Category: Commentary
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Do We Still Need Coaches?
By Danny Edman ’16, Staff Writer After the success of the winter track team last season, the debate about the importance of coaches in our sports teams arose. Last winter, the student-led and student-founded winter track team went to compete in its first indoor meet, and the boys won. In my own personal experience in…
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Do We Need a New Middle School Wing? An Upper School Perspective
By Charles Pan ’18, Commentary Editor In July 2014, the Rise and Flourish campaign for Newark Academy, led by Ms. Grider and the Advancement Office, announced its intention to start planning and constructing a new Middle School Wing in Spring 2015. The new, two-story, 26,075 sq. ft. building is set to be built on the softball field…
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A Review of Spirit Week 2015
By Siddarth Tumu ’18, Middle School Editor Spirit Week is a time of grade competition, class activities, artistic creativity, and most importantly, school spirit. It is a week filled with fun activities and opportunities for students to get involved in school-wide activities. However, one prevalent question is: does Spirit Week accomplish everything it is meant…
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Gun Rights in the Twenty-First Century
By Spencer Glassman ’19, Staff Writer Gun control is at the forefront of our national conversation. Americans have begun to question our gun rights because of recent mass shootings, particularly in schools. The calls are born out of the witnessing of tragedy and the inability to relate to men from hundreds of years ago. Despite this, the 1791…
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Why America Should Implement Gun Control
By Julia Tarnow ’17, Staff Writer The Second Amendment of the Constitution states: “The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Currently, this amendment’s continued existence is being debated. Many people believe that because this statement was written in the Constitution, it should be upheld. Yes, this statement is in the Constitution that…
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A Voice that Needs to be Heard: Why Inmates Should Have the Right to Vote
By Ellie Pitkowsky ’18, Staff Writer As citizens of a country that calls itself the “land of the free and the home of the brave” we, as Americans, pride ourselves on the equality that exists within our nation. One of the essential parts of this American view of equality is that all citizens over the age…
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A Reflection on Ms. DiBianca’s Presentation
By Roman Wright ’19, Staff Writer The inaugural global speaker for the 2015-2016 school year began with few surprises and few controversies, unlike Mr. Kislak’s speech. Besides sharing stories from Dr. DiBianca’s childhood, it largely stuck to the agreed-upon formula for how these speeches generally go. Not to criticize Ms. DiBianca personally (her non-profit business…
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Some Thoughts on the New Middle School Wing
By Charles Pan ’18, Commentary Editor In July 2014, the Rise and Flourish campaign for Newark Academy, led by Ms. Grider and the Advancement Office, announced its intention to start the planning and construction of a new Middle School Wing in Spring 2015. The new, two-story, 26,075 sq. ft. building is set to be built…
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Why Inmates Should Not Be Given the Right to Vote
By Jocelyn Tolpin ’17, Commentary Editor Though the issue of whether or not felons should be granted the right to vote is not at the forefront of political discussion nowadays, it is still very relevant because a large amount of the population is currently imprisoned, and an even larger percentage of minority groups (13% of…
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Global Speaker Series Reflection: Suzanne DiBianca
By Meghna Padmanabhan ’17, Staff Writer At around 9:30 am a few weeks ago, the Newark Academy student body was ushered into the auditorium, prepared for a serious opening to the Global Speaker series in contrast to the humorous tone of Mr. Kislak’s Convocation speech. However, we were in for an entertaining twist. Suzanne DiBianca, a member of…