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The Student News Site of The Webb Schools

Webb Canyon Chronicle
The Student News Site of The Webb Schools

Webb Canyon Chronicle
Eric Luo

Eric Luo, Co-Editor of News

A skilled conductor Eric Luo (‘25) adeptly orchestrates a symphony of diverse talents, weaving together creative writing, music, and culinary arts. This summer, he not only sharpened his writing skills at a Kenyon College creative writing camp but also explored African history at a Stanford summer camp. As a multi-instrumentalist, he is proficient in saxophone and is self-taught in bassoon and piano. He takes this musical passion a step further by creating compositions on digital audio workstations, such as Logic. Alongside his commitment to composing music and writing, Eric is a cooking enthusiast, dedicated to both the scientific and artistic aspects of gastronomy. Eric’s cooking skills venture beyond conventional recipes as he channels his passion toward cheese-making. Driven by his curiosity for food chemistry and biology, Eric started making cheese during the pandemic. While he loves Brie and Gorgonzola, a timeless classic mozzarella is his favorite to create. From his experimentation in culinary science to writing styles — particularly in creative nonfiction essays — Eric continually challenges himself. This year, he also aims to experiment in the Webb Canyon Chronicle and transition from feature articles to publishing more opinion pieces to foster change by promoting underrepresented points of view in Webb and the world at large.  

Favorite Song: "Big Toe" by The Growlers

All content by Eric Luo
In the evening sun, students gathered at the museum steps in a chaotic mass. Some students took photos. Others waited for friends. And yet more continuously readjusted their clothing. But most attendees were wondering where the buses were. “It’s already 5:15,” said Ryan Ho (25’). “I thought the bus would be here by now.”

Fish, Push-ups, and Buses: Webb brings life to Homecoming this year

Eric Luo
November 28, 2023
This series spotlights five uniquely talented Webbies from different schools and grade levels.

September spotlight: uniquely talented Webbies in the 2023-24 school year

Taya Sibichenkova, Jenny Wang, Eric Luo, Elena Petrova, and Ben Madanski
September 26, 2023
Like other Webb students, Andrew Barrantes (‘25) is surprised by the decision made on the name of Webb Collegiate.

Collegiate no more: Webb abandons new school name

Jenny Wang, Stratton Rebish, Jenny Tran, Emily Li, Eric Luo, and Kathy Duan
September 20, 2023
The Foothill boulevard bike lane is part of Claremont’s two-decade long campaign to improve biking infrastructure but also roads in general. “The city has a policy called the Complete Street Policy, which stipulates that when you have roads that have these kinds of important characteristics, you need to look at this roadway segment to see if you can improve what you have there,” said Maria Tipping, a traffic engineer for the City of Claremont.

Claremont’s leap toward biking friendliness

Eric Luo
May 19, 2023
Ryan Weigand (‘23) performs a high crotch on Hanbo Xu (25) during wrestling practice. Older wrestlers often help newer wrestlers rather than looking down on them. “The team has some of the nicest people I know,” Hanbo said. “I really want to thank Ryan Weigand, Conrad Poon (23), Alfonso Alvarez-Seara (23), and Matthew Gooch (22) for being patient and helping me improve myself.”

Webb’s wrestling team defies the trends

Eric Luo
March 23, 2023
Situated right by the dining hall, the administration building may be a mysterious place to some students as they rarely enter the building. The admin building, however, serves as a key location for decision-making at Webb. Housing offices the Deans, the Director of Studies, and the Associate Head of Schools, the admin building brings different positions into one space, a space where the future of our community is decided.

Changes in Webb’s administrative leadership

Stephanie Ma, Eric Luo, Dan Danylov, and Heloise Robertson
March 8, 2023
In the Hooper Community Center, a crew performed the traditional Chinese dragon dance, surrounded by parents that brought authentic foods to share with the Webb community. Originally, the lion dance and parents were supposed to come together on Monday, however, the organizers of the event combined it with Wednesday community dinner. We wanted to mesh the volunteerism and celebration [of Lunar New Year] with community dinner,” said Ryan Ho, a member of the International Student Liaisons who planned this event. The event ended up being a cultural experience combined with community dinner and formal dress.

Webb celebrates Lunar New Year like never before

Eric Luo
March 2, 2023
A mountain of Hammered Foods products sits atop a table in Fawcett Library, waiting to be torn apart by hungry students. Hammered Foods provided the Webb Canyon Chronicle with a package of each of their flavors. See in-depth reviews at the bottom of this article.

Hammered Foods: The Story and Product Behind Mr. Duque and Mr. Rosenfeld’s Growing Enterprise

Connor Plunkett, Dan Danylov, and Eric Luo
January 12, 2023
Rick Duque, WSC Dean of Students, poses in front of his office. Dean Duque is also one of this years student government faculty advisors, along with Dean Sarah Lantz and Dean Ken Rosenfeld.

After 3 years at the helm Rick Duque looks towards the future with his decision to step down from WSC Dean of Students

Narineh Madikians, Sydney Mildon, and Eric Luo
January 10, 2023
Located next to Crossroads, McMillin Park opened, but has not been used officially yet. This sunken area has long been considered an unusable part of the school. However, this area was a stone hut where Larry McMillin, a former Webb teacher, taught his classes decades ago. “I had my job interview there when I first came to Webb,” said Taylor Stockdale, Head of Schools. “Students used to climb to the top of the house, and it was just a fun place to be. It was such an indispensable part of Webb.” Recently, the class of 1967 funded the renovation of this area for the purpose of honoring Mr. McMillin.

McMillin Park opens to a perplexed community

Chloe Wang and Eric Luo
November 17, 2022
The Webb football team practices in heavy helmets and shoulder pads despite temperatures exceeding one hundred degrees. The scorching heat beats down on the players causing them to feel more fatigued during drills. “We had to persevere through the heat despite how our bodies felt,” said Jordan McCray (‘24), a football player. “I saw a couple of my teammates throwing up, it was so bad.”

Webb sweats through record-setting California heat wave

Heloise Robertson, Brandon Arteaga, Sohum Uppal, and Eric Luo
September 27, 2022
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