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The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

Halal Options needed at South

Sara Rahman and Layla Mohammed
December 17, 2021

Halal lunches can look different. It can even have a chicken sandwich with halal meat. But at South, a halal lunch consists of a mundane uncrustable or boring boxed salad.  When Muslim students like...

Core of Christmas: Family and religion

Bryan Scheffler, guest columnist
December 17, 2021

Every year, my family travels across the pond for Christmas. However, the Christmas of 2017 was unforgiving in the port city of Danzig, Poland. Miles upon miles of frigid Baltic Sea waters battered...

“The best years of your life can be any years of your life”

Dani Carr and Mackenzie Bill
December 17, 2021

Everyone tells us that senior year will be one of the most memorable years in our life, and sometimes, it lives up to this expectation.  Winning a tennis tournament, the homecoming football game, Halloween,...

Feliz Navidad: Different versions of Christmas

Carolina Rodriguez, co-opinions editor
December 17, 2021

Christmas is my favorite holiday.  Ever since I was little, I have counted down the days on my chocolate Advent calendar. I love the holiday because we get to spend time with family and friends, but...

Holy cow! Korean corn dog restaurant worth the visit

Holy cow! Korean corn dog restaurant worth the visit

Clare Lanscioni
December 17, 2021

Eggsum Holycow is a new Glenview-based restaurant that specializes in Korean corn dogs. Korean corn dogs are filled with beef, sausage, mozzarella, or cheddar cheese, then coated in a sweet flour batter. Customers...

I hope that reading will once again become my opportunity to escape

“I hope that reading will once again become my opportunity to escape”

Rachel Koopersmith
December 16, 2021

As a child, I was an avid reader, devouring books daily. I could get lost in novels, particularly dystopian, in just a matter of seconds. Reading was never a chore for me, unlike most of my classmates...

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“How much responsibility do artists have over the crowd during concerts and events?”

Sophia Pinc, Columnist
December 9, 2021

How much responsibility do artists have over the crowd during concerts and events? On Friday, November 5, 2021, eight people were killed and hundreds more were severely injured at what was supposed...

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“This sudden shift back to paper assignments is inconvenient for students”

Riley Shankman, Columnist
December 2, 2021

During the months spent in hybrid learning, everyone relied on their Chromebooks and resources like Zoom, Edpuzzles, Flipgrids, or Google Classroom as new ways to learn from home. As we have shifted back...

Divorce can give opportunity for reflection, self growth

Emily Pavlik, co-sports editor
November 12, 2021

Four tiny lights burned brightly atop a vanilla cake in front of me. Only the flame of my candles and two cell phones were visible in the darkened room.  On my left, my mom captured the moment through...

TV dramas decieve teen audiences

Gaby Yap, asst.features editor
November 12, 2021

High schoolers partying all year, the lack of rigorous academics, and the casting of full-grown adults as "teens'' are all characteristics that make up hit teen shows. Although these teen dramas are designed...

Afghanistan crisis continues, American aid crucial

Humza Kahn and Sufyaan Syed, guest columnists
November 12, 2021

Shortly after the C-17s left the airstrip, attention swung to other issues. The end to America’s longest war had come and gone. Yet, the struggles of the people of Afghanistan are not over. In the...

What happened to civility?

November 12, 2021

“We need some assistance, there has been an altercation,” blasts from the walk- ie talkie on Dean Damien Braude’s desk. He sprints into the hallway packed body to body, and pushes his way...

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