Author: ccooperman16
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The New Jersey Chess Grade State Championships
By Taran Idnani ’21, Staff Writer When I came to Newark Academy, I joined the Chess Club since I am passionate about chess. The Chess Club meets in Room 217 (Dr.Hobson’s Room) every Friday after school. While in the Chess Club, we encourage you to play friendly games against your peers. This club certainly helps…
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Roberto Clemente Award
By Kai Youngren ‘19 and Kaleb Youngren ‘21, Staff Writers Keeping with the theme of inspirational figures, on October 25, 2014, Jimmy Rollins and Paul Konerko were honored with the Roberto Clemente Award. This prestigious award is bestowed annually on the most upstanding and honorable Major League Baseball players. To win this award, not only…
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Exams – What Were We Worried About?
By Asha Varma ’20, Staff Writer Before we all left school for two weeks to celebrate the holidays, we had to get past those hard few days of exams. This year, students from grades seven to twelve took exams in Math and Humanities, while the sixth grade performed their holiday concert. For seventh graders, taking…
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The Islamic State in the Middle East
By Simon Gorbaty ’19, Staff Writer Looking back at 2014, it is important to reflect on major events that have occurred throughout the year. Many notable headlines of 2014 revolved around the radical Islamist organization known as ISIS. Although most people worldwide are aware of the threat of ISIS and its presence in the Middle…
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Our Very Own Octagon – But What Does That Mean?
By Mauranda Men ’16, Staff Writer The Kaltenbacher Hall, also known as Room 113 and the Kaltenbachtagon, possesses quite the famed structure. Newark Academy has upheld its proud tradition of bestowing the title of “hall” upon a larger-than-average room (ahem, dining hall), and this crown jewel of the New Wing has been caricatured by virtue…
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If the Hall Could Talk
By Elizabeth Merrigan ’16, Staff Writer Hundreds of students at Newark Academy pass through the New Wing each day. But to get from one end to the other, they must walk by a large, majestic octagonal room with glass doors, modern in both construction and purpose. This room is called the Kaltenbacher Hall. It has…
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The Man Behind the Hall
By Courtney Cooperman ’16, Feature Editor Nearly 60 years ago, the position of The Minuteman feature editor was held by Mr. Philip Kaltenbacher ‘55, whose name we now associate with the grand multi-purpose room in the New Wing. His name has already passed into our everyday vocabulary, but when the hall was christened, Mr. Kaltenbacher was…
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Diversity: The World Beneath the Buzzword
By Courtney Cooperman ’16 and Anna Hope Emerson ’16, Feature Editors Diversity is a fairly common word in the Newark Academy vocabulary. We recognize it as a source of pride and a central tenet of our school’s purpose. Most frequently, when we refer to diversity we refer to race, but the word diversity itself encompasses…
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Spirit Week 2014
By Sam Goidel ’21, Staff Writer Spirit Week is an annual tradition at Newark Academy; a time when students and faculty show how much passion they have for our wonderful community. Spirit Week is also a time to embrace our roots and think about how lucky everyone is to be going to such an accepting,…
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Sports Wrap-ups: Fall
By Kaleb Youngren ‘21 and Kai Youngren ‘19, Staff Writers As the fall sports season begins to wrap up, we would like to give a couple shout-outs to the particularly outstanding Middle School teams this year. The first shout-out goes to the Newark Academy Middle School football team of ’14, who went undefeated for the…