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The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

STEM, Humanities equally essential

STEM, Humanities equally essential

Claire Fisher, co-opinions editor
November 8, 2013

In the distinction between the applied arts and liberal arts, have the math-brained recently won the upper hand? According to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, in December 2012,...

Living with parents who dont speak English

Living with parents who don’t speak English

Sally You, Co-Opinions Editor
October 4, 2013

When I was 4 years old, I was sent off to preschool with a typical Asian bob cut, a really hard-to-pronounce Korean name and the stereotypical habit of holding up the peace sign whenever someone took a...

The Great Gatsby impresses on the big screen

Emma Sailer, co-opinions editor
May 24, 2013

The only thing more elaborate than the life of Jay Gatsby is Baz Luhrmann’s interpretation of it on the big screen. Earlier this month, The Great Gatsby, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic...

Letter to my freshman self

Bailey Rose, co-opinions editor
May 24, 2013

Dear Bailey,   You are heading into your freshman year and I’m pretty sure you think that you’ve got it all figured out. I’m here to tell you—you don’t. Everyone who told you that...

Drinking & driving: when “invincibility” destroys us

Bailey Rose, co-opinions editor
March 11, 2013

“I’m a great drunk driver.” Tell me why I’ve had this phrase uttered to me more than once recently, and normally in some suave tone, as if I’m supposed to be impressed. I’d really like to know...

Zero Dark Thirty reveals depth behind Bin Laden manhunt

Emma Sailer, co-opinions editor
February 1, 2013

For Kathryn Bigelow, the director of Zero Dark Thirty, the task at hand was familiar. For the leading lady Jessica Chastain, it was a whole new endeavor considering the gravity of the project. Nonetheless,...

Rules of the road: a guide to avoiding new driver idiocy

Bailey Rose, co-opinions editor
November 9, 2012

WHAT NOT TO SAY DURING THE DRIVING TEST: (especially if your DMV examiner is an angry middle-aged man who smells bad.) “What’s that smell? Do you smell that?” “I’m really nervous. Sorry...

Popular blogs worth checking out for modern entertainment

Bailey Rose, co-opinions editor
November 9, 2012

A&E Opinion: As blogs gain popularity and begin to emerge as one of the main sources of entertainment on the internet, here is a crash-course guide about which ones you should be sure to check out...

Prince Harry’s immature antics tarnish royal family’s name

Emma Sailer, co-opinions editor
October 5, 2012

I was driving to school with my little brother a few weeks ago, and we were listening to a typical trashy radio station when the MC started talking about the debacle between Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes....

Abortion: the future of womens rights hangs in the balance this election season

Abortion: the future of women’s rights hangs in the balance this election season

, co-opinions editor
October 5, 2012

If I were to get pregnant tomorrow, or the next day, or the next year, or the next, next, next year, I would probably get an abortion. Does that make me a bad person or an honest one? Maybe both. But that...

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