Category: Editorial
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Hellos and Goodbyes
By Sophie Gilbert ‘19, Zach Burd ‘19, and Spencer Wang ‘19, Editors-in-Chief Welcome to the last issue of the 2017-2018 school year! This is the very first set by our excellent new crop of editors. First and foremost, we would like to thank this past year’s editors in chief, Charles Pan, Sid Tumu, and Dean…
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How Free is Free Speech?
By Dean Tan ‘18, Siddarth Tumu ‘18, and Charles Pan ‘18, Editors-in-Chief Before we start, on behalf of the Minuteman, welcome to the new school year! To new students, we hope that your transition into the Newark Academy community has been smooth and that you have started to think about taking advantage of the plethora…
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Editorial: Our Mission
By Charles Pan ’18, Siddarth Tumu ’18, Dean Tan ’18, Editors-in-Chief Welcome! On behalf of the editorial staff of The Minuteman, we hope you enjoy this first set of the 2017-2018 editorial board with articles exclusively from the new editors. We, Charles Pan, Siddarth Tumu, and Dean Tan, are your new editors in chief and…
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Diving into Difficult Discussions: Diversity at NA
By Kiran Damodaran ’17 and Rakhi Kundra ’17, Editors-in-Chief Newark Academy prides itself on harnessing a diverse environment, and on the surface, our community radiates diversity of background and thought. From hosting up to four Global Speakers representing different areas of study and ideologies every year, to housing student-led clubs such as Young Republicans, Young…
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An Ode to My 16 Years at Newark Academy
By Jocelyn Tolpin ’17, Editor-in-Chief Part I: Years 1-9 “New York Academy?” My mom’s head swiveled around from the passenger seat as she interrupted my babbling monologue. “Honey, it’s Newark Academy.” I was embarrassed. My sister had been at this school for five years and now, on the way to her graduation, I had finally…
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An Ode to My (Not So) Liberating Journalistic Career
by Rakhi Kundra ’17, Editor-in-Chief I have spent the past seven years writing and editing for The Minuteman and while I definitely had the opportunity to write about important world and NA events, looking back on my experience, I find that there were times where I did not fully express myself and felt limited in…
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An Ode to Our Teachers
By Kiran Damodaran ’17, Editor-in-Chief As I stood in front of the mirror, adjusting the outfit my mom bought and picked out for me, my sister gave me one piece of advice for my first day at Newark Academy: “Your teachers will be your best friends. If you get lost or need help, ask them.”…
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Fidel’s Final Footsteps: Hope for the Future?
By Kiran Damodaran ’17 and Rakhi Kundra ’17, Editors-in-Chief On November 25, 2016, Fidel Castro, known to many as the anti-democratic pillar of the Western Hemisphere, passed away in Cuba. Castro, considered by many to be a leftist dictator, led Cuba for 47 years officially as both President and Prime Minister, the longest period of…
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Silenced: Why Guns Continue To Speak The Loudest
By Kiran Damodaran ’17, Rakhi Kundra ’17, and Jocelyn Tolpin ’17, Editors-in-Chief The numbers are impossible to ignore. 50 murdered in Orlando. 5 killed in Dallas. 4 in Baton Rouge. 5 in Reading. 4 in Austin-it doesn’t end there. Between September 1st and September 17th of this year alone, over 300 people were killed as…
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Feeling the Heat: The Summer Stress of the College Process
By Kiran Damodaran ’17, Rakhi Kundra ’17, Jocelyn Tolpin ’17, Editors-in-Chief Another school year has come and gone, leaving memories and accomplishments in its wake, but also bringing the farewell of many beloved teachers and friends. On May 26th, the entire Newark Academy student body and faculty let out a collective sigh of relief as…