By Ashley Ulrich ’11, Editor-in-Chief, with contributions from Rachel DiChiara ’13, Staff Writer When I first watched The Social Network, a film dramatizing the story of Facebook’s conception, I was sure of two things: the movie was very entertaining, but it was mostly very inaccurate in its depiction of relationships and events.  For example, the film exaggerates…

By Ben Martin-Katz ’12, Staff Writer On November 4th, 5th, and 6th, Newark Academy’s drama department electrified audiences with The Heidi Chronicles. The 1989 Pulitzer Prize winning play follows the life of Heidi, played by Bethany McHugh ‘11, from her high school years through adulthood.  The play deals with the issues of finding meaning in one’s…

By Nitika Kaul ’12, Staff Writer The Fall for Dance Festival, an exhilarating display of dances performed by professional companies from around the world, occurs every fall in New York City. On September 30th, a group of NA dance students had the opportunity to see four companies perform dance pieces, each about 15 minutes long.…

By Rachel DiChiara ’12, Staff Writer “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…Doe, a deer, a female deer. Ray, a drop of golden sun…” Surely we are familiar with these words. Some music goes along with them, too. Perhaps you have even heard some students humming such a tune around…

By Sydney Altschuler ’12, Staff Writer As we head into November, I would like to pass on a celebratory nod to everyone in the NA community. Summer has long come and gone, but we still have a little time yet before winter’s first snow.  Accordingly, it is time to put summer’s styles back into the  closet,…

By Nitika Kaul ’12, Staff Writer For the past four years, Newark Academy has hosted a variety of artists who have worked with NA classes as part of the Artists in Residence program.  Through this program, which is generously funded by the Newark Academy Parents’ Association (NAPA), students at NA have the unique opportunity to gain first hand…

By Ellen Fishbein ’11, Staff Writer What do you feel like when you wake up after a confusing dream? Aside from the cold sweats and rushing heartbeats we experience after a nightmare, most of us wake up from dreams grasping at fleeting images we can’t always identify or correlate. To most of us, there is no…

By Sydney Altschuler ’12, Staff Writer The television, movie, music, and bookstore industries have seen a major shift in 2010.  The witchcraft and wizardry furor of the Harry Potter era seem but a distant memory now as vampire culture takes the stage. The dominance of vampire culture can be seen through the celebrated trinity: Twilight, The…

By Sydney Sheehan ’14, Staff Writer Since the beginning of the technological world, spreading ideas and opinions through the web has become a popular mode of sharing.  Whether it’s commenting on a Facebook or Twitter post, or writing a blog, we have become dependent on technology more than ever. If all of these ideas and opinions…

By Carissa Szlosek ’12, Staff Writer They come in daily to cover new material in class, but who knew that our English teachers also cover songs like the 1997 Savage Garden hit, “Truly, Madly, Deeply?”  Specifically, teachers Mr. Beckman and Mr. Scerra have an under-appreciated passion for music. Mr. Beckman revealed that he became involved…