Author: azhu18
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Charcoal, Ube, Avocados, Oh My!
by Magnolia Wang ’19, Staff Writer I’ll admit it — trendy foods are my weakness. In fact, I’ve paid a hefty $15 for a small smoothie bowl, driven for forty minutes to get the best bubble tea, and waited in line for an hour for edible cookie dough. One might ask, what are trendy foods? …
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10 Historic Moments from the 2018 Winter Olympics
by Abbey Zhu ’18, Feature Editor The Winter Olympics started on February 9 and ended on February 25, and showcased the world’s top winter sport athletes. Here are ten historic moments from this year’s Olympics. 1. This was the first time South Korea hosted the Winter Olympics. The Olympics were held in Pyeongchang, not to…
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Top 10 Internet Challenges
by Michaela Wang ’21, Staff Writer As you casually scroll through your Instagram feed, you come across what looks like someone putting a Tide Pod into his mouth and “eating it.” You might cry in disgust, face-palm at what society has become, or admire this courageous person’s achievements. Don’t fret, because this is just one…
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We Call BS: Why We Must (and Can) Protect Our Planet
by Kira Lu ’20, Staff Writer On August 2nd, 2017, the Global Footprint Network calculated that we as a planet had used up all of the resources that are replenishable by the Earth in 2017; all resources we used from that date onwards could not be renewed. This date, known as “Earth Overshoot Day” or…
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Safe Spaces: What Are They?
by Justine Seo ’19, Staff Writer The meaning of the term “safe-space” is difficult to understand, especially when reading about it for the first time. As Judith Shulevitz noted in her New York Times article on the topic, does coining a specific space as “safe” therefore make every other place outside that space unsafe? (1) Does…
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How Safe Is NA for LGBTQ Students?
by Abbey Zhu ’18, Feature Editor 49 dead. 58 wounded. On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen entered Pulse — a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida — and committed the deadliest attack against LGBT people in United States History and the deadliest terrorist attack in the US since 9/11. Though the mass shooting occurred 18 months…
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Safe Spaces at NA: Cultural Clubs
by Kira Lu ’20 and Sophia Chen ’20, Staff Writers Out of over forty clubs at Newark Academy, five are cultural clubs, safe spaces for minority students. These unique clubs focus on cultural issues and generally attract students of the ethnicities they represent, though they are open to everyone. Because of this cultural unity, cultural…
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How Technology Has Shaped Newark Academy over Time
by Erica Edman ’21, Staff Writer As time goes by, technology grows more and more advanced. Over the past several decades, technology has grown rapidly and Newark Academy has changed as a result. Mr. Parlin commented about how technology was used when he first began working at Newark Academy: “In 1959 the only technological gizmos…
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How the Typical Newark Academy Student Spends His or Her Time
by Kira Lu ’20, Staff Writer Students at NA are involved in everything from arts to sports, in school and out of school, on top of having to juggle a ton of school work. So how does an NA student really spend most of his or her time? What causes all of our day-to-day stress?…
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Newark Academy Yesterday, Academy Spires Today
by Sophia Ludtke ’20, Feature Editor We all know that we are fortunate to attend a school with a rich and complex history. From a 1780 Revolutionary War incident which burnt the newly constructed school to the ground to the school’s 1964 move to its present-day location on South Orange Ave, time has shaped NA into…