Playing in the court: video game ratings spark controversy
February 15, 2011 • Aeon Bollig, Staff Writer
Filed under A & E
This article was published in the Southerner’s 2011 winter newsmagazine. It’s nothing new to see the video game world merge in with the true reality – its been quite the hip and happening thing to bring the two together. However, the clash of the two titans rarely comes out on the bright... Read more »
Grunge fashion rages through South hallways
February 15, 2011 • Sydney Andersen, Staff Writer
Filed under A & E
This article was published in the Southerner’s 2011 winter newsmagazine. Walking down the halls of South high, you can see the students who wear ‘grunge’ clothing. You can hear their boots clunk on the floor, or their music after school. Normally they’re dressed in combat boots, flannel shirts,... Read more »
Partnership Program not just for those lacking motivation
February 15, 2011 • Elika Beck, Staff writer
Filed under Features
Inside South there is a learning community that many students haven’t heard of before, the Partnership Program. The Partnership Program is one aimed at juniors and seniors looking for a fresh start. It helps students who need more credits for various reason because they didn’t receive credits from... Read more »
Freshman Alex Turner excels on the alpine ski team
February 15, 2011 • Maddie Colbert, Staff writer
Filed under Skiing, Sports
Since Alex Turner was 3-years-old, he has been zooming down hills on his downhill skis. Now, as a freshman on the alpine ski team, he recently helped his team compete at sections. Turner learned to ski from his dad, who was a traveling ski instructor. In seventh grade, Turner began to compete at the... Read more »
Violence in literature: how South students are affected
February 15, 2011 • Maggie Horstman, Staff Writer
Filed under A & E
As South students, we are faced with violence everyday, whether its watching a fight, throwing food, campaigning against it, or reading about it in class. Despite the fact that violence is discouraged, it still tends to be a common theme in books read by English classes at South High. “I don’t... Read more »
Police and power: My encounter with police violence
February 14, 2011 • Zoë Tarrel, Arts and Entertainment Editor
Filed under Opinion
This article was published in the Southerner’s winter newsmagazine. I witnessed a police shooting of an unarmed man. My memory of this still lies vivid in my head and varies greatly from any news article or police report that was published regarding this shooting of 41-year-old Hector Aguilar. “A... Read more »
Violence in video games causes desensitization to violence in reality
February 14, 2011 • Hannah Garry, Business Manager
Filed under Opinion
We see a lot of violence. As high school students, as Americans, as humans in today’s society, we are all almost certainly exposed to violence on a daily basis. On TV, crime shows and dramas feature serial killers and violent deaths that would have caused shock and horror in generations past. At the... Read more »
School rivalries motivate students and schools to excel
February 14, 2011 • Miiko Taylor, Staff writer
Filed under Opinion
This article was published in the Southerner’s winter newsmagazine. There is something that can cause people to chant, have feelings of intense pride, and dress in crazy, colorful clothing. It has the ability to bring an entire school together for single cause? That something is school rivalries. A... Read more »
Curfew law for teens and kids is unconsititutional
February 14, 2011 • Haley Deparde, Staff writer
Filed under Opinion
The United States Constitution is like a good friend. It’s always there for you and defends you. You would do anything to protect this friend. You may not have realized, but your best friend forever is being cheated on by something we like to call state curfew. Hennepin County’s ordinance #16 prohibits... Read more »
Somali students at South face conflicts in cultures
February 14, 2011 • Caroline Stevens, Staff writer
Filed under Features
While some immigrants blend into the American culture and customs they see around them, Somalians tend to stay faithful to their culture and religion, which can lead some Somali teenagers into conflict between their home and school lives. South High is teeming with students who choose to stay faithful... Read more »
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