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Cautiously measuring the amount of milk needed for her recipe, junior Kate Voss  works to create a delicious meal. Voss is the president of Souths new club Cooking for a Cause, which combines cooking with community service. Photo courtesy by Kate Voss

Up-and-coming club aids community through cooking

Taylor Everson, staff reporter
March 3, 2017

Between the rich aromas of comfort food and the sizzling of frying pans comes a new meaning to the term "cooking". With the desire to help others, South's new club, Cooking for a Cause, aims to use food...

Photo illustration

South freshmen adjust to high school workload

Zhaneta Petra, staff reporter
March 3, 2017

Aug. 22, 2016 initiated the start of South’s class of 2020’s adventure in high school. Whether the freshmen were ready or not, their journey had begun. Freshman Adair McMahon describes feeling both...

While working in their biology class, Mike Hatfield and Abby Coleman perform a lab.  Along with others, these S.T.E.M. juniors students took part in the project Cancer for the Common Good which shed new light on how to cure different diseases with cancer cells.

S.T.E.M. biology students reconsider stereotypes through Cancer for the Common Good

Amanda Tener, staff reporter
February 28, 2017

Imagine being given the opportunity to solve a biological issue or disease. Perhaps you would want to cure an illness that affects someone in your family, or maybe solve a problem that affects many people,...

Photo dramatization by Maddy Ruos

Transient students adjust to South community

Julia Patterson, staff reporter
February 24, 2017

Imagine it is the night before the first day of school. Locker combinations are being memorized, classes mapped out and new outfits picked for the day ahead. All the faces that make up Glenbrook South’s...

GBS TV students discuss passion for film

Ava Mazzei, staff reporter
February 23, 2017

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of Glenbrook South Television or what really happens behind the Friday morning announcements, the fall sports clips, and the famous lip dubs? Members...

Dismissing Drama: Tricking each other and betraying their friends, the characters of Mean Girls encompass all girl drama cliches. Movies like this, and others, show how bullying is misconstrued as an exclusively female problem.

Society wrongly dismisses bullying as solely female problem

Savera Zulfiqar, columnist
February 23, 2017

You are the Greek Titan Atlas. Besides the weight of the world on your shoulders, there’s also some guy there punching you repeatedly in the neck. You try and get this guy off your case, but you can’t...

Maintenance department reflects on gratitude from South community

Laya Anvari, staff reporter
February 22, 2017

The halls and classrooms of Glenbrook South may seem empty after students depart the building, but what is rarely witnessed is the hard work that goes into keeping the school clean after hours. Aneta...

South students consider post-high school ROTC enrollment

Sharon Kim, Staff reporter
February 16, 2017

The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), founded in 1916, is one of the most vigorous and successful leadership programs in the country, according to Today’s Military. In exchange for military service...

Performers in Peoria: Kristin Meyer and Aaron Kaplan, GSO co-conductors, pose for a picture with ILMEA state finalists Ellis Cho, Jack Sundstrom, Jack Kelly (top), Kayleigh Markulis, Andrea Radaios and Emma Brooks (bottom) at the ILMEA state festival. The festival took place from Jan. 26-28 in Peoria.

South musicians perform at ILMEA state festival

Brendan Wolf, staff reporter
February 15, 2017

Hundreds of students stand together and sing in harmony while conductors lead ensembles. Are we at the Chicago Symphony? No, we’re at the ILMEA state festival, where high school students pave the way...

21 Pilots

The Best Singles of 2016: Now that a full month (and the Grammys) have passed, we asked some 8th-grader guest-writers to break down their favorite songs of 2016. Check them out:

February 15, 2017

Esther Lim “Heavy Dirty Soul” by Twenty One Pilots The pinnacle of a meaningful song lies on its lyrics, and the emotional fulfillment of the listener’s ability to relate to the lyrics is hard...

Conducting Kaplan: Performing music from the musical, Sweeney Todd, the orchestra for the All State Musical is led by Aaron Kaplan, Glenbrook Symphony Orchestra director. The orchestra contained students from South and schools across Illinois.

South students take part in Illinois All State Musical, Sweeney Todd

Susie You and Gabby Zabat
February 14, 2017

Audience members rush into the auditorium as they wait in anticipation for the gruesome, memorable and historic play. Behind the velvet curtains lie the Illinois All State Musical, Sweeney Todd, as students...

A way with words: Junior Gina Kim edits her essay on comfort women. This essay won Kim the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) award for the First Amendment Freedoms Art and Essay Contest.

ADL recognizes Kim for social justice, heritage

Eliz Akgun, staff reporter
February 14, 2017

This past November junior Gina Kim was the first place recipient of the 2016 First Amendment Freedoms Art and Essay Contest for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in which she was awarded a $5,000 scholarship...

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