Category: News
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Mock Trial’s Success Continues
By Sydney Mann ’14 and Sivi Satchithanandan ’15, Staff Writers “When our names were announced as country champions, we all erupted into a pure ecstasy and at that moment we knew we were the best,” notes Ethan Savel ’14 a witness for Newark Academy’s Mock Trial team, describing how the team won the Essex County Championship…
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Crisis in the Middle East: A Turkish Perspective
By Tyler Goff ’14 and Rebecca Gorelov ’14, Staff Writers The annual Feinberg Family Multi-Cultural Assembly on December 2nd, in association with the Global Speaker Series, presented Mustafa Akyol as this year’s speaker. Based in İstanbul, Turkey, Mustafa Akyol is a political commentator, journalist, and author. He is a constant commentator in the Turkish media…
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Club Update: What’s going on with Model Congress, Model United Nations, and Mock Trial?
By Sivi Satchithanandan ’15, Staff Writer Newark Academy has many different clubs encompassing service to hobbies to cultural activities. Among them are three that focus on helping students understand the political and legal processes better: Model Congress, Model United Nations, and Mock Trial. These clubs, which simulate the workings of important institutions, have flourished during…
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Technology: The Next Generation of Learning at NA
By Siddarth Kannan ’14 and Kevin Lin ’15, Staff Writers Newark Academy is quickly and quietly expanding its use of technology to enhance the learning experience, both in the library and in the classrooms. The Academy’s classrooms are already outfitted with smart boards and everyone checks out MacBooks in the library with frequency. Still, Newark…
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Spain in the Era of Rajoy
By Zachary Gross ’14 and Bill Ulrich ’14, Staff Writers On November 21, 2011, Mariano Rajoy, the leader of the People’s Party, won the position of Prime Minister by an absolute majority in the Spanish Parliamentary Elections. This victory was a trend among other races for governmental posts, as the People’s Party won 189 seats…
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Immersion to a New Level: A Sitdown with María Fernanda Juarez
By Megha Poddar ’15 and Sara Widmann ’15, Staff Writers For the past two months, María Fernanda Juarez has been staying with the Schwarz-Jelin family. Sarah Jane Jelin, the mother of Willa ’15, signed up to host María during the summer. They were more than excited to have María living with them. The Schwarz’s hospitality…
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A Little Bit Dicey: An Inside Look into the Union Protest
By Jake Wieseneck ’14, News Editor Last month, Newark Academy faced its first major obstacle on the road to completing the Campus Master Plan: IronWorkers Local 11. The presence of large inflatable rats and protestors on campus during the morning rush of November 21, 2011, was only one part of the conflict that arose between…
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A White October: How a Flash of Winter Weather Hit the NA Community
By Sydney Mann ’14, Staff Writer 600,000. That’s the number of homes within New Jersey that had little to no power after the unexpected October snowstorm. In addition to power outages, the storm left fallen trees on houses, main roads, and across live wires creating a multitude of safety issues, closed roads, and fires. From…
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Pakistan and India’s Conflict: A Threat to the U.S?
By Megha Poddar ’15, Staff Writer In 1947, India and Pakistan won independence from Britain. The now fabled region of Kashmir, which was predominantly Muslim, was given a choice of which country to be governed by. Supposedly, India was for the Hindus and Pakistan, the Muslims. Maharaja Hari Singh, the leader of Kashmir, preferred to…
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Crisis in the Eurozone
By Zachary Gross ’14 and William Ulrich’14, Staff Writers Mr. Gilbreath, a member of our own Newark Academy faculty noted for his economic acumen cautioned, “If the Eurozone fails, then everything will crumble and I may be forced to eat my students.” Although it was intended as a joke, Mr. Gilbreath is expressing a very…