A Student Publication of the Roxbury Latin School

Roxbury Latin By-the-Numbers + They Didn’t Say It + They Said It

10 – Combined AP scores of all 10 Calculus AB students

0 – Number of assignments cheated on during the online semester

NCAA Basketball ends amid pandemic fears

By Jamie Drachman IV

March 12th, 2020. That was the day when the collegiate and professional sports’ worlds shut down. The night before, Rudy Gobert, a Center on the Utah Jazz, tested positive for Covid-19 and the NBA subsequently suspended play from that night onwards. The following day, everything unraveled. Some NCAA conferences began their tournaments without fans, playing to empty arenas, but were shut down at the halftime of the first games. In many conferences, with no tournament played, no champion could be crowned, despite everything that had happened already in the season. Then on March 12, the NCAA dropped the hammer and cancelled all winter championships and spring seasons, leaving us fans with one thought: What a ride that would have been.

Staying in shape during quarantine

By Ben Crawford II

Without access to gyms, working out during quarantine can be complicated. To find out what RL student athletes are doing to stay in shape, I interviewed three Class II students – Frankie Lonergan, Will Specht, and Rohil Dhaliwal. Here’s what they had to say.

We will feel the effects of this pandemic for the rest of our lives

By Eric Zhu V

When the whole COVID-19 ordeal started, I didn’t take it seriously, despite being Chinese-American and hearing about the crisis from my relatives in China early on. When the entire city of Wuhan was quarantined, I realized that the coronavirus wasn’t any simple flu variant.

U.S. Armed Forces face a different kind of challenge: the battle to stay healthy

By Daniel Berk II

As the outbreak of COVID-19 worsens and we are forced to observe social distancing and quarantine for much longer than we would like, both a pressing and polarized issue has arisen: whether the American public should go outside and brave the virus or play it safe indoors. However, it is not just the American public that faces this issue. The armed forces must deal with the same quandary but with much more impactful consequences.

In Boston it’s do as I say but not as I do

By Willem Santry II

For the most part, Bostonians fit into two camps: those who follow the rules (mostly not from here) and those who don’t; there is no in-between. Since the Coronavirus took hold of the City in March, this division has become even more pronounced. Take, for instance, a couple of weeks back, the Mayor’s just announced a 9 pm curfew – no man, woman or child allowed out on the street except for essential business. I’ve got to walk the dog, it’s 10 pm, and I figure that this has got to be “essential” business. Of course, the curfew doesn’t apply to me. The street is eerily quiet, the usual sounds of cars and planes completely absent.

Multitasking Madness

By Jonathan Weiss I

Disclaimer: Before reading this, please know that I’m a total hypocrite. Me writing an article on multitasking is like Ronald McDonald preaching healthy eating. My morning routine consists of me brushing my teeth, doing laundry, listening to Flying Lotus, and plotting world domination. All at once. However, addressing my multitasking habit has made me a much more mindful person, for reasons I’ll explain.

A couple of crosswords to pass the time

By Michael Allen IV

Michael Allen has developed a website for his crosswords. Go check it out right here: https://sites.google.com/roxburylatin.org/crosswordsbymichael/home

By Lucas Vander Elst V

1	2	3	4
5
6
7

Across:

1. Erin’s husband

5. Brand name that rhymes with [3 down]

6. Princess who was to nurse Zeus before replaced by the goat, Amalthea

7. Wolverine state org. for getting around

Down:

1. 70s Rock style

2. A marsh plant that sounds (not spells) like a certain Classmaster

3. Brand name that rhymes with [5 across]

4. Bridge troll’s enemy

Answer Key:

1G	2R	3E	4G
5L	E	G	O
6A	E	G	A
7M	D	O	T

By John Harrington I

Teddy’s Teaser the Third turns heads

By Teddy Glaeser III

It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Greek myrmidons, enraged at the death of Achilles, have awoken from a centuries-long slumber deep beneath Fenway Park. Meanwhile, you relax peacefully on a mysterious beach, sipping herbal tea as you observe the beautiful serenity of the cerulean sea. You aren’t sure of your location, but it’s probably somewhere around the island of Tasmania. Lounging upon your cozy futon, you suddenly realize that you forgot to bring your favorite pair of moccasins. This calamity is only worsened by the arrival of Tsar Nicholas II, who launches into a diatribe concerning The Scarlet Letter. Wallowing in ennui, you lament your decision to murder Rasputin. But the Gedankenexperiment remains: if Schrödinger’s monkey falls over while Descartes is in a cave, is its allegorical typewriter still the same ship? Write out your answer in kumquats and mail it to me by owl to receive your reward (“yes” or “no” are sadly unacceptable).

Class I Matriculation

As of May 23, 2020

Avi Attar – Princeton University

Ian Balaguera – Brown University

Joey Barrett – Colby College

Collin Bergstrom – Harvard College