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Winter play creates new experiences

Megan Sheqiladze and Kiersten Teresi, staff reporters
February 18, 2015

Searching for a new identity, dealing with undesired situations, and dealing with a crazy family are but a few of the themes that make up this year’s winter plays: Identity Crisis and Actor’s...

Belmont branches out of locality, strums to succeed

Belmont branches out of locality, strums to succeed

Nick Moran, staff reporter
February 6, 2015

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...

South students expand music tastes globally

Elaine Sine, asst. editor a&e
February 6, 2015

Europe Having relatives that live in Germany, junior Helene Paulson visited her extended family in the country. According to Paulson, this vacation was what sparked her interest in the cultural music...

Art Club paints a fresh start

Art Club paints a fresh start

Hwa Oh, staff reporter
January 22, 2015

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...

Junior George Tantchev follows father, brother in drumming

Vanessa Laboy, staff reporter
January 16, 2015

Growing up in a family full of musicians led junior George Tantchev to where he is today. Playing drums in his father's band, playing in the jazz band and being on drumline has him devoting a majority...

Jack Jantsankhorol breaks into passion for dance

Nick Moran and Hwa Oh, staff reporters
December 28, 2014

The music turns up, the lights dim, and he hits the ground spinning.  A self-taught breakdancer and the only current member of De La Cru who brings this unique dancing style, junior Jack Jantsankhorol...

Birdman toys with cognitive twists: Keaton’s character haunted by his past in comedy, drama

Danny Fookson, columnist
December 19, 2014

I left Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) feeling like I had just witnessed my first poetry slam. An eccentric drum beat gave rhythm to the film as Michael Keaton, Ed Norton, Emma Stone, Zach...

Battle of the Bands displays students’ original style

Battle of the Bands displays students’ original style

John Park, staff reporter
December 19, 2014

A drummer strikes the last cymbal while a guitarist plays the finishing chord of a song. Their band, Zeitgeist, walks off the lit-up stage as the winners of this year’s Battle of the Bands, an annual...

Film immortalizes Stephen Hawking: romance, drama, life combined in biographical movie

Claire Fisher, co-opinions editor
December 19, 2014

Stephen Hawking is a physicist who has pioneered trailblazing theories explaining the nature of the universe. He is also an author who wrote multiple books detailing such theories. A husband and a father...

Comedy Sportz seniors reflect on final year

Comedy Sportz seniors reflect on final year

Megan Sheqiladze, staff reporter
November 30, 2014

Comedy Sportz is home to its members for three weeks once a year. For seniors Jeffrey Reid and Aaron Kahn, this will be the last year that they will get to take part of the group at GBS. Comedy Sportz...

From drama to comedy, fall play shines through

From drama to comedy, fall play shines through

Gracie Sands, staff reporter
November 24, 2014

Unlike previous fall plays that South’s Drama Department has performed, Harvey, a play in which Elwood P. Dowd claims to have a six-foot tall rabbit friend named Harvey, is a comedy. Senior Anna...

Rock House café blends concerts, coffee

Rock House café blends concerts, coffee

Lauren Frias, co-a&e editor
November 7, 2014

“50 percent school, 50 percent café, 100 percent original.” That is what sets apart the Rock House Café from other mainstream coffee houses, according to the Rock House’s website. It’s a music...

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