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Leaving their mark: South teachers reflect on careers before retirement

Leaving their mark: South teachers reflect on careers before retirement

Table of Contents: Kathy Hargesheimer Paul Zwiercan Chris Valles Carol Buresh Bernice Kirchler Anne White Suzanne Shore Gregory Johnson   Kathy Hargesheimer by...

Illustration by Ala Jankowski

South community contemplates dual religion, conversion of faith

Eliza Schloss, asst. features editor
April 21, 2017

A child’s dream, celebrating two gift-giving holidays, Christmas and Hanukkah. Families who celebrate the holidays and practice religions of two faiths constitute a small percentage of families in the...

Dozing Daughter:  Cradling his daughter, Science Teacher Brandon Tucker smiles alongside his family members. In Nov. of 2016, Tucker took six days leave from teaching to help his wife welcome and care for their newborn baby. Photo courtesy Brandon Tucker

Male teachers contrast district, national paternity leave policy

Eliza Schloss, asst. features editor
March 21, 2017

Forty-eight percent of men working in full time jobs reported that job demands conflict with family life, according to a 2016 report from United States Department of Labor. These interferences may affect...

Rap music objectifies women, desensitizes their listeners

Rap music objectifies women, desensitizes their listeners

Eliza Schloss, asst. features editor
February 10, 2017

My first ever concert was Taylor Swift. A few years later and I’m attending her arch-nemesis’ concert-none other than Kanye West. A drastic difference, I know. Perhaps I was too caught up in the ‘Taylor...

South’s Key Club and SWE combat lack of recycling through student initiative

Imra Taduddin and Eliza Schloss, asst. features editor
December 16, 2016

“Can you recycle that?” reads a sign posted above the trash cans in the west cafeteria. Below the bolded question lies a list of recyclable materials. Yet, peering into the garbage directly below,...

Election emotions: Rallying amongst a crowd of his supporters (right), president-elect Trump speaks at a pro-Trump event in Phoenix, Arizona. Trump was elected President early in the morning of Nov. 9, 2016.

Student’s reflect on media’s impact on election

Anne Marie Yurik and Eliza Schloss
December 16, 2016

On the morning of Nov. 9, South students, some ecstatic from Donald Trump’s victory the previous night and others disheartened by the loss of their candidate of choice, stood for the routine morning...

Graphic by Jacqueline DeWitt

French classes extend reach to Togo, broaden geographic outreach

Eliza Schloss, staff reporter
March 11, 2016

Halfway across the world in remote West Africa, Togolese students are receiving the work of South students. French classes, led by Matthew Bertke and Catherine Klahn, recently created projects and wrote...

Photos of Preeti Patel (left) and Kelly Tite (right).

Students reflect transfer, accepting environment

Eliza Schloss, staff reporter
February 5, 2016

Welcoming. That is one word freshman Kelly Tite, who transferred to South in early January, used to describe South’s student body on her first day. South is home to transfer students who must acclimate...

Graphic by Ashley Clark

Students savor cultural cuisines

Eliza Schloss, staff reporter
December 18, 2015

A steaming plate of crispy, triangular fried samosas has just been put in front of you at your friend’s house. Even though it might not be what you are used to, would you eat this new, foreign food?...

Drumming Dude: While marching in band practice, freshman Amil Dravid scans ahead towards his fellow drumline mates to stay in formation. 
Photos courtesy of Amil  Dravid

Dravid pursues taekwondo, music

November 6, 2015

Talented. That is just one of the many words Amita Dravid, mother of freshman Amil Dravid, uses to describe her son. According to Amita, Amil is pursuing  his interests in music and taekwondo. Amil is...

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