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Lexi Babich

Lexi Babich, assistant features editor

Hi there! My name is Lexi Babich and I am an assistant features editor for The Oracle. I have been on Oracle since sophomore year and this is my second year on the editorial board. Aside from Oracle, I am a member of the gymnastics team at South and I am very excited to see how season plays out. Can’t wait to see what the school year brings us!

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Class of 2021 memories

Lexi Babich, asst. features editor
May 21, 2021

As the class of 2021’s high school journey comes to an end, South’s seniors remember their favorite memories from this past year. Although Covid-19 has not only knocked out half of their junior year...

Babichs at Bradley University: continuing a legacy

Lexi Babich, asst. features editor
May 21, 2021

Right around the turn of the 19th Century, my grandfather, Simon Wohl, and his family immigrated to the United States from Poland. The Wohls decided to settle down in a town in central Illinois called...

South actress stars in her father’s new film, Hell’s Half Acre

South actress stars in her father’s new film, Hell’s Half Acre

Lexi Babich and Sloane Shabelman
November 20, 2020

A group of 20-year-old urban explorers fear for their lives as they attempt to avoid the hands of demonic inmates and escape an abandoned prison. The prison is unlike anything they have encountered before...

Illustration by Natalie Cronin

Juggling the worlds of Zoom and parenting; teachers persevere

Lexi Babich and Grace Clark
October 2, 2020

From teaching their students on Zoom to helping their own children with schoolwork, a teacher’s job is never done. Tara Tate and Emily Ekstrand, social studies teachers, have both been challenged with...

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...

Sick or unprepared? The rationale of student ditching

Lexi Babich, asst. features editor
February 14, 2020

Waking up to the obnoxiously loud alarm clock so she can get ready for school,  junior Makenzie Evans* realizes that she completely forgot to study for another one of her tests. Many students would rather...

South twins and triplets untwist assumptions

South twins and triplets untwist assumptions

Hailey Cho and Lexi Babich
November 15, 2019

  In the vast population of GBS, students are connected by classes, friendships or blood. Many have older or younger siblings whom they may pass in the hallway on occasion or drive to school with,...

Students with insomnia share struggles

Students with insomnia share struggles

Lexi Babich and Shannon Mathew
November 15, 2019

We have all heard the constant reprimands from doctors and parents: “Teenagers need at least eight hours of sleep each night!” But how many of us actually do get “enough” sleep? Less than 15 percent...

Solemn singing: Singing on Ravinia’s stage, Conspirare performs the song “The Fence (That Night)” about the night Matthew Shepard spent the last hours of his life tied to a fence. South’s Chambers Singers performed soon after. Photo courtesy of Ravinia

Chambers Singers performs at Ravinia

Lexi Babich, Julia Marriott, and Gwyn Skiles
October 4, 2019

On Thursday Sept. 12, many audience members from the Chicagoland area excitedly held their tickets in the seats of Ravinia’s pavilion, as they awaited the performance of Conspirare, a professional choir...

Raging Rivals:   Starting off the game, sophomore Meghan Bireley faces off against Souths’ rival Loyola. The team wasn’t able to secure a win and lost 16-6, however, they have since had a winning record of 15-4 this season, according to Head Coach Annie Lesch.

Girls’ lacrosse uses team bond to their advantage

Lexi Babich, staff reporter
May 24, 2019

Over the course of this season, the varsity girls’ lacrosse team has become confident, hardworking, and more spirited, according to Head Coach Annie Lesch. The girls consistently work together as a team,...

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