Author: llamb11
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Obama at Midterms: Is now the time for “neutrality”?
By Katie Johnson ’11, Staff Writer On January 20th, 2009, from the energized atmosphere of Newark Academy’s auditorium, the school watched President Obama’s inauguration ceremony. It was an unspoken truth that the majority of the Newark Academy community was Obama-mad. Indeed, in a recent Feature Section survey targeting NA students and faculty members, 85% of survey…
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Opinions on the Blackboard: Politics in the Classroom
By Louise Lamb ’11, Feature Editor “Academic responsibility.” It is a phrase not heard very often by Newark Academy students, and yet the concept saturates our discussions and classrooms all the time much to our ignorance. Faculty members constantly work to maintain it, and students continually take it for granted. I am talking about responsibility for the education of…
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The Epidemic of Ignorance: Religious Education in American High Schools
By Katie Johnson ’11, Staff Writer and Louise Lamb ’11, Feature Editor Welcome to the United States, population 76.8 percent Christian. You could argue that a country so dominated by one religion should look outward, and teach its youth about foreign cultures and creeds. But what about starting with the basics? Did you know that…
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Faith and the College Question at NA
By Shreya Srivastava ’13, Staff Writer We all look forward to our senior year: a time to relax, enjoy the end of high school, and get excited for the challenges that await us in college. Apart from the dreaded college applications, the year seems like a relief from the pressures of high school. But perhaps…
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A Lifetime at Newark Academy
By Katie Johnson ’11, Staff Writer Seven years is the difference between anticipating becoming a teenager and getting ready to drive alone. It is the difference between selling friendship bracelets at the beach and reading Crime and Punishment in the sun. About thirty students in the graduating class this year have spent the past six…