Research Paper: Electronic Cigarettes and Their Effects on Youth
October 11, 2023
Abstract: This article examines the impact that electronic cigarettes and nicotine, a drug that has seen a large increase in usage in recent years, have on adolescents. Dangers to health, including as social and emotional aspects, are presented. This is an analysis article that includes...
Our Editors in Chief Say Farewell!
Benjamin White & Varsha Bhargava
May 14, 2023
Mr. Norris would like to sincerely thank both Benjamin and Varsha for their amazing work. We could not have had the success in publishing so many great articles this year without your help. You will be dearly missed, but your legacy in RDA will carry on! Benjamin White '23 Four...
Ridge High School’s GirlUp Club: Aims, Accomplishments, and Ambitions
February 9, 2023
“Period poverty”, according to the Journal of Global Health Reports, is defined...
November 26, 2023
In 2010, the company “WeWork” was established. Just 13 years later, WeWork filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Lasting for just over a decade, WeWork has become a prime example of how one should not run a business. Once a company worth 47 billion...
November 26, 2023
In the biggest federal monopoly trial in years, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) case against Google is wrapping up after 10 weeks in court. For the past 3 years, the DOJ had been investigating and developing an antitrust case against Google. In October...
Legislate and fight: Adventures in the House of Representatives
November 5, 2023
Defying all odds, the United States somehow managed to make it over three weeks without a functioning Congress. The reason? The top politicians and policymakers in the House of Representatives fought over the Speaker of the House for a full 22 days....
China this, China that: it seems like our country’s policymakers and media outlets can’t get enough of the former Middle Kingdom. Whether it be rumors of manufacturing...

Protests in France have escalated as of lately as more than 1.3 million protesters gather on the streets to fight against a detested presidential decision. Demonstrators,...
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history,” George Orwell writes in his classic dystopian novel, 1984....
Before COVID-19, I was supposed to visit my relatives in China and their dog Nina. My brother and I had a plan to drink bubble tea all day long and gorge ourselves on Chinese...
If Luisa Madrigal was right when she sang that pressure breaks the camel’s back, every student at Ridge High School would be in a wheelchair. A...
During the Teacher’s Convention long weekend, RDA’s reporters successfully followed two people who work in managing Ridge High School’s...
I heard you were thinking about taking AP Physics 1. Well, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to your very own survival guide for AP Physics...
Before we even start, we must address a certain article that was published in our very own newspaper. A few cycles ago, in fact, a few months...
May 14, 2023
Sunday, April 16 marked the end of an era. After a historic 13,981 show and remarkable 35 year run, Phantom of the Opera performed its final show on Broadway. The story...
May 14, 2023
At age 75, George Marriner Maull still gets lost in thoughts and daydreams. His unwillingness to root himself to a monotonous life without passion began as a feisty toddler...
November 26, 2023
Despite the 2024 Paris Olympics approaching quickly, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is already looking ahead to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles (LA28). On...
November 26, 2023
Nic Fink is not your average Olympic athlete. Fink is an American breastroker holding multiple international titles, including a world record in the 4x100 meter medley relay...
November 5, 2023
The cutting-edge technology of quantum dots has emerged as a ray of hope in the never-ending search for better cancer detection techniques. These small semiconductor particles...
May 15, 2023
“The sun is one big ball of nuclear fission chain reactions,” my chemistry teacher piped to our class. “You get one tiny reaction going”—he pinched his fingers for...

Ms. Curran started to teach orchestra in Bernards Township School district in 1992, and was the ONLY orchestra teacher in the district! Over...

With just five months remaining in the current legislative session in New Jersey, Senator Bramnick has shown his dedication to helping the veterans...
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