Ryan Ricks: Oh man, where do I begin? I’ll miss the U-Post so, so much. The U-Post was the first club that I got heavily involved in after transferring to UHS at the beginning of sophomore year. At that point, the only writing experience I had was a handful of stories I wrote as a […]
By Geri Mishra It was September 2019. Corona was nothing but a drink. If someone was not in school during school hours, it was because they were skipping, sick, or because the fire alarm had been pulled once again. The school year had just started, but the weather made it feel like summer had been […]
By Karen Wang [DRAFT FOR “NOW, MORE THAN EVER” AD] We are in quarantine. We are isolated. We cannot see each other in close contact anymore. We cannot do the things we used to. Our lives have been disrupted. We are living a “new normal,” and that can be scary. We are living in a […]
Ryan Ricks: Oh man, where do I begin? I’ll miss the U-Post so, so much. The U-Post was the first club that I got heavily involved in after transferring to UHS at the beginning of sophomore year. At that point, the only writing experience I had was a handful of stories I wrote as a […]
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By Geri Mishra It was September 2019. Corona was nothing but a drink. If someone was not in school during school hours, it was because they were skipping, sick, or because the fire alarm had been pulled once again. The school year had just started, but the weather made it feel like summer had been […]
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“Dear Hank, I am retiring soon and know I will miss all of these students. How do I get over this?” Dear Retirement, Congratulations on your retirement! While you’ll miss your students, I have no doubt your students will miss you too. Some solutions could be organizing “visits” or “meet-ups” (physical or virtual) with old […]
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By Karen Wang “Why am I so bored?” I screamed into the void of my bedroom for the fifth time in one hour. “Why is there nothing to do? I am sooo bored!” Since entering quarantine, I have felt myself slowly going insane. I’m fairly sure I have also forced the people around me into […]
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By Allie Skalnik I am not the first to note the peculiar psychology of climate change, and I will certainly not be the last. But as the whole world experiences the consuming event that is COVID-19 together, now seems a better time than ever to revisit exactly what makes climate change, and pandemics, such challenging […]
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By Allie Skalnik Earth Day 2020 is going to look worlds different from past years. No gathering together as communities. No parks crawling with people and classrooms brimming with craft supplies. There will be no tree planting and no climate strikes. There’s a reason why we celebrate Earth Day, and as climate concerns grow, it’s […]
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By Karen Wang [DRAFT FOR “NOW, MORE THAN EVER” AD] We are in quarantine. We are isolated. We cannot see each other in close contact anymore. We cannot do the things we used to. Our lives have been disrupted. We are living a “new normal,” and that can be scary. We are living in a […]
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By Allie Skalnik There has never been a better time to get into gardening. With us all stuck at home, food is becoming an increasingly valuable commodity, and with the weather getting warmer by the day, it’s not too late to break out the ol’ trowel and put some seeds in the ground. You never […]
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By Ryan Ricks Before we begin, I would like to say this article is based almost entirely on my experience, specifically as a mixed woman with 3C/4A hair, who only just started wearing their hair as such about four years ago. I am not trying to say that my experience is the same as the […]
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By Ryan Ricks Six years ago, on April 25th, 2014, the city of Flint, Michigan’s water source was switched from Lake Huron and the Detroit River to the Flint River. It was a switch that had been planned and worked on since 2012. The completion of the project was celebrated with a toast by the mayor […]
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This is an advice column from UPost. We take in advice from anything relating to school to friends and to existential crises. Don’t worry, this is completely anonymous so send in whatever you want (but inappropriate messages will be deleted). Thanks, Hank