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Photograph(s) of the Week: Mardi Gras Floats

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UHS first and second year French students celebrated Mardi Gras by forming krewes and submitting their entries in the 6th annual shoebox float contest.

February 21st, 2012 | Posted in Photograph of the Week | Read More »

Awards and Accolades, February 20, 2012

Math Club Currently, UHS is 3rd in the nation in the Sigma Mathematics League, which is a freshman-only math contest. In our 12-state regional division of the Mandlebrot Competition, Math Club’s first tier and second tier teams are in 15th and 35th places respectively. Additionally, senior Xiao Wang is in 27th place as an individual. UHS [...]

February 20th, 2012 | Posted in News | Read More »

Thirteen seniors named National Merit Finalists

Emma E. Baker

Jingjing Fan

William A. Fines

Andrew G. Loucks

Brian T. McElroy

Reed Thomas Patterson III

Delia Pepper

Emeric Quade

Anna Andrea Sanova

Nicole M. Urman

Samuel C. Williams

Allyson J. Yoder

Zhenglong Zhou

February 14th, 2012 | Posted in News | Read More »

Come and Get Your Love 2012

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—– Cara, my almost wifey dear, I think this is pretty clear that once we are married our lives will be grand. We will go to the beach and play in the sand. We’ll go hang out with Buffy. And hate bunnies that are fluffy. We’ll slay some vampires and then slay their sires. Love, [...]

February 13th, 2012 | Posted in Features,Top | Read More »

Juniors Click “Yes” for Icon

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The final results for the Mock Election: Icon – 86 After Party – 42 Pardi Gras – 23 Partyology – 15 UP – 4   Read the rest of the Mock Election Coverage here.

January 26th, 2012 | Posted in Mock Election 2012,News,Top | Read More »

Your 2012 Party Platforms, Summarized

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As the Mock Election project reaches it climax during the debates this Wednesday, The Perspective brings you a compiled summary of all of the platforms. Take a look and compare the differences between party policies. And remember, an informed vote is a good vote.     Check out full platforms, propaganda and more for all [...]

January 24th, 2012 | Posted in Features,Mock Election 2012,Top,Uncategorized | Read More »

Photograph(s) of the Week: Mock Election Propaganda

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Election fever is in the air and propaganda for the Mock Elections is in full swing. Junior Natalia Navarro takes you to the Lower Level where glitter, Christmas lights and  a  golden Pegasus have all become a part of the daily grind.  

January 18th, 2012 | Posted in Mock Election 2012,Photograph of the Week | Read More »

Senior Gov Party Election

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Senior Gov Party Election   After Party. Icon. Pardi Gras. Partyology. UP. What are all these names and why is the school suddenly covered in glitter, construction paper, posters and pictures? For those of you that don’t know, this is the beginning of the Senior Gov Party Election. As a senior at UHS, you are [...]

January 9th, 2012 | Posted in Events,Mock Election 2012,News | Read More »

Parties, Periods, Chairs, Oh My!

Last year's debate with first and second place winners, Party Frontier and Party Knight, respectively.

Parties, Periods, Chairs, Oh My! Sophie Clark & Karen Wang The Senior Mock Election has been a staple of UHS since 1988. Created to mirror the presidential election, the Mock Election involves the creation of five political parties, one for each AP Government class. Each year in late January, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors file into [...]

January 9th, 2012 | Posted in Mock Election 2012,News,Top | Read More »

85,000 Page Views and Counting

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On December 4th, 2009 the Perspective published its first online issue as an entirely student-run club. In the two years since Josh Yoder’s (’10) article about budget overrides first appeared on the site, uhsperspective.org has hosted over 29,000 visits resulting in more than 85,000 page views. The Perspective has a long history at University High School, [...]

December 20th, 2011 | Posted in Features,Top | Read More »

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