By Dean Waters ’21 News Reporter Walls. The Babylonians built impenetrable walls, forty feet tall, towering over foreign invaders. The Greek city-state of Athens was surrounded in its entirety by walls. And…
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Finding a voice
By Carina Cole ‘22 News Reporter Taking the stage to share his Mercersburg story, Jesse Zhang ‘20 discussed the ways in which his hobby of photography allowed him to connect with his…
Luke Thompson, Mercersburg GOAT
By Maddy Gillner ’22 News Reporter Every person has a passion, whether it’s chemistry, sports, painting, or something else entirely. For Luke Thompson ‘21, a student new to Mercersburg, that passion is…
Becoming Something New
By Emma Shuford ’22 News Reporter The new Lloyd Aquatic Center is a stunning facility that has brought lots of excitement to Mercersburg Academy. However, as this new facility opens, the current…
Conservatism on campus
Henry Kissam ’20 News Reporter During a school meeting last Fall, Head of School Katie Titus first used the phrase “courageous conversations.” For those unfamiliar with this term, it essentially means starting…
No Brussels sprouts for Britain
By Zain Quareshi ’22 News Reporter On Thursday October 17, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reached a deal with the European Union (EU) after weeks of negotiation on a possible relationship between…
Thirds FC
By Terrance Ji ‘22 News Reporter Thirds Soccer, also known as Thirds FC, is a mix of culture, passion, and hard work. The coaches of Thirds FC claim to be not only…
Living, breathing history
Isabel Lewis Online Editor On Tuesday, September 24, the students in the Quinn-Ferguson Honors Seminar boarded a small, yellow school bus, eager to start three days of listening to some of the…
StuCo: we get stuff done
Megan McGregor Editor-in-Chief On Thursday, October 3, the Mercersburg Academy student council met for the third time this school year. The meeting began with Chris Howes, the Dean of Student Life, reviewing…
Changing the Latinx narrative
By Megan McGregor Editor-in-Chief Over the summer, I attended the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s Youth Leadership Institute, a four-day program for high achieving Latinx seniors. YLI is a free, application-based program that accepts…