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Trashy TV: My favorite train wreck

Betsy Jarosick, Staff Writer
December 16, 2022

The CW’s Riverdale is an objectively terrible show. A teen drama based on mid-century Archie comics, the show seeks to be both referential and relevant (though it rarely succeeds). The acting is bad,...

Obsessed with trends? So last season.

Obsessed with trends? So last season.

Betsy Jarosick, staff writer
October 21, 2022

Every other week, it seems like there’s a shiny new fashion trend that everyone absolutely needs to buy - buying expensive ballet flats, a dozen new arrivals from Shein, or this one specific dress that...

The highs and lows of the Met Gala

Betsy Jarosick, staff writer
May 18, 2022

The Met Gala is nothing if not a spectacle, and that certainly didn’t change this year, as the gala returned to its traditional date and size for the first time since 2019, according to Vogue. The gala,...

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How do we React to Disaster?

Betsy Jarosick, staff writer
May 5, 2022

When I was about seven, I remember seeing a car crash by an ice cream stand. Lit in the dusk by neon-bright storefronts, the other children and I rushed toward the edge of the road to gather around two...

Graphic by Connor Fondrevay-Bedell

Travel policy adapts to evolving pandemic

Betsy Jarosick, staff writer
April 22, 2022

South’s Etruscan Editorial Board traveled to Los Angeles in early April, representing one of the first major tests of the district’s new overnight travel policy, Mark Maranto, Assistant Principal of...

Science class inspires biodiversity outside Lyceum

Science class inspires biodiversity outside Lyceum

Betsy Jarosick, staff writer
February 11, 2022

Native plants and flowers will possibly be introduced to the basin behind the Lyceum in a proposal completed by Advanced Placement (AP) Environmental Science (APES) students in Science Teacher Lisa Pavic’s...

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Alumni release second feature film, “Bigfoot Famous”

Betsy Jarosick, Staff Writer
January 7, 2022

For Peter Vass and Sam Milman of South’s classes of 2005 and 2006 (respectively), a career in film started with making parodies of Backstreet Boys music videos, the Chicago Bulls, and former South teacher...

Founding Fathers: Presenting a meetings album (In The Aeroplane Over the Sea) to Album Club members; club founders seniors Greg Neppl, Maya Mladenovic and Danny Quirk.

Tuning in with Album Club

Betsy Jarosick, Staff Writer
November 12, 2021

“Like a book club, but with albums,” is how one of Album Club’s founders, senior Greg Neppl, described their club, which began this year. The club has given students with a passion for music at South...

Met Gala looks leave lasting impression

Met Gala looks leave lasting impression

Betsy Jarosick, Columnist
October 7, 2021

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s Met Gala, the worst thing isn’t for an outfit to be ugly, or strange, or campy, but instead for an outfit to be lackluster. The ball, held each...

Club Collaboration: Planet Green and Elpida members work together to plant a pollinator garden.

Planet Green leads various environmental projects in the community

Betsy Jarosick, Staff Writer
June 2, 2021

Planet Green is a club with a goal: helping the Earth. Now in its second year, the club members work to make a difference, according to sponsor Lisa Pavic, who is also a biology and environmental science...

Cowlin’s film insight translates to directing

Cowlin’s film insight translates to directing

Betsy Jarosick and Drew Whitford
December 20, 2019

John Cowlin, South’s film studies teacher, has watched over 4000 movies in his lifetime: Jaws, Heathers, Memento, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Casablanca, Conan the Barbarian; the list goes on and on. Whether...

Booming with a smile at last year’s homecoming parade in downtown Glenview, Clare Dunne Murphy celebrates a successful performance with the marching band.  Photo courtesy of Claire Dunne Murphy

Claire Dunne Murphy, student in Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band

Betsy Jarosick and Jessica Norwood
November 15, 2019

With a continuous hum supplied by reeds and enclosed air, many know the sounds of bagpipes. While they’re often heard from afar at parades or events, senior Clare Dunne Murphy is one of the few people...

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