My parents didn’t know anything on Broadway when they were visiting, but had heard that Les Misérables was good. A few years later, they named me after Cosette. In the musical, Cosette is beautiful, loved by a dashing rebel, lives happily ever after with him, and so perfect that she makes me feel utterly sick. Ironically, I think I am more influenced by her foil, Éponine. On the surface, the Éponine is portrayed as lovesick and tragic, but...

for CMC. (I was accepted, but chose another college)

I would be thrilled if Danica McKellar spoke at the Athenaeum. I absolutely loved her as Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years¸ but that’s not the main reason why I would want to hear her speak. McKellar was willing to risk becoming forgotten in the media for college, and then has used her education to become a leader in the world of education and math. She uses her fame to encourage girls to go into a still male dominated...

Mathematics in Our Culture with Towse (also taught by...

Sometimes tension between different clubs that need the same . Everyone is...

Definitely apply for merit scholarship. I did, and it paid off. Unless they have changed their policy,...