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Digital Distortion: Discussions on DEI Backlash and Social Media

Celine Wang, Assistant Features Editor • February 12, 2025

A few days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Upper School Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Coordinator Rebecca Limerick grew concerned as they checked their phone. Posts and articles flooded their feed, filled with heated debates, misinformation and polarizing rhetoric. As Limerick...

Illustrations by Amelia Chiarelli

Lydia Gugsa, Assistant Features Editor • February 12, 2025

Sitting alone at a table on the Quad, Kamari McNeely ’24 sat at a table at school and prepared to open her decision letter to her dream school, Tufts University. Bracing herself for the worst, she read the letter and felt excitement and joy wash over her — she had been accepted into Tufts University...

illustrated by Sabrina Simek

Andrea Ricabal, Assistant Features Editor • February 12, 2025

When Upper School Counselor Emily Joyner thinks about Black History Month, she pictures her great-grandmother as a 14-year-old girl, standing on the docks of the Caribbean island of St. Thomas. Alone after her mother’s death, Joyner’s great-grandmother boarded a ship to the U.S., leaving behind everything...