The political season is here again–for UHS, that is. It is once again time for the senior debates. Being only a freshman and never having heard of this UHS tradition before, things were apt to get a little confusing for me at times, what with all the hubbub and hype of the mock elections. However, [...]
I Hope Some Things Never Change: Senior Debates from a Junior’s Perspective Karen Wang The senior debates are a UHS tradition that never ceases to excite and amuse… at least when you’re a junior and all you have to do is sit back and languish in your power as a voter (yes, yes, please vote [...]
Inaugural Ball is right around the corner and I know that everyone is extremely excited. This article is for all you ladies who are looking for a dress or looking for accessories or shoes to go with your dress. Finding a good dress can be hard. Sometimes you have to hunt around for a [...]
This issue I decided to take The Nerd Wears Prada in a new direction. Beauty. I decided to do a homemade beauty product article. This article has some great tips and directions for making your own mask/exfoliant with things you already have at home. Exfoliating is very important. When you exfoliate you remove all [...]
Man Walks Into a Room by Nicole Krauss What makes you, you? There’s your personality, your interests, your goals, your relationships with the people who surround you…yet there’s also your memory. Your history and the experiences that have shaped how you view the world are an essential part of understanding the present and orienting yourself [...]
It seems that author, and star of the YouTube Vlogbrothers channel, John Green is quite popular within the UHS community. I’ve seen many a t-shirt and many a book around our wonderful campus. I, myself, am quite a fan. That’s why, when Green’s new and much anticipated novel, The Fault In Our Stars, was released, [...]
We’ve all heard of the ongoing Occupy Movement, a widespread social rebellion inspired by the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia that call for much needed and long-awaited justice. It began not four months ago in Liberty Square as a protest of the skewed distribution of wealth (and the benefits attached to said wealth) in [...]
There’s something about growing up that makes the world lose its magic. Gone are the days of Santa and the Tooth Fairy, dreams of being ballerinas and cowboys are shattered like a broken silence, and the very way we perceive ourselves is rocked to the core. I heard someone say recently that they grew up [...]
My Thoughts on Huckleberry Finn After reading Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, I can definitely say that it has been one of the more enjoyable books that I have read for an English class. To start off, the first thing that you’ll notice if you read the book is that it is [...]
I read Bruno Schulz’s The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories one summer after devouring everything by Jonathan Safran Foer I could plausibly get my hands on, and reading somewhere that Crocodiles was one of his favorite books and a significant source of inspiration for him. I can clearly see why. Dreamy prose, astonishing imagery, [...]