By Carina Cole ’22 News Reporter Following the release of SYRE in 2017 Jaden Smith, also known by his stage name Jaden, released ERYS, his second album and sequel to SYRE. Smith…
Category: Arts
Mercersburg Academy: Our Town
By Finn Sipes ’22 News Reporter On October 11, 12 and 13 Mercersburg Academy’s Stony Batter Players performed their rendition of Our Town. Originally written by Thornton Wilder in 1938, Our Town…
An artist’s statement: the journey of Selina Xue
By Selina Xue ’20 News Reporter I grew up in Shanghai, China, a cosmopolitan center with a population of over 20 million people. It is a city that never lacks novel ideas…
Stony Batter’s Production of “Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr” Rocked!
By Carina Cole News Reporter On September 27, 28, and 29 Mercersburg Academy’s Stony Batter Players performed their latest production, Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr. As a crowd of people quickly shuffled into…
Reviving Art History
By Carmen Martinez ’20 News Reporter AP Art History has made its way back into this year’s academic offerings. Its resurgence is due in large part to the level of student interest….
An icon on the rise: Tierra Whack
By Destiny Rodney ’22 News Reporter Rap as a genre is constantly redefining itself and has been since the 1970s when American hip-hop culture was first established. This year Tierra Whack, a…
Why “Euphoria” broke the Internet
By Michelle Feng ’22 & Farah Yahaya ’21 News Reporter & Arts Editor The new HBO series, “Euphoria” premiered in June. “Euphoria,” a temporary moment of extreme happiness and elation, accurately describes…
The art of copyright
By Eyram Awittor-Awuma ’20 News Reporter The Arts Page is proud to launch a new column titled “World Music on Campus” in which members of our diverse international student body will share…
Songs of the summer
By Katrina Lovegren ‘21 NEWS Reporter If you haven’t heard of any of these songs, where have you been all summer? You must have come across these songs at least once on…
New summer reading formatting
By Emma Shuford ’22 NEWS Reporter Each year, Mercersburg students must participate in a summer reading assignment, which was, until this year, followed by a mandated and often dreaded essay response written…