Compiled by Megan Pollard
Staff Reporter
Obama’s stimulus passed
A $787 billion stimulus package was passed to attempt to revitalize
the U.S. economy on Feb. 17.
Obama called the stimulus measure the most extensive economic legislation passed in this nation’s history. The law will fund record investments in education, new energy research and new infrastructure. [...]

Hallie Herrmann
Staff Reporter
South’s Varsity Titan Poms went to Nationals in Orlando, Florida for the fifth time ever over the past five years from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2.
The team competed in Kick and Pom but did not make the cut for final round, although they placed 15th overall in Kick. “I thought the girls [...]

Liz Higley
Staff Reporter
With aspirations of attending Northwestern University, senior Kevin Golden plans to pursue his passion for the trumpet long after his years at south.
Golden is majoring in trumpet performance and has applied to various schools such as Northwestern University, Eastman School of Music in Rochester, DePaul University, New York University, University of Miami Florida, [...]

Buyana Ganbold
Asst. News Editor
Schools all over the U.S. joined the effort “Four Score and Seven” not only to celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday, but also to break a world record on Feb. 12.
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield organized the “Four Score and Seven” event, which took place at 9:30 a.m., when [...]

Liz Higley
Staff Reporter
Music education at University of Illinois, musical theater at New York University, or vocal jazz at University of Miami Florida: what will it be for senior John Splithoff?
As Splithoff plans to major in something focused on music, he hopes his previous years in music will pay off. Splithoff has been involved in [...]

Yara Shams
Staff Reporter
The Illinois Student Safety & Security Conference, set to take place April 29 in Chicago, aims to identify, educate and share the best practices concerning school safety in an effort to quell school violence in all its forms.
According to Isabel Beldez, speaker relations officer, the one-day conference will feature numerous [...]

Elly VanZanten
Asst. A&E Editor

Senior Jillian Entenman is eager to follow her dream and pursue theater in college. When it came time for Entenman to start thinking about prospective majors, the decision was not difficult because for as long as she can remember she has been attending Piven theater workshops. Theater plays a large role in [...]

Elly VanZanten
Asst. A&E Editor
Senior Katie Kodros is preparing to follow her dreams and join the University of Illinois dance team this fall.
Kodros has been dancing since she was five; she has taken every dance class from jazz to hip hop. After entering high school Kodros made the poms team, eventually making the [...]

Compiled by Katie Phillips Asst. News Editor & Yesenia Del Rio Staff Reporter
Students make finals for National Merit Scholarship
This year’s Finalists for the National Merit Scholarship Competition were announced in mid-February.
Of 50,000 Commended students, only 16,000 were declared
Semifinalists. Of those finalists, about 8,200 were chosen as winners of one of the three [...]

Editor in Chief Corinne Chin and Asst. A&E Editor Kate Armbruster check out all three and give you a taste of the obsession.
Looking for a tasty snack that is low in calories but high in satisfaction? Look no further—there are multiple frozen yogurt restaurants soft-serving to please.
These “natural” frozen yogurt stores claim to be [...]