By Thomas Pan ’14, Staff Writer Although the actual voting process is more than a year away, the 2012 election is currently underway. Over the past months, the candidates have already spent more than $45 million campaigning. As the election approaches, who the candidates are becomes an even more pressing issue. In alphabetical order, here…

By  Danielle Sidi ’14, Staff Writer Many Newark Academy students brought their dogs, families and friends to this year’s run for FOP. Professional runners came to race the course and everyone was excited to participate. Each runner paid an admission fee and all of the proceeds go straight to FOP researchers. The construction of the…

By Alexander Goff ’15, Staff Writer  From beautiful ice sculptures at the Dance, to free popcorn in the lower lot, Homecoming was a festival of amusing activities. “Successful,” and, “aesthetically pleasing,” Freshman student council member, Matt Tekketala ’15, and Senior student council member, Carissa Szlosek ’12 replied respectively when asked if they could describe the…

By Kevin Mittal ’15, Staff Writer  On Friday, October 11, 2011, the Livingston fire marshal arrived at school to approve the permits requested for Homecoming the following day. At this time, the various corridors had not been cleaned up of the extravagant decorations that the students had put up. Upon seeing the amount of paper,…

By Rebecca Gorelov, Staff Writer On September 17, 2011, 1,000 protestors marched through the streets of New York protesting social and economic inequality, corporate greed, and the powerful influence of corporations. This group calls themselves Occupy Wall Street. Now, a month later, tens of thousands of people are still staging protests in over 900 cities…

By Allie Cohen ’12, Staff Writer The construction of the new building has proven to be a popular topic of conversation and debate this year. It represents many important changes for Newark Academy. One of these changes appears in the standards for the construction itself. These standards are higher than those of most building projects, because…

By Kevin Lin ’15, Staff Writer Muammar al-Gaddafi’s was killed on October 20th, 2011.  Gaddafi is well-known for his abusive treatment of his people, and the abusive treatment of other nations.  Ever since he came to power through his military coup in 1969,  he removed all U.S. and British military bases in Libya, banned Western…

By Danielle Sidi ’14, Staff Writer Even though cleaved by the CollegeBoard and Christopher Columbus, Spirit Week 2011 maintained high energy. Starting off on a Friday, Spirit “Week” bridged Columbus Day weekend, PSAT/Explore test, and even a rainy Senior Mountain Day. Hannah Zack ’14, sophomore class president, claimed this year the school was, “More unified…

By Danny Cohen ’15, Staff Writer     Not only are over one hundred new students walking the halls this fall, but there are seven new teachers who have joined the NA faculty. Some are starting out there careers, while others come to the Academy with distinguished backgrounds. Their knowledge and experience will undoubtedly add…

By Sydney Mann ’14, Staff Writer On September 8th, 2011 Newark Academy students arrived at school only to be informed that the power had gone out.  As soon as students left their cars they were directed towards the lower gym—the only place in the school where power and working plumbing remained. As students came together in…