Category: News
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Starting Off The New Year With A Bang `
By Abbey Zhu ’18, Staff Writer On January 6, 2016 at 10:00 AM, North Korea declared that it successfully detonated its first hydrogen bomb. An hour earlier, detection devices had picked up a 5.1 magnitude earthquake on the northeast coast of the country, seismic activity being indicative of a nuclear explosion. This is not the…
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News Top 10
By Rakhi Kundra ’17, News Editor Taliban Shooting At University In Charsadda, Pakistan On Wednesday, January 20th, four armed gunmen stormed Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan, killing at least 20 people. The Pakistani Army has said that the attack was coordinated by the Taliban, and was orchestrated by Umar Mansoor, the Pakistani Taliban militant responsible for…
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El Chapo Captured Again: The United States Moves For His Extradition
By Spencer Wang ’19, Staff Writer Joaquin Guzman, the notorious drug lord known around the globe as El Chapo, was again captured by Mexican authorities on Friday, January 8th. This marks the third time Mexican authorities have detained El Chapo in the span of nearly 3 decades. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been Mexico’s top drug…
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New Year, New Science Wing
By Jason Suh ’18, Staff Writer This year at Newark Academy looks to bring about exciting changes for both the students and the faculty. The school is taking on various projects to improve the facility and revamp the buildings with the intent of bettering the overall educational experience. While many people are indeed aware of the construction on the…
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Revolution Week Update
Newark Academy’s Revolution Week is well underway. With nearly thirty events occurring over the course of the week, the jam-packed, exciting schedule makes it easy to overlook some of the incredible activities and discussions going on throughout our school. To help the community keep up, we at The Minuteman are here to provide an update…
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Investigating the NA Bomb Scare: What Really Happened?
By Aidan Fox ’16, News Editor On the morning of Monday, November 16th, faculty members were in professional development meetings and students were arriving at school for a delayed opening. Suddenly, it was announced that an evacuation drill was in effect. Those approximately 80 already in the building filed outside onto the football field as other students…
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Women Vote in Saudi Arabia: A Step Towards Progress?
By Rakhi Kundra ’17, News Editor For a country that has received heavy criticism for its treatment of women throughout its entire history, Saudi Arabia seems to finally be making subtle but significant steps towards progress in gender equality. This past August, Saudi women were given the right to vote and participate in elections for the…
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Community Service Update
By Aidan Fox ’16, News Editor The Community Service Council (CSC) is in the middle of its most ambitious year yet. The council has grown more and more influential over the years, but this council looks to top all previous years with more events and a closer connection to the student body. In addition to volunteer…
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Globalization of NA Clubs
By David You ’19, Staff Writer With the introduction of three speakers in just a few weeks’ time, Newark Academy has significantly boosted the presence of out-of-school ideas. As NA continues to bring in more speakers with the Global Speaker Series, three clubs — Green Committee, Support the Troops and Think Tank — have taken initiative…
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The Future of the eBook
By Zachary Burd ’19, Staff Writer The advent of the smartphone has killed the landline phone. Now, the dawn of the eBook is killing the printed book. Back in 1930, American Bob Brown, in his book The Readies, foretold of a machine able to hold multiple books in a miniaturized format, dooming the printed book to…