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The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

The news site of Glenbrook South High School.

The Oracle

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An ode to the Fine Arts Department

Esther Lim, co-a&e editor
May 21, 2021

Among the many water fountains peppered throughout South, I’ve always had a go-to: the Fine Arts Department fountain. It’s a different model than the others in the building. It has a boxy, awkward...

Graduation day incites anxiety, nostalgia

Graduation day incites anxiety, nostalgia

Zoe Delis, co-a&e editor
May 21, 2021

Blue and gold caps and gowns. Long and sophisticated speeches from South’s best and brightest. Parents pointing the camera at you as you witness grandpa dozing off. You wait for Dr. Fagel to echo your...

Illustration by Hannah Franklin

Class of 2021 memories

Lexi Babich, asst. features editor
May 21, 2021

As the class of 2021’s high school journey comes to an end, South’s seniors remember their favorite memories from this past year. Although Covid-19 has not only knocked out half of their junior year...

How to be a productive second-semester senior

Maia Schwallie, co-opinions editor
May 21, 2021

Senioritis: the infamous disease that often overtakes second-semester seniors, plaguing us with apathy, laziness, and a general lack of motivation. Teachers dread it, GPAs drop because of it and colleges...

20 athletes prepare for Division II, Division III athletics

Maggie Baumstark, co-editor-in-chief
May 21, 2021

After pushing through difficult lifts in the gym, nerve- wracking calls with college coaches and grueling days of training on the field, pool or court, 40 South seniors committed to play collegiate athletics...

The importance of embracing not being perfect at everything in school

The importance of embracing not being perfect at everything in school

Mia Merchant, co-opinions editor
June 12, 2020

I’ve never been a math person. I was okay with that fact because I’ve always done decently in math-classes—until I took physics during my junior year. At first, I thought I could do as I had always...

Titan pride is more than just dances and football games

Titan pride is more than just dances and football games

Ellie Ruos, co-features editor
June 12, 2020

I always thought having school spirit meant that you were banging the buckets with Titan Nation at a football game, marching in the Homecoming parade and going to pep rallies and school dances. There is...

One of the hardest goodbyes: school friends

One of the hardest goodbyes: school friends

Brendan Wolf, co-a&e editor
June 12, 2020

We all have those friends that we will stay in contact long after high school is over. The few that we spent every weekend with during high school and the ones we will come back from college to see. But...

The Oracle’s 2018-2019 Editors-In-Chief advise the Class of 2020

Eliza Schloss, former co-editor-in-chief
June 12, 2020

I constantly think to myself, what if senior-year-me could see into the future? If I could see small, ten second increments of what I would experience this spring, what would I think? Why would I be packing...

The Oracle’s 2018-2019 Editors-In-Chief advise the Class of 2020

Imra Tajuddin, former co-editor-in-chief
June 12, 2020

Hello Titans! It’s been a while. My name is Imra, and I was once an Editor-in-Chief for The Oracle a whole year ago. All of your successes this past year are starting to make me feel old. As a South...

The Oracle’s 2018-2019 Editors-In-Chief advise the Class of 2020

Genevieve Cepeda, former co-editor-in-chief
June 12, 2020

So you’re done. It probably feels free. Exciting. You might be angry you missed a lot of those classic senior moments. If you’re upset and disappointed, that’s okay. But as much as it hurts,...

Illustration by Ella Prillaman

End-of-year traditions take on new look due to COVID-19

Maggie Baumstark and Ella Naugle
June 12, 2020

It has been 77 days since South shut its doors for what students and staff did not know would be the rest of the 2019/2020 school year. With school closed, long-awaited, end-of-year traditions have been...

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