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…
Affirmative action is set of procedures designed to “eliminate unlawful discrimination among applicants, remedy the results of such prior discrimination, and prevent such discrimination in the future,” according to Cornell…
One late night in the common room of Johnson II, many friends and I noticed how stressed our proctors seemed. Making sure that 16 girls are taken care of every…
Walking down with my friends on Albany Road, I felt that I had truly settled in for the first time after arriving on campus. I believed I had finally found…
I’ve been filling in my planner with all my to-do items for the week in multicolored categories every Sunday night since I was in sixth grade. This year, however, my…
Your dorm is your home away from home – or rather, it should be. Deerfield Academy strives to create a strong residential community where students and faculty residents are able…
“Deerfield Academy prepares students for leadership in a rapidly changing world.” This is Deerfield Academy’s mission statement. This line essentially means that every student who steps out of Deerfield’s doors…
The truth is that the likely prospect of Roe v. Wade being overturned doesn’t affect me and it likely doesn’t affect you either. For context, Roe v. Wade is a…
At 2:30 pm on Saturday, May 14, 18-year-old Payton Gendron opened fire outside Tops Friendly Market, a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. The gunman shot four people while making…
In over thirty states, LGBTQ+ rights are not protected by the government. In over twenty states, according to the ACLU, legislation has been introduced to criminalize aspects of trans lives,…