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Homework does not benefit students

Homework does not benefit students

Kati Blaylock, Newtonian Reporter January 28, 2020

Adolescents attend school on a daily basis, repeating the same class schedule. However, at the end of the day, they are constantly bombarded with hours homework that will benefit them in no way, which...

Iranian conflict day five: prioritization editorial

Iranian conflict day five: prioritization editorial

Libby Crawford, Newtonian Reporter January 17, 2020

From the beginning, presidents have historically wanted to have the biggest military. Now there have been talks about another war breaking out, President Donald Trump has given the military two trillion...

Tardy policy counterintuitive

Tardy policy counterintuitive

Benton Dreasher, Newtonian Content Editor December 10, 2019

The current tardy policy is not effective in preventing students from being late. The rationale behind the current tardy policy is that every minute matters when it comes to education, so to incentivize...

Are you sad or SAD?

Are you sad or SAD?

Matt Olson, Newtonian Reporter December 3, 2019

As the days grow shorter, getting out of bed becomes a chore. It begins to feel more difficult to maintain the standards presented at work or school. Lack of motivation is suddenly an overwhelming factor...

Entertainment should be considered separate from real world issues

Entertainment should be considered separate from real world issues

Daniel Gonzalez-Arevalo, Newtonian Reporter October 18, 2019

The new Joker movie was met with great reviews and anticipation ahead of its release. However, in the midst of all of the praise, the movie was met with media controversy. Some of the general public and...

Women should not be taught to live in fear

Women should not be taught to live in fear

Ann Pomeroy, Newtonian Reporter September 27, 2019

From an early age we as women are taught to be afraid. Afraid of strangers, of suspicious vans, of dark alleyways and much more. We are taught to stick together and to be aware of our surroundings. When...

Law enforcement officers should be required to wear body cameras

Law enforcement officers should be required to wear body cameras

Kati Blaylock, Newtonian Staffer September 20, 2019

In recent media, there have been a lot of public protests against the cases of unarmed civilians dying in the hands of the police. In light of these incidents, a recent debate has broken out on the subject...

International lack of knowledge about vulvas hurts women

International lack of knowledge about vulvas hurts women

Ellen Garrett, Newtonian Content Editor May 20, 2019

Lady bits, hoo ha, vaj-j, vag. The bringer of life, controller of cycles, the DESTROYER OF WORLDS: the vagina. But how could the vagina be the destroyer of worlds? Let us take a trip down memory lane,...

Alabama abortion sanction implemented

Benton Dreasher, Reporter May 16, 2019

In the past few months, the contentious topic of abortion has somewhat been placed on the backburner, but has once again come to light as Alabama state legislators passed a pro-life favoring bill on May...

Participation in activities creates families

Marco Aramburu, Newtonian Reporter May 13, 2019

From the beginning of childhood, we were always told to shoot for the moon. I came into high school not knowing where exactly I fit in or what I wanted to do, I wanted to do which made it difficult when...

True happiness achieved being yourself

Lorelei Jacobs, Newtonian Reporter May 13, 2019

We have heard it since we were little; be yourself. Everywhere we look there is an inspirational poster with a quote about embracing your character. Despite the constant reminders from parents and teachers...

Stereotypes do not define who you are

Kaete Schmidt, Newtonian Graphics Manager May 13, 2019

They will never be good parents...She is a slut...That baby will be neglected...The dad will not stick around...Their life is over.” There are all things that I heard or experienced my freshman year....

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