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Letter from the Editor
Dear Readers, The initial Scroll meeting finally concluded, every writer leaving with the concept of an article in mind and…
A New Perspective on Leadership
Just like the famous Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum said, you gotta catch ‘em all. Culture around leadership at Deerfield is…
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October 24, 2024
Why Fiscal Policy in China is Broken
With the 2024 presidential election around the corner, looming economic issues of the housing crisis, unemployment, high inflation, and a large federal budget deficit are top voting issues for many…
October 24, 2024
Bipartisanship Destroyed Democracy
On Sunday, July 21, 2024, a few months before perhaps one of the most crucial elections in U.S. history, presumptive Democratic nominee and current President Joe Biden made a shocking…
May 10, 2024
Letter from the Editor
Dear reader, What do we do when we, as individuals, disagree with an opinion? We respond with counter arguments. We reflect on them and consider whether they have merit and…
May 10, 2024
Opinion: Appeasement for Peace
Ever since the first air strikes on Taliban and Al-Qaeda terrorist forces during Operation Enduring Freedom, the United States has involved itself in regional conflicts in one of the most…
March 31, 2024
Eric vs. Anna: Argument of the Century
A: On January 25th, 2024, Alabama death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith underwent the first execution by nitrogen hypoxia – suffocation facilitated by the inhalation of nitrogen gas. Long believed…
March 31, 2024
Why Close Reading Is Overrated
We’ve all been there: scratching our heads, scratching in annotations, and scratching the cover of a classical text like Othello or A Midsummer Night’s Dream in frustration as the teacher…
March 31, 2024
Why We Want to See the
For about three minutes on April 8, from 3:26 p.m. to 3:29 p.m., the sun will go completely dark in Burlington, Vermont. A total solar eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime celestial…
February 12, 2024
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 such as the war in Ukraine or the Israel-Palestine conflict.…
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