By Josh Faber ’12, Staff Writer National studies conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration have shown that as much as 3-7% of healthy high school students have resorted at least once to using Ritalin, a drug prescribed to treat ADHD, to boost their GPAs and SAT scores. That’s more than 1 million high school students. Experts at…

By David Weinman ’11, Staff Writer “Get your hands off my junk,” cried weary passenger John Tyner at a Transportation Security Agency (TSA) agent while recently going through security at a Washington airport. Since the enactment of new and more invasive security measures, many complaints such as this one have been heard at our nation’s airports. Security breaches…

By Elizabeth Coscia ’12, Commentary Editor “I love boobies.” After leaning over to read this message on a peer’s bracelet during Physics class, I did a double take. At Newark Academy, a school that prohibits neon sneakers, I was shocked that students could get away with wearing these provocative wristbands. After some investigation I discovered that…

By Varan Satchithanandan ’12, Staff Writer Students at Newark Academy, like American citizens, enjoy a good amount of freedom of speech. Although Newark Academy, as a private school, is not required to support the constitutional right of freedom of speech, the administration is remarkably generous when it comes to students and members of the community voicing their opinions.…

While awards can be used as tools for inspiring reform on the international level, they can be detrimental to the self-esteem of young adults. On both fronts awards need purpose, or else they become either useless or destructive.

Government credibility or human rights? The answer seems obvious – human rights should trump all else and the misdoings of the government should be exposed. However, in a recent case, the state’s secret privilege prevented victims of alleged torture from seeking retribution because of the possibility that it would reveal information about the CIA.

Dictionary definitions of the word “gay” include “cheerful in disposition” and “homosexual.” No entry, however, indicates that this word is derogatory. Why is it that the most common usage of the word “gay” is as an insult?

By Trevor Williams ’13, Staff Writer Two years ago this November, as it achieved landslide victories in both houses of Congress and its presidential nominee rode a wave of popular support into the White House, the Democratic Party appeared to have found its way. Finally, its members reasoned, they could implement their legislative agendas. And…