Teens Who Can’t Vote Make an Impact by Protesting and Encouraging others to Vote
Jennie Gidal, Reporter
October 26, 2020
With the world at a tipping point and the upcoming presidential election on everyone’s minds, the students of City High have a unique voice to be heard. Most of the student body is under the voting age but that hasn’t stopped them from speaking out for issues they see around them. “This is ...
Mental Health During a Global Pandemic
Aala Basheir and Rebecca Michaeli
October 24, 2020
In the midst of a pandemic with little structure, many students have expressed finding it challenging to adjust to the new normal. In addition to the challenges posed by new ways of learning, mental health and wellbeing can often be overlooked. “There's nothing normal about this situation right now,” Ivr...
@ICCSD: A Space to Share Stories
Jesse Hausknecht-Brown, Executive Editor
October 23, 2020
For months, well-designed, color-coordinated, patterned squares flooded City High students’ Instagram feeds; however, the content of these boxes was less pleasing than their aesthetic exterior. All under similar handles, these Instagram accounts, most created in late July and early August, call out...
Black Lives Matter: The Fight for Equality in Iowa City
Aala Basheir, Jesse Hausknecht-Brown, and Shoshie Hemley
October 23, 2020
The Shadow Pandemic
October 22, 2020
Trigger warning: domestic abuse An alarming secondary crisis lurks behind the COVID-19 pandemic most of us are familiar with. The so-called “shadow pandemic” refers to the increase in domestic abuse cases. The shadow pandemic, though not as prominent in the public consciousness as COVID-19, is...
A Long-Distance Farewell
Rachel Meehan, A&E and Copy Editor
May 20, 2020
City High’s beloved choir director, Dr. Greg Grove, announced his retirement this year to students throughout the music department. Dr. Grove has been a colleague, mentor, and friend to countless lives throughout his time at City High. Because their farewells are unable to be said in person, below is ...
Energy Usage at City High
Shoshie Hemley, News Editor
May 17, 2020
Recently, a pair from the Americorps visited City High in order to review their emissions and do an energy audit, which the school has not yet received. According to the ICCSD’s Climate Action plan of 2019, the ICCSD’s greenhouse gas emissions are split up by buildings and facilities, solid waste, the bus fleet, gasoline vehicles, and water usage. All these sec...
Climate Stress in Students
Julianne Berry-Stoelzle and Nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos
May 16, 2020
For Avery Wilson ‘20, living with anxiety is a struggle, but over time, she has developed ways to cope. However, when it comes to climate change, she can’t talk herself down. “Climate anxiety is hard to stop. Because for lots of things I feel anxious about, I can talk myself down and realiz...
Farming Green
Shoshie Hemley, News Editor
May 15, 2020
Iowa is a state known for farming, leading the nation in corn, soybean, pork, and egg production according to the U.S Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. In 2012, there were 30,622,731 acres of farmland in Iowa according to the Iowa Data Center. However, according to the Nation...
Native Land
Shoshie Hemley and Henry Mildenstein
May 15, 2020
One of the most known aspects of Native American culture is the connection with the land and nature. However, Native Americans across Iowa, and the rest of the nation, are having to deal with the destruction of their land and the environment. “We consider nature to be a part of us. We’re a part of natu...
The Depths of Water Pollution
Julianne Berry-Stoelzle and Paris Fuller
May 14, 2020
Silvia Secchi often takes walks along the Iowa River with her dog Chiquita. She enjoys the fresh air, and watching the eagles, but also keeps a careful eye out for algae blooms and the water level. She worries about the contamination in the river, if the pH is too high for the fish to survive, or if ...
Culinary Club Presidents Bakes Over the Quarantine
Haileigh Steffen, Reporter
April 23, 2020
What to do?... oh! What to do!? The coronavirus has created bushels of questions for students. None more pressing (for some) than how to occupy the endless hours while socially distancing. Ana Laura Leyser ‘22, however, has answered the mystery of time-occupation quite elegantly with a simple flick o...
