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The Minnesota House of Representatives High School Page Program is a unique opportunity for high school juniors to experience the state government firsthand. “It was so nice to be around people who felt so much passion for what they were doing and who wanted to be there and wanted to teach,” said Zia Raukar, a recent participant in the program. Pictured above are some of the week 3 Pages, including Raukar (far right) and Amelia Schulz (middle).
MN House Page Program is an excellent opportunity to experience government firsthand
Griffin Larson, Managing Editor • March 19, 2025

If you are interested in politics, government, law, or even art and architecture, keep the Minnesota House of Representatives High School Page...

A thrift store in Greece, thrifting has found its way all over the world
What’s up with the trend of thrifting?
Adyra Fine, Staff Writer • February 24, 2025
Second-floor Women's restroom locked due to misuse. Students are frustrated about the current policy and the bathroom use process.
South bathrooms are still left inaccessible
Everly Comeaux, Staff Writer • January 7, 2025
Ahmed Amin is South’s brand new principal. Versed in the arts of photography, powerlifting, and intellectual discourse, Amin has lived many dreams and is ready for what’s next. “One of the things I stress is structure… I feel like education is so critical to everybody, and we just gotta make sure people have opportunities to go wherever they want to go.” Photo courtesy of: Lifetouch
Meet Ahmed Amin, South’s new principal
Lola Norvell, News & Multimedia Editor • November 13, 2024
Ms. Gaul's room shows the importance of classroom decorations. Students describe her classroom as welcoming and a safe space to work and feel seen, helping students focus.
How decorations in classrooms benefit students
Everly Comeaux, Staff Writer • November 1, 2024
The unsorted waste in the trash, recycling, and compost bins visually display the neglect of sustainable initiatives at South. As students, we have power over our own school environment and the ability to make it more environmentally friendly.
Is South environmentally friendly?
Adyra Fine, Staff Writer • October 29, 2024
News
Mr Maxey and Maxwell Nibblett, a staff member and student both participating in the game.
South Showdown—students and staff hit the court
Emery Taylor, Staff Writer • December 20, 2024

Excitement is in the air at South as students and staff prepare to take the court for the much-anticipated student vs. staff basketball game....

The Matthews Park skating rink preparing to open for the 2024/25 season.
Minneapolis parks set to open ice rinks just in time for winter break
Alex Karlen, Staff Writer • December 18, 2024

One of the most popular activities to do during the winter in Minnesota is to go ice skating outdoors. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board...

Have a problem? Request advice from Tiger Talk, the Southerner's new advice column
Have a problem? Request advice from Tiger Talk, the Southerner’s new advice column
The Southerner Staff • December 10, 2024

Fill out the form here! Is your friend bugging you? Is your teacher assigning too much busy work? Are you climbing the stairs of academia...

COVID-19 Letters
We shouldn’t have any excuses to not want to be in school when we get back
We shouldn’t have any excuses to not want to be in school when we get back
Shanell Gordon, Staff Writer • May 27, 2020

This Stay at Home Order has been very frustrating because I had to stay in the house for the most part. Plus I had a lot of plans that I had to cancel because of...

Kindness and compassion have never been so valuable
Kindness and compassion have never been so valuable
Eamonn Briem, Multimedia Editor • May 27, 2020

Kindness is key.  The willingness to supersede frustration, impatience and negativity in the pursuit of kindness is something that everyone especially people our...

School closure has helped grant me the freedom that I needed
School closure has helped grant me the freedom that I needed
Quentin Wolf, Staff Writer • May 27, 2020

This "vacation" that we have received from this virus has had pros and cons. While it is very unfortunate that many are dying, and will continue to die, school closure...

Opinions
There is a barrier to accessing mental health support from South’s resources that many students struggle with. This limitation to mental health is something that the South community needs to work to overcome.
The issue with mental health resources at South
Tahj Flores, Staff Writer • March 20, 2025

Mental health is something that requires a lot of care, especially for high school students. Despite this, there is difficulty for South students...

The second edition of the Southerner's advice column, Tiger Talk! In this segment: distancing from friends, expanding music taste, and gaslighting.
Tiger Talk: Burdened Bertha, Musical Mandy, and Manipulative Molly
March 12, 2025
First edition of Tiger Talk, The Southerner's advice column. Hear questions from students wondering about class selections, college admissions, and sapphic struggles. Photo courtesy of Arabella Fracisco.
Tiger Talk: Driven Dolly, Unsure Ursula, and Sapphic Sandy
March 3, 2025
The skyline of Los Angeles still hazy from smoke even weeks after devastating wildfires raged through the city. Environmental disasters are no longer a worry of the future, they are happening here and now. The images of a burning city bring me overwhelming grief, but I know that hope for a future is more important than ever before.
Your climate cynicism will get you nowhere. It’s time to develop your hope.
February 4, 2025
A & E
The three artists pictured from left to right: Elisa Tamay, Merrick Golden, and Tamara Genart
Three South students forge a unique and passionate community through art
Oliver Stricherz, Staff Writer • March 13, 2025

Close your eyes and think about art. Picture the process, the skill, the medium, everything from concept to completion. We may envision this...

Sports
Eli Stottrup (third from left) and Matthew O’hara Jr (fourth from left) pictured with teammates and coaches after advancing to the state tournament. Photo courtesy of: Jennifer Fukuda
Athletes of the Month February 2025: Eli Stottrup and Matthew O’hara Jr.
Alex Karlen, Staff Writer • March 10, 2025

The Southerner’s picks for the February 2025 Athlete(s) of the Month are Matthew O’hara and Eli Stottrup, two wrestlers who, despite facing...

Multimedia
Photo courtesy of: drsonnet on Tumblr
Aaron Bushnell: The Consequences of American Complacency
Andrew Godes, Opinions Editor • May 15, 2024

It’s been almost three months since Aaron Bushnell shocked the world in an unprecedented act of self-immolation outside the Israeli embassy...

Phones in schools: a hard cell
Eamonn Briem and Madeline Mahoney • April 17, 2019

Staff Profile
Carlos Enrriquez Tarrios
Staff Writer

Lola Norvell
Lola Norvell
News & Multimedia Editor

Lola Norvell is a senior at South High School entering...

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Teachers should give out less homework because many students have other responsibilities outside of school and by reducing homework, students have proven to get more sleep which leads to better physical and mental health. So instead of benefiting students' learning, it can actually be detrimental to it.

Teachers should give out less homework

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A group of curious kids cling to a fence as staff from the non-governmental organization Center for Victims of Torture tour their healing center in Kakuma Refugee Camp, located in the northwestern region of Kenya. Photo courtesy of: Fawn Bernhardt-Norvell

USAID what now?

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"Your silence will not protect you": Healing with Audre Lorde

"Your silence will not protect you": Healing with Audre Lorde

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Dance is affected by sexism, capitalism and semantics but that doesn’t change the fact that dance is an art; an influential art that is unlike anything else. “The amount of time, effort and commitment you have to put in to be a good dancer [is overlooked]...Everyone has to work really, really hard to get where they are.”

Dance isn’t a sport, because it's so much more

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There is a very small difference between 2014 and 2015, however once 2016 hit the hate-crimes soared. More than 200 of the crimes happened after Donald Trump’s election, and most of those were done in his name. Trump has said ‘Sometimes it’s the reverse, to make people — or to make others — look bad,’ in response to the rise in Anti-Semitism. He thinks that the bomb threats were made by Jewish people, or those who support them, to make him and his supporters look bad.

Why Holocaust Jokes aren't Funny

Staff Profile
Clara Mathow
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