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Column: School community must come together in face of hateful Confederate flag incident

Column: School community must come together in face of hateful Confederate flag incident

Adam Clements October 14, 2016

On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 27, during school hours, students at this school drove a car in a circle around Tiger Drive three times while waving a large Confederate flag out the window. The motives...

Beyoncé criticism unfair, misguided

Beyoncé criticism unfair, misguided

Adam Clements May 4, 2016

by Adam Clements Beyoncé Knowles has a long-standing reputation as perhaps the most widely loved and celebrated figure in American pop culture. She stands out among her peers in the pop music industry...

Start time initiative has potential, working group must be cautious

Start time initiative has potential, working group must be cautious

Adam Clements May 4, 2016

by Adam Clements Nearly everyone is familiar with the eternal high schooler’s struggle of failing to get enough sleep. Day after day, hundreds of students at North return home late after extracurriculars...

Letter to the Editor: Don't punish the ignorant, educate them instead

The Newtonite April 12, 2016

Dear Editor, I went to a meeting [last week] at town hall to discuss moving forward from the recent incidents of racism and anti-semitism around Newton (and about how to deal with prejudice and hate in...

Editorial: Take action against hate speech

The Newtonite March 15, 2016

The chants of “you killed Jesus” from Catholic Memorial’s fan section at Friday’s basketball game were an unacceptable show of ignorance, bigotry, and disrespect. Such open and blatant anti-Semitism...

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Media, candidates must take election seriously

The Newtonite December 16, 2015

by Adam Clements “Trump: America’s modern Mussolini.” “Trump’s call to bar Muslims stirs bipartisan anger,” read two recent Washington Post headlines. The newspaper’s website is dominated...

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Enough is enough, NFL: Time to take a real stand on domestic violence

The Newtonite November 13, 2015

by Jacob Gurvis The National Football League claims that it stands up against domestic violence. Sadly, commissioner Roger Goodell, actions speak louder than words. And your actions prove quite the contrary....

Column: Newton lags behind "less testing, more learning" movement

The Newtonite October 22, 2015

by Isabel Joyce At the end of last year, many teachers wore yellow pins with the motto “less testing, more learning” etched in red and blue into the shiny plastic frame. Despite the limited knowledge...

Interim principal Mark Aronson speaks to students in the SOA before the moment of silence. Photo by Josh Shub-Seltzer.

Column: Moment of Silence reinstated, side-note during school day

The Newtonite September 15, 2015

by Isabel Joyce Fewer and fewer students can clearly remember the terror of the day four U.S. airplanes were hijacked by members of al-Qaeda and caused the World Trade Center and the Pentagon to crumble....

Photo by Josh Shub-Seltzer.

Letter to the editor: It's time to say goodbye

The Newtonite September 11, 2015

Dear North community, It’s time to say goodbye… It was a good time, it was the best time (well, sometimes), however, 29 years is a long time. It’s just a little more than a third of my lifetime....

Column: Young Adult literature retells same stories

The Newtonite June 26, 2015

by Isabel Joyce The book tells the incredible story of a girl living in a dystopian society. An annual event—a seemingly bizarre scenario in our world, but portrayed as the norm in the book—angers...

Column: Social networks distract from everyday lives

The Newtonite June 26, 2015

by Isabel Joyce Your phone buzzes. The Facebook icon pops up in the center of the glossy iphone screen. You click the button, and suddenly you see how many “likes” your new, meticulously edited, profile...

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