After taking four milligrams of unprescribed Xanax, senior Dylan Waters* was completely at ease. His anxiety vanished, and he felt as if he didn’t have a worry in the world. Waters tagged along to a...
Cure Club, Japanese Club and South’s community collaborate to support science teacher Linda Kocian in her fight against Multiple Myeloma
Throughout the last week in October, South’s...
A fatal shooting in Skokie on Sept. 28 left one Niles North senior dead and one critically injured. The shooting took the life of Maxwell Gadau, a 17-year-old senior at Niles North. The other victim is...
On Sept. 26 at the home football game against Maine South, GBS attempted to break two world records established in the Guinness Book of World Records.
These records consisted of the most “selfies,”...
Launched in December of 2013, Yik Yak is an application that iTunes ™ describes as a “local bulletin board”. This new form of social media allows users to anonymously view and post comments to a...
For something that was originally intended to help college students communicate, Yik Yak has definitely gotten out of hand.
It makes complete sense for an application that allows anyone within a 1.5-mile...
Not exactly sure where she is, junior Alison Brook* hops out of her friend’s car and tugs her black purse behind her. Brook’s long blonde hair falls smoothly down her back as she and her friends make...
This past week, Hector Carabez, special education teacher, opened his home to his thirty-third foster dog. As a member of the board of directors for Young at Heart Pet Rescue, an organization that rescues...
From Garfield to “Adventure Time”, freshman Madeleine Lee has always taken interest in comics and animation. According to Lee, she has wanted to be a voice actress or anime writer since she was young....
Six months ago, senior Shawn Zachariah decided to pursue a career that he had never considered before. After beginning his job as a waiter and host at Chestnut Square at The Glen retirement facility over...
This past November, Illinois became the 16th state to take action and legalize same-sex marriage. Illinois governor Pat Quinn described the legalization as “a big step forward”, in an article from abcnews.com....
Rachel Fiege - Indiana University
Rachael Fiege, a freshman at Indiana University at Bloomington, would have recently finished midterms had she not died after falling down a flight of stairs at a party...