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The Little Hawk

The student news site of Iowa City High School

The Little Hawk

The Importance of Gender Inclusive Restrooms

The Importance of Gender Inclusive Restrooms

Zoe Tyne, Reporter February 12, 2017

In the past year the University of Iowa has installed 150 gender inclusive restrooms, yet we have yet to follow its lead. The lack of gender inclusive restrooms can keep students from feeling safe and...

Mental Health Isnt a Joke

Mental Health Isn’t a Joke

Mariam Keita, Reporter February 9, 2017

Tell me you haven’t experienced something like this before: You and a friend are at lunch complaining about the unreasonable price of a single slice of pizza. “Why does it cost so much?” they...

Protesters in DC placed their signs on a fence in front of the capitol building

Thanks, Obama–Seriously.

Lottie Gidal, Reporter February 8, 2017

Barack Hussein Obama, how to sum up your time in office. A lot happened. Let’s see — right off the bat you won the Nobel Prize for reasons no one is still quite sure about. You nominated two of...

Pussy hats were popular at the Womens March on Washington as well as the sister marches.

Post-Protests: The Practicality of Civil Disobedience

Maya Durham, Opinion Editor February 7, 2017

On January 21, 2017, the biggest protest in US history happened in Washington DC. An estimated 500,000 people of all ages, genders, races, ethnicities, and abilities gathered and marched the streets of...

Art by Lucia Wagner.

Choking Up on the “Gag Rule”

Genevieve Wisdom, Reporter February 4, 2017

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order reinstating the “Gag Rule” on overseas organizations for family planning. Now, foreign countries will not be allotted funds from the United...

Star Wars: Nine of the Most Popular Theories

Star Wars: Nine of the Most Popular Theories

Landon Clay, Reporter February 2, 2017

In the world of Star Wars, it sometimes takes something really insignificant to piece together the entire story. Though these theories aren’t confirmed, seeing them makes things fit together more than...

No Healthcare Means More Sickness

No Healthcare Means More Sickness

Te'Angela Lewis and Alyse Lacina February 1, 2017

The new year tends to bring many things, and with the passing of the election season there will be a new president, with many new ideas. Obama Care is a health plan that covers families and individuals...

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier Review

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier Review

Courtney Hoang, Reporter February 1, 2017

Season three of Telltale Games’ ‘The Walking Dead: A New Frontier’ has been released with two episodes available to play for the end of 2016. Being a game of interactive points and clicks, the...

The Little Hoax: Speech is Vogue!

The Little Hoax: Speech is Vogue!

Mira Bohannan Kumar, Reporter February 1, 2017

DISCLAIMER: This article (and blog, The Little Hoax) are meant to be satirical. While the facts about speech and its competitions are accurate, the quotes, points of view expressed, and reactions are...

Why We Should Switch to a Semester and 4-1-4 System

Why We Should Switch to a Semester and 4-1-4 System

Madeline Pugh, Reporter January 27, 2017

What City High needs right now is a January term where students would be able to take fantastic, new, enriching classes or go on awesome field trips through a 4-1-4 semester system. The ICCSD runs on...

Albus Dumbledore and the Shattered Pedestal: My Thoughts on Fantastic Beasts II

Albus Dumbledore and the Shattered Pedestal: My Thoughts on Fantastic Beasts II

Mira Bohannan Kumar, Reporter January 26, 2017

With the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in December 2016, the Harry Potter franchise has produced a fantastic spin-off that opens the series to an entirely new set of possibilities....

Olivia Baird 19 as Snow White

Secure and Earn

Olivia Baird, Reporter January 26, 2017

A new app is motivating students to secure their cellphones during class and they get rewarded for doing so. The app, Pocket Points (available on Apple iOS 9.0 or later and Android Jelly Bean 4.1 or...

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