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Pharmaceutical companies have important responsibilities to those who participate in their trials for coronavirus vaccines, writes reporter Samuel Back.

Vaccine trial participants deserve high priority

Samuel Beck, Reporter
June 4, 2021
Vaccine passports should be required for international travel and encouraged for sporting events, writes reporter Louis Auxenfans.

Vaccine passports needed to renew daily life

Louis Auxenfans, Reporter
June 2, 2021
U-High should mandate that eligible students be vaccinated before returning to in-person learning in the fall.

Make vaccines mandatory for eligible students

Editorial Board
May 27, 2021
No longer filled with large tables designed for student gathering, the school cafeteria looks very different this year. Students report that these physical changes have impacted the social dynamic previously associated with the space.

COVID Cafeteria: Precautions in Café Lab have changed eating environment

Sahana Unni, Reporter
May 27, 2021
Many consider getting a drivers license a rite of passage into adulthood with many benefits. The ability to grab your keys, hop into the front seat and drive wherever you want is a privilege. However while driving provides students with more freedom, it also requires them to take on more responsibility.

Students learn to drive during pandemic, take on new responsibility

Audrey Matei, Jack Hurst, and Audrey Park
May 24, 2021
Senior Tierney Cunningham picks up her mortar board cap, tassel, gown and sign at Gordon Parks entrance for graduation on June 10. This year, the Class of 2021’s graduation ceremony will take place on Jackman Field at 2:30 p.m.

Class of 2021 graduation to take place June 10 on Jackman Field

Krishita Dutta, Arts Co-Editor
May 21, 2021
The University of Chicago will require all students to be fully vaccinated before classes start this fall, but it has not been confirmed if this requirement will apply to the Laboratory Schools. 

University of Chicago announces COVID-19 vaccine requirement for students

Sahana Unni, Reporter
May 21, 2021
Ninth grader Elena Bloom takes a math test for geometry class. While math is typically a subject heavily dependent on testing and finals, the traditional math final structure has been eliminated in many classes this year.

Teachers cancel final exams, projects

Lucia Kouri, Editor-In-Chief
May 20, 2021
Virtual performances have introduced challenges for the theater cast and crew. The theaters final virtual production this year, Alice Down the Rabbit Hole, will be performed on Thursday, May 27 at 6pm.

Organizing virtual performance brings differences, challenges

Margot Konetzka, Reporter
May 20, 2021
Junior Jennifer Huo gets her second vaccine dose April 8 at the University of Chicago Hospital. The University of Chicago will offer free COVID-19 vaccines to all Lab or UChicago Charter students, employees, children of employees and family members and caregivers of students and employees ages 12 or older on May 22.

University of Chicago to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to students May 22

William Tan, Reporter
May 19, 2021
TAKEOUT. A customer exits the Valois storefront on May 19. Many longtime customers of Valois have gotten takeout there during the pandemic. “They actually already had a set-up where before the pandemic you could get take-out,” said Seth Richardson, a customer for 20 years.

Valois, valuable part of Hyde Park history, has struggled in the pandemic

Peter Cox, Reporter
May 19, 2021
Athletes returning to their sports have found masks to be a challenge, but also essential to safety and strengthening bonds.

Masked up: Athletes return to play following coronavirus guidelines

Peter Pu, Editor-in-Chief
May 18, 2021
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