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Ojibwe Language Table Begins At South

Ellen Gantenbein, Staff Writer December 5, 2013

Each Monday after school the Ojibwe Language Table holds a meeting with Indian Education Linguist James Vukelich. The group facilitates community learning as it is open to South students and staff as well...

Prospective Oromo Group Hopes To Spread Awareness

Grace Palmer, Opinions Editor November 22, 2013

 A recent Southerner survey showed that a small, but significant, group of incoming freshmen speak Oromo, a language spoken mainly by an ethnic group in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Junior Umar Hassan...

Following The Money

Maeve Handley, Staff Writer November 21, 2013

Not many students have wondered where their money goes when paying off I.D debt, however freshman Zach Allen was surprised when he found out. “It seems like they could use the money for better use,”...

Green Tigers Reduce Water and Paper Waste

Maggie Fisher, Staff Writer November 18, 2013

By the end of this year, waste may be reduced tremendously at South because of  two Green Tiger projects. Green Tigers is a club that strives to, “promote environmentalism and environmental justice...

Abby Gaul, the student teacher currently substituting fo FitGerald, works with students in class. She will be subbing until a more long-term replacement is found.

Despite Teacher’s Leave, APUSH Class Continues

Ben DeVore, Web Editor November 11, 2013

When students arrived in Brian FitzGerald’s classroom on Monday November 4th, a sub had taken his place. Unfortunately FitzGerald was not temporarily sick, or out of town or temporarily gone at all. “He...

Artists including The Jonas Brothers and Dessa attended the annual We Dayconcert.

We Day Rekindles Hope In The New Generation

Oscar Cozza, Staff Writer November 4, 2013

Minnesota’s most celebrity-packed event of the year crammed over 18,000 students into the Xcel Energy center on October 8th. We Day’s goal was to inspire youth to help their and other’s communities,...

Q Comp Vote Comes To An End

Laura Turner October 31, 2013

The Minneapolis Public Schools district is trying to implement a plan for quality compensation known as Q Comp. The goal of Q Comp is to boost student achievement through professional development and merit-based...

Students Work To Shift The Power

Etta Harkness Bartholdi, Staff Writer October 31, 2013

Between October 17th and 21st six South High students participated in an environmental conference called Power Shift. Power Shift is a biannual environmental conference which called together high school...

Wall Street Comes To South

Ellen Gantenbein, Staff Writer October 30, 2013

With the help of a grant from Wells Fargo, Mr Nohel’s Govt/Econ class has taken the opportunity to participate for the first time in SIFMA Foundation’s The Stock Market Game. Although this program...

Zack Tufvesson presenting at a recent SRC meeting. The environment that has contributed to the program’s success balances having as many audience members as possible, while maintaining an intimacy between the audience and the speaker

SRC Lets Students Be Open With Each Other

Maggie Fisher, Staff Writer October 30, 2013

In most high schools, students speaking to a crowd of peers about their mental illnesses and problem’s would be unimaginable. Yet lately, many students at South have volunteered to do just that at South’s...

South START students discuss race at the Convention Center in Minneapolis

It’s Time To Talk START

Sophie Downey, Features Editor October 29, 2013

Members of s.t.a.r.t. (students as allies for racial trust) attended the YWCA’s annual  “It’s Time to Talk: Forums on Race” on Wednesday, October 23. The event was a luncheon that facilitated...

South Students May Receive National Merit Scholarships

Etta Harkness-Bartholdi, Photo Editor October 24, 2013

In mid-september, two south students were elected as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists (NMS). After taking and placing on the preliminary scholastic assessment test (PSAT), both seniors, Anna Schwartz...

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