Katrina Lovegren ’21 Front Page Editor Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mercersburg Academy’s campus has closed for the remaining term of the 2019-2020 school year. But with Mercersburg Academy’s new “Virtual ‘Burg,”…
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Bringing a new meaning to “Digital Arts”
Maggie Betkowski ’21 Arts Editor The spread of coronavirus has caused Mercersburg Academy faculty to re-evaluate the way that their students will continue to learn. The first big switch has been the…
Is the government doing enough for lower income Americans?
Zain Qureshi ’22 Opinion Editor Despite the recent prosperity of the 2010s, 25 percent of Americans have no emergency funds, and another 23 percent have only enough in savings to cover their…
Stay home, please!
Lian Wang ’21 Opinion Editor Social distancing is one of the easiest and most effective ways of curbing the spread of COVID-19, yet many still forgo it for parties, gatherings, and other…
Keeping the Blue Storm community together
Ben Rihn ’22 Sports Editor With the recent and ever-changing developments of the coronavirus and the prevalent mentality of social distancing, high school athletics have suffered serious setbacks due to the universal…
Creating with the coronavirus
Emma Shuford ’22 Arts Editor Finding ways to cope with the coronavirus is a challenge all Mercersburg Academy students are facing. Many students are using their time at home to try something…
The Virtual ‘Burg, but the same community
Chantler Newton ’21 Front Page Editor Since March 19, Mercersburg Academy’s students have been moving through their online classes via GoogleMeet, connecting in small GoogleHangouts with both their fellow students and teachers….
Ditching the letter grade: to pass or to fail
Carina Cole ’22 Features Editor In response to the new coronavirus pandemic, all courses for the rest of the academic year will be taught remotely. The next step in adapting to online…
HUSTLE AND BUSTLE
Faces in the Crowd Describe your go-to quarantine outfit. What is your favorite quarantine meal/snack? What do you miss most about the dining hall? What is (are) your new found talent(s)? Sweatpants…
Virginia Hair: artist in residence
Eliza DuBose ’20 Arts Editor During the months of January and early February, upon entering the Burgin Center of the Arts and looking to the left one finds the Coffrin Gallery walls…