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The screen is dark white, with a rounded search bar near the bottom of the page. How can I help you today? ChatGPT asks in bold, centered letters. Easy to use with its efficient results, generative artificial intelligence...
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Chants of “save the German program” rang out through the halls of U-High during lunch on May 10, as a group of about two dozen students gathered to express their frustration at the news that the German language program...
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In recent times, queerness as a whole has moved toward widesteam acceptance. Despite this, several queer identities are often swept under the rug and generally ignored by...
For younger students, Latinos Unidos events provide representation, joy
May 17, 2024
Only 7% of students at the Laboratory Schools identify as Latinx, the smallest racial group at the school....
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At 8:05 a.m. on a cloudy Wednesday morning, the scene at the corner of East 57th Street and South Kimbark...
AI usage in clubs, classes prompt discussion among community members
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Clustered around a desk outside the high school library, a group of students laugh as they type in their...
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“Mommy, look, I can do the same thing as them!” Five-year-old Olivia Adams said those words to her mother as they watched the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team compete in the final during the 2012 Summer...
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A pickle, massive and intensely red, is removed from a plastic bag. After its vibrant innards are scooped out and discarded, the pickle is stuffed with spicy-flavored gummy candy, followed by Takis, and...
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Lucia Dumitrescu, Reporter
May 17, 2024 • No Comments
The camera fades back and forth between the present and the past, creating an intertwinement of multiple different time periods. In seconds, the screen switches from a book burning during the Holocaust...
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May 16, 2024 • No Comments
In one scene, a woman just so happens to be walking around Coachella and somehow stumbles into the trailer of the lead singer of her daughter’s childhood favorite world-famous boy band. Of course, the...
‘Suits’ hooks viewers with complex plot
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“Though it's dark out in the distance / It's looking like there might be a new soul,” Maggie Rogers...
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May 16, 2024
As my parents walked away on that late-August morning, I anxiously pushed my way through the gate outside Gordon Parks Arts Hall for the first time. Standing in front of me...
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May 9, 2024
After the release of the “Barbie” movie, I babysat two little girls who had seen it the day before. They wore pink dresses and sang songs from the soundtrack, and at some...
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May 2, 2024
If you’ve been at Lab long enough, you’ve probably sat in class where students are discussing what are often referred to as sensitive topics. Many of us are used to that...
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May 17, 2024 • No Comments
The screen is dark white, with a rounded search bar near the bottom of the page. How can I help you today? ChatGPT asks in bold, centered letters. Easy to use with its efficient results, generative artificial intelligence...
Tinson Xu, Reporter
May 9, 2024 • No Comments
“Who has been using ChatGPT to learn?” computer science teacher Eric Rizzi asked his Machine Learning class. “I’ve been using it as a tool to answer any questions that I have,” one of his students responds. “That’s...
English curriculum changes to incorporate different perspectives
May 6, 2024
You need to show Black joy. This was the Black Students’ Association request to the English department about the teaching...
Nineteen students earn spot at National History Day competition
May 2, 2024
Nineteen students will advance to the National History Day competition after presenting their projects at the Illinois National...
U-High alumnus to give Princeton salutatorian speech in Latin
May 1, 2024
For his senior May project, John Freeman decided to teach himself Latin. He was already taking ancient Greek with U-High...
Tao to prioritize transparency, communication as all-school president
April 30, 2024
In an all-school election on April 26, the student body elected Lisa Tao as the all-school president for 2024-25. Joshua...
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May 13, 2024
As my parents walked away on that late-August morning, I anxiously pushed my way through the gate outside Gordon Parks Arts Hall for the first time. Standing in front of me...
After the release of the “Barbie” movie, I babysat two little girls who had seen it the day before. They wore pink dresses and sang songs from the soundtrack, and at some...
Is President Joe Biden's proposal for student loan forgiveness fair and why? “I think that it’s a little unfair because people can just go to really expensive colleges...
“Mommy, look, I can do the same thing as them!” Five-year-old Olivia Adams said those words to her mother as they watched the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team compete in the final during the 2012 Summer...
After a long day of examining patients, reviewing data and talking to nurses, a doctor sits down to document each individual patient’s visit,...
The camera fades back and forth between the present and the past, creating an intertwinement of multiple different time periods. In seconds, the screen switches from a book burning during the Holocaust...
A pickle, massive and intensely red, is removed from a plastic bag. After its vibrant innards are scooped out and discarded, the pickle is stuffed with spicy-flavored gummy...
An abandoned former fire station sits on the south side of Chicago. What used to be a dark and empty corner of the Back of the Yards neighborhood,...