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…
Category: Opinion
A Britain for the many, not the few
By Zain Qureshi ’22 News Reporter In the United States we have a set federal election days: every two years, the first Tuesday after November 1; however, many countries, such as the…
Marks the spot
By Brandon Ryu ’21 News Reporter In 2015, Mercersburg Academy decided to collaborate with Marks Education, an educational consulting company out of Washington DC, in order to boost student scores on standardized…
Ode to Symposium
By Jinwon Ahn ’18, News Reporter In the spring of 2015, on a sunny day with warm breeze, squirrels, and the smell of manure, I was in my room, too nervous to…
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…
What’s the angle? A different coach’s perspective
By Henry O’Brien ’20 Sports Editor One aspect of life that Mercersburg Academy prides itself on is the accessibility of its faculty to its students. This includes in athletics. Since many faculty…
Let’s paint our own numbers
By Addie Jenkins ’20 News Reporter Mercersburg Academy is a preparatory boarding school meant to prepare students for life beyond high school and teach us how to think and make decisions for…
Traditions Change
By Shannon Fan ’20 News Reporter From the original tradition of Paint the Numbers, with designs painted on Main Street and Seniors breaking into the student center after hours, to the now…
To impeach or not to impeach? That is the question. (2/2)
By Carina Cole News Reporter Congress has initiated an impeachment inquiry against a president only three times in United States history. After being impeached, not one of them was removed from office;…