At one point in his testimony, the following dialogue between Brett Kavanaugh and Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator, occurred: WHITEHOUSE: Did it relate to alcohol? You haven’t answered that. KAVANAUGH: I like beer. I like beer. I don’t know if you do… WHITEHOUSE: OK. KAVANAUGH: ……
I spent my time this summer working as an intern in Washington D.C. for Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska. The big event on my first day of work was the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the position of Supreme Court Justice. That evening, the other…
Justice Brett Kavanaugh deserve to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States because of his textualist and originalist interpretation of the Constitution. Fluid interpretations lack protection for the rights of citizens, which mostly occurs in turbulent political periods. The government is supposed…
College is a magical realm over the rainbow and a world away from Deerfield. Here at the Rochester Institute of Technology, the pride flag is framed in the entrance to the Student Alumni Union, and small rainbow flags line the student bulletin boards. As a…
This week I have slept through first period, done poorly on multiple assessments, and accumulated an interesting amount of APs. It’s not the end of the world, but sometimes at Deerfield it can feel that way, especially when I see all the people around me…
The Confederate flag. Threats of nuclear war. Brett Kavanaugh. The national anthem. Marjory Stoneman Douglas. The Trump presidency. The 21st century has brought no lull in controversial events. They populate headlines around the world, demand acknowledgement during school meetings, and ingrain themselves into our everyday…
When I discovered that all Deerfield students were to read a book by a South Asian author, a story about a Pakistani immigrant moving to America, I was delighted. Finally, there was a book with a protagonist I could relate to. But when I read…
Last year, Phillips Exeter Academy and Phillips Academy Andover established all-gender dorms on their campuses. This fall, Northfield Mount Hermon and Hotchkiss School began to use all-gender dorms. As stated by Ms. Creagh, administrators at the aforementioned schools have said that the dorms have been…
On August 5, 2014, less than a month before I started at Deerfield, I received an email from Diana Kocot stating that my schedule was available on DAInfo. Full of anticipation, I logged on to check my course schedule and to do some background research…
This letter is in response to an article in the Scroll’s April issue entitled “Dining Hall Learns Asian Cuisine with Sichuan Chef Shirley Cheng.” My name is Joseph Ferrer, and I am the Special Events Chef for Deerfield Academy. I have over 16 years of…
