Will Adams '01 shares insights on research

Published on March 1, 2012 by Erin Currey in News

LC alumnus Will Adams ‘01 returned to his alma mater on Saturday, February 18, to give a presentation in the Gilchrist Auditorium about his work in the field of immunology. Currently conducting his post-doctoral research at Columbia's Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Adams only recently returned from Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute where he investigated the basic biology of the immune system for his doctorate.


Preliminary dress code draft completed

Published on March 1, 2012 by Log Staff Report in News

For the past few months, per the encouragement of Loomis Chaffee administrators, the Student Council’s Dress Code Committee has been in the process of creating a proposal to change the dress code. Recently, the committee put together a final list of recommendations that will go through the Deans, the Rules Committee and the faculty.

Seniors practice entrepreneurship

Published on March 1, 2012 by Alex Lafrance in News

On some nights in the upper parking lot, one very well may catch sight of a small group standing around an ‘01 Grand Prix retrofitted with brilliant blue underglow. The members of this group constitute the core of Club Ja-Rod, five seniors who have banded together to form a business built around the slogan “Underglow Everything.” The club sells many “bright ideas,”­ including LED light strings with applications ranging from battery powered desk kits and skateboard kits, to custom ideas and car kits, primary products sold by the business. (Math teacher Andrew Bartlett has jokingly requested underglow for his dog).

Members, and a final name, selected for Pledge Committee

Published on March 1, 2012 by Julia Song in News

The LC Pledge Committee was recently established to draft and implement an honor pledge, formerly called the “Pelicode,” for the community.  Lead by Science Department head Edward Pond and Student Council President Lindsay Gabow ‘12, the committee body consists of four other faculty members — Spanish teacher Lilian Hutchinson, math teacher Curt Robison, math teacher Elliot Beck, and associate director of college guidance Jami Silver, as well as nine students — Mimi Do ‘12, Alexander Lafrance ‘12, James Lee ‘13, John Macdonald ‘13, Rowan Rice ‘13, Christina Wang ‘13, Rohin Bhargava ‘14, Jae Lee ‘14 and Ciera Hunter ‘15.

LC strives towards sustainability goals in Green Cup Challenge

Published on March 1, 2012 by Lindsay Gabow in News

Between January 18 and February 15, Loomis participated in two Green Cup Challenges. One was inter-dormitory, the other interscholastic.  Mason won the inter-dormitory competition in terms of the lowest kilowatt hours (KWH) per person with 82.7 KWH per person.  Carter won in the highest percentage decrease of KWH per person with a 12.4 percent decrease per person.

LC resurrects tradition of farming on campus with a new agricultural plot

Published on March 1, 2012 by John Macdonald in News

With the the new Sustainable Agriculture Plot, Loomis Chaffee will renew a tradition of incorporating agriculture into its curriculum. The result of collaboration between the Sustainability Committee, e-proctors, faculty and the Physical Plant, the plot will come in the form of renovations made to the land behind the Clark Center for Science and Mathematics, due to occur in the near future, to establish a miniature campus farm. The plot will include a compost repository, greenhouse, several community gardens, a hoop house (a sort of greenhouse characterized by a half-cylinder frame covered by a plastic sheet) and a chicken coop.

Debaters win big at two tournaments

Published on March 1, 2012 by Fred Mun in News

When Debate Society faculty adviser Curt Robison returned from a sabbatical year in India in fall 2009, he felt as if he’d gone back in time to 1981, just before he’d started LC’s Debate Society. There was just one returning debater, Ye Dam Lee ’11 (for whom Robison said he was “very thankful”), and a whole slew of novices ready to try debate for the first time.


Record 1,800 applications received

Published on March 1, 2012 by Log Staff Report in News

The number of applications to Loomis Chaffee received by the admission deadline of January 15 jumped this year to roughly 1,800, according to a speech given by head of school Sheila Culbert to student tour guides. This all-time high number of applicants  surpasses the record of roughly 1,600 received by the same time last year, which in turn surpassed the record of roughly 1,300 received by the same time two years ago.

Sales in Snug double with new ID payment system

Published on March 1, 2012 by Paul K. Lee in News

The 2011-2012 school year brought the inception of the use of student ID cards as a way to pay for items in the Snug snack bar. This change, initially proposed by the Student Council in 2009, has led to an overall increase in sales revenue and popularity.

Compared to last year, when the snack bar collected only $33,000 from sales by January, the increase in sales revenue has been substantial: by January 2012, the snack bar had already collected $66,000. According to director of dining services Fred Aransky, the sales revenue goal for this school year is $115,000, an increase from the $85,000 gained in the 2010-2011 school year.

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Performance High: Rethinking the ADHD problem

Published on March 1, 2012 by Sojin Kim in News

PERFORMANCE HIGH — FINAL OF THREE PARTS. “ADHD is real,” according to Dr. Lawrence Miller, who recently published the book Running on Ritalin. “However because these [attention deficit] behaviors vary from none to many in a bell shaped distribution curve, most ADHD diagnosed in this country is of the mild variety.”