October 21, 2024
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 21, 2024
Skye Freeman, Features EditorOctober 18, 2024
Ari Novak, Assistant EditorOctober 17, 2024
Clare McRoberts, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 16, 2024
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 15, 2024
Lila Coyne, Assistant EditorOctober 15, 2024
Clare McRoberts, Editor-In-ChiefOctober 15, 2024
Declan Smith, Assistant Editor
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-Chief
October 21, 2024 • No Comments
A record number of 97 student clubs are available this school year, providing students with a diverse range of opportunities but also introducing organizational struggles for respective groups. Lab’s mission statement...
Ari Novak, Assistant Editor
October 18, 2024 • No Comments
In January 2025, Instagram will mandate Teen Accounts for all existing users under age 16 and all new users under age 18. With accounts set to private to promote safety, this new feature will limit what minors can see and...
- Music faculty navigate removal of support role due to budget cuts October 15, 2024
- New English elective centers student-led discussion, independent study October 11, 2024
- Class of 2028 elects officers; Oct. 16 runoff will determine final position October 11, 2024
- LabSTART emphasizes balance, planning ahead to 9th graders October 10, 2024
- Midway team, individuals named finalists for national awards October 2, 2024
- Interest in election intensifies September 24, 2024
- Undersea theme hooks attendees September 23, 2024
Ari Novak, Assistant Editor
October 18, 2024 • 1 Comment
Trick-or-treating is one of the highlights of the fall season. Children take to the streets in various costumes, clutching orange pails or decorated pillowcases with the hopes...
Nailed it: Sophomore duo turns nail art hobby into innovative, Insta-friendly business
October 11, 2024
The rough swipes of a nail file, the delicate application of the first coat of color, the swipe of an...
Four seasonal, spooky snacks for autumn
October 4, 2024
With the arrival of autumn, Halloween decorations have returned to stores, pumpkins will soon appear...
September 27, 2024
On Sept. 4, the entire high school gathered for the yearly opening assembly, consisting of the routine...
Karina Hans, Reporter
October 16, 2024 • No Comments
Update, Oct. 18, 6 p.m.: This story has been updated to include times when JV and 9/10 teams play. The annual Dig Pink volleyball game to raise awareness and money for breast cancer...
Declan Smith, Assistant Editor
October 15, 2024 • No Comments
“It’s like your mind isn’t connected with your body,” Olivia Adams said, describing the twisties, a phenomenon that occurs during tumbling in gymnastics where someone loses their position in the...
Amelia Tan: Driving for success
October 8, 2024
Camaraderie in competition: Cross country teams celebrate personal records
October 1, 2024
Ninth grade varsity soccer starters reflect on positive team environment, older teammates
September 24, 2024
Athletics department welcomes three new administrators
September 17, 2024
During their convention in Chicago in August, the Democrats focused on the broad theme of freedom, but the meaning behind the word was aimed specifically at issues of this...
The 2024 election on Nov. 5 is approaching quickly, and young voter turnout will have a large, if not decisive impact on election results, therefore determining how issues...
After watching 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s concession speech on TV, then-middle-schooler Grace Garrett locked herself in the back room of her...
Skye Freeman, Features Editor
October 21, 2024 • No Comments
“I was chasing a butterfly and fell in by accident!” yelled Flower, the sweet-yet-naive ghost of a 1960s hippie, when she was rescued from the bottom of a well by her ghost friends. Flower was missing...
Chloë Alexander, Editor-In-Chief
October 21, 2024 • No Comments
“I LOVE CHICAGO!” These words were shouted by Yung Gravy after performing the first song for his set amid the flashing lights and smoke in Radius Chicago on Oct. 10, standing on the stage in a...
October 15, 2024
“Sex Education” tracks the imaginary lives of teens in a made-up British town over four seasons....
Fall play ‘Rossum’s Universal Robots’ explores AI, human conflict
October 14, 2024
This year’s fall play tells the story of a futuristic world where robots, initially created as laborers...
Abhay Chandran and Kabir Joshi
October 17, 2024
Lab’s budget cuts have had many effects on sports, language programs and more. Club budgets have been cut, too, but have they really caused any extra difficulties in running...
Orlie Weitzman, Assistant Editor
October 10, 2024
Last year, I found the Advanced Algebra class tough. Math has never been my strongest subject, and everyone around me seemed to be breezing through the content, barely asking...
Kabir Joshi, Opinion Editor
October 3, 2024
I have had to fill out a form that asked for my identity recently, and I clicked Asian. Yet every time I clicked, I would cringe as I grouped myself with billions of other...
October 21, 2024
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 21, 2024
Skye Freeman, Features EditorOctober 18, 2024
Ari Novak, Assistant EditorOctober 17, 2024
Clare McRoberts, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 16, 2024
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 15, 2024
Lila Coyne, Assistant EditorOctober 15, 2024
Clare McRoberts, Editor-In-ChiefOctober 15, 2024
Declan Smith, Assistant Editor
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-Chief
October 21, 2024 • No Comments
A record number of 97 student clubs are available this school year, providing students with a diverse range of opportunities but also introducing organizational struggles for respective groups. Lab’s mission statement...
Ari Novak, Assistant Editor
October 18, 2024 • No Comments
In January 2025, Instagram will mandate Teen Accounts for all existing users under age 16 and all new users under age 18. With accounts set to private to promote safety, this new feature will limit what minors can see and...
- Music faculty navigate removal of support role due to budget cuts October 15, 2024
- New English elective centers student-led discussion, independent study October 11, 2024
- Class of 2028 elects officers; Oct. 16 runoff will determine final position October 11, 2024
- LabSTART emphasizes balance, planning ahead to 9th graders October 10, 2024
- Midway team, individuals named finalists for national awards October 2, 2024
- Interest in election intensifies September 24, 2024
- Undersea theme hooks attendees September 23, 2024
Ari Novak, Assistant Editor
October 18, 2024 • 1 Comment
Trick-or-treating is one of the highlights of the fall season. Children take to the streets in various costumes, clutching orange pails or decorated pillowcases with the hopes...
Nailed it: Sophomore duo turns nail art hobby into innovative, Insta-friendly business
October 11, 2024
The rough swipes of a nail file, the delicate application of the first coat of color, the swipe of an...
Four seasonal, spooky snacks for autumn
October 4, 2024
With the arrival of autumn, Halloween decorations have returned to stores, pumpkins will soon appear...
September 27, 2024
On Sept. 4, the entire high school gathered for the yearly opening assembly, consisting of the routine...
Karina Hans, Reporter
October 16, 2024 • No Comments
Update, Oct. 18, 6 p.m.: This story has been updated to include times when JV and 9/10 teams play. The annual Dig Pink volleyball game to raise awareness and money for breast cancer...
Declan Smith, Assistant Editor
October 15, 2024 • No Comments
“It’s like your mind isn’t connected with your body,” Olivia Adams said, describing the twisties, a phenomenon that occurs during tumbling in gymnastics where someone loses their position in the...
Amelia Tan: Driving for success
October 8, 2024
Camaraderie in competition: Cross country teams celebrate personal records
October 1, 2024
Ninth grade varsity soccer starters reflect on positive team environment, older teammates
September 24, 2024
Athletics department welcomes three new administrators
September 17, 2024
During their convention in Chicago in August, the Democrats focused on the broad theme of freedom, but the meaning behind the word was aimed specifically at issues of this...
The 2024 election on Nov. 5 is approaching quickly, and young voter turnout will have a large, if not decisive impact on election results, therefore determining how issues...
After watching 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s concession speech on TV, then-middle-schooler Grace Garrett locked herself in the back room of her...
Skye Freeman, Features Editor
October 21, 2024 • No Comments
“I was chasing a butterfly and fell in by accident!” yelled Flower, the sweet-yet-naive ghost of a 1960s hippie, when she was rescued from the bottom of a well by her ghost friends. Flower was missing...
Chloë Alexander, Editor-In-Chief
October 21, 2024 • No Comments
“I LOVE CHICAGO!” These words were shouted by Yung Gravy after performing the first song for his set amid the flashing lights and smoke in Radius Chicago on Oct. 10, standing on the stage in a...
October 15, 2024
“Sex Education” tracks the imaginary lives of teens in a made-up British town over four seasons....
Fall play ‘Rossum’s Universal Robots’ explores AI, human conflict
October 14, 2024
This year’s fall play tells the story of a futuristic world where robots, initially created as laborers...
Abhay Chandran and Kabir Joshi
October 17, 2024
Lab’s budget cuts have had many effects on sports, language programs and more. Club budgets have been cut, too, but have they really caused any extra difficulties in running...
Orlie Weitzman, Assistant Editor
October 10, 2024
Last year, I found the Advanced Algebra class tough. Math has never been my strongest subject, and everyone around me seemed to be breezing through the content, barely asking...
Kabir Joshi, Opinion Editor
October 3, 2024
I have had to fill out a form that asked for my identity recently, and I clicked Asian. Yet every time I clicked, I would cringe as I grouped myself with billions of other...
October 21, 2024
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 21, 2024
Skye Freeman, Features EditorOctober 18, 2024
Ari Novak, Assistant EditorOctober 17, 2024
Clare McRoberts, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 16, 2024
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 15, 2024
Lila Coyne, Assistant EditorOctober 15, 2024
Clare McRoberts, Editor-In-ChiefOctober 15, 2024
Declan Smith, Assistant Editor
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-Chief
October 21, 2024 • No Comments
A record number of 97 student clubs are available this school year, providing students with a diverse range of opportunities but also introducing organizational struggles for respective groups. Lab’s mission statement...
Ari Novak, Assistant Editor
October 18, 2024 • No Comments
In January 2025, Instagram will mandate Teen Accounts for all existing users under age 16 and all new users under age 18. With accounts set to private to promote safety, this new feature will limit what minors can see and...
- Music faculty navigate removal of support role due to budget cuts October 15, 2024
- New English elective centers student-led discussion, independent study October 11, 2024
- Class of 2028 elects officers; Oct. 16 runoff will determine final position October 11, 2024
- LabSTART emphasizes balance, planning ahead to 9th graders October 10, 2024
- Midway team, individuals named finalists for national awards October 2, 2024
- Interest in election intensifies September 24, 2024
- Undersea theme hooks attendees September 23, 2024
Ari Novak, Assistant Editor
October 18, 2024 • 1 Comment
Trick-or-treating is one of the highlights of the fall season. Children take to the streets in various costumes, clutching orange pails or decorated pillowcases with the hopes...
Nailed it: Sophomore duo turns nail art hobby into innovative, Insta-friendly business
October 11, 2024
The rough swipes of a nail file, the delicate application of the first coat of color, the swipe of an...
Four seasonal, spooky snacks for autumn
October 4, 2024
With the arrival of autumn, Halloween decorations have returned to stores, pumpkins will soon appear...
September 27, 2024
On Sept. 4, the entire high school gathered for the yearly opening assembly, consisting of the routine...
Karina Hans, Reporter
October 16, 2024 • No Comments
Update, Oct. 18, 6 p.m.: This story has been updated to include times when JV and 9/10 teams play. The annual Dig Pink volleyball game to raise awareness and money for breast cancer...
Declan Smith, Assistant Editor
October 15, 2024 • No Comments
“It’s like your mind isn’t connected with your body,” Olivia Adams said, describing the twisties, a phenomenon that occurs during tumbling in gymnastics where someone loses their position in the...
Amelia Tan: Driving for success
October 8, 2024
Camaraderie in competition: Cross country teams celebrate personal records
October 1, 2024
Ninth grade varsity soccer starters reflect on positive team environment, older teammates
September 24, 2024
Athletics department welcomes three new administrators
September 17, 2024
During their convention in Chicago in August, the Democrats focused on the broad theme of freedom, but the meaning behind the word was aimed specifically at issues of this...
The 2024 election on Nov. 5 is approaching quickly, and young voter turnout will have a large, if not decisive impact on election results, therefore determining how issues...
After watching 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s concession speech on TV, then-middle-schooler Grace Garrett locked herself in the back room of her...
Skye Freeman, Features Editor
October 21, 2024 • No Comments
“I was chasing a butterfly and fell in by accident!” yelled Flower, the sweet-yet-naive ghost of a 1960s hippie, when she was rescued from the bottom of a well by her ghost friends. Flower was missing...
Chloë Alexander, Editor-In-Chief
October 21, 2024 • No Comments
“I LOVE CHICAGO!” These words were shouted by Yung Gravy after performing the first song for his set amid the flashing lights and smoke in Radius Chicago on Oct. 10, standing on the stage in a...
October 15, 2024
“Sex Education” tracks the imaginary lives of teens in a made-up British town over four seasons....
Fall play ‘Rossum’s Universal Robots’ explores AI, human conflict
October 14, 2024
This year’s fall play tells the story of a futuristic world where robots, initially created as laborers...
Abhay Chandran and Kabir Joshi
October 17, 2024
Lab’s budget cuts have had many effects on sports, language programs and more. Club budgets have been cut, too, but have they really caused any extra difficulties in running...
Orlie Weitzman, Assistant Editor
October 10, 2024
Last year, I found the Advanced Algebra class tough. Math has never been my strongest subject, and everyone around me seemed to be breezing through the content, barely asking...
Kabir Joshi, Opinion Editor
October 3, 2024
I have had to fill out a form that asked for my identity recently, and I clicked Asian. Yet every time I clicked, I would cringe as I grouped myself with billions of other...
October 21, 2024
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 21, 2024
Skye Freeman, Features EditorOctober 18, 2024
Ari Novak, Assistant EditorOctober 17, 2024
Clare McRoberts, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 16, 2024
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-ChiefOctober 15, 2024
Lila Coyne, Assistant EditorOctober 15, 2024
Clare McRoberts, Editor-In-ChiefOctober 15, 2024
Declan Smith, Assistant EditorOctober 11, 2024
Mia Lipson, Managing EditorOctober 11, 2024
Naomi Benton, Audience Engagement Editor
Ari Novak, Assistant Editor
October 18, 2024 • No Comments
In January 2025, Instagram will mandate Teen Accounts for all existing users under age 16 and all new users under age 18. With accounts set to private to promote safety, this new feature will limit what minors can see and...
Caroline Skelly, Audience Engagement Editor
October 11, 2024 • No Comments
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, in a tight circle of desks, eight students and a teacher are having a lively discussion about the theme of desire in their book. It’s a relaxed setting in N-204 with hot tea being passed...
Class of 2028 elects officers; Oct. 16 runoff will determine final position
October 11, 2024
Updated Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m.: In a runoff election held today, Zain Zaidi was elected to the Class of 2028 Student Council...
LabSTART emphasizes balance, planning ahead to 9th graders
October 10, 2024
Story, transcript, activities, relationships and talents: the five defining characteristics of a high school journey, according...
Midway team, individuals named finalists for national awards
October 2, 2024
The U-High Midway is one of 34 high school newspapers in the country that are finalists for the prestigious Newspaper...
Interest in election intensifies
September 24, 2024
With just a few weeks to go in a presidential campaign marked by a late candidate switch, rancor and assassination attempts,...
Lab’s budget cuts have had many effects on sports, language programs and more. Club budgets have been cut, too, but have they really caused any extra difficulties in running...
Last year, I found the Advanced Algebra class tough. Math has never been my strongest subject, and everyone around me seemed to be breezing through the content, barely asking...
I have had to fill out a form that asked for my identity recently, and I clicked Asian. Yet every time I clicked, I would cringe as I grouped myself with billions of other...
Update, Oct. 18, 6 p.m.: This story has been updated to include times when JV and 9/10 teams play. The annual Dig Pink volleyball game to raise awareness and money for breast cancer...
Milky toners, moisturizing cleansers and small glass bottles of serum are meticulously lined up on Jianna Hong’s vanity, ready for her elaborate...
“I LOVE CHICAGO!” These words were shouted by Yung Gravy after performing the first song for his set amid the flashing lights and smoke in Radius Chicago on Oct. 10, standing on the stage in a...
A pickle, massive and intensely red, is removed from a plastic bag. After its vibrant innards are scooped out and discarded, the pickle is stuffed with spicy-flavored gummy...
After watching 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s concession speech on TV, then-middle-schooler Grace Garrett locked herself in the back room of her...
Ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft grant students access to easy, independent transportation, but they may come with safety concerns. However, with...