Baeyoung Yoo, Staff Writer
December 13, 2019
From taking the podium with raised arms leading the marching band as drum major to carrying the tune with fellow members of the choir, junior Zach Torf’s passion for music and performing makes a statement in all of his commitments....
Mady Zirlin, Staff Writer
December 13, 2019
When senior Ayla Kaufman began to get symptoms of strokes and seizures caused by her extreme headaches in seventh grade, she had to miss school for weeks at a time. She could not be treated for her migraines for two years after the first showing of symptoms since doctors were still unsure of the causes. She had to ...
Sophie Sperber, Ellie Pazol, Managing Editor, Executive Features Editor
December 13, 2019
Standing with her arms pointed straight to the ceiling, senior Caroline Lee was “The Hair That Would Not Curl.” Her teammates kneeled next to her swaying and twisting their arms, representing the kind of curly hair Lee’s character so desperately wanted to be. This...
Ellie Pazol, Executive Features Editor
November 8, 2019
A loud laugh shattered the silence in the science resource center as junior Songyu Ye announced that he had never caught a fish in his life. Ironically, Ye is one of the three co-presidents and founders of the Fishing Club, along with juniors Adrian Knyazev an...
Maya Fridman, Grace Kang, Features Editor, Copy Editor
November 8, 2019
One mid-August morning at 9 a.m., senior Urie Han, half-awake, answered her phone. On the other line was a Miss Illinois Teen USA pageant representative who revealed that Urie was nominated to be a contestant in the Miss Illinois Teen USA pageant.
To ...
Lucy Cho, Features Editor
September 27, 2019
Through a program called e-NABLE, SWEN was matched with 59-year-old Ric McKenzie, who lost all his fingers to frostbite 20 years ago. e-NABLE is a global program in which people volunteer to make 3D-printed hands and arms for people in need.
The club members used blueprints and formulas from e-NABL...
Grace Kang, Copy Editor
September 27, 2019
Three cash registers jingle with coins. Students with their unpaid school lunches form an amoeba-like crowd around the Quest Food Management Services Cashiers: Jaqueline Younatham, Eva Odisho and Arianna Cox. The cafeteria is ...
Samrah Abbasi, Editor-at-Large
September 27, 2019
Katie Beach, owner and director of Windy City Field Hockey, is an Olympian and former Division I head coach for field hockey at Colombia University. She joined the U.S. Women’s National Field Hockey team and competed in glo...
Zoe Bendoff and Micha Gachpar, Staff Writer and Features Editor
May 23, 2019
When senior Siva Muthupalaniappan joined the Glenbrook North chess team as a sophomore, he was an outlier on a team comprised of seniors. Little did he know, two years later, he would tie for first place at the 2019 National Scholastic K-12 Grade Championship.
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Grace Kang, Staff Writer
April 18, 2019
It is 9 p.m., and the dimly-lit halls of Glenbrook North echo with soft footsteps. Six hours and five minutes have passed since the stampede of students rushed through the halls and out the heavy doors to school buses and cars.
11:30 p.m. The paraprofessio...
