has long inspired others on and off the tennis court through his skill and outgoing demeanor.
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February
Eleanor Doolittle '20 and Veronica Yarovinsky '20, Assistant Features Editors
One third of the high schoolers at Hopkins have a sibling who attends the school. Some siblings may feel overshadowed, but others say that they are glad to have someone close to them who shares the same experiences.
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Sophie Sonnenfeld '21
In The Hopkins Handbook, the Athletic Policy states: “By the time our students graduate, we want them to have gained an appreciation for the value of physical activity, which would enable them to maintain a healthy lifestyle.”
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Connor Hartigan '19
I am here to plead the case of the Catalan Republic.
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Distinguished alumna Carol Stock Kranowitz ’63 returned to Hopkins on January 29 to explain her study of pediatric sensory disorders and to provide fun and functional ways of understanding them.
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Emilia Cottignoli ’18, Arts Editor
People sometimes question whether or not dance is a sport, but the reality is that dance is both a sport and a performance art, making it a diffcult and impressive form of physical activity. It requires intense concentration, fexibility, and strength, culminating in exercise that strains both the body and mind. Dancers, unlike other athletes, have to make everything look easy, and learn to interact with their audience. Hopkins is home to many athletes, including several dancers in each grade. Kiarra Lavache ’18 is one such performer.
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Helena Lyng-Olsen '18, Editor in Chief
Upperclassmen may remember the lengths that one went to obtain a “golden ticket,” that yellow-colored, index-card sized piece of paper that excused one from a study hall to meet with a teacher.
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This year, IMBL (Intramural Basketball League) has seen a spike in players, particularly those with a background in the
sport. As a league idolized by the student body, but exclusive only to Senior School participation, it’s no surprise that it
boasts such a large number of participants. Here’s why some players gravitated towards IMBL over formal basketball:
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Eliza Barker ’21
Hopkins Ski Team captain Libby Gardner ’18 has dedicated her time to the team since its founding.
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Madeleine Walker ’19
I knew I was dependent on running when I eagerly climbed into a tank pumped full of -264 degree liquid nitrogen in an attempt to heal a persistent running injury.
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Katherine Takoudes ’20 Assistant Arts Editor
On Saturday, January 13, twenty-eight Hopkins instrumentalists and vocalists participated in this year’s Connecticut Music Educators Association (CMEA) Southern Regional Festival.
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Evan Gerritz ’20
Neal Sarin ’18 is one of the captains of Hopkins Boys Varsity Swim Team this year, but his success wasn’t always a guarantee.
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Lily Meyers ’20, Assistant Arts Editor, Anushree Vashist ’21
This year, Hopkins’s frst ever Pep Band performs at sporting events.
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Audrey Braun ’19 Sports Editor, Noah Schmeisser ’19 Assistant Sports Editor, Vivian Wen ’20
The Olympic Games are a symbol of globalism. The fve Olympic rings--each representing a different continent--are intertwined, suggesting the sense of unity that the Olympics are meant to inspire.
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Theodore Tellides '19, News Editor
Christmas came twice this winter. Once on December 25, and again on January 22 when David Blight, renowned Professor of American History at Yale University, visited Hopkins.
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Drew Slager ’20
The flm, The Post, released in December 2017, is a political thriller starring famous actors Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, along with Sarah Paulson and Bob Odenkirk.
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Sarah Roberts '20 and Saira Munshani '20, Assistant News Editors
February is Black History month, dedicated to the celebration of African-American culture and history.
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Zander Blitzer '18, Features Editor
Writing the research paper, a seven- to twenty-fve page paper on one specifc topic, is a hallmark of Hopkins’ high school history classes and a rite of passage.
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Lilly Tipton '18
From Larry Nassar abusing elite gymnasts to the artistic director of New Haven’s Long Wharf Theater allegedly groping women, the Me Too movement has swept across the country as women from all walks of life have revealed the sexual harassment and abuse they have endured, some by the hands of successful men.
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Individuals find comfort in routine.
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Simon Bazelon ’21
I’m too young to vote, but I follow politics, and I can see that there is a war belong waged in this country.
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Jeff Gu '18, Features Editor
Does the prospect of free writing baffle your senses? Have you been plagued by pop reading quizzes or DBQs? Do you ever feel bogged down by analytical essays, lab reports, or the occasional research paper? If so, then the new Hopkins Writing Studio may be just the place for you!
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