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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...

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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 meeting's 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...

Illustration by Sneha Augustine

Jazz fest strikes a chord by spreading musical knowledge

Betsy Jarsoick, staff writer
March 19, 2021

For 44 years, GBS has hosted the annual North Shore Jazz Festival. What started as a small event has become a region-wide festival with dozens of schools attending each year. In previous years, the festival...

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...

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