People always told me that junior year would be the hardest year in high school, but I never believed them.
Until the start of second semester, my junior year was going pretty well. I had a fair amount...
Patrick Mahomes, the quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs, was in kindergarten when Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl. Eighteen years later, as the two quarterbacks prepare to face off in Super Bowl...
Trigger Warning: This column contains mention of suicide and depression
On Jan. 7th, the Glenbrook North administration informed students of the passing of senior Dylan Buckner. The news rocked our...
As someone who spends a considerable amount of time on Twitter, I can attest to the fact that pressing the “post” button is sometimes too easy. Firing out a 200-character Tweet can seem so innocuous...
When I was in elementary school, I would wake up on a cold winter morning and rush to look out my window. The sight of snow on the ground would excite me.
I would bolt down the stairs, eager to eat...
With 2020 crawling to an end, we are finishing a year that has left us no shortage of memories. From the relatively few highs to the litany of lows, these moments will be with us for a very long time.
As...
As a child, Emmett Kyoshi Wilson, a South freshman with Down Syndrome, had difficulty writing. In an effort to get anything into his hand, his mom, Kathy Menighan Wilson, tried handing him a paint brush...
I love watching movies. Nothing melts away the stress of school, makes you forget that argument with your parents or is a better way to procrastinate than getting lost in a movie.
Throughout quarantine,...
2020 has changed many people's perceptions of the world around them. People are becoming more aware, and more involved, in the changes unfolding around us. While some changes were much more obvious—like...
Let’s be honest here, who doesn’t want to be Sophie from Mamma Mia? Daphne from What a Girl Wants? How about Emily in Paris?
But seriously, as much as I love my everyday routine of crawling out...
Bright and early before school starts, South service members eagerly hop out of bed to join Zoom calls for their 7:30 a.m. club meetings. Like all clubs at South, Key Club and Interact, two of South’s...
Who is your favorite Harry Potter character? What is your Hogwarts house? These are the types of questions raised in South’s new club, Lumos, which is not only filled with Harry Potter discussions, but...
