Dear Readers,
This year, we served as the Editors-in-Chief of the Oracle. This came with many accomplishments and challenges, including typical leadership bumps in the road as well as extra pressure,...
Underwhelming (adjective): failing to make an impact or impress someone; can be synonymous with Spoon’s latest album, Hot Thoughts. Maybe it’s the fact that I was such a big fan of Spoon’s older...
Methods in Motion: Helping his students with a lab, Science Teacher Robert Cowhey explains the flow of electrical charge through a circuit. This year, Cowhey has not assigned any homework to his...
When you’re a teenager, you look back toward a childhood of awe and bliss, hoping to relive an era of imagination and firsts. Growing up, for some of us, we shift into a world of worries and personal...
During a class discussion, a former teacher made the point that if there was a candidate that you entirely agreed with, you would be running yourself. The way to support a candidate is choosing your values,...
It is rare for someone to willingly sacrifice a piece of his or her identity for their friend’s well-being. However, science teacher Linda Kocian, who passed away just over a month ago, was worth every...
I’ve been backstabbed before. Being a fan of the alternative artist Beck myself, as I looked through albums new and old, they would either treat me to perplexing, fresh songs I loved or, with the release...
“How did you do on the test?”
The phrase creeps its way around the room once the grades are posted online. For those satisfied with their grades, it’s a proud moment—an opportunity to display...
Gathered in the open cafeteria with lights dimmed, an anticipating crowd stands before the stage for the first act to come on. As the group assembles and begins to play, the audience dances along in concert-like...
The room is dimly lit, and silence falls upon the audience in the theater. The quiet ambiance is quickly disrupted by a blaring trumpet fanfare, and an all too familiar yellow font fills the blank theater...
Each year, South sends a group of musicians to represent the school in band, orchestra, choir and jazz in the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) festival. Musicians gather in the thousands to...
Passion with a camera can go a long way for some in the world-wide stage of YouTube. Evident through the success of YouTube-born celebrities such as pop singer Justin Bieber and makeup artist Michelle...
John Houser, the man who shot multiple people in Louisiana, was described by family as having a “volatile mental state” and was committed to a mental health treatment center in 2008, according to the...
Seven guys, one minivan and plenty of shows to rock the Midwest with their sound. Belmont, a band featuring South seniors Joey Legittino and Brian Lada, spent part of their summer touring states such as...
In this technological-savvy era, there are many different ways of obtaining music, including streaming services like Spotify, media libraries like iTunes and buying physical copies like CDs and vinyls....
The Chicago International Film Festival sponsored the 11th annual CineYouth Festival featuring three GBS students’ films in Columbia College on May 7-9.
Selecting entries from around the globe,...
Would graffiti be considered art or vandalism? There’s no concrete definition of art; like beauty, art is in the eye of the beholder. To me, art is an aesthetically appealing manifestation of ideas....
As the 2014-15 school year comes to a close, the newly elected Executive Board look ahead to their next year at South, while the current senior Executive Board reflect on their time in Student Council.
CLASS...
Bright paintings, glamorous jewelry, inspiring scratchboards, patterned bowls, molded sculptures and shaded pen drawings could all be found at the art exhibit that took place the week of Feb. 24 in the...
Under the serene silence and stillness in Orchestra Hall, the conductor gently lifts his baton, poised and ready to strike a beat to release the audience’s anticipation. His hand lowers and the baton’s...
Being a part of the military is something that runs deep in many American families. Generation after generation has been involved with the armed forces, and this has lead to the stereotype of “military...
Information about our home, the U.S., and the world is fed to us by whatever news channel we flip on. We have an array of choices: CNN, MSNBC or Fox. But what if the channel we’re choosing is providing...
From simple pieces of material to an intricately designed product, many GBS students transform arrays of supplies into masterpieces to sell and share with others. These students combine their talent and...
Few bands with dreams of becoming famous are given the opportunity to grow to that point. Among those with that prospect is Belmont, a locally based garage band featuring members who, according to their...
For many, art serves as an abstract mode of communication, touching base with one’s imagination and inner emotions. Art Club offers that opportunity of expression to find their creativity, according...
Hannah Rauh, asst. features editor October 3, 2014
Many American teenagers may hear the news and statistics coming from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and not think twice about it. Over the summer, however, multiple South students participated in the...
The Great Wall was built for protection from those who were different; the Forbidden City walls were built for separation from the commoners. The walls we build in our heads can also be strong, made of...
Every year, a select group of South students practice for a chance to take part in the Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA) Festival on Nov. 8 and 22. A handful of South’s musicians, all dedicated...
It is 12:55 p.m on the last Sunday before finals week. Outside the Glenview Public Library, a huge group of teenagers stand in the frigid January weather, waiting for the library to open.
The doors...
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...
Students pass multiple football players, debaters and swimmers in the hallways of South. They have also passed at one time or another the newly-named two-time Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA)...
On the esteemed Broadway.com, right next to articles about Wicked and Newsies is an article highlighting the Glenbrook 2012 musical The Phantom of the Opera. Phantom recently received the “Wait, this...
Yo-Yo Ma, Judy Garland and junior Stephanie Smelyansky all have one thing in common: each have had the honor of performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City. According to Smelyansky, music has always been...
At Gabby Gottfried’s senior project event, Music for Murals, on May 23, students will be able to “make their mark” both physically and economically. Whether it’s outlining your hand on a student...
According to Scott Glass, teenagers understand how to operate social technology perfectly. In fact, according to Glass, they spend so much of their time on social media that they don’t know much about...
Webster Dictionary defines “paradox” as an opinion contrary to the commonly accepted opinion and, according to sponsor Erin Bosack, the sketch comedy club known as Paradox, which performs on March...
From shopping to going out to dinner, teenage girls acquire many memories with their moms throughout their childhood and adolescence, but according to junior Sophie Gomez, one of her fondest memories with...
Some writers start with a rough draft, then another draft, then they tweak it a little more, and then write their final draft. According to parapro James Wood, he used sticky notes and little...
