‘Issue 4’ Archives
Keagan Vaughan crowned “Mr. South”
Congrats to Kegan Vaughan for winning the Mr. South pageant hosted by Invisible Children South.
Teachers power computers to save energy
Ian Hicks Staff Writer Old cartoon images of mice on treadmills chasing cheese hanging by a string might soon become actual images of your English teacher chasing after Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. A new faculty gym will have teachers on treadmills, ellipticals, and stationary bikes as soon as January, working off their daily computer [...]
Students don’t have to be in PROUD to be proud
Miriam Kerler Staff Writer In recent years terms such as ‘fag’ and gay’ echoed through South hallways as insults used to target both homosexuals and those whom were believed to be inferior. More recently it can be observed that such words have been replaced, and there has been an evident increase in the acceptance or at least, [...]
Hoagland and Kvale named teachers of the year
Stewart Rickert and Quinn Sternberg Staff Writers Creativity and hard work have helped two of South’s most popular teachers gain recognition for all that they have done. South teachers Matt Hoagland and Cindy Kvale have been awarded the Teacher of the Year award by the North Rotary Club. Hoagland feels that this nomination is [...]
South Gymnastics looking to hit the vault this season
Priscilla Cuevas Staff Writer This winter, South’s gymnastics is back for the season. Last year, the gymnastics team made it as far as sectionals. “At sectionals, everyone landed their vault,” said senior Kiley Miller, “at regionals no one hit their vault.” According to sophomore Michaela Hull, “last year was a good [...]
Former IU swimmer brings new strategy to the pool
Lauren Bradley Staff Writer Katie Mitsch had always pictured herself in front of a jury presenting a case. Now she is pacing up and down the sides of the pool directing the girl swimmers. Mitsch, English, is the new face roaming around South this year. She is the newest addition to South, teaching ninth and tenth grade English. She is also [...]
Slice of South: the Great Migrators
Hannah Weigle Feature Editor You may wish that you live some place other than Indiana, but what would life be like if you had no choice how often you moved, leaving your friends and your life behind? The Optimist recently talked to three students who have moved numerous times to see what the experience is like firsthand. Lauren [...]
Day in the Life of Alexis Allen
Madi Welton Staff Writer “I wake up, I get dressed. I wake the baby up. I dress the baby. I drop him off at his dads, and then I begin my day.” This is the start of sophomore Alexis Allen’s day. Not what most would think of as the typical morning routine for a sixteen year old. Alexis Allen is a teen..and a mother. Many consider [...]
Fletcher gets most out of Principal for a Day
Mary Ardery, junior, meets with Principal Fletcher in her office. Daniel McMullen and Matt Wilson Staff Writers It wasn’t but some 30 years ago that current principal Mark Fletcher was walking down the same hallways as a student, that we walk every day. Fletcher was given that chance once again when he switched places with [...]
Justice breaks precedent
Nick Buffie Staff Writer Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s most famous quote is one about freedom: “The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles, the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done.” What Justice Kennedy said is probably right. And his statement [...]
