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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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September 30, 2009
Gastronomy Plus in Spain: Notes From SYA
Amanda Bennett '10 shares some of her experiences at the School Year Abroad program in Zaragoza, Spain. "But rather than colonial architecture and the Memorial lobby, my walk today consists…
September 30, 2009
Rumors Will Still Persist
“Is that what it is really like?” It’s a question that knows no bounds—friends, parents, cousins; it makes no difference...
September 30, 2009
Our Reputation, and Responsibility
“I’m going to Hotchkiss,” “I’ve been accepted at Andover,” or “I can’t wait to leave in September for Kent”—are all snatches of conversation I have heard over summers while working…
September 30, 2009
Beyond “Identity”
The Deerfield Identity Project is, for the second year, giving students the chance to identify themselves in a personal way before the community to see in locations around campus while…
September 30, 2009
“Obamacare”­­­­—Socialism or Salvation?
Despite President Obama's powerful rhetoric, there are still many details to his plan that have both conservatives and fiscally conservative Democrats worried about the bill. From the cost of the…
September 30, 2009
I Wasn’t Sent Here!
When my mom first mentioned to her Southern colleagues that I was at “boarding school,” they gave her looks of pity and probably wondered behind her back what I had…
September 12, 2009
To Be or Not to Be Worthy of Your Heritage
The start of a new school year is the perfect time to consider our school motto, to remember the values it implies so we can begin another year well...
May 20, 2009
Stickball: A Spectator Sport?
Maybe stickball is one of those Deerfield traditions that is so deeply carved into the school’s woodwork that it simply can’t be changed. I wouldn’t be surprised if a girl…