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Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook are the three most popular social media sites among today’s teens. “Most people have mains and finstas, and on mains, people try to portray themselves differently, but on spams, people are honest, and post trashy pictures of themselves or long paragraphs about they feel,” says Kaiya Woller.

Almost Social Media Famous

January 11, 2019

Above is a picture of a microphone commonly used in the creation of podcasts. Many student competitors will be entering their work to the NPR podcast competition to win the grand prize of their work aired on NPR. “I would freak out if my students got to be on National Public Radio for something that we taught them in this class,” said South english teacher Delainia Haug

Soundwaves of South High: new podcast competition has students excited to share their voice

January 8, 2019

Social media: helpful or harmful?

January 8, 2019

Following just some of the simple steps above may help reduce stress that social media can cause for youth, especially youth struggling with anxiety or depression.

Social media causes yet another source of stress for teens

March 2, 2018

According to a research done by the Pew research center, 56% of teens ages 13 through 17 go online multiple times a day. 24% of teens said they go online “almost constantly”, leaving only 12% who go online once a day, and only 8% of teens who do not go online daily. Freshman Gavin Schulz believes that life without social media “would be better, but everyone else uses it… I think it would be worse if I was the only person that didn’t use [social media], but if there was just no social media I feel like [life] would feel better for everyone.”

Social media-a blessing or a curse?

April 9, 2017

Many students from South use more than just one type of social media. It has even been shown that it can even effect your writing and way of speech. “I am not on social media all the time, but I can see that I say smaller words now,” said William Quito, a freshman at South.

Social media has affected the way we write and talk?!?!

December 6, 2016

Students Should Re-examine Preoccupation With Social Media

October 16, 2013

Week without technology brings new view of 21st century living

Nadia Spock, Features Editor

February 12, 2013

Before sitting down to write this article, I played approximately six games of Temple Run, and then checked my Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. I find myself repeating this cycle constantly, whether I’m at home, school, or ev...

South students and teachers know pros and cons of the web

Sam Graves, Staff writer

February 22, 2011

For centuries, face-to-face interaction had been the most common form of communication among people. With the creation of the Internet, however, alternatives have become available. The Internet has allowed people to communicate...