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.Â
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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...
Grace Chatas, Editor-in-Chief
March 1, 2019
As the sun rose, senior Cam Casey stood with his camera in hand, surrounded by shreds of furniture and freshly sprayed graffiti, ready to document his latest adventure on Instagram — exploring an abandoned hospital.
“It was pretty cool to see the remnants of the hospital and be able to see each individual roo...
Anya Eydelman and Megan Fahrney, Editor-at-Large and Sports Editor
March 1, 2019
Unlike most tourists, junior Emily Erickson has left hoofprints across the globe from Iceland to Wisconsin while riding on horseback. Sprouting from a childhood infatuation with ponies, Erickson has pursued her love of horses by participating in weekly lessons at her training stable.
“I love horseback riding bec...
Caitlyn Lofland, Staff Writer
February 1, 2019
Passionate about human rights, Matthew Whipple, director of the Glenbrook Academy of International Studies, traveled to Rwanda during the summer of 2017 to tour Africa and visit a refugee camp. Whipple is involved in STAND FOR...
