Opinions – Page 8 – The Oracle

Teens in hospitals lack representation and entertainment

February 8, 2019

The Best Songs of 2018: Reviews by 8th grade guest-writers on their favorite songs of the year

January 30, 2019

“Familiar” from Steven Universe review by Drew Whitford “Familiar” from the Cartoon Network show Steven Universe is potentially the greatest song from the show’s 5-year run. The song follows the main character...

Oracle After Hours: Henry Schleizer on the Bears and their rebuild

Henry Schleizer, co-opinions editor

December 21, 2018

‘Tis the season. The holidays are right around the corner, people are happy, Christmas has been ushered in with flurries of decorative lights, pine trees and (very) ugly sweaters. To go along with the good times, the Chicag...

Holiday season calls for religious awareness

December 14, 2018

Overly political: the pervasion of politics in places where it doesn’t belong

Tommy Marquardt, asst. web editor

December 14, 2018

I hate talking politics. I hate that bringing this up is even necessary, but I feel like it needs to be said: the world is getting too political. The fact that political beliefs spawn legitimate hatred among people with differin...

Personal identity proves not black and white

December 14, 2018

Smiling with Santa Claus (left), the Easter Bunny (center) and her younger sister (right), Gwyn Skiles celebrates Christmas and Easter as a young child. Much of Skiles’s fun and festivity during the holidays came from her belief in these mythological characters, which she maintained through the age of eight.

Mythological characters inspire magical moments

December 14, 2018

Spotlight on South

Declan Hood, Nathanael Levan

December 14, 2018

Mark Dallas, the school resource officer at Dixon High School, stopped a school shooting back in May, as stated by The New York Times. After hearing gunshots, Dallas raced to the shooter and shot him once, stopping the perpetrat...

Molly's mission: Smiling with a camper, senior Molly Stryker (right) poses for a photo after a hike. Stryker spent a week at Adam’s Camp over the summer.

Exposure to individuals with special needs promotes inclusion

December 14, 2018

Suicide language becomes normalized among student body

December 14, 2018

Gratitude for service not conveyed through applications

Sheila Fogarty, columnist

December 14, 2018

When my mother offered to buy Diego ice cream, he replied, “Solo quiero una hamburguesa para llevar.” It was 6-year-old Diego’s first time on a school field trip to Lake Atitlán, and after traveling awhile and eating a ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle enjoying Christmas Day in 2017. The royal couple were wed on May 19, 2018.

Oracle After Hours: Gwyn Skiles on letting love win

December 7, 2018