I really should take a gap year, but I won’t. Having endured countless years in school, the past four being the most vigorous, nothing sounds worse than going back to school next year to have to be...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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....

MAKIN’ MUSIC: Jamming out, McInerney strums his guitar outside the test center. McInerney enjoys playing guitar, and hopes to start a guitar club someday here at South. Photo by Eliza Schloss

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...

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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A child’s dream, celebrating two gift-giving holidays, Christmas and Hanukkah. Families who celebrate the holidays and practice religions of two faiths constitute a small percentage of families in the...

Forty-eight percent of men working in full time jobs reported that job demands conflict with family life, according to a 2016 report from United States Department of Labor. These interferences may affect...

My first ever concert was Taylor Swift. A few years later and I’m attending her arch-nemesis’ concert-none other than Kanye West. A drastic difference, I know. Perhaps I was too caught up in the ‘Taylor...

On the morning of Nov. 9, South students, some ecstatic from Donald Trump’s victory the previous night and others disheartened by the loss of their candidate of choice, stood for the routine morning...

TAKING A CLOSER LOOK: Teaching a student how to use a microscope, biology teacher Madeleine Thomas (right) settles into her new teaching position. Thomas is one of the 20 new faculty members that have...

‘Poor grades,’ ‘low quality education,’ ‘stupid,’ ‘dumb,’ ‘not prestigious,’ ‘easy to get into,’ ‘not an actual college.’ These are all words and phrases written by South students...

Table of Contents: Terry Jozwik Todd Hansen Mary Vicars Fred Kocian Jerry Zabin Dawn Fendt Ellen Eichler John Lewis Pete Masciopinto Janice Osowski Marty Sirvatka Kay...

Halfway across the world in remote West Africa, Togolese students are receiving the work of South students. French classes, led by Matthew Bertke and Catherine Klahn, recently created projects and wrote...

Welcoming. That is one word freshman Kelly Tite, who transferred to South in early January, used to describe South’s student body on her first day. South is home to transfer students who must acclimate...

A steaming plate of crispy, triangular fried samosas has just been put in front of you at your friend’s house. Even though it might not be what you are used to, would you eat this new, foreign food?...