UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL • UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LABORATORY SCHOOLS 1362 EAST 59TH STREET,U-High CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60637 MAY Midway12, 2016 VOLUME 92, NUMBER 9 Library will be unavailable for finals week ously served as Lounge will serve the library of the “ So you can imagine, we’re University’s De- going to have to move as a study space partment of Edu- 40,000 books, and we have cation, and more until end of year recently as of- to keep them in order, fices for language which is a challenge.” by Micaiah Buchheim-Jurisson teachers and oth- — Susan Augustine, librarian editor-in-chief ers. Under the Susan The library is closing early for its new room iden- Augustine relocation to Judd Hall. tification system, placed at the front of Rowley, so To accommodate the move, Row- “C” denotes “cen- students can take them home. ley will close earlier than usual this tral,” and will be the high school After school ends in June, a year — May 26. All books are due building’s code. wrecking crew will come to begin back on May 20. “So you can imagine, we’re go- renovation of Rowley. In the meantime, the senior ing to have to move 40,000 books, The space currently occupied by lounge will also close on May 20 and we have to keep them in or- the high school collection will be re- and reopen on May 26 as quiet der, which is a challenge,” librar- furbished, and then converted into study and printing space where ian Susan Augustine said. “We also the middle school library, retaining laptops can be checked out. The have to move all the AV stuff, all the the name Rowley. The learning and Kenwood Kafé will also be available shelves have to be taken out, all the counseling department will move as a work space during non-lunch personal stuff, archives in the back, into the space currently occupied times. yearbooks, back issues of maga- by the middle school library. The day after the library closes, zines, supplies, all the behind-the- “We’ve been told the high school the librarians and a moving crew scenes stuff that you don’t neces- library will be done with renova- will begin to move materials. sarily know the library uses.” tions in August,” Ms. Augustine During the coming months, the As part of this, Ms. Augustine and said, “so Ms. Volk and I are trying midway photo by alexis porter high school library’s collection will Shirley Volk are also working get rid to reserve some of our summer to CULLING BOOKS. Librarian Shirley Volk sorts and catego- move to the largest room on the of books no longer needed. A cart come in and work with the movers rizes books in preparation to move them to Judd Hall. second floor of Judd, which previ- with some of these books has been to get things back in their place.” Make America green again Lipman elected to all-school; ’18, ’19 presidents re-elected by Alex Harron managing editor Student Council election results The guy with the money got the gavel. Junior Jonathan Lipman, formerly All-School All-School Officers treasurer was elected All-School president. Jonathan Lipman, president “I’m honored, humbled, and hopeful for a pro- Alex Azar, vice president ductive year of improving the life Xander Tyska, secretary of a Lab student,” Jonathan said. Results from the April 29 elec- Mathew Ferraro, treasurer tion were posted on Student Katherine Zhang, Cultural Union president Council’s website and the U- Pascale Boonstra, Cultural Union vice president High Midway’s Facebook page later that day. Students also vot- Senior Class (2017) Officers ed on and passed Student Coun- Alec Kaplan, President cil’s proposed constitution that Benji Wittenbrink, Vice President they’ve been working on all year. Jonathan Ilana Emanuel, Cultural Union representative In his candidate statement, Lipman Imogen Foster, Cultural Union representative Jonathan spoke about his plans to move Student Council to an events, services and advocacy Junior Class (2018) Officers model. Elizabeth Van Ha, President “So events are things like Rachel Schonbaum, Vice President dances, grade events, Labstock, Florence Almeda, Cultural Union representative and I think we have a lot of places Megan Moran, Cultural Union representative we can improve on things there,” Jonathan said. “I want to move to Sophomore Class (2019) Officers a services approach. Services are Shiva Menta, president things like the course review. Me, Alex Fabrice, Fikayo, Ciara and Otto Azar Emma Trone, vice president have been really pushing the Aly Latherow, Cultural Union representative course review.” Elena Liao, Cultural Union representative Advocacy is also very important to Jonathan. midway photo by samuel fleming “In the wake of the threatened shooting, I I’M A BE-LEAF-ER. Sophomore Victoria Gin moves a cut-down thought it was so ridiculous that the administra- many committees. I know that he not only has the tree trunk into a bonfire at Whistler Woods Forest Preserve on the tion could not communicate with all students by best intentions and has many new, creative solu- morning of April 23. As part of the Earth Day celebration, Green email,” Jonathan said. “So I talked to Ms. Appleby, tions, but he has the ability to make those changes Team organized the Saturday morning outing of about a dozen Ms. Campos and Ms. Braendel. And, now, the ad- a reality. He’s shown that over and over again.” ministration is actually sending things.” participants to the preserve located in Riverdale, Illinois. Partici- Female students hold all the positions in Cul- Jonathan took over position as All-School Presi- pants in the trip spent half a day cutting down and burning a va- tural Union. dent on May 2. “I think it’s very interesting that all the CU can- riety of invasive trees in order to make a clearing for native plant “I symbolically handed over a gavel,” senior Fab- didates were female, but I don’t think it’s indicative species to regrow in their former places. The trip also included a rice Guyot-Sionnest, 2015-16 All-School President, of any larger trend,” Fabrice said. “In all honesty, bird-watching experience. said. “I think Jonathan is going to do a fantastic the class representatives have very similar respon- job. I’ve worked with him so much this year on so sibilities.” inside 4 • ARTS . 6-7 • CENTERSPREAD 10 • SPORTS Through sculpting Stephanie Weber begins Jonathan Kutasov finds figures and faces with as principal on July 1. success through exerting clay, plaster and wood, Members of the U-High the same passion and senior Rosie Weaver community offer her intensity on the tennis finds her passion for their ideas and opinions court as he does in creativity, imagination on how the school can math competitions and and freedom. improve. independent math study. NEWS • THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 2 U-HIGH MIDWAY • UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO New library will house ‘free expression space’ by Willis Weinstein Ellie Roussos, senior, had her art she views it as a good way to re- they want and still get our agenda assistant editor confined to classrooms in the past strict the consumption of explicit passed. At the end of the day we do “ It’s just about making You can find U-High’s freedom due to its content. She said she is art to mature eyes. To Ms. Campos, have to come to some sort of com- sure that we have the right of expression policy in a proposed happy with the creation of a space the room offers choices. promise, and to be quite honest systems in place to ensure room of the new high school li- for art with mature themes, but “It’s not restricted,” Ms. Campos with you, this compromise is bet- brary once it opens in Judd Hall in sees ideological inconsistencies said. “It’s just about making sure ter than having nothing.” we’re taking care of the September. surrounding the room’s creation. that we have the right systems in Jonathan also feels that revising youngest members of the The room, called a “free ex- “We’re teaching sex-ed in fifth place to ensure we’re taking care the student handbook is necessary community.” pression space,” has been part of grade and they get that ‘Perfectly of the youngest members of the to guarantee adequate rights of — Ana Campos, dean of students freedom of expression dialogue Normal’ book that has literally community.” expression for members of the U- between Student Council and drawings of the variety of naked Junior Jonathan Lipman, 2016- High community. The handbook’s mittee drafted a working protocol administration. The discussion bodies you could encounter,” Ellie 17 Student Council president, said current Freedom of Expression to deal with mature visual media. began following the removal of a said. “If it’s ‘Perfectly Normal,’ then he feels the space is a good short- statement uses the University of Students are to display media poster for the volleyball team in let’s commit to that. They can see run compromise between student Chicago’s policy, which is modified deemed inappropriate for com- October, for its display of papier it in a classroom setting, but they and administrative views. “...to fit Lab’s special educational mon spaces in a classroom, with mache breasts. As it stands, the can’t walk outside and see this pre- “This discussion isn’t over,” Jon- environment and to take into ac- the teacher’s permission. Students zone will be a clearly marked study sentation of a body.” athan said.