Zara Siddique, Reporter
September 30, 2022 • No Comments
With the first month of school nearly complete, new students at U-High are finding the transition into U-High to be smoother than expected, and many are happy with the ease they have felt in joining the community. Like the...
Erich Raumann, Deputy Managing Editor
September 23, 2022 • No Comments
During a passing period, students fill the hall in an almost wall-to-wall mass, laughing, loudly conversing and calling out to passing friends — almost every face unmasked. It’s a scene that was difficult to imagine seven...
Club shopping changes outreach format
September 19, 2022
Every year, students partake in a club shopping event during lunch, but this year, club leaders presented 30-second promotional...
Student Council offer agendas on mental health and curriculum feedback
September 16, 2022
Key ideas for this year’s Student Council aim for more acknowledgement and clarification of mental health policies and...
Vox Pop: Ninth graders share worries, excitement for high school
September 13, 2022
For rising ninth graders at Lab, the first year of high school can have both its worries and its rewards. Eight U-High freshmen...
COVID-19 rules loosened, but not lifted
September 12, 2022
No masks, no sitting on dots, no weekly spitting in tubes. The fourth school year affected by COVID-19 is vastly different...
As the Midway sees it… Homework has become the subject of increasing scrutiny, as students and parents in the community have lamented the excessive workload placed on the...
Question: When a celebrity/company is revealed to have values or taken action that you consider problematic, how do you let that knowledge affect your consumption of their...
The first time I was called the R-word was in second or third grade. At the time, I only had a vague understanding of what the word meant. I was struggling with several...
Since he was 6 years old, walking around the golf course with his dad, Daniel Chang has developed an interest in golf. Today, having become one of Illinois’ best high school players, he cannot...
Deep breath in. Senior Tenzin Karma, who practices Buddhism, meditates in a quiet room, early in the morning. Over the course of the pandemic,...
The past decade has brought a fantasy-television renaissance with the smashing success of “Game of Thrones” and its successors. Sprawling worlds of dragons, magic and kings have enthralled audiences...
In 2008, Barack Obama won a historic election, making him the first African American President of the United States. His campaign, running on a central idea of “hope”...
Whether you are looking for a fun outdoor activity, stuck at home on a rainy day, or looking for something new to try, there are plenty of ways to have a blast without a device...
When I stepped into the lobby of McCormick Place Aug. 6, I immediately saw a hastily put together Captain America, a meticulously crafted Master...
