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Making waves: Radio proves impactful

Andrew Kurland, guest columnist
March 18, 2022

From 1,700 miles away, I appreciate WGBK. I appreciate the way it has impacted the lessons I’ve learned and the experience I have carried into a fulfilling career and great college program. While the...

Grammys review roundup

Charlie Bickel, staff writer
March 18, 2022

With the postponement of this year’s Grammys until April 3, due to Covid-19, I had the time to sit down and actually listen to each of the nominated songs beforehand. I made it my goal this year to listen...

Fine Arts Experts : Outside hires Marla Lampert (bottom right), Mike Vilches (left), and Dave Levit (top right) bring new ideas to South’s Fine Arts Department. The three direct V-Show, lead percussion groups, and work on sound design, repsectively, and all have additional jobs outside of working at South. Photos courtesy of Marla Lampert, Mike Vilches, and Dave Levit

Priceless perspectives

Sloane Shabelman, co-a&e editor
March 18, 2022

From killer kicklines to phenomenal percussionists, students are led to excellence by numerous staff in the Fine Arts Department who only use their talents at South part-time, but also work  in professional...

How To Be A Human Being hits all the right notes

Maddie Cloutier, co-features editor
March 18, 2022

How to be a Human Being by Glass Animals, a British alternative band, was released on Aug. 26, 2016 as their second full album. Since then, Glass Animals released Dreamland in 2020, which has received...

Chu expresses outlooks, passions through journalism

Justine Liu, staff writer
March 18, 2022

Openly expressing one’s opinions can be a tricky task, especially as a high schooler. Sophomore Winston Chu, however, finds his voice through writing, as he shares a student’s perspective on topics...

Compelling Scenes: (Left) The Exiles focuses on Yan Jiaqi, Wu’er Kiaxi, and Wan Runan (Left to right), who were exiled from China after the Tiannanmen Square protests of 1989. (Right) Filmmaker Christine Choy worked to reconnect with the dissidents after she lost contact with them over 30 years ago. Photos courtesy of The Exiles/Christine Choy & The Exiles/Connor K. Smith

TV & Film alumni leave Sundance with a win

Anna Marquardt, co-a&e editor
March 18, 2022

As he submitted his film, The Exiles, to the Jan. 2022 Sundance Film Festival, cinematographer Connor Smith recalled the years of hard work that went into the film. The Exiles won the Grand Jury Prize...

On Air: For their Wednesday afternoon radio show, seniors Will Kasher and Adam Szczerbowski broadcast live from WGBK’s Studio K. Photo by Cali Wilkinson

Broadcasting program celebrates milestone

Sofia Cole, staff writer
March 18, 2022

For the past 40 years, WGBK, South and North’s combined radio station, has been the voice of the community, offering radio shows, sports commentary, student-selected music, and commercial programming....

Poke Bros proves delicious- but expensive

Poke Bros proves delicious- but expensive

Clare Lanscioni, Food Columnist
February 17, 2022

A new lunch spot in Plaza Del Prado just opened for South students to enjoy customizable poke bowls. Poke Bros. serves Hawaiian poke bowls, usually assembled with a rice base and diced raw fish and toppings....

Photo courtesy of Penguin Random House

McManus turns murder into page-turner

Emily Pavlik, co-sports editor
February 11, 2022

After writing The New York Times Bestselling book, One of Us is Lying, Karen M. McManus has created yet another suspenseful murder mystery novel titled You’ll be the Death of Me. The novel follows the...

Marvelous musicians:  Posing for a photo (left to right) North students seniors Abby Rench and Changwoo Yu and South students senior David Lukaszcyk, sophomore Andrew Yang, and juniors Peter Hitzeman and Anthony Tu, unite at the ILMEA state musical festival. 
Photo courtesy of Peter Hitzeman

At ILMEA, melodies ring, choirs sing, musicians do their thing

Hannah Kahhat, staff writer
February 11, 2022

The smooth, melodic sounds of musical masters filled the room as the six musicians representing South performed at the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) state music festival. From Jan. 26-29,...

“Comfort” characters, movies aid students through troubling times

Anna Marquardt, co-a&e editor
February 11, 2022

Junior Kevyn Kerwin sat on her bed, alone and bored. The pandemic had isolated her physically and emotionally, and she was in desperate need of something comforting. She opened her computer and turned...

Munich: The Edge of War combines intense emotional conflict, suspenseful espionage to illustrate chaotic beginnings of WWII

Jack Rogula, asst. a&e editor
February 11, 2022

Sandbags and barbed wire line the streets where market booths once stood. Barrage balloons fly high above gothic cathedrals and ministry buildings. Gas masks are carried in the pockets of every man, woman,...

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