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Lasky directs final dance show, encapsulates theme of flight

Ava Mazzei, staff reporter
December 25, 2016

There is something mysterious about the way she moves. The dancer slightly parts her lips and inhales. She pops her hip and sways with the rhythm as the wind swirls through her hair and rustles her eyelashes....

American Sign Language fair revealed the deaf’s struggle to be understood

Lorelei Streb, staff reported
December 23, 2016

The American Sign Language class hosted an art fair in the Student Activity Center, Oct. 28, according to Sign Language Instructor, Rosemarie Carsello. Beside each painting in the fair were two students,...

RULE THE POOL: Lunging forward, senior Maddie McMillin swims the 100 yard breast stroke during the Niles West Dual Meet on Oct. 21.

Women’s swim & dive finishes season with three State qualfiers

Maggie Eschenbach, staff reporter
December 21, 2016

With three state-qualifying swimmers, the Girls’ Swim team finished their season strong, according to head coach Keith MacDonald. Sophomore Alex Dimarco qualified in diving, freshman Alexis Kachkin qualified...

HANDS UP: Jumping off one foot, senior Tessa Cohen (left), junior Anna Tvorah (middle) and junior Alyssa Kopach perform with Poms during the Dance Show on Dec. 9.

Poms start competition season with a win

Caroline O'Shaughnessy, staff reporter
December 20, 2016

The Titan poms started off their competition season with a first place finish at the UVA dance competition held at GBS. The girls are working hard this year to beat last year’s scores, according to head...

Senior Captain Sarah Wojick bends her knees and waits for the point to start against Niles West.

Sarah Wojick commits to Miami University

Grace Marshall, Staff Reporter
December 19, 2016

She is one of a kind. She grabs your attention. She is aggressive. She is varsity  volleyball player, Sarah Wojick. South’s key player has been on the varsity team since her sophomore year. Now a senior...

Successful Speaking: Holding her medal, senior Cassidy Jackson poses for a picture at the Schaumburg Speech Tournament that occurred on Nov. 19. Jackson placed second in the Original Oratory category in which she wrote a five paragraph speech on a topic of choice with a goal of persuading her audience.
Photo courtesy of Nancy Schultz

Speech team works to meet goals, prepares for future tournaments

Lauren Bianco and Brendan Wolf
December 12, 2016

A successful speech team works toward their goals not by sheer luck, but with practice, dedication, teamwork and plenty of support, according to Jidapa Thia, Speech Team co-captain. Thia believes that...

Jammin Jeremiah: Performing at an event, junior Jeremiah Yang plays the classical guitar in front of an audience. According to Yang, he plays mostly classical pieces on the guitar.

Yang takes the stage at Carnegie Hall

Laya Anvari and Caroline O'shaugnessy
December 11, 2016

“Try not to make a mistake.” According to junior Jeremiah Yang, this is what he tells himself when he plays classical guitar in front of an audience. Yang says he has been playing classical guitar...

Supervising Silca: Woodworking teacher Stephen Silca provides insight on senior Jeffrey Mitchells woods project. Silca has been teaching woodworking at South for five years.

Silca provides a role model for woodworking students

Ben Olson and Lorelei Streb
December 8, 2016

There are constant sounds of students quietly chatting, discussing the latest project. As students cut, measure and sand through wood, the strong aroma of sawdust hangs in the air. This happens in the...

Presenting to club members, Sophie Hensley and Chloe McKerr discuss upcoming yoga related events.  Club Younity strives to bring spiritual awareness to the South student body.

Club Younity strives to bring awareness to spirituality among student body

Emily Zimbler and Isabella Albrecht, staff reporter
December 1, 2016

Junior Chloe McKerr sits silently on the floor, focusing solely on her breathing, as she tries to connect with her spiritual self. Despite her stressful schedule, which involves balancing lacrosse, school...

Allergies pose inner struggle, provide learning opportunity

Savera Zulfiqar, columnist
December 1, 2016

I had been throwing up for about seven minutes in a shrub covered ditch that served as the side of a parking lot. It was an unusually cold and cloudy September day back in 2010. My mother asked, “Are...

Singing along to The Spark by Afrojack, senior Saarah Bhaiji shows her Titan spirit in the 2016 GBs lip dub. Bhaiji is an advocate for human rights and social justice for all people. Photo courtesy of GBSTV

South Senior Bhaiji advocates for social justice for all people

Madaket Chiarieri and Mia Merchant
November 28, 2016

Nelson Mandela ended apartheid in South Africa. Martin Luther King, Jr. lead the way to equal rights in America. South senior Saarah Bhaiji isn’t looking to change the world, she just wants to be treated...

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Lockdown provokes shock, calls for serious approach

John Park, Columnist
November 23, 2016

“We are now on a hard lockdown.” The weight of Principal Lauren Fagel’s words immediately froze the school atmosphere. The next instant, I could see the genuine terror in some of the students’...

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