Last Friday I had the good fortune to see the Intermediate Drama performance of “Drama-Rama,” which, by definition, was a collection of short plays, duo scenes, and monologues written and performed by the Cast of Thousands. The cast was split into four teams: red, green, purple, and teal; they all competed for the largest amount [...]
Last weekend, as I stood in a conference room in February 1990 debating the semantics of genocide in Yugoslavia with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I couldn’t help but think to myself of the vast propensity for global change that diplomacy perpetuates. Sure, I never was able to see eye-to-eye with the DPRK (after [...]
For months, members of the UHS Model United Nations club prepared to attend the Arizona Model United Nations conference, where we applied the skills we learned at MUN meetings throughout the school year. We were assigned countries to represent, researched the positions of those countries, wrote speeches espousing their positions, and made preparations to [...]
An Article by Tom Jan and Mack Andrews This year’s case was about a student who intentionally, knowingly, and recklessly interfered with the normal operations of her high school while threatening to cause physical injury, property damage, and disobeying a lawful order to leave the property. This year’s [...]
An Article by Sonia Jolly & Jaya Thanikachalam We would like to share some awards the UHS Mock Trial teams received! On March 3rd, two UHS teams got top four in the regional Mock Trial Competition. The UHS Black team got 1st place in the regional competition, and the UHS Lime team received 3rd place! Both [...]
An Article by Sedona Coste and Taylor Ginter The months of January and February hold special meaning to all high school musicians in Arizona. During January, Regionals auditions take place. The auditions occur at the University of Arizona music building on a Saturday in late January and consist of playing three scales by memory, three [...]
This year I have been given the privilege of joining (and becoming the vice president of) a new club called Logos! The club was started by a sophomore named John Whisenant who is interested in seeing how people think. John has done a wonderful job operating the club, and a member Ilan Davidowitz has stated [...]
To field any initial questions: “There’s a Feminism Club?” Yes! Feminism Club began as two UHS students’ hopes to catalyze discussion and promote understanding in the UHS community. Fortunately, that achingly optimistic plan came to fruition at the beginning of this year. Each Wednesday during second lunch, twenty UHS students file into Ms. Glass’ room [...]
An Article by Yasmeen Chanes & Hannah Yoon As UHS begins this semester with new sports and events, Winter Guard begins another season. Winter Guard is similar to Fall Guard, but it involves more dancing and less marching and was designed to focus on technique during the off-season of band. This year Winter Guard Black [...]
An Article by Hannah Miller and Madison Schultz There is almost nothing that compares to the Rincon University High School Marching Band playing their show one final time in the auditorium, with the volume and intensity it musters. Although it is always sad to see another season come to a close, the Ranger Band Spectacular [...]