Author: ecoscia12
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Reflection Amidst the Holidaze: What Does Your Religion Have to Say? And You?
By Elizabeth Coscia ’12, Editor-in-Chief Come December, dramatic, philosophical types will often lament the materialism that presumably ruins the holidays. They claim that an obsession with shopping and gift preparation clouds what should be a reflective, peaceful time of year. This year, Christian members of the Newark Academy community have two days between exams and…
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When Autumn and Winter Coexist: The October Snow Day
By Elizabeth Coscia ’12, Editor-in-Chief The phone rang— when my mom said “Oh hi, Uncle David,” my sister and I screamed with frustration. Like every other student and faculty member of Newark Academy (that had power), we were waiting for the snow day call. The strange thing—it was October, just one day before Halloween. An…
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Keeping One Foot in the Door: The Futures of the United States and Newark Academy
By Elizabeth Coscia ’12, Editor-in-Chief During his presentation to the school on the tenth anniversary of September 11th, Mr. Parlin explained the distinctions between those with pessimistic worldviews about the future of the United States in the international setting and those with optimistic outlooks, personally advocating for and encouraging the latter. According to the pessimists,…
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Empathy: The Soul of Good Journalism
By Elizabeth Coscia ’12, Editor-in-Chief Any high school student will affirm the obvious truth—more teenagers check their Facebooks daily than read the newspaper each morning. Does this mean that as a generation, the young people of today prove less interested in the world around them? Could it indicate that they remain self-absorbed and careless to…
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Newark Academy’s Global Speaker Series: An Island of Current Events in a Sea of Academia
By Elizabeth Coscia ’12, Commentary Editor Upon entering Newark Academy’s Rose Auditorium to watch the screening of the documentary “Promises” in anticipation of Faraj Faraj’s Global Speaker presentation earlier this year, I was somewhat disheartened by the vociferous group of rowdy middle school students who comprised the front portion of the audience. Noting various episodes of giggling…
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The “War on Women”: A New Wave of Legislation Threatens Women’s Rights
By Zoe Huber-Weiss ’13, Staff Writer I live a very sheltered life. I have never gone without food, I have always had a roof over my head, and I have received a high-end education. Additionally, I have never been confronted with someone radically opposed to my personal moralistic views. In the tri-state area, people tend…
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Defining one’s Identity: “African-American” or “Black”?
By Mia Hutchinson ’12, Guest Contributor, in collaboration with Elizabeth Coscia ’12, Commentary Editor At the end of Thursday, January 13th’s Umoja Club presentation about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., NA faculty member Mr. Jacoby posed a thought-provoking question: Which term is better used: “African-American” or “Black”? There is no simple answer, and the question could not be…
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Weinman offers his advice to Mr. John Boehner and Congress
By David Weinman ’11, Staff Writer On January 2nd John Boehner was sworn in as the 61st Speaker of the House, thus ushering an end to the Democratic supermajority of the past two years. He takes office on the heels of a historic victory for the Republican Party that gained sixty-three seats in the fall midterm…
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Eyes Open to Difficult Issues: From Middle School to Old Age
By Elizabeth Coscia ’12, Commentary Editor Newark Academy students may fondly recall their 7th grade experience of reading The Giver, a dystopian novel included in middle school curricula across the country. The novel uses simple, understandable syntax to describe the complex themes inherent in a dystopian society, without explicitly spelling out their implications. In a crucial scene in the novel,…
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Teachers’ Unions Disregard the Future of American Education
By Varan Satchithanandan ’12, Staff Writer There is consensus in the international community that public education in the United States is in bad shape. Americans are constantly reminded that they trail other developed countries in educational rankings. Teachers’ unions are an integral part of the American public school education system. There has been much debate…