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Week of May 24
Category: "Opinion"
Spread the Word to End the Word: Retarded
By Renata Stewart Little Hawk Staff Reporter Most students wouldn’t walk down the halls of city high throwing out the n word left and right. What’s the difference between using that and “retarded” in degrading ways? “Using retarded is the same thing as using the n-word or gay. It belittles people,” says Mr. Braverman, a [...]
Dazed, confused, and living the dream
Seth: My journey in my educational life began in the blue spelling group in first grade and now I find myself graduating in the class of confused. Confusion breeds questioning…
Davis: An educational robot; following all the rules, pleasing all the teachers, not only doing every homework assignment, but elaborating and melodramatizing every single one. The perfectionist, the goal-driven newspaper fanatic trying to get everything done. Now graduating, reflection brands confusion…
Labels are for soup cans
Senior Column by Melanie Holman When I was just in first or second grade, I can remember wondering why they called 9th graders freshman, 10th graders sophomores, 11th graders juniors, and finally, 12th graders seniors. Why not just go by the number of grade you’re in? It seemed so confusing to separate them by a [...]
Lessons Learned
Senior Column by Meredith Thornton I think a lot of people misunderstand things that I say sometimes. I’m pretty sure I misunderstand what I say sometimes. Okay. That opinion article I wrote a while back about how I think people who settle for a school are bums, doesn’t mean I think people who go to [...]
Crossing the lines
In wake of evolving North Korean drama, the massive BP oil spill and Israel’s conflict with Gaza, the nation’s attention has shifted to the international stage. However, the event that took place a month ago in Arizona should not be forgotten.
France, Chilled
By Harrison Burke Little Hawk Staff Reporter Over spring break I traveled to France. I can easily say that it was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, and I brought home many things: French candy, French clothes, and a bit of French culture. What I, and many of the other foreign language [...]
Texting and driving: don’t it’s stupid
Teen texting in combination with driving has exploded into a national health hazard. But does that make it acceptable for adults as well? The new ban on cell phone use prohibits teens from using cell phones while driving and prohibits adults from texting while driving. While this law may protect teens from potential hazards, adults [...]
Rottweilers are getting a bad rap in Iowa City
By Shawn Ostrander Little Hawk Reporter In Iowa City you can not have a Rottweiler in city housing, apartments, or mobile homes around here. According to the American Kennel Club, the Rottweiler is a basically a calm, confident and courageous dog. Self-confident and responds quietly to the environment around it. They are great around kids [...]
Dining with the Devil – What historical figure would you spend an afternoon with?
By Davis Vonk Little Hawk Managing Editor Art by Izaak Thompson Millions of humans have trampled over this earth, some leaving a blemish, others leaving an inspiring beauty mark on the Earth’s face. These impressions left by these single human beings have molded our interpretation of the world today; their influences managing to universally affect [...]
Redistricting Ruckus: Will City High still be the school that leads?
Little Hawk Staff Editorial Perception In Iowa City, the public feels that City High is becoming an obsolete school. This is incorrect. City High has always and will continue to offer top-notch educations to their students How can an outsider assume that City High is becoming the poorer and worse school when they never have [...]
Terror(ism)
By Carl Sessions 2.4.10 Over winter break, a Nigerian man named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate a small bomb concealed in his underwear on a Christmas flight to Detroit. Although the bomb failed to ignite properly, the attempted attack still struck with a force and safety measures were stepped up across the nation. When [...]
The F-word
By Jordin Minner 2.5.10 There are few words one may use to describe oneself that will dismay as many as the “f-word,” and I don’t mean the one that rhymes with “duck.” I mean “feminist.” Forty years since the second wave feminist movement of the late sixties and seventies, and the 8-letter word still brings [...]
