Category: News
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NA Alumnus Richard Thaler ‘63 Awarded Nobel Prize in Economics
By Ariel Hsieh ’19, Staff Writer On Monday, October 9, 2017, Newark Academy alumni Richard Thaler was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contributions to the field of behavioral economics. The Nobel Prize in Economics was established in memory of Alfred Nobel in 1968 by the Sweden’s Central Bank, and awarded by the Royal Swedish…
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Millions Affected in Cybersecurity Breach
By Sophie Gilbert ’19, News Editor This past October was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It has been observed in October every year since 2004, but a focus on cybersecurity is particularly fitting this year given recent events concerning Equifax. Equifax is one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the U.S. It has information on nearly…
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Hurricane Donald: Trump’s Response to Natural Disasters
by Zachary Burd ’19, News Editor Ever since George W. Bush was politically crucified for his sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, presidents have been painstaking in their efforts to send aid quickly to impacted areas. In the weeks and months after the Katrina disaster, many argued that the Bush administration’s response was slow and…
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The Future of Spain
By Carolyn Schachtel ’18, Staff Writer As a student in Barcelona this summer, it was immediately apparent that the city was buzzing with talk of independence. Locals were eager to discuss the newfound prospect of secession, and red and yellow Catalonian flags lined the streets. On October 1st, controversial elections were held regarding the state…
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Remembering the Summer Dead
By Zachary Burd ’19, News Editor It’s been a momentous past few months. Regimes have been toppled and icons have passed on. Today, we remember the people and things that “died” this summer. 1. Adam West Legend has it that West was cast as Batman after producers saw him in a Nestlé commercial in the…
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This Summer, Historic Hurricanes Bring Destruction
By Sophie Gilbert ’19, News Editor Bringing extreme flooding and damage, Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma hit the United States on August 17 and September 9, respectively. Hurricane Harvey affected Texas and Hurricane Irma arrived in Florida. Each lasting for about 10 days, they displaced communities and caused flooding and destruction. Hurricane Harvey left 30,000…
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Taxing Sugar
By Zachary Burd ’19, News Editor Obesity is expensive. Besides the hundreds of billions of dollars a year spent on weight-related health care expenses, obesity costs many Americans in subtler ways, such as increased job absenteeism and even decreased fuel efficiency. One popular solution to this problem is a tax on sugary beverages, which include…
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Facebook Live: Crimes with an Audience
By Sophie Gilbert ’19, News Editor Ever since Facebook Live was introduced for public use in the beginning of 2016, the issue of violent attacks being streamed over the popular social media platform has prevailed. From the streamed torture of a special needs student in January, to countless other videos of assaults, Facebook is now…
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Turmoil and Transformation: Impeaching South Korea’s Park Geun-Hye
By Alena Zhang ’18, News Editor “Kim Jong Un” may be a well-known Korean name, but fewer have heard of Park Geun-hye. In 2013, she was voted into office as South Korea’s first female leader, with a 51.6 percent approval rating. Two years later, that figure fell to 30 percent. By the end of 2016,…
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Uncovering CIA Hacking: WikiLeaks’s Vault 7 Release
By Dean Tan ’18, News Editor On March 7, 2017, the controversial anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks began releasing a new series of leaks on the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency. The archive, code-named “Vault 7,” is the largest ever publication of confidential documents on the CIA in history. The unprecedented release took the CIA by surprise and…