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The Student Newspaper of Groton School

The Circle Voice

The Student Newspaper of Groton School

The Circle Voice

Why Bitcoin Is Not the Currency of the Future

Why Bitcoin Is Not the Currency of the Future

Eric Ge '24 April 24, 2021

On Feb. 8, 2021, Tesla announced its controversial purchase of $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin. Only a month later, that investment turned a $1 billion profit. Bitcoin prices are surging past barriers previously...

Courtesy of Noemi Iwasaki '22

The Bearer of Bad News: How Negative Covid-19 Reporting is Hurting Mental Health

Elizabeth Wolfram '23, Staff Writer April 20, 2021

“I’m going to reflect on the recurring feeling I have of impending doom,” says CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. “Then at the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, we enter the ‘post-pandemic...

Courtesy of Mei Matsui '23

Mental Illness Isn’t the Issue, Society Is

Alisa Gulyansky '24, Staff Writer April 20, 2021

Linden Cameron was just thirteen years old when, following an autism-related mental breakdown, he was shot by police officers and left paralyzed for life. Despite the heinous nature of this incident, the...

Courtesy of Hannah Wise '21

All-Gender Dorms

Lloxci Lopez, Staff Writer April 20, 2021

Groton prides itself on an intimate community — residential living plays a significant role as students spend time studying, playing, and most importantly living together for a good portion of the year....

Courtesy of Mei Matsui '23

Minimum Wage

Jack Lionette '23, Staff Writer April 20, 2021

Once a week, Joyce Barnes leaves the grocery at night, brown paper bag in hand filled shallowly with all that her $25 food budget can buy her. Barnes is 62, works two jobs, over twelve hours a day, and...

Courtesy of Amy Ma '23

The Atlanta Shooting and the Fetishization of Asian Women

Derek Hu '21, Editor-In-Chief April 20, 2021

On March 16, 2021, Robert Aaron Long shot and killed eight people, six of whom were Asian women. According to the police, Long murdered the women to overcome his sexual addiction, which was at odds with...

Courtesy of Hannah Wise '21

It’s Time to Modernize Senior Prefect Elections

Beatrice Agbi '21 March 9, 2021

Groton, in its 135-year-long history as one of the nation’s top schools, has acquired quite the reputation for changing with, sometimes even before, the times. Once a school for rich white Christian...

Courtesy of Mei Matsui '23

Why Groton Should Have a Student Council

Joon Whang '23, Assistant Opinions Editor March 9, 2021

Life at school has become defined by a collection of stringent rules and procedures: meal times determine who gets a slice of pizza for lunch at what time; arrows direct traffic and movement in the Schoolhouse;...

Courtesy of Zenande Mdlulu '21

The Multi Variable Decision

Elizabeth Wolfram '23, Opinions Assistant Editor March 9, 2021

This past August I looked through the Multivariable Calculus roster and found that I was the only girl in the class. I guess all the other girls must be in the other section I thought. I soon discovered,...

Courtesy of Noemi Iwasaki '22

Standardized Tests Reimagined

Robbie Long '21, Staff Writer March 9, 2021

It’s January of 2020. My team bus slowly maneuvers the icy New England roads on the way home from a hockey game, and I begin to doze off while my “to-do list” for the next day sits on my computer...

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