Annette Lee, Editor
September 25, 2018
Filed under Features, News
The faculty union, known as the Uni Faculty Organization (UFO), held an information session for students on Wednesday in the school library.
The UFO Bargaining Team was invited by seniors Nathalie Stein and Bella Solis to expla...
Nathalie Stein, Editor
September 18, 2018
Filed under Features, News
On Sept. 7, the Uni Faculty Organization (UFO) hosted a meeting to inform parents of new developments in ongoing contract negotiations with the University of Illinois.
Held in Urbana’s Independent Media Center at 5 p.m, the UFO bo...
Bianca Rubel, Staff Writer
September 17, 2018
Filed under News
New year, new subbies! Recently, the subfreshman class of 2023 held their elections for Student Council, electing Asim Baraka as President, Marlow Tracy as Vice President, Charlie Hechler as Secretary/Treasurer, and Mikayla Blanke as SFAC repr...
Adit Kalsotra, Staff Writer
September 15, 2018
Filed under News, Sports
Recently, major changes have been issued in the PE department regarding its fitness testing program. These include the introduction of the PLT4M app to record the results of students’ tests as well as new fitness tests thems...
Romaisa Aamer and Ifeyinwa Allanah
September 13, 2018
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This summer, Uni sponsored a CAD and 3D printing workshop organized by Art teacher Lisa Evans, and taught by Professor Cliff Shin. Seven students and faculty members participated in the workshop.
Students were given several activities to he...
Maher Adoni, Editor
September 11, 2018
Filed under Features, News, Sports
This 2018-2019 school year, the Uni High community welcomed Rachael Brewer to the PE Department. A Tuscola native and Uni’s track and field coach in past years, as well as a storied cross-country athlete herself, Brewer previou...
Tim Cho, Staff Writer
September 11, 2018
Filed under News
The third floor printers have been moved to a new location this school year.The printers can now be found next to the third floor stairwell. This location change is set to provide new benefits to Uni.
For years, the printers...
Will Hechler, Staff Writer
September 10, 2018
Filed under Features, News
College application season is underway for Uni’s class of 2019. The Common Application opened on Aug. 1 and University of Illinois’s application portal opened on Sept. 1, among others.
From interviews of two students and...
Keshav Gandhi, Staff Writer
September 10, 2018
Filed under News
This semester, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is offering research internships to Uni students that are in good academic standing. NCSA research internships are sponsored by the Frankel Fund, establishe...
Aniket Gargya, Staff Writer
September 10, 2018
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Just a day or two before the 2018 - 2019 school year, the main doors of Uni were replaced.
“They were replaced because the existing ones - they were original doors, and they were right at 100 years old,” Uni Business Manager M...
Grace Juhn, Staff Writer
September 10, 2018
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Starting this year, Andrew Wilson, the freshman history teacher, will use a virtual reality program to teach his students about ancient history.
Virtual reality is a computer-generated 3D experience in an environment, which...
Annette Lee, Editor
September 6, 2018
Filed under News
New clubs may now be proposed to Student Council again.
Last November, Uni’s Student Council (StudCo) halted the approval of new clubs in the wake of the Coding Club controversy. This freeze is now over.
Last fall, it...