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From Lone-Wolf Hack n’ Slasher to Reality-Shifting Murder Mystery: Here Are Three of the Latest Video Games to Play This Fall

From Lone-Wolf Hack n’ Slasher to Reality-Shifting Murder Mystery: Here Are Three of the Latest Video Games to Play This Fall

Melody Ross, Reporter November 18, 2024

#3: Neva Neva is, as described by PC Gamer, “a side-scrolling, hacky-slashy-dashy platformer from the developers behind Gris, Neva puts you in the shoes of a red-cloaked girl and her faithful hound,...

The level of traffic around the neighborhood is more than an annoyance–it's a danger.

A Beginner’s Guide on How to Improve a Good Neighborhood

Jethro Michaelson, Reporter November 15, 2024

On May 31, 2019, I left the original Herbert Hoover Elementary School for the last time. However, I wasn’t graduating. Since before I started going to Hoover, it had been announced that “Old Hoover”...

PRO VS CON: The PSAT

PRO VS CON: The PSAT

Floris Roorda, Reporter November 12, 2024

Considering that the PSAT only costs 18 dollars, and many schools even often offer it for free, it seems like a good idea for many students to take it since they can get practice for the actual SAT. However,...

LH Movie Review: Saturday Night

LH Movie Review: Saturday Night

Yomi Hemley, Feature Co-Editor November 12, 2024

In an era where movies feel as though they’re becoming longer and longer, Saturday Night breaks free from this trend. In just around 90 minutes, the movie manages to keep tension throughout without an...

LH Concert Review: Right Here

LH Concert Review: Right Here

Claire Hartwig, Culture Co-Editor November 4, 2024

After high anticipation from international fans, eager to see them two years since they toured in the U.S., Seventeen has started their fourth world tour. ‘Right Here’ has five stops on its U.S. leg,...

LH Concert Review: The DreamShow3

LH Concert Review: The DreamShow3

Claire Hartwig, Culture Co-Editor November 1, 2024

The lights dim, and cheers fill the arena as fans start to stand up. This past week I attended NCT Dream’s third world tour, ‘The DreamShow: 3’ at the United Center in Chicago. An arena most iconically...

Social media is addicting, but its effects are detrimental on growing brains.

I Hate Instagram

Isabella Young, Opinion Co-Editor October 30, 2024

I use social media more than I care to admit. However, no matter how much I try to lessen my screen time, I can never pull myself away from Instagram. Like every social media app, Instagram’s algorithm...

Embracing Brat: Charli's Influence

Embracing Brat: Charli’s Influence

Sadie Bodzin, Culture Co-Editor October 30, 2024

Charli XCX has always been known for her boundary-pushing sound and avant-garde style, but her latest project, brat takes her artistry to a whole new level. Her latest release has reached huge levels of...

LH Album Review SIS (Soft Is Strong)

LH Album Review SIS (Soft Is Strong)

Claire Hartwig, Culture Co-Editor October 29, 2024

After competing in the survival-type show Dream Academy, HYBE x Geffen Records has officially debuted a new global girl group. The show aired from September 1st through November 17th, 2023. There were...

Ms. Sotillo helps a student during her class' weekly Advisory time.

Advisory is Crucial to Student Success

Floris Roorda, Reporter October 28, 2024

There is a major change affecting students at City High this year: advisory is no more. Now, however, there are five minutes added to the end of every class. This may not seem like a large change, but...

STAFF EDITORIAL: Iowa's New Laws Do Nothing For Chronic Absenteeism

STAFF EDITORIAL: Iowa’s New Laws Do Nothing For Chronic Absenteeism

Lily Rantanen and Isabella Young October 28, 2024

The Iowa State Legislature is only looking at the big picture of overall attendance and not the specific reasons that students are chronically absent, so they are unable to come up with good plans to combat...

In 2020, the race in Iowa was very close. This year, young people will make a difference.

Vote Because the Rest of Us Cannot

Tai Caputo, Executive Editor and Feature Co-Editor October 16, 2024

Politically speaking, I was born at the wrong time. I am seven months short of being able to vote in the 2024 Presidential Election. I am writing to compel you, my classmates who will be eighteen in November,...

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