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NA Students In The News
By Rakhi Kundra’17, News Editor While we may be spending our time following the accomplishments of our favorite sports teams or listening to the new music from our favorite bands, there are students in our own community who are accomplishing the same things that we attribute to popular athletes and artists. This summer, Josh Charow’s (2016)…
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Why Everyone is Falling for This Season
By Sanya Bery ’17, Feature Editor Summer is everyone’s favorite season because of the burning hot sun, the roaring waves and, obviously, the much-appreciated lack of school –and homework. Of course, sadly all good things must come to an end, and by the time September rolls around the tans have faded and the books are back,…
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A Glimpse at NA’s Religious Diversity
By Sanya Bery ’17, Staff Writer For those who attend Newark Academy, and live in America, it’s probably drilled in their heads that they belong to a diverse culture, with many different and unique opinions. How does diversity of culture play a role in our lives as students and faculty of Newark Academy? Below are a sample…
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Legacy, FOP, & Fight Club: Student Council Update
By Aidan Fox ’16, News Editor Matt Thekkethala ’15, school president, has lofty goals for this year’s student council. “I want this to be the year that everyone talks about for years to come. I want to accomplish this by doing things very differently, really quirky things that will stick out. I view this year…
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Unexpected Extracurriculars: Hidden Talents at NA
By Claudia Hyman’16, Staff Writer Sometimes the prospect of doing extra curricular activities with our busy Newark Academy schedules is daunting or seemingly impossible- but these four Newark Academy students prove otherwise. In our tight knit community, you might think you know all there is to know about your peers, but the diversity of talent exemplified…
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Party Like It’s 1985!
By Danny Cohen ’15, Lead Columnist “Party like its 1985!” 1985, of course, is the last time the American League Champion Kansas City Royals reached the MLB playoffs. They went on to win the World Series that year. This past season, the Royals that organizations can bounce back from years of misery and ascend to…
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The Story Behind the Hair: An Interview with Mr. Rezvani
By Kyra Cooperman ’19 and Samantha Keller ’19, Staff Writers Why do you believe that your hair is your best feature? I’m not sure, I don’t know. Everybody says something about it. We heard that you were in North Korea over the summer; how did the climate affect your hair? It was frizzy. I wasn’t…
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Teachers Try Snapchat
by Victoria Molinari ’17 and Olivia Cubbage ’17, Staff Writers Nowadays, anywhere you go you can see people taking “selfies.” Selfie, as defined by Urban Dictionary, is “a ridiculous practice of narcissism,” where one or more people bunch together and snap a photo of themselves, hence the word selfie. Now I’m sure we’re all familiar with…
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Top Ten Reasons Why It’s Hard to Write an Article for the Humor Section
By Dylan Flanagan ’16 and Noah Nazmiyal ’16, Staff Writers Lila Rimalovski and Erin Mooney are the editors… It’s tough to write for an audience of five. The humor section group chat has turned into this kid hitting on sophomore girls. Noah Nazmiyal came up with none of these ideas. If you don’t think this is…
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Concerns about Qatar
By Kiran Damodaran ’17, Staff Writer During the past few months months there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. To give some background, Qatar is a small country in Western Asia, located on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. They won the bid for the 2022 World…