Author: jfurst16
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Social Justice Day: Progressivism Takes Over the Kaltenbacher Hall
By Paige Cooper ’16, Staff Writer February 6th was Social Justice Day, the fourth day of Revolution Week. Throughout the day, the Kaltenbacher Hall was filled with displays on significant social justice issues including sexual assault, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and racism. While the displays made valid points and received a lot of attention, in some…
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Zainab Salbi: A Real Feminist
By Elias Neibart ’16, Staff Writer I think we all were touched by Zainab Salbi’s presentation to the school. Not only did she share her own personal story of redemption, but Ms. Salbi also spoke about her organization, Women For Women, that helps disenfranchised women who are affected by the calamities of war. People often ask…
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Homelessness Day: Fun and Awareness Intertwined
By Erin Eagle ’17, Staff Writer During an action-packed period at Newark Academy, students and faculty participated in Revolution Week, a fun and educational way to learn about global issues. Each of the five days focused on a specific cause (medicine, education, social justice, the environment, and homelessness) and was intertwined with fun activities all…
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Newark Academy’s Immersion Program: Students’ Opinions
By Daniel Edman ’16, Staff Writer The Immersion requirement at Newark Academy is one aspect of our school’s community that makes us all global students. A good Immersion experience allows a student to go outside of his or her comfort zone and return home with newfound confidence, incredible stories, knowledge of a different culture or wilderness,…
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Keystone XL: Who Cares?
By Jake Furst ’16, Commentary Editor In 2008, a Canadian oil company called TransCanada proposed a 1,200-mile extension to their Keystone pipeline, which currently transports thousands of barrels of oil per day from Alberta, Canada to Cushing, Oklahoma.1 The proposed extension, called the Keystone XL, would connect to the pipeline in Canada and take oil…
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Romney 2016: Mitt Happens
By Perrin Clark ’15, Commentary Editor Mitt Happens? Yes, as many quipped in 2012, Mitt Happens. In fact, it’s happening again. Gather your dusty Romney 2012 T-Shirts (well, even though it’s 2016, the idea is the same) from that box in the basement and tell your friends not to be concerned about the very poor,…
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Let’s Unite, But Actually Unite
By Elias Neibart ’16, Staff Writer Some of you might have seen a group of world leaders “unite” in Paris against terrorism and in support of free speech after the attack on French satirists. However, this event was an empty gesture, at best. The powerful men and women who were present at this march are…
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Take Us Out of Our Misery– Repeal ObamaCare
By Elias Neibart ’16, Staff Writer Recently, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of King v. Burwell, in which the plaintiff argued that because of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), the 36 states that rely on healthcare.gov to provide insurance should not be able to receive insurance subsidies from…
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The Library: More Space, Fewer Books!
By Danny Edman ’16, Staff Writer The library is one of the most important areas in Newark Academy as it functions as the only room in the school where students can work quietly without distractions. Newark Academy students are generally very busy not only with rigorous academic classes, but also extracurricular activities that take up a…
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The Final Push: Three Weeks of Misery
By Jacob Furst ’16, Commentary Editor Between Thanksgiving break and Winter break lies a three-week-long period of school that challenges the stamina of even the most dedicated students. There are few times at Newark Academy that are as stressful as this one. The sun goes down around four, leaving us students feeling tired before we…