As many of you probably know, for each issue of The City Voice our editors choose a featured article, a story that for whatever reason just seems to stand out as the best that week. The choice is often difficult as there are so many good articles to choose between, but the featured articles of The City Voice are some of the best we have … Continue reading A Look Back at This Year’s Featured Articles
This is the third part of a series designed to bring some lost words to light. Farctate: From the Latin farcire, meaning to fill or stuff, farctate is a botanical term meaning full as opposed to hollow; used more colloquially to mean completely satiated or full to the point of bursting Philodox: From the Greek philos, meaning love, and doxa (meaning glory), a philodox is a … Continue reading Do You Know These Words? Part III
While The City Voice is the school newspaper for City High Middle, our website is technically available to anyone with a search engine. From website statistics we know that while a majority of our readers come from City, we also have a few loyal readers from different countries all over the world, as shown by the map of our visitors in the past couple of … Continue reading Thank You to All of Our International Visitors
Math Teacher Mr. Brown ~ Algebra and Geometry Q. What grades do you teach (or have taught)? A. 7, 8, and 9 Q. On a scale of 1-5, 5 being the best and 1 being the worst, how well behaved are your classes overall? A. 3.5 Q. On a scale of 1-5, 5 being the most different and 1 being the least different, how different … Continue reading The Inside Explanation of CHMS Part IX
As I arrived at the Kids’ Food Basket farm to volunteer I was reminded of a scene from Andy Weir’s bestselling novel, and later movie, The Martian. That might sound odd, but it really was what first struck me about the farm. As on Weir’s fictional Mars, volunteers were working hard under the beating sun to make improbable green shoots sprout from the cracked, dry … Continue reading The 100 Year Story of the Last Farm in Grand Rapids
This week I thought it was time to switch up genres and write about The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy written by Douglas Adams! Though it was released in 1979, I think now is a perfect time to read this incredibly unique book. It’s lighthearted style, jokes, and enjoyable plot is sure to help reduce stress and anxiety over Covid. It is a science fiction … Continue reading Book of the Week: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
As the end of the year rapidly approaches, we are happy to announce one last big update to The City Voice for this school year: the addition of a merchandise page! If you enjoy reading The City Voice and want to help us continue writing consider showing your support by purchasing a nice mug or notebook. We also have t-shirts and other clothing items, all … Continue reading Announcing City Voice Merchandise
JK Rowling, most known for writing the Harry Potter series, is back with a new book! It is called The Ickabog and is about truth and the abuse of power. For those of you who are wondering, the new book does not have anything to do with Harry Potter or take place in the same universe. She did, however, start writing the book in between … Continue reading JK Rowling is Publishing a New Online Book Called The Ickabog
Robotics startup Boston Dynamics appears to have taken the current crisis as an invitation to insert robots into every industry they can find. A few weeks ago we reported on how their dog-like Spot robots are being used to remotely treat patients in Boston hospitals. More recently, Spots were deployed in public parks in Singapore to encourage residents to maintain social distancing with the obsessive … Continue reading The Case For and Against Robot Sheepdogs
A few weeks ago we reported on the conspiracy theory that 5G wireless signals cause coronavirus, a theory which seemed to cause a pandemic of cell tower arson. Now that same panic has lent some British scammers a foothold. The suspiciously new startup 5GBioShield is selling USB sticks for around $350 per stick, claiming that the diminutive storage devices use “proprietary holographic nano-layer catalyst technology” … Continue reading Please Do Not Buy the $350 5GBioShield Scam
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