Everyone is invited to the second annual Jamnesty on April 13. The event, hosted by Amnesty International, STAND, and GLASS, is intended to raise the community’s awareness about human rights violations.
Social Studies teacher and STAND sponsor Matt Whipple is grateful in that it gives students a way to express their concerns through speaking, dancing, [...]

After November’s down-to-the-wire vote, the District 225 referendum was passed with 50.25 percent of the vote. As soon as the referendum was passed, Glenbrook South officials and builders began taking measurements and drawing up plans. In addition to improving the curriculum, structural changes will be made to GBS. Many of these changes [...]

All juniors and seniors who have taken Chemistry have the opportunity to take a new summer school course, Geology Field Study 161. The course is 15 days long and gives students the opportunity to learn more about the ground beneath them. Those interested should contact a science teacher or Mr. Rylander in the [...]

The Peer Mediation program at Glenbrook South has returned for its fifth year. However, the program has not been providing the usual amount of mediations compared to previous years. It has completed 17 mediations this year, a little more than half of the usual 30 mediations per year.
The trained sophomores, juniors, and seniors who participate [...]

Nearly nine million teens are overweight or obese. Illinois happens to be the capital of overweight and obese teenagers, as it holds the record for fattest teens in the nation.
Illinois requires three and a half years of P.E. with the last half substituting for sophomore health education. Individual school administrations can allow varsity athletes who [...]

Facebook, a social networking site, is facing the problem of Internet predators following an incident that occurred in early February.
According to a February 7 article in the Chicago Tribune, the incident occurred in Fox Lake, when a 23-year-old man by the name of Michael Macalindong was arrested for posing as a teenage girl [...]

Among the many fundraising events for AIDS was the “Twin Cities Aids Ride” sponsored by The Tanquery Corporation in 1999.  GBS Spanish and Sign Language teacher Rosemarie Carsello successfully completed the 500-mile bike ride, which began in Minneapolis and ended in Chicago.
             Thousands of people participated in this six-day fundraising event.  Participants rode about 90 [...]

When the Glenbrook North Spartans went up 3-2 with sixteen seconds left in the game, the Titan hockey team endured five seconds of taunts from North fans before rallying for a desperation goal, thus sending North fans back into their seats and earning more time to fight for a chance to play for a championship.
The [...]

Ahhhhhhh. Smell that? Yum. No, it’s not the smell of stink bombs spread throughout the school; it’s the smell of controversy that invariably comes during the playoffs of an NCAA sport. During football season, there are cries of, “The BCS needs a playoff!” while during basketball season, there are cries of, “My [...]

Two-time member of Team USA. Fifth year as a professional lacrosse player.
Four-time All-Star. Three-time All-American and two-time World Champ. Such are the exceedingly impressive accomplishments of Coach Shanahan, the GBS Varsity Boys Lacrosse team head coach.
Returning for his second season at GBS, Shanahan directed the team to a state-title run in his first season [...]