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WE WILL RISE

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Final Letter from the Editors To the class of 2020, It has been our pleasure to serve the City High School and Iowa City communities through telling the stories of the amazing people who reside in our community. We appreciate the insight and feedback that we receive. The main objective of The Little Hawk is to seek truth and report it in order to inform the school with the hope of starting conversation in the community. The Little Hawk editors and staff greatly appreciate the dedication of the readers especially of the seniors.

There is no doubt that our senior year has been a very difficult time, with the loss of various loved ones and undergoing a pandemic which has caused the cancellation of events such as graduation, prom, and spending our last time with friends before beginning our next journeys. However, we are all doing our part to help with the pandemic and are making an impact the way we always will. We are the class that has taken the responsibility that will save lives, because we are the embodiment of showing citizenship and respecting the community.

Although graduation may be cancelled for the time being, that does not diminish the hard work and perseverance that the senior class has displayed for four years. We are hard-working, compassionate human beings who are growing into our lives under terrible conditions, but we can recover because we are strong. Helen Keller once said, “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” The definition of strength does not mean being fearless in all situations. Rather, it means continuing to persevere in times of fear. It is without a doubt that we say that the City High class of 2020 is the strongest class in our school’s history, because through every difficult time we relentlessly remained strong and supported one another.

To honor the strength of the senior class of 2020, we named the Senior Salute magazine “We Will Rise,” because through all the hardships we experienced, we remained unbroken and became stronger. The magazine will highlight the moments that impacted our senior class, the places we will be going next year,and our senior superlatives. We have created important memories together that will last forever. We have learned lessons together that will assist us later in our lives. We are the class that are helping save lives today, and we are the class that will change the world, because together, we are strong!

Forever, with love,

Mira Bohannan Kumar Executive and Copy Editor

Cecile Bendera Culture Editor

Nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos Executive and Features Editor

Rhys Holman Executive and Features Editor

Owen Sorenson A&E Editor

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These numbers come from information provided to the school guidance office and published on social media. They do not represent the entire senior class.

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Noah John Henry Abalos Samir M Abdalla Mohammad F Abdallah Hashim Abdelrahman Maryam L Abuissa Marvin Eduardo Acevedo Eltayeb O Ahmed Roger Aldano Cecilia Marvel Aldrich-Ingram Del’Ton L Alexander Jr Zabdiel E Alvira Ernesto R Amaya Kelby James Anderson Beatriz Ariana Atilano Bernal Ryan Matthew Austin Elizabeth Catherine Ayers

b Mahamodou Bah Sean Bailey Jade Baines Logan Christopher Burr Baker Jhakyra Monique Denise Banister Ashley Barrera Andy Barrera Liam Joseph Barron Elliott Beauchamp Emma Grace Becker Kiera H Bell Cecile Bendera Joseph Alan Bennett Sophie L Bergen-Jackson Yesenia Bernal Ryan Robert Bertling Lindsey Sue Bolton Audrey Marie Borchard Brooke Marie Bormann Garrett John Bormann Grace Ann Bormann John Randolph Bounds Mary Elizabeth Bounds Jacob Paul Bouska Estella C Brady Jeremiah Paul Brook Leilani Mya Brooks Muriel Quinn Horn Brown Holly Rae Bruss Noah Kowal Bullwinkle Zoe Lynn Burgess Maria Kathy Buri Everline Namae Bwayo

C Mia Yanira Cacho-Zelaya Maxwell Joe Cadaret Sieria Calhoun Devin Kiara Campion James D Cannon Alek Cano Edward J Cantua David Cardoza-Gonzalez Anna Caroline Carter Ryan Laird Carter Reece Alec Caven Maya Ruth Chadwick Kiana Kristene Chalupa Gustav Mathias Champlin Katelyn M Chandler Gabriela G Chavez Alan Chen Ellis Jacob Willard Chen Yeferson Chinol Keshawn J Christian Cheyenne Lee Cirillo Kyle Robert Clark Landon R Clay Benjamin Paul Cleveland Satchel Dumont Cochran Bryanna M Coleman William Colony Andrew James Coons Georgia Clementine Corbin Paul Robert Cornell Garet Daniel Cotton Alexis Carrollynn Courtney Emerson Cruz Bryan N Cruz-Chavez

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Elli Shae Dailey Adrian John Dale Charlotte DeCoster Daniel J Denniger Karissa Lynn Di Ianni Mamadou S Diallo Salimatou Diallo Mwangaza Grace Djuma Alexis M DuBrava Jordan Nichole DuBrava Dennys Duran

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Keonna Essie Earl Luke C Edwards Everly Cana Eldeen Sara Ahmed Ali Elimam Adam J Engelbrecht Jackson Wesley Ernst

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Sydney Joy Fellows Ayah Filali Maxwell James Firmstone Cara Mae Flanagan Maria Del Carmen Flores Allysa Marie Floyd Colin Flynn Vincent Michael Folkedahl Garrett Maxwell Forbes DaRhon Fouch Veronica Angel Marie Fraley Forrest Wilcox Frazier

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Oscar Atticus Ihrig Katherine Ann Introna Madison Maureen Irish-Gorvin William Irvine

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Kaleba Jack Kristina Marie James Eli Asher Jaskolka Benjamin Kurtis Jaspers Annabelle Daisy-Lee Jennings Aubrey Joens Kaitlyn M Jones Devon Jones

G K Erika Yovana Garcia Gabriela Garcia Daishala Diamond Garrett Carley Marie Geasland Sylvia Anna Briggs Gidal Daijonna Monae Glee Margaret Elizabeth Glenn Fernando Gomez Valerie Gonzalez Brenna Sue Gordon Anshul Jagadish Gowda Julia A Green Jeffery Greenlee Kylea Jean Greve Allyson J Guyer

Mya Rose Kahle Aubryn Dylan Dunnington Kaine Mariam Hussein Keita Heaven M Kelly Palamy Keomanivanh Samuel D Kidane Spencer Michael Kimm Portia Rose Klefstad Shelby A Klitzka Daphne DeLaet Knoop Junias Kpata Evan Kress Mark R Krysan Mira Bohannan Kumar

HL Gwenyth A Hall Isabel L Hansen Renard Harris Riem Eltoum Hassan Reese McLeran Hayden Nicholas Hein Ronnique Winter Henderson Eli August Henrichs Allison Claire Herdliska Yahaira Hernandez-Zamora Isabella Ann Herreweyers JayDaVonyae L D Hickman Nolan A Hicks Reese Madeline Hill Indya Dale Hodges Traivon Lamone Hodges Rhys Allen Uden Holman Joshua Richard Honson Cameron Chau Hornbeck Franklin C Hornbuckle Samuel A Horwitz Dino Giovanni Houssou Katlyn Marie Howard Ethan Thomas Hudson

Elise Marie Lanternier Nina Chlotilde Lavezzo-Stecopoulos Kelsey Pearl Law Stephanie Nguyen Le Jason Lemus Caitlin Marie Lenz Oisin C Leopold Lena Huleng Leuang Tremell Lewis Gavin Lee Lindaman Demetrious Lee Angelis Littlemoon Asante Devon London Grecia Rachel Lopez Ricardo A Castillo Lopez Tania C Lopez Mia Vaughn Loughran J B Lovan Divine Lukau

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MR Peyton Davis MacMillan Naomie Molebo Makabi Ricardo Thomas Mallard Layna Robin Manjoine Alexandra Hope Marsh Shilynn Shavelle Marshall Olivia Kathryn Masterson Sagesse Mbila Winner Mbonga Grace Josephine McCarron Isis J McClintock Asa Leonardo McFarlin Lydia Rose McIntire Mark William McLaughlin Rhianna Eris McMahon Daniel Thomas McMillan Steven Anthony McWane Mario Antonio Medellin-Chairez Yessenia Mejia Castanon Jada Lon’ya Melvin Irvin J Mendez Ariana Nicole Mendoza David Menjivar Sofia Josina Merulla Abran Rodolfo Cardoza Milian Austin Wilder Miller Charlene Ren Miller Skyler Miller Chad Lewis Miller Makiah Miller Stephano Mkyoku Andy Monroy Joel Seve Munzila Anthony Michael Murphy Rebekah Atira Murry Alex C Musselman Moise Mutambayi Marta Josephine Mwenemkamba Oliver Frederick Myers Samuel Paul Myers-Verhage

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Rylee Renee Newville Rigue Ngenda Jason T Nguyen Minh-Khang Timothy Nguyen Phong D Nguyen Rose Marie Mgpenge Nkumu Alexis I Nunez Jeffrey Allen Nunnally

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Atticus M Ojile Isaac A Ortiz Maria Ortiz Quincy L Ott Drew Riley Owen Javier Oyarzun

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Diego Paciotto-Biggers Moslyn Jonatan Palma-Andrade Grace Elizabeth Parrott Daniel Perez Gaytan Madison Jane Pfeifle Sean Michael Phillips Aubrey Elizabeth Pisarik Joshua David Poe Sheily Jazmine Pontaza Tayvon Anthony Porter Keli Anne Potter Julia Ann Powers Briunna L Pryor Jonathan Cole Purdy

Isabelle Thea Raghavan Yessica Yamileth Ramirez Santos Jaylin Marie Randle Grace Lee Ranson Justine M Reschly-Krasowski Madelyn Nicole Reschly-Krasowski Matthew R Rew Brandon A Reyes Francisco Rivera Ramirez Griffin Eisele Roach Rykira Tranaye Robinson Paige Ann Rocca Montserrat H Rodke Ella G Roggeveen Allan M Roldan Justin Thomas Patrick Ronan Abigail Marie Rood Lucy Johanna Rood Lauren Anne Rude William Anthony Ruth Dylan Jamieson Ryfe

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ST W Trinity Marie Sadecky Darwin Salgado Garmendia Billy James Samuelson Azzurra Marina Sartini-Rideout Latrell Sasseen Joseph Ryan Schuessler Temesgen D Schumm Special Monique Scott Alexander James Seamans Emma Grace Seydel Rodeen Gaber Shaban Shawn Patrick Brian Sharp Finnegan Andrew Walker Shelton Levi Austin Sherod Maisha Sila Myles Jameson Ward Smick Anthony Smith Denali Mia Smith Denaro Smith Lauren Amy Smith Shayla Amaya Marie Smith Luis Enrique Sola Mercado Lizeth Solorio Owen W Sorenson Vanessa Sosa Roger Spencer Kelsey Elise Sroka Franz Alfred Stolpen Peter Galen Stoltz Avery Streeby David Sullivan Sophia Marie Surom Nakia Rose Svoboda

Erin Aurora Taylor Lakayla M Taylor Matthew A Taylor Stephon D Taylor Robert Tharrington Landon J Tiet Elliott Moss Tomek Saye K Traore Gideon Lee Trevor Sophie Isabel Trom Caden Noah Turnbough James Walter Turner Daviyae Tyler-Griffin Phil M Tyne

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Jonah Matthew Waikel Jackson Edward Walthart Plamedi P Tayeye Wawaka Karran Daquan Weathersby Anyah NeAsia NeShea Weaver Noah Thomas Weaver Charlotte Corbeille Weigel Simon Phillip Weiss Tyvyrius D Wellons Treynae Cheneke Westbrook Mollie Jo Whaley Yardley Michele Whaylen Memphis Whetstine Hailey Justine Whitby Riley Austin Wichern Mitchell James Wilkes Drew E Willingham Avery Paige Wilson Mya Renee Winegarden Ethan Joshua Wood-Finley

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David Matthew Zhang Nidal H Zien Alaabdeen Oliver Henry DeMaris Zirnhelt

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Senior COlumns Cause before you know it, everything’s gone

By Rhys Holman

When I entered high school, the only real extracurricular I did was policy debate. Simon, my teammate I competed with, and I had lots of success, winning many tournaments, but I didn’t enjoy it. We went to tournaments throughout the year, and every time we had a tournament it meant that my entire weekend would be taken up, since tournaments didn’t end until Saturday night.

The mixture of the long tournaments and three practices a week led to me having less free time to enjoy myself or even get schoolwork done. I didn’t enjoy it but felt responsibility to Simon and the rest of the team to continue, especially given the success we were having. And it wasn’t all bad. There was a certain rush to winning tournaments, knowing that Simon and I had used our skills to beat teams from all around the state and the Midwest. I was excited about winning awards for my accomplishments and excelling against other freshmen. But that was juxtaposed with feeling terrible having to spend my entire weekend doing an activity I didn’t enjoy the act of

actually doing. I may have enjoyed winning a tournament in retrospect, but in the moment of competing in it, I didn’t enjoy it all that much. I didn’t know how to reconcile those feelings or what to do with them going forward.

I found clarity to my confusion when listening to “Real” by Kendrick Lamar.

As the name suggests, the song is about being authentic to yourself and not being hung up on doing things because they make you seem real, but doing what you actually want to do. When he rapped about the vices in his life that he “loves” to a certain extent, I connected with the positive feelings I had towards debate and the responsibility I felt to continue with it, which then led to the line that made me able to reconcile all of my feelings about debate and know how I wanted to go forward. “But what love got to do with it when you don’t love yourself?”

That made me realize that even though I loved the rush of winning the tournament or an award, that I didn’t really enjoy the activity or how I was living my life. So I had to put those things aside and

focus on myself. From this, I was able to realize that debate was not what I wanted to do going forward and I was able to feel better in the time I did spend in it.

This experience taught me the value of not being caught up in what you think others expect of you and that being worried about what you think you “owe” others for superficial reasons will only lead you to doing things you don’t enjoy.

Only by being authentic to yourself and realizing what you want to do with your life will you be able to find peace and happiness.

when I was experiencing hard times. Sam Smith’s song “A Change Gone Come” helped me to practice perseverance. I learned to continue to move forward, no matter the hardships. Although there were times when I wanted to give up or felt frustrated, I would play that song. I was also moved by Whitney Houston, who made songs like “I look to You” that caused a feeling of relief and safety in my life during stressful times. She made me feel a sense of calmness and strength with the music such as “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and “I am Every Woman.”

Later on my freshman year was about the time I think I developed a deep passion for hip hop. I began to listen to J. Cole who created music that demanded that listeners think. Songs such as “Crooked Smile” that discussed the need to love one’s imperfections inspired me.

Hip hop was a genre of music that helped me to comprehend what it meant to be unapologetic. I learned to demand space and to be confident when walking in any room by listening to artists such as Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Nas, Jay Z, Nipsey Hussle,

and Lauryn Hill.

Throughout all my life there has always been an artist who has stuck with me throughout all my life and that is Beyonce Knowles-Carter. At this point she might as well be my auntie! Beyonce produced music that encouraged me to be confident in myself. As a little girl in the 4th grade I was listening to her songs “Who Run World” and “Listen.” Every song on her albums made my voice louder and made my walk stronger.

I am also influenced by musicians like Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, D’Angelo, Brandy, and Elton John, who created music that cleanses the soul. They made music that was vulnerable, calming, and allowed me to take time and reflect. Elton John’s “Are You Ready for Love” creates the space I need after a busy day and “Can You feel the Love Tonight” takes me back to my childhood days when everything was simple. I am thankful for all the artists who continue to construct music that motivates me and moves me, but also impels me to be honest with myself as well.

MUSIC FOR SURVIVAL

By Cecile Bendera

High school for me sometimes was challenging, especially trying to find time to balance extracurricular activities, schoolwork, and social life. However, during those hard times, I always relied on music to not only help me escape, but to confront the issues that were occuring in my life.

I remember starting highschool listening to 60s artists such as Ray Charles, B.B king, Sam Cooke, Nina Simone, and Otis Redding.

I fell in love with Ray Charles’ music because it encompassed all of human emotion. For example, the song “Hit the Road Jack” was about pain and heartbreak, but still, the song evoked happiness because of how fast pace it is. I would dance to the song when I was excited, yet sing it

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Are we there yet?

By Mira Kumar The first thought I had when I began to think about writing this piece was this sentence: “Art tells us who we are.”

In many ways, watching a TV show or a movie, reading a book or the perfect poem, listening to an impeccable song or a tumultuous, writhing, magnificent album, can make you feel entirely understood, as though your true self is lurking just under your skin, growing closer and closer with every scene, word, line, note.

But then, in an effort to understand what really got me through high school, which scene, word, line, note, created the person I am today, I thought back through every piece of art I have loved during my time at City High. All the musical soundtracks I sang to in freshman year, the emo music I moped to in sophomore year, dancing in my kitchen to “No Shape” at midnight. Watching StarKid musicals, “Little Women,” “Never Have I Ever.” Reading F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” “White Teeth,” “Stone Mattress.”

What struck me most, though, in thinking of the art that has shaped me, that has made me love it, is the memory of, in the silences before, after, and between, hearing and seeing and reading the Morse code of my own heartbeat,

feeling as though a second set of breaths came and went inside my own. As though I was changed forever—not by the art itself, but by the way in which my body, my mind, responded to it.

Isn’t it just the same way with high school, though? In every moment of our lives, we are constantly changing, responding to our circumstances, throwing our whole beings into what we love. The Morse code of our heartbeats spelling out a message we can’t decode just yet, but we know, someday, maybe someday very soon, the versions of us that live beneath our skin, rising closer and closer to the surface, will emerge. We are only waiting to become ourselves.

As I was waiting to become myself, paging and listening and watching and thinking through the many works that have brought me as far as I’ve come, what I realized was this: Art does not tell us who we are. Art merely shows us the way, allows us to react, to change within ourselves. As I was waiting to become myself, I came closer and closer, without even realizing. And in the same way, high school never tells us who we are meant to become. It merely provides us with perfect, tumultuous, writhing magnificence that can allow us, without knowing it,

to bring ourselves closer.

Now, as we watch one another grow into our own selves, as we watch one another change, we know that we will always remember high school.

We will always remember the moments, the scenes, the words, the lines, the notes, that changed us forever. And we will always remember the heartbeats that sang under our own, spelling out a message in Morse code that we can almost understand.

SUGAR RUSh

By Nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos It’s around 10 p.m. and the only thing keeping me awake is a Blue Razz Bang and too many off-brand gummy bears. At this point in the night, most people have gone home, but not us. The five editors and I, who have still not finished their work despite having had weeks to finalize the newspaper, sing along to Chun-Li by Nicki Minaj playing in the background.

We take a break. We run into the hallways and just scream, a compulsory aspect of worknights past 9 p.m.. We scream because we’re stressed, because there’s too much sugar in our bloodstream, and because in that moment, it feels like there’s no way this paper will get done.

We go back into 2109, however, and grab a handful of HyVee brand gummy bears that taste a little bit like plastic, but not too much like plastic. We get to work.

Somehow, at the end of that long night, we finish the paper. We copy and paste all of the stories onto the pages, send it off to the printing press, and then it’s done.

So what got me through high school? A lot of things. Hamilton definitely got me

through a handful of mental breakdowns freshman year, and sophomore year I had a slime phase that was more intense than I’d like to admit. But starting in junior year, everything got real. Scream-singing to Beyonce was only taking me so far, and I needed gummy bears.

As I said, I would settle for the offbrand HyVee gummies at work nights for journalism. But outside of that lovely journalism room, I would only eat one type, the superior type, of gummy bear.

Black Forest gummy bears are okay, but they’re a little too messy and the flavors always seem off. Normal Haribos are a classic—their consistency is superb— but the best are the Sour Haribo Gummy Bears. Not only have these delectable treats gotten me through countless Gov outlines, physics FRQs, last-minute Capstone essays, and so-on, but they are also helping me through this global pandemic. Thank you, Haribo, for helping with my grades, my sanity, and for getting me through high school at the one and only School That Leads.

PiCKING UP THE PIECES

By Noah Bullwinkle

I vividly remember the first time I heard a Juice WRLD song. The weather was that of a typical Iowa spring day.

Leaves slowly crept among the spidery branches of trees, and multicolored flowers blossomed in every which direction.

Warm wind rushed through my hair as my friends and I drove around. Requesting aux, one plugged his phone into the USB cord in the front dash. Little did I know, the song that would soon blast through the speakers would, in a blink of an eye, find itself played on every speaker that summer.

“Yo, play ‘All Girls Are the Same’ by Juice WRLD.” “Who the hell is that?”

“Just trust me on this one. He’s going to blow up.”

Juice did blow up. There was no other way to describe it. I’d never seen anything like it before. Every hangout, every car I rode in, Juice’s ballads wallowing in a post-breakup haze were always playing.

As sophomores in 2018, we all carried our own personal iteration of the heartbreak and deep sadness Juice sung about in his various anthems to former lovers.

We were refreshed by Juice admitting his own vices and sadness, and the imperfect ways he chose to deal with them repre-

sented a modern-day encapsulation of our own semblance of teenage rebellion.

He epitomized a desire for independence we felt but didn’t know how to express.

Juice was an honest artist. He poured his heart out in verses that were often freestyled in one take, and in turn encouraged us to be more honest with our feelings. We could relate to him, even though we didn’t know him—and at that time, relating to others was the catalyst to the personal puzzle pieces we kept trying to fit together. That is what I believe music is—a bridge that, upon crossing, confirms the commonality of our shared life experience. Music is a medium through which we can convince ourselves that our changing selves are not, in fact, societal anomalies, and that our emotions are shared.

In the dark way the universe tends to act, Juice had his life taken away from him by the drugs he partly ascended to fame upon. His death was sudden, like a chair being swept out from beneath your emotions, leaving them to fall into a dark, unfathomably deep abyss. John’s death was sudden; Caitlyn’s death was sudden; Nolan’s death was sudden. As the class of 2020, we were thrust into situations the entire year in which we found ourselves

in our own respective dark abysses of the unknown. We can’t have grad parties; we can’t dance our hearts out during senior prom; we can’t take the walk across the stage which symbolizes the thirteen years of our lives in which we’ve changed immeasurably. But while our year has been marked by devastating loss, the class of 2020 is still the group of people that I will remember as the ones who were there for each other. Although we fell into the abyss, we are helping each other climb back out. Just as Juice reminded us that we were not alone in our emotions in 2018, our class is here to pick up our puzzle pieces from the floor and construct our own personal masterpieces. And if I listen hard enough, I can faintly hear Juice singing “Graduation.”

first kiss onstage in front of a live audience for a musical parody of “Star Trek.” By some glorious glitch in the matrix, I not only got to live out my fantasy of being in a student-led production of “21 Chump Street” (bless you, Jilly Cooke!) but also helped lead a production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” last summer, in which I had the honor of playing an awkward twelve-year-old girl whose best friend was a dictionary.

Twenty-four different productions within the town’s theatre community flew by unbelievably fast, but those stories, and the friends who told them with me, will always live in my heart.

At the end of my junior year I was elected Drama Board president, which, if you think about it, is just a nicer way to be called the King of the Dorks. But what I realize now, which I had no way of understanding as a self-conscious preteen, is that there’s nothing wrong with being enthusiastic about something you love to do. And getting to lead a group of people enthusiastic about the same passions as you is one of the highest honors I can

think of.

The best part of growing up is reverting to our elementary instincts.

Some of us played soccer or foursquare at recess and some of us made stick houses in the dirt. Some of us were peacekeepers, some of us were activists, and some of us were reporters (although back then, the term was “tattletales”). Some of us were really freaking good at the recorder. Some of us built LEGO masterpieces.

Some of us drew comics. Some of us won spelling bees.

But all of us were pretty dorky.

S-Y-Z-Y-G-Y

By Reese Hill

When I was little, my family called me the King of the Dorks, and I deserved it. My favorite activity was donning my mother’s sparkly blue shawl, slipping on my plastic Disney heels, clomping up onto the coffee table, and performing my “American Idol audition.” I boasted an army of imaginary friends and had grand directorial visions while playing make-believe at recess (I wasn’t bossy I just knew exactly what should happen next and what that character would say in this situation and why is everybody so annoyed with me?!). I drew a comic about “Star Trek.” I won the spelling bee four times.

At parent-teacher conferences I was only described with one word: enthusiastic.

After the obligatory “wayward preteen” years, I entered high school fantasizing about a jostling social life and an outlet for self-expression. Somehow I found myself doing Atticus Finch’s old age makeup for the 2016 fall play. The rest, as they say, is history.

My high school years became a blur of late rehearsals, waxy makeup, neon stage lights, and midnight car rides. I had my

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ADVICE ABOUT TIME

By Owen Sorenson

Woah. High school’s over? That was fast. It feels like only yesterday that I was wandering the halls as a wide-eyed freshman. Sure, I was new to Iowa City, and I didn’t know anyone, but I was excited. I had made it through the three long years of middle school and I had just moved to a cool new city. The people here were nice, and I was drenched in a happy-golucky energy. I wanted to meet everyone and make a ton of new friends!

The rest of freshman year is a bit blurry for me. It took me a while, but I eventually found my people, and they found me. I really didn’t have a care in the world at that point. The only real responsibility I had was to get good grades, and that was it. The world itself honestly seemed to revolve around me and my friends and nothing could pierce that veil. I remember scoffing at a warning about how fast high school would go. Oh sure, high school is soooo fast, it’ll be over before I know it. By the time I finished that sentence, I was a sophomore.

To be a sophomore again. What a year.

I carried myself through the halls with a newfound swagger. I was confident, I was older, and I had done high school before.

There was nothing that could break my stride. My friend group was super awesome that year. Drama who? We didn’t care about anything else. We were just a group of kids held together by the fun that we had with one another. Again, the world around seemed to be nonexistent,

and everything else revolved around us. Time got faster, though; what once seemed like a stream slowly had become a river. I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time, because all I could care about was summer break.

It’s true what they say about junior year, let me tell you. That was by far the worst year of high school. Everything is changing, everyone is changing. Nothing seems stable, and before you know it, you are struggling under the weight of responsibility that you didn’t know you had. Classes are harder, and people are a bit more angsty. I mean, so was I, so you should probably watch out for that. Before you could even spell the word ‘junior,’ time had already washed over you like a tsunami and suddenly you’re in an oppressively quiet room, its walls blank save the chipping white paint that covers it. There is a person standing in front of you like a guard and you are suddenly realizing that the test that sits in front of you is one of the most important things you have ever done in your life. It’s scary, but honestly, in the end, everything will be okay, and all that panic you were experiencing was for nothing. Summer is here, and that room washes away.

And then, senior year doesn’t seem real. Time bends, and you begin all of your lasts, with tears washing down your face. You wish time could bend a bit further so you can do it all again. If there is one thing that I could tell you, I would

tell you to hold onto the moment, because it’s the most important part of your life. Life is so fast to wish for the future, and you can only remember the past. So cherish your friends, and love your family, and have fun. Just have as much fun as you can because before you know it, time seemingly does a somersault and you’re sitting in your room, writing the last thing you’ll ever write in high school.

“In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

Senior Superlatives class of 2020 MOst likely to Mariam Keita

Be your boss

Noah weaver

Paul cornell

Win a nobel prize

Joseph bennett

John Bounds

Leave the US

Diego Paciotto-Biggers

Yardley Whaylen

Be president

mira bohannan kumar

griffin roach

Win the lottery and

emma becker

lindsey bolton

Become an Avenger

lose the ticket

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kyle clark

Break their chromebook

gavin lindman

riem hassan

Run a fan account

ally floyd

nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos

start a revolution

mariam keita

delton alexander

Be on snl

garrett forbes

forrest frazier

be a contestant on

emma becker

“The Bachelor(ette)�

john bounds

Survive the apocolypse

demetrious littlemoon

paige rocca

Become Tiktok famous

muriel brown

Best

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hair

mia cacho

max firmstone

shoes

sophie trom

mira bohanna kumar

dressed

jazsmine vanpelt

Alex marsh & grace parrot

womance

lindsey bolton & brooke bormann

reese hayden & Garrett bormann

bromance

matt rew & matt taylor

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alli herdliska

Instagram

emma seydel

reese hill & phong nguyen

couple that never dated

matt rew & Sydney fellows

kelby anderson

shoulder to cry on

mia cacho

william irvine

glowup

mia loughran

abby rood

sneeze

alex marsh

MOST thomas mcmillan

senioritis

ethan hudson

phong nguyen

Musical

kolbe Schnoebelen

matt taylor

Memey

oscar ihrig

nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos

Opinionated

phil tyne

shawn sharpe

Country

jeffery greenley

mia loughran

flirty

anthony murphy

rose nkumu

Athletic

kaleba jack

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maria buri

Artistic

Daphne Knoop

lauren rude

talented

reese hill

delton alexander

unforgettable

anthony murphy

robert tharrington

school spirit

lexie courtney

britney vanvang

boujee

william irvine

They need no introduction

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forrest frazier

life of the party

emma seydel

dylan ryfe

teacher’s pet

mark krysan

tonka hickman

everyone’s secret crush

joe schuessler

kyle clark

class clown

ethan hudson

thomas mcmillan

Next chip

muriel brown

griffin roach

Next beyonce

lauren rude

Yardley Whaylen

Next rbg

Daphne Knoop

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Dec. 21, 2018

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“Okay BOOMER” Homecoming court goes gender neutral, THe first ever brocoming OCCURS Parking becomes a touchy subject at #tstl COVID-19 ends the year SEp. 25, 20 19 early

Job Hunting

LH

QUIZ

With the end of the year just around the corner, we all find ourselves in dire need of something to do. For many, a job is the perfect thing to fill in that time, plus ta little extra cash never hurt anyone. That being said, sometimes its hard to find the perfect job, so we at the Little Hawk hope that by taking this quizz you find something that might put you in the right direction!

1. What is your favorite color?

4. What is your spirit animal?

6. which planet Calls to you?

2. What Passtime Would you do?

5. Which Wonder would you want to visit?

7. Which of the four elements would

A. Grey B. Gilded-Gold C. Fire Red D. Cosmic Purple

A. moose B. Money C. Rats D. Owls

A. The well hidden, omnipentent, Giga computer B. Hagia Sophia C. The Great Wall of China D. StoneHenge

A. Reading Things on the Internet B. Playing high-stakes poker C. Interrogating your enemies D. Seeing into the future

3. Which tv show do you like the most?

OFFice Worker!

It is obvious that you pose power over the Docs! you know your way around the city and a computer. you also absolutly love white-collared shirts!

you command?

A. Is coffe an element?

B. Air C. Earth D. Water

8. Which super power would you most

A. The Office B. Seinfeild C. Sopranos D. Twighlight Zone

If you got mostly A...

A. Earth B. Jupiter C. Mars D. Saturn

likely have?

A. Typing really fast B. Mind-control C. super strength D. Spirit Sensitivity

If you got mostly B...

If you got mostly C...

If you got mostly D...

Riverboat Gambler!

Criminal underlord! Fortune Teller!

You are a master in the art of gambling! With your silver tongue you can bluff through anything! I recommend you find yourself in New orleans, and fast, Least you lose out on the wild fotune!

You’re not afraid to get your hands dirty, nor are you intimidated by anything! Tirelessly stubborn, you are the person that all crooks look up to... and fear!

Everyone knows that you see horrorifing visions in your dreams... because of that your a perfect fit for the fortune teller! be careful, however, somethings are best left unseen...

Playing Along

LH

QUIZ

We know, we know, two quizzes in a row seems like a lot, but we thought we’d give a little bit of extra advice this time around. By taking this quizz, we hope that you might find something new about yourself... Whcih play you are! We at the Little Hawk wanted to help guide people to a play that they might be able to identify with, and then watch! We hope that everyone enjoys the play they indetify with, and if not urge them to just watch all them!

1. What is your favorite onomatopoeia? 4. How many times have you screamed lately?

6.

A.Bang!

B. Crunch!

C. Pow! D. whoosh!

A. I don’t scream, I sing!

B. Only once, I swear!

C. Quite a lot, actually D. I prefer silence

whats your work ethic?

A. I’ll just copy someone ele’s homework B. I Only do things if my life depends on it!

C. I Often work myself to death D. I work because I enjoy it.

2. Which of these is your prefered genre?

5. Where do you think youll find yourself in 10

7. Which of these drinks would you

A. Romance B. horror C. drama D. mystery

years?

A. In a casino, potentially destitute.

B. Running for my life C. Starting a revolution or something D. Unlocking the true poetentially deep within me.

3. What is your favorite season?

A.Summer B. Spring C. .Winter D. Fall

If you got mostly A...

Guys and Dolls You are confident and a smooth talker. you are the charisma in the room, and the life of the party. Everyone wants to be around you-and some want to be you!

choose?

A. Coffee, with a shot of espresso B. Tea C. Red liquid that I swear isn’t the blood of my enemies D. Water

8. Which is your favorite candy?

A. Fruity candies B. Sour patch kids C. Licorice (red or black) D. Who wants candy? Give me cake!

If you got mostly B...

If you got mostly C...

If you got mostly D...

Little Shop of Horrors

Les Mis

Matilda

You know exactly what you stand for and refuse to apologize for who you are!

Your friends look up to you and your foes are plagued by your success! Beware, your stubborness maybe your end.

You’re smart, eccentric, and full of empathy. Nothing makes you happier than a good story or swift jusstice.

It may be tough living in a cruel world, but your kind heart will touch many lives..

You’re full of generosity, kindness and compassion, but always be aware of who you trust! One bad move doesn’t have to be the end of the world, but it could be.

Above Left: Noah Bullwinkle Above Right: Reese Hill

Above Left: Mira Bohannan Kumar Above Right: Ryhs Holman

“And just as the Phoenix rose from the ashes, she too will rise. Returning from the flames, clothed in nothing but her strength, more beautiful than ever before.” — Shannen Heartzs