By Jocelyn Tolpin ’17, Commentary Editor It’s the morning of the second day of school. This day not only marks our entrance back into reality by reminding us that school is a daily thing, but it signifies the official beginning of the semester with Convocation. Every year the convocation ceremony follows the same pattern. The band…

By Meghna Padmanabhan ’17, Staff Writer On Monday, September 14th, 2015, a 14-year old boy was handcuffed and arrested for bringing a “hoax bomb” to school. In reality, this “bomb” was a makeshift clock that this teen had created with his own hands, eager to impress his teachers with his brilliant manipulation of “a circuit…

By Julia Tarnow ’17  and Ellie Pitkowsky ’18, Staff Writers In 1972, the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade gave women the rights that they have always deserved. The court ruled that no state can prohibit an abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy and that regulations on the second trimester can only be made when the…

By Roman Wright ’19, Staff Writer Mr. Jay Kislak was quite possibly the greatest convocation speaker in recent memory.  His off-the-cuff remarks made him few friends and many enemies at this school, but his speech ultimately carried a message that he wished to impart to people whose entire thought process differs greatly from his own.  It…

By Charles Pan ’18, Commentary Editor   Around the beginning of March, Hillary Rodham Clinton was thrust under the national spotlight once again for using a personal email instead of a government account during her time as secretary of state. The State Department was unable to search Clinton’s email when collecting information about the Benghazi…

By Jocelyn Tolpin ’17, Commentary Editor On March 24, 2015, 144 passengers and six crew members boarded flight 9525 in Barcelona, expecting to land in Düsseldorf in a little over two hours. However, their flight never arrived. At 10:29 AM, the airplane began to descend into the French Alps and at 10:40, the right wing…

By Paige Cooper ’16, Staff Writer February 6th was Social Justice Day, the fourth day of Revolution Week. Throughout the day, the Kaltenbacher Hall was filled with displays on significant social justice issues including sexual assault, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and racism. While the displays made valid points and received a lot of attention, in some…

By Elias Neibart ’16, Staff Writer I think we all were touched by Zainab Salbi’s presentation to the school. Not only did she share her own personal story of redemption, but Ms. Salbi also spoke about her organization, Women For Women, that helps disenfranchised women who are affected by the calamities of war. People often ask…

By Erin Eagle ’17, Staff Writer During an action-packed period at Newark Academy, students and faculty participated in Revolution Week, a fun and educational way to learn about global issues.  Each of the five days focused on a specific cause (medicine, education, social justice, the environment, and homelessness) and was intertwined with fun activities all…