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South community reacts to executive travel ban

Alexandra Sharp, co-features editor
March 17, 2017
illustration by Sarah Warner

Students contemplate stigmas surrounding Glenview’s neighborhoods

Alexandra Sharp and Abby Grant
February 10, 2017
illustration by Sarah Warner

South financial aid recipients face stigma; school responds, works to provide relief

Alexandra Sharp, co-features editor
November 4, 2016
Love for Lola: Already stunned by the performance, senior Alexandra Sharp poses with J. Harrison Ghee who played Lola in the musical, Kinky Boots. The musical has won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical in 2013.

“Kinky Boots'” choreography, humor dazzle in star-studded production

Alexandra Sharp, co-features editor
September 30, 2016
RETIREMENT READY: Joining together to reminisce about their careers, South retiring faculty prepares to end the school year for one last time. These staff members have devoted countless years to helping students learn and grow. Featured from left to right: (top) Jerry Zabin, John Lewis, Todd Hansen, Peter Masciopinto, Terry Jozwik, Marty Sirvatka, (bottom) Janice Osowski, Ellen Eichler, Mary Vicars, Kay Sopocy, Dawn Fendt. Not featured: Fred Kocian, Carol May.

Retirement is now in session: South faculty say goodbye to GBS with lasting memories, relationships, legacies

Alexandra Sharp, Eliza Schloss, Brigid Murphy, Hannah Buchband, Anne Marie Yurik, Yoon Kim, Youjin Shon, Savera Zulfiqar, Kathy Yoo, Abby Grant, Aakash Bhojwani & John Park, and Kyle O'Shaughnessy & Maggie Eschenbach
May 24, 2016
Standing outside of a cabin at an American Diabetes Association camp in northern Illinois, freshman Megan Stettler (top) and her fellow campers pose with their OmniPods, an insulin management system for type 1 diabetes. Stettler, as well as other South students, has worked to raise awareness and foster relationships with others affected by their illnesses.

Students discuss illnesses, overcome adversity

Leah Dunne and Alexandra Sharp
April 22, 2016
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY: Wearing crop tops in defiance, students at the Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto protest their school’s “sexist” dress code in May of 2015. This particular instance is just one of many, as an increasing number of schools begin a debate over the controversy surrounding dress code policies.

Dress codes in schools: ensuring appropriateness or sexist, stifling?

Alexandra Sharp, co-features editor
April 22, 2016
Q&A with Samuel Jaffe

Q&A with Samuel Jaffe

Alexandra Sharp, co-features editor
March 11, 2016

Q&A with freshman Samuel Jaffe, Johns Hopkins world’s brightest student award recipient

Alexandra Sharp , co-features editor
March 3, 2016

Problems with school warrant real request for change

Alexandra Sharp, Features editor
March 2, 2016

Over-analyzing school texts restricts overall understanding

Alexandra Sharp, Asst. Features Editor
April 24, 2015

With new age, comes new choices: As South Students turn 18, they choose whether or not to exercise their right to vote.

Alexandra Sharp, asst features editor
November 7, 2014

Allergy awareness proves crucial in everyday lives

Alexandra Sharp, asst. features editor
October 3, 2014
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