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The Circle Voice

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The Circle Voice

Why I Would Send my Daughter to Groton

Why I Would Send my Daughter to Groton

Lilias Kim '19, Arts Editor February 5, 2019

Last night my mother called. She asked me, “Would you ever send your daughter to Groton?”  After a long pause I replied, “Yes.”  The silence on her end told me she was surprised. And I...

Time to Abolish Intervis

Time to Abolish Intervis

Abby Kirk '19, Assistant News Editor December 18, 2018

Intervisitation is a broken system that actively prevents the formation of a healthy culture around sexuality at Groton. Intervis is intended for members of the opposite sex to visit in each other’s...

Peer Counselors meeting in the Wellness Center.

Peer Counseling: An Analysis

Yumin Shivdasani '20, Assistant Opinions Editor December 18, 2018

The peer counseling program undeniably maintains and promotes the mental wellbeing of students on the Circle, but shortcomings in the system prevent certain groups of students from reaping its benefits....

Catastrophic Global Warming: President Trump, Just Stop It

Brooks Anderson '20, Columnist December 18, 2018

Wildfires. Earthquakes. Hurricanes. Flooding. The consequences of climate change and global warming are nigh. It’s impossible to claim that only in a few decades this will be a real problem. It’s a...

Vaping in America: a Buzzing Issue

Vaping in America: a Buzzing Issue

Jack Wilmerding '19, Assistant Opinions Editor December 18, 2018

Vaping, particularly Juuling, has wormed its way into high school and college campuses across the country. While the explosion of Juuling is unhealthy for all age groups, it is especially damaging to minors...

Politics at Groton: A Classless Debate

Brooks Anderson '20, Columnist November 10, 2018

There is a crisis of free speech at Groton. More and more, student’s views and opinions are being stifled, especially in classrooms in which politcs are a consistent topic of discussion. After the election...

Khashoggi at a conference in March, 2018

Khashoggi: Free Speech Martyr or Another Forgotten Victim?

Jack Wilmerding '19, Assistant Opinions Editor November 10, 2018

Jamal Khashoggi is dead, murdered by the government that he so rightfully criticized. He entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul under the premise of getting divorce papers (papers which were redirected...

Two Views: Affirmative Action at Harvard

Two Views: Affirmative Action at Harvard

Andrew Porter '20, Derek Hu '21, and Powers Trigg '21 November 10, 2018

Days ago, Harvard University completed defending itself against a lawsuit alleging that it discriminates against Asian American applicants. The suit, undecided at the time The Circle Voice went to press,...

Revisiting Trump's Letter in the Wake of Midterm Elections

Revisiting Trump’s Letter in the Wake of Midterm Elections

Powers Trigg '20, Assistant Sports Editor November 10, 2018

Groton has always had a history of public service.  There is perhaps no greater emblem of that tradition than the letters and portraits from the last nineteen presidents of the United States that line...

The Right to Be “Part of the Resistance”

Tyler Weisberg '22 October 19, 2018

In early September, the New York Times published an anonymous op-ed essay from a senior official of The Trump Administration. It disclosed the dilemmas the President was facing, and how the author believed...

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