Author: kkim18
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How Swell are S’well Bottles?
By Michaela Wang ‘21, Student Writer “S’well bottles have a lot of patterns that are cute,” an anonymous middle schooler stated, as another one blurted, “It makes your drink cold for 24 hours and hot for 12!” In Newark Academy, Soho, Paris, and many other fashion districts, S’well bottles have been the buzz. These colorful…
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Pop Culture at Newark Academy
By Boluwatife Oshuntolu ‘21, Student Writer Pop culture is a big part of what makes America what it is. It encompasses everything from Harambe to Donald Trump. Memes like Pepe the Frog to popular dances like dabbing. At Newark Academy, students are generally very familiar with internet culture, as most students are seen exclaiming their…
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Pepe The Frog; From Comic to Worldwide Hate Symbol?
By Michael Pyo ‘22, Student Writer “Pepe the Frog” was never supposed to be labeled as a hate symbol, but rather a source of laughter. “Pepe” first appeared in 2005 comic strip, “Boy’s Club”, which creator Matt Furie describes as a comic about life in your early 20’s. This innocent character had no intention of…
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The Newark Academy Minutemen
By Isabela McNeilly-Anta ’23, Student Writer Ever wonder why our “Mascot”, “Logo”, “Symbol” is a dude with a hat from 1774? Well, OK., maybe we know as much about him that he is called a minute man. But that is it. No more, no less. So next time, I’m not gonna bail you out on…
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The MS Football Team Problem and Their Solution
By Max Falkin ‘22, Staff Writer In the Fall semester at NA, the middle school football team ran short on players, preventing the small group of students from playing against other schools. But with determination, the athletes found a way to get enough students to sign up and join the team, allowing them to compete…
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Hamilton! Fact Or Fiction?
By Marina Chernin ’23, Staff Writer Instead of doing a boring old normal book review, like you were probably expecting, I’m going to discuss a subject that has everyone talking, the hit musical “Hamilton.” Now, please, don’t groan and say “NOT AGAIN!” because I won’t be endlessly praising the show. Instead, I will be talking…
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Back to the Future Shoes!
By Vyom Singh ‘23, Staff Writer When you first saw the self-lacing shoes that Marty McFly wears in Back to the Future ll, you thought, “ I need those shoes!” Now they are available to buy! Well… not really. You can enter in a raffle for ten dollars. (The proceeds of the raffle go to…