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Shoes uncover stories of adventure, style

Maeve Plunkett, senior editor
May 26, 2017

Do you ever walk around school looking at people’s shoes? For the past year, I have. If you look around, there isn’t always very much exciting about the collection of hoodies, South gear and yoga pants....

Language classes provide future opportunities

Maeve Plunkett, asst. opinions editor
March 17, 2017

How many of your classes are teaching you something today that you could use in ten years? Probably not many of them. Sorry, math teachers, I’m not usually calculating my velocity while I drive to the...

Senior portraits miss meaning of senior year

Maeve Plunkett, asst. opinions editor
September 30, 2016

For seniors, there are so many demands to be met before we leave, one being driving to Deerfield for your senior portrait. This requirement has absolutely nothing to do with the spirit of senior year and...

Old News: Vietnam War Teach-Ins

Maeve Plunkett, staff reporter
May 27, 2016

In April, South students from STAND for Peace held teach-ins, public information sessions, for all freshman history classes about topics ranging from freedom of speech to the contested genocide in Burma...

SINGING WITH SOUL: Sight-readng his sheet music, senior Ethan Larson  practices music from one of his many singing groups. Larson serenades audiences as a member of Nine, Scat That! and Chamber Singers. Photo by Sean Dolan

Larson assumes leadership role in Music Department

Maeve Plunkett & Imra Tajuddin, staff reporters
November 6, 2015

Whether it’s caroling in the halls around the holiday season for Chamber singers, harmonizing with the other  members of Nine or singing gibberish instead of words in a Scat That! performance, senior...

State mandates Civics education, increases graduation requirements

State mandates Civics education, increases graduation requirements

Gigi Cepeda, Cassidy Foronda & Maeve Plunkett, staff reporters
October 2, 2015

Illinois high school students will be required to take a semester of a class that includes a focus on civics in order to graduate, according to a bill signed by Governor Bruce Rauner on Aug. 21; the official...

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