By Varan Satchithanandan ’12, Staff Writer Newark Academy is often lauded for its academic rigor. With advanced, honors, AP, and IB courses and exemplary college entry numbers, the Academy is prestigious to say the least. However, NA is among a minority of American schools that fall into this category. The United States has fallen significantly behind in…

By Josh Faber ’12, Staff Writer National studies conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration have shown that as much as 3-7% of healthy high school students have resorted at least once to using Ritalin, a drug prescribed to treat ADHD, to boost their GPAs and SAT scores. That’s more than 1 million high school students. Experts at…

On the recent Gettysburg trip, sophomores were surrounded by proclamations of how great our nation is and how that greatness started. The many museums we visited paint a picture of a country born and maintained because of a struggle for freedom and equality for all. While this is partly true, the exhibits completely fail to…

By David Weinman ’11, Staff Writer “Get your hands off my junk,” cried weary passenger John Tyner at a Transportation Security Agency (TSA) agent while recently going through security at a Washington airport. Since the enactment of new and more invasive security measures, many complaints such as this one have been heard at our nation’s airports. Security breaches…

Faraj Faraj gave us all something to think about, but unfortunately nothing to do.

By Elizabeth Coscia ’12, Commentary Editor “I love boobies.” After leaning over to read this message on a peer’s bracelet during Physics class, I did a double take. At Newark Academy, a school that prohibits neon sneakers, I was shocked that students could get away with wearing these provocative wristbands. After some investigation I discovered that…

By Varan Satchithanandan ’12, Staff Writer Students at Newark Academy, like American citizens, enjoy a good amount of freedom of speech. Although Newark Academy, as a private school, is not required to support the constitutional right of freedom of speech, the administration is remarkably generous when it comes to students and members of the community voicing their opinions.…

While awards can be used as tools for inspiring reform on the international level, they can be detrimental to the self-esteem of young adults. On both fronts awards need purpose, or else they become either useless or destructive.

As a protracted contractual dispute between Cablevision and the News Corporation stretches on, millions have missed their favorite Fox programs and no progress has been made. There is an easier way.