Author: kmittal15
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Newark Academy Students Remain Conflicted over US Involvement in Ukraine
By Dean Tan ’18, Staff Writer For almost six months now the Donbass region of Ukraine, consisting of the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, has been in a state of war. With the deaths of 3,475 people and the displacement of over 600,000 people, this conflict has decimated Russians, Ukrainians, combatants and civilians alike. With several separatist…
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The Fear Symptom of Ebola
By Rakhi Kundra’17, Staff Writer Over the last few months, more than 6,574 people have been infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, and Nigeria. The Ebola virus is one of the most infectious and deadly diseases in the world, and there is no known cure. It originated in 1976, during an outbreak in…
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Hello, Mr. President?
By Kevin Mittal ’15, Middle School Editor As the year comes to a close, the middle school council for next year has come together, not with the 2010-2011 representatives of the school class, but the new council members. The new middle school president leads the middle school. The middle school president is invited to all…
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Checkmate and Victory: MS Chess Club Takes Fourth at Nationals
By Lynna Huo ’15, Staff Writer It is the end of another long day of academic classes at Newark Academy, and students of all different grades beeline towards their lockers. Most middle school students then head for their afternoon sports. Most sports are ‘showy’ and easily recognizable for what they are- physically and mentally competitive.…
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Practice Makes Perfect: How Drills Saved Japan
By Olimpia Kane ’16, Staff Writer In 1960, Chile experienced the largest earthquake in the last century, a 9.5 on the Richter scale. The effects were devastating at the time. Today in the 21st century, Japan seems to be treading water, instead of drowning in it. Why is that? In part, because the earthquake did…
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The Wild Ride of a Middle School Softball Team
By Olimpia Kane ’16, Staff Writer This year’s Middle School softball team has a winning record of five wins and three losses. With twenty players in total, the roster holds mostly seventh graders, with four sixth graders and just two eighth graders. Last year, the team was undefeated; many of the key players graduated into…
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Buy Your Sunshine
By Anna Hope Emerson ’16, Middle School Editor Picture this: you are sitting in a beach chair, right by the side of a crystal blue pool, soaking up the warm sunlight. No distractions, no work, just relaxation. You are in one of the most beautiful vacation spots in the US: Florida. 34 Newark Academy Middle…
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Middle School Dancers Prepare for the Spring Concert
By Claudia Hyman ’15, Staff Writer There is lots of hustle and bustle in the halls of Newark Academy now that we have all come back refreshed and energized from our spring vacation. After school, most are heading out to their spring sport like lacrosse, softball, track etc, but some are heading to the dance…
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NA Investigates: China, Friend or Foe?
By Lynna Huo ’15, Staff Writer In the words of Charlotte Smith ’15, “China is like a big shark…and the United States is a fish swimming precariously alongside it.” When it comes to economic properity and expansion in the past decade, it is without a doubt that the People’s Republic of China is slowly but…
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Middle School Chorus Croons about Homework
By Andrew Huang ‘15, Staff Writer Since prehistoric times, people have used song to express themselves. Songs have been sung by all cultures around the world and fall into many different genres. On March 9th, the middle school chorus showed its passion for song in the NA middle school Choral Cabaret. The Choral Cabaret is…