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Students form community connections during pandemic through service projects

Madeline Hussey and Caroline Lo
June 12, 2020

For many, quarantine has posed several challenges. People are cut off from their families, grocery store bills continue to become more expensive and toilet paper is a scarcity. Some people have also been...

Fostering provides quarantine companions

Chloe Arciero and Dani Carr
June 12, 2020

While most of the world has come to a screeching halt because of COVID-19, the pandemic has not stopped the work of animal rescue organizations and their volunteers. Because of social isolation, the amount...

South students use time in quarantine to explore new, old hobbies

Lexi Babich and Esther Lim
June 12, 2020

South students’ days fill up with one e-learning assignment after the next and with Zoom call after Zoom call. With so much time spent solely indoors, the seemingly endless days spent under quarantine...

South students learn valuable lessons through family businesses

Abby McKew, staff writer
March 16, 2020

From beauty salons to supplying welding supplies, South’s families own all kinds of local businesses. While many students may look for jobs at the local supermarket or park district, some are given the...

Students’ provoke their opinions on app Life 360

Sloane Shabelman, staff writer
March 13, 2020

Driving home from a party around 12:30 a.m, junior Sarah Yagelski lets her mom know she will be home soon. Yet on the way home, Yagelski’s Life 360, a location-based social networking app, glitched,...

Illustration by Ella Prillaman

Thank U, Next: Students learn from romantic relationships

Ellie Ruos, co-features editor
February 14, 2020

In third grade, Valentine’s Day meant a class party in your homeroom. It meant Sweetarts, Hershey’s Kisses, and conversation hearts. It meant telling your crush on the playground that you like them,...

Toys AND Tots: Playing with LEGOs, two Titan Tots participate in their class time playing with toys.      South students have discovered passions for childhood education through through their experiences                 with Titan Tots.

Titan Tots Provides enriching learning environment

Esther Lim, asst. features editor
February 14, 2020

Welcome to Titan Tots: a place of care-free play, juice boxes, imagination, laughter, snacks and Hot Wheels™ right here at South. Junior Bella Trapp works alongside Preschool Teacher Michelle Goodrich....

Illustration by Esther Lim

Music helps students find harmony during cacophony

Lauren Lee, Staff writer
December 20, 2019

The piano keys are home to sophomore Veronika Gliwa after a long day of studying that leaves her mind crowded and congested. But Gliwa said that the piano requires so much multitasking and focus that she...

Grinning gamers: Jack Edgerly (left), Sean Minihane (middle), and Tim Walters (right) sit together in the SAC, enjoying their time at Gaming Club every Monday after school. Photo by Shoshana Green

Gamers break stereotypes in the virtual world

Sloane Shabelman, Staff writer
December 20, 2019

Sophomore Kate Ostrowski sits immersed in a game of Counter Strike while strategizing with her teammates. As they chat, one of her teammates notices that she is a girl and immediately begins writing that...

Graphic by Om Patel

Color blind students see past struggles

Madeline Hussey, staff writer
December 20, 2019

The holidays are here. Bright colors are everywhere. Blue and white for Hanukkah and green and red for Christmas. However, .5 percent of women and 8 percent of men can’t see those colors because of color...

Illustration by Faith Roche

Students with synesthesia see sounds at South

Maia Schwallie and Julia Marriott
December 20, 2019

Imagine if temperatures made noise, voices had their own scent or numbers flaunted their own unique personalities. Inside the mind of someone with synesthesia, intriguing mixtures of senses like these...

Gender disparities prevalent in GBS electives

Hailey Cho and Abby McKew
December 20, 2019

As hundreds of classes are taught at South, diversity is present in many classrooms through ethnicity, belief or gender. However, there are certain electives at South with imbalances between students who...

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