Archive for May, 2010

The AIDS pandemic is arguably the most devastating health disaster in all of human history.  In current times, the nations most affected by the syndrome are poor nations, largely concentrated in Africa.  However, when cases of pneumocystis pneumonia and Kaposi’s sarcoma began appearing in gay men in New York, San Francisco, and Los Full Article

Hi Everyone, My senior will was accidentally excluded from the published DA – so I’m posting it online. Enjoy! Caroline Getz was killed yesterday evening in a tragic accident involving country music star Taylor Swift. According to the authorities, Getz tried to approach Swift at a concert hoping to discuss a collaboration. Thinking Full Article

Sarah Pelmas: Well, funny thing is, when I took a year off after I had my son, I learned that I was completely replaceable, which is something you do and don’t want to know. When you leave a place, one side of you wants it to stay strong, and the other wants it to fall apart without you (hee hee). But I think UHS is in a great place. I like that Full Article

By Kate G and Olivia K What is the secret to the success of our athletes at UHS? Is it their speed? Their strength? Their perfect technique? No. It is their game routines and superstitions. Whether you’ll admit it or not, most of us have secret superstitions and routines that put us in game mode. Full Article

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For this year’s Senior Class prank, the school was filled with balloons (some popping, many not) and misbehaving furniture. Full Article

“Robin Hood”, which opened May 14, has both director Ridley Scott and actor Russell Crowe covering familiar ground. This is Scott’s second take on the medieval era (see “Kingdom of Heaven”), and also the second film he has directed starring Crowe (Scott won his first Oscar for 2000’s “Gladiator”). As for Crowe, he again takes Full Article

Chris Martin looks back on his prom experience with a laugh. MIA for his junior year, Martin made special appearances at prom his sophomore and senior years. As a sophomore, he went with his senior girlfriend wearing no other than the token powder blue ruffled tuxedo. He claims he was not much of a trend Full Article

Please enjoy Promcast 2010. Awesome video by Kevin Wildenradt ’12 and Mia Buettner ’12 See more at the Devil’s Media Channel Page Full Article

On Saturday, UHS students gathered with other high school students, medical students,  and cancer patients for hugs, tears, and laughter. Most had never met before. This healing service was one of the two culminating events of the Firefly project, a pen-pal program in which high school, middle school and medical students exchange letters and Full Article