U-High Midway

Lab students experience more depression, discrimination than national average, survey shows
March 23, 2023
Katie Sasamoto-Kurisu, Assistant Editor
Anxiety and depression symptoms among Lab’s high school and middle school students are higher than national averages, and Black and multiracial students are most likely...
Team managers organize behind the scenes and on the field
March 22, 2023
Zara Siddique, Audience Engagement Manager
The distinct echo of basketball fills the gym prepping for a game, as a student sets up a video camera. The soccer team warms up before a game, as a student sets up drills....
Dory Barnard glows and grows through leadership role in lighting crew
March 6, 2023
Taariq Ahmed, reporter
Editor’s note: Dory Barnard uses they/them pronouns, which have been substituted for different pronouns that were used in quotations from sources. Lights, Camera, Action!...
Photos: ArtsFest 2023
March 3, 2023
Victoria Washington and Audrey Matei
The price is (not) right: Fast fashion ethical concerns outweigh low prices
March 3, 2023
Skye Freeman, Reporter
Founded in 2008 by Chris Xu, Shein’s trendy designs, low prices fueled its fast-growing popularity, prompting interest in the company’s labor laws and production process....
Garden of the Phoenix and its maintenance symbolizes city’s multiculturalism
March 1, 2023
Erich Raumann, Deputy Managing Editor
In the spring, just south of the Museum of Science and Industry, newly planted cherry trees blossom. In the summer, fat koi lazily swim in a century-old pond. In the fall,...
Students experience discomfort due to mispronunciation of names
February 24, 2023
Zara Siddique, Audience Engagement Manager
A hush falls over the class as the teacher enters the room. Students orient themselves and pull out their materials as the teacher begins reading off the attendance. Half...
Falling into the manosphere pipeline
February 22, 2023
William Tan, Clare O’Connor, Peter Cox, and Clare McRoberts
The “manosphere” is an online community centered around promoting toxic masculinity, often through misogynistic agitprop. Manosphere influencers flourish online, building...
UChicago economics study tests baseball team
February 21, 2023
Katie Sasamoto-Kurisu, Assistant Editor
In preparation for the upcoming baseball season, players have spent the offseason undergoing a special kind of training, one specifically designed by former MLB affiliates...
Spring break exchange trips offer cultural immersion
February 20, 2023
Krishita Dutta, Opinion Editor
As the coronavirus pandemic is subsiding and global travel is again an option, U-High students are able to embark on exchange trips for the first time since 2019. Excited...

Speakers discuss activism, winding career at Young Women of Color assembly

March 27, 2023 • No Comments

Focused around themes of activism, careers and feminism, the Young Women of Color presented its annual Women’s History Month assembly “The Many Forms of Activism” on March 23, featuring three panelists who discussed...

SHIELD COVID-19 testing and contract tracing discontinued

Louis Auxenfans, News Editor

March 27, 2023 • No Comments

Weekly SHIELD testing for COVID-19 and contract tracing for grades 6-12 will be discontinued, according to a March 23 email from Marsha East, associate director of schools for finance and operations. As COVID-19 cases have...

Audio: After pandemic hiatus, students can again earn lifeguard certification through P.E.

March 27, 2023

The lifeguarding unit is now offered to U-High students after a hiatus during the pandemic. At the end, if tests are passed,...

Audio: Through bhangra lessons, students explore culture while having fun

March 22, 2023

Since March 3, U-High students have been meeting twice a week to learn about and perform bhangra, a traditional Punjabi dance....

Mock trial team creates closeness in ISBA tournament

March 21, 2023

While most students were enjoying their final days of spring break, members of the U-High Mock Trial Team were competing...

Audio: New water polo club team begins first season

March 21, 2023

Co-captains Isabella Alvarez and Lydia Gilbert have organized a water polo club team for the spring sports season and hope...

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Features

Opinion

Niall Danahey argues that the United States must uphold treaties and other agreements to defend Taiwan to prevent economical harm to the United States.

To support Taiwan, the United States of America must stop China

Niall Danahey, Reporter • March 27, 2023

The United States of America might start a war with China over Taiwan, an idea that was supported by President Joe Biden who said in May 2022 that the United States would...

Katie Sasamoto-Kurisu argues that engaging non-academic or nonprofessional summer experiences can be as or more valuable than a prestigious pre-professional position.

For summer activities, prioritize passion over résumé

Katie Sasamoto-Kurisu, Assistant Editor • March 23, 2023

As students begin to organize their plans for this summer, they are faced with many choices about what to pursue during their free months. While activities range across the...

AI interpolation disrespects the care put into the original animation and is of poorer quality.

Stop AI interpolation: People should listen to animators and authentic animation

Haley Maharry, Reporter • March 23, 2023

Animators are enraged by people who claim that AI interpolation, the trend of using artificial intelligence to turn 12- to 30-frames-per-second animations into 60 frames per...

Sports

To pursue his passion for baseball, Sohrab Rezei has bucked the typical college pathway for U-High students.

Audio: Slugging the curveball — Sohrab Rezaei takes uncommon path to college baseball

Katie Sasamoto-Kurisu and Louis Auxenfans • March 24, 2023

Sohrab Rezaei has chosen an unorthodox pathway in the college process, choosing to attend Wabash Valley Community College, a two-year college, over a four-year college. His choice demonstrates how people’s...

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Arts

“The 1619 Project” is a television series that aims to to reframe Americas history by placing Black people’s contributions at the center of what shaped today’s culture.

'1619' on Hulu reframes American history

Téa Tamburo, Editor-in-Chief • March 27, 2023

With an American flag waving overhead, Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, strolls through a neighborhood in Williamsburg, Virginia. Then, a photo series of childhood with...

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Multimedia

U-High P.E. teacher Daniel Dyra stands at the edge of a pool coaching students. The lifeguarding unit is now offered to U-High students after a hiatus during the pandemic, in which students can obtain American Red Cross certification.

Audio: After pandemic hiatus, students can again earn lifeguard certification through P.E.

David Santiago, Reporter • March 27, 2023

The lifeguarding unit is now offered to U-High students after a hiatus during the pandemic. At the end, if tests are passed, the student will obtain an American Red Cross...

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