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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

Elliott Askari-Rabe, Staff Writer
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

Caleb Stipkovits, Staff Writer
January 8, 2019
Social media: helpful or harmful?

Social media: helpful or harmful?

Norah Austin, Staff Writer
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

Mia Swanson, Staff Writer
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?

Samara Adam, Staff Writer
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?!?!

James Warren, Staff Writer
December 6, 2016
Students Should Re-examine Preoccupation With Social Media

Students Should Re-examine Preoccupation With Social Media

Maeve Handley, Staff Writer
October 16, 2013

Week without technology brings new view of 21st century living

Nadia Spock, Features Editor
February 12, 2013

South students and teachers know pros and cons of the web

Sam Graves, Staff writer
February 22, 2011
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