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LH RECIPE: Sweet & Savory Crispy Tofu Bites

LH RECIPE: Sweet & Savory Crispy Tofu Bites

Hattie Conover, Reporter February 21, 2025

Tofu is one of those foods that has incredible versatility; this recipe, with its tangy combination of ketchup and soy sauce, provides a delicious and satisfying flavor that is going to keep you coming...

LH Valentines Recipe: Local Spicy Italian Sausage & Cream Pasta

LH Valentines Recipe: Local Spicy Italian Sausage & Cream Pasta

Hattie Conover and Ruby Schulz February 14, 2025

Valentine's Day is a wonderful opportunity to show appreciation and love for the people in your life. So whether you are making dinner at home for your significant other or bringing a dish to a Galentine’s...

Since she was five years old, Abigail Sigafoose '26 has played violin. This year, she was chosen for the High School Honors Performance Series, which will take place at Carnegie Hall in New York City from February 6-10.

PERFORMER PROFILE: Abigail Sigafoose

Lily Rantanen, Opinion Co-Editor January 31, 2025

Abigail Sigafoose ‘26 was five years old when she first played Twinkle Twinkle on the Hancher stage. She was six when she did it again– seven for the third time– and now, at sixteen, she is about...

Photo courtesy of Gideon Levine

PERFORMER PROFILE: Gideon Levine ’26

Tai Caputo, Executive Editor and Feature Co-Editor January 15, 2025

In Gideon Levine 26’s first memory, he is sitting at a small, electronic keyboard, ten years ago, struggling to learn “Mary Had a Little Lamb” after his first piano lesson.  “I got it eventually,”...

Photo courtesy of Reyna Roach

Q&A With Reyna Roach

Tai Caputo, Executive Editor and Feature Co-Editor January 6, 2025

What is it like going from City High to an Ivy League college? I think it’s very strange. I think the problem is, with a school like Dartmouth, [that] you get every single end of the spectrum in terms...

LH Recipe: Peanut Butter Blossoms

LH Recipe: Peanut Butter Blossoms

Martha Willard, Copy Editor December 17, 2024

Peanut butter blossoms are a popular holiday dessert. They are a peanut butter cookie dough with Hershey Kisses stuck in the middle. They are best enjoyed right away, or after 15-25 seconds in the microwave. History: These...

Unbreakable Profile: Tessa Driscoll

Melody Ross, Reporter December 16, 2024

Louie admires the sunset from City High

Q&A With Louie the Little Hawk

Martha Willard, Copy Editor December 16, 2024

Louie the Little Hawk is officially a member of the cheer team and is selected when the previous mascot graduates. How did you become the school mascot? I became Louie when, in my freshman year...

Most City High students want to leave Iowa after graduation. But why? And is there a way to convince them to stay?

Brain Drain

Lily Rantanen, Opinion Co-Editor December 13, 2024

A mile and a half away from City High is the University of Iowa campus, a Tier-1 public research university and one of three major universities in Iowa. Despite this, Kenji Radley ‘25 has still had trouble...

Caelyn Blair '28 chats with a friend

City High Students and Staff React to 2024 Election Results

Tai Caputo, Executive Editor and Feature Co-Editor November 7, 2024

On November 6th, the day after Election Day, the United States woke up to the news that Donald Trump had won his second term in office. Trump defeated his opponent Kamala Harris, the Vice President of...

Across the country, phone policies have become a point of contention. This fall, the Iowa City Community School District is revising its stance on phones in school.

The Battle for the Phones

Lily Rantanen, Martha Willard, and Ethan Lalumiere October 18, 2024

Mutamun Awadalla ‘27 takes out his phone during class, ignoring instructions from his teacher to keep it in his backpack. Then, he refuses instruction to put his phone in the phone pockets, and is...

Dr. Anny-Dominique Curtius presents important concepts from "Je suis une maudite sauvagesse / Eukuan nin matshimanitu innushkueu" ("I Am a Damn Savage"), a bilingual French-Inuit book, for her seminar class Quebec Literature. Dr. Curtius is a Professor of Francophone Studies and the Director of Graduate Studies for French and Francophone World Studies at the University of Iowa. She has a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Montreal.

Q&A With Dr. Anny-Dominique Curtius

Tai Caputo, Executive Editor and Feature Co-Editor October 10, 2024

Dr. Anny-Dominique Curtius is a Professor of Francophone Studies and the Director of Graduate Studies for French and Francophone World Studies at the University of Iowa.    You are a professor...

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