Dylan Gantt ’21 More people are playing chess than ever before. A game that dates back a millennium, chess is a contest of wits and complex strategy with an almost unlimited number…
Month: April 2021
Mr Malone’s raptors
Amy Wu ‘22 Any student who has taken one of Jim Malone’s classes is probably aware of his love for raptors. While most people don’t give much thought to the birds on…
A letter to myself
Ben Rihn ’22 Adviser letters: the typical method of reflecting upon a student’s academic and extracurricular performance at Mercersburg. This year is different, however. End-of-year student reflections are now front and center,…
Blue-White scrimmages redux
Julia Mills ’22 For many Mercersburg students and teachers, sports and athletics are critical aspects of life. Needless to say, Covid-19 restrictions have put a damper sense in athletic competitiveness. To counteract…
Asians are not the virus. Hate is.
John Xu ’22 On March 16, six Asian-American women were ruthlessly murdered in a shooting rampage across three Atlanta-area Asian spas. The perpetrator, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, claimed to have suffered a…
Irving Marshall Week(end)
Mathew Tavares ‘22 Irving-Marshall week, or weekend this year, was action packed and filled with exhilarating competition and school spirit. Even limited by COVID-19, Mercersburg managed to pull off a fantastic weekend. …