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ADHD-medication abuse revealed among student body, worries administration

ADHD-medication abuse revealed among student body, worries administration

Calli Haramaras and Hailey Hauldren, asst. co-features editors
February 7, 2014

To some students it may seem like a magic pill. It’s a drug, prescribed to those diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), that has the potential to increase focus while studying,...

Jordan’s Corner helps children with special needs through boxing

Jordan’s Corner helps children with special needs through boxing

Cassidy Jackson, staff writer
February 7, 2014

Jordan Falcon was diagnosed with epilepsy at a young age. His brother Dan Falcon found that while working in the gym that Jordan improved both mentally and physically. Jordan inspired Dan and his girlfriend...

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...

The evolution of school discipline – Full-credit policy marks latest modification to changing rules behind suspensions, expulsions

Julia Jacobs, co-editor in chief
February 7, 2014

In the Dean’s Office, South’s own simulated judicial system, the sentence of an out-of-school suspension no longer comes with an academic blow. Although it has not yet been officially approved by the...

HORSIN AROUND: Smiling big, junior Hannah Flanagan jokes around as she rides a horse at Equestrian Connection, a therapeutic horse stable in Lakeforest, Illinois. Equestrian Connection is one of the many events that Circle of Friends club has participated in this year.

Circle of Friends creates new friendships through engaging activities

Hannah Rauh, staff writer
February 7, 2014

From painting to pizza parties and bowling to barbecues, Circle of Friends is a club at South where students in the Special Education Department get to hang out with their peers and teachers outside of...

South students find inspiration, relief through garage bands

Dana Sim, staff writer
February 6, 2014

Guitar Hero was a source of influence for many young kids in middle school, according to senior Chris Neuhaus. Once the game came out, everyone wanted to play in a band. Now, in high school, students...

South students, staff discuss exotic vacations

Anne Marie Yurik, staff writer
February 4, 2014

From Tahiti to Pakistan, South students and teachers alike have gone to many unusual places across the globe. John Skorupa, Drivers-Ed and health teacher, shares his many vacations. “I have been...

Vaccines: purposes, misconceptions

Vaccines: purposes, misconceptions

Rosa Hernandez, staff writer
January 16, 2014

It’s that time of year again: flu season. While some South students are proactive about getting vaccinated, it is less of a priority for others. At the beginning of freshman year, students at South...

Double trouble: students share adventures, obstacles of living as twins

Double trouble: students share adventures, obstacles of living as twins

Katrina Lazara, staff writer
December 20, 2013

For most people, the closest they will be to seeing what having a twin is like is by watching the 1998 classic, The Parent Trap. However, according to twinsrealm.com, there are 100 million people worldwide...

First love: unpacking the psychology behind adolescent relationship dependency

Julia Jacobs, co-editor in chief
December 20, 2013

There was a time in the not-so-distant past when teenagers didn’t exist at all. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, there was no gaping space between childhood and adulthood like there is now. Children...

Child development class provides real life experience with kids

Child development class provides real life experience with kids

Grace Brunzell, staff writer
December 20, 2013

Around this time, South is scattered with teen parents. They haul their babies around –flour sack babies that is– traveling from class to class. This is one of the projects for the South elective Child...

Maki shoots for higher school spirit in Pep Club, rallies students

Nick Panagakis, staff writer
December 20, 2013

Get loud. If senior Devin Maki, Pep Club co-president, could emphasize one thing during football games, it would be just that: get loud. According to his peers, Maki is very good at doing so. Maki is...

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