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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
Lila Coyne

Lila Coyne, Assistant Editor

Lila Coyne is a member of the Class of 2027 and serves as an assistant editor. She began taking journalism in the 2023-24 school year as a ninth grader. Lila is also a member of the debate team. Outside of school, she enjoys reading and listening to Belle and Sebastian.

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Before the Dec. 18 high school music concert at Mandel Hall, ninth grader Ari Wong prepares by wetting the reed for his clarinet while laughing and playing around with a friend's violin.

Gallery: U-High winter music concert

Lila Coyne, N.C. Gunning, Nathan Li, and Olin Nafziger
December 20, 2024
Junior James Hubbard builds a robot during a Cache Money practice session. Especially during the competition season, when these sessions are long and frequent, the robotics team receives critical support from a committee of dedicated parents.

Parents boost robotics team with funds and foods

Lila Coyne, Assistant Editor
December 12, 2024
The 2024 adaptation of Broadway musical "Wicked," starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, focused so much on appealing imagery and magical effects that it ended up dulling down its characters and losing the original story's power.

‘Wicked’ delivers spectacle but fails its characters

Lila Coyne, Assistant Editor
December 4, 2024
This exhibition was created as a tribute to the Johnson Publishing Company, which was founded by John Johnson in 1942. The exhibition is located at the Stony Island Arts Bank.

Exhibition serves as tribute to the Johnson Publishing Company

Lila Coyne, Assistant Editor
November 14, 2024
The Sustainability and Environmental Action Council, a newly formed group consisting of students and faculty, will address issues like placing more stainless steel bins for recycling and garbage around the school.

To improve sustainability at Lab, new committee unites students, faculty

Lila Coyne, Assistant Editor
November 6, 2024
Music teacher Bridget Andes puts an instrument into a locker. Music faculty have been coping with an influx of new work after the removal of an important support role due to budget cuts.

Music faculty navigate removal of support role due to budget cuts

Lila Coyne, Assistant Editor
October 15, 2024
Netflix’s new adaptation of the 2005 dystopian novel “Uglies” disappointed its audience with careless writing and simplistic messages.

‘Uglies’ falls flat with shallow, pandering morals

Lila Coyne, Assistant Editor
September 30, 2024
Dialing up Debate

Dialing up Debate

Lila Coyne, Taariq Ahmed, Chloe Alexander, Clare McRoberts, Lucy Shirrell, and Declan Smith
September 28, 2024
Coming out in theaters on April 22, “Challengers” blends rivalry, romance and tennis to create a new take on traditional rom-com tropes.

‘Challengers’ defies expectations with blend of rivalry, romance, tennis

Lila Coyne, Reporter
June 3, 2024
Spend your summer exploring the city of Chicago with 12 different festival recommendations.

4 ways to summer soiree

Naomi Benton, Lila Coyne, Sinziana Lazar, Dina Letko, David Li, Ari Novak, Ari Novak, and Mira Reddy
May 30, 2024
Blues! Thomas Ealey performs at the 2008 Chicago Blues Festival, the biggest free blues festival in the world. 2024 will be the Chicago Blues Festival’s 40th year celebrating this genre and Chicago’s role in its conception. From June 6-9, anyone who reserves tickets can attend this free festival in Millennium Park.

Chicago Blues Fest reflects rich history

David Li and Lila Coyne
May 28, 2024
FLYING HIGH. During the 2022 ArtsFest opening ceremony, Dance Team members participated in a trick alongside the Jesse White Tumblers.

Tumblers inspire, change young teen lives

Lila Coyne and David Li
May 28, 2024
Spend your summer exploring the city of Chicago with 12 different festival recommendations.

From music to art, here’s 12 fun festivals for this summer

Naomi Benton, Ari Novak, Mira Reddy, David Li, Lila Coyne, Dina Letko, and Sinziana Lazar
May 28, 2024
“Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin expertly explores shame, purity, and queer desire as it recounts the love affair between two men in 1950s Paris. The novel serves as a cautionary tale, with its tragic ending revealed on the third page.

Depicting queer desire, ‘Giovanni’s Room’ explores shame

Lila Coyne, Reporter
May 27, 2024
FINDING FREEDOM. Dance teacher Jane Sawyer teaches a Modern I class on April 12th, at her everyday studio at the Hyde Park School of Dance. Ms. Sawyer prioritizes her goal of making her students feel free and comfortable in their bodies through her work teaching dance to incarcerated women at Cook County Jail. “If they come and take this dance class, maybe they’ll come away feeling like redemption from other people is not necessary, and they can just give themselves that compassionate forgiveness,” she said.

Offering freedom through dance, teacher works with incarcerated women

Lila Coyne, Reporter
May 20, 2024
As ninth grader Priya Yamada becomes a member of an advanced group of dancers at the Hyde Park School of Dance, she has to examine what it means to grow in ballet outside of pointe.

Audio: U-High dancer explores ballet beyond pointe

Lila Coyne, Reporter
April 11, 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

Lila Coyne, Reporter
March 29, 2024
Reporter Lila Coyne argues the U-High administration should adjust policies surrounding student activities, so students who are absent due to academic teams have the same guidelines students who are absent due to athletic competition.

Academic team absences shouldn’t count toward threshold

Lila Coyne, Reporter
March 8, 2024
Junior Ketan Kandula carefully works on a robot during the Greater Pittsburgh Regional from March 1-3, , in which the robotics received the Gracious Professionalism Award for their conduct, but did not qualify for playoffs. 

At competition, robotics team misses playoffs but displays professionalism

Lila Coyne, Reporter
March 5, 2024
A student plays a song from Taylor Swift's rerelease of her album, "1989," her most recent album. Ms. Swift's popularity is largely due to the relatability of her lyrics.

Taylor Swift’s relatable lyrics provide comfort, reassurance to audiences

Lila Coyne, Reporter
January 24, 2024
Global Foods Club meets every Thursday at lunch in Room C-123. The group aims to expose U-High students to foods from other cultures.

In new club, students can experience food from global cultures

Lila Coyne, Reporter
October 31, 2023
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