The Student News Site of University of Chicago Laboratory High School

U-High Midway

The Student News Site of University of Chicago Laboratory High School

U-High Midway

The Student News Site of University of Chicago Laboratory High School

U-High Midway

MUN team secures sixth consecutive win at Northwestern conference
Unsung Heroes brunch honors 13 faculty, staff
Social Justice Week activities promote diversity, inclusivity

Social Justice Week activities promote diversity, inclusivity

April 17, 2024

Participating in a panel about safe spaces and social justice, students and teachers shared experiences working toward...

Student inventor wins first place for environmental board game in entrepreneurship program

Student inventor wins first place for environmental board game in entrepreneurship program

April 16, 2024

Evelyn Halbach has a passion for learning about the environment, one that earned her first place in her proposed product...

Audio: Podcast Club’s first episode brings community together

Audio: Podcast Club’s first episode brings community together

April 4, 2024

Since the U-High Podcast Club’s creation in September, members have been working toward the goal of helping students...

Change in testing requirements rattles students

Change in testing requirements rattles students

April 3, 2024

In February Yale University announced it would require undergraduate applicants to submit scores from standardized tests,...

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Arts Editor Chloë Alexander argues recent Tiktok trends showcasing curly hair products need to acknowledge the origin of coily hair care: the Black community.
Curly hair TikTok trends should uplift Black hair textures
Chloe Alexander, Arts Editor • April 18, 2024

As a kid, my mom struggling to comb my hair was a weekend tradition. The knots piled up in my curly hair, making me a crying mess and my mom angry because I let my hair get...

Reporter Declan Smith argues Dropping the honorifics and keeping students and teachers on a first-name basis is beneficial to the academic environment.
Drop gendered honorifics: Show respect in other ways
Declan Smith, Reporter • April 17, 2024

Since the 15th century, English speakers have been using the honorifics Mr., Ms. and Mrs., which originated as short ways of saying master and mistress, and even now students...

Reporter Abhay Chandran argues by prioritizing the elimination of issues like greenwashing, we will be able to genuinely approach net-zero emissions making far more progress toward sustainability.
Stop greenwashing: critical to more sustainable planet
Abhay Chandran, Reporter • April 15, 2024

Greenwashing is the practice in which companies, in an attempt to increase sales or decrease controversy, will try to convince customers that the company and/or their product...

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After many isolated months indoors, some people have developed a green thumb, providing an outlet for relaxation and stress reduction.
Green thumbs: Students, faculty create comfort and connection with houseplants
Victoria Washington, Opinion Editor • April 23, 2024

It’s March 2020. As the school was about to close down for what was then expected to be just two weeks, college counselor Patty Kovacs made plans to bring a van to school for one sole purpose: saving...

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Four years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, long COVID still continues to impact health despite slowing of its spread.
Effects of pandemic linger with COVID-19
Katie Sasamoto-Kurisu, Editor-in-Chief • March 28, 2024

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Over the months that followed, as the virus spread, it affected...

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The annual senior exhibit in the Corvus Gallery is running from through May 3.
Senior exhibit, through U-High's art program, exhibits Lab's artists' excellence
Jaya Alenghat, City Life Editor • April 15, 2024

The annual Senior Art Show, located in the Corvus Gallery in Gordon Parks Arts Hall through May 3, displays seniors’ work in media such as digital art, photography, traditional painting, drawing and...

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The Laboratory Schools Coffee Shop is getting a new name shortly, but that’s not the only thing that’s changing, the coffee shop has recently started offering some new seasonal drinks.
Audio: Lab's coffee shop develops new name and drinks
Mira Reddy, Reporter • April 12, 2024

The Laboratory Schools Coffee Shop is getting a new name shortly, but that’s not the only thing that’s changing, the coffee shop has recently started offering some...

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Rolling the dice
Rolling the dice
Audrey Park, Sahana Unni, Jaya Alenghat, and Kabir Joshi April 5, 2024

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Flyover Chicago, a 4-D experience of the city of Chicago, opened on March 1 with adult tickets costing $24.95 and tickets for children 13 and under costing $14.95. The event starts with a short movie played in a round theater.
‘Flyover Chicago’ offers thrilling multisensory experience of the city
Light Dohrn, Assistant Editor • April 17, 2024

The city of Chicago is known for many things. A few that come to mind are deep-dish pizza, Cloud Gate and the Ferris wheel — then, if you care...

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