Archive for March, 2010
The Library Times
Students on the Rincon/University High School campus have been hard-pressed to ignore the recent budget cuts applied to our school library. Due to the nation-wide recession, TUSD has been curbing every department in an effort to rub two funding nickels together. The hacks made to our library’s budget have been drastic: six of the seven library [...]
Teacher Feature: Running Roediger
There are a lot of teachers out there on planet Earth. In fact, in the United States alone, there are 6.2 million teachers, 71 percent of whom are women, according to the U.S. Census. However, not all teachers manage to paint, sculpt, do metalwork and run the Student Activities Board all while having over 150 students. Not all teachers do all of [...]
“What Now?” Navigating you from cultural inanity since 2009.
This month… Listen To: “The Ghost Inside” by Broken Bells Feel an affinity towards the ‘Garden State’ soundtrack? Searching for a musical group as intoxicatingly catchy as Ke$ha that you would actually be willing to admit to liking? Broken Bells is the group for you. Featuring the lackadaisically cool vocals of James [...]
The Life and Times of a Desert Gardener – “Marching right along”
Spring is all around us, and with all the rain we have had lately, what a bright, colorful spring it is turning out to be. When one escapes to the out of doors, seeking a placid retreat from the office or classroom, as is irresistible this time of year, they are sure to find lushness in their surroundings. A walk along a midtown arroyo presents [...]
Please pause for a moment of science
Who says science is boring? Last Saturday the UHS Science Olympiad teams placed 5th and 11th overall in the Arizona Science Olympiad tournament. There, they competed in events ranging from building pendulums (It’s About Time) to engineering bridges (Elevated Bridge) to identifying fossils (Fossils). They received an impressive 17 medals. [...]
UHS student is piping hot
Wednesday after school seems an ordinary enough afternoon; students hurry home to savor as much “early out” time as they can while teachers mosey on over to their weekly staff meetings to discuss the future of University High School, but if you were to stop and listen before rushing to the parking lots, you would hear the bizarre, [...]
