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Signature Variety Show Feature: Alison Tye on the Aerial Loop

Signature Variety Show Feature: Alison Tye on the Aerial Loop

Mollie Cramer and Alexandra Sharp, Staff Reporters
March 14, 2014

Member: Alison Tye  In an originally choreographed routine, Tye performs a series of acrobatic stunts on the Aerial Hoop, also known as a Lyra. This is her seventh year learning and performing...

Unique Career Aspiration: Madeleine Lee - Voice Actress or Anime Writer

Unique Career Aspiration: Madeleine Lee – Voice Actress or Anime Writer

Calli Haramaras and Madison O'Brien, asst. features editor and co-features editor
March 14, 2014

From Garfield to “Adventure Time”, freshman Madeleine Lee has always taken interest in comics and animation. According to Lee, she has wanted to be a voice actress or anime writer since she was young....

Matei excels despite physical limitations, looks  forward to future

Matei excels despite physical limitations, looks forward to future

Victoria Sunkel, Staff Reporter
March 14, 2014

For most South students, walking is an everyday task often taken for granted. For junior Anda Matei, it’s an ability she is grateful to have since she was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, (MD), a...

Students find joy volunteering at Heartland Animal Shelter

Connie Hoekstra, Staff Reporter
March 14, 2014

Junior Abby Brown has always loved dogs, but due to her mother’s pet allergy, she has never been able to have one of her own. Finding a way around this, Brown began volunteering at Heartland Animal Shelter...

South students share fears, phobias

Sally You, Co-Opinions Editor
March 14, 2014

“I really don’t like clowns because when I was about 5, we went to the circus, and they asked for a volunteer to come down and help, and they picked me. When I got down there they let out this midget...

Unique Career Aspiration: Shawn Zachariah - Retirement Home Manager

Unique Career Aspiration: Shawn Zachariah – Retirement Home Manager

Calli Haramaras and Madison O'Brien, asst. features editor, co-features editor
March 14, 2014

Six months ago, senior Shawn Zachariah decided to pursue a career that he had never considered before. After beginning his job as a waiter and host at Chestnut Square at The Glen retirement facility over...

Signature Variety Show Feature: Who Are You?

Signature Variety Show Feature: Who Are You?

Mollie Cramer and Alexandra Sharp, Staff Reporters
March 14, 2014

 Member: senior Julia Jacobs This dance was Jacobs’ third self-choreographed dance during her four years of V-Show. The song is by Fela Kuti, the late Nigerian saxophonist who pioneered Afrobeat,...

Students discuss hobby of ballroom dancing

Nick Panagakis, staff writer
March 13, 2014

One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. Staying on time and on beat is crucial in all forms of dance, but falling off beat will ruin the whole routine in ballroom dancing. Although many people...

South students share experiences of parents working at South

Grace Maher, staff writer
March 4, 2014

Most students go to school in the morning leaving their family life behind. Once they enter school it's a completely different atmosphere full of friends and teachers. However, for some students these...

Peterson visits exotic locales, has life changing experiences

Peterson visits exotic locales, has life changing experiences

Anne Marie Yurik, staff writer
February 27, 2014

From the  Galapagos Islands to Africa, sophomore Matthew Peterson has visited a variety of exotic locations. According to Peterson, he has seen countries in the midst of disaster and some of the most...

Tsolova set to graduate early from South

Dana Sim, Staff Reporter
February 23, 2014

Most students struggle with homework in a single English class, but junior Vassilena Tsolova manages to complete homework in not one but two English classes, which means reading 70 to 80 pages on some...

Students share step-family experiences, reflect on relationships

Students share step-family experiences, reflect on relationships

Rosa Hernandez, staff writer
February 20, 2014

The relationship between Brennan and Dale in the hit movie Stepbrothers can describe the relationship between some South students and their step-siblings. That said, not all step-siblings try to create...

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