May 23, 2025
Sohana Schneider, Editor-in-ChiefMay 22, 2025
Orlie Weitzman, Opinion EditorMay 22, 2025
Chloé Tyndall, ReporterMay 22, 2025
Declan Smith, News EditorMay 21, 2025
Abhay Chandran, City Life EditorMay 20, 2025
Ellie Rosenberg, ReporterMay 20, 2025
Lila Coyne, Arts & Entertainment Editor

The Class of 2025 graduation ceremony will be held June 12 from 2-4 p.m. in Rockefeller Chapel. Laura Jarrett, a 2003 alumna who is now a senior legal correspondent for NBC News, will be this year’s commencement speaker. Senior...

According to Ahrefs Blog, just a few months ago, in August, something new started popping up at the top of all Google searches, whether people were signed in or not. Instead of the regular highlighted quote from an article,...
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A book drive organized by two sophomores as part of a citywide effort collected dozens of books to promote children's literacy throughout Chicago. All books collected...

After ninth grader Olive Bracken Saenz takes a photo on Snapchat, she adds text, a filter or a sticker to it. She pauses to think before hitting the “send to” button....


Whenever we had time left in my third grade class, we would take out our large, blue textbooks and carefully trace the swooping lines of cursive G’s as our teacher watched...

A few months ago I read Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel “Never Let Me Go.” The story centers around an organ-farming system in which clones are raised to be harvested for “real...

“Minecraft,” a popular sandbox game beloved by many who grew up in the 2000s, has inspired many books, spin off games, and fan-created works. “A Minecraft Movie,” released April 4, continues to...

After President Donald Trump returned to office this year, he put forth a variety of policies. From immigration to finances to NIH funding to press freedom, many around the...



With Spring sports in full swing, these moments show athletes giving it their all, doing whatever they can to secure the win.

Mimicking the Yule Ball, the school dance in the “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” movie, students danced to popular songs under twinkling candles and golden snitches...

Every Sunday night, Bryce Poston, a sophomore baseball player, waits to see what team he will play on for that week. In most sports, athletes are placed on one team at the beginning of the season — freshman/sophomore,...



U-High Latin teacher Frances Spaltro has volunteered at Hyde Park Cats for close to 15 years, and has sought to protect cats around the neighborhood. Hyde Park Cats, a local nonprofit organization, has...



The results of the latest biennial survey of the health and wellness of Lab middle and high school students show that mental health has improved in the past two years and is slightly better than the national...

May 23, 2025
Sohana Schneider, Editor-in-ChiefMay 22, 2025
Orlie Weitzman, Opinion EditorMay 22, 2025
Chloé Tyndall, ReporterMay 22, 2025
Declan Smith, News EditorMay 21, 2025
Abhay Chandran, City Life EditorMay 20, 2025
Ellie Rosenberg, ReporterMay 20, 2025
Lila Coyne, Arts & Entertainment EditorMay 19, 2025
Lila Coyne, Arts & Entertainment EditorMay 16, 2025
Chloé Tyndall, ReporterMay 15, 2025
Abhay Chandran, Audience Engagement Editor

With the traditional Latin announcement of “Habeas Papam!” ringing across the Piazza San Pietro in Vatican City on May 8, the new leader...

A book drive organized by two sophomores as part of a citywide effort collected dozens of books to promote children's literacy throughout Chicago. All books collected from May 5-9 were donated to Books4Cause. Books4Cause...










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The Midway is featuring athletes, selected at random, from school teams for informal interviews about their sports. Suna Choi Hortaçsu is a sophomore on the track and field team. Suna’s responses have...



Editor’s note: Dr. Eugene Arnold was interviewed for this story on April 15, and he died on April 27. Blue, yellow, red. These colors illuminate the aisles of the grocery store, fill school cafeterias...


With the 2025 tornado season in the United States off to a busy start, the 2024 movie “Twisters,” directed by Lee Isaac Chung, comes up at a timely moment, delivering immersive scenes that reflect...

U-High theater is preparing for their upcoming production: “Urinetown.” The play is about a dystopian world where water is scarce and people...

After President Donald Trump returned to office this year, he put forth a variety of policies. From immigration to finances to NIH funding to press freedom, many around the country and in the U-High community...



U-High Latin teacher Frances Spaltro has volunteered at Hyde Park Cats for close to 15 years, and has sought to protect cats around the neighborhood....

