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Mira Simonton-Chao

Mira Simonton-Chao, Website Editor-in-chief

Mira is a senior at Community High School and has been on staff for the last four years. She loves writing and The Communicator but also really hates writing staff profiles. She is passionate about American cultural studies, music and living the most vibrant and expressive life she possibly can. She also loves traveling and cooking yum food.

 

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Liu attended a summer camp at Brown University, where she learned about structural racism towards Black communities. Through that experience, she had the opportunity to learn about racial issues from different perspectives.

[Photo] Not Your Model Minority

Mori Ono
February 17, 2020
The Green Book and the bromance that may have just ended racism

“The Green Book” and the bromance that may have just ended racism

Mira Simonton-Chao
February 23, 2019
The Fashion Page: Nanako Fujioka

The Fashion Page: Nanako Fujioka

Mira Simonton-Chao
February 14, 2019
Kevin Davis

Kevin Davis

Mira Simonton-Chao
February 14, 2019
Modern Love

Modern Love

Zoe Lubetkin and Mira Simonton-Chao
February 11, 2019
Sliced Episode 1

Sliced Episode 1

Mira Simonton-Chao, Ethan Gibb-Randall, Isaac McKenna, and Sacha Verlon
February 11, 2019
The Color Yellow

The Color Yellow

Mira Simonton-Chao
February 7, 2019
Mini Gym Musicians: Evan Ash & Sacha Verlon

Mini Gym Musicians: Evan Ash & Sacha Verlon

Mira Simonton-Chao and Ella Edelstein
December 10, 2018
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[Photo] Youth poets take on the annual Ann Arbor City Poetry Slam

Zoe Lubetkin
December 6, 2018
Katzman talks passionately about his new solo album, Heartbreak Hits. He feels a deeper and more intimate connection with his solo music.

Music & Mocha with Theo Katzman

Andrea Schnell and Mira Simonton-Chao
November 29, 2018
Mini Gym Musicians: The Left Lanes

Mini Gym Musicians: The Left Lanes

Mira Simonton-Chao and Ella Edelstein
October 31, 2018
Piercing through prejudice: the fall of Pangea

Piercing through prejudice: the fall of Pangea

Isaac McKenna and Ella Edelstein
October 18, 2018
Mini Gym Musicians: Sacha Verlon and Aris Chalin

Mini Gym Musicians: Sacha Verlon and Aris Chalin

Mira Simonton-Chao and Ella Edelstein
October 12, 2018
Xu Bings Dragonfly Eyes: a study of fiction and reality

Xu Bing’s “Dragonfly Eyes”: a study of fiction and reality

Mira Simonton-Chao
October 10, 2018
Window

Window

Ella Edelstein
September 28, 2018
Me & My B*tch

Me & My B*tch

Mira Simonton-Chao
September 14, 2018
New Music Monday: Chun-Li

New Music Monday: “Chun-Li”

Mira Simonton-Chao and Ella Edelstein
April 30, 2018
PROM/KING

PROM/KING

Ella Edelstein
April 13, 2018
Quality Over Quantity

Quality Over Quantity

Mira Simonton-Chao
March 23, 2018
Washtenaw County School District Students Rally Together to Protect Their Schools

Washtenaw County School District Students Rally Together to Protect Their Schools

Mira Simonton-Chao and Ella Edelstein
March 16, 2018
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri

Mira Simonton-Chao
March 4, 2018
In Washington, an NFL Team Clings Stubbornly to Tradition

In Washington, an NFL Team Clings Stubbornly to Tradition

Ella Edelstein
February 15, 2018
Photography by Alec Redding

Catherine Nicoli

Suephie Saam
February 6, 2018
Photography by Alec Redding

Ian Keller

Suephie Saam
February 6, 2018
Photography by Alec Redding

Mei Semones

Suephie Saam
February 6, 2018
What the heck is a regatta?: a history of classism and confusion

What the heck is a regatta?: a history of classism and confusion

Gina Liu and Ella Edelstein
February 6, 2018
Image provided by David Shankbone via Flickr.

Aziz Ansari, “Grace” and The Lessons We’ve Learned

Mira Simonton-Chao
February 1, 2018
Take a Trip

Take a Trip

Neil Beveridge, Alec Redding, and Suephie Saam
December 20, 2017
From Motown to Ann Arbor, With Love

From Motown to Ann Arbor, With Love

Mira Simonton-Chao
December 5, 2017
U of M Students Retaliate Against Schlissel and Spencer

U of M Students Retaliate Against Schlissel and Spencer

Josh Martins-Caulfield and Mira Simonton-Chao
December 3, 2017
The Everlasting Spirit of the Divine Feminine

The Everlasting Spirit of the Divine Feminine

Mira Simonton-Chao
November 28, 2017
A Cause for Conspiracy: The JFK Files

A Cause for Conspiracy: The JFK Files

Ella Edelstein
November 17, 2017
Lemon

Lemon

Mira Simonton-Chao
November 16, 2017
A man floats on Lake Huron, his son, not pictured, playing nearby in the more shallower waters as he watches.

Paradise Lost

Mira Simonton-Chao
November 15, 2017
Humans of Chicago

Humans of Chicago

Suephie Saam
November 15, 2017
Halloween at Community

Halloween at Community

Gina Liu and Mira Simonton-Chao
October 31, 2017
Uno Dos

Uno Dos

Ella Edelstein
October 30, 2017
The Spirit of Jewelry

The Spirit of Jewelry

Mira Simonton-Chao and Gina Liu
October 24, 2017
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Mad

Mira Simonton-Chao
October 5, 2017
My grandfather in front of his favorite spruce tree outside his long time home in the historic district of Ann Arbor.

Strangers at Home

Mira Simonton-Chao
October 3, 2017
Spastic Max

Spastic Max

Mira Simonton-Chao
April 30, 2017
Access Denied: The Muslim Ban at Home

Access Denied: The Muslim Ban at Home

Suephie Saam
April 21, 2017

2017 City-Wide Poetry Slam: Thea Rowe

Mira Simonton-Chao
April 1, 2017
Oscars Still So White

Oscars Still So White

Mira Simonton-Chao, Web Content Editor
February 26, 2017
Forget All About Climate Change with These 6 Easy Steps!

Forget All About Climate Change with These 6 Easy Steps!

Ella Edelstein
February 3, 2017
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Bright Colors, Blaring Jazz and the White Boy that “Saves Jazz”

Mira Simonton-Chao
February 1, 2017
Nothing but Yes Means Yes

Nothing but Yes Means Yes

Suephie Saam and Emily Tschirhart
January 30, 2017
Solitary Confinement: More Hurt than Help?

Solitary Confinement: More Hurt than Help?

Ella Edelstein, Staff
January 11, 2017

Thea Rowe, My Head is Soaking in Fog from Mira Simonton-Chao on Vimeo.

[Video] My Head is Soaking in Fog: a poem by Thea Rowe

Mira Simonton-Chao
December 20, 2016
The Glue that Ties

The Glue that Ties

Mira Simonton-Chao
December 8, 2016
Kate Burns: From Scholastic Medalist to International Finalist

Kate Burns: From Scholastic Medalist to International Finalist

Mira Simonton-Chao
November 11, 2016
American Mud

American Mud

Mira Simonton-Chao
November 9, 2016

A Challenge for Charity

Mira Simonton-Chao
November 9, 2016
Crown Violet

Crown Violet

Mira Simonton-Chao
November 9, 2016
a Path to the Future

a Path to the Future

Mira Simonton-Chao
May 25, 2016
Borbely poses at Gallup Park this year for her Senior portrait.

Medicine for the Soul

Mira Simonton-Chao
April 29, 2016
King of Pop, Prince Rogers Nelson

The Death of a King: Community Students Respond to the Death of Music Icon Prince

Mira Simonton-Chao
April 22, 2016
Press Release Poster for Sword of Destiny

Sword of Destiny: The Legacy of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Continues on

Mira Simonton-Chao
March 24, 2016

Welcome to the Neighborhood

Mira Simonton-Chao
March 22, 2016
Round2Crew Takes on Ann Arbor

Round2Crew Takes on Ann Arbor

Mira Simonton-Chao
March 14, 2016
Courtney Kiley, a science teacher at Community High School in Ann Arbor

Changing Pace

Mira Simonton-Chao
February 22, 2016
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