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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
News
French exchange students explore Chicago, make memories
MUN team secures sixth consecutive win at Northwestern conference
Audio: Sophomores celebrate service learning in new assembly style

Audio: Sophomores celebrate service learning in new assembly style

April 19, 2024

[Pulsing music lead-in, continues in the background for following graf] At 8:30 a.m. on April 9, the sound of pulsing...

Gallery: Students attend annual BRAVE conference

Gallery: Students attend annual BRAVE conference

April 18, 2024

The annual Becoming Racially Aware and Valuing Ethnicity conference on April 5 featured Chicago-based music performers...

Unsung Heroes brunch honors 13 faculty, staff

Unsung Heroes brunch honors 13 faculty, staff

April 17, 2024

To recognize the contribution of adults in the Lab community, the Unsung Heroes brunch held on April 11 in Ida Noyes...

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...

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Features
Sophomore Dominic Vaughan stands at a food truck, ready to order. Students say that the food trucks on South Ellis Avenue offer a vibrant environment of aromas, people and fresh foods.
María Hinojosas time at U-High shaped her into the journalist she is and developed a through line of humanity in her perspective, allowing her to connect with the people she writes about.
A student looks at his phone, following a tutorial for a looksmaxxing method, mewing. Recently, looksmaxxing has risen in popularity on the internet and at U-High.
A iPhone morning alarm vibrates chaotically. Sleep deprivation is a common topic of discussion for many U-High students, but attitudes differ among grades.
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Trending Stories
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Your guide to the 2024-25 Student Council elections

Your guide to the 2024-25 Student Council elections

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Xavier Smith, an Information Systems help desk technician and basketball coach, reacts to his own recognition speech during the Unsung Heroes assembly at Ida Noyes Hall on April 11.

Unsung Heroes brunch honors 13 faculty, staff

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Ninth grader Taara Sajdeh qualified for the New Balance nationals and competed in March.

Taara Sajdeh sprints to success

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Working both on the court and in the classroom, Dash finds a balance between his academics and tennis.

Tennis star rallies toward goals

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For one of their last assemblies of the year, the sophomores were going to reflect on the work they’d done and engage in service learning in a new, interactive way. 

Audio: Sophomores celebrate service learning in new assembly style

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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

Briefs
Tracy Aiden, who has been at Lab for the past six years and is a teacher for Nursery 3 through kindergarten students, has been selected as a finalists for the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Early childhood educator selected as finalist for award for excellence in teaching
April 26, 2024
As one of the two schools in the country to win both the print and website Pacemaker Awards, the U-High Midway’s website won the Online Pacemaker Award from the National Scholastic Press Association. 
Midway website wins national award for third time since 2020
April 12, 2024
On April 6, the Math Team placed third in the 3AA division of the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics state finals at Illinois State University. 27 students participated in both individual and team contests.
Math Team wins third overall in statewide competition
April 12, 2024
This ceramic pot, thrown and glazed by junior Maxine Hurst, received an honorable mention in Midwest Regional Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Contest.
In regional contest, 25 U-High students receive recognition for writing, art
April 9, 2024
In their final match of the season, the robotics team competed at the Midwest regional at the University of Illinois at Chicago and advanced to the semi-finals. In addition, the team won the Innovation in Control award for its use of machine learning and computer vision.
Robotics team wins innovation award at last match of the season
April 8, 2024
Over 750 parents attended the Laboratory Schools Connections, a fundraising gala, which raised $1,285,723 for student financial-aid.
Connections fundraising gala raises $1.2 million
April 4, 2024
Chantal Thornberry will join the Lab community as equal opportunity services director and the deputy Title IX coordinator in July. Students seeking help with concerns about discrimination or harassment in the coming weeks should contact Dean of Students Ana Campos.
New equal opportunities director and Title IX coordinator to begin in July
April 2, 2024
On March 2, 13 U-High Students received a superior ranking in an Illinois State vocalist competition.
In district choir competition, all students received a superior
March 29, 2024
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Opinion
Reporter Haley Maharry argues that while PRIDEChicago shouldnt have excluded some schools representing LGBTQ+ students, the organization is taking the right steps to correct their mistakes
PRIDEChicago parade listening to public, striving for inclusivity
Haley Maharry, Reporter • April 25, 2024

Loud music, bright colors, and happy people fill the streets of Chicago every June for Chicago’s Pride Parade. The parade is always a huge celebration that packs the streets...

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...

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Sports
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...

Ninth grader Taara Sajdeh qualified for the New Balance nationals and competed in March.
Taara Sajdeh sprints to success
April 11, 2024
Members of the swim team hang out with each other during lunch. The girls swimming team provided an inclusive community and opportunities for connections across grade levels.
Audio: Even after season, girls swimming team friendships remain strong
April 2, 2024
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Health and Wellness
To heal from injuries, student athletes experiment with alternative medicine
To heal from injuries, student athletes experiment with alternative medicine
Taariq Ahmed, Digital Editor • April 17, 2024

One by one, plastic cups were placed and pumped, suctioning the skin of her upper back. As her blood flow — and the pain — increased, tennis...

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
March 28, 2024
Students who travel to different parts of the world often find that jet lag can make the return to home — and school work — hard. Some students have come up with their own antidotes for the problem, while new scientific studies have suggested cures like increasing light exposure and changing food schedules.
Time Zone Tug-of-War: Students, experts find respective ways to cope with jet lag
March 27, 2024
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Arts
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...

This ceramic pot, thrown and glazed by junior Maxine Hurst, received an honorable mention in Midwest Regional Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Contest.
In regional contest, 25 U-High students receive recognition for writing, art
April 9, 2024
As expectations for the new season of Formula 1: Drive to Survive were low, the sixth season of the show surprised fans with action and interest.
'Drive to Survive' exceeds low expectations for F1 fans
April 8, 2024
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Multimedia
For one of their last assemblies of the year, the sophomores were going to reflect on the work they’d done and engage in service learning in a new, interactive way. 
Audio: Sophomores celebrate service learning in new assembly style
Skye Freeman, Audience Engagement Manager • April 19, 2024

[Pulsing music lead-in, continues in the background for following graf] At 8:30 a.m. on April 9, the sound of pulsing music and cheers poured out of Judd C116 into...

Senior Emmanuelle Bal participates in a workshop called Are you doing it for yourself or the white man?” where students used an interactive discussion format to explore how people of color have been affected by tokenism, whitewashing, internalized racism and double consciousness.
Gallery: Students attend annual BRAVE conference
April 18, 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 new seasonal drinks.
Audio: Lab's coffee shop develops new name and drinks
April 12, 2024
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In-Depth
Rolling the dice
Rolling the dice
Audrey Park, Sahana Unni, Jaya Alenghat, and Kabir Joshi • April 5, 2024

Settling for Biden... again?
Settling for Biden... again?
February 21, 2024
Its all about the gray areas
It's all about the gray areas
January 25, 2024
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City Life
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...

A new survey of city teens about issues important to Chicago youth, conducted from Feb. 12 to Feb. 23, evaluated the highest concerns for the more than 220 U-High students who participated.
For U-High students, mental health, school safety, DEI arise as highest concerns
April 15, 2024
On March 19, one convenient location in Hyde Park to vote for or against the Bring Chicago Home referendum in the Illinois Primary, which failed, was at William H. Ray Elementary School.
Bring Chicago Home referendum fails; future uncertain
March 27, 2024
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