Micha Gachpar, Features Editor
September 28, 2018
Filed under Features
Five teachers from the United States are chosen each year to attend a three-week research program in Geneva, Switzerland. After being denied from the program the previous summer, physics teacher Tony Valsamis was offered the chance to take part in this unique oppo...
Matthew Chupack, Features Editor
September 28, 2018
Filed under Features
Even as a toddler, junior Quinn Cassell took an interest in music through unconventional household items.
“Before Quinn could talk, he used to walk around the house and sit down in front of the cold air return grates, … and he would strum them,” sai...
May 24, 2018
Anya Eydelman and Zoe Bendoff, Page Editor and Staff Writer
May 24, 2018
Filed under Features
After comparing the spacious and beautifully renovated classrooms to her AP Psychology classroom, room C202, senior Rachel Patris recognized that a change could be made. This room was home to a wall whose peeling paint was h...
April 20, 2018
Ellie Pazol, Staff Writer
April 20, 2018
Filed under Features
The minutes on the clock sped by as freshman Jack Klebba’s hands flew across the keyboard while his eyes searched for an error amid slashes, dots and phrases. He believed a single mistake would mean losing his chance to work for one of the world’s top game devel...
Micha Gachpar, Editor-at-Large
April 20, 2018
Filed under Features, In The Middle
Brad Schneider, representative for the 10th Congressional District of Illinois, was elected to office in 2012 and began his term in 2013, directly following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. After this tragedy,...
Maddie Harris, Staff Writer
April 20, 2018
Filed under Features
Decked out in arm-length gloves and a protective mask, junior Ben Lopez hesitantly began to weld his car, after beginning to build the car about a month before. He said he found welding frightening because he had to anx...
Matthew Chupack, Staff Writer
April 20, 2018
Filed under Features, In The Middle
Sophomore Campbell Sharpe said she was in second grade when her classmate’s relative was murdered by a shooter on his way to a grocery store. Sharpe said that she previously viewed this classmate as a troublemaker, but this...
Maggie Li, Features Editor
March 2, 2018
Filed under Features
Instead of limiting herself to paper, pencil or paints, junior Michelle Gershkovich created a piece of art out of unconventional materials such as insulation foam and chicken wire.
“I built the frame, … and then I carved insulation foam, and then I used chicken wir...
Isabel Vayser, Staff Writer
March 2, 2018
Filed under Features
When she heard she was being considered for a Tony award, Julie Ann Robinson, theatre director at Glenbrook North, was shocked and thrilled. Robinson is a candidate for the Excellence in Theatre Education category, which is a...
Sonia Zaacks, Features Editor
March 2, 2018
Filed under Features
Braiding challah, making Purim masks and watching Israeli television shows are all parts of junior Wesley Chen’s Wednesday afternoons. As co-president of Jewish Culture Club, Chen is responsible for planning activities related to Jewish culture for the club members. D...
