By Sophia Chen ’20, Staff Writer The exams are coming up and stress is building within the Newark Academy community. Although it might seem as if summer was just a few weeks ago, our exams are this Monday. So as we get closer to exams, we see the effects of stress. An exam could be seen…

By Meghna Padmanabhan ’17, Section Editor Alone, silence pervaded the community of Newark Academy on November 9th, 2016. Horror, silent satisfaction, and simple shock were competing to be heard among both teachers and students, yet this is only an example of how one small group of people was affected by the results of the 2016 election…

By Amanda Cohen ’18, Staff Writer and Brady Sheaffer ’18, Staff Writer On Tuesday, November 8th, the United States Election Day, our Newark Academy community decided to conduct a mock election in order to provide the students and faculty with an opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate. Each person that was interested in voting…

By Siddarth Tumu’18, Commentary Editor   In a June 2016 referendum, 51.9% of the British population voted to leave the European Union. In this shocking, monumental decision, the British people decided to sever ties with the EU, a politico-economic union that has traditionally been a symbol of European unity and strength. Critics across the board…

By Julia Tarnow ’17, Staff Writer I hope you don’t think the title of this article implies in the slightest bit that America as of right now is safe for women, or in fact has ever been safe for women. Whether you would like to admit it or not, the prevalence of rape in America…

By Sophia Chen ’20, Staff Writer With all of the negative campaign messages seen throughout the general election, people are voting based on who they believe is the lesser of two evils rather than voting for the candidate who will best lead this country. The 2016 Presidential Election is currently a stain on this great country.…

By Spencer Gassman’19, Staff Writer On Monday, October 17, Newark Academy welcomed our first Global Speaker of the year, who seemed to be no different than the usual repertoire we see. However, Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) provided a presentation that strayed from the pack. Instead of sticking with the…

By Meghna Padmanabhan ’17, Commentary Editor 21-year old Khalil Abu-Rayyan, a Muslim man from Detroit, went through a sudden break up with a woman he had wished to propose to. A couple months later, he poured out his sorrows to another woman over the phone, believing her to be a 19-year-old Iraqi-American Muslim woman named Jannah.…

By Amanda Cohen ’18 Since 2014, the terrorist group commonly known as ISIS: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or the “Islamic Caliphate” (a theological empire), has established their reign of radicalism in the areas they control, which are mainly in western Iraq and eastern Syria. They have instituted a genocide based on the…