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Pledge of Allegiance dispute prompts student resignations

Pledge of Allegiance dispute prompts student resignations

Student announcers Cole Johnson Jensen and Jacob Boucher, both seniors, resigned from their positions on Monday the 29th. “Personally, I felt like I didn’t have any choice but to resign,” Johnson Jensen said. After choosing not to say... READ MORE »»

South trades yellow buses for transit cards in fall 2013

South trades yellow buses for transit cards in fall 2013

Instead of receiving an orange bus sticker on your ID next year, South will be handing out free Metro Transit passes to all students who now qualify for school buses. These passes, unlike the old school bus, will be usable seven days a week... READ MORE »»

Parents with disabilities give students new perspectives

Parents with disabilities give students new perspectives

Before senior Clara Schultz leaves for school in the morning, she lays out the things her mom will need for the day. She finishes the dishes she started the night before, because Schultz knows her mother can’t. After school, Schultz will come... READ MORE »»

South offers more diversity than performing arts schools

South offers more diversity than performing arts schools

“If you’re going to be an actor, you have to experience the human spectrum,” reflected Sulia Altenberg on her experiences with theater and the people she has met at South. After her freshman year, Altenberg switched to South from... READ MORE »»

South rugby team defies violent sterotypes

South rugby team defies violent sterotypes

“I go up to people and I’m like, hey you wanna try rugby?  They’re just like ‘rugby? I don’t want to die!‘” lamented senior Max Pellinger. Rugby is a game not often heard of or mentioned at South High School, or in the... READ MORE »»

News

 Sophomore teams advance to National History Day competition

Alex Boutrous, Staff Writer

June 9th, 2013 marks the beginning of the National History Day (NHD) finals. This year, two teams from South – individual competitor Caledonia Wilson and group Frances Matejcek, ... Read more »

May 21, 2013 • 0 comments • Filed Under News

Features

 Despite severe consequences, drug dealing continues at South

Eleanor Noble, Staff Writer

“Usually people just text or call. Then I bike or drive, we meet up, and exchange. It’s pretty simple,” a South student explained about their average drug deal. For the... Read more »

April 22, 2013 • 0 comments • Filed Under Features

Opinion

 Counterpoint: It’s not fair to hold teens responsible for what they post

Ryan Wiskerchen, Staff Writer

Unless something remarkable happens in the next two years, the actual year 2015 will look nothing like that predicted by “Back to the Future Part II.” Indeed, we’ve traded... Read more »

April 22, 2013 • 0 comments • Filed Under Opinion

A & E

 5th 19th Annual One Acts rock South stage

Gabe Steller, Staff Writer

Last Friday was the final showing of the 5th 19th Annual One Acts. In reality they were 23rd annual, but in an effort to not seem stale South Theater fudges the age. The night was full... Read more »

May 3, 2013 • 0 comments • Filed Under A & E, Theater

Sports

 Parents’ involvement in sports varies for student athletes at South

Laura Turner, Staff Writer

If you have ever been to a high school sporting event, a soccer game, a cross country meet,  or a tennis match, you know that the sidelines are sometimes even more interesting than... Read more »

April 22, 2013 • 0 comments • Filed Under Sports