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 […]
Master Schedule Changes to Affect Students for the Second Semester
By CARLY ZHOU Another round of schedule changes will be made second semester in order to balance class sizes. Six sections will be added to the master schedule, including sections of NextGen […]
ASB Clubs Commissioner to Evaluate Clubs on Campus
By KRUTIK PATEL In order to dissolve illegitimate clubs, a club evaluation will be held at the end of the semester by ASB’s Clubs Commissioner. Clubs that are taken down will not […]
UHS Prepares to Launch Hope Squad on Campus Beginning 2020
By SKY REYNOLDS Hope Squad will be launching in 2020 at UHS in order to promote mental health awareness and implement suicide prevention procedures. Hope Squad is a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program […]
Boy’s Basketball Pre-Season Launches at the Sunny Hills Tournament
By BROOKE BAXTER Staff Writer Boy’s Basketball competed in the Sunny Hills Tournament from November 18th to the 23rd, ending with a final score of 2-3 to begin their season. Starting off […]
Boy’s Basketball Finishes Tournament Strong
By ALLAN ZENG Staff Writer The Boy’s Basketball team participated in the Diablo Inferno tournament at Mission Viejo last week and went 1-3, with losses to Capistrano Valley Christian, Notre Dame, and […]
Irvine Talks Chapter 3: What moves you?
By CLAIRE CHOI & KRISHNA KHAWANI Staff Writers Three years after its initial debut at Portola High School, Irvine Talks took the stage once again on November 23rd. Born out of a […]
Cross Country Runners Race to the End of a Successful Season
By BROOKE BAXTER Staff Writer Girls and Boys runners said their goodbyes to the Cross Country season after their competitive races in the Pacific Coast League Finals at Mason Regional Park on […]
Cross Country Season Comes to a Close at C.I.F. Prelims
By BROOKE BAXTER Staff Writer Girl’s Cross Country captains Senior Avery Klauke and Junior Collette Lowengrub took part in the C.I.F. Southern Section Division Prelims at the Riverside Cross Country Course this […]
Boys Soccer Starts Season With Victory
By NIMA MOVAHEDI Staff Writer On December 2nd, Boys Soccer faced off against Huntington Beach in their inaugural match of the season, beating their opponents 4-0. Huntington Beach is a Division 1 […]
Insomnia Cookies: a Restaurant Review
By JAX ARMSTRONG Staff Writer University Town Center’s newest dessert restaurant Insomnia Cookies has recently been included in the conversation of “best places to go” at University Town Center. Insomnia Cookies is […]
Why To Live
By CLARA SEELY-KATZ Staff Writer In the earth, every molecule of my body presses together, forming some sort of malleable human figure- solidifying in stature, and personal stance, I come, babbling out […]
John Kessler’s Recovery Fund Brings UHS Community Together
By SKY REYNOLDS and TANVI BARGAJE Staff Writers A GoFundMe for history teacher and coach John Kessler organized by close family friend, Lori Rudin, has brought the University High School community together […]
The Art of the Dap
By KRISHNA KHAWANI Staff Writer We’ve all seen it. Walking through UHS, and two dudes lock eyes with each other. From the outside view it may seem like a fight is about […]
Kody Uyesugi’s Shot Makes Sports Center Top 10
By KIEL MESSINGER AND NIMA MOVAHEDI Sports Section Editor and Staff Writer University High School Junior Kody Uyesugi’s near full court game winner against Sonny Hills went viral, making ESPN Sports Centers […]
UHS Seniors Sign the NLI To Play College Sports
By ARUSH MEHROTRA Staff Writer On November 13th, seniors Alexis Kim, Lauren Cho, and Adam Axtell signed the National Letter of Intent to play college sports. During Office Hours, these three athletes […]
Girls’ Tennis makes Uni History with a victory at CIF Regionals
By LUKE CURTIS Staff Writer After a loss in the CIF Sectionals Final, Girls’ Tennis was able to regroup and make UNI History with a CIF Regionals win. “In the CIF finals […]
Girls’ Tennis closes out season as CIF finalists
By LUKE CURTIS Staff Writer Girls’ Tennis ended their season in second place in the CIF Southern Section Open Division, coming short 8-10 against Peninsula. “The final round was the toughest match […]
Blizzard Entertainment Announces Overwatch 2 Release
By NIMA MOVAHEDI Staff Writer Unveiled at Blizzcon 2014 and later retailed in 2016, Overwatch has been accepted as a game of the decade. Becoming the highest-grossing paid game for personal computers in […]
8 Psychological Tricks that Work
By CHRIS CHAE Staff Writer 1. Use a “because” (doesn’t matter if it’s real) when asking for a favor In a 1989 study by Harvard social psychologist Ellen Langer, Langer asked a […]
Senior Quotes Throughout the Decades
A Lesson on Special Education
By CHRIS CHAE & KRISHNA KHAWANI Staff Writers “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.” – H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man There are people at this school, a certain community […]
My Mundane and Pathetic Life
By CHRISTOPHER CHAE Staff Writer It’s human nature to adventure. To travel, to discover, to thrill, to be the first, to be the best. For this journey to the unknown we leave […]
High School Food Chain: Teachers’ Edition
By ELAINE ZHOU Staff Writer From the very first day of ninth grade, the notion that seniors rule the school is drilled into our heads. It makes sense. You literally can’t […]
Senior Activity Day Moved to Fall Semester
By CARLY ZHOU Staff Writer Senior Activity Day was moved from the spring to the fall semester this year in conjunction with the changes to the testing schedule for the PPSAT, PACT, […]
UHS Adopts New Accounting System
By KRUTIK PATEL Staff Writer UHS is piloting a new accounting system this year, ASBWorks, after appealing to IUSD for over a decade to replace its predecessor, Blue Bear. This new accounting […]
Club Participation Declines at Kickoff
By CAITLYN L.J. KIM Staff Writer Participation in club kickoff is declining among clubs, while the per club profits from kickoff has increased. This year, about 45 clubs participated which is a […]
Girls Golf Places Fourth in C.I.F. Sectionals
By KIEL MESSINGER and ELEANOR HANSSLER Sports Section Editors Girl’s Golf placed fourth out of seventeen teams in C.I.F. Sectionals with a score of 410, and as only the top three […]
Athletes of the Month: Emily Markus and Mya Wang
Markus (left) and Wang (right) celebrate after winning their match By BROOKE BAXTER Staff Writer Tennis stars Emily Markus and Mya Wang individually dedicated countless hours to their sport prior to becoming […]
Girls Tennis Remain Undefeated in Game Against Beckman
By HARRISON HILL Staff Writer Girl’s Tennis faced Beckman in their game this past Monday, resulting in a 11-7 win. The Trojans are now going into the C.I.F. Playoffs undefeated, and hope […]
Cauldron and Saffron & Rose: an Ice Cream Shop Review
By ALYSSA TANG Contributing Writer Two new specialty ice cream shops, Cauldron and Saffron & Rose opened in Irvine in 2019. Cauldron Ice Cream, featuring handcrafted ice cream made with liquid nitrogen, […]
Angry Birds 2: a Movie Review
JOSHUA NGUYEN Staff Writer A sequel to Angry Birds the Movie, with characters based on the famous mobile game Angry Birds, the movie Angry Birds 2 was released August 13, 2019.The movie’s […]
Downton Abbey: a Movie Review
DANIEL HONG Staff Writer Downton Abbey is a historical period drama directed by Michael Engler, starring Maggie Smith in its massive cast of returning characters and newcomers. This feature film is a […]
March For Your Life
By KRISHAN PATEL Copy Editor Get up now and march for your life, For there’s more funeral invitations to send. There is no end in sight to the strife, The next shooting’s […]
