Category: Editorial
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Editorial: Welcome Back
In the inaugural editorial for the 2011-2012 Minuteman, the editorial staff settled on two themes: the importance of individuals, and the imperative nature of empathy. With close to 25% of the faces in the community new this year, The Minuteman would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves, and our staff. On behalf…
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Summer – It’s About You
By Christopher Davis ’12, Editor-in-Chief Schoolchildren around the world find an extra spring in their steps, and an uptick in their heart rate when the very notion of summer vacation enters their minds. The idea of free time, fun in the sun, and real-life adventures appeal to all of us, and are what makes summer…
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Empathy: The Soul of Good Journalism
By Elizabeth Coscia ’12, Editor-in-Chief Any high school student will affirm the obvious truth—more teenagers check their Facebooks daily than read the newspaper each morning. Does this mean that as a generation, the young people of today prove less interested in the world around them? Could it indicate that they remain self-absorbed and careless to…
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Journalism: Bringing it home to Newark Academy
The task of undertaking the management and direction of any newspaper, whether an in-house publication or a globally-printed, extensively-staffed enterprise, is not without its obstacles, conflicts, and disappointments. In fact, perhaps as an unintentional (or perhaps even intentional) reflection of such internal struggles, the various media outlets of the modern age seem to dwell on…
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A Reflection for the New Year: With Expression, It’s All or Nothing
With every new year come new resolutions, some good and some evil. Less than a month into 2011, we have already witnessed the attainment of both, and we can be confident, though not necessarily reassured, that many more are to come. Regardless, while we argue their merits and their consequences, protesting the evil and commending…
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Knowledge: A Sample of Power and Responsibility
At a recent Journalism meeting, the editors passed around Secret Santa gifts. One humorous gift was presented to a certain English faculty advisor: a children’s book about the American Revolution. More amusing though than the irony of the gift was the actual content of the book, which not surprisingly included a relatively pro-American bias in…
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A Reflection: “Congress shall make no law”… until Newark Academy does
The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America: we’ve reviewed it repeatedly, been versed in its implications, been made to memorize the countless examples of its violation, and have been urged to exercise our so described rights. And certainly at Newark Academy, only strict and righteous endorsement of these rights has…
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Finding a 2D Me: A Commentary on the College Process
As juniors at Newark Academy are just beginning to learn, and as seniors have now fully experienced after completing their first wave of early applications, the college process is one that is long, drawn-out, tedious, and painstaking. Truly a “quest,” as Upper School Principal Dr. DiBianca likes to refer to the process. For those not…
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Why the Transition to an Online Publication?
Seventy years after its first paper issue, the Minuteman, the official school newspaper of Newark Academy, has moved online. The staff of the Minuteman is confident that this move represents a necessary step for Newark Academy if we are to truly consider ourselves dedicated to the technological advancement and dissemination of information that underlies the…