All content by Jack Davis
I always thought having school spirit meant that you were banging the buckets with Titan Nation at a football game, marching in the Homecoming parade and going to pep rallies and school dances. There is...
In third grade, Valentine’s Day meant a class party in your homeroom. It meant Sweetarts, Hershey’s Kisses, and conversation hearts. It meant telling your crush on the playground that you like them,...
“Kindness.” “Justice.” “Freedom.” “Fun.” These are just a few of the abstract nouns the senior class used to capture their core values during a moment of reflection. “A View of the Summit”...
It’s wasn’t until he traveled solo around the world that Ceramics Teacher Kurt Webb realized there is adventure to be found everywhere. After traveling within the United States and out to Japan, New...
Huddling as a team minutes before the clock starts and the game begins, the girls’ water polo team runs through their strategies and motivates each other for the battle ahead. As they break away, senior...
As the boat glided across the water in the heat of the summer of 2017, then- 8th-grader Meredith Jenny rowed for hours discovering her newfound passion. As the summer came to an end, now-South-freshman...
Stepping up on the starting block as a high school swimmer at South, Olivia Smoliga always dreamt of competing at the Olympic level. Now, as a 24 year old attending the University of Georgia, she has...
I was on a “witch hunt” (although I don’t particularly care for that term) for a good binge-worthy TV show when I came across The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. After watching the entire first...
Looking up at the stars, junior Jordan Dahiya sees much more than blobs of twinkling lights surrounding a glowing moon. When she looks up, she sees her future. When she looks up, she sees her past. When...
Swallowing a birth control pill every night only takes a few seconds out of junior Jenny Wallace’s* daily routine. Yet in this simple act, Wallace feels she gains the power to take control of her body...
All my life I have lived the same routine. I’ve grown up in the same Glenview culture, surrounded by the Glenview “bubble.” I use that word, “bubble” not in a negative way, but with a more bittersweet...
The varsity field hockey team, led by Head Coach Tom Rosenbaum and Senior Captains Sophia Bruno, Megan Chin and Shannon Schmitt, started off their season this fall with a 8-0 record and hopes to find the...
From directing plays to grading essays, Beth Barber, English and Drama Teacher, believes her time at South has been incredibly rewarding. After 34 years in the classroom, Barber is savoring the last few...
Laughing together at the dinner table, sophomore Ashley Davis and her family get to know their newest foster care child. Through conversation, Davis notices the joy and energy these kids bring to her family....
Migos. For most, the sheer name of the Atlanta rap trio brings a multitude of different emotions and opinions. One area that everyone can agree on, however, is their ability to stay relevant since their...
Flying a plane solo at the age of 15 isn’t usually considered “common,” according to Franklin Burbank, professional flying instructor of Citrus Soaring Club in Pierson, Florida. But this is a reality...
After a stressful day of school, senior Alexandra Anderson walks into a yoga class, leaving her to-do list behind. She lays out her mat at the front of the candle-lit room and begins teaching the class...
Junior Lily Dolan sits down to take her next round of ACT tests, hoping to score a few points higher than last time in order to receive a scholarship from her dream college that she knows her family wouldn’t...
In 2017, roughly 15,270 children and adolescents up to the age of 19 will be diagnosed with some form of pediatric cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute. This year, when freshman Luke Gregory...
It’s no secret that South is filled with many former students who come back to become teachers in the same classrooms they grew up in. However, most don’t know a number of these GBS graduates now work...
Emersed in various shades of paint swatches and carpet samples, Interior Design students find themselves facing many decisions that will ultimatley result in a room designed completely to their indivual...
Interact club added two new events to their calendar this year. The two projects included the construction of gardening boxes for a South Suburban high school and a book collection for a national program...
Interact club added two new events to their calendar this year. The two projects included the construction of gardening boxes for a South Suburban high school and a book collection for a national...
The Glenbrook Foundation held its fifth annual “Night of Glenbrook Theater” fundraiser on Saturday, April 29, raising a record-breaking $25,000 to fund various programs that assist both students and...
For most students at South, participation in clubs doesn’t include working for an online blog, attending interstate camps or traveling to Budapest, Hungary. However, junior Alex Economou’s passion...
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