The Minuteman: The Official Newspaper of Newark Academy since 1940

The Minuteman

The Official Newark Academy Newspaper

Author: rdechiara13

  • Changing Your Lives One New Year at a Time

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    By Siddarth Tumu As we welcome the New Year, it is a good time to consider the things that we want to change in our lives. Whether it is getting good grades to trying out new things, one tries to see what they can do to achieve their goals. Wanting to know more about what…

  • Our Farewell

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    Well, this is it, folks: our last hurrah, our final curtain call, our au revoir. The notion that this was the current staff’s final set of The Minuteman begged the question: what has our time here meant? As with all endings, the conclusion of this staff’s tenure is bittersweet. The experience of running a high…

  • Progress Report: Reflecting on Our Resolutions

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                   The trees are lit and the sales are abundant: the holiday season is most definitely in full gear. As we ring in the New Year, The Minuteman staff plans to reflect on the year behind us.             In 2012, our principal goal was to increase our readership. We understood that the shift online made…

  • An Impressive Event: MS Astronomy Night

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    By Charles Pan There were a lot of explosions. They came from the Wrightson Gym, where 7th and 8th graders dropped pieces of alka seltzer into film cans (filled with a tiny bit of water) and backed off as the top of the film can shot up into the air. This station, while meant to…

  • The Middle School Playroom: The Common Room

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    By Rakhi Kundra It’s time for lunch!  You drop your bag in the common room, hopping over bags as you make your way out.  You stop to socialize with your friends, and then continue on your way.  After you eat, you go back to the common room to hang out until the period ends. The…

  • So Little Time: The Middle School Response to Exams

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    By Jocelyn Tolpin It seems like only yesterday that we first walked in through the front doors on the newly polished tile floors. We hugged our friends that we hadn’t seen in a long time, said hello to our old teachers, and began our new classes for a new year. In a flash 4 months…

  • Having a Facebook Account: Is It Really Worth It?

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    I was once told never to get a Facebook. They said Facebook is extremely distracting and you could never get your homework done. We were then visited by global speaker, Claire Diaz-Ortiz. Her argument was that Facebook was a good thing that could be used to connect to people around the world and help save…

  • Hello Newark Academy!

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    By Siddarth Tumu The start of a new school year is a time of excitement and anticipation. Hallways are thronged with many enthusiastic students. But among these familiar faces, there are nervous faces as well. Anxiously looking around and getting accustomed to their new school, the new students of Newark Academy are readying themselves for…

  • Editorial: The Test We Passed

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    Although it caused pain and suffering for many – and inconvenience for all – Hurricane Sandy ended up becoming a barometer for one of the Academy’s most treasured assets: a strong sense of community. Its aftermath of school and event cancellations, power outages, and gas shortages, tested our ability to come together to cope and…

  • Field Hockey: For Females Only?

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    By Cory Tell ’14, Staff Writer Much like politics, controversy is regularly at the center of sports. Whether it’s the Pete Rose betting fiasco, the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal, or the atrocities that occurred at Penn State, sports and scandal are often bound together. You need not look further than our own community to…