Author: ccooperman16
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Academy Awards Recap
By Giulia Socolof ’19, Staff Writer The 87th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, aired on February 22nd. One of the last, and arguably the most prestigious, of the award shows, it is always a highly anticipated event. This year’s host, Neil Patrick Harris, certainly made it memorable. His opening joke about Hollywood’s best…
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Movie Nights in the Middle School
By Drew Flanagan ’19, Middle School Editor-in-Chief The 8th Grade Student Council hosted a “Dive-In Movie” Friday February 20th in the Pool and Room 41. Students swam then watched Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. This event served as a fundraiser to raise money for the final dance at the end of the 8th grade year.…
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Analyzing the Trades of the NBA
By Sam Lawler ‘19, Staff Writer Phoenix Tries To Solve Their Point Guard Problem, But They Don’t This is SO FRUSTRATING! Look. I’m not a Phoenix fan. But this is mind-boggling. They had 3 good point guards. Traded two of them…and then traded for another great point guard! What does that solve? Nothing. You got rid…
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The Keystone Pipeline: The Real Cost
By Anonymous, Class of 2019 For the last few years, Congress has been debating the production of the Keystone Pipeline. The Keystone Pipeline would be an estimated $8 billion dollar project that would create an oil pipeline across Canada and many Midwestern states. Those in favor of the construction argue that it would create much needed…
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Spencer’s Corner: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
By Spencer Glassman ’19, Staff Writer As of January 1, 2015, there is a new law that has taken effect in the state of California. The law is called Yes Means Yes, and is intended to cut down the number of sexual assaults, especially on college campuses. The law was approved by California Governor Jerry…
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A Kind Response to “Guilty Until Proven Innocent”
By Simon Gorbaty ’19, Staff Writer The article written by eighth grader Spencer Glassman strongly criticizing the recently passed “Yes Means Yes” law in California, is – lightly put – not the best source to refer to when seeking an overview on the new policy. I do respect Spencer’s opinion, but in negating the law,…
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Featuring…The Mission Statement!
Our last Feature focused on Generosity of Spirit, a phrase familiar to most people at Newark Academy. Yet something that many students may not have considered since touring and applying is the Newark Academy mission statement, whose last three words are the source of the “generosity of spirit” phrase. The mission statement reads: Newark Academy will contribute…
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The Mission Statement and The Minuteman
By Siddarth Tumu ’18, Staff Writer “Newark Academy will contribute to the world engaged individuals instilled with a passion for learning, a standard of excellence, and a generosity of spirit.” This is Newark Academy’s mission statement. Though perhaps not widely known or considered in the school community on a daily basis, our mission statement shapes…
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Mission Statements: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By Sanya Bery ’17, Staff Writer Everyone reading this article has made a conscious decision to attend, work at, or send their children to Newark Academy. Why? Well, for starters one might have seen the mission statement and understand that Newark Academy would “contribute to the world engaged individuals instilled with a passion for learning,…
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Instilled With X, Y, and Z
By Mauranda Men ’16, Staff Writer Rather than dissecting the mission statement word by word, as some other articles in this feature have done, you could say I only went skin-deep by focusing on the overarching structure of the sentence. What stood out, though, was intriguing and slightly alarming. In this statement, Newark Academy states…