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Ants From Up There

Ants From Up There

Max Beitzel, asst. features editor
December 16, 2022

Ants From Up There is the phenomenal second studio album from British post-rock band Black Country, New Road. It is a loose concept album that displays a heartbroken and melancholy protagonist throughout...

The importance of getting involved

Colin Fox, Guest columnist
December 16, 2022

With 124 clubs, the opportunities South provides outside of class is impressive. Each club offers a safe space for students to stay and express their true selves, no matter their hobbies or beliefs. Even...

Community from assembly

Community from assembly

Stella Ivanov, staff writer
December 16, 2022

As music blared through the walls, crowds of people gathered into the auditorium to see South’s orchestra, choir, and band perform for the winter music assembly on Dec. 14, choir director Robert Shellard...

Concert for a Cause: Tofu Fighters wins, raises money for Alzheimers awareness

Concert for a Cause: Tofu Fighters wins, raises money for Alzheimer’s awareness

Mia Hermann, Staff writer
December 16, 2022

Some are familiar with the high-stakes musical showdowns of game shows like The Voice or American Idol. But instead of a giant soundstage, national television, and Kelly Clarkson, South’s musicians went...

Winter play steals the show

Winter play steals the show

Jessica An and Asma Ghomrawi
December 16, 2022

Reservoir Dogs, this year’s winter play, was performed in the drama and dance room on Dec. 8 and Dec. 9, John Cowlin, Winter Play Director and English Teacher, said. The play is based on the 1992 film...

Public Art Collaborative brews connection at Glenview Grind

Public Art Collaborative brews connection at Glenview Grind

Molly Tomczyk, staff writer
December 15, 2022

Members of South’s Public Art Collaborative Club installed an original piece of art they created for the Glenview Grind, a coffeehouse in Glenview on Wednesday, Dec. 14.  Members measured, marked, and...

Comic-al Funny Pages on screen

Jack Rogula, asst. opinions editor
December 13, 2022

Coming-of-age films have been all the rage this past decade, but rarely do they expand the genre and give it a brand new breath of life. Funny Pages, written, directed, and edited by Owen Kline, is a new...

GSO to visit Big Apple

Late every Wednesday evening, music fills the empty halls of South. A full ensemble of restless musicians continue to play their instruments late into the endless night, practicing their grueling pieces....

Memories made in fall play

Jame Sewell, staff writer
November 16, 2022

From British accents to new friendships, this year’s fall play, Peter and the Starcatcher, which ran from Oct. 26 to Oct. 29, created lasting memories, senior Peter Canalia, who played Smee, said. The...

Concert Culture at South

Sara Rahman, asst. A&E editor
November 16, 2022

The packed crowd screams in Northerly Island as the spotlight settles on singer Conan Gray, sophomore Maggie Dempsey’s favorite musician. Given how important music is to Dempsey, she values experiences...

Behind the Scenes of Calliope

Maya Scahill, asst. a&e editor
November 10, 2022

South’s literary arts magazine, Calliope, has been in production for over 30 years, Amie Elliott, Calliope Sponsor and Fine Arts Teacher, said. Calliope started out as a half-fold piece of paper with...

Behind the Scenes of Stitched

Maya Scahill, asst. a&e editor
November 10, 2022

Stitched, South’s fashion magazine, offers a wide variety of jobs for students including makeup artistry, photography, modeling, and graphic design, Stitched sponsor Amie Elliott said.  Stitched...

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