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The student news site of Iowa City High School

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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...

Nerd Nook: Mount & Blade Warband: Napoleonic Wars

Nerd Nook: Mount & Blade Warband: Napoleonic Wars

Teagan Roeder, Reporter January 22, 2017

I would attribute this addicting game as the bane of my entire high school education. Mount & Blade Warband: Napoleonic Wars is a multiplayer focused downloadable content (DLC) that requires...

The Little Hoax: Wes Anderson Announces New Film The Bad Pastel Dad

The Little Hoax: Wes Anderson Announces New Film “The Bad Pastel Dad”

Lucia Wagner and AJ Boulund January 22, 2017

DISCLAIMER: This article (and blog, The Little Hoax) is meant to be satirical. The quotes and points of view expressed are meant to be humorous and are fictional. Do not read any further unless you understand...

LH MUSIC ALBUM REVIEW: 4 Your Eyez Only

LH MUSIC ALBUM REVIEW: 4 Your Eyez Only

Maya Chadwick, Reporter January 19, 2017

On December 9th, 2016, J. Cole blessed our ears with the release of 4 Your Eyez Only.  In 4 Your Eyez Only, J. Cole mixes anger, love, and sadness into a beautiful composition. J. Cole really took...

The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais.

Book Review: “The Hundred-Foot Journey” by Richard C. Morais

Lucia Wagner, Executive Web Editor January 15, 2017

Disclaimer: This review includes some spoilers. Proceed with caution. Over Winter Break, I wandered into a seemingly neverending bookstore in Chicago called “Myopic.” The used bookstore is wedged...

LH MUSIC ALBUM REVIEW: Coloring Book

LH MUSIC ALBUM REVIEW: Coloring Book

Maya Chadwick, Reporter January 10, 2017

Chance the Rapper comes out with only his third mixtape Coloring Book, but with this drop he starts to show that he means business. His previous mixtapes, 10 Day and Acid Rap, were released independently...

The Little Hoax: Studies Suggest a Preference for Safety Dance

The Little Hoax: Studies Suggest a Preference for “Safety Dance”

Lucia Wagner, Executive Web Editor January 10, 2017

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

Nerd Nook: Dead Rising 4

Nerd Nook: Dead Rising 4

Piers O'Harrow, Reporter January 5, 2017

When you're kicking zombies and taking names, you aren’t going to care what time it is. Yes, I am talking about a game of pure zombie mayhem. On a scale of 1 to 100, the fun factor is 150. Frank...

10 Items To Keep in the Car During Winter

10 Items To Keep in the Car During Winter

Courtney Hoang, Reporter December 16, 2016

As the season changes we often take our safety for granted. Winter rolls around and it is time, once again, to familiarize and ease ourselves into the harsh driving conditions and become well prepared...

Craft and Fancy is located at Home Ec Workshop in downtown Iowa City. The art is really nice and the prices are good, but there were a lot of purses, hair accessories, and jewelry. It definitely caters to a specific group of people.

The Best of Iowa City’s Local Gifts

Maia Janssen, Reporter December 14, 2016

The pressure to find the perfect gift for family and friends is very real during the holiday season, and the challenge is in no way helped by the rows and rows of identical, generic gifts sold by big retailers....

Electing the College

Electing the College

Eden Knoop, Reporter December 13, 2016

While the presidential election may be over, the political turmoil it has caused rages on. Who we want to be as a nation and what we want our democracy to represent are not easy questions to answer, but...

Nerd Nook: Yo-kai Watch Influences Pokemon Sun and Moon

Nerd Nook: Yo-kai Watch Influences Pokemon Sun and Moon

Courtney Hoang, Reporter December 13, 2016

With a new release of the 'Pokemon Sun and Moon' anime in Japan, it is obvious to say that there are many changes and influences following from a strong competitor in Japan's television networks. 'Yo-kai...

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