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1362 East 59th Street, Chicago,U-HIGH Illinois 60637 MIDWAY uhighmidway.com • Volume 94, Number 9 MAY 10, 2018 Speaker says talk to parents about money college applications, Mr. Lieb- Don’t invest in “ I actually think that by the er argues that teenagers must material things, time you are a junior or a have conversations about mon- senior you ought to know ey. He explained that since ma- ny students at U-High are finan- spend money on how much money your cially fortunate, they have the lux- parents make because, you ury to choose whether they want experiences know, you’re getting ready to discuss money, even though he by IVÁN BECK to make these enormous argues against this. On the oth- ASSISTANT EDITOR er hand, less well-to-do families decisions about college and You are entitled to ask your par- might need to discuss how to save ents how much money they make. perhaps how much debt to their earnings every day. At least that is what New York Times take on and maybe what However, he explained that if columnist Ron Lieber thinks. you want to study.” parents want to raise children In his book, “The Opposite of — RON LIEBER, NYT COLUMNIST who will become financially sav- Spoiled,” he discusses how to have vy adults, they should openly dis- conversation with children about cuss their financial situation with money in an effort to raise chil- al turmoil caused by this process, them. In this way, he believes that dren who are not “spoiled.” Mr. Li- a large monetary package goes the values individuals have about eber spoke about his book to the along with deciding a college. On their lifestyle can be carried in- Lab Schools Parents’ Association average, private school tuition was to their monetary choices. In his on April 23. about $35,000 for the past school book, he delves into everyday sit- The book focuses on how to year, and $26,000 for out-of-state uations in order to give parents a teach children how to think mon- public school applicants. clearer idea of how to raise kids in etarily, and how to not be indul- “I actually think that by the time this way. gent with with purchases or long- you are a junior or a senior you Mr. Lieber explained that the term decisions related with mon- ought to know how much money goal of his talk with the Parents’ ey. Although his book covers kids your parents make because, you Association “was basically trying of all ages, he believes that there is know, you’re getting ready to make to convince all of your parents to a specific importance of his work these enormous decisions about talk to you more openly and hon- for teenagers. college and perhaps how much estly about money, about their MIDWAY PHOTO BY EMERSON WRIGHT The rising Senior Class faces the debt to take on and maybe what money, about your money, about THE OPPOSITE OF SPOILED. New York Times Columnist Ron lengthy and strenuous college pro- you want to study,” Mr. Lieber said money in the world and to treat Lieber presents to the Parents’ Association on April 23. Mr. Lieber cess, a tiring and stressful experi- in an interview with the Midway. money with the important and re- wanted to convince parents to have a more open and honest con- Even without the challenge of spect that it deserves.” ence. In addition to the emotion- versation about money to give it the respect it deserves. UNICEF SPEAKER Menta elected president; Nayak will be treasurer by IVÁN BECK to be their next Student Council ASSISTANT EDITOR president,” Shiva said. “I’m look- On April 27, Shiva Menta was ing forward to a productive year elected 2018-19 all-school presi- in which Student Council can be- dent and senior come more con- Roma Nayak nected with the was elected all- student body, in- school treasurer. crease efficien- Other all- cy and gain a school candi- more communi- dates, who each ty-based focus.” ran unopposed, The Class of include Em- 2019 officers ma Trone, vice are Saige Porter, president; Alex- Shiva Roma president; Eddy is Tyndall, secre- Menta Nayak Rose, vice presi- tary; Aly Lathe- dent; Alyssa Rus- row, Cultural Union president; and sell and Nate Westneat, Cultural Mitch Walker, Cultural Union vice Union representatives. president. All all-school officers The Class of 2020 officers are will be seniors. Ben Cifu, president; Suleyman Adi Badlani, a freshman, was ap- Ahmed, vice president; Ava Kucera pointed Director of Student Tech- and Kepler Boonstra, Cultural MIDWAY PHOTO BY ALEXIS TYNDALL nology Services. Union representatives. SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE. From all around the world to Lab, Lucy Meyer, a UNICEF Shiva has been president of the The Class of 2021 officers are and Special Olympics international spokesperson who has cerebral palsy, presents about her Class of 2019 for his first three Omar Siddiqui, president; Susan experience at the Special Olympics. She was hosted by UNICEF Club April 26. She has spoken at years of high school. Huang, vice president; Noor Asad venues such as the United Nations and the White House. “I’m excited that the student and Destiney Williamson, Cultural body trusted me and elected me Union representatives. New top-level administrators will focus on operations, diversity by MICHAEL RUBIN Lighthouse Academies Charter versity, according to her LinkedIn director of diversity, equity and in- education from the University of MANAGING EDITOR Schools as their regional director profile. clusion. Pennsylvania. After months of interviews and of schools. As assistant director, Dr. El- Ms. Rupani worked previously in Ms. Rupani will focus on col- assessing applications, two people Additionally, Dr. Ellis co-ran a lis will assist the director in over- a similar role at the Friends School laboration with administrators were hired for senior leadership university-public school partner- seeing the schools and focus on of Baltimore, and she worked in throughout the Lab Schools, es- roles at the Lab Schools, according ship at the DePaul Center for Ur- school operations in terms of consulting for the Glasgow Group, tablish consistent and compre- to a statement from Lab Schools ban Education and as the inaugu- school-wide programming, pro- an organization that provides pro- hensive diversity programming Director Charlie Abelmann. ral high school principal for the fessional development, university fessional development consulting through partnerships with differ- Carla Ellis, who was appoint- DuSable Leadership Academy, ac- and community relations and all- and coaching for schools in var- ent members of the Lab commu- ed assistant director, has worked cording to Dr. Abelmann’s state- school curriculum coordination. ious cultural and strategic initia- nity. formerly in senior roles within ment. She earned an Ed.D. in cur- Priyanka Rupani, a 2006 U-High tives. Both Ms. Ellis and Ms. Rupani the Peace Corps, as well as at the riculum studies from DePaul Uni- alumna, was appointed Lab’s new Ms. Rupani earned a M.S. in will begin their new roles July 1. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 2 • NEWS U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO NEWS IN BRIEF Teachers suggest systemic Graduation speaker is will test of both physics and de- alumna, nonprofit founder sign. In egg-dropping contests, students have restricted materials Celebration, success and com- to construct vessels for the eggs. change for more tolerance pletion. 1998 U-High alumna The constructed vessels and their Debra Gittler will be the featured egg are dropped from 15 feet in by SAMIRA GLAESER-KHAN riculums must make time for stu- speaker at graduation June 7. Stu- the air. Once they hit the ground, if NEWS EDITOR dents to get to know one another dent speakers will be Senior Class the egg is not cracked, the vessel is U-High teachers believe the cur- and see each other as human be- President Ayaan Asthana, Eliza- dropped from a higher height. riculum needs systemic chang- ings. beth Van Ha and Elizabeth Meyer. “I mean really it comes down to es in order to foster a more toler- “Taking some time in the class- Ms. Gittler is founder and direc- two approaches,” Mr. Wildeman ant environment, and they are not room to get to know each other is tor of ConTextos, an educational said. “Either the thing you put it the only ones who think so. Illinois one of the most important things. company. She has opened schools in is somehow padded enough, or legislators are considering a bill re- If we connect on a human lev- in Costa Rica and currently works something slows down the fall.” quiring schools to include in his- el and find what we have in com- with the Chicago corrections sys- Susan Ian Mr. Wildeman’s contest version tory classes the contributions of mon, it’ll be easier for us to listen tem. Shapiro Taylor has unique rules and restraints. LGBTQ people. to each other,” Mr. Taylor said. “Her approach to activism Students are only using a 3-D Their call for change follows dis- models, such as Jane Addams. While Jewish Students’ Associa- through education and the fact printer to create vessels to support plays of hate at Lab recently, such “People need to see their history tion adviser Susan Shapiro, a his- that she is from Lab gives her a and protect their eggs. as the homophobic slur written on to understand that they are a part tory teacher, believes systemic very unique and also appropriate The 3-D printer can print multi- a mural and the swastika scratched of our society,” Illinois state Sena- changes such as mandating dis- opportunity to speak,” Aayan said. ple types of plastic, from soft and in the middle school bathroom. tor Heather Steans said in an inter- cussions about sensitive topics Ms. Gittler was selected by the bendable to rigid and stiff. With On April 26, Dean of Students Ana view with The Hill. will foster tolerance, she said indi- graduation committee consisting the different materials, the design Campos published a message in Ian Taylor, an English teacher vidual teachers play a key role. of the four elected Student Coun- possibilities are endless. the bulletin saying students had who also advises the U-High Con- She believes it is essential for cil officers and two additional stu- Students ended up designing ev- ripped material from the U-High servatives club, recognizes that teachers to be hands-on when fa- dents specifically selected to serve erything from planes to multi-lay- Conservatives’ club board, adding seeing a minority group as a con- cilitating tolerance. on the committee. er balls. another incident of intolerance to cept rather than people is one of “Whenever there’s a point where Besides speakers, graduation “Students come up with all dif- the list. the leading causes of intolerance I feel like the class is not being ac- will also have musical perfor- ferent strategies,” Mr. Wildeman The bill passed the state Senate and hate. cepting of others, I feel like it’s im- mances. Jonathan Ruiz and Bryce said, “and the vessels cover such May 2, and if it passes the House, “The material that was torn portant to step back and evalu- Palmer will sing “Lean on Me,” So- a wide variety. The creativity is in- Illinois would be the second state up on the U-High Conservatives ate what’s going on. The teacher phie Hinerfeld will sing “Time af- credible and I think that is one of to mandate an LGBTQ-inclusive board wasn’t controversial or in- should be very hands-on in this ter Time,” and a trio of Teresa Xie, main the reasons I do this compe- education after California. flammatory, rather it was messag- process,” she said. “At the begin- Jenny Wang and Giacomo Glotzer The bill is similar to ones requir- es about listening to one another,” ning of the year, I was noticing that tition.” will perform a piece by Lowell Li- — AMANDA CASSEL ing education about black, his- Mr. Taylor said. “The reason it was kids were having a hard time un- ebermann. panic, and Asian-American fa- torn up is because it was on the derstanding Judaism because of Additionally, students will give mous figures. Supporters say the U-High Conservatives board, and all the stigma that surrounds it. I Students see stolen car speeches for honorary diplomas driven across Midway bill would decrease bullying in other students see that ideology as had to be firm in helping people given to teachers. A suspect drove a stolen ve- school by increasing representa- something they are opposed to.” understand Jewish thought in a Dean of Students Ana Campos hicle across the lower platte of tion and providing historical role Mr. Taylor believes that the cur- scholarly unbiased way.” is fond of graduation and remem- the Midway during the Middle bers warmly her first time attend- School baseball practice in an at- ing a U-High graduation. SENIOR CELEBRATION tempt to avoid pursuit by police “I feel a lot of pride for how our April 17, according to a statement school celebrates the end of this sent home to families by the Lab journey,” she said. “Whether it is Schools Associate Director Chris- four years or 14 years, it’s really topher Jones. The police vehicle beautiful.” — ELLA BEISER continued to follow the suspect across the Midway. No students, Student Council raises coaches or members of the com- $4,672 at Labapalooza munity were hurt in the incident. In consultation with the univer- Through the first-ever Laba- sity, Lab will continue to take ad- palooza dance marathon and vantage of the public spaces the fundraiser April 14, Student Coun- surround the campus. cil raised $4,672 for a local chari- “We take precautions to the best ty and gave away prizes, including of our ability where we use those Lollapalooza passes to one win- public spaces,” Mr. Jones said. ning high school student. “This random, strange incident is “This event was more work I’ve not part of a pattern, it’s not part of ever put into Student Council in all a regular occurrence, and we don’t my four years of being on Student think it gives us reason to stop us- Council,” Cultural Union Presi- ing those public spaces.” dent Florence Almeda, organiz- — ABIGAIL SLIMMON er of Labapalooza, said. “It was a huge endeavor, but it was definite- ‘American Epic’ will bring ly worth it.” new sounds to Lab in May Jessica Franks, a senior, won the The “American Epic” at Lab will grand prize. take place May 29-June 1 in Gor- “At first I signed up just to sup- don Parks Arts Hall. The week will port my friends on Student Coun- culminate with a concert from art- cil and this awesome event they ist Hubby Jenkins June 1 from 7-8 were able to organize,” Jess said, p.m. His sound includes country “but when I found out how few blues, ragtime, fiddle, banjo and high schoolers were competing traditional jazz. On May 29, faculty I got really excited because my and staff are invited to join teach- chances of winning were so high.” ers from the Old Town School of Florence said Student Council Folk to play the guitar. will try the dance marathon again, According to the music depart- though it may not be next year. ment’s poster, people can visit the “Since it was the first time, we Corvus Gallery in GPAH to watch were just learning what it takes to engineer Nicholas Bergh play the do a dance marathon,” Florence original 1920s Western Electric said. “It is a lot of work, so maybe Recording System as used in the we would do it every other year. “American Epic Sessions” films. My Block My Hood My City “pro- — KATERINA LOPEZ vides underprivileged youth with an awareness of the world and op- Debate duo places 20th portunities beyond their neigh- at national competition borhood,” according to its website, The debate team of Michael will receive the donated funds. Hellie and Dheven Unni placed — NICHOLAS EDWARDS-LEVIN 20th at the Tournament of Cham- Design Communications pions, held at the University of class will do Egg Drop Kentucky in Lexington April 28-30. The duo was the first U-High team Anything but cracked. to rank among the top 25 debate That will be the goal in a few teams in the country, earning six weeks, once seniors return from bids this season and breaking the May Project, for Brian Wilde- prior record of two. man’s Design Communications MIDWAY PHOTO BY EMERSON WRIGHT The night before the competi- class where students will compete AMERICAN DAY. Seniors Chantalle DuPont and Miranda Meija exit Blaine lobby on April 30, tion, everyone on the debate team against each other in an egg drop which was American day for the Class of 2018. In their last week before leaving for May Project, sent Michael and Dheven positive contest. The class focuses on web, messages, vibes and support. the Senior Class participated in beach day on May 2, grade T-shirt day on May 3, and college logo, publication and 3-D design “I feel … this is the closest we T-shirt day on May 3. Seniors return from May Project on May 31 for presentations and an as well as 3-D printing. have ever been,” Michael said. award assembly. Egg dropping comes down to — AMANDA CASSEL keeping the egg safe. The contest THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO NEWS • 3 Hands-on shop COLLEGE ADVICE New makerspace almost ready; Martino to return as coordinator by MICHAEL RUBIN MANAGING EDITOR “ What if adding that third With the school year winding dimension and allowing down, the two makerspaces at Lab them to participate in the are nearly complete, with an open house scheduled for May 24 be- construction of something ginning at 3:30 p.m. really just sets that content With the “clean room” locat- idea firmly? ” ed in one of the classrooms be- — DR. DANIEL CALLERI, hind the Pritzker Traubert Fami- SCIENCE TEACHER ly Library and the “messy room” or “Lab Shop” to be located on the third floor of the U-High building, “At this point, there’s more re- students will have more oppor- search to suggest that people who tunities to engage with different do things like this are healthier crafts and design principles than both mentally and physically than are offered in the Lab School cur- people who just sit on their keis- riculum. ters and watch the tube,” Dr. Call- Science teacher Daniel Calleri is eri said. confident about the possibility of Matthew Martino, a former sci- students reaching a higher level of ence teacher whose contract was understanding within the school not renewed in 2017, will return to context in the makerspace. Lab to head the makerspaces. He “What we’d all like to see it as a and ESH Technology Coordinator way of extending things that we Louis Coronel will work together currently have in our curriculum, to create and organize opportuni- topics or content, into a space ties related to making for U-High where the construction of some- teachers and students. thing would really elevate student Although the makerspaces pres- understanding,” Dr. Calleri said. ent new opportunities for stu- “What if adding that third dimen- dents, there are also logistical is- sion and allowing them to partic- sues such as the small classroom ipate in the construction of some- size and potential scheduling con- thing really just sets that content flicts for different classes. Before MIDWAY PHOTO BY EMERSON WRIGHT idea firmly?” the Lab Shop opens, the space PASSING THE BATON. Senior Jake Leslie speaks to the junior class on a panel of seniors, Additionally, Dr. Calleri believes must undergo safety assessments selected to talk about the college process. Other members on the panel included Maya Palo- the Lab Shop will allow for health- by the university and a supervi- ma, Victoria Gin, Natalie Glick, Bryce Palmer, Sophia Campbell, Cecile Ngo and Tomas Lin- sor must be hired, according to Dr. ier and more hands-on experienc- quist. es for all students. Calleri. NEWS IN BRIEF Science team takes first versity. Eventually he played in the after recognizing that while the in the 2018 Illinois Journalism Ed- be posted on the website, as well G-League, the NBA’s minor league school had many feminine em- ucation Association Newspaper as content from every issue. at state competition organization. powerment clubs, this subsection and Digital News Media Contest. “From breaking news stories to Finishing off the school year, On March 24 in Grand Rapids, was missing. Additionally, newspaper staffers our regular content, the Midway Science Team placed first at state Michigan, Mr. Upshaw collapsed Annie said one of the main rea- earned awards for 36 individual website is going to be a great addi- at Worldwide Youth in Science on the court in the final minute of sons that this club is important is or team entries, including 15 first tion to the long-standing tradition and Engineering on April 14, and a game and was hospitalized. Two to remove a negative connotation place awards. For the first time, the that the print newspaper is,” Ta- placed ninth at state for the Illi- days later, he died of sudden cardi- around health. Midway also received honors for lia Goerge-Karron, editor-in-chief, nois Science Olympiad competi- ac death, according to the medical — ELLA BEISER its audio podcasts. said. “We have expanded the hori- tion April 21 at the University of Il- examiner. Priyanka Shrijay, a junior who zons of the newspaper with this linois Urbana-Champaign. A ceremony to put the jsersey Math team earns third serves as the Midway’s opinion ed- website.” WYSE is a series of tests in math, number up in the rafters of Upper at state competition itor, was one of 14 students named The coverage will also expand physics, English, engineering Kovler will take place next fall. to the All-State Journalism Team, beyond the printed editions. The Math Team placed third graphics, chemistry, biology and “It’s important for the impact which recognizes those students “The website allows us to ex- in the state in the 3AA Division at computer science. he made on the entire school and who have proven themselves in- pand on what we cover because it the Illinois Council of Teachers At ISO, teams participated in the basketball program here at dispensable to their respective means that we are no longer con- of Mathematics contest May 5 at 23 events including lab, build and U-High,” Athletic Director Da- school media. fined to the limits of the month- the University of Illinois at Urba- study events. Lab and study events vid Ribbens said. “He was a qual- Work for March 2017 to March ly news cycle,” Editor-in-Chief na-Champaign. are done in the moment, whereas ity student-athlete and certain- 2018 was eligible. Dheven Unni said. “In the past, U-High students placed in the build events are done prior to the ly one of the finest athletes in our Five Midway staff members there have been events that we top ten in each of the 12 events in competition. school’s history. His success war- earned awards in the 2018 Quill & could not cover in a timely man- which they competed. The Science Team will compete rants the kind of respect and hon- Scroll Writing, Photography and ner simply because they did not In the Junior-Senior 2-Person in the National Tests of Engineer- or that comes with retiring our Multimedia Contest: Jacob Posner, align with a publication date, and event, Roshni Padhi and Elbert ing Aptitude, Mathematics, and first-ever jersey.” third place, political writing; Mi- the website will allow us to rectify Du won first place in a tie-break- Science, TEAMS, in June in Atlan- — ABBY SLIMMON chael Rubin (and staff), honorable that in conjunction with the Mid- er. The freshman team of Fiona ta. One varsity and two junior var- mention, editorial writing; Son- way’s social media.” Abney-McPeek, Aditya Badlani, sity teams will attend the compe- ny Lee, honorable mention, sports — GRACE ZHANG Club will give hygiene Roma Bhattacharjee, Will Green- tition. writing; Priyanka Shrijay, honor- products to homeless stone, Elizabeth Park and Freddy — AMANDA CASSEL able mention, feature writing; Kat- Power Over Period is a new club Tang also placed first. New Midway editors erina Lopez, honorable mention, whose members are working to U-High finished just four points selected for 2018-19 Alumnus’ basketball opinion column. provide feminine hygiene prod- behind the second-place finishers, Three juniors have been select- The contest received 2,065 en- jersey to be retired ucts to women who do not have Libertyville, but almost 200 behind ed to the lead the 2018-19 U-High tries in 23 categories, and 321 stu- Basketball jersey number 32 will access to them and to break the winners Glenbrook North. Midway staff. Jacob Posner, Pri- dents received recognition. Work be retired in honor of Zeke Up- stigma around menstrual health. — NICHOLAS EDWARDS-LEVIN yanka Shrijay and Emma Trone from Feb. 1, 2017, to Feb. 1, 2018, shaw, a 2009 U-High graduate who The club meets Wednesdays were named editors-in-chief. died March 26. This will be the was eligible. during lunch in C119 and both Midway named Best ­—GRACE ZHANG Other leaders include Sami- first-ever jersey to be retired. girls and boys are welcome to par- Overall Publication ra Glaeser-Khan, managing edi- Mr. Upshaw had played for the ticipate. tor; Iván Beck, features editor; Ab- The U-High Midway has re- boys basketball team all four years Through a bake sale in April, Midway launches new igail Slimmon, sports editor; Grace ceived national and state acclaim of high school. As a junior, Zeke club members raised more than Zhang, arts editor; Katerina Lopez, in recent contests. website for digital news was named Most Valuable Player $200 toward the eventual purchase The U-High Midway now has assistant editor and Max Garfinkel, The newspaper was named Best of the Independent School League. of feminine hygiene products for a website, uhighmidway.com. business manager. 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The U-High recording studio opened for student use at the be- ginning of winter quarter, and al- ready students are clamoring to use it. The studio is open to any- body who is involved with music instructor Fran- cisco Dean’s in- dependent study, “the stu- dent studio re- cording proj- ect,” in which students learn about what it means to record MIDWAY PHOTO BY SOPHIE HINERFELD Francisco Junior Michael Harper monitors the sound input while other members of his band ‘Rooftop Parking’ record in the music, includ- Dean JAM SESSION. ing the basics of studio. Michael and his fellow band member Sam DuBose are the sound engineers for the band. sound engineering and mastering. “There’s a wide variety of stu- pendent study can bring their mu- tunities like this.” resource which they now truly band, said. dent performing groups at Lab of sician friends to work in the space. Although some students may love. But more than anything, every- all kinds of genres and I have al- Sophie Hinerfeld and Megan not know the basics of the stu- “Our band uses the studio every one involved with the project rein- ways felt since the very beginning Moran, students in the indepen- dio, Mr. Dean enforces that at least Friday to record,” Michael Harp- forces that despite all the technical that we did not have a way to serve dent study, started working on re- somebody in the room always er, the band’s bassist, said. “During skills they have had to learn and those kids,” Mr. Dean said, “We cording a song. does. the week we find different times to the adjustments they have had to should be able to create a place “We’ve used the recording stu- “It’s not a free-for-all. There’s a come in and work on mixing and make, the recording studio has in- where the kid who wants to do dio to record, arrange and create a lot of training that is required for mastering, so it’s really convenient creased their love for the music hip-hop, or rock or singer, song- final product,” Sophie said. “I don’t the equipment and a person who for us.” they make and affirmed that what writer can do that, and learn to do understand most of what is go- wants to perform needs an engi- The band has just begun work- they are doing is important to the it well. This project is helping us to ing on in there, but I’m so thank- neer to even facilitate all that,” Mr. ing on a 13-song album which they school. do that.” ful that I go to a school that offers Dean said. hope they will be finished with by “A lot of people say this, but mu- Part of what students love about me opportunities to explore things Members of student-led band the end of the year. sic is a language,” Sam said. “I love the space is the freedom it grants like I am now. I hope in the coming Rooftop Parking wanted to get in- “We are slowly recording it. It’s a the feeling of creating something them. Although the opportuni- years something like this can be- volved with the independent study really hard process, though. There that hasn’t been made before.” ty to use the studio is not open to come a class so that students have as soon as they heard about it and are a lot of steps to recording.” all, any student in Mr. Dean’s inde- more time to explore cool oppor- work to take full advantage of the Sam DuBose, the lead singer of the Theater students tackle challenging, magical musical musical’s unconventional struc- Actors step up ture. ‘Pippin’ “It’s a story within a story,” she Tickets: Tickets are selling for $10 choreography for said, noting that this causes the and will be availble in the high school characters to interact different- lobby or at the doors of the Sherry ‘Pippin’ staging ly than in a typical show, because Lansing Theater on show ngiht. they are aware of the story’s var- by MIRA COSTELLO ious levels. “It’s a magic show on Performances: Thursday, May 17, MIDWAY REPORTER the surface level, so there’s a lot of Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19 After working tirelessly on flashy different tricks and elements we’ve at 7:30 p.m. choreography, practicing com- been rehearsing.” plex roles, and experimenting Nicole observed that “Pippin” with their production’s offbeat for- also differs from past shows, such about,” they’ve proved demanding mat, the U-High theater cast and as 2017’s “The Drowsy Chaper- for cast and choreographers alike. crew are excited to perform the To- one,” in the amount of choreogra- “It definitely helps us bond, be- ny-award-winning musical “Pip- phy involved. cause we all are not the best danc- pin.” “Last year, we had two big num- ers,” Nicole said. “But it’s a lot of Director Liucija Ambrosini bers, but this year, almost every fun — trying something new, get- chose the musical because she song has a big dance break,” she ting used to moving in different sees it as a quintessential Broad- said. ways.” Sofia agreed, appreciative way show. From the composer of For the first time, the team hired that despite sometimes frustrating the hit musical “Wicked,” the pro- a professional choreographer for rehearsals, the actors are dedicat- duction grew in popularity after more support. However, U-High ed and helpful. the 2013 Broadway revival of its students are still very involved in The spring musical is usually the adventurous style. the choreographic process. most successful show of the year, “It’s loved,” Ms. Ambrosini said. Sofia Damer-Salas, a sopho- Nicole said, and the theater team “Every time I say what we’re doing, more on the choreography team is hoping to draw excited crowds people light up.” along with John Freeman and An- from all walks of Lab life to their Senior Nicole Horio, who will na Schloerb, knows what has gone performances of “Pippin,” taking portray the Leading Player, agrees. into the show. She helped cho- place in the Sherry Lansing The- She has participated in musicals at reograph last year’s “The Drowsy ater at 7:30 p.m. May 17, 18 and 19. U-High since her freshman year, Chaperone,” but indicated “Pip- Tickets will be sold for $10 in the which helps her appreciate this pin” is different. high school lobby or at the door. production’s uniqueness. Rather than typical musical the- “People have worked really hard Her character “has a dark side,” ater numbers, the dances in “Pip- on this,” Sofia said, and she’s hope- which is different from the roles pin” are more jazz-like with lots of ful students will keep open minds she is used to. Though this has elements from Broadway choreog- and excited attitudes. “Once you MIDWAY PHOTO BY SOPHIE HINERFELD been a challenge, Nicole admitted, rapher Robert Fosse’s distinct, nu- strip away the cloud of judgment MAGIC IN THE MAKING. Senior Nicole Horio, who plays the she and the rest of the cast have anced style, Sofia said. While Sofia that a lot of people have, you can Leading Player, and junior Jacob Beiser, who plays Pippin, re- enjoyed exploring the show’s rich said the dance numbers reflect the really enjoy watching musicals hearse a scene from spring production of “Pippin.” themes. She also recognizes the “confidence and power jazz is all and all kinds of performing arts.” THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO OPINION • 5 Lab must set norms to live up to tolerance ethos hate is unacceptable in the Lab As the Midway sees it … community. Both the swastika and the n the past month, a swastika U-High Conservatives incident fall was scratched into a middle under the same category of intol- school bathroom, the U-High erance, but the swastika is an un- IConservatives’ poster was deniable expression of severe hate, torn up. In February, a homopho- while ripping the conservatives bic slur was written on a middle club posters is rejection of differ- school mural, and the word “Jew” ent opinions. In order to address was written on a wall in Judd Hall. the issue of the U-High Conserva- We need to do a better job of set- tives’ poster, we need to use class- ting community norms through- es to teach the difference between out all schools so that all members hate speech and a differing opin- of our community are celebrated ion. for their identities — an environ- Because Lab is almost univer- ment Lab prides itself on having sally liberal in terms of political but has not fostered lately. views, differing political opinions Setting community norms be- are too quickly written off as hate- gins early. It is important to make ful. Hate speech targets a minori- contact with younger students be- ty based on race, sex, class, ethnic- fore and as they enter high school, ity, gender or religion, while a dif- including about 30 freshmen com- fering political opinion does not. ing from different schools ev- All members of the community ery year. Older students going in- — students, teachers and admin- to middle and lower school class- MIDWAY ILLUSTRATION BY AMBER HUO istrators — are responsible for set- rooms, speaking with and not to should be student-driven, adults ing activities. ance are unacceptable. The reac- ting community norms. By hav- them as role models for behavior, must create a space for students to Additionally, when incidents tion to expressions of hate, espe- ing clear norms for respectful con- will help younger students under- build these connections. One pos- such as the recent acts of hate cially those as severe as drawing a duct, incidents such as the recent stand the dynamic of U-High and sibility is to have Vertical Groups occur, an adult must step in – swastika or writing slurs, must go ones will occur less frequently. integrate more easily. like at the middle school, where through an assembly or other- beyond a bulletin post or an email This editorial represents the Although speaking with mid- students from all grade levels meet wise — to say publicly that these message. Otherwise, we won’t be opinion of the Midway’s Editorial dle school students and freshmen once a quarter to do team-build- expressions of hate and intoler- able to effectively establish that Board. Ivy League colleges should not be social expectation by NATALIE GLICK education was about getting into I am not one of those students. ter I take a gap year with an intern- DEPUTY EDITOR “ I have always felt there college. I never felt like I was go- But I have always felt there was ship abroad. “You’re the ex- was a social force telling ing to school to learn or to become a social force telling me I wasn’t We shouldn’t celebrate a school ception to ev- me I wasn’t good enough a better citizen of the world. It was good enough because I didn’t simply because it was deemed ery rule when it simply about getting into college, want to go to one of these schools. “the best” by an outside organiza- comes to getting because I didn’t want to which is an issue with this school. This is an issue because I wouldn’t tion. Instead, we should celebrate into college.” This go to one of these schools. High school as a whole shouldn’t have been happy at one of these students being happy with their sentence was told This is an issue because I be just about getting into college, schools. It feels like I am con- choice of school no matter its rank. to me by one of wouldn’t have been happy it should be about learning just for stantly around people who deem By creating the social environ- my close friends. the sake of learning and growing the Ivies the end-all and be-all of ment that focuses on college rath- I never thought at one of these schools.” as a person. schools and don’t understand how er than just learning, we create an about myself in the manner of an It started in freshman year, when these schools might not be the over-competitive environment for exception to rules when it came to “Why are there social rules about I would hear so many of my peers best fit. students. We spend too much time the college process. It felt like I was the classes and activities I need to talk about getting into Ivy League Instead, I found a school that comparing one another rather being told that I didn’t deserve to take to get into college?” Being on schools. It felt that was the social has already empowered me. than celebrating the successes of get into college, and that it was an a university campus and attending expectation here. They said they Mount Holyoke College offered our peers. As a school we need to easy process for me. a school that is considered a college were going to take X class so an Ivy everything I was looking for in a stop measuring success based on This comment brought the preparatory school creates a social would want them. For some stu- school. It has small class sizes, ac- where students go to college, and question, “Why are there social pressure when it comes to college. dents, those eight schools would cess to professors and a wonderful instead we need to start celebrat- rules when it comes to college at Throughout high school, and be a perfect fit, and they would campus. I couldn’t be more excit- ing the diversity of learning and in- Lab?” to my mind. Furthermore, even parts of middle school, my love it there. ed to be attending this college af- terests that Lab fosters. Free speech applies to people with different opinions, too

by TALIA GOERGE-KARRON Bronzeville, decided he wanted to and even though I strongly dis- Then, a man in front of me EDITOR-IN-CHIEF put up a Confederate flag at half agree with flying a Confederate “ In America, freedom of turned around and said, “I’m a “Talia, that’s re- mast to honor the 4,275 Confeder- flag, I could not deny Mr. Griffin’s speech is a core tenet of U.S. veteran who’s gone on sev- ally just not po- ates who died at the camp. He had right to fly the flag. our belief system, and even en tours to Iraq and three tours to lite,” a student learned that his grandfather be- Just like others in my class, I see though I strongly disagree Afghanistan. You have exactly the in my AT Afri- came part of the 29th U.S. Colored the Confederate flag as a sign of right idea about freedom.” can-American Infantry and had trained at Camp hate. To me, it is a symbol of the with flying a Confederate He went on to tell me that when history class said Douglas. darkest time in our nation’s histo- flag, I could not deny Mr. he was fighting for America, it was in January. Mr. Griffin decided that honor- ry, and I will never completely un- Griffin’s right to fly the not about fighting for one ideolo- Over the past ing soldiers who died was import- derstand why Americans feel the gy, but fighting for the right of all

few months, I’ve ant. The flag was torn down nu- need to fly Confederate flags. flag.” Americans to be free. Talking to learned that standing up for free merous times, but Mr. Griffin saw That being said, it is every Amer- this man cemented my viewpoint: speech is more important than po- the flag as a monument. ican’s First Amendment right to fly do so. we cannot choose what is and liteness. “The flag is not a symbol of hate. a Confederate flag on their prop- My personal belief that flying a what is not protected under the We were discussing Camp It is a symbol of respect for a dead erty. Confederate flag is wrong has no First Amendment. Douglas, a Confederate Prison- human being,” he said in a person- Depending on the circumstanc- business standing in the way of Students at Lab should be ac- er of War camp that was located al ad for the Chicago Defender at es, the flag can be perceived as anyone’s First Amendment rights. cepting of any opposing opinions in present-day Bronzeville. The the time. threatening and is not protected In April, I was riding in the car that are backed up logically. Citing camp was also a training camp for My class was asked if we thought under the First Amendment. I be- with my dad on my way to the the Bill of Rights is a logical state- Union army volunteers, and thus Mr. Griffin had the right to put up lieve it was morally wrong and in- when a story about a monument ment. Racist, homophobic and xe- an intersection of Confederates the Confederate flag. I, along with appropriate for Mr. Griffin to fly for Camp Douglas came on NPR. nophobic ideas should not be tol- and African-Americans. a couple other people, said yes. a Confederate flag in a predomi- After arriving, we stood in line, erated, but politeness is not the In the 1990s, Ernie Griffin, a In America, freedom of speech is nantly black neighborhood, but he and I started to tell him all about law. The First Amendment is the black funeral home owner in a core tenet of our belief system, had the First Amendment right to Camp Douglas. law. U-HIGH MIDWAY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF*...... Dheven Unni, ARTS EDITOR ...... Leah Emanuel PHOTOJOURNALISTS...... Sam Fleming, EDITORIAL POLICY: Published 10 times during the school year Talia Goerge-Karron Sophie Hinerfeld, Michelle Husain, In a time when the press is criticized, the by journalism and photojournalism CHICAGO LIFE EDITOR....Sam Fleming Janie Ingrassia, Isabella Kellermeier, U-High Midway seeks to inform, educate students of University High School, DEPUTY EDITORS*...... Natalie Glick, ASSISTANT EDITORS...... Iván Beck, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Tosya Khodarkovsky, Amanda Levitt, and serve the community of University Sonny Lee Abigail Slimmon, Grace Zhang High School. The Midway is created by Elena Liao, Lillian Nemeth, 1362 East 59th Street MANAGING EDITOR...... Michael Rubin students, for students. 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Neena Dhanoa, Amber Huo, Benjamin Jaffe, photography * Members of the Editorial Board Mayher Kaur, Jasmine Wang THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 6 • IN-DEPTH U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO IN-DEPTH • 7 Expert warns against sharing on social media Submerged by LEAH EMANUEL ARTS EDITOR Cambridge Analytica Hack Multiple platforms of social me- On Facebook, 71 million Ameri- dia. Cambridge Analytica hacks. cans had their personal information Targeted personal ads. In the age hacked by the firm Cambridge Ana- of online scru- lytica for the 2016 Trump Campaign. tiny, consum- in social media ers are rethink- Facebook has suspended Cambridge ing what they Analytica’s right to collect data should share on from Facebook. social media. Louis McHugh Cambridge Analytica closed their has done exten- firm May 2. Younger students ditch Facebook sive research on cyber war- fare and securi- Louis — Sources: Chicago Tribune ty as well as data McHugh and The Washington Post for Schoology to organize events networking and communications. He is the direc- amounts of personal information. Facebook remains forum of choice tor of information technology at Lots of students don’t realize like By the numbers Illinois Institute of Technology’s … when you post on those web- with older grades for its freedoms School of Applied Technology as sites, they literally will put the set- According to a 2014-15 study, the most recent well as an adjunct associate indus- ting of your posting. Right now I’m by EMMA TRONE data, the vast majority of teens have multiple try professor on information tech- in Michigan at a conference and if nology and management. I posted it would post the city that SPORTS EDITOR “ Schoology’s just so much social media apps that they use regularly. acebook has long dom- harder to navigate than In an interview with the Midway, I am currently at, and that could Mr. McHugh talked about how be a security vulnerability because inated as the preferred Facebook. And there’s social and information- companies and organizations use everyone would know that I am so much freedom with al platform of U-High, of teens go online constantly users’ data for targeted advertis- out of town, I am not in Chicago but underclassmen are Facebook, because there’s ing. He talked about sharing infor- right now. increasingly turning less pressure to look 24 % mation on social media and how Another thing about posting Faway from Facebook to other plat- to safely use Facebook. Respons- pictures, which is a little bit of a professional all the time. forms such as Schoology. es have been edited for length and legacy type, in the past you can Freshman Cultural Union rep- You can say stuff that you clarity. turn it off on iPhone and Android, resentative Destiney William- know will hype people up, of teens are on more than one but an Android you physically son said although most freshmen without being embarrassed social media site Why would you say it’s danger- have to turn it off, but if you post a didn’t have Facebook accounts go- 71 % ous for Facebook and other social picture on your Facebook account ing into the school year, freshmen about your math teacher media outlets to be sharing your I can download that picture and athletes and club members cre- seeing it.” information in general and spe- it has geocaching in it and it just ated accounts to stay up-to-date — OLIVIA ISSA, SENIOR cifically for targeting ads? gave me the longitude and latitude with team and club information. From a privacy standpoint it’s of where that picture was. Well, “I really on- people had Face- of teens use social media hugely dangerous. The example I what if I’m somebody who’s upset ly got a Face- book, so School- 71 % use in a lot of my classes is those at you and at the time I didn’t know book for Stu- ogy was the on- little surveys you fill out on Face- where you lived but now by post- dent Council, be- ly way to send book — you know, they’ll ask you ing that picture on Facebook and cause it felt like if messages to targeting questions that you real- it looks like your bedroom, I now ly don’t think about when you’re have the longitude and latitude of I didn’t have one them, Schoology of teens have access to a I would be un- also allowed us answering them. They’ll ask you where that picture was taken so I aware of every- to keep our fac- cellphone or smartphone ‘What is your mother’s maiden might be able to derive where your 88 % name?’ ‘What city were you born home is, unfortunately. thing that was ulty sponsor up- happening,” Destiney Olivia dated on all the in?’ ‘What is your father’s middle Destiney said. “I Williamson Issa different events name?’ What are you willing to share thought it was we were doing.” — SOURCE: PEW RESEARCH CENTER What they are is password re- and what are you willing to make important to have to really stay in Ms. Campos said students in the MIDWAY ILLUSTRATION BY AMBER HUO set questions in some cases. So if I public? the loop.” younger grades use Schoology like know your name and I know your Last night was the NFL draft. A Olivia Issa, a senior, said Face- Facebook. email I could possibly reset your young man who’s one of the top book has been an invaluable plat- “They’re able interact with each credit card password or your bank quarterbacks was being drafted. form for communicating informa- other and their teachers over their Quick Q password because of the informa- His name was Josh Allen. Well they tion about Refugee Club, which classes, and ask questions and that Exercise more caution, control tion you filled out from the survey found some tweets from 2013, she leads. The club uses a Face- sort of thing,” she said. for that app … So from a privacy 2012 — well it’s 2018, this was be- book group to communicate with Ms. Campos said Schoology has How do you use social media, and how does it hurt and benefit your life? standpoint it’s a huge deal because fore he was even in college, he was the larger U-High community been useful for the administration it makes you more vulnerable to in high school — using some de- when using social media apps TERRANCE TRAVIS, SENIOR: FRANCISCO JAVIER SAEZ DE ADAÑA, about weekly club meetings and and Student Council to inform and identity theft, to people using your rogatory, racial terms. Well, those “I mainly use social media to learn new SCIENCE TEACHER: events, as well as smaller Messen- interact with not only the student by DHEVEN UNNI cause it was college decision day. mation I make available on my so- credit cards, etc. … are the other things students don’t things (mostly tech and business “Like anything else, social media has a ger group chats to make plans. body, but faculty members such as EDITOR-IN-CHIEF If not for Messenger and the con- cial media accounts. Almost noth- If we scale this up even higher, to think about including high school, related) and talk to friends. I almost positive component. But, I think the Despite some difficulties in advisers and counselors. Before high school, I wasn’t tinuous stream of news I get from ing is available from my old, in- a political campaign, you have the college students. exclusively use Snapchat and YouTube, way it is used now is not healthy. Kids reaching the sizable number of “What I really appreciate about even allowed to use social me- Facebook, I likely wouldn’t use it at active Snapchat and Instagram gubernatorial race going on here Those things that you put on but I do look at things on Instagram and have a great intelligence but it is freshmen who don’t have Face- Schoology is that we can both send dia. When I was a freshman, I ran all. accounts. I spent an hour learn- in Illinois between J.B. Pritzker social media could affect you 20 Reddit if someone recommends a underused because of social media. We book, Olivia said it’s still the most messages to the entire community wild with my freedom and creat- Quite simply, I never got hooked ing how to change my security set- and the incumbent (Bruce) Raun- years from now, 10 years from specific post. Social media is the main are not thinking very much but just effective way to reach the student through the main U-High section, ed Facebook, Snapchat and Insta- on social media the way many tings on Facebook to ensure most er. I am able to drive ads specifical- now, because they never go away, reason why I know as much as I do about technology, reacting. That is not the best way to body. but that we can also tailor messag- gram accounts. people are because I didn’t en- of my information was only visi- ly targeting people that might vote so you have to control what you’re and it has been awesome for keeping in touch with maximize your intellectual capacity. On the other “Schoology’s just so much hard- es to specific grades, so people’s Four years lat- joy it. The constant pressure of ble by me if it was on the site at all, for J.B. Pritzker and point out all sharing. Unfortunately college my friends. While I have no intentions of stopping hand the positive aspect is communicating with er to navigate than Facebook,” Ol- inboxes aren’t constantly full,” Ms. er, I barely ever streaks, the new societal norms of and that only my friends could see the negative things about Pritzker, students aren’t going to be cog- my use of social media, I am very careful about the peers you otherwise wouldn’t talk to, but I think it is ivia said. “And there’s so much Campos said. “For the grade-lev- use any of them what to “like” and what to “love,” anything else that I posted to my and I’m only getting those types nitive of what they’re posting on content I consume and have made specific filters so I just overused. Maybe over time there will be a freedom with Facebook, because el Schoology groups, it’s not just at all. the endless messages and content timeline. of negative ads to people voting Facebook, and that could affect don’t get stuck in positive feedback loops.” balance but right now because everything is so new there’s less pressure to look profes- students, but also the advisers Being on so- — it was all too much for me. It’s This is not to suggest peo- for Pritzker trying to sway them to you when you’re in your forties maybe that is the reason we are overusing it. sional all the time. You can say stuff in those groups, and the school cial media is too easy to let social media con- ple shouldn’t create Facebook ac- vote for Rauner or vice versa. You and you’re trying to run for polit- GIACOMO GLOTZER, SENIOR: Hopefully, we can find a balance.” that you know will hype people up, counselors, so that way everyone practically tak- sume all of your time. Even with- counts. After all, I scroll through might actually be able to affect ical office. “I use Instagram and Snapchat without being embarrassed about is kept in the loop.” en for granted out posting on Facebook, I have the timeline almost daily. Rath- the outcome of an election. Think occasionally as well as WhatsApp and IOANNIS NIKAS, SOPHOMORE: your math teacher seeing it.” Junior Daniel Garfinkle believes at Lab, especial- Dheven nights where I go to bed and just er, caution and care are warranted about how powerful that is — if Do you think people should GroupMe. Social media doesn’t hurt “One way I use social media is to talk Dean of Students Ana Campos that the upperclassman reliance ly among upper- Unni keep scrolling through content during the creation of an account. you can put your person in office. stop using Facebook and these me. I like communicating with friends with friends. I do this by literally talking said that since Schoology is heavily on Facebook is misguided. classmen. So- I’ve already seen and jokes that ar- Ask your parents if you feel com- other social media outlets or but sometimes I notice I spend too with people but also by sharing stuff used in the middle school, young- “I don’t think we should have cial events, study groups and even en’t even funny, just because it’s fortable and make sure you know What do you think students how should they change the way much time scrolling through Facebook with my friends; in a way we stay more er students have been more will- an external social media platform some Student Council activities so readily accessible on my phone what information can be misused should be putting out their on so- they’re using them to better pro- or Instagram.” connected through either what we post ing to embrace the platform. Cur- that’s specifically known for steal- are all organized on Facebook. As and computer. if leaked. Don’t assume anything cial media and what do you think tect themselves? or what others post. Social media rently, the three clubs that most fre- ing people’s information to be a re- a freshman, I thought of Facebook Especially in the wake of Face- you’ve posted on the Internet will they should refrain from sharing? Limit what you’re willing to put MACY BEAL, SOPHOMORE: benefits my life because I get to connect quently use Schoology pages are quirement to feel a sense of com- as my mom’s website, and wasn’t book’s Cambridge Analytica da- ever go away or will always be pri- You want to control what you’re out there. Are you willing to let the “I spend way too much time on it when with people over both serious and funny things, and the Wildlife Conservation Club, munity,” Daniel said. “I think for interested. But when I needed to ta scandal, Lab’s orientation to- vate. Familiarize yourself with the putting out there, you want to lim- whole world have access to what I should be doing my homework. For it is often used to spread awareness for different Launch Club and Maker Club, all most classes people are already coordinate a Spanish project with ward social media is deeply prob- privacy settings on your accounts it the amount of email address- you’re putting out there? You have example, a lot of my breaks end with me issues. However, for the most part I would say social of which are led by underclassmen. checking Schoology, so using my classmates that was organized lematic. The choice to expose so to ensure you’re only sharing data es that you make public. I literal- to be cognitive of what you’re shar- deeply inside Instagram staring at a media has negative effects on my life. This is because “We’ve had a Schoology page Schoology more socially is a con- through Facebook, I felt I had no much of your personal data to the that you feel safe with being public ly have a junk email address and I ing. You probably don’t want to put health model’s page. However, I’m it is a distraction and I sometimes find myself since the beginning of this year, venient way to communicate to a choice but to join. rest of the world warrants thought information. have a personal email address and your whole date of birth out there. usually inspired to eat healthier.” aimlessly using my phone when I know I could be and we’ve done posts there as a large number of people. I’m fine But social media isn’t all it’s and reflection, so it shouldn’t be a And when the next data leak I have a business email address I don’t do that because that’s a very way of communicating” Jeremy with also using Facebook, but it doing something more productive.” and I have a school email address. personal identity marker… you cracked up to be. Now, I don’t use quick decision to just make one for happens, make sure you aren’t one — COMPILED BY KATERINA LOPEZ Ng, president of Launch Club said. shouldn’t be the exclusive place my Snapchat or Instagram ac- a project like mine was. Since cre- of the people caught unaware by That’s a lot of email addresses, but just got to be cognitive of ‘What “At the beginning of the year, espe- where people communicate about counts at all, and I made my first ating my accounts, I’ve thought just how much they’ve allowed to I’m able to find my accounts. am I sharing and how can this be cially with the freshmen, not many things at school.” Facebook post May 1 solely be- more carefully about what infor- be public knowledge. You just want to control the used for nefarious purposes?’ THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 8 • FEATURES U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO Inspiring Inmates Spurred by friends and family, Lab staff work with prisoners

BY SONNY LEE DEPUTY EDITOR “In jail, it can be two things: It can either be a junkyard or it could be like an auto body shop,” Joshua Potter, who volunteers with incarcerated individuals, said. “When you go to the autobody shop, you might not have your car for three or four days, but at the end of it, you know when you come out of there, that you will be tuned up, you’ll probably have a new set of tires, everything will be working perfectly. Or, you could treat it like it’s a junkyard and just go sit and sulk and rot away.” Mr. Potter, a P.E. teacher, is one of several Lab adults who volunteer regularly with in- carcerated individuals or their families. He works with River Valley juvenile detention center and the Cook County Jail through Chicagoland Prison Outreach. Hope and support are the main driving factors that push Mr. Potter, and other facul- ty and staff here at Lab to volunteer with in- mates, as well as with fam- ilies whose relatives are in- carcerated. Mr. Potter first began volunteering with inmates to try and get in contact with one of his high school friends 10 years ago, who was incarcerated at the time. Joshua “So I finally got in there Potter and once I started to reach in and started to get him to understand that you are not worthless,” Mr. Potter said, re- minding his friend that his friend could still have an impact after serving his sentence “He started to partner with the inmates as well and started to bring them to our ses- sions, and I started to ask people from my church and my community, ‘Would you want to help out with this?’” Similar to the hope Mr. Potter gives to inmates about the opportunity to change, high school secretary Elaine Robison aims MIDWAY ILLUSTRATION BY AMBER HUO to help inmates. She provided hygiene prod- the time. It’s a whole dif- “ You get a chance to really hear their cerated. Mrs. Ribbens explained that ser- ucts to 350 female inmates at Cook County ferent world in there.” stories. Because they want someone vice has been instilled in her since she was Jail through an organization she founded. Mr. Potter’s group typ- a child, saying that the world is divided into Ms. Robison started Natalie Ford Wom- ically opens the sessions to listen and hear their stories, the “haves” and the “have nots.” en Behind Bars last year in honor of her late with ice-breaking activ- then you see why they may be in the “So a lot given to you, a lot should be ex- daughter who had been in prison. The or- ities like a game of scav- predicament they are in, because of pected, and I think sometimes we don’t un- ganization raised money to send hygiene enger hunt, dodgeball, derstand that,” Mrs. Ribbens said, “That we products to the prison by hosting a service or basketball followed their environment and because of have a whole world that we are responsible with choirs, testimonies where attendees by small group meetings Elaine the choices that they made.” for.” could donate. where volunteers connect, Robison — ELAINE ROBISON, SECRETARY For Mrs. Ribbens and her husband, Ath- “Even some of the teachers here gave to- and talk to the inmates. letic Director David Ribbens, volunteering wards the program,” Ms. Robison said. Ms. Robison and her group also talk to in- with the families means giving support and She said most people take for granted the mates, sing songs with them and pray with the choices that they made.” a friend to spend time with them. ability to buy everyday products. But incar- them. The inmates aren’t the only ones who “We’ve taken them out for dinner, we’ve cerated people do not have many options. “You get a chance to really hear their sto- need support. Families of those incarcerat- done things so that they feel like they’re “It’s easy for me to go to the store and ries,” Ms. Robison said. “Because they just ed also find comfort in volunteers spending not alone, like they have someone they feel buy a bar of soap,” Ms. Robison said, “But want someone to listen and hear their sto- time with them, letting them know they ar- they can reach out to,” Mrs. Ribbens said. in there, if they don’t have money to pur- ries, then you see why they may be in the en’t alone. “It doesn’t matter what culture they are be- chase things, they have to use whatever the predicament they are in, some because of P.E. teacher Deborah Ribbens volunteers cause we’re all there to help each other and guards give to them, and that’s not good all their environment and others because of with the families whose relatives are incar- that’s what it’s supposed to be about.” Alumnus applies Lab-learned skills to free speech BY GRACE ZHANG said. calling for my expulsion because Glick said. ASSISTANT EDITOR While at Po- “ Shortly before graduation, they believed my writing was a Today, Mr. Glick works as the For seniors, college is right mona College, my peers even circulated form of ‘hate speech’ and ‘endan- project manager for Epic Systems, around the corner. They step out Mr. Glick was in- a petition calling for my gers the well-being of others,’” he a healthcare technology compa- into the real world, leaving Lab on- terested by how expulsion because they said. ny, where he works with hospitals ly in their memories, yet the skills the school han- Despite facing obstacles, Mr. to implement software to track pa- acquired here will serve them in dled free speech believed my writing was a Glick’s experience at Lab helped tients and records. It offers a good college and beyond. and conflict- form of ‘hate speech’ and him handle the situation. It pre- balanced lifestyle for him. Steven Glick, who graduated ing views. Stu- Steven ‘endangers the well-being pared him to argue his perspective Mr. Glick suggested that students from U-High in 2013 and Pomo- dents blocked Glick even when met with disagreement should get outside their comfort na College in 2017, said his U-High speeches, shut of others.'” and hostility. zones and try new things in college, — STEVEN GLICK, '13 ALUMNUS education prepared him for suc- down charities and foundations Mr. Glick cited his experience such as joining a new club or taking cess with the college workload and deemed offensive, and forced a ju- in a Harkness discussion with hu- an unusual class, which could lead in his workplace. He also said at- nior class president to resign be- Journal. He also appeared on Fox manities teacher Lisa Miller in to a new interest or career. Writing tending Lab encouraged him to cause her friends had worn som- News. 8th grade, where students talked for a campus publication and join- confidently express his ideas de- breros on Halloween, according Mr. Glick faced backlash that about the 2008 election presiden- ing a fraternity were his favorite spite resistance. to Mr. Glick. When he voiced his forced him out of multiple activi- tial debates, as an example of Lab’s parts of college. “The combination of great opinions in Claremont Indepen- ties, such as his on-campus writ- helpful environment. “There are few places on earth teachers, rigorous coursework, dent, a student-run publication ing job and a study session be- “Ms. Miller always did a great with as much constant activity as and intelligent, hard-working that had a right-leaning perspec- cause his opinions conflicted with job of facilitating the conversa- a college campus,” he said. “I think classmates at Lab definitely put tive, his works were picked up na- those of other students. tion, ensuring that everyone was it’s important to make an effort to me in a position to succeed ac- tionally, such as by The Washing- “Shortly before graduation, my respectful of one another and that take advantage of all the opportu- ademically in college,” Mr. Glick ton Post, NPR and the Wall Street peers even circulated a petition everyone’s voice was heard,” Mr. nities around you.” THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO FEATURES • 9

Russia India Morocco Israel China PHOTOS FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONS: AZOV, SMIT224, ERIC00000007, VICKIJANKI, AHENOBARBUS International Arrivals From the travel ban to the attempts to repeal DACA, immigrants now face increased scrutiny. Five Lab students who recently immigrated to America discuss their experiences, reflecting on America’s political xenophobia.

BY PRIYANKA SHRIJAY China it’s a little OPINION EDITOR bit different,” he “ Before I lived in America, hese students are from all said. “Partially I didn’t go to a physical over the world — from China because the lan- school. It was more of a Tto Morocco, they came to the guage is struc- roaming tent school, so United States later in life. tured different- Junior Sammer Marzouk, who ly. When you say there wasn’t a set place. moved from southern Morocco something in You’d just sort of learn to Chicago in 2012, was a mem- Sammer Sharanya Eva Hongjia Yael English you can whatever you wanted to, ber of the nomadic Tuareg tribe. Marzouk Srinivasan Massey Chen Rolnik hear the vowels, but there was this one big School was mandatory up until hear the sound, fifth grade, but he continued be- “It was difficult in that a lot of tion or boundaries. Also, in middle and write it down. In Chinese, it’s test at the end of the year yond the requirements. Labbies have been here all their life school, a lot of government restric- different. You have to memorize that you would have to take Sharanya Srinivasan was born and are set in their friend groups tions were set up to end nomads. the characters and how they ap- and social dynamics, which I had a That was when I moved to Ameri- to go up a grade level.” in Hong Kong but moved to India pear. So there’s a lot of memoriza- — SAMMER MARZOUK at age 2. After living in India for 14 rough time sort of integrating my- ca full-time.” tion in the Chinese education. It’s years, she moved to Chicago and self into,” she said, “but I finally just a different style of teaching.” began her time at U-High as a ju- found a very welcoming group of Educational change A stark change for Eva was ad- friends who accepted me and now er Israel. nior. The educational system in Mo- justing to the more capitalistic ed- treat me like I have also been here She added, “I feel like Israel is so After her father was sure her rocco is drastically different than ucational system. for years on end.” small it’s easy to get kind of blind- family would be moving and their that of Lab. It was even more dif- “Everything in Moscow is Chen’s Chinese Catholic school ed and focus more on what’s hap- visas were fully processed, Sha- ferent for Sammer because, as part state-funded — I think most plac- experience served as a bridge in pening in Israel because it’s like it’s ranya, now a senior, was given of the nomadic Tuareg tribe, he es in Europe are like that — so his transition to America. not a part of something bigger.” three weeks to say goodbye to her moved frequently. I went to a state-funded music “Most of the students there are Because of this, Yael found she friends and to her life in India be- “Before I lived in America, I school, and state-funded schools Asian-American, and even though wasn’t too aware of politics during fore she immigrated to the United didn’t go to a physical school. It are a lot better than the ones here,” I was still learning this new lan- her time in Israel. States. was more of a roaming tent school, she said. “I think that was diffi- guage, sometimes I could talk “I think that with the Palestin- Junior Eva Massey moved from so there wasn’t a set place. You’d cult. I actually ended up quitting with them in Chinese, and some- ian-Israeli conflict — living there Moscow to Chicago when she was just sort of learn whatever you the flute because there I graduated times they could translate,” he from when I was born to age 12 — 13. Because her father is Ameri- wanted to, but there was this one from music school, and it was very said. “When I didn’t understand I wasn’t very aware of it. I knew it can and she visited him often be- big test at the end of the year that interesting and nice, and it was my something they could explain, was a thing but I didn’t know the fore the move, the transition was you would have to take to go up a place. But here private teachers you know instructions from teach- specifics. And then when I moved smooth. grade level,” he said. “But at Lab are the main way to learn anything ers and stuff like that. So the tran- to the United States and especially Hongjia Chen lived in China un- school and I guess all of America, outside of school. That was some- sition was made much easier by at Lab I’ve dug deeper into it.” til age 11 but started sixth grade in you have to show up to class and thing that annoyed me a lot. There them. And I really appreciate them Recently, she and junior Jamal Chicago at the St. Therese School, you’re required to and there’s not is no sense that children should for that. But I imagine it would be Nimer, whose family is from Pales- a Chinese Catholic school in Chi- just one big exam that determines learn music and it should be free.” really difficult otherwise.” tine, used the Social Justice Week natown. Now a junior, he began at if you pass.” Chen found that the most dif- platform to discuss the Israeli-Pal- Lab as a freshman. According to Sharanya, Lab has ficult part of his transition was Xenophobia estine conflict. Yael Rolnik, a junior, was born a much more exploratory and learning English, noting it took As a student from another coun- Since entering the Lab school in Israel, living there until age 12. thinking-based educational sys- him about a year to fully under- try, Chen reflected on American community, Yael has become in- She then moved to Boston, and tem. In India, education is much stand what his teachers were xenophobia, attributing it to na- volved with other social justice two years later moved to Chicago. more theoretical. teaching. tional pride. According to him, issues as well, such as women’s “For example, I had never writ- Sammer’s typical day in Moroc- there is xenophobia in China as rights and gun violence, finding ten a research paper in India. That Cultural adjustment co was quite different than now. well. However, he finds it particu- that creating a sense of social jus- wouldn’t be an assignment in In- Socially, adjusting to American “On a typical day, I would wake larly odd in the United States as its tice and unity is key to fighting xe- dia,” she said. “It would be more culture was a double-edged sword up at 5-6 and go to the mosque for culture is based on immigration. nophobia. question/answer-based versus for Sharanya. the morning prayer. Then I would “I think America is very differ- Reflecting on her immigrant sta- outside of strict classroom materi- “I think adjusting to the culture go tend to the cattle and move ent than any country in the world tus, Sharanya noted that she al- al research.” was good and bad in some ways. It with the tribe. At 10, I would go to because practically the first peo- most forgets she is not a citizen Like in India, China’s educa- was good in that it was way calmer school. At 1, I would go back home ple who came were refugees, so I when in the Lab and Hyde Park tional system is mostly fact-based. than I expected it to be,” she said. for the afternoon prayer and help don’t know why they get to set the bubbles. Chen explained that Lab’s educa- “I expected it to be more “Mean my family. At 2, I would go back to standard if you know what I mean. She said, “But it hits me when tional environment is drastically Girls”-esque but it was not. Lab is school until 5.” Like, why do their traditions and I have to do things like get a driv- different from his school in China a very welcoming environment as He moved frequently, given his cultures — why is that the stan- er’s license or go to a place that is in terms of ethos. is my class in particular.” family’s lifestyle. dard we need to align ourselves not as accepting of internation- “Just in general American ed- Still, she found it difficult to fit “The amount we traveled to?” al students or when I start to think ucation values freedom and cre- into Lab’s friend groups which, throughout the day was nev- For Yael, the United States lacks about things I want to do but am ativity, critical thinking. I guess it seemed to her, had been set in er consistent. It was based on the the sense of community she was immediately reminded that I can- the teachers guide you. They don’t stone since nursery school. terrain and any government ac- familiar with in the much-small- not do them because of my visa.” force you to believe something. In THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 10 • SPORTS U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO He’s kind of a big Dill Teammates and coach admire perseverance and self-motivation of senior James Dill BY NIKHIL PATEL MIDWAY REPORTER “ Sometimes, he’s super hard on At a major tennis tournament in Peoria in himself, and you can see that on the late April, none of the other teams’ coach- court. And then, because he knows es knew who senior James Dill was. Even the himself well, he reels it in and finds way he warmed up was unassuming. But when the matches started, he performed on a way to regain his center on the a level that shocked the other teams. level he needs to win.” “One of the other coaches came up to me — DAWUAD TALIB, HEAD TENNIS COACH and said, ‘I’ll be happy when he graduates so that he won’t be a competitor,’” Head Coach Dawuad Talib said. “The team looks at him as a cornerstone of varsity.” knows how to persevere,” Arjun said. “James A talented player at second singles, James is a tremendously driven athlete, and he’s plans to continue playing while attending awesome to be around.” Oberlin College and Con- As is the case with many talented players, servatory next year. Along James has a unique approach to the game with his skills, James’ that’s impossible to miss. Coach Talib loves coach and teammates how good James is at staying calm on the find him to be a great ex- court. ample of what to emulate “The most unique aspect of his approach in the game, even though to the game is how he self-manages,” Coach he doesn’t have an official Talib said. “Sometimes, he’s super hard on leadership role. himself, and you can see that on the court. “He’s a leader on the And then, because he knows himself well, Arjun team, and he’s always been he reels it in and finds a way to regain his Asokumar a leader on the team since center on the level he needs to win.” he’s been in the team,” James is an integral member of the tennis Coach Talib said. “Although it’s not neces- team, and he will be missed. sarily in title, all the kids know him, all the “You can almost always depend on a W, a kids like him. Even in his quiet way, he leads victory, a win,” Coach Talib said. “He’s easily more by example than by anything verbal.” one of the best players on the team, and an James knows this and focuses on playing excellent leader.” the best he can in order to encourage newer James’ presence affected everyone on the players to follow him. team. His skills and his mentality during “I’m not necessarily a leader,” James said. matches bring out the best in his team- “I try to play like a star player and, more than mates, who know that they can depend on MIDWAY PHOTO BY SOPHIE HINERFELD be a leader, I try to lead more by example.” James in tough spots. BEST FOOT FORWARD. James Dill warms up before a practice. James currently According to his teammates, James has a “He’s a beacon for the kids who might not competes as second singles, and is a four-year member of the boys tennis team. lot of qualities that new players should im- have the confidence that he has,” Coach Tal- itate. Sophomore Arjun Asokumar, one of ib continued. “They see it in him and he Although he doesn’t hold an official leadership role on the team, he chooses to lead the team’s captains, admires James’ work brings it out in the other players. Whether by example through a notable work ethic and a unique calmness on the court. He ethic. they are freshmen or on varsity themselves, plans to continue playing tennis at Oberlin College, where he’ll be a freshman. “James is super motivated. He really they know that James has come to play.” ‘Spike’ Wilson honored with award for 30 years of timing BY ABIGAIL SLIMMON when they are teenagers which is Stephanie said. “He is always there MIDWAY REPORTER really special. Not too many ear- to support my team and I, which One of U-High’s best-known ly-childhood teachers get to fol- has shown me that not only is he lower school teachers, Michael low and watch the kids that they’ve a great teacher but that he really “Spike” Wilson is winning an taught many years ago,” Mr. Wil- does care about the community as award from the Illinois Athletic Di- son said. “I also get to see that fam- a whole.” rectors Association for 30 years of ilies that come to the games. Being Now that students from Nursery keeping time at high school volley- at every game lets me stay close to 3 to 2nd grade have moved a few ball and basketball games. the parents of students I had.” blocks away to Earl Shapiro Hall, Mr. Wilson is an official timer at Varsity basketball player Steph- Mr. Wilson explained that there the girl’s volleyball games during anie Miller had Mr. Wilson for both is a disconnect from the teachers the fall season and the boys and first and second grade and men- there and the older students on girls basketball games in the win- tioned that he is one of her favor- the historic campus. ter. 30 years ago, Mr. Wilson first ite teachers at Lab. Stephanie has “Ever since we moved to ESH started running the clock and been on the U-High basketball five years ago, we don’t get to see scoreboard because the basketball team for three years and said that our students grow up all the way coach asked for his help. seeing Mr. Wilson at every game is to senior year. For me, keeping the Mr. Wilson says the main reason nice because it’s a reminder of her time and score is a way for me to he comes back each fall, is to stay earlier years in Blaine Hall. stay in touch with what’s happen- connected with older, high school “He is always there to congrat- ing on the historic campus, what’s MIDWAY PHOTO BY EMERSON WRIGHT students and their families. ulate me after games, even if we going on with U-High and my stu- KEEPING TIME, TEACHING TIME. Spike Wilson teaches his “I get to see kids that I taught lose, which is really great to hear,” dents,” Mr. Wilson said. second grade class units of time. He recently won an IADA honor.

TEAM RESULTS U-High scores are listed first. Girls soccer has 11 seniors. They Latin May 1 2-3 Pitchford Inv. April 28 2nd Baseball, Varsity are preparing to enter regionals, Morgan Park April 24 5-0 Notable: All members have which starts May 9. Uni-High April 21 3-2 made significant individual Latin May 5 0-3 Elgin April 20 5-0 and personal development NSCD May 4 2-3 St. Ignatius April 18 5-0 Parker May 1 3-0 NSCD April 17 5-0 from the beginning of season. Back of the Yards April 26 3-0 Senior Night was May 7. Woodlands April 25 7-0 Parker April 23 1-0 Boys Track and Field Northridge May 1 9-2 Notable: Chicago Christian April 28 2-7 Whitney Young April 21 1-1 The boys track Parker April 25 2-1 St. Ignatius April 19 0-4 team placed second behind NSCD April 24 7-1 NSCD April 17 0-1 Northridge for the second Graylake Central April 23 3-5 year in a row at the ISL Champi- Elgin Academy April 21 3-4 Latin April 19 5-0 Girls Soccer, JV onships May 5. Latin May 5 0-0 ISL Champ. May 5 2nd Parker May 1 0-1 Chicago Christian Inv. April 27 3rd Baseball, JV British School April 26 4-1 Westmont May 4 3-0 Elgin April 25 4-0 Girls Track and Field Chicago Christian April 28 4-13 Parker April 23 0-0 Notable: British School April 20 4-1 The girls team NSCD April 23 1-12 placed third at the ISL Latin April 19 8-9 St. Ignatius April 17 0-1 Championships May 5. ISL Champ. May 5 3rd MIDWAY PHOTO BY EMERSON WRIGHT Girls Soccer, Varsity Boys Tennis, Varsity Chicago Christian Inv. April 27 6th Notable: BUILDING COMMUNITY. Ashwin Aggarwal runs in the 4x800 Soccer senior Notable: The team has only night was held on April 26 relay at the ISL Championships May 5. The team placed first in the lost one game, and came in —COMPILED BY GRACE ZHANG with speeches and food, second for the Pitchford ILLUSTRATIONS BY NEENA DHANOA relay and second overall, losing to Northridge College Prep. and families came to support. Invitational tournament. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO RECREATION • 11 Senior finds community in rugby Quick Q Marc Fohran balances physical aggression with respect for opponents How has your non U-High BY OLIVIA CHENG MIDWAY REPORTER sport shaped the last 4 years? Tackle. Ruck. Maul. Scrum. Rowing In a full-contact sport riddled with tackles and hits that leave se- ETHAN nior Marc Fohran with bruises or BUMPERS: worse after every game, Marc said “It’s made it so what he loves most about rugby is that I have a the sense of camaraderie and the lot of different brotherhood the sport creates. commitments “When we play other teams, you than some of go out for 80 minutes, probably, my peers. The and just beat the crap out of each ability to plan other,” Marc, who plays for the things for directly after school is Chicago Blaze Rugby Club, said. nonexistent, but on the flip side “And then afterwards, you go up, it opened my eyes to the people and, you know, you high five. You’ll outside of lab who I’ve come to talk to the guy that you tackled or see as my friends.” that tackled you. It’s just like a real- Dance ly close knit group of guys.” OLIVIA ISSA: Rugby is similar in many ways to “Dance has been American football — oval-shaped possibly the most ball, full contact, teams trying to shaping part of get a ball through goalposts at the my teenage years. end of the field. Unlike football, It has taught me rugby players do not wear padding about resilience, or helmets. confidence, That creates an image of rugby team work, self- in many people’s minds, accord- awareness, composure, and ing to Marc. more. Without dance I would not “People look at it as just kind know both how to present myself of a sport where you’re just hit- alone — which I learned through ting each other as hard as you can dancing solos — and as a part of a without pads or anything,” Marc group — which I learned through said. dancing in a corps de ballet. Not But to Marc, rugby is different PHOTO PROVIDED BY MARC FOHRAN just that, I have made friends kind of sport in other ways, too. Marc Fohran, center, has possession of the ball during a game. Marc ROUGH N’ TUMBLE RUGBY. through dance that will last a “It’s a gentleman’s game in the joined a local rugby team, the Chicago Blaze, his sophomore year, after encouragement by his older lifetime.” sense that everyone’s very close- brother. As a freshman entering the University of Puget Sound in the fall, Marc intends on continuing knit and polite about everything,” to play. He says that the closeness of community offsets the physical aggression the sport requires. Karate Marc said. “You’re not going to get VICTORIA GIN: someone who’s gonna hit you and ages 15-18 played football, accord- “ It’s a gentleman’s game in Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washing- “I miss having a then just rag on you about it.” ing to the Sports and Fitness Asso- ton. team of people And Marc believes that rugby is the sense that everyone’s ciation in a different 2016 ESPN ar- So even through practices full that are my a more mental game. very close-knit and polite ticle. of conditioning, drills and scrim- friends at school “I feel like with football, you about everything. You’re While Marc said children inter- maging with full contact, Marc but it also gives have all those pads, so now you ested in football often must start looks forward to meeting a new not going to get someone me an additional can go into hitting someone with at a young age, he started play- team that he can share the broth- community to the mindset that you can just kind who’s gonna hit you and ing rugby and joined a local team erhood that he has with his Chica- be a part of. I’ve of hit them at 100 miles an hour,” then just rag on you about during his sophomore year. go team. met some of my best friends in Marc said. “You have all this pad- it.” “I went into it because my broth- “You go out every every Monday karate and I really got the best of ding — whereas with rugby, it’s like — MARC FOHRAN, SENIOR er started playing college, and he and Wednesday, kind of hone our both worlds having best friends you got to kind of break down and came back from school and told skills, support each other through in multiple communities and think about what you’re doing, me about it and got me interest- it, and just kind of encourage each interests. I was able to discover rather than just leading with your said that there were 35,000 high ed,” Marc said. other to, if you get hit hard or more about myself and others and head and hitting someone.” school athletes played rugby in And Marc is looking to play in something, just get back up. Keep it was such a great experience.” According to a 2016 ESPN arti- the United States. During the same college, too — the same college his going. Keep playing. It’s just a very cle, USA Rugby CEO Dan Payne time period, 1.248 million people brother attends, the University of supportive community.” — COMPILED BY EMMA TRONE Students benefit from sugar-free, plant-based diets BY AUDREY MATZKE MIDWAY REPORTER Diet Benefits Packed full of hungry students, it Plant-based: A diet based in plant- is difficult to miss the overwhelm- based foods is purported to lower the ing prevalence of cookies, chicken risk of heart disease and cancer, while nuggets and sandwiches atop Café limiting one of the most devastating Lab tables. For many, the joys of causes of greenhouse gas emissions fatty, greasy, cheesy cafeteria food for the environment. helps to escape the stress of Lab’s academic rigor. For others, pizza Sugar-free: Eliminating added sugar is an excuse in and of itself. Some intake in foods such as sodas or white students, however, have decided bread is frequently associated with to forgo the temptations of tradi- a lowered risk of diabetes, obesity, tional comfort foods. digestive problems, and even autoim- As difficult as these restrictions on meat, dairy or sugar may seem, mune conditions. students see it as a small price to pay in order to improve their health. Lately, several have decid- scribed enjoying sweets less since ed to adopt plant-based or sug- starting the diet. ar-free diets. “When I do have sugar, it doesn’t After watching a documenta- taste that good. I’ve lost most of ry on fighting disease through diet my interest in it,” Macy said. entitled “What The Health,” soph- It is not difficult to make the case omore Sara Gregg began re-evalu- for a sugar-free lifestyle. Business ate her concept of food. She now Insider lists sugar as one of the believes society’s idea of what a top carcinogens, or cancer-caus- good diet looks like has been large- ing substances, found in everyday ly manipulated by corporations MIDWAY ILLUSTRATION BY AMBER HUO food items. Macy warns against looking to profit under the guise of ON THE ROAD TO HEALTH. In stepping away from the processed, sugar and fat-filled foods that going cold-turkey and emphasiz- providing healthy food. are ubiquitous in modern life, some students are taking their health into their own hands. Eliminat- es that anyone considering a di- Since adopting a plant-based ing added sugars and limiting animal meat and products in their diets is one step that students are et change should speak with their doctor before making any major diet mid-April, Sara has not eat- taking towards living healthier lives. These dietary switches are believed to limit the risk of diabetes. en meat, dairy or most breads. changes. She believes her new eating habits more satisfying than before. based diet have a 34 percent low- low themselves bread and meat As effective as these diets may have been beneficial to her health. If proper protein consumption er risk of developing diabetes. Nat- but follow a sugar-free diet. After be, following them is not always “I feel more full, which is weird is maintained, research shows that urally, people on plant-based diets returning from winter break, soph- easy. Sara, for one, misses ice because I’m eating a little bit less,” a plant-based diet can have ma- tend to consume more vegetables, omore Macy Beal decided to elim- cream. Sara said, describing how, some- ny health benefits. According to which provide nutrients such as fi- inate added sugar from her meals, She said, “I bought some that’s what counterintuitively, her diet is the Harvard T.H. Chan School of ber, vitamins and folic acid. only allowing herself a cheat day dairy-free, and it’s good, but it’s not Public Health, followers of a plant- Alternatively, some students al- once every two weeks. Macy de- the same.” THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 12 • CHICAGO LIFE U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO Will Obama South side’s next chapter Center bring In 1893, the Columbian Exposition took over the Hyde Park and Kenwood progress or areas for 6 months. 125 years later the area is again embracing change, gentrification? by ABIGAIL SLIMMON but some say it may ruin the delicate social balance of the neighborhoods ASSISTANT EDITOR by JACOB POSNER On May 1, 1893, thousands of FEATURES EDITOR people from all over the world hen the World’s Columbi- poured into the White City in Chi- an Exposition took over cago. Part of the World’s Fair, the WChicago on May 1, 1893, White City offered a utopian vision people from all over the world for the future—with its pristine came together in Jackson Park and columns and larger-than-life Fer- along the Midway — just a few ris wheel, the city offered a tem- blocks from Lab’s campus — shar- porary paradise for its visitors. But, ing cultures and riding the new- after the fair was over, reality set ly-invented Ferris Wheel. back in: fires, vandalism and dis- Today, 125 years later, the assembly broke out, which almost Obama Presidential Center is made it seem like the fair never oc- planned to be built nearby in Jack- curred. What used to be the home son Park. With a futuristic, wind- of the “White City” fell into disre- ing design — including a two-story pair and the neighborhood was museum, public plaza, library and largely ignored by the city. athletic center — the Obama Cen- Additionally, white residents al- ter “will be a living, working cam- so fled from what once was the pus — an ongoing project where White City. Throughout the ear- we will shape, together, what it ly-mid 1900s Hyde Park experi- means to be a good citizen in the enced an extreme version of white 21st century,” according to the flight, which turned it in the pub- Obama Foundation website. It will lic’s eye from once a white par- also include a branch of the Chica- adise to a “dangerous neighbor- go Public Library. hood.” Perhaps the OPC will rekindle The fair “ I think it’s the world’s fair legacy. But how was set in the that legacy should be continued is Jackson Park gentrification. up for debate. neighbor- There will Louise McCurry, president of PHOTO PROVIDED BY DBOX VIA OBAMA FOUNDATION hood, took be higher the Jackson Park Advisory Coun- LOOKING FORWARD. An artist’s rendering of the view north along Stony Island Avenue, which place on the mortgage cil, sees the World’s Fair in a posi- the Obama Foundation hopes to realize in 2021 when the Obama library is set to finish construction. Midway Plai- tive light — the beginning of inclu- sance, and values, higher siveness, a precursor to the League versity. But he also argues that “Af- they’ve been in for generations. Commerce.” brought ma- home values of Nations. rican-Americans were both visible “There are groups in Ms. McCurry said most com- ny changes and higher in their participation and left with Woodlawn and South Shore that plaints are from people not un- “The whole concept simply fol- to Hyde Park. taxes. I think lowed straight through from the feelings of hope and accomplish- have a concern about that,” she derstanding what’s going on — de- Along with the 1893 World’s Fair when (landscape ment,” according to a review from said. “That has happened else- spite the fact that there have been founding of people in architect Frederick Law) Olmsted “The International Journal of Afri- where in Chicago.” 109 public meetings since the the University the past who said this will be a democratic in- can Historical Studies.” Ms. Vandervoort said that long- project was introduced. of Chicago, a African Americans were exclud- time residents might have to move “A lot of people like to yell and have moved stitution, a place where everybody huge building to places like — whether you’re rich or poor, or ed from skilled jobs, and made up from northside neighborhoods scream without knowing the facts, boom started black or white, or wear funny cos- most of the janitorial staff, accord- because a newly-built park, 606 and the facts are that all the ques- in the neigh- Woodlawn tumes on your head, or don’t speak ing to the review. Trail, is increasing property values. tions about the [Obama Center] borhood. Ho- and North But Ms. McCurry said she’s opti- have been raised — about gentri- the language — are all welcome. “There had been a number of tels were built, Kenwood will And the Obama Foundation is African-Americans who played mistic. She said the Obama Foun- fication, about hiring, about con- professors bringing that back again,” she said. a role, but it wasn’t easy,” Fran- dation has worked to address all struction — the Obama Center moved close be priced out Ms. McCurry sees the legacy of ces Vandervoort, a member of the concerns residents have voiced. has addressed head on, and have to the univer- of the market.” the World’s Fair as bringing people Jackson Park Advisory Council “The Obama Foundation is put safeguards in to make sure sity and new —PAUL HORTON, together from all across the world, and volunteer, said. For example, making sure that anyone who that doesn’t happen,” Ms. McCur- businesses HISTORY and from all walks of life. And she one of George Washington Carv- lives in the Woodlawn area around ry said. started up be- TEACHER sees the Obama Center, which er’s paintings was displayed, but the center will all be able to stay Ms. Vandervoort said she is cause of the should be completed by 2021, as wasn’t allowed to appear at the there in subsidized housing,” Ms. afraid Jackson Park will become flow of peo- continuing these positive changes. award ceremony. McCurry said. “In terms of jobs, “cluttered” — like Millennium ple from the fair, shaping the way But the legacy of the World’sFair Similarly to exclusion during the the Obama Foundation has a lo- Park or Lincoln Park. She’s con- that Hyde Park developed around may indicate a different future of World’s Fair, today’s residents have cal process of hiring. All the peo- cerned it will become a place sole- the university. University fund- Jackson Park. concerns about gentrification — ple [who will be] working there ly for “entertainment,” filled with ing has been extremely beneficial African-Americans were exclud- whether the neighborhoods sur- are from South Shore, Woodlawn roller coasters and movie theaters. for the development of the neigh- ed from many aspects of the expo- rounding the Obama Center will and Hyde Park. There are big hir- Parks should provide “amuse- borhood, but has recently raised sition, according to “All the World actually benefit from construc- ing meetings going on right now ment,” a diversion. questions over whether or not the Is Here! The Black Presence at tion, according to Ms. Vander- in ward offices, as well as in the And, as per Olmsted’s vision, she neighborhood is becoming gentri- White City” by Christopher Robert voort. People are afraid they will South Shore Chamber of Com- said, a place to participate in de- fied. Reed, a professor at Roosevelt Uni- be forced from the communities merce, Hyde Park Chamber of mocracy. Today, the grounds that once were home to Chicago’s World’s Fair have turned into golf courses, E tennis courts, marinas, parks and paths. “Hyde Park is gentrifying and N S has been for a long time. There’s building of apartments which means more apartment availabil- W ity,” U-High history teacher Paul Horton said. “It’s important to look at the neighborhoods surrounding Hyde Park which now have more affordable rent while values of homes in the neighborhood have gone up.” In 2016, when the Obama Pres- idential Center was announced to be built in Jackson Park, the changes coming for the south side of Chicago became even more ap- parent. All of this is being driven by the OPC and the University of Chicago encouraging people to move to the south side. “I think it’s gentrification. There will be higher mortgage values, higher home values and higher taxes.” Mr. Horton said. “I think people in the past who have PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE OBAMA FOUNDATION moved to places like Woodlawn PLANNING AHEAD. Official plans for construction of the Obama Presidential Center have been completed. The OPC will be just a and North Kenwood will be priced few blocks east of the Laboratory Schools campus and parts of the library will be open to all Chicago-area students. out of the market.”