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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
Ivan Beck

Ivan Beck, Features Editor

Iván Beck joined Beginning Journalism as a sophomore in the 2017-18 school year. He served as an assistant editor and features editor before graduating in 2019.

Awards:

2020 Illinois Journalism Education Association: Third place, editorial, Teens: count on your peers

All content by Ivan Beck
LOOKS CAN DECEIVE. While this might look like standard fried chicken, everything in this photo is completely vegan. Can’t Believe it’s not Meat, a restaurant that recently opened on 53rd street, serves alternatives to meat dishes, offering meatless nuggets, burgers and a wide array of other meals. Although the restaurant itself is small, people constantly enter and exit the space, seeking a supplement to meat dishes that does not stray to far from what they are used to.

[Photo] Meatless made mainstream

Mira Costello, Opinion Editor
May 13, 2019
Education offers growth, not just preparation for jobs

Education offers growth, not just preparation for jobs

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
May 10, 2019
TO BE OR NOT TO BE. Maurice Jones, who plays Hamlet, leads a unique adaption of 'Hamlet' at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier. Jones has starred opposite of Daniel Radcliffe and worked with Orlando Bloom.

Shakespeare theater contemporizes ‘Hamlet’

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
April 24, 2019

‘Out’ students feel Lab accepts them

Iván Beck, Features Editor
April 4, 2019
Former Lab parent named associate director

Former Lab parent named associate director

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
March 19, 2019
Extra OAR dinary

Extra OAR dinary

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
March 12, 2019
Virtue's unusual flavor variety exceeds expectations

Virtue’s unusual flavor variety exceeds expectations

Ivan Beck
February 14, 2019
University faculty letter calls for investigation into Bobo-Jones firing

University faculty letter calls for investigation into Bobo-Jones firing

Iván Beck and Emma Trone
January 29, 2019
NEW YEAR, NEW TRAINER — New trainer, Barrett Jones wraps athlete’s ankle outside Sunny Gym. Mr. Jones was the head athletic trainer for U.S. women’s national soccer team before he came to Lab. Mr. Jones replaced Ashley Alonso, who left U-High to join the police academy.

U. S. women’s soccer team trainer joins U-High athletics

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
January 25, 2019
Water main break closes Historic Campus at 3:30 p.m., cancels afterschool activities

Water main break closes Historic Campus at 3:30 p.m., cancels afterschool activities

Emma Trone and Iván Beck
January 17, 2019
First Place: Daniel Jones’ Baklava Fingerprint Cookies

First Place: Daniel Jones’ Baklava Fingerprint Cookies

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
December 13, 2018
Patty Kovacs’ coffee cake

Patty Kovacs’ coffee cake

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
December 13, 2018
Rachel Nielsen's Krumkraker

Rachel Nielsen’s Krumkraker

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
December 13, 2018
Mariane Zemil's sweet potato pie

Mariane Zemil’s sweet potato pie

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
December 13, 2018
THE REPAIRED MURAL. A student wrote a homophobic slur on the LGBTQ rainbow flag. The slur has since been covered.

[Photo] Two murals defaced with identity-based slurs

Olivia Cheng, Midway Reporter
March 8, 2018

Middle school sex-ed emphasizes respect

Iván Beck
November 15, 2018
RULES OF THE POOL. Terry Shanks explains how to behave during swimming to a group of middle schoolers.

Boys locker room attendant a familiar, friendly face

Iván Beck
November 15, 2018
SPOOKY SPIRIT. Seniors Zoe Dervin and Robert Coats decorate cookies during the Halloween activities at lunch in Café Lab. The festivities also included a station for creating costumes and a costume contest, with categories including scariest, funniest, and best homemade. The schoolwide celebration began earlier in the day with a U-High Jazz Band performance with the lower school parade.

[Photo] Photo: Halloween

October 31, 2018
Rauner, Pritzker disagree on how to improve Illinois’ future

Rauner, Pritzker disagree on how to improve Illinois’ future

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
October 30, 2018
PRODUCT OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. The baco, shown above, is a fusion of a bao and a taco, which combines sweet with tangy. The contrasting flavors explode in one’s mouth and excite the senses. A Hyde Park location of Saucy Porka, the restaurant that offers this meal, was added at the beginning of August 2018. It is located close to both U-High and the University of Chicago Campus. Many of the meals were inspired by recipies passed down in the families of the creators.

Saucy Porka fuses Asian, Latin American cuisines

Iván Beck, Features Editor
October 12, 2018
THAT’S A WRAP. Nicholas Merchant rewatches a clip of a previous take he filmed on his camera. Through his films, Nicholas can vividly enhance and showcase the characters in his imagination.

Senior creates sitcoms to tell stories, explore film passion

Iván Beck, Features Editor
October 12, 2018
mountain man. Wind whipping through his hair, senior Reuben Slade takes a selfie on a mountain in Iceland, where he went on a five-day solo hike during summer break.

Summer spent on adventures

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
September 10, 2018
SUPER SELFIE. Rainn Wilson, an actor known for his role as Dwight Schrute in “The Office,” takes a selfie with U-High students who attended the optional assembly May 24. Wilson spoke about his production company, SoulPancake, and its role in his efforts to change the world.

Let it Rainn

Emma Trone and Ivan Beck
May 30, 2018
CELEBRATING THEIR CYCLING. Director of Information and Technology Curt Lieneck and music teacher Bradley Brickner pose for a photo after completing a part of their cycling trip. The two have done many biking rides and trips over the years they have known each other.

Technology director retires after 36 years

Iván Beck, Features Editor
May 29, 2018

Council holds one meeting with appointed students

Ivan Beck, Features Editor
May 29, 2018
THE OPPOSITE OF SPOILED. New York Times Columnist Ron Lieber presents to the Parents’ Association on April 23. Mr. Lieber wanted to convince parents to have a more open and honest conversation about money to give it the respect it deserves.

Speaker says talk to parents about money

Ivan Beck, Assistant Editor
May 10, 2018
2018-19 Student Council officers selected

2018-19 Student Council officers selected

Ivan Beck, Assistant Editor
April 30, 2018
THE REPAIRED MURAL. A student wrote a homophobic slur on the LGBTQ rainbow flag. The slur has since been covered.

Alumni Relations director resigns

Ivan Beck, Assistant Editor
March 8, 2018

Alumni Relations director resigns

Iván Beck, Assistant Editor
March 8, 2018

Rigorous practice yields national success for senior swimmer

Ivan Beck, Assistant Editor
March 8, 2018

Goal of Connections is $3 million

Ivan Beck, Assistant Editor
February 8, 2018

Familial connections create love for country music

Iván Beck, Assistant Editor
January 19, 2018

S.E.T. will have more original writing

Iván Beck, Assistant Editor
January 19, 2018

Submit Social Justice Week workshop, speaker ideas by Feb. 7

Iván Beck, Assistant Editor
January 19, 2018
Coders named finalists at Facebook Hackathon

Coders named finalists at Facebook Hackathon

Iván Beck, Assistant Editor
January 19, 2018

New council will advise principal on student opinions

Iván beck, Midway Reporter
September 8, 2017
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