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PAGE 3 • ARTS PAGE 5 • PAGE 8 • SPORTS Aiming to show the true CHICAGO LIFE Students explain how Chicago, “The Chi,” a Each of the figure skating provides new Showtime series approximately 650 them a chance to written by a native people killed in Chicago relax and let loose, as Chicagoan, depicts throughout 2017 has well as self-discipline the effects of crime on a story behind the and growth through people and communities. statistics. competition. University of Chicago Laboratory High School 1362 East 59th Street, Chicago,U-HIGH Illinois 60637 MIDWAY Volume 94, Number 6 FEBRUARY 8, 2018 Donation will fund Dewey-themed China trips by SAMIRA GLAESER-KHAN lawn Charter School working to- NEWS EDITOR Allocation of Donation: gether on projects. A donation from a business- Student and faculty trips to China Dr. Abelmann wants students man with connections in the Unit- during summers of 2018 and 2019 to retrace Dewey’s 1919 trip. He ed States and China will allow Lab said the study tour would travel to learn about Lab Schools found- Conference at Lab in May 2019 to Shanghai, Beijing and Nanjing, er John Dewey in China. commemorating Dewey’s China trip where students would read and The $675,000 donation from Jun discuss speeches Dewey gave in Zhou, chairman of Zhongtong Lo- Buddhism studies at the University those places. gistics Company in China and of Chicago Before embarking on projects the Jefferson Education Group, with Lab over the summer, stu- will fund projects facilitating Chi- Possible international study center dents from RDFZ will first get to nese-American exchanges and ex- know U-High students through ploring the role of Dewey in both the new Chinese exchange pro- countries. Additionally, the do- 2018 and 2019. The rest of the do- gram. While in Chicago, exchange nation will enable projects build- nation has not been allocated. The students will tour the city, shadow ing off the new Chinese exchange, administration is still working out their hosts at school and partici- which has students from Ren Da Fu the details for a possible interna- pate in a Chinese karaoke compe- Zhong (RDFZ) high school in Bei- tional study center or other school tition with their host students. jing visiting Lab through Feb. 12. programs looking at issues in ed- This is the first year that Lab is Jun Zhou’s donation will fund ucation relating to Dewey’s ideas, partnering with Ren Da Fu Zhong, a conference at Lab in May 2019 director Charlie Abelmann said. a selective high school in Beijing. commemorating the centennial Dr. Abelmann is excited about RDFZ is affiliated with Renmin of Dewey’s two-year trip to China the opportunity to involve stu- University, one of the University of with his wife, Alice, where he vis- dents from the new Chinese ex- Chicago’s partner universities. ited provinces and gave dozens of change school in the projects During spring break, 12 U-High speeches. Next year’s conference funded by Mr. Zhou’s donation. He students will fly to China to expe- MIDWAY PHOTO BY SONNY LEE will have speeches, panels and ac- explained that students from RD- rience life at RDFZ. Chinese teach- DEWEY FUN. Bruce Li, a student at Ren Da Fu Zhong high school tivities for students such as com- FZ high school will be invited to at- er Xiao Li Zhou, who organized in Beijing, reads about Lab Schools founder John Dewey during munity service trips, art projects, tend the May conference. During the partnership, is excited about a presentation Feb. 2 with Director Charlie Abelmann. RDFZ ex- and preformances. the 2018 and 2019 summer trips the new exchange program after change students will be invited to attend a May 2019 conference Part of the donation will al- to China, the administration plans having too little interest last year commemorating Dewey’s 1919 China trip. so fund students and faculty trav- for students from RDFZ Lab, and for an exchange program to take el to China during the summers of the University of Chicago’s Wood- place. Toxic turf: athletes express concerns about Jackman upgrade by KATERINA LOPEZ fall’s soccer sea- ground up toxic tires that can no with asthma,” said Dr. Gaboury Chicago field at East 61st Street MIDWAY REPORTER son, citing nu- longer be used.” Benoit, a Yale University professor and South Woodlawn Avenue. The A plan to replace the grass on merous health Studies have shown that some of environmental chemistry and teams also play on turf at other Jackman Field with turf has at concerns about turf can be harmful to people with environmental engineering, in the schools, including fields used by least one soccer player concerned some types of asthma, and if consumed could Yale crumb rubber study. the Latin School of Chicago and about toxic chemicals and evalu- turf. lead to cancer. A Yale University Mr. Ribbens has considered Francis W. Parker School. ating whether he should play next “I’m extreme- study showed that the material in multiple types of turf. Artifical turf will be installed on fall. ly opposed to the the rubber used on turf fields can “The safety of the participants Jackman Field during the summer Athletics Director David Rib- crumb rubber be toxic. and of the field itself is a priority,” in order for it to be ready for the Eli bens emphasized that the grass material used “What we found is that a large Mr. Ribbens said. “We’ve done our fall season. Hinerfeld field is overused and is no longer at in many fields number of the chemicals in crumb research and can say that the [turf] An installation company will be optimal conditions for P.E. classes, across the United States,” Eli said. rubber are classified either as car- field is safe for participation.” selected by spring, but Mr. Rib- athletic practices and games. “The little black particles com- cinogenic or as irritants of some U-High soccer players already bens declined to disclose the com- Sophomore Eli Hinerfeld is one monly seen in children’s and ath- kind, including respiratory irri- play on artificial turf fields for pre- panies being considered until a player considering sitting out next letes’ fields are often made of old, tants which can be harmful to folks season practices at a University of decision had been made. Class at law school allows SCHOOL RIGHTS students to discuss rights by PRIYANKA SHRIJAY ing the Supreme Court case be- OPINION EDITOR fore they break into small groups On Monday nights, eight U-High to discuss and debate hypotheti- students head to law school. They cal scenarios. join eight students from the U. of According to Yael Rolnik, a ju- C. Woodlawn charter school for nior, the class first studied the free “The Constitutional Rights of Mi- speech case Tinker v. Des Moines. nors from the Minors’ Point of They discussed its current rel- View,” instructed by law profes- evance such as the right of stu- sor Emily Buss and assisted by law dents to kneel at sports games. In students. Each session focuses on addition to Tinker v. Des Moines, a different Supreme Court case. they have since discussed Beth- During the class,Woodlawn and el School District v. Fraser, Lee v. Lab students benefit from each Weisman and Goss v. Lopez. As a others’ different points of view yearbook journalist, Yael found coming from a charter and pri- these free speech cases particular- vate school. While public char- ly interesting. ter school students at Woodlawn Ms. Gerst said for the students, have constitutionally protect- there are three primary values in ed rights, private school students taking Professor Buss’s class: expo- at Lab are not guaranteed those sure to a possible career pathway, rights. Nonetheless, Lab’s policies the opportunity to deeply consider MIDWAY PHOTO BY AMANDA LEVITT on freedom of expression are in- Constitutional rights and their ap- NOT JUST FOR THE RICH. Tina Brown, a student at Robeson High School, talks to reporters fluenced by the Constitution. plications in schools and the de- Jan. 24 on the Midway Plaisance. She and other protesters gathered outside of Blaine Hall to History teacher Christy Gerst is liberation over others’ viewpoints. bring attention to the underfunding of public schools in Englewood. The demonstration was the supervising teacher from Lab. For Yael, the class offers her a aimed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel to say that students in public schools want the same opportu- She said high school students, new outlook on a career in law and law students and Professor Buss teaches her about her constitu- nities as his children who attended the Lab Schools. spend a little bit of time discuss- tional rights as a student. THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 2018 2 • NEWS U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO Homecoming incident reduces upperclassmen at dance by SAMIRA GLAESER-KHAN Junior Shreya Dhar agrees with selves to social events outside of NEWS EDITOR Tosya. school, and that’s completely un- According to Student Council “I didn’t go to winter formal be- derstandable,” she said. “But for data, only 30 percent of student cause of what happened at Home- the students who do attend, danc- attendees at Winter Formal were coming,” Shreya said. “I just don’t es allow students to come together upperclassmen — lower than the want to be caught in a situation like and have fun.” percentage of upperclassmen at that where I might get in trouble.” Freshman Nicholas Pietraszek Homecoming in October, mem- Ms. Campos believes it is un- enjoys the bonding experience of bers of Student Council say from fair to call dances over-chaper- dances.

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