The Scroll - Deerfield Academy’s Newspaper

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Legacy Preference in College Admissions: Necessary or Not?

By Caitlin Cleary '12, Staff Writer
In admissions, schools make endless calculations about what group of students would allow the school to be the best it could possibly be.
By Danielle Dalton '12, Features Editor & Carly Reilly '12, Staff Writer
While enjoying the fall term and everything it entails, students also found ways to donate both their time and resources to others.
By Charlotte Allen '14 & Annie McLendon '14, Contributing Writers
With the upcoming election, the need to identify our true political views is increasingly important.
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Deerfield Hoop Dreams  | read this item
By David Lucente '14, Staff Writer
Despite the loss of these talented players, Coach Pitcher is very confident that his new team is overall better rounded than his teams in the past and possesses the discipline, responsibility and raw talent of a winning team.
By Nina Shevzov-Zebrun '12, Staff Writer
Fall 2011 saw a 49% increase from fall 2010 in the number of students who visited the counseling office for help.
By Caroline Kjorlien '13, Staff Writer
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Happy Hauntings: Violet the Ghost  | read this item
The mystery of Violet, Poc I's ghost and the oldest of Poc’s inhabitants, is still unsolved.
By Elisabeth Yancey '12, Staff Writer
This winter, as athletes kick off the co-curricular season on the basketball courts or hit the ski slopes, other students have decided to pursue their own creative interests with unique co-curricular exemptions behind a camera, at the chessboard, or up in the air.
By Anna Pettee '13, Staff Writer
For teens nowadays, it’s important to consider what a truly healthy relationship consists of.
By The Editorial Board
Day students felt singled out by the first waiting line which consisted almost entirely of day students.
By Zoë Perot '12, Staff Writer
After almost a term without a representative because elections were postponed from last spring, day students elected Hannah Wulkan ’12 and Annie Klink ’13 as their student council representatives.
By Lindsay Stevens '12, Contributing Writer
Though the label "day student" exists at Deerfield to describe a student who sleeps at home rather than in a dorm room, I do not believe that the label determines a student's social success.
By Sarah Woolf '12, Front Page Editor
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Day Student Inclusivity: A Day Student's Perspective  | read this item
It’s easy to get any day student riled up about “exclusion,” especially with the recent introduction of a more structured residential curriculum.
By Sarah Sutphin '13, Contributing Writer
O Canada!  | read this item
In the past few years, male Canadian hockey recruits have crossed the border to attend DA as new juniors...
By Miranda McEvoy '13, Staff Writer
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Finding Individuality in Dress Code  | read this item
She has faded floral prints, plaids, crochet lace, and dozens of pairs of worn-looking sneakers and boots jammed into her closet. As a shopper of the classic and well-known stores such as Urban Outfitters and American Eagle, she also finds items from "random stores in Argentina," as well as thrift stores.
By Elizabeth Mott '12, Book Reviewer
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The Marriage Plot Thickens  | read this item
Jeffrey Eugenides, in his new book The Marriage Plot, perhaps sets out to challenge this universal truth that, borrowing Jane Austen's words, " a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
By Ayesha Kapur '13, Staff Writer
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Backstage with Paul Yager  | read this item
Technical Director Paul Yager has overseen the completion of over sixty sets of Deerfield plays since 1989.
By Veronica Houk '12, Contributing Writer
Especially during this hectic, test-crammed three-week sprint before break when life’s pace can seem overwhelming, I can look forward to the holidays with a greater appreciation of my family, school life, and even our inevitable fast food dinner.

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