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GARBA NIGHT: SASA members along with community members celebrate the Hindu Holiday Navratri by dancing around the goddess Ambika (not pictured). photo by Nur Yalinbas

Sharing South Asian culture, experiences at SASA

Molly Tomczyk, staff writer
December 16, 2022

When walking into Room 2139, known as The Emerald City, anyone can hear the voices of students buzzing with energy and making connections. The South Asian Student Association (SASA) creates a sense of...

Tattoos, piercings inspire self-expression

Maddie Cloutier, a&e editor
December 16, 2022

Please be advised the article below mentions sexual assault, which could potentially be triggering. A body modification is defined as any method of permanently adorning the body, according to Dictionary.com....

Students soar toward pilots licenses

Max Beitzel, asst. features editor
December 16, 2022

Senior PJ Tamul spends three hours almost every Sunday thousands of feet in the air, flying an airplane high above the clouds. Along with other students at South, Tamul loves piloting airplanes in his...

Trusting the Process: Nicky envisions a dress design for one of his fashion class projects.

Nicky DeRosa: Designer in the making

Sarah Al-Jawhar, asst. features editor
December 16, 2022

At eight years old, junior Nicky DeRosa picked up a needle and thread for the first time. Sorting through newly thrifted clothes with his mom, they realized that many of the clothes were not the correct...

Illustration by Hyun Park

Recipe for Relaxation

Features Editors
December 12, 2022

CHOCOLATE CRINKLES Family recipe of Anna Marquardt Ingredients:  1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 cups white sugar 1/2 cup vegetable oil 4 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups...

ATV students premiere All Right film

ATV students premiere “All Right” film

Lynn Lee, staff writer
December 1, 2022

The 25-minute film, All Right, produced by ten South alumni and six seniors from the Advanced Television and Film (ATV) class, premiered on Nov. 26 for free admission at Pickwick Theater in Park Ridge,...

A Culinary Arts Thanksgiving

A Culinary Arts Thanksgiving

Maia Weissman, staff writer
November 22, 2022

Every year on the day before Thanksgiving break,  Student Resource Time (SRT) room 1176 is transformed overnight into a pop-up restaurant. Complete with warm lighting, linens, and fine art and paintings...

“100 Titans Dijeron” improves Spanish skills

“100 Titans Dijeron” improves Spanish skills

Vera Vassilyeva, staff writer
November 22, 2022

Spanish Teacher Matt Johlie’s Spanish 563 students organized “100 Titans Dijeron”, an activity similar to the TV game show Family Feud,  for the underclassmen Spanish students to participate in...

Faith provides support, guidance

Anna Marquardt, co-features editor
November 10, 2022

In the countryside of Mongolia, sophomore Row Seitz sat in a small tent, alone with a Shaman shielding his face with armor. As a drum thumped in the background, Seitz explained that she was instructed...

Spirituality aids self-improvement

Sofia Cole, co-features editor
November 10, 2022

Inspecting the spread of colorful tarot cards laid meticulously in front of her, junior Sarah Carr begins to analyze the position, meaning, and surroundings of each card, giving her the guidance to understand...

From Pi Day to Soup Club, teachers embrace tradition

Sofia Cole and Milutin Todorovic
November 10, 2022

Whether it’s chicken noodle soup, lobster bisque, or clam chowder, the Social Studies Department has likely prepared it for one of their Soup Mondays. Once a week, Soup Club tries a different type of...

Time for South to BeReal.

Anna Marquardt and Max Beitzel
November 10, 2022

Once a day, the BeReal app sends out a notification to every user, offering a two minute window to post a picture of what users are doing at that exact moment. When the notification goes off during the...

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