UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL • UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LABORATORY SCHOOLS 1362 EAST 59TH STREET,U-High CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60637 MAY Midway17, 2017 VOLUME 93, NUMBER 9 May Project rules enforced more strictly for seniors by Emma Trone However, seniors’ ability to the start of May A source of contention among signed to. So most of them would assistant editor leave school for a month has also Project, rather students is the fulfillment of grad- make you do, say, a project worth Rules dictating participation in necessitated rules dictating poli- than letting indi- uation requirements, including as many hours as you would be the annual tradition of May Proj- cies about attendance and credits, vidual teachers art, music and P.E. credits, which missing, or some wouldn’t make ect, where seniors spend several especially credits needed to grad- make the deci- would necessitate attending those you do anything at all,” Brian said. weeks in May off campus creating uate, since the inception of May sion to continue classes during May Project. Ac- “So I had assumed going through experiential projects, have been Project. These policies are cre- the class or not, cording to senior Jonathan Lip- freshman, sophomore and junior streamlined among departments. ated in tandem by the Curriculum she said. These man, many seniors were under year that I wouldn’t have to stay for Despite protests from seniors, ex- Committee, the dean of students, courses will still the impression that arrangements May Project.” isting rules also have been rein- the May Project coordinator, the continue for ju- Dinah could be made separately with the May Project Coordinator Dinah forced. principal and the chairs of each niors. D’Antoni teachers of those classes, and so D’Antoni believes that despite May Project has been a fixture department. Previously, planned their high school sched- the inconvenience of attending of the U-High experience for over According to Principal Weber, students who had a disciplinary ules accordingly. just one or two classes during 40 years. Although few students many of the rules regarding May infraction or were on academic Brian Brady, who plans to build May Project, May Project is still a opted to leave their classes to par- Project have been clarified, not probation were barred from par- an amphibious car for his project, choice, not a right. ticipate at May Project’s inception, created, for this year’s May Project. ticipating in May Project. Howev- held off on taking an art class until “It’s not a vacation. It’s a lot of gradually it became an expecta- “There seemed to be rules that er, those rules have been loosened senior year because he participat- work. They don’t have to go on May tion that most, if not all seniors were saying the same things for this year, according to Ms. Weber. ed in Jazz Band as an underclass- Project if they don’t want to. That’s would participate and complete a different academic disciplines, so “If you were a student and you man. life,” Ms. D’Antoni said. “When project of their choosing. we consolidated them,” Ms. Weber were struggling academically in Brian said he wasn’t aware until they go to college, they’ll be grum- On May 10, Principal Stepha- said. The only official change made the fall quarter, say, and you were winter quarter that he would be bling about things they have to do nie Weber posted a message on to the May Project rule book was placed on academic probation, required to attend his Sculpture and when they work, there are still Schoology to deny rumors spread a decision by the history and sci- clearly something was preventing class during May Project. going to be deadlines they have to among the student body that May ence departments to officially end you from doing your best,” Ms. “It used to be that it depended complete. They have to observe all Project was being canceled. AT class curricula for seniors by Weber said. on the art teacher that you were as- of their deadlines. It is what it is.” THE ‘JAZZICAL’ EXPERIENCE Election brings more diverse leadership by Talia Goerge-Karron news editor Election winners For the first time in eight years, U-High students have elected a All-School President: female all-school president. Junior Elizabeth Van Ha Elizabeth Van Ha will lead the Stu- All-School Vice President: dent Council next year. Four of the Rachel Schonbaum other five all-school officers are All-School Treasurer: female. Otto Brown In the April 28 election, 136 All-School Secretary: freshmen voted, along with 103 Teresa Xie sophomores and 110 juniors. Elizabeth said that it is interest- All-School Cultural Union ing that most of the incoming of- President: Florence Almeda ficers are female, but she didn’t All-School Cultural Union Vice credit gender for the success of the President: Megan Moran Student Council. Senior Class President: Gender diversity is important Ayaan Asthana for the Student Council to be suc- Senior Class Vice President: cessful, but the student body is Cole Summerfelt capable of electing the best can- Senior Class Cultural Union : didate, Elizabeth said. “Not that Nicole Horio and Michael Rubin midway photo by sam fleming it changes what Student Council Junior Class President: JAZZ IT UP. Playing Kapustin’s “Trio for Piano, Flute and Cello,” Teresa Xie, Jenny Wang and does because I really think that Shiva Menta it just depends person by person Junior Class Vice President: Giacomo Glotzer participate in the Jazzical Experience in Gordon Parks Assembly Hall on how much Student Council ac- Emma Trone May 10. This concert was the live version of an album recorded by Mia Waggoner, a senior. complishes a year,” Elizabeth said. Junior Class Cultural Union: Elizabeth has been on Student Council as the Class of 2018’s pres- Aly Latherow and Mitch Walker ident for three years. She views her Sophomore Class President: experience as a positive. Ben Cifu Nature museum will be Prom site “I also have familiarity with Sophomore Class Vice President: how the system works like what Nolan Issa by Michael Rubin vide an atmosphere that is perfect “We went back and forth with the best way to approach certain Sophomore Cultural Union: assistant editor for Prom. about five places but ultimately things is instead of going through Kepler Boonstra and Yuyu Katahira The Peggy Notebaert Nature “If you’ve ever been to the Na- ended up landing on the Nature buffers,” Elizabeth said. Museum will come to life on June ture Museum, you’d know that Museum because we get access to She also recognizes that she has 3 for Prom. there is a butterfly room, a garden the entire museum for the night a limited perspective. dent as a write-in candidate. No As a way for seniors to have their filled with hundreds of butterflies. and it stayed within our budget of “One of the cons is that I have candidates filed by the April 20 last celebration before graduation, We will be able to take pictures about $6,000,” Taylor said. been in the same leadership po- deadline. they will gather to dance, listen to in there as well as view all of the With Prom in less than a month, sition for so long that I am not fa- For Cultural Union next year, speeches and make lasting mem- exhibits during the beginning of Prom Committee is swamped miliar with the other student per- Florence wants to implement a ories together. the night,” Taylor said. “After din- with last-minute details and orga- spectives,” Elizabeth said. “I know combined dance or carnival with Prom tickets were sold in the ner we will having dancing, and nizational tasks including royalty we can get X, Y, Z done, but what if another school and a fundraising cafeteria from May 1-5 for $120 weather permitting, we can end nominations. we tried it this way? That may not dance marathon. each. According to Dean of Stu- the night with dessert on the ter- “Right now, we’re in the process be as apparent to me. One of the “Being a write-in definitely mo- dents Ana Campos, prom tickets race outside.” of taking ticket orders, seating re- things that I can work on is keep- tivated me to do a lot more cam- have ranged from $101 to $120 In preparation for the event, the quests, royalty nominations and ing an open mind even though I paigning and it made me scared over the past four years. Prom Committee, a group of stu- chaperone requests,” Taylor said. know that things in the past have that I would not win,” Florence While there is no official theme dents in the Senior Class, has been “So we’re camped out in the café worked successfully, there’s differ- said. “Being a Cultural Union rep- or unique decor, Prom Committee planning key pieces, including the for the next week with an exces- ent routes that we can take.” resentative has always been a part member Taylor Thompson is con- venue and catering for more than sive amount of forms for people Florence Almeda, a junior, won of my life in high school, and it is fident that the museum will pro- a year. attending Prom to fill out.” all-school Cultural Union presi- super important to me.” inside 5 • ARTS 6-7 • IN-DEPTH 10 • SPORTS With refugees at the Going against the status Students turn to yoga to forefront of news, quo, members of the de-stress and exercise. “Objects in the Mirror,” U-High community are Starting yoga last year, an original play, tells the able to break societal senior Genevieve Liu story of one refugee’s norms through their became a certified yoga escape from Liberia.