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Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-ChiefFebruary 11, 2025
Caroline Skelly, Audience Engagement EditorFebruary 11, 2025
Skye Freeman, Features EditorFebruary 10, 2025
Lucy Shirrell, Assistant EditorFebruary 10, 2025
Light Dohrn, Arts & Entertainment EditorFebruary 7, 2025
Sohana Schneider, Assistant EditorFebruary 7, 2025
Chloé Tyndall, Reporter
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-Chief
February 11, 2025 • No Comments
All Laboratory Schools campuses will be closed on Feb. 12 due to unsafe weather conditions, and no classes will meet. The official announcement to the Lab community was emailed at around 8:15 p.m. on Feb. 11, following an...
Lucy Shirrell, Assistant Editor
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Students who take the path toward a more advanced math class find complex, stimulating content, but this path is also a productive way to enhance their applications or further pursue their interest in math. Getting ahead...
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- Audio: Independence requires balancing free time, studying February 3, 2025
- Problematic ‘confessions’ shared January 23, 2025
- Lab science mentorship program suspended for 2025-26 January 20, 2025
Juliana Daugherty, Audience Engagement Manager
February 11, 2025 • No Comments
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Skye Freeman, Features Editor
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Sohana Schneider, Assistant EditorFebruary 7, 2025
Chloé Tyndall, Reporter
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-Chief
February 11, 2025 • No Comments
All Laboratory Schools campuses will be closed on Feb. 12 due to unsafe weather conditions, and no classes will meet. The official announcement to the Lab community was emailed at around 8:15 p.m. on Feb. 11, following an...
Lucy Shirrell, Assistant Editor
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Students who take the path toward a more advanced math class find complex, stimulating content, but this path is also a productive way to enhance their applications or further pursue their interest in math. Getting ahead...
- Exchange students arrive from China; Lunar New Year performance amazes February 7, 2025
- Trump’s return sets in February 6, 2025
- Gallery: Class of 2025 unwinds, bonds with friends during annual Senior Getaway February 5, 2025
- History class activity brings ancient Rome to life for students February 3, 2025
- Audio: Independence requires balancing free time, studying February 3, 2025
- Problematic ‘confessions’ shared January 23, 2025
- Lab science mentorship program suspended for 2025-26 January 20, 2025
Juliana Daugherty, Audience Engagement Manager
February 11, 2025 • No Comments
It’s a chilly evening in January. The breeze is picking up a bit as individuals skate happily around the Midway Plaisance ice rink. Among the group of skaters are three...
Molly Herron: Social worker mixes love for human connection with pie baking
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It’s early on a Saturday morning in November, but Molly Herron is already hard at work receiving pies...
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The Super Bowl isn't just about football — it's a four-hour American spectacle of touchdowns, halftime...
Marc Monaghan: Former Lab middle school dean captures the world through photojournalism
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Underneath an oak tree, 13-year-old Marc Monaghan pulls out his Brownie Starmatic camera and angles it...
Skye Freeman, Features Editor
February 11, 2025 • No Comments
At 6 p.m. on a January weekday, it’s dark and cold outside, and most students have gone home, but the lights in the dance studio in Kovler Gymnasium remain lit. The rhythmic sound of stomping feet can...
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-Chief
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Light Dohrn, Arts & Entertainment Editor
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“Once upon a time, freedom used to be life — now it's money.” “No. It was always money, Mama. We just didn't know about it." When “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry first hit...
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Sohana Schneider, Assistant Editor
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Lucy Shirrell, Assistant Editor
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Editorial Board
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Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-ChiefFebruary 11, 2025
Caroline Skelly, Audience Engagement EditorFebruary 11, 2025
Skye Freeman, Features EditorFebruary 10, 2025
Lucy Shirrell, Assistant EditorFebruary 10, 2025
Light Dohrn, Arts & Entertainment EditorFebruary 7, 2025
Sohana Schneider, Assistant EditorFebruary 7, 2025
Chloé Tyndall, Reporter
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-Chief
February 11, 2025 • No Comments
All Laboratory Schools campuses will be closed on Feb. 12 due to unsafe weather conditions, and no classes will meet. The official announcement to the Lab community was emailed at around 8:15 p.m. on Feb. 11, following an...
Lucy Shirrell, Assistant Editor
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Students who take the path toward a more advanced math class find complex, stimulating content, but this path is also a productive way to enhance their applications or further pursue their interest in math. Getting ahead...
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- Trump’s return sets in February 6, 2025
- Gallery: Class of 2025 unwinds, bonds with friends during annual Senior Getaway February 5, 2025
- History class activity brings ancient Rome to life for students February 3, 2025
- Audio: Independence requires balancing free time, studying February 3, 2025
- Problematic ‘confessions’ shared January 23, 2025
- Lab science mentorship program suspended for 2025-26 January 20, 2025
Juliana Daugherty, Audience Engagement Manager
February 11, 2025 • No Comments
It’s a chilly evening in January. The breeze is picking up a bit as individuals skate happily around the Midway Plaisance ice rink. Among the group of skaters are three...
Molly Herron: Social worker mixes love for human connection with pie baking
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The Super Bowl isn't just about football — it's a four-hour American spectacle of touchdowns, halftime...
Marc Monaghan: Former Lab middle school dean captures the world through photojournalism
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Underneath an oak tree, 13-year-old Marc Monaghan pulls out his Brownie Starmatic camera and angles it...
Skye Freeman, Features Editor
February 11, 2025 • No Comments
At 6 p.m. on a January weekday, it’s dark and cold outside, and most students have gone home, but the lights in the dance studio in Kovler Gymnasium remain lit. The rhythmic sound of stomping feet can...
Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-Chief
February 5, 2025 • No Comments
Sounds of the fitness center — chatter, weights lifting During the weeks before their official season started, members of the boys basketball team trained three times a week in the fitness center...
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Varsity girls basketball team fights through various injury setbacks
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Lower school introduces athletics program
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This year the Midway celebrates its 100th year of publication. Since its founding, the Midway has overcome obstacles, documented U-High history and become one of the most...

On Aug. 21, the third night of the Democratic National Convention, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the vice presidential candidate, addressed a booming crowd. In his speech, Mr....

While navigating the complex landscape of issues in this election season, students balance choices of political perspectives, social justice concerns and the impact of future...

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...



Light Dohrn, Arts & Entertainment Editor
February 10, 2025 • No Comments
“Once upon a time, freedom used to be life — now it's money.” “No. It was always money, Mama. We just didn't know about it." When “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry first hit...
Karina Hans, Reporter
February 7, 2025 • No Comments
From Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, junior Sophia Zheng and sophomore Sinziana Lazar went to the Illinois Music Education Association All-State Orchestra in Peoria for three days of intense practice with a final performance...
‘Cunk on Life’ provides both meaning and humor
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“Every life form is made of cells, like a prison, which is probably why existence is so depressing,”...
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’ responds boldly to industry betrayal
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On Sunday night, Feb. 9, Super Bowl LIX will be played to decide this year’s NFL champion. However,...
Sohana Schneider, Assistant Editor
February 7, 2025
In 1965 my grandparents left India and moved to England. My mom was born there and the family lived there before moving to the United States in 1973. My grandparents both...
Lucy Shirrell, Assistant Editor
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It’s 10 p.m. on a Thursday night and after hours of work, all of my homework for the following day finally sits on my desk completed. With my math problems finally solved,...
Editorial Board
January 23, 2025
After the New Year's attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, misinformation spread through social media. Online, people jumped to conclusions about both attacks, making up or...
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Jaya Alenghat, Editor-in-ChiefFebruary 11, 2025
Caroline Skelly, Audience Engagement EditorFebruary 11, 2025
Skye Freeman, Features EditorFebruary 10, 2025
Lucy Shirrell, Assistant EditorFebruary 10, 2025
Light Dohrn, Arts & Entertainment EditorFebruary 7, 2025
Sohana Schneider, Assistant EditorFebruary 7, 2025
Chloé Tyndall, ReporterFebruary 6, 2025
Declan Smith and Mia LipsonFebruary 6, 2025
Lucy Shirrell, Assistant Editor

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