Becky Friedman
Staff Reporter
Two schools, one huge charity event and over 1,000 burgers (and, not to mention, 375,000 calories). Why? The answer is Burger Day.
Hundreds of South and North students flock to the Plaza del Prado McDonald’s to overwhelm the fast food joint’s staff. The ambitious kids order more burgers than they know what to do [...]

Holly Heitman Asst. Web Director
Christina Im Staff Reporter
Hilary Rosenthal
History at South
Rosenthal has worked at South for the past 15 years. She has taught AP US History, Global Interactions, and AP World History for Academy. She was co-director of the Academy and sponsored Asian Culture Club for five years. In addition, she was named [...]

Riley Wharton
Asst. Web Editor
Alyssa Rooks
Co-Editor in Chief
On any given Friday during the football or basketball season, the fight song blares on the loud speaker throughout every first period class as the cheerful voice of senior Nick Betsoleiman echoes through the halls. But months after the football season has ended, Betsoleiman’s spirit and determination is [...]

Katie Phillips Features Editor &
Matt Shancer Asst. Features Editor
With 91 days until the new school year starts, South’s Executive Board is already busy working on new ideas for the 2009-2010 school year.
The Executive Board is comprised of four elected officers in next year’s senior class: President Peter Riley, Vice President Kelly Brait, Secretary [...]

Corinne Chin
Editor in Chief
“If I were a boy, even just for a day,” Beyoncé sings, “I’d roll out of bed in the morning and throw on what I wanted then go.”
Beyoncé captured the sentiments of countless girls in the opening line of her single “If I Were a Boy.” According to an Oracle survey of [...]

Nirali Dave
Staff Reporter
A recent Facebook survey conducted by The Oracle revealed that 33 percent of 280 South students believe girls are better at history and English, and 36 percent believe boys are better at math and science. These used to be common stereotypes and misconceptions, but now, more and more researchers are finding that there [...]

Molly Gingrich
Staff Reporter
“[The United States] is practically the same as I saw in movies,” Lei Cando said. “I like it here because everything is new to me and the people here are much nicer and more welcoming.”
Cando, whose former name is Rechelene, is a 17-year-old who moved to Glenview from Guam last year.
“When I [...]

Becky Friedman & Joe Schafer
Staff Reporters
Traditionally, girls are accused of spending ridiculous amounts of time on their makeup, hair, and outfits when it comes to getting ready. But is it all true?
As dances and weekend nights come around, there are differences between how each gender gets ready to go out.
In an Oracle-conducted survey, [...]

Diana Pearl & Chelsea Badiola
Staff Reporters
At 6:15 a.m., most South students are just crawling out of bed, or are still trying to get a few more minutes of sleep, but that is not the case for some of the Mormons of South. They are at church every morning school is in session, studying scripture from [...]

Alyssa Rooks
Asst. Features Editor
Because such a small number of South students have been to a rehabilitation program for drugs, alcohol or emotional issues, few may know what goes on behind closed doors for students enrolled in these programs.
“It was lonely,” senior Chris Adams*, who went to a rehab program his junior year, said. “I [...]