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Members of Waryaa working on their interview questions for their oral history project at the Mill City Museum

Minorities in History: Somali students learning history in a new style

Asanti Bekele, Staff writer • October 18, 2016

Waryaa is a youth program that is offered for Somali high school students who want to explore what is means to be Somali in Minnesota. Students discuss about their community and cultural heritage. The...

Students work quietly under the blue cloths Darin Doty put up to dim the harsh light.

More teachers should take action against fluorescent lighting

Katherine Lundquist, Staff writer • October 17, 2016

South High is lit by fluorescent lights and I think it's cheap. I dislike the lighting at south. It gives off a green tint that makes students look sickish. The lights cause headaches and migraines and...

South High Varsity Volleyball taking a knee at their game against Edison in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. They first took a knee at their game against Washburn on September 15 and have done it at every game since.

Kneeling for a cause: South High volleyball team

Luciana Rian-Senna, Staff Writer • October 14, 2016

At their game against Washburn last month, the South volleyball team took a knee during the national anthem, taking part in what is becoming a national protest, to raise awareness towards the American...

JV Team after winning race in Duluth (10/9)

Mountain bike team backpedals due to conflict with league rules

Tannen Holt, Staff Writer • October 12, 2016

In their first year of competing as an individual team, the South Mountain Bike Team has come off to a strong start. In the majority of their races, the JV team has placed highly, coming in at least 1st...

Maisy Johnson (freshaman) and Grace Larson (senior) playing in a game against Washburn.

With different bodies, come different injuries

Luca Raffo-Simoes, Staff Writer • October 11, 2016

Female bodied athletes are more prone to getting injured in sports, it’s simply anatomy. The way their hips are placed and the greater extent of flexibilities that comes along with getting less body...

Photo: Asanti Bekele South students showed their pride last Friday at the homecoming game. South played against Providence Academy, and we lost 6 - 33.

Tiger Pride shines through the cold at South High homecoming game

Asanti Bekele, Staff Writer • October 10, 2016

Despite the freezing weather and loss at the homecoming game, South tigers continue to keep their spirit. At 2:30 p.m. on Friday, everybody who bought a ticket to the game went to the gym entrance...

South seniors come together to take pictures of their black and gold attire. Although the name was changed to Neon Day due to seniors hazing freshmen, South students have continued getting dressed up as their grades color for the day.

Green, blue, red, black and gold: South students continue to sport their class colors despite administration name change

Sophia Manolis, Staff Writer • October 9, 2016

Officially, the second to last day of spirit week is called “Neon Day,” but as as students walked into school on the morning of Thursday, October 6th, it was apparent that to many of them the day had...

Photo: Samara Adam Green Tigers - South Highs environmental justice club - hands out waterbottles, bike lights and other donated prices to students who biked to school on Bike to School Day. “It’s really good that people get out there and save the environment” said senior Celina Barnett-Cashman.

South bikes towards better enviroment on Bike to School Day

Samara Adam, Staff Writer • October 7, 2016

“I wanna see more people bike to school” senior Marco Dregni, a member of green tigers and frequent biker said. Last Wednesday, students and teachers were called to be more active for bike or walk...

Twp of the five South National Merit semi-finalists Ella Barnhill and Josiah Ferguson watch an in-class presentation. The National Merit is awarded each year to students with high PSAT scores, and the finalists can recieve college scholarships.

“It’s mostly bragging rights”: Annual National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist feature 5 South students

James Warren, with some reporting by Soline Van de Moortele, Staff Writer • October 5, 2016

South High School was informed in September that we have five students in our school that have made it as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, and six students were commended, meaning that they had...

(From left to right )Mateo Perez , Sami Kusa, Seif Elfatairy and Christopher Rounds chasing after the ball at Super Soccer Saturday.

With wins and losses, October Super Soccer Saturday was a kick this year

Katherine Lundquist, Staff Writer • October 5, 2016

There were 6 soccer games at southwest High School, starting off with women's B squad at 9 a.m. and wrapping up the day with men's varsity at 7 p.m. Even though South’s women's varsity lost 6-1, it...

With changes in scheduling, location and hours, the students and staff learn to take advantage of the changes.

New space, familiar faces: Math Center changes benefit South students and staff

Leticia Ramirez, Staff Writer • October 5, 2016

“The location is actually better, it’s more to the center, like more in the middle of everything”, said Maren Zobott, a math teacher at South High. The changes to the Math Center this year had positive...

South students Anna Mulhern, Joe Kaelin and Maren Stone were excited about the plentiful harvest of tomatoes gathered this week. NHS students in the Pretty Committee are harvesting Souths gardens for food to be used in our lunches.

New Gardens Bring Fresh Food To School Lunches

Samara Adam, Staff Writer • October 4, 2016

This year South High is bringing a fresh twist to our school lunches with produce from South’s garden. Every Wednesday morning, South High’s gardens are harvested by National Honor Society students...

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