Author: jtolpin17
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An Ode to My 16 Years at Newark Academy
By Jocelyn Tolpin ’17, Editor-in-Chief Part I: Years 1-9 “New York Academy?” My mom’s head swiveled around from the passenger seat as she interrupted my babbling monologue. “Honey, it’s Newark Academy.” I was embarrassed. My sister had been at this school for five years and now, on the way to her graduation, I had finally…
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Recent ISIS Terrorist Attacks: The Threat We Must Confront
By Amanda Cohen ’18 Since 2014, the terrorist group commonly known as ISIS: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or the “Islamic Caliphate” (a theological empire), has established their reign of radicalism in the areas they control, which are mainly in western Iraq and eastern Syria. They have instituted a genocide based on the…
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Brock Turner: A Shortened Sentence And A Bigger Picture
By Sophie Gilbert ’19 Almost two years ago, at a Stanford frat party in January of 2015, a woman was discovered behind a dumpster, unconscious, half-naked, being sexually assaulted by a student. Five months ago, in March of 2016, that student, Brock Turner committing the assault, was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault,…
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Pokémon Going Forward
By Brady Sheaffer ’18 On July 6th, 2015 a relatively unknown company named Niantic released one of the most revolutionary apps in history, Pokémon Go, which changed the way we look at handheld virtual gaming and opened up countless opportunities for future projects. As many of you are familiar with this addicting app, Pokémon Go…
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It’s Got to (Pokemon) Go!
By Ryan Gajarawala ’18 Early this summer, Pokemon Go took the world by storm. Released on July 6th, 2016, the Pokemon Go game is a free-to-play, location-based augmented reality mobile device game in lech players use their mobile device to locate, capture, battle and train Pokemon, who appear on the screen as if they were…
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The School Next Door
By Meghna Padmanabhan ’17 On Sunday, September 11, a day known to every single American as the anniversary of one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in our history, I received a text about the possibility of a shooting at Livingston High School. Immediately, my thoughts went to all of the people I knew at…
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Harambe: A Short-Lived Fanaticism or a Cultural Movement?
By Siddarth Tumu ‘18 You’ve heard his name. You’ve seen the memes. You’ve either embraced the movement or rejected it as completely ludicrous. Harambe was a western lowland gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo who, on May 28, 2016, was shot to death after a three-year old boy climbed into the gorilla enclosure. Fearing for the…
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Bernie vs Hillary- Why Bernie is on the Rise
By Ellie Pitkowsky ’18, Staff Writer In the wake of yet another debate, one thing has become clear: Bernie Sanders, the once afterthought Vermont senator has demonstrated that he is not afraid to stand up to both debate hosts and opposing democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton. As the ever-important Iowa caucus fast approaches, new data suggests that…
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Why The US Should Accept Syrian Refugees
By Meghna Padmanabhan ’17 For many years, America has been the country of freedom and salvation for people escaping political, religious, or social oppression. American values include empathy, compassion, and a fight against discrimination. It was founded upon those escaping religious persecution in England in the early 1700’s and continues to be a beacon of…
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C-Pan and Jocelyn Drink Tea: A discussion about restrictions on free speech
Welcome to the first segment of “C-Pan and Jocelyn Drink Tea.” C-Pan and Jocelyn are sitting side by side one chilly Sunday afternoon sipping tea, when they happen to come upon a particularly controversial topic. C-Pan: Dang, did I tell you what happened to me yesterday? Jocelyn: No, what? C-Pan: So I was in a…