Teacher Appreciation: Ms. Smith
Caroline House, Reporter
May 19, 2020
Freshman year is extremely stressful, from meeting new people to trying not to get trampled in the halls, but Ms. Smith makes it all the easier. If a student is lucky enough to have Ms. Smith as an Earth and Space science teacher, they surely won’t be disappointed. Every class is different, but mos...
Teacher Appreciation: Mr. Kowbel
Caroline House, Reporter
May 19, 2020
This is Mr. Kowbel’s first year at City High and hopefully not his last. Mr. Kowbel teaches Freshman Concert band and Wind Ensemble. He is one of the people that makes not just the music department, but City High in general, fun to be at. Band with Mr. Kowbel is one of my favorite classes, partially du...
Garlic Mustard Invasion in Iowan Forests
Jae Dancer, Reporter
May 17, 2020
Whether you’re cleaning up your yard, hunting for morels, or just going for a hike in the woods there's no doubt that you’ve seen garlic mustard infesting Iowa forests. Garlic Mustard, originally introduced from Europe, was identified as a species in North America in 1999 and by 2000 was offic...
Democrats: Now You Have to Vote for Joe Biden
Jesse Hausknecht-Brown, Feature Editor
May 17, 2020
Not long ago, the world watched as 12 Democratic presidential candidates gathered in Westerville, Ohio for the largest ever democratic debate. Now democrats are left with one candidate, the safe choice, the predator: Joe Biden. This is Biden’s third time running for president; the first time was i...
A Career Well Lived – Dr. Grove Retires
May 16, 2020
For years, Dr. Greg Grove has been a role model in the choir department for many students. Now, he is retiring after 41 years of teaching all together. Amidst the coronavirus, a formal goodbye is not possible. “I really think it's that tired old saying that goes, "if you love your job, you ...
Shielding for Society
Emme Perencevich, Copy, opinion, and infographic editor
May 15, 2020
In the middle of a pandemic, the most important thing to do is to prevent the spread of the disease. While that may seem obvious, there are first several problems which need to be addressed: the people outright denying the existence of the disease; the protests against the “slavery” of social dis...
Teacher Appreciation: Dr. Grove
Jae Dancer, Reporter
May 12, 2020
With his quirky sense of humor, grandfatherly-type wisdom, and patients for teaching 60 teens to sing daily, Dr. Grove, ‘choir teacher, has made choir a favorite class of mine since freshman year. I remember one day earlier this year, I had just done poorly on an Ap-Government exam. I thought “wo...
Coronavirus Conspiracies
Jack Carrell, Reporter
May 5, 2020
They’re impossible to avoid: tweets and Reddit threads about how COVID-19 is being spread by 5G cellular towers. Or that the virus is the result of work in a bioweapon laboratory. But why are these baseless conspiracy theories everywhere, and how come no one can convince those people that they are not ...
Joe Biden: The Electability Trap
Rhys Holman, Executive Website Editor
March 6, 2020
With Elizabeth Warren recently dropping out, it means that the Democratic primary for president of the United States is down to two viable candidates: Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. While Sanders has mostly focused on ideas and trying to inspire more voters, Biden’s main pitch has been a return to norm...
Marching Band Should Count as a Sport
Caroline House, Reporter
March 6, 2020
As the sun beats down in the humid Iowa August, a gaggle of band kids rush for a sip of cold water after almost an hour and a half of playing and marching. This year was my first marching band season and it got me thinking, should marching band get you exempted from PE? The answer is yes. I was s...
Ok, Bloomer- Spanish Translation
Isaac Bullwinkle, Reporter
March 5, 2020
Michael Bloomberg se ha infiltrado en la contienda presidencial demócrata en un viaje de energía atenta y egoísta. Sin duda, su campaña tendrá connotaciones negativas para los candidatos mucho más experimentados políticamente que se oponen a él. Él es más de 2.000 veces más rico que los c...
