We hope that your AP exams have gone well so far. If you need some ideas for how to de-stress, look to the Arts & Leisure for some helpful suggestions, explore some of the Community Voices submissions for this week, or take a look at the Athlete of the Issue. In this week's issue, we also celebrate the retirement of Mr. David Bolmer ’73, instructor in mathematics. Finally, check out this week's opinions pieces on the coronavirus and “The Hotchkiss Republicans Report.” As always, be on the lookout for an email with further instructions on how you can contribute to The Record. Have a great week.

- The Record Editorial Board

Alumni and Development

Mr. Bolmer Retires After 34 Years of Teaching

Emily Hellqvist ’23, Contributing Writer

With the retirement of Mr. David Bolmer ’73, recipient of the George P. Milmine ’18 Chair and instructor in mathematics, next year will be the first year without a Bolmer among the school’s faculty in 73 years.

Olympians & Pythians Committee

Community Voices: Hotchkiss Collaborative Story

Community Voices is a section started and run by the Features section that gives community members the opportunity to submit personal vlogs, blogs, journal entries, poems, etc., relating to their lives off of the main campus. On April 29, the Olympians & Pythians Committee introduced a creative writing opportunity for students and faculty. The committee shared a document on which community members were able to create a collaborative story with a catch: each participant earns 100 points for the team with which they are affiliated (Pythians graduate in even years and Olympians graduate in odd years). People built off of one another’s sentences with complete freedom to contribute to the story as they pleased, ultimately creating the following story.

Community Voices: I’m No Good at Goodbyes

Alex Cheng ’23, Staff Writer

Alex Cheng ’23 continues his poetry series with this week’s entry.

Debunking “The Hotchkiss Republicans Report”

Arabella Katz ’20 & Diana Reiss ’20, Contributing Writers

During the confusing and difficult time of the COVID-19 pandemic, political clubs in our community have remained in full swing virtually. In the midst of this global crisis, these clubs serve an even greater purpose: to educate our community about a calamity that pervades every level of politics, from the world stage to local policy decisions.

Paul Becker

Why the U.S. Will Fail to Open Up

Michael Zhang '21, Opinions Editor

With a staggering 36 million unemployment claims since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Americans are desperate for society to reopen and for money to flow again. Take, for instance, the protests against lockdown rules. Moreover, the famed trillion-dollar relief package passed by the federal government, the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, is rife with logistical issues: the system could not cope with the inundation of relief applications. Consequently, the majority of small business owners are yet to receive their funds, compounding their financial woes. Our economy cannot bear to remain stopped any longer, or we risk irreparable consequences. However, President Trump and the broader federal government have failed to adequately address the issue of re-opening; namely, by pushing all the onus of governing onto state municipalities, the federal government has created a disjointed COVID-19 response and, therefore, a recipe for disaster.

Jaysen Jensen ’20

Managing Stress During AP Week, Quarantine Edition

Yihan Ding & Stephanie Ge ’22, Arts & Leisure Editors

These are the two busiest weeks of the year for many students, whether it’s because of AP exams, final projects and essays, or Teagles. Now that students are unable to study in the Edsel Ford library, hang out by Lake Wononscopomuc, or relax at the Snack Bar, the Arts & Leisure Editors have compiled some other ways to handle the workload.

Jeffrey Zhai

Athlete of the Issue: David Vega ’20

Jiahua Chen ’20, Staff Cartoonist

David Vega ’20 is a four-year member of the Co-ed Varsity Ultimate Frisbee Team. He started playing Ultimate at Hotchkiss and is currently a co-captain alongside Isaac Alicea ’20 and Sandrine Brien ’20. Teammate, Toby Pouler ’20, said, “David Vega has been the heart and soul of the ultimate team for the past three years, both on and off the field. Either the 22 points he scored in New England’s last year or the fact that he always has a disk proves that. Although David suffered an injury to his ACL in the winter, his leadership never faltered, and Hotchkiss Ultimate was ready for another successful season under his guidance.”