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Physical appearance limits insight into character of individuals

Physical appearance limits insight into character of individuals

Sally You, co-opinions editor
April 21, 2014

On the week of March 31, I gave up my yoga pants and comfy T-shirts to conduct an experiment to observe how the South community would respond if I started dressing as “promiscuously” as my gut would...

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Reflections on Beauty: My experience with pressures of plastic surgery

Sally You, co-opinions editor
March 14, 2014

Let me give you a general overview of my face: my eyes happen to be on the smaller side, my jawline more sharp, and while my nose bridge isn’t incredibly low, it’s definitely not high. I admit that...

South students share fears, phobias

Sally You, Co-Opinions Editor
March 14, 2014

“I really don’t like clowns because when I was about 5, we went to the circus, and they asked for a volunteer to come down and help, and they picked me. When I got down there they let out this midget...

ONE BIG FAMILY: With three stepsiblings, two biological siblings, her biological father and stepmom, senior Maya Bassin (third from right) stands with the big family she always wanted.

Gaining stepparents and stepsiblings positively affect South students’ lives

Kelsey Pogue, co-web editor
February 7, 2014

While the cliché “evil stepmother” and “nasty stepsiblings” may hold true in movies, this is not the real case for certain South students. Senior Maya Bassin’s parents divorced when she was...

Diversity of religious practice calls for tolerance

Diversity of religious practice calls for tolerance

Sally You, co-opinions editor
November 8, 2013

Even though I’m Christian, growing up, I didn’t pay attention to my Sunday School teacher when she told stories about Noah and the Ark or David and Goliath because they were boring and seemed unrealistic....

Shellard, Ferguson challenge Cascades, create series of misadventures

Shellard, Ferguson challenge Cascades, create series of misadventures

Kelsey Pogue, co-web editor
October 4, 2013

From getting their rental car towed to having a near-death experience, TV/Broadcasting teacher Mark Ferguson and Dr. James Shellard, student activities director, went through the adventure of traversing...

Living with parents who dont speak English

Living with parents who don’t speak English

Sally You, Co-Opinions Editor
October 4, 2013

When I was 4 years old, I was sent off to preschool with a typical Asian bob cut, a really hard-to-pronounce Korean name and the stereotypical habit of holding up the peace sign whenever someone took a...

Bigelow copes with depression through self-started knitting business

Sally You, asst. a&e editor
March 11, 2013

One in 20 teens in the United States suffer from clinical depression, which impairs one’s ability to carry on without mood disorders and changes in behavior and physical health, according to notmykid.org. Unfortunately,...

Lucky Cubed

Sally You, asst. a&e
October 5, 2012

Surfing the web has become an everyday routine for the majority of teens today. Depending on  a teen’s interests, the websites they visit and things they do online may vary. Typically, the average...

Political differences within family

Kelsey Pogue, asst. web editor
October 5, 2012

Everywhere students look, there is information about the upcoming presidential election: from TV ads to articles in history class. Although many students seem to share political views with their parents,...

South Students Take on Adventure at Summer Camp

Kelsey Pogue, staff reporter
June 8, 2012

Every year, summer camp serves as a fun and safe place children can stay while their parents work. In fact, more than 11 million children and adults attend or work at camp annually, according to the American...

Creative creating in Architecture course

Sally You, staff reporter
March 28, 2012

While Photography, Child Development, Foods and Nutrition and Autos are among the highly populated electives South students take, Architecture is one applied art class not many students seem to know about. The...

Loved ones fight for our country

Kelsey Pogue, staff reporter
February 3, 2012

Senior CC Hoogland and her brother sophomore Sam Hoogland’s lives were altered when their oldest brother, McLain Hoogland, joined the Marines after college—a path none of their siblings have yet to...

Day in the life of South models: adolescent ambitions

Sally You, staff reporter
February 3, 2012

Among the exceedingly talented groups of students at South, there is a small population of students that look to pursue careers in the modeling industry. Sophomore Gaby Biczek’s dream of becoming...

Onward progression of helping city kids

Sally You, Staff Writer
January 17, 2012

Onward House is a non-profit organization that strives to provide education, childcare and family support services to those in need of it. South students mainly participate as tutors for the School Age...

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