Author: stumu18
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How Free is Free Speech?
By Dean Tan ‘18, Siddarth Tumu ‘18, and Charles Pan ‘18, Editors-in-Chief Before we start, on behalf of the Minuteman, welcome to the new school year! To new students, we hope that your transition into the Newark Academy community has been smooth and that you have started to think about taking advantage of the plethora…
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Fall Sports Team Preview
By Samantha Keller ‘19, Sports Editor With the 2017-2018 athletic season at Newark Academy in full swing, all seven fall sports athletic teams are prepared for challenging, yet rewarding, seasons. Here is a preview of what to expect in each team’s upcoming season: Newark Academy Field Hockey: Competing in the same league…
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The Transfer Heard Around the World
by Young Se Choi’18, Sports Editor 263 million US dollars. A quarter billion. That can buy you 1004 four-year degrees for students at MIT. One Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Six Greek Islands. Or even educate 1.15 million Indian primary school students for one year. Over the past summer, there is no question that Neymar’s transfer…
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Affirmative Action, Asians, and the Academy
By Alena Zhang ‘18, Commentary Editor NA prides itself on diversity. Conversations about social consciousness are omnipresent, from clubs to afterschool discussions and lunch debates. We approach race as a topic that deserves discussion. Cultural clubs such as Asian Diversity Club, Mi Casa Club, Umojaa Club, Jewish Club, and Indian Club are integral in raising…
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Censored Seniors
By Andrew Wyshner ‘18, Commentary Editor Newark Academy has allowed Senior Soldiers and a Spirit Week shirt with a gun on it, but now in 2017, Seal Team Seniors has been rejected. Many are upset with this news, interpreting it as a message that American heroes are offensive and supporting these heroes cannot be allowed…
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International Women’s Day 2017
by Siddarth Tumu ’18 On Wednesday, March 8, the international community came together to celebrate International Women’s Day, a day dedicated to the movement for women’s rights. The earliest Women’s Day observance was held on February 28, 1909 in New York and was organized by the Socialist Party of America. The United Nations began…
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Revolution Week: Bringing the NA Community Together for a Shared Goal
By Siddarth Tumu’18, Section Editor February 6 marked the start the start of Revolution Week, a week aimed at channeling the passions of the Newark Academy community into raising awareness and acting on important issues. Each day represented a different idea/theme, including Social Justice, Protest, Environment, and Celebration. Members from all facets of the community,…
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Should NA require students to watch the presidential inauguration?
By Brady Sheaffer ’18 and Amanda Cohen ’18, Staff Writers On January 20th, 2017 the nation swore in the 45th United States President, Donald J. Trump. The official proceedings for the Inauguration began at around noon in Washington D.C., where both Mike Pence and Donald Trump took the Oaths of Office and the new president…
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Legacy for Life
By Kira Lu ’20, Staff Writer “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” These words rang out over the steps of Lincoln Memorial on August 28th, 1963; the words…
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Dylann Roof and the Long-Standing Death Penalty Debate
By Sophie Gilbert ‘19, Staff Writer In June of 2015, Dylann Roof shot and killed nine people at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. This was a racially motivated crime, as the target was a historically black church and Roof himself admitted to committing the crime in order to start a race war. This month, Roof…