Category: Feature
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How Inclusive is NA for Teachers?
by Michaela Wang ’21, Staff Writer Newark Academy strives to maintain “safe spaces” throughout school, where individuals or groups of people can feel confident that they will not be exposed to discrimination, criticism, harassment, or any other emotional or physical harm. Whether it be through clubs or political discussions, Newark Academy students strive to listen…
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Safe Spaces: What Are They?
by Justine Seo ’19, Staff Writer The meaning of the term “safe-space” is difficult to understand, especially when reading about it for the first time. As Judith Shulevitz noted in her New York Times article on the topic, does coining a specific space as “safe” therefore make every other place outside that space unsafe? (1) Does…
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How Safe Is NA for LGBTQ Students?
by Abbey Zhu ’18, Feature Editor 49 dead. 58 wounded. On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen entered Pulse — a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida — and committed the deadliest attack against LGBT people in United States History and the deadliest terrorist attack in the US since 9/11. Though the mass shooting occurred 18 months…
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Safe Spaces or Ideological Echo Chambers?
by Sophia Ludtke ’20, Feature Editor In February 2017, Milo Yiannopoulos, a right-wing political commentator, was scheduled to visit the University of California, Berkeley campus. In anticipation of his arrival, violent protests erupted, causing almost $100,000 worth of damage to the university’s campus. Amidst concerns about safety, Milo’s speech was cancelled 20 minutes before he…
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Safe Spaces at NA: Cultural Clubs
by Kira Lu ’20 and Sophia Chen ’20, Staff Writers Out of over forty clubs at Newark Academy, five are cultural clubs, safe spaces for minority students. These unique clubs focus on cultural issues and generally attract students of the ethnicities they represent, though they are open to everyone. Because of this cultural unity, cultural…
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How Technology Has Shaped Newark Academy over Time
by Erica Edman ’21, Staff Writer As time goes by, technology grows more and more advanced. Over the past several decades, technology has grown rapidly and Newark Academy has changed as a result. Mr. Parlin commented about how technology was used when he first began working at Newark Academy: “In 1959 the only technological gizmos…
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How the Typical Newark Academy Student Spends His or Her Time
by Kira Lu ’20, Staff Writer Students at NA are involved in everything from arts to sports, in school and out of school, on top of having to juggle a ton of school work. So how does an NA student really spend most of his or her time? What causes all of our day-to-day stress?…
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Newark Academy Yesterday, Academy Spires Today
by Sophia Ludtke ’20, Feature Editor We all know that we are fortunate to attend a school with a rich and complex history. From a 1780 Revolutionary War incident which burnt the newly constructed school to the ground to the school’s 1964 move to its present-day location on South Orange Ave, time has shaped NA into…
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Fall Back, Spring Forward: How Daylight Savings Time Really Works
by Magnolia Wang ’19, Staff Writer As the clocks are turned back an hour every November, most of us are happy to gain an extra hour of sleep. But have you ever wondered why and how Daylight Savings takes place? To get things straight, Daylight Savings Time isn’t a natural phenomenon; instead, it is a…
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From 2013 to 2018: Ms. Graham’s Unforgettable Time at NA
by Abbey Zhu ’18, Feature Editor When Ms. Graham first applied for a job at Newark Academy, she was also juggling writing her PhD dissertation at Columbia University, teaching undergraduates at Columbia, and taking care of two children, a two-year-old and an eight-month old. “Don’t have kids,” Ms. Graham warned me. “Wait no, I didn’t…