CatlinSpeak: The Revolution

Grade Inflation
Sam A. '07

After many a tireless hour, Bill and I managed to get CatlinSpeak's website online. For those of you who do not know, CatlinSpeak is the school's newest commentary and community magazine. CatlinSpeak is actually a fairly old magazine, but previously it had received little to no attention from me or the community. But Bill and John decided to revived the newpaper, outline the year, and establish it as a prominent community magazine. The community recieved the first issue well.

Our second issue had a focus, the topic of grades and grade inflation (Catlin is notorious for being extremely strict with the grades.) Our next issue will focus on the what it is like to be a conservative in an incredibly liberal school. We also asked alumni to comment on the value of a Catlin education, and recieved a huge response, so look out for that in the near future. Sometime in the spring, we should publish an issue devoted to narratives and fiction pieces written by the community.

A short aside, my involvement in the newpaper/magazine is by luck. Near the end of last year, I came in a classroom to eat lunch. John saw me, and assuming I was there for the paper, passed out an outline. This got me interested, so I stayed involved and asked Bill if I could help out with the website, since I am a geek (in training.) Eventually, Bill made me an admin, so I have been helping out a lot with posting the articles and getting the second issue online.