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Pointlessness of life harbors self betterment

Erica Gelman, columnist
June 21, 2016

So, it sometimes seems like I spend the majority of my life as if I’m stuck in one of those cartoons where the characters wake up and although something different happens each day, they still all wear...

Purpose of art rests in power to disturb

Erica Gelman, columnist
April 22, 2016

Art. A rather obtuse word that describes some sort of property that we have somehow grabbed onto, despite the fact that there is nothing about aesthetics that would help us survive as a species. Yet here...

Fluid self-identity not limited to adolescence

Erica Gelman, columnist
December 18, 2015

The thing about adolescence, according to Erik Erikson, is that everyone struggles to find their identity among all of the roles around them. The thing about Erik Erikson is that he, like many other psychologists,...

Homecoming elicits good memories

Erica Gelman, columnist
November 16, 2015

I remember my first homecoming. I was not yet disillusioned by the tremors of life, wore a black dress and spent three hours in the bathroom with my mom to style my hair. There was a rumor that someone...

Gelman stands proudly by other medal winners in New York. Gelman's poem, Women, won her the gold medal.

Gelman’s writing takes New York, wins National Scholastic Gold Medal

Megan Sheqiladze, staff writer
October 12, 2015

          Senior Erica Gelman followed in the footsteps of her role model when she stood on stage at Carnegie Hall this past summer to receive a National Scholastic Gold Medal for a poem she wrote...

South students share varying political views

Erica Gelman, staff writer
July 5, 2015

Teen years, a time frame of aging in which humans begin to develop their own viewpoints, gain and build upon their voices. This is evident at South. Mixed within the hundreds of students is a melting pot...

Edurne Lopez comes to America, bonds with host family, learns new culture

Edurne Lopez comes to America, bonds with host family, learns new culture

Erica Gelman and Jordyn Ehlinger, Staff Reporters
May 29, 2015

Judging by her Indiana University sweatshirt and ability to speak English, no one would guess that junior Edurne Lopez was an exchange student from Spain. Lopez has been living in Glenview for nine months...

South students cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder

South students cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder

Erica Gelman, staff writer
May 24, 2015

Imagine feeling like something is pressing down on the heart, loss of motivation, a complete inability to get out of bed. This is depression. While people get sad from time to time, not everyone is depressed...

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