Category: Editorial
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Can You Really Go to Math Club if You’re Bad at Math?
By Kira Lu ‘20, Editor in Chief There’s a certain value placed on self-made success, suggesting that hard work and initiative outweighs past circumstances on the winding path to success. The environment at Newark Academy is no different– being able to take credit for one’s success academically, artistically, and athletically is at the core of…
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Productive Political Discussions Over Text: Are They Even Possible?
By Vikram Bala ‘20, Editor in Chief As more and more aspects of our everyday lives have become politicized (e.g. school, sports, music), it has become harder to stay out of political discussion–to the dismay of many who like to avoid arguments and confrontation. However, political discussion can be beneficial by helping us understand the…
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Red and Black (and the Red, White, and Blue)
By Vikram Bala ‘20 and Kira Lu ’20, Editors-in-Chief Many students and faculty would describe spirit week as a unifying event, one of “celebration, joy and pride,” as Mr. Guiteau, Director of Equity and Inclusion Programs, puts it. Although spirit week is constantly evolving, transitioning from a skit to a video and hosting new themes…
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Welcome to The Minuteman!
By Vikram Bala ‘20 and Kira Lu ‘20, Editors-in-Chief Welcome to the first issue by our new set of editors for the 2019-2020 school year! This year, we are looking to continue the newspaper’s tradition of excellence while also implementing several changes and additions that will allow The Minuteman to evolve with the community around…
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NA’s Grade Inflation Problem
By Zachary Burd ’19, Editor-in-Chief Note: This article incorporates, builds upon, and updates content from a previous article of the same name by this author that was published online as part of a Minuteman set last May. Each spring, a common problem among Newark Academy seniors is figuring out how to spend their newfound free…
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Dialogue in a Culture of Controversy
By Sophie Gilbert ’19, Editor-in-Chief Love it or hate it, the Newark Academy community is drawn to controversy. I’m sure any student could instantly name three or more topics of interest that have taken the community by storm in the past few years. Why is this? Because every incident is mulled over, debated, and fixated…
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Diversity Squared
By Zachary Burd ‘19, Editor-in-Chief The Newark Academy website features a new statistic, simple but profound, for the 2018-2019 school year: “Students of color represent 50% of the student population.” Wedged between boasts about the new middle school and the seniors’ performance on the PSAT, this type of statistic is a familiar sight for those…
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Examining Exams (Why We Should Be More Like Seton Hall Prep)
By Zachary Burd ‘19, Editor-in-Chief A spectre is haunting Newark Academy—the spectre of exams. As this set goes to print, the Newark Academy community is hunkering down for its annual academic tradition. Teachers are stapling papers and stacking Blue books. The maintenance staff are moving desks into the gyms. Students are finishing (or starting) their…
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Student Stress Culture: What Can We Do?
By Sophie Gilbert ’19, Editor in Chief Whenever I’m in a situation where a non-student explains how students can de-stress or improve their mental health, I’m unable to take it completely seriously. I don’t want to have that reaction; it’s not like any of the advice is wrong. Of course getting extra sleep, physical activity,…
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NA’s Grade Inflation Problem
By Zachary Burd ‘19, Editor-in-Chief Newark Academy considers itself to be an academically demanding school, and on the surface, our community seems to be overwhelmed with work. It has gotten to the point where students are flocking to yoga sessions and teachers are bringing in therapy dogs to assuage stress about classes. But at the…