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Titan pride is more than just dances and football games

Titan pride is more than just dances and football games

Ellie Ruos, co-features editor
June 12, 2020

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...

Illustration by Ella Prillaman

Thank U, Next: Students learn from romantic relationships

Ellie Ruos, co-features editor
February 14, 2020

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,...

Seniors part of the Senior Summit design committee work together to hang up the artwork in the gallery. 
According to senior Colin McCarthy (middle), their goal was to create a united collage from all art submissions.

Senior project brings unity to class of 2020

Ellie Ruos, co-features editor
December 20, 2019

“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”...

Amazing Adventures: Ziplining through the trees, Science Teacher Jessica Pritzker stands on the Monteverde zipline, the longest in Costa Rica. Pritzker spent her pre-honeymoon in Costa Rica in December before
getting married the next January.

Teachers travel around the globe, learn essential life lessons

Ellie Ruos, co-features editor
April 22, 2019

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...

Looking to pass, senior Nomun Saintur prepares to throw the ball as an Evanston Township defender attempts to block it. The Titans lost to the the Wildkits 15-7 on April 6 at the Titan Co-ed Tournament.

Girls’ water polo focuses on positive mindsets

Ashley Desserich, sports editor
April 22, 2019

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...

Pulling the oars in sync, South’s rowing team prepares for the first regatta on March 23.

Girls’ rowing team continues to grow through first season

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...

Olivia Smoliga (right) hugs Austrian swimmer, Caroline Pilhatsch, at the FINA World Swimming Championships after finishing the 50-meter backstroke on December 15, 2018. Smoliga placed first, beating Pilhatsch by 0.11 seconds.

South alum dives into professional swimming

Ashley Desserich and Molly Stryker
March 15, 2019

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...

Actress Kiernan Shipka portrays timeless character Sabrina Spellman in Netflix’s chilling reboot of the comic strip and sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch. From left to right, actresses Tati Gabrielle, Abigail Cowen and Adeline Rudolph play the antagonistic, Macbeth-esque Weird Sisters in the show, which has been renewed for a second season.

Sabrina reboot wickedly good

Ellie Ruos, co-features editor
February 8, 2019

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...

Astrology supports self-identity, forms connections

Astrology supports self-identity, forms connections

Ellie Ruos and Josie Schneider
December 14, 2018

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...

Illustration by Margo Kazak

Birth control stigma casts shadow on other reasons for use

Ellie Ruos and Violet Guzman-Robles
November 12, 2018

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...

Cool Kayaking:   Kayaking through the Prince William Sound, Junior Ellie Ruos (second from the right) navigates the waters with her friends. Ruos went on a backpacking trip throughout the Alaskan wilderness, with nothing but the untouched world ahead of her. Photo courtesy of Wilderness Adventures

Environmental awareness promotes new way of life

Ellie Ruos, co-features editor
September 28, 2018

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...

Dribbling up the field, junior Mary Jane McNary focuses on the ball during her game on Sept. 12 against Loyola. Photo by Maricel Lehner

Field hockey strives to improve quality of play for playoffs

Ashley Desserich, co-sports editor
September 28, 2018

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...

TIME’S UP FOR TITAN:  Performing on stage, Beth Barber, English and Drama teacher looks to the audience during her act. Barber is retiring after 34 years of teaching Drama and English at South.

Lasting Impact: 2018 Retirees – Beth Barber

Ellie Ruos, co-features editor
May 25, 2018

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...

BROTHERLY BOND: Feeding his baby brother, junior Jacob Snyder practices his new big brother duties. Snyder’s family, who adopted their Safe Family child, is just one of many South families who have participated in the Safe Families foster care program, where children from families in crisis get the help they need until things become more stable at home.

South students participate in Safe Families foster care program

Ashley Desserich and Molly Stryker
March 16, 2018

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....

Culture II delivers quality tracks, weakened by unnecessary length

Culture II delivers quality tracks, weakened by unnecessary length

Jack Davis and Aidan Graham
February 9, 2018

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...

Sophomore Phillip Norton takes to the skies, pursues aviation career

Sophomore Phillip Norton takes to the skies, pursues aviation career

Ellie Ruos, asst. features editor
February 9, 2018

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...

IN THE ZONE: Concentrating on her eight-angled pose, senior Alexandra Anderson practices yoga at Core Power Yoga Studio (above). Gazing at her hand, Anderson strikes a Lord of the Dance pose (below). Anderson started practicing yoga three years ago and intends to continue into the future.

Yoga inspires positivity, provides mindfulness

Ashley Desserich, asst. features editor
February 9, 2018

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...

Illustration by: Sophia Lau

Test anxiety proves prominent at South

Ellie Ruos, asst. features editor
December 22, 2017

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...

Running in a cross country race, freshman Luke Gregory smiles toward the finish line.

South goes gold to support the Gregory family

Caroline O'Shaughnessy and Ellie Ruos
November 10, 2017

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...

GBS honors generational teaching

Ellie Ruos, asst. features editor
October 6, 2017

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...

INTEREST IN INTERIOR: Tuning in to their teacher, sophomores Avery Jerva and Caroline Sultz intently listen to Mellissa Regan, Interior Design teacher, explaining an upcoming project. Interior Design is a project-based class. The ultimate goal  is to help students find and express their unique style through design.

Interior Design provides creative outlet for students

Ashley Desserich, asst. features editor
October 6, 2017

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 tackles two new projects: charitable garden, book donations

Ashley Desserich, staff reporter
June 13, 2017

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 adds two new clubs, hopes to add new members

Interact club adds two new clubs, hopes to add new members

Ashley Desserich, staff reporter
May 26, 2017

  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...

Glenbrook Foundation benefit raises-record breaking amount

Glenbrook Foundation benefit raises-record breaking amount

Jack Davis, staff reporter
May 26, 2017

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...

Diligent   Delegate:   Examining the notes compiled by the GBS Model UN team, Alex Economou, Model UN publicity chair, tries to plan the day’s different crisis committees and simulations. Economou has been a part of the GBS Model UN team since he was a freshman, and his involvement and resulting enthusiasm have brought him unique opportunities including writing for a Model UN blog and a spot on the All American Model UN team. 
Photo by Sophie Mason

Economou’s Model UN involvement provides new opportunities

Jack Davis and Ashley Desserich
April 21, 2017

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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