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The Spotlight Series: Jake Faber ’14
By Lauren Whelan’14, Arts & Entertainment Section Editor According to Newark Academy senior Jake Faber, “Some peoples’ boots are made for walkin’, but [his] were made for dancin’.” A newcomer to the Newark Academy stage, Jake has set an example for the entire Newark Academy community. A slightly unusual case, Jake found himself in need…
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Voice Proposals Make a Difference: New Electives
By Sanya Bery ’17, News Staff Writer Whether the class is Holocaust Studies, where students dig into a deeper and greater understanding of the Nazi’s atrocious massacre of the Jewish people or Politics of Change, where Mrs. Schottland leads discussions about the world’s most serious conflicts, electives have always been popular among Newark Academy students…
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The Netflix Revolution
by Grace Alofe ’14, Art & Entertainment Staff Writer When was the last time you watched your favorite television show on an actual television? If you had to think about that for more than 3.5 seconds, then you are a part of a rising mass majority. The truth is that a great number of viewers…
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Syria: Past, Present, and Future
By Perrin Clark ’15, Staff Writer It seems that every week there is one news story or controversy that dominates the headlines and then slips back into obscurity. We saw this pattern evolve when President Obama considered conducting limited strikes against Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s military for using chemical weapons against innocent civilians. The fallout was that the…
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Set 5 Feature: What is Appropriate?
What is “appropriateness”? The government sets certain regulations in public schools to define this term in an educational setting. However, at Newark Academy, an independent institution, “appropriateness” is a little different. What does the term mean in our Newark Academy community? Explore this feature to discover the truth. Ethan Andrzejewski ’13 and Thomas Pan ’14, Feature…
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NewarkAcademyDictionary.com
Backpack (n.): Something that, when plopped on the ground, angers the administration. Example: Craig: Dude, I just left a backpack right in the middle of the cafeteria! Henry: That’s so gross. I heard Ms. Galvin stepped on it! Talking in the library (n.): 1. Something that’s not that big of a deal but you get…
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The Minuteman would like to invite all Newark Academy community members to comment on our transition from print to online delivery. Your comments, critiques, and insight are highly valued as we work to shape future editions of The Minuteman. We continually seek to provide well-written, relevant content to the NA community as we have done…