1. It is completely legal to tackle someone by the hair. Also, if someone’s hair touches the ground he is considered down. 2. A team can kick multiple field goals on a single drive, as long as the other team does not acquire possession. 3. If the ball is hiked through the quarterback’s legs, it is a false start on the center, not a fumble. This is only in effect if a quarterback does not touch the ball. 4. Immediately following the fair catch, a team may choose to take a fair kick. This is when they may attempt a field goal, for 3 points, without pressure from opposing teams. 5. If a team does not send the appropriate number of players to the toss, a team may automatically lose the coin toss and be penalized for delay of game. 6. A team may be awarded a second chance on an onside kick. This happens if an onside kick fails to go the full 10 yards and goes out of bounds without being touched. In this case the team is awarded a 5-yard penalty and a re-kick. 7. A team may be penalized for playing leapfrog. During the kick-off, if opposing teammates jump over each other in order to catch or block the ball, they are given a 15-yard penalty. 8. A team may accidentally disqualify its top two quarterbacks from playing if the third-string quarterback enters the game anytime before the end of the third quarter. 9. A team can win an overtime game by nine points. This is a relatively new rule, that in an overtime game each team is guaranteed possession of the ball if the other team only scores a field goal. This means a team can score a field goal (3 points) and then, when the opposing team obtains the ball, intercept a pass and score a touchdown. By intercepting the ball and scoring a touchdown, the team seals the victory and wins overtime with a grand total of 9 points. 10. A player can be credited with a passing touchdown and a receiving touchdown on the same play. This happens if the quarterback passes the ball laterally to a player who then passes it back to him. Source: http://wlogblog.wordpress. com/2011/02/03/15-strange-things-that-can-technically-happen-in-football/

While universities primarily prioritize academic aptitude, sports are also an important aspect of college admissions. Athletic liaisons, admissions officers who work with recruited athletes, play a significant role in the placement process. Interested coaches will often pursue players early in their high school careers, eager to bolster teams. How do recruited athletes’ application experiences differ from the admissions process for other candidates? College advisor Beth Bishop said recruited athletes are “tremendously advantaged.” Schools come to them, she said: these seniors don’t have to cope with undue concern stress through most of their twelfth grade, often committing before or during senior fall. She acknowledges, however, that those who commit early to college do not escape the stress-filled application process endured by all students. On the contrary, they follow a different, but equally demanding process, as they are pressured to demonstrate both skill and responsibility by reaching out to schools, attending showcases and team camps, and playing their best in front of visiting coaches. Also, athletes often have to sacrifice their top-choice school or disregard college preferences when recruited. Bishop added, “Many Deerfield students aspire to be recruited athletes, but ultimately don’t find [college] coaches willing to support them.” Finally, injury can “change everything,” Bishop said regretfully, meaning that driven athletes may have to abandon top-level sports in college and not receive the benefits of early recruitment. “Without a coach’s support, injured athletes can lose their spot at a college,” Bishop added. Devinne Cullinane ‘14, a tri-varsity captain for cross-country, hockey, and track, recently recruited by Cornell University for running, recounted her road to college confirmation. In her individual sports, only one coach watched her race; others primarily relied on running times, which are posted online. For hockey, however, Cullinane has done a lot of showcase tournaments so coaches could see her play. She admitted, “It does get pretty stressful when you see those clipboards in the stands or you think about the fact that the coach at your number-one school is watching to see how you perform. It is up to the individual to put all that aside and have the mental stamina to treat it as you would any other race or game.” Cullinane said that colleges did not focus on her extracurricular activities and other roles at Deerfield, although she is a student council member, peer tutor and proctor. Instead, the “early reads” primarily factored her grade-point average and SAT scores, in addition to her running times and performance on the ice. Bishop underscored this practice, saying colleges expect a certain academic standard and SAT performance from recruited athletes, but do not place emphasis on participation in clubs and other student-led groups. Both Cullinane and Bishop mentioned another prominent difference between athletes’ and other students’ application processes: the diminished role of college advisors. Bishop said, “A recruited athlete’s process often starts before college counseling. They come to us with their college decisions made, so we only help them with writing the application, not decision-making about schools.” Cullinane reinforced this point, thanking her cross-country and track coach (and uncle), Dr. Dennis Cullinane, for “contacting coaches and advocating for [her] as a student-athlete.”

Behind the scenes of each theater production, the tech crew works to design and create the set of every show from the ground up. Over the course of each term, under the supervision of Theater Technical Director Paul Yager, the crew meets each day to decide what the set should look like and how to execute their plan. They work each week on planning and building, and then in the days leading up to the show, they pull everything together, including costumes, lighting and sound. Andrew Bishop ’14 has worked on the tech crew every term since he came to Deerfield. “I started doing tech in seventh grade at Williston Northhampton School,” he said. “I’ve kept participating because it’s fun to see something you make go from being just individual parts to the finished product of the set. By the end of the term, you actually have a tangible thing that you made, and it looks awesome.” Another core member of the crew is Hailey Nuthals ’14, who joined the team at the beginning of last year as stage manager for The Laramie Project. “It was fascinating for me to see how theater was put together,” she said. “Seeing the final product, and knowing I was a key piece in that was a feeling similar to what I get from band, but cooler.” After working as a stage manager, Nuthals now hopes to have a career in the music business. “[Stage managing] was what made me want to do managing as a career and [gave me the idea] that I could do it with music, because music is my one true love. When you have that commitment, everything is so much more amazing. And you’re so proud of the product. It’s the best feeling,” she said. Victoria Castellano-Wood ’16, who is in the tech crew for the first time this term, shares similar feelings to Nuthals’. “I like the behind-the-scenes aspect,” Castellano-Wood said. “But I also like seeing how everything is made to create a production, and all the steps that go into that process. Destiné James ’16 is also new to tech this term, and along with Nuthals, is practicing skills for a future career. “I want to be a director when I’m older, as I like working behind the scenes and having one-on-one interaction with the actors,” she said. Bishop has also learned to value the benefits of creating a show with the tech team. “There’s a lot of creative thinking involved and problem-solving when you’re building the set. That sort of mindset is really valuable,” he said. However, Bishop feels that many people do not recognize the effort that is put into productions and that the creative work is not only the work of actors, but the entire team behind the scenes. “People don’t really appreciate tech,” Bishop said. “They always ask, ‘What’s that?’ People don’t know about it, and they don’t give it the credit it deserves. At Deerfield there’s respect for people who do sports, and not people who do theater, and I think that’s completely ridiculous.” Nuthals compared the relationship between actors and tech to that of a car and its engine: “When you’re driving a car, what you notice is the sound of the engine and the comfort of the seats, but you forget all the little parts that are making those things happen. You can’t have a play without tech. It’s really cool to be a part of that, because then you are the play just as much as the actors, but people don’t see it. I love being the bridge between the two of them.”

Conor started playing water polo at the Eaglebrook School when he was 12. “I didn’t have a fall sport at the time, and my dad said if I played soccer he wouldn’t come to any of my games,” said Conor, “so I decided to give water polo a shot.” Ever since, he has been regularly attending water polo camps, including the ones at Harvard and Brown. During his ninth-grade year at Eaglebrook, in his final game against Deerfield, Conor scored 10 goals against Deerfield’s JV team, and Eaglebrook emerged victorious, winning 12–10. “It was the only time in my four years at Eaglebrook that we had won against Deerfield,” said Conor. At the end of the season, Conor had scored 68 goals in the 8-game season, shattering the previous record of around 45 goals. “In a typical game, I would expect Conor to score several goals, make key defensive plays and lighten the mood with funny and inspirational comments,” said Charlie Ughetta ’15. In the fall season of 2012, Conor scored an impressive 67 goals. Recently he has played for an 18-and-under summer club team in Greenwich, Connecticut, and his team qualified for the 2013 Junior Olympics, finishing 11th in a division of 54 teams. Sullivan’s teammates recall a particularly amazing goal he had against Choate. His body was facing up, almost parallel to the surface of the water, when a wet pass landed near his feet. He couldn’t move his upper body and reach the ball with his hands. The goalie swam out to retrieve the floating ball, but a moment before he could grasp it, Sullivan kicked the ball over his own head and into the back of Choate’s goal. “It was unlike anything I had ever seen,” said Quinn Smith ’14, the team’s captain. “He’s one of our biggest and most talented water polo players. His position (the hole) is essential to our success as a team,” said Smith. Though Sullivan is one of the team’s top goal-scorers, coach Mark Scandling also mentioned his role as a team player. “Conor doesn’t only make great shots; he makes great passes,” said Mr. Scandling. Conor said that, as always, the season’s objective is to make it to the championship game. “We need to all have the same reason to get into the pool every day,“ he said. “Not for personal stats, but because you know that every guy jumping into that pool needs you to accomplish the one goal we all share: winning that last game.”

Last spring David Keith ’13 started a petition to stop the consumption of antibiotic-fed livestock in the Dining Hall. As Keith’s Change. org page explains, “The widespread use of antibiotics in factory farms poses a significant threat to the environment & human health. The use of antibiotics in factory farms is indiscriminate, unnecessary, and largely unregulated by the FDA [Food and Drug Administration]. Although the CDC [Center for Disease Control], AMA [American Medical Association], NRDC [National Resources Defense Council], and countless scientists and farmers have warned about the risks of current antibiotic practices, the government has failed to act with the public’s interests in mind.” Now a freshman at nearby Amherst College, Keith hopes to continue the effort he started during his senior year. Although peaking at 342 supporters from around the community, the petition fell short of its goal by 158 people. Despite that, Keith said, “Accruing over 340 student signatures hopefully sent a message to the school that this is something the student body cares about.” The comments on Keith’s Change.org petition indicate widespread support for changing the Dining Hall’s purchase of meat. Former DA College Advisor, Mr. Wayne Berger wrote, “We need to be a leader in the promotion of local and sustainable food sources.” Libby Murray ’14 wrote, “I am eating this food every day; it’s so important and people don’t realize how much this affects you.” Michael McCarthy, Director of Food Services, offered an explanation for the minimal changes at this point in time: “The ABF[Antibiotic-free] movement is very much in the media these days and resonates with some of our community members, but in my opinion, not the majority at this time.” He continued, “Currently our efforts are being focused on the Healthy Plate sit-down meal initiative. Our goal is educating the students more and incorporating into our menu fruits and vegetables, whole grains, monosaturated fats, and leaner or non-animal proteins.” Mr. McCarthy concluded, “I feel, along with Kristin Loftus and Dr. Tom Hagamen, that this is the appropriate thing to do at this time.” One of the main issues in changing to antibiotic-free meat is the expense. Serving numerous cuts of meat to about 700 members of the community multiple times every day quickly adds up. “During the summer we made contact with a vendor who has access to ABF meats, but the cost is much higher than what we presently pay for these proteins,” Mr. McCarthy said. Keith argues a different view on the cost of antibiotic-free meat. “While the community’s health should be prioritized over dollars and cents, studies have shown that the cost of raising livestock without antibiotics is minor—especially when compared to the economic and human costs of infections and deaths from antibiotic-resistant bacteria,” Keith said. Keith feels that more action might have been taken. “I wanted to raise awareness among students about this issue,” he said, “but more importantly to begin applying pressure on the administration to act.” He went on to say, “Antibiotic-fed livestock was an issue I had discussed with the school on multiple occasions, but nothing was changing despite the urgency of the problem and its serious moral implications. This was partly because we have long prioritized saving money in the short term over sustainability or abiding by moral principles (in this case, preventing human suffering caused by antibiotic-resistant infections). But it’s also because they didn’t consider this issue to be one where students are passionate for change.” Keith encourages all members of the Deerfield community to involve themselves in this movement. “Like our country and much of the world, the school would prefer to act on its own terms and move at a dangerously slow pace—if at all—towards a sustainable lifestyle,” Keith said. “And ultimately nothing can change unless we—students, faculty, alumni, and other community members— put more pressure on the decision-makers of this school, following up this persuasion by helping them arrive at an attainable solution.” Not all of Keith’s hard work has been lost. Mr. McCarthy noted, “The Dining Hall staff has changed dairy suppliers and our milk is hormone- and antibiotic-free as of August of this year,” he said, adding, “Our organic grass-fed ground beef is antibiotic/ hormone free. In regards to the main proteins of beef, chicken and pork, we have not changed to antibiotic -free.” Looking back, Keith applauds the work of the Dining Hall and of those he has worked with in achieving this goal. “To be fair, there are problems with our nation’s politics and agricultural policy which create significant, but surmountable, difficulties for the school,” Keith said. “It should also go without saying that Deerfield is staffed with people I have a deep personal respect for and who seem receptive to some future improvements, and this includes Head of School Dr. Curtis and Mr. McCarthy.” Although no significant changes regarding antibiotic-free beef, chicken, or pork have occurred, Keith is still hopeful about new steps in the future.

David Pond, Associate Head of School for Alumni Affairs and Development, will be retiring at the end of the 2013-14 school year. Mr. Pond has served Deerfield Academy for 33 years. Head of School Dr. Margarita Curtis praised Pond’s achievement, saying, “David is regarded as a legend, and inspires both deep respect and admiration.” Mr. Pond said, “My wife and I came to Deerfield with two young daughters—a 7-year-old and a 10-month [-old baby]. Now they are 40 and 33. We were so fortunate to be able to raise our family in this very special community.” He continued, “I have been blessed to work at a fantastic school and have met so many wonderful alumni and parents.” The impact of Mr. Pond’s hard work and dedication to Deerfield Academy can be seen on many fronts, from the improvement and expansion of educational programs to the growth and ongoing refurbishment of campus, to the significant increase in financial aid and compensation budgets. Pond has supervised multiple comprehensive capital campaigns since his arrival in 1981; and under his guidance, Deerfield’s endowment has grown to over $200 million. The Annual Fund grew from $1 million in 1981 to $6 million in 2013. Similarly, the yearly gift income has grown from $2 million to $27 million in the same period. He also established over 400 new endowment funds for teachers, students and programs. The campus has undergone renovations and additions in Mr. Pond’s time, including two turf fields, seven dorms, the Koch Center, the Koch pool, and the Dewey squash courts. The significant renovations of the Main School Building, the Dining Hall, the Greer Store, and the Fitness Center would not have been possible without Mr. Pond’s efforts. How has Mr. Pond become such a successful fundraiser? “[H] is success is due to his loyalty to the school, trustworthiness, work ethic, discretion, and humility— and to his ability to develop meaningful relationships with alumni, parents and friends of the school,” Dr. Curtis said. John G. Knight ’83, Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving, said, “I’ve benefitted from his wisdom and positive attitude the most, and it’s wonderful to work for a person who has no ‘panic’ in him!” “[Mr. Pond’s] wise, patient, and personal approach, matched with his keen listening skills, account for his distinguished record as a fundraiser and educator,” Dr. Curtis said. She continued, “Few people have represented the school with such generosity of spirit, conviction, and grace as David.”

This summer in The Boston Globe , Deerfield graduate Whit Sheppard ’83 wrote about his story of sexual abuse by former DA faculty member Peter Hindle. Sheppard recently agreed to speak with The Scroll . Since the announcement of the abuse, Head of School Dr. Margarita Curtis has approached the issue with transparency, keeping students informed as well as using the incident as a learning opportunity. “We have adopted a new code of conduct,” Dr. Curtis said, “that requires employees to conduct themselves at all times with the highest standard of ethics and integrity and with the best interests of the students and the school in mind. The code explicitly forbids any romantic or sexual contact between adults and students.” Responding to these actions, Sheppard said, “I have been heartened to date by several aspects of Deerfield’s institutional response to the allegations I re-raised in June 2012 and by the school’s attempts to remain transparent throughout the process.” He continued, “My hope is that this straight-on approach will continue moving forward.” In addition to showing the need for clear boundaries in student-faculty relations, Sheppard hopes his story will have an impact on anyone who has ever been subjected to sexual abuse. His choice to reveal himself was intended to empower other victims to finally speak out against such injustice. “My story is really a proxy for other Deerfield boys who were also subjected to sexual advances from Peter Hindle during their time at the school,” Sheppard said. “These things do not happen in a vacuum and typically result in widespread abuse and victims. I chose to speak up and to attach my identity to my story in hopes of helping heal old wounds for myself and potentially for others as well.” Sheppard’s piece in The Boston Globe brought the issue of sexual abuse between teacher and student to the forefront, attracting nationwide attention. The story has sparked numerous responses from inside and outside of the Deerfield community. “The alumni responses have been universally supportive and kind,” Sheppard said about feedback. “I have heard from former faculty, classmates and alumni I’ve never met, and they’ve all had very nice things to say. Their support has meant a lot to me and reminded me that the world, and our alma mater as well, is full of good people who care.”

It’s no secret that seniority matters at Deerfield. It’s a power that can be wielded with grace, though occasionally one abused. With every passing year come covetable new privileges. Our seniors in particular have every reminder of their status at the top of the food chain, from the senior table to senior grass and the senior verse of the Deerfield Evensong. These privileges have been hard earned. It is a mistake to think that seniors’ earlier years at Deerfield simply “passed by”—they have been survived. And for this, our seniors merit respect. One of the greatest challenges we face as a community is the preservation of this respect. Of course, to deserve respect, seniors must constantly prove themselves worthy, and in this regard, our senior class still has some headway to make. When underclassmen trash the Greer and disrespect community members, seniors must not react with hostility towards the offenders, but with a sense of responsibility to the community to which they have committed themselves for three or four years. While underclassmen may not know better, these years have hopefully taught the seniors what is right and what is wrong, what is admirable and what is not. This is the heritage that the Deerfield administration loves to advertise, but that the student body, led by the senior class, truly upholds

There are three types of people in this world: people who do their summer reading, people who pretend they do and people who proudly showcase their procrastination skills while desperately skimming chapter titles and SparkNotes. Each group was represented at this fall’s Academy Event: Michael Sandel’s presentation of his book Justice . The hype surrounding this school-wide performance reached its climax during the grade-level discussions, the Connect4 dorm discussions, and the countless classroom debates over the infamous trolley conundrum. Emotions were running high the night of the culminating affair, and optimists voiced hopes that Sandel would deviate from the standard issue “TED Talks” lecture that mirrored a good chunk of the book that the majority of the audience had read. Alas, the majority of students acquainted with the book was sorely disappointed with the commercialistic, unoriginal points made in the first two-thirds of Sandel’s talk. We here at The Scroll feel that any one of our capable teachers could have engaged the school on a deeper level and with a more concrete grasp of the ethical dilemmas that whittle away at our society. We urge the Deerfield student body to be grateful for the incredible teachers, peers and community members who help us understand what is the right thing to do.

Parietals. The word oozes innuendo, exclusivity and awkwardness. Teenage relationships and hook-ups are uncomfortable enough; throwing in a suspecting faculty member and giggling girls or boys yelling encouragement makes the involved parties (or victims) cringe with shame. Why all the pomp and circumstance? Why the romantic stigma around parietals? Why does the dorm feel so different, so much more laid-back, after curfew when all the couples clear out, the pajamas come on and the quirkiness of our student body can be heard through bursts of violent laughter in every dorm? Can we not mimic that casual vibe during parietals? The discussion around community hang-out spaces has been so centered on public areas that we may have forgotten the most quintessentially youthful hangout space of all: bedrooms. Taft’s student handbook contains the following clause: “The purpose of Interdorm Visitation is to allow students to visit friends of the opposite gender in a comfortable setting, analogous to visiting in the living room of a family home” (Taft School Handbook). Where is this emphasis in the Deerfield handbook, or more importantly, in the Deerfield lifestyle? The closest boarding school friendships are cemented in the dorm rooms we call home, so let’s stop treating them like sacred kissing ground.

Hi All, The first month of a school can somehow feel like both a whirlwind of excitement and an interminable grind. It always takes a few weeks to get into the swing of things, although much of life here becomes fairly routine right off the bat. It is so easy, especially during this time of the year, to become fully absorbed with life at Deerfield, and forget that a world exists beyond Main Street. I urge the community not to fall prey to this stereotype; stay informed on what’s going on outside of these “hallowed halls.” On a more serious note, I would like to address this new idea of a continuous community dialogue and recent emphasis on getting a moral education at Deerfield, as much as an intellectual or athletic one. I don’t mean to imply that these initiatives have not been goals in the past, but rather that this year they seem even more prominent. Why such a focus on “doing the right thing?” To what extent do the all-school reading of Justice and Sandel’s performance in the academy event account for the recent explosion of moral discourse? Is it the subject of justice that is motivating the conversation, or simply the appeal of being able to discuss something as a community? I urge you all to consider these questions and come up with your own opinions. Many students argue that Deerfield is changing too fast and that the school is losing some of the quintessential elements of tradition that make it such a special place. This is an area in which both communication and an understanding of justice and morality are key. As Deerfield goes through this process of modernization, sttudents must be able to feel comfortable and confident enough to share their opinions in any setting, so we can collectively explore notions of right and wrong. The suggestion of getting rid of Accountability Points, which are a fairly ingrained custom and huge part of student life, creates a real scenario in which we can apply our newly developed skills of communication and sense of justice to the Deerfield context. Finally, I would like to emphasize (as usual) that The Scroll is an open forum of discussion. What better way to instigate dialogue than with a piece of writing that reaches the whole community? I, for one, couldn’t tell you. Sincerely, Charlotte Allen Editor-in-Chief

Upon arriving on campus earlier this fall, I immediately noticed the wooden utensils in the Greer and the Louis Café. How cool, I thought, how modern! The silverware made from wood seemed so stylish, and Deerfield seemed so progressive. However, the novelty quickly wore off, turning to disappointment as I discovered that they did not measure up to the potato spoons. The only thing that seems to be going for them is that they’re compostable, and maybe that they look cool at first glance. First and foremost, their utility is sketchy at best. Though the knife takes the cake in usefulness, the fork tends to have difficulty stabbing the food. When testing the forks by digging into muffins, I found that the muffins simply crumbled. It’s better to simply scoop food rather than fork it, which defeats the purpose of a fork. This leads me to my next point of study: the spoon. The spoon does its cupping pretty well. However, when placed in hot liquid, it loses its form and turns more into a type of paddle. It would be more useful as an oar for a mouse. Aside from utility, they’re pretty uncomfortable to use. They don’t glide smoothly into one’s mouth. I liken the sensation to nails upon a chalkboard. Many people have expressed concern over getting splinters, a valid fear. A worried student recounted the time that a spoon nearly broke in her mouth. The aftermath could have been disastrous. A member of student council said that the utensils are “threatening the welfare of the student body.” He wishes to remain anonymous. Most depressingly, they make the food taste like wood. I always feel like I’m eating from a stick, which isn’t completely false. A new student said she was looking forward to enjoying her froyo at the Greer, but was disappointed to find that her treat tasted like wood. Another student said she “completely understands the point of having compostable utensils; however, they taste like wood. I always have the aftertaste of a tree in my mouth.” A student in the Koch Center who was trying to enjoy her hot chocolate said it “was literally melted chocolate on wood.” The people have spoken. When I asked a faculty member to share his thoughts, he said, “I think these are First World problems, and we should be thankful that we live in such a wonderful world where we can get so angst-ridden over little things.” Touché. As for the splinter problem, he said, “You’re not supposed to eat the utensils.”