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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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May 20, 2009
Obama Repeats FDR’s 100 Days
As juniors turned through the pages of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first 100 days as president in their U.S. history textbooks, President Obama was making history during his first 100 days...
May 20, 2009
America’s Celebrity Obsession
We are all familiar with the glossy magazines that beckon us while we check out at the supermarket or leave a convenience store. Who hasn’t heard of Britney’s latest drama,…
April 22, 2009
Coeducation Twenty Years Later
This coming September will mark the 20th anniversary of Deerfield’s return to coeducation after an all-male stint from 1948 to 1988. In retrospect, Deerfield’s success at coeducation is obvious. Still,…