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The Little Hawk

The student news site of Iowa City High School

The Little Hawk

The fine arts is a great program for students to find escape and express themselves. But which students truly do participate in that expression?

Staff Editorial: The Color Palette of the Arts

Shoshie Hemley, Opinion Editor October 8, 2019

City High’s fine arts programs are some of the most esteemed in the state. We send our choir, orchestra, and band students to the All-State Music Festival annually. The theatre department puts on a successful...

Art by Haileigh Steffens

The Tricks of the Trade (School)

Rhys Holman and Esti Brady May 31, 2019

The class of 2019 will soon exit the doors of City High for the last time and head out for whatever they choose for their future. The decisions made regarding higher education are rarely quick and easy,...

Staff Editorial:  Winter Blues

Staff Editorial: Winter Blues

Rhys Holman and Esti Brady February 11, 2019
“Iowans who are in need of psychological treatment aren't able to get the help they need”
Staff Editorial: Votes for Sale

Staff Editorial: Votes for Sale

Rhys Holman and Esti Brady December 18, 2018

A founding principle of American democracy is that using your vote is an integral step in creating significant change in the country and that engaging in the political system is effective and worthwhile....

Conservative students can feel overwhelmed by the liberal tendencies of City High.

Isolationism

Mira Bohannan Kumar and Estella Brady November 9, 2018

City High rumor has it that a few years ago, a Young Republicans club failed after only one student showed up to the first meeting. While this story may well be apocryphal, sometimes it does, indeed, seem...

The Year of the Woman: Empowerment and Decimation

The Year of the Woman: Empowerment and Decimation

Estella Brady and Mira Bohannan Kumar September 25, 2018

On January 21, 2017, an estimated four million Americans protested the beginning of the Trump presidency in what was known as the Women’s March. Over a year and a half later, the momentum from that day...

Staff Editorial: Coded

Staff Editorial: Coded

Mira Bohannan Kumar & Eden Knoop, Opinion Editors February 16, 2018

When student Eric Thomas ‘18 won the annual ugly sweater contest in December, sporting a homemade contraption comprised of several pairs of socks and gold shorts, the City High gymnasium erupted into...

The College Rat Race

The College Rat Race

Eden Knoop and Mira Bohannan Kumar December 22, 2017

There is one phrase in the English language that nearly every high school student in America hears much too often for their own taste: But despite the distaste many students feel towards the constant...

Staff Editorial: At the Schoolhouse Gates

Staff Editorial: At the Schoolhouse Gates

Eden Knoop, Opinion Editor November 3, 2017

This statement was famously made by Justice Abe Fortas in Tinker v. Des Moines, a landmark Supreme Court case over students’ rights to free speech. Over 48 years ago here in Iowa, a high school disciplined...

Artistic representation of the mugshots of the two men allegedly involved in a shooting in downtown Iowa City.

Staff Editorial: Through Someone Else’s Eyes

Eden Knoop, Opinion Editor September 29, 2017

In the early morning hours of August 27th, violence broke out in the heart of Iowa City. Three people were shot in the ped mall after a fight started. Two men were arrested and charged in connection with...

Pussy hats were popular at the Women's March on Washington as well as the sister marches.

Post-Protests: The Practicality of Civil Disobedience

Maya Durham, Opinion Editor February 7, 2017

On January 21, 2017, the biggest protest in US history happened in Washington DC. An estimated 500,000 people of all ages, genders, races, ethnicities, and abilities gathered and marched the streets of...

Staff Editorial: Our Cellphones, Our Cells

Staff Editorial: Our Cellphones, Our Cells

Maya Durham, Opinions Editor September 30, 2016

As reported by Little Hawk Reporter Maya Chadwick, City High has started the new “secure your phone” system. This policy was created over the summer in response to overwhelming cellphone use during...

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