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Opinion
Economics Shouldn’t Just be for Seniors
On a chilly October night, days before the United States presidential election, I was discussing the upcoming election with a fellow editor in the Scroll room. Since I had watched…
Grading Reforms
“Just because I’m running doesn’t mean you need to run—it’s not Deerfield academics.” But in fact I did need to…
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December 15, 2009
Letter to the Editor: Choate Controversy
As a staff member and the parent of an alum, I found the tone and the sentiments inane and disappointing as well as just plain embarrassing, and I have to…
December 15, 2009
Winter Term: It Can Only Get Better, Right?
Spring at Deerfield is a looming beacon of hope for every student who feels they are slipping into hopelessness as the snow continues to fall and the path to the…
December 15, 2009
The Irony of Dining Hall Milk
Milk should be available to those who want and will drink it instead of carelessly being pushed upon all sit-down tables where oftentimes much is left untouched...
November 11, 2009
Down Some Confidence, but Not Really Worried
In the five months since Commencement, I’ve had to reconsider the niche I found at Deerfield as editor of The Deerfield Scroll, captain of the math team, co-captain of the…
November 11, 2009
About this Special Issue
In the so-called ‘Deerfield bubble,’ it is hard to remember what life was like before we arrived or imagine what it will be like after we leave...
November 11, 2009
Dominican Dreams
I dream of returning to the village of Las Charcas in the Dominican Republic in ten years to see a cluster of ten families living in ten homes built by…
November 11, 2009
Re: "Why Aren’t We Truly Bleeding Green?"
Student participation and enthusiasm in these initiatives, including the student-run Environmental Club, are essential to Deerfield’s continuing progress in embracing change to become a greener school...
November 11, 2009
Deerless Pastures
I’d long anticipated the shock that such thorough reformatting of my life’s environment might have had on my freshman year, but really what I’ve realized is how ready I was…
November 11, 2009
A Dramatic Crescendo
When you graduate you feel like you have reached fruition. Everything comes together in a dramatic crescendo...
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