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The Oracle

The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

Oracle After Hours: Journalists faced with unfair standard, harms public trust in media

Oracle After Hours: Journalists faced with unfair standard, harms public trust in media

Noah Walch, Columnist
January 28, 2021

As someone who spends a considerable amount of time on Twitter, I can attest to the fact that pressing the “post” button is sometimes too easy. Firing out a 200-character Tweet can seem so innocuous...

Oracle After Hours: Primary challenges foster integrity, better representation

Oracle After Hours: Primary challenges foster integrity, better representation

Noah Walch, columnist
September 17, 2020

It isn’t difficult to pinpoint the beginning of the end of Representative Eliot Engel’s (D-NY) career. On June 2nd, Engel arrived at a press conference in the Bronx regarding protests against the murder...

Oracle After Hours: 2020 Veepstakes

Oracle After Hours: 2020 Veepstakes

Noah Walch, columnist
May 14, 2020

There’s something Selina Meyer wants you to know: “Being Vice President is like being declawed, defanged, neutered, ball-gagged, and sealed in an abandoned coal mine...! It is a fate worse than death.”  Suffice...

Comedic Cast: Sitting amongst a group of children, Mulaney discusses existential topics with his “kid pals,” including their biggest fears and the purpose of life. John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch reminds its audiences that a good laugh and good deeds can go a long way. Source: Netflix

Mulaney’s comedy special promotes a good laugh and a good heart

Noah Walch, columnist
February 14, 2020

Children’s television is an interesting genre. It has traditionally been innovative and creative, opening new doors to those still adjusting to the world around them. It evokes a certain nostalgia for...

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Oracle After Hours: Cats, a movie so bad that it might just be good

Noah Walch, columnist
January 23, 2020

I got rear-ended on the way to see Cats. It’s pretty fitting, because both the accident and the movie never should have happened. But mistakes are made when one goes too fast or doesn’t pay enough...

Vaccine controversy exposes debate over scientific integrity

Vaccine controversy exposes debate over scientific integrity

Violet Guzman-Robles and Noah Walch
April 22, 2019

No longer plagued by diseases that are faulted with countless deaths throughout mankind’s history, the world has become a safer place from sickness due to the near elimination of certain diseases according...

Trump’s reaction to Khashoggi’s death proves detrimental to presidency

Noah Walch, columnist
February 8, 2019

The Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi had no reason to believe his visit to the Turkish consulate on Oct. 2 would last long. He was simply picking up marriage papers. He would leave the building...

illustration by Alison Sedenkov

Bert and Ernie: A stifled opportunity

Noah Walch, columnist
November 12, 2018

When I was four years old, I was obsessed with Sesame Street. When I was four years old, I thought that I was straight. I was never given any reason to think otherwise. The world taught me that heterosexuality...

This summer, the floors outside the cafeteria and auditorium were remodeled.

Administration replaces old, unsafe flooring

Anne Ribordy and Noah Walch
October 11, 2018

Over the summer, the GBS administration responded to failing structural integrity by replacing the floors near the auditorium and cafeterias as part of South’s ongoing Life Safety project, according...

South student helps create youth computer science program

South student helps create youth computer science program

Noah Walch and Anne Ribordy
May 25, 2018

CS Upstart is a new computer science education organization created by Nicholas Ermolov, South junior, and Parker Thompson, junior at Charleston County [South Carolina] School of the Arts. The program...

Youth Services, Child Development collaborate for community garden

Annabelle Northrup and Noah Walch
March 16, 2018

A student-created gardening program will begin during the first week of April at Glenview-Northbrook Youth Services, according to senior Madi Catarello. The program is part of a project for Advanced Childhood...

Graphic by Rachel Nwia

U.S. History, English classes collaborate in American Experience

Chaerim Park and Noah Walch
February 9, 2018

American Experience is a new course that combines Junior English and U.S. History, says Stacy Flannery, social studies teacher. Starting in the 2018-2019 school year, this class will be available to all...

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