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Students experience effects of school-related anxiety

Students experience effects of school-related anxiety

Esther Lim and Sloane Shabelman
April 22, 2019

Freshman Maya Williams* laughs with her friends during finals week when she suddenly starts thinking about her English final next block. The room around Williams starts to spin and she feels her knees...

Vaccine controversy exposes debate over scientific integrity

Vaccine controversy exposes debate over scientific integrity

Violet Guzman-Robles and Noah Walch
April 22, 2019

No longer plagued by diseases that are faulted with countless deaths throughout mankind’s history, the world has become a safer place from sickness due to the near elimination of certain diseases according...

illustration by Chaeyeon Park

South students see need for recycling awareness

Annie Rogula, asst. features editor
March 16, 2019

As senior Sora Heo has begun to better understand the devastating toll pollution has taken around the world, she has noticed the inefficiency of recycling at South. Many of South’s recyclable objects...

Illustration by Erin Zhou

Chronic illnesses pose threatening obstacles

Taylor Everson, asst. features editor
March 15, 2019

In sixth grade, senior Anna Shabelman started to experience recurring fevers. These fevers would happen every four weeks and according to Shabelman no one could figure out why. Eventually blood tests to...

Students show psychic powers, defy human abilities

Students show psychic powers, defy human abilities

Suzanne Kurland and Sloane Shabelman
February 8, 2019

Sophomore Nicolette Sidelsky is jogging down the street one summer day when a man walking his dog bumps into her. Flustered, she asks the man if they have met before, to which he replies no. But this man...

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...

Senior leaders Julia DiSano and Mickey Brozek watch on as their Peer Group freshman engage with each other in one of the many activities they do each week.

Peer Group influences the lives of both freshmen and seniors

Suzanne Kurland and Om Patel, Staff reporters
December 20, 2018

Walking through the maze of hallways at GBS and being surrounded by many unfamiliar faces towering down on you can be overwhelming for freshmen. But when senior Peer Group leader Aditya Bhalla strides...

LGBTQ+ students face obstacles, fight for acceptance

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...

Former CPS students explore new academic options

Maia Schwallie, staff reporter
December 14, 2018

Marking the end of summer’s perpetual pleasure and bliss, the school year is notoriously dreaded by most students around the world. However, for students who transfer from Chicago Public Schools (CPS),...

Furry Friends: Cuddling her pet, sophomore Emma Bird holds her albino chinchilla Faux for a picture. South students own a variety of exotic animals.

South students keep exotic pets, form unique bonds

Maia Schwallie and Sloane Shabelman
November 12, 2018

A hamster wheel squeaks as small rodents run in circles. Two chinchillas tease one another as they receive a dust bath, squeaking along with the wheel. A dog barks at a cat who turns around and hisses....

Students face challenges of long-distance relationships

Mia Merchant and Annie Rogula
November 12, 2018

Whether they be romantic or platonic, relationships in high school can be challenging to keep up with, especially when people are thousands of miles away from each other. Long-distance relationships pose...

Vivacious Visuals: Performing alongside her teammates, junior Taylor Woitesek (center) partakes in Color Guard’s first performance of the year at South’s first home football game on Aug 30. The season has since ended, but Color Guard, along with the marching band, won Grand Champions at their final competition in Sandwich, Illinois.

Color Guard strives to create captivating visuals

Tania Faraj and Raina Sayson
November 12, 2018

Spinning flags and wooden rifles while concentrating on performing choreographed routines are the typical daily patterns of being a part of the Color Guard team at South. However, spectators are unable...

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