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Was Week Without Walls Useful?

Was Week Without Walls Useful?

By Estela Santos Torres February 24, 2020

Week Without Walls was held this year for the third time at UNIS Tutorial House. It started on Wednesday, September 18th and ended on Friday, September 20th. While T4 students stayed at UNIS working on...

Photo by Heidi Garcia Photography.

School Sports: Does UNIS Have the Spirit?

By Aphrodite Kuepper February 24, 2020

Nights at the turf field in the UNIS gym, and on the sandy Randall’s Island grounds with prints of baseball cleats is what is most memorable during sports seasons. Cheers soaring from the sides, lights...

Ballistic Bathroom “Ban” Baffles All

Ballistic Bathroom “Ban” Baffles All

By Anyue Zhang November 18, 2019

I think all T1 students will agree with me when I say that I cannot count the number of times teachers have told my class we’re “not in middle school anymore!” What do these words even mean? This...

Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks.

Melania Mayhem: Students React to Administration’s Decision

By Clara Scholl November 18, 2019

  One afternoon in September, T3 and T4 students were called into the theater for an unscheduled assembly. The assembly, led by UNIS’ executive director Dr. Daniel Brenner, was about the controversy...

Is College Introduced Too Early?

Is College Introduced Too Early?

By Jacob Blau February 2, 2019

T4s are in the middle of the college chaos: recovering from rejections, submitting applications one minute before the deadline, or still deciding where to apply. All of this on top of the IB curriculum....

Does Social Media Help or Harm Grades?

Does Social Media Help or Harm Grades?

By Eren Levine February 2, 2019

Do you have Instagram? Snapchat? Facebook? Or some other kind of social media? If so, you are like many students at UNIS. Do your parents or teachers always tell you to get off your phone? It’s probably...

Has UNIS Done Enough to Green the Blue?

Has UNIS Done Enough to Green the Blue?

By Claudia Smithie February 2, 2019

In an interview with Mr. Staccone about what UNIS has done and what we will continue to be doing to ‘Green the Blue’, I learned that the school has made many strides in an effort to improve our environmental...

Is Completing the IB Beneficial to UNIS Graduates?

Is Completing the IB Beneficial to UNIS Graduates?

By Eren Levine January 30, 2019

The International Baccalaureate program is known to be extremely challenging for students around the world, including those at UNIS. Current Tut 4 IB student, Niko Filippi, says, “The IB is definitely...

Illustration by Emma Bokel

The Pros and Cons of This Year’s Club Fair

By Wenche Tseng November 20, 2018

On October 5, after setting up their tables, posters, and signup sheets, 44 clubs spent an hour advertising, speaking to students, and acquiring new members, all while generating a vibrant mood throughout...

Should UNIS Students Learn More Computer Programming?

Should UNIS Students Learn More Computer Programming?

By Alexander King November 17, 2018

What’s the first thing you do when you wake up? You go onto your phone and look online. Our society has evolved from using textbooks to using online resources, from keeping in touch through letters to...

Illustration by Francis Smith

What’s Hiding Behind the Turkey?

By Saskia Noaghiul November 17, 2018

Like clockwork, generations of families gather together on the fourth Thursday of November to hold hands and talk about their lives, filling their stomachs with roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, corn on...

Illustration by Ning Chang

Does the IB Push Students into Relationships?

By Clara Scholl November 17, 2018

Throughout UNIS, it is common to see couples holding hands or dropping their significant other off at class. You might even see a teacher glare at a couple that is a bit too affectionate. Many students...

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