Author: rkundra17
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An Ode to My (Not So) Liberating Journalistic Career
by Rakhi Kundra ’17, Editor-in-Chief I have spent the past seven years writing and editing for The Minuteman and while I definitely had the opportunity to write about important world and NA events, looking back on my experience, I find that there were times where I did not fully express myself and felt limited in…
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Meeting NA’s Newest Teachers
by Christina Lu ’17, Staff Writer This school year, Newark Academy welcomed seven new faculty members, each bringing a unique background, different experiences, and new perspectives to share with the NA community. The Minuteman Newspaper sat down with four of NA’s newest upper school teachers – Abigail Ayers, who teaches Math; Bernard Lockhart-Gilroy, who also…
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Zika Faces Congressional Stalemate as Pesticides Ravage Beehives
by Alena Zhang ’18, News Editor With over 15,000 confirmed Zika cases in the US, government officials in the southeast have entered a state of panic. Although New York recently surpassed Florida as the state with the highest number of travel-related Zika reports, the disease continues to spread north from Puerto Rico and the Virgin…
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Trump and Clinton, Forged by Conventions, Eye the Oval Office
by Zachary Burd ’19, Staff Writer Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are locked in a struggle to the death for the US presidency. With only a few months until the election, the candidates are preparing for the final stretch of campaigning. Over the summer, each of the major political parties hosted a convention to…
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News Top 10
by Dean Tan ’18, News Editor June 12: Orlando Nightclub Shooting At around 2 AM on June 12, 29-year old Omar Mateen stormed the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Using an assault rifle and pistol he left 50 dead and 53 wounded in the worst mass shooting in US history. Following a 3-hour standoff and…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Newark Academy
by Charles Pan ’18, Feature Editor Welcome back! Whether you’re a new student first roaming the halls or a returning one reuniting with your friends and teachers, we could all use a little refresher to help get back into the flow of things. So without further ado, here’s a comprehensive beginner’s guide to Newark Academy.…
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Silenced: Why Guns Continue To Speak The Loudest
By Kiran Damodaran ’17, Rakhi Kundra ’17, and Jocelyn Tolpin ’17, Editors-in-Chief The numbers are impossible to ignore. 50 murdered in Orlando. 5 killed in Dallas. 4 in Baton Rouge. 5 in Reading. 4 in Austin-it doesn’t end there. Between September 1st and September 17th of this year alone, over 300 people were killed as…
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Back to School: A Fresh Start
By Crystal Wang ’17, Staff Writer The beginning of a new academic school year at Newark Academy means a variety of things – from seeing plenty of familiar faces to remembering what it’s like to actually take a test. Many students have already been on campus for weeks, thanks to summer preseason sports practices and…
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Brazil: A Democracy in Crisis
By Simon Gorbaty ‘19, Staff Writer In August, billions of eyes around the world were fixed on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Following the Olympics, however, stories regarding the country remained center stage in the news. The impeachment trial of president Dilma Rousseff had been underway since July. On August 31, the Senate…
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Back to School: Advice for Youngins
By Vicki Li ’18, Staff Writer As a confused freshman two years ago and an equally confused junior today, I know that going to a new school is tough. If you’re geographically challenged and thrown into a building full of people that already know each other, the first day can be a nightmare. Luckily, most…