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Dont take the little things for granted anymore

Don’t take the little things for granted anymore

Hayley Morgan, Staff Writer April 21, 2020

Throughout the past few weeks, our lives have experienced so much change. It's crazy to even think that three weeks ago we were all going about our normal lives. As of right now, we have no idea how long...

The virus did come here

The virus did come here

Matisse Bolstrom April 20, 2020

Three weeks ago I went to the west coast. People wore masks in the airport and wiped down what seemed like every inch of the airplane. My mind had not quite gotten a hold of the situation. While packing...

Stop and look at the world around you

Stop and look at the world around you

Graham Doyle, Staff Writer April 7, 2020

My quarantine break has not been too bad. It’s given me a chance to catch my breath and reflect on the world around me. School causes me to fall into routine and this quarantine has given me a chance...

Making the best of a strange situation

Making the best of a strange situation

Yasemin Isaacs, Staff Writer April 1, 2020

Hello Southerner readers! What a strange time this is. I’m finding that I have a little too much time on my hands recently. Normally I’m used to being extremely busy and stressed, so having time to...

Take it one day at a time

Take it one day at a time

Debra Snell March 27, 2020

While this is a time of great uncertainty, I have found some of the challenges to be invigorating.  Learning new systems and communicating that information to others has felt rewarding. Finding new ways...

COVID-19 has brought a new wave of racism

COVID-19 has brought a new wave of racism

Caleb Stipkovits, News Editor March 26, 2020

The coronavirus has spread across the globe to the point where it was declared a pandemic, but coronavirus isn’t the only thing that has spread through the US, a wave of racism has as well.  Before...

That may have been my last day

That may have been my last day

Jeannine Erickson March 25, 2020

Today in week two of self-quarantine I came to the sudden realization. That I may have had the last day with my kids, my students. I felt myself on the verge of tears. And as I write this letter I finally...

Our incompetence for empathy

Our incompetence for empathy

Eveline Murphy-Wilson, Editor in Chief December 13, 2016

I've been writing a paper for my literature class in which I have to discuss the role literature has in developing a reader's empathy. What I've learned is that literature is a huge catalyst for our capacity...

We have the power to change it

We have the power to change it

Todd Nathan, South Student and Guest Writer December 12, 2016

Hello South High! There was an election not that long ago for some big spot in the government, yes? Well apparently a big orange alien won it (I have no idea how). That big orange alien calls himself Donald...

Your silence will not protect you: Healing with Audre Lorde

“Your silence will not protect you”: Healing with Audre Lorde

Soline Van de Moortele, News Editor December 10, 2016

I don't have much more to say. We are waiting, and fighting, but fighting without knowing can be as hard as knowing without fighting. We push against a water that we feel on our skin, but that we cannot...

Theres no dialogue

There’s no dialogue

Anonymous, South Student and Guest Writer December 9, 2016

What if I told you that on a scale from 1 to 10 on how worried I am about Trump’s presidency, I’m currently standing at a 5? Oh, I can already imagine the look of repugnance on your face, I can almost...

I cant rely on the results to change

I can’t rely on the results to change

Eli Shimanski, Photo and Graphics Editor December 8, 2016

I should probably start my letter by saying that I’m and always have been a middle class, white boy who lives in Northeast Minneapolis, surrounded by people who think the same way as me. I think that...

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