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Backpack weights worsen medical issues, burden unnecessary

Lauren Lashley, staff reporter
May 26, 2017

The halls of South are alive with students weaving their way to their next class or stopping to chat with their friends. On their backs rest backpacks of all colors: black, blue, purple, white, red, grey....

Polo   passin:  Senior leader, Tucker Nienhaus, looks to fellow teamates for a pass during the Titans’ match against GBN on April 11. The Titans defeated the Spartans 19-10.

Men’s water polo looks to qualify for State tournament

Emily Zimbler, staff reporter
April 21, 2017

After a close loss to New Trier in the Sectional final last year, the men’s water polo team looks to strong senior leadership and younger players to step up to the plate  this season, according to head...

Cautiously measuring the amount of milk needed for her recipe, junior Kate Voss  works to create a delicious meal. Voss is the president of Souths new club Cooking for a Cause, which combines cooking with community service. Photo courtesy by Kate Voss

Up-and-coming club aids community through cooking

Taylor Everson, staff reporter
March 3, 2017

Between the rich aromas of comfort food and the sizzling of frying pans comes a new meaning to the term "cooking". With the desire to help others, South's new club, Cooking for a Cause, aims to use food...

While working in their biology class, Mike Hatfield and Abby Coleman perform a lab.  Along with others, these S.T.E.M. juniors students took part in the project Cancer for the Common Good which shed new light on how to cure different diseases with cancer cells.

S.T.E.M. biology students reconsider stereotypes through Cancer for the Common Good

Amanda Tener, staff reporter
February 28, 2017

Imagine being given the opportunity to solve a biological issue or disease. Perhaps you would want to cure an illness that affects someone in your family, or maybe solve a problem that affects many people,...

Photo dramatization by Maddy Ruos

Transient students adjust to South community

Julia Patterson, staff reporter
February 24, 2017

Imagine it is the night before the first day of school. Locker combinations are being memorized, classes mapped out and new outfits picked for the day ahead. All the faces that make up Glenbrook South’s...

GBS TV students discuss passion for film

Ava Mazzei, staff reporter
February 23, 2017

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of Glenbrook South Television or what really happens behind the Friday morning announcements, the fall sports clips, and the famous lip dubs? Members...

Lasky directs final dance show, encapsulates theme of flight

Ava Mazzei, staff reporter
December 25, 2016

There is something mysterious about the way she moves. The dancer slightly parts her lips and inhales. She pops her hip and sways with the rhythm as the wind swirls through her hair and rustles her eyelashes....

Zealous for Zeitgeist:  Acting out a scene in Zeitgeist, sophomores Sammi Boas and Sarah McNeela laugh as Gabriella Bellows photographs sophomore Annabelle Fogel. The theme of the play, growing up, was chosen by the cast of freshman and sophomore students. In addition, the actors wrote the entire script of the play.

Zeitgeist captures childhood experiences

Gaby Zabat, staff reporter
November 4, 2016

Remember the first day of kindergarten, grasping onto parents’ legs, begging not to enter the forbidden and scary classroom? How about getting lost between passing periods and being late to class during...

Smiling through   serendipity:  Strumming and singing, juniors Audrey Hwang and Zoë Gunderson respectively rehearse for their upcoming shows. The two met in 2016 through the Glenview Rock House and soon established themselves as a band entitled Serendipity.

Dynamic duo covers songs, creates own band, Serendipity

Karina Benson, staff reporter
November 4, 2016

Serendipity; the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. For juniors Audrey Hwang and Zoë Gunderson, their meeting was unexpected, and in turn according to Haley Hwang,...

Enlightened by Ermel: Daniel Ermel, new co-choir director, teaches Glee choir class. His goal for students is for them to grow as musicians by looking further into the music they perform.

New co-choir joins Titans, brings new ideas

Karina Benson, staff reporter
October 27, 2016

Despite his former Spartan spirit, Glenbrook North graduate Daniel Ermel has joined South’s Titans as the new co-choir director. Ermel says that while he had played piano for several years when he...

Students explore fashion, promote self expression through clothing

Susie You, staff reporter
October 25, 2016

As students quickly fill up the tables lined with individual sewing machines, they eagerly wait to start the first meeting of Fashion Club. The atmosphere is filled with students who share the same hobby...

Mirroring Maranto:  Leading members in the Freshman and Sophomore Play rehearsal, Mark Maranto, Fine Arts instructional supervisor, provides his insight for the direction of the opening scene. One of Maranto’s goals in this new position is to integrate the added classes with existing traditions.

Fine Arts Department welcomes Maranto

Emma Morris, staff reporter
September 30, 2016

Throughout his 12 years at South, Mark Maranto has had several roles in the school including English teacher, instructional coach and now instructional supervisor of the Fine Arts Department. Before Marty...

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