Runners Placed 6th Overall in Winter State Track Championships
By BROOKE BAXTER Staff Writer Current University High School sprinters Senior Lance Deolden, Junior Yaseen Sattar, Junior Anthony Bonfa and former sprinter and long-distance runner, Junior Michael Blinstrub competed under University to […]
Wrestling Season Comes to a Close
By JOSHUA NGUYEN Staff Writer Wrestling season came to a close this past Friday, February 14th, after nine UHS wrestlers competed in the first round of C.I.F.. Sophomore Patrick Bassily and Junior […]
Government Reports of Vaping Deaths Causes Change in Student Usage and Opinion of Vapes
By KRUTIK PATEL Staff Writer Student usage and opinion regarding vaping has shifted from two years ago due to federal government investigation and research. Last year, reports of e-cigarette, or vaping, product […]
DHH Football: A Tale of Perseverance, Triumph, and the Future
By LUKE CURTIS Staff Writer On January 16th, 2020, University’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing football team won its first league championship, and received a television presentation by Fox 11 to receive […]
Boys Soccer Historic Win Against San Clemente
By ARUSH MEHROTRA Staff Writer After defeating Mira Costa for their first ever division 1 victory, Boys Soccer defeated the number one ranked team in the state: San Clemente. After a scoreless […]
Girls Basketball Falls Just Short in CIF Match
By ALLAN ZENG Staff Writer Girls Basketball faced off against the Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary Cardinals in their first CIF match on Thursday, February 13th,, and were defeated 47-40. It was a […]
Behind Black History Month
By HEIDI JIN Staff Writer UHS students commemorate African American contributions to American society and celebrate African American history in Black History Month. Since the beginning of February, students have put up […]
Girl’s Water Polo Season Comes to a Close
By ALEX MILLER Staff Writer Girl’s water polo’s successful season came to an end after a 10-16 loss in the first round against Glendora. However, with an overall 14-11 record, and CIF […]
Boys Soccer Advance to Second Round of Division 1 CIF
By NIMA MOVAHEDI Staff Writer Boys Soccer defeated Mira Costa 2-1 in their Division 1 CIF round of 32 match, giving the team their first D1 CIF victory in program history. This […]
Movies To Anticipate in 2020
By LAUREN LEE Staff Writer With the new decade rolling and award season coming about, it’s a good time to look at the movies coming out this year. The foundation of the film […]
The 2020 GRAMMYs
By JUDE SALAM Staff Writer The 2020 GRAMMYs Award show was hosted by singer-songwriter Alicia Keys and featured a collection of stunning performances from the music industry’s greatest artists of the year. The […]
BoJack Horseman: a Finale Review
By MAX SCHMIDT Contributing Writer BoJack Horseman was the first animated series Netflix produced, and has become one of the most critically acclaimed animated shows, nay, television shows ever made. The show takes […]
Game Studios Crunching More Than They Can Chew
By ADITYA TYAGI Staff Writer Have you ever seen one of those videos detailing the process behind making a McNugget from McDonalds? For a moment, you think, “Wow, that’s absolutely disgusting!”. Then, you […]
Boys Basketball Falls Short in Game Against Northwood
By BROOKE BAXTER Staff Writer Boy’s Basketball took a tough loss in their second game against Northwood High School with a final score of 53-76 at their home game on Friday, January […]
Boys Basketball’s Offense on Fire to Claim Another Win Against Irvine
By BROOKE BAXTER Staff Writer Boys Basketball won another league game against the Irvine Vaqueros at home on Friday, January 31st with a score of 70-52. The 28-point win put the […]
Kicking off Akustikoff
By DAVID MIN Staff Writer On January 31st, the Youth Action Team held its fourteenth annual Akustikoff, which is an event where student performers and groups from across Irvine Unified School District compete […]
IUSD Attempting To Switch District Schools to Standards-Based Grading System
By CARLY ZHOU Staff Writer IUSD is in its third year of a seven-year plan to implement standards-based grading. A standards-based grading system would only use students’ mastery of concepts as a […]
Code Red Club Petition For Free Feminine Products
By TANVI BARGAJE Staff Writer A petition set up by the club Code Red, to provide free menstrual hygiene products in the UHS bathrooms, has been signed by 305 students so far. […]
Girl’s Soccer Takes Second in League Heading Into C.I.F.
By ARUSH MEHROTRA AND ELEANOR HANSSLER Staff Writer and Section Editor Girl’s Soccer finished second in League following their 5-1 loss against Woodbridge, resulting in an overall season record of 7-3 and […]
Wrestling Sends Seven Wrestlers to CIF
By JOSHUA NGUYEN Staff Writer Wrestling suffered a 66-9 defeat against Beckman in their final league match. The loss places them 3rd in the Pacific Coast League with a 3-2 record. The […]
Girls Water Polo Defeats Beckman
By ALEX MILLER Staff Writer Girls Water Polo defeated Beckman for their second straight win in their push to qualify for CIF. The team won 8-7, and the match left them tied […]
Boy’s Soccer Qualifies for C.I.F.
By NIMA MOVAHEDI Staff Writer Boys soccer won 2-0 in a league match against Beckman High School, securing 2nd place in league and CIF qualification for their fourth straight year. However, due […]
The Brilliant, Imperfect, One-of-a Kind Legacy Kobe Leaves Behind.
By STANLEY MORIGUCHI AND ALLAN ZENG Staff Writers On January 26th, Laker and basketball legend Kobe Bryant passed away in a helicopter crash along with his second eldest daughter Gianna (Gigi) Bryant […]
Girls Basketball Completes Three-Peat
By LUKE CURTIS Staff Writer With two victories against Irvine and Beckman, Girls Basketball secured their third straight Pacific Coast League title. The wins gave the team a 8-1 league record and […]
Day in the Life of Egg – Chapter 9: Netflix
By TIFFANY PHAN Expressions Section Editor
Tiny TED Talks
By CLAIRE CHOI Staff Writer The third annual Tiny Talks event, hosted by University High’s TED Club in collaboration with TEDSocial Bommer Canyon launched once again in the MPR on February 1st. […]
Coronavirus: the Latest Outbreak of Fear
By ELAINE ZHOU Staff Writer It’s been a crazy start to 2020 as we welcome in the new decade. We’ve all thought this decade would be better than the last, but there […]
Formal of Stars
By KRISHNA KHAWANI Staff Writer This Saturday, February 8th, University High School’s Junior Classical League (JCL) is hosting its annual Winter Formal at the Dana Point Ocean Institute. The historic dance is […]
Girl’s Water Polo Defeats Beckman
By KIEL MESSINGER Section Editor Girls Water Polo defeated Beckman for their second straight win in their push to qualify for CIF. The team won 8-7, and the match left them tied […]
Boy’s Soccer Qualifies for C.I.F.
By NIMA MOVAHEDI Staff Writer Boys soccer won 2-0 in a league match against Beckman High School, securing 2nd place in league and C.I.F. qualification for their fourth straight year. However, due […]
Girl’s Soccer Earns Second in League
By ARUSH MEHROTA and ELEANOR HANSSLER Staff Writer and Section Editor Girl’s Soccer finished second in League today following their 5-1 loss against Woodbridge, resulting in an overall season record of 7-3 […]
Boy’s Basketball Suffers Loss to Beckman 72-79
By ELEANOR HANSSLER Sports Editor Boy’s Basketball suffered a tough loss against Beckman in their game this past Tuesday, ending with an overall score of 72-79. The team is currently fourth in […]
Doughnut
By AVERY KNOWLTON Staff Writer He stood there motionless, dumbly staring at his screen. Eyes glazed and thoughts fogged in an oblivious stupor, he was unaware of the myriad […]
Wrestling Puts Up A Hard Fight Against Beckman
By JOSHUA NGUYEN Staff Writer The Wrestling team suffered a defeat against Beckman, ending with a score of 66-9. This game was their league finals and this puts the team now […]
New Course Developments for Upcoming Year
By CAITLYN L.J. KIM A new computer science course, AP Computer Science Principles, will be available for students who have completed Math 2 for the upcoming 2020-21 school year. An intermediate studio […]
Girls Water Polo Comes Up Short Against Northwood
By ALEX MILLER Staff Writer Girl’s water polo lost to Northwood 7-8, giving them a 3-3 record heading into the late stages of league. While the team collected goals throughout the game, […]
Boys Soccer Wins their Second League Match of the Season
By NIMA MOVAHEDI Staff Writer Boys soccer won their second league match 3-2 against Irvine High School, extending their winning streak to five games and putting them in first place in league. […]
Girls Soccer Wins First League Game
By ARUSH MEHROTRA Staff Writer Girls Soccer won against Northwood 3-2 in their first league game. After a rough start to the season, the victory marks their fourth game undefeated. It is […]
Girl’s Water Polo Loses Nailbiter To Start League
By ALEX MILLER Staff Writer Girl’s water polo team came up short against Irvine and finished with a score of 3-5. After a successful 6-2 pre-season, the match was their first league […]
Boys Soccer Begin League With Victory
By NIMA MOVAHEDI Staff Writer In their first league game, boys soccer defeated Northwood 3-2. After a successful pre-season in which they went 8-3-1 against mainly division 1 teams, the team has […]
Girl’s Basketball Suffers Tough Loss Against Crean Lutheran
By HARRISON HILL Staff Writer University High School Girls Basketball lost to Crean Lutheran High School in a non-league game this past Tuesday, December 10th, ending in a score of 62-34. This […]
Boy’s Basketball Defeats Northwood in First League Game
By BROOKE BAXTER Staff Writer Varsity Boy’s Basketball won their first League game by 8 points against Northwood’s Timberwolves, ending the fourth quarter of the away-game with a final score of 76-68. […]
Wrestling Defeats Northwood 42-47
By HARRISON HILL Staff Writer Wrestling defeated Northwood High School 47-27 during their match this past Friday, starting off League competition with a win. Despite the win, the team knows not to […]
Girl’s Basketball Competes in El Diablo Tournament
By HARRISON HILL Staff Writer University High School Girl’s Basketball competed in the Diablo Inferno Tournament tournament from December 2nd to December 7th, winning one of their games and losing three. During […]
Boy’s Soccer Gets Road Win at Newport Harbor
By ALLAN ZENG Staff Writer On December 11th, Boys Soccer traveled to Newport Harbor High School for an away game, coming out on top 2-0. The Newport Harbor Sailors were undefeated before […]
Dedication and Selflessness: The Legacy of Girls’ Basketball with Coach Davis
By LUKE CURTIS Staff Writer As a Latin teacher in the 200s building, Mr. Josh Davis can often be seen teaching students the art of translating latin texts, while explaining the daily […]
Isn’t it Ironic?
By AUSTIN KAUFMAN Staff Writer Two old men are sitting next to each other quietly in the retirement home cafeteria eating some nice hot split pea soup for 4:30 supper when all […]
The Sword and Shield of the 80’s
By ELAINE ZHOU Staff Writer Describing UHS during the 80’s, the teen years of our ancient high school, can only be paralleled by the description of our teenage years: radical change. As […]
Resolutions for 2020
By CLAIRE CHOI Staff Writer New Year’s Eve is a holiday notorious for its traditions. Whether it’s through cracking a bottle of champagne open, watching the ball drop, or cheering when the […]
Girl’s Basketball Defeats Buena Park With Strong Second Half
By ALLAN ZENG Staff Writer The Girl’s Basketball team faced off against the Buena Park Coyotes this past Friday, December 13th. Their game against the Buena Park was their tenth consecutive away […]
Tetrominos: A tier list
By ALBERT RONG What is the best Tetromino? This is the definitive tierlist and if you disagree with me, you are nitpicking and biased. Now I can already hear all of […]
The Case Against Caucuses
By DYLAN DU & NANMA PILLAI News Editor & Business Manager There are certain facts of life that everyone can agree on. The fact that Avatar: The Last Airbender was an amazing […]
An Argument for a Sanders Presidency
By JAX ARMSTRONG & OZHAN ZARIFI Staff Writers On Tuesday, March 3rd, the democratic primary in California will take place. Primary elections are specifically used to narrow the field of candidates going […]
