The Oracle

LGBTQ+ students face obstacles, fight for acceptance

Imra Tajuddin, co-editor in chief
December 14, 2018

Sunday June 28, 2015: hoards of people across the U.S flooded the streets adorned in rainbows in celebration of a monumental step in the fight for gay rights—the legalization of same-sex marriage in...

Students who make podcasts express their opinions just through talking

Gigi Cepeda, co-editor in chief
December 3, 2018

Sitting in South’s radio room, seniors Seth Davenport and Peter Kamajian paint a picture of the udu, a rare Nigerian percussion instrument used mainly for ceremonies of the Igbo people. The instrument...

District switches to zero-based budgeting system

Eliza Schloss - co-editor-in-chie and Mary Grace Reynolds - co-news editor
November 12, 2018

Beginning this year, District 225 implemented a zero-based budgeting policy in which budgets are dependent purely on necessity. This policy affects the athletic, academic and student activities...

South honors custodian Cliff Williams’ memory

Grace Shin, co editor-in-chief
October 6, 2017

Custodian Cliff Williams passed away on Sept. 9 in his sleep. Williams, commonly known as Cliffy, worked at South for 15 years in the Maintenance Department. The school held a memorial in his honor on...

Trump resistance rally garners further Republican respect

Anne Marie Yurik & Alexandra Sharp, co-editor in chief, co-features editor
November 13, 2016

At a Trump resistance rally at Indiana’s capitol building on Saturday, Nov. 12, Republicans furthered our respect. We’re not going to lie; everybody has political bias; however, we wanted to cover...

Batman v. Superman wrongly under-credited by critics

Hannah Mason, co-editor-in-chief
April 22, 2016

Something that most people, even my closest friends, fail to realize about me is what a huge superhero fan I am. When I’m feeling bored, I’ll read articles to try to learn more about the comic universe....

Faking It: South students discuss varying levels of involvement with fake IDs

Dani Tuchman & Gracie Sands, co-editor-in-cheif & asst.-features editor
April 22, 2016

It’s a Friday night, and you’re now ready to unwind and have some fun. Not only have you agreed to host your group of friends, but you’re also in charge of supplying the alcohol for the evening....

Baseball looks to improve losing record

Hannah Mason, co-editor-in-chief
April 22, 2016

The men’s baseball team has currently amassed a record of 3. According to senior captain Jordan Libman, the men are hoping to place top in Conference and make it to Regionals or the Sectional Semi-Finals...

Shadowhunters disappoints with cliché development

Hannah Mason, co-editor-in-chief
March 11, 2016

As of late, it almost seems like every TV show, movie or book has followed the same formula: a random teenager is living a ‘normal’ life, then something goes wrong and they are suddenly thrown into...

Deadpool intrigues mature audiences

Lauren Frias, co-editor-in-chief
March 11, 2016

Reeling in a massive $135 million in sales just during opening weekend, a new Marvel movie broke the box office early February. Contrary to the expected goody-goody atmosphere of your average Marvel movie,...

Star Wars films inspire many, unite generations

Lauren Frias and Nick Moran
February 8, 2016

The room is dimly lit, and silence falls upon the audience in the theater. The quiet ambiance is quickly disrupted by a blaring trumpet fanfare, and an all too familiar yellow font fills the blank theater...

Failure implicates necessity to evaluate, not digress from progress

Lauren Frias, co-editor-in-chief
December 18, 2015

When I was eight-years-old, I was to play at my first piano recital. At that point, I had only been playing for a few months, and my teacher gave me the freedom to showcase any song of my choosing. Searching...