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The Oracle’s 2018-2019 Editors-In-Chief advise the Class of 2020

Eliza Schloss, former co-editor-in-chief
June 12, 2020

I constantly think to myself, what if senior-year-me could see into the future? If I could see small, ten second increments of what I would experience this spring, what would I think? Why would I be packing...

Students walk out in honor of Trayvon Martin

Students walk out in honor of Trayvon Martin

Eliza Schloss and Yoon Kim
March 15, 2019

The clock strikes and the moment of silence begins; it’s 10:17. Trayvon Martin was 17-years-old when he was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. The clock strikes 10:24 and the moment...

Answers are in your DNA: do you want to find them?

Answers are in your DNA: do you want to find them?

Eliza Schloss and Josie Schneider
February 8, 2019

If you had the opportunity to trace your genealogy back to your ancestors, would you? If you had the ability to identify genetically predisposed conditions before they might develop, would you want to...

Emotional Experience: Hugging fellow American participants, senior Eliza Schloss cries after watching the Israeli and Palestinian participants depart at the end of the Hands of Peace program.  Schloss participated in this program in order to gain a new perspective regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Israel, Palestine, and the impact of a different perspective

Eliza Schloss, co-editor-in-chief
November 12, 2018

In 1938, my grandfather fled Essen, Germany in fear of his life after Hitler claimed power. In 1978, my dad, 14-years-old at the time, watched from his home in Skokie as the right of a Neo-nazi group to...

Illustration by Margo Kazak

District switches to zero-based budgeting system

  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...

REMEMBERING THE RETIREES: Standing on one hand, Phil Carello demonstrates his experience in gymnastics (above), as he helped coach the men’s gymnastics team for 16 years until 2005, and is now retiring after 21 years as a staff member.

Lasting impact: 2018 Retirees – Phil Carello

Eliza Schloss, co-editor-in-chief
May 25, 2018

Instructional assistant Phil Carello had not missed a day of work since 1997, when he first began work in the Glenbrook School District. His first day off from school came a few years ago when he underwent...

Under Pressure: the American relationship with firearms encourages teen voices

Under Pressure: the American relationship with firearms encourages teen voices

Brigid Murphy and Eliza Schloss
March 16, 2018

“We are grieving, we are furious and we are using our words fiercely and desperately because that’s the only thing standing between us and this happening again,” wrote Emma Gonzalez in her essay...

Between the white lines: cocaine trickles down from college life

Between the white lines: cocaine trickles down from college life

Leah Dunne, Abby Grant, and Eliza Schloss
February 13, 2018

Over the distraction of blaring music and party banter, senior Lucy Collins* notices something suspicious. Some of her friends are gathering in the basement bathroom. She sees her friends reenter the chaotic...

Entertaining the crowd at the Bottom Lounge, Brockhampton performed in Chicago as part of Jennifers Tour. The band released Saturation III on Dec. 15, 2017 and have received widespread support for the album.

Saturation III distinguishes Brockhampton’s musical identity

Eliza Schloss, co-features editor
January 10, 2018

I never thought I would find myself saying  “I listen to boy bands” but Brockhampton is something else. The group was destined to be a match made in heaven after they met on a Kanye West Fan Forum....

GBS football player makes contact with a player from the opposing team. Neither necessarily sustained a concussion from this play.

The impact of the concussion concern: the toll it takes on teams and players

Eliza Schloss, Sofia Snyder, and
November 10, 2017

Football leagues are taking a hard hit. As information on the long-term effects of concussions has come to light, participation in Chicagoland football programs has been on the decline, according to Geoff...

Identity threatened by antisemitism

Eliza Schloss, co-features editor
October 6, 2017

I have a firm stance on my Jew-ish identity. Though my ties to the religion aren’t very strong, I do commonly reflect on the past like many Jews do. During our study of WWII last year in my history...

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): opinions, impacts throughout South

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): opinions, impacts throughout South

Brigid Murphy and Eliza Schloss
October 6, 2017

What’s at stake: the futures of nearly 800,000 young Americans.  On Sept. 5, a consensus was reached by the Trump administration on the status of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); the current...

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