Breaking the Unspoken Dress Code
One of the longest running traditions at Deerfield Academy is the dress code. Fall and spring terms all Deerfield students…
Global Updates
December 13: COP 28 The controversial COP 28 conference ended with an agreement urging nations to transition away from all…
Library Extends Weekend Opening Hours
On January 5, the Boyden Library staff extended their hours for student library use, now opening at 10 a.m. on…
Professor Max Miller on Entrepreneurship
On January 14, the Deerfield Men of Color Alliance (DMOC) and the Entrepreneurship Club organized a three-hour-long introduction to entrepreneurship…
Principled Neutrality in Our Glass Menagerie
Our Head of School Dr. John Austin refuses to comment on or even publicly acknowledge many critical and era-defining events…
Study Habits at DA
We hear the line “your grades don’t define you” all the time. From parents to teachers and administration, many people…
Advocating for Greater Accountability in School Leadership
As one voice for the student body, we feel compelled to address a growing concern within the Deerfield community: the…
Critique of Scrawl
MLK Day gave me hope. Even as our group entered the breakout room, we were fiercely debating whether hate speech…
Reaction to Claudine Gay’s Expulsion
Witch hunt. Institutional assassination. Political scheme. These words are apt to describe the journey behind the resignation of former Harvard…
Letter From the Editor
Dear Reader, On a recent mid-January evening, the weather suddenly turned cold following a particularly warm winter. The snow, though…