Author: odai26@newarka.edu
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome Back to the 10th Annual Hunger Games
By Ivie Drogin ‘25, Arts and Entertainment Editor The start of the 10th Hunger Games from “The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” Image courtesy of Internet Movie Database (IMDb) For those of you who read “The Hunger Games” for 7th grade summer reading, you’re in luck. Whether you enjoyed the book (or just…
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NA’s Winter Musical: “Something Rotten!”
By Diya Ramachandran ‘26, Arts and Entertainment Staff Writer “Something Rotten!” logo (image courtesy of The Forestburgh Playhouse) Every year, Newark Academy’s Theater Department puts up mysterious clues on the monitors to help students guess the upcoming winter musical. This year, the clues were a milkshake, cucumber, rooster, and an image showing a man going…
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The Power in Coppola’s Understanding
By Emma Siegel ‘26, Arts and Entertainment Writer Image Courtesy of USA Today and X.com ( Left “Priscilla” Right “Elvis”) Baz Luhrmann’s film “Elvis”, released in 2022 after two years of production, made $288.7 million in the box office. Soon after, “Priscilla”, directed by Sofia Coppola, followed, airing in October. The close release dates of…
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Beyond Trends: Decoding Teen Fashion Evolution
By Alexis Zhang ‘26, Commentary Staff Writer Picture of common fashion magazines featured in the early 2000s. Courtesy of y2kmagazines From the low-rise jeans and velour tracksuits that dominated early 2000s fashion to the current style embodying comfort through sweats and a hoodie, clothing trends among teens have undergone a striking evolution. Apparel can mirror…
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Newark Academy’s First Annual Fall Food Truck Day
By Sanjita Tumu ‘27, Commentary Staff Writer One of the Food Trucks that was present at Food Truck Day. Credits to Pinterest Food Truck Day is an event that students are always looking forward to, where they are able to destress from their busy days and bond over a shared love of food. Students are…
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The Cybersecurity Threat Facing America’s Schools
By Allie Chevance-Singh ‘25, Commentary Editor Blackbaud Multi-Factor Authentication Sign-In, Courtesy of Blackbaud At the start of each school day, Newark Academy students log in to their MyNA accounts to read emails, view their schedule for the day, and review homework assignments for the week. Now, when logging into our accounts, we need to enter…
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Revival or Ruin? Hollywood’s Obsession with Spinoffs
By Izzy Becker ‘24, Editor-in-Chief Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres) making a striking entrance, courtesy of tvinsider.com We all have that one show we just can’t get enough of — the one we defend to our friends and shamelessly rewatch over and over again. But does there come a time to abandon pre-existing hits? Hollywood certainly…
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NA’s New Sustainability Council: A Turning Point
By Aadit Shrivastava ‘26, Feature Staff Writer Sustainability Council’s Bulletin Board uses recycled materials. Image Courtesy of Author. This school year marks a major turning point in NA environmentalism, with Mr. Stourton occupying the new Director of Sustainability role and establishing the Newark Academy Sustainability Council. The Council’s mission is to “promote environmental stewardship by…
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Food Insecurity in Essex County
By Zara Syed ‘27, Feature Staff Writer In 2022, 391,000 Essex County citizens were served through MENDs programs. Food insecurity is a term that we hear time and time again— at morning meetings when community service is mentioned, or something we read in a local newsletter. But what these brief interactions with food insecurity often…
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Trauma Bonding: The Senior Struggle
By Lily Sternlieb ‘24, Feature Editor Photo courtesy of Newark Academy Student jumping into the darkness of Senior Year together! You have an Econ IA due on Tuesday which you haven’t touched. A Spanish oral first period followed by a two-day English in-class essay, where you’ve name dropped enough literary devices to at least get…