Uni doesn't do class ranking, and Katherine Allen is fine with that. But what about the very top student in each graduating class? Shouldn't she or he receive some kind of recognition at the end of senior year? Katherine thinks so, and here's why.

As of July, the Uni High soda machines stopped dispensing regular sodas and sports drinks. Students now have a choice of Coke Zero, Diet Sprite, and Diet Barqs. It hasn't been an especially popular change. Maritza Mestre asks: Why did this happen, and is there anything that can be done about it?

The author of "Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War" sat comfortably in front of Janet Morford's subfreshman social studies class Monday morning and waited for the questions to begin. It was the first day of his two-week visit to Uni High, and he had plenty to talk about.