By Henry O’Brien ’20 and John Xu ’22 Sports Editors The winter season is well underway and many of the Mercersburg Academy winter sports teams are experiencing great success. As in the…
The toasters are a waste
By Tommy Quick ’22 News Reporter On the whole, I appreciate our dining hall. It’s a difficult task to provide three meals for 500 people three times daily. Over the 5 years…
Cereal Killers
By Jack Kothari ’20 News Reporter Question: Where do assassins shop? Answer: Typically Target, but on campus, the senior class has been shopping for their targets in places ranging from the basketball…
A Brexit for the many, not the few
By Zane Qureshi ’22 News Reporter On December 12, 2019, the United Kingdom went to the polls, and the Labour Party suffered the most humiliating defeat in British electoral history since 1935….
I am Sandra
By Sandra Apfelroth ’22 News Reporter Hi, my name is Sandra Apfelroth. I’m a Lower-middler and I’m Jewish. However, I’m not your typical Jewish girl with straightened brown hair and an interestingly…
Added freedoms
Carina Cole ’22 News Reporter Recently, members of the student government enacted changes designed to ensure that Mercersburg’s students live more productive, stress-free lives. Now in the Spring term, the eleventh-grade class…
A town full of history
By Ebube Onwusika ‘21 News Reporter On Friday January 17, the Mercersburg community gathered in the Simon Theatre to view the film Cornie, focused on the experiences of Robert L. (Cornie) Watson’s,…
Ava Paul
Farah Yahaya ’21 Arts Editor The word passion does not even begin to describe the interest, dedication, and emotion that Ava Paul ‘18 feels towards the performing arts. For Paul, music, acting,…
The MLK Issue
Eliza Dubose ’20 Arts Editor This week in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, schools across the country are pausing to consider the legacy of one of America’s greatest orators and…