“UNBREAKABLE” By Kaitlyn Brown
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Vol. 104
December 15, 2023
Issue 1
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STUDENTS NAVIGATE ADMISSIONS AFTER AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
SERVING UP THE STYLE A look at fashion at City, featuring Nora Cole ‘26, Yosephina Abwe and Eve Theresa Okoubi Aventt ‘24 By Sadie Bodzin and Wisdom Konu
By Tai Caputo
Walking through the hallways at City High, it’s clear that many students take pride in expressing themselves through the clothes they wear. Here are a few stylish students and a look into how they’ve crafted their style into what it is today...
As City High seniors complete the college admissions process this fall, they are the first to experience the effects of the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overrule race-based affirmative action in college admissions. The significance of this decision upon City High students and upon college admissions at large is being discussed and debated among students, teachers, and school administrators. On June 29, the United States Supreme Court overruled affirmative action in college admissions in a case known as Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, on the basis that considering race as a factor in admissions violates the Equal Protection Clause. This would outlaw consideration of race in student applications after 40 years in which institutions of higher education were allowed to consider applicants’ race as a factor for admissions. According to a statement by the United States Commission on Civil Rights in 1977, affirmative action is “any measure, beyond simple termination of a discriminatory practice, adopted to correct or compensate for past or present discrimination or to prevent discrimination from recurring in the future.” The Supreme Court chose to single out race from a variety of other types of affirmative action, including economic status, generational status, and geographic location. In the Supreme Court’s majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts stated that the ruling still allows admissions officers to consider students’ racial backgrounds...
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MUSIC FRESHMEN TO WATCH By Esther Puderbaugh Freshman Nate Malone ‘27 has been singing as long as he can remember... CONTINUED ON PG 7
STAFF EDITORIAL
Book Bans Infringe Upon Students’ Rights
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By Tai Caputo In the November 7th Iowa elections, the citizens of Iowa City demonstrated their disapproval of the new book-banning regime by defeating three conservative board members who support book banning in a landslide... CONTINUED ON PG 11
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