May 31, 2017
Maya Greer, Writer
May 18, 2017
Filed under Features, Opinion
As finals draw near, stress increases as students do their best to prepare for their end-of-the-year exams. Not all stress is bad, and up to a certain point, it can be beneficial, driving a person to do their best. But once stre...
Lia Dankowicz, Writer
May 18, 2017
Filed under Features, News, Opinion, Uncategorized
The 2016-2017 school year is coming to a close and the spring 2017 Gargoyle staff has compiled a list of what we believe are the highs and lows of this school year, or rather, the Cheers and Jeers.
Cheers
March to the Mosque
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Martin Dalling
May 16, 2017
Filed under Features
You probably haven’t missed the two large aquarium tanks in the library, but if you have or don’t know the reason for why they’re there, Bio Club’s newest project in genetics has been to create an illini colored guppy....
Maya Greer
May 12, 2017
Filed under Features, News
Uni students, like any other students, have a variety of mental health problems, but students say that Uni’s competitive environment makes it hard to admit any mental health problems they might have for fear of being perceive...
May 12, 2017
Grace Qiu
May 9, 2017
Filed under Alumni, Features
Vilas Dhar has forged his own path in order to fully integrate his passions with his skills by being willing to defy expectations and taking risks. Dhar left the successful law firm he founded with his brother when it didn’t ma...
Umar Hanif, Writer
May 9, 2017
Filed under Features, News
Uni’s long struggle to achieve diversity has become as much of a staple of the school as its century-old building or eighth-grade class.
Uni has had and continues to have problems when it comes to accurately representing...
Martin Dalling, Writer
April 20, 2017
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Features, Gourmet Gargoyle, Opinion
There are many different pizza places on campus and finding the best one is hard. So my friends and I tried out three different places to find the best. We tried Mia Za's, a classic campus spot, which had good toppings and was...
Lia Dankowicz, Writer
April 19, 2017
Filed under Features, Opinion
Soon-to-be subfreshmen filling out the forms to attend Uni have one difficult choice they must make: choosing a language. Every Uni student is required to spend a minimum of two years learning one of the five offered foreign o...
Lia Dankowicz, Writer
April 19, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase Carousel
With nearly 50 clubs for its approximately 300 students, Uni High has nearly twice as many clubs as Urbana High School has for over a thousand students.
It is quite simple to start a club at Uni, requiring only a sponsor and t...
Umar Hanif, Martin Dalling, and Maya Greer
April 17, 2017
Filed under Features, News
Throughout the past week, Uni students and faculty alike have responded to the recently released Strategic Task Force Final Report. The report, which outlined various recommendations for Uni in terms of its academic affairs a...