Author: creiddodick13
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March Feature: Privacy
“Secrets, secrets are no fun, unless they’re shared with everyone.” These ten words have defined much of our social lives – from the elementary school playground to the high school cafeteria. They signify the role that our “private lives” play in public spheres and the burning question that constantly follows high schoolers around: what is…
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An Introduction to the September Feature
The Feature Section is always focused on the contemporary. We specialize in presenting current events, writing about relative topics, and discussing what is happening in the now. For this section, that’s all that really matters. But given The Minuteman has the gift of longevity, it’s important that once in a while we consult the archives…
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Words of New Alumni Wisdom: Enjoy the Present
By Noah Liff ’11, Special Alumni Contributer My nightly routine for the past four years at Newark Academy has been relatively simple to reconstruct: around 1:00AM I head to the kitchen, pour myself a bowl of Rice Krispies, flip on the TV and finish up any leftover work. As I flipped through pages of French…
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Ten Nuggets of Wisdom from a Departing Senior
By Ashley Ulrich ’11, Former Editor-in-Chief I remember when I toured Newark Academy half a lifetime ago, looking forward to applying for sixth grade. My excitement beamed through the phone, when the night before I received a call from my host, whom I berated with all sorts of questions: What is Humanities? There isn’t a…
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Welcome to the Feature Section!
When the Minuteman was in print, the feature section was the center of attention. From its color-heavy formatting, to its perfect placement as the newspaper’s center page, the section caught people’s eyes and welcomed them into fifteen minutes of interesting, related writing. The move online, which brought a slew of positives, leveled the sectional playing…
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From There to Here: A Faculty Member’s Reflection on the Changing Role of Technology
By Mr. Beckman, Special Faculty Contributor The last newspaper I wrote for was The River Road Reporter. It was 1986, and I was not only chief reporter, but also editor, calligrapher and cyclist. For two summers, I collected news, recipes, poems and classified ads from all the neighbors; my mom was the typist, and my…
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On the Lighter Side of Things: The Ten Stupidest Smartphone Apps
Compiled by Cody Reid-Dodick ’13, Feature Editor Most of the time, technology is used for incredibly serious things. Hospitals use it to detect and cure disease, the armed forces use it to defend our nation, and programmers continue to develop codes that expand the parameters of our knowledge. But sometimes, tech is used in less-important…
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Faculty and Technology: A Mixed Bag
By Ben Shifrin ’13, Staff Writer Newark Academy is a school that prides itself on its varied and creative uses of technology as a teaching tool. Our vast resources have been utilized to provide the faculty and student body with the pinnacle of learning technology. But as it stands right now, the usefulness of…
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Is Social Technology Really Taking Control of our Lives?
By Shreya Srivastava ’13, Staff Writer Facebook, Twitter, texting, and video chatting are all well known for their abilities to hook teenagers into the cyber world. Even for someone like me, a person rather hesitant to catch on to the Facebook movement, these communiqué methods have become such an integral part of life that I…