Category: Commentary
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Looking Back on NJ’s Gubernatorial Election
by Alex Chen ’20, Staff Writer The political climate of our great nation has been filled with the polarization and radicalization of two domineering political parties: Republicans and Democrats. Whether you are right wing or left wing, authoritarian or libertarian, you cannot deny the fact that the notion of a “United States” is being tested…
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#MeToo
by Alena Zhang ’18, Commentary Editor Bill Cosby. Roger Ailes. Bill O’Reilly. Donald Trump. R. Kelly. Jimmy Savile. Woody Allen. Harvey Weinstein. Hundreds of women have come forward to tell their stories. However, for every celebrity, politician, or businessman who is accused of sexual harassment, there is the everyday person whose actions are not visible…
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The Editor’s Opinion: Response Bias in Ballot Questions
by Andrew Wyshner ’18, Commentary Editor I had the great opportunity to vote for the first time this year in the New Jersey gubernatorial election. The voting process allowed me to see firsthand how American Democracy works, but what struck me most was the biased and unfairly worded ballot questions. This year, there were two…
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Affirmative Action, Asians, and the Academy
By Alena Zhang ‘18, Commentary Editor NA prides itself on diversity. Conversations about social consciousness are omnipresent, from clubs to afterschool discussions and lunch debates. We approach race as a topic that deserves discussion. Cultural clubs such as Asian Diversity Club, Mi Casa Club, Umojaa Club, Jewish Club, and Indian Club are integral in raising…
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Censored Seniors
By Andrew Wyshner ‘18, Commentary Editor Newark Academy has allowed Senior Soldiers and a Spirit Week shirt with a gun on it, but now in 2017, Seal Team Seniors has been rejected. Many are upset with this news, interpreting it as a message that American heroes are offensive and supporting these heroes cannot be allowed…
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A Letter to the Editor: Newark Academy Alumni’s Response to SEAL Team Seniors
By Anthony Giachin ’17, Former Sports Editor and Newark Academy Alumni It has recently come to my attention that there has been some division within the Newark Academy community in regards to the requested spirit week theme of “Navy Seal Seniors.” It is my understanding that this theme proposal has been denied by the administration…
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Macron: France’s Step Forward
By Alena Zhang ’18, Commentary Editor On May 7, 2017, at just thirty-nine years of age, Emmanuel Macron became the youngest President in French history. During his campaign, he ran under his own En Marche! (Forward) Party, which he defined as “neither left nor right.” On the other hand, Marine Le Pen’s populist campaign appeals…
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France Loses: The French Choose Macron
By Andrew Wyshner ’18, Commentary Editor Marine Le Pen lost to Emmanuel Macron in a landslide defeat. Emmanuel Macron, founder of the En Marche party, will become the new leader of an extremely divided France. Emmanuel Macron, 39, is a centrist who supports remaining in the EU and continuing to use the euro as the…
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International Women’s Day 2017
by Siddarth Tumu ’18 On Wednesday, March 8, the international community came together to celebrate International Women’s Day, a day dedicated to the movement for women’s rights. The earliest Women’s Day observance was held on February 28, 1909 in New York and was organized by the Socialist Party of America. The United Nations began…
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It Only Takes 1
By Meghna Padmanabhan ’17, Section Editor 593: The number of students that make up this community, spread out over 81 communities in New Jersey. When I applied to Newark Academy’s class of 2017 before freshman year, one of the first things that was brought to my attention was the fact that each and every student…