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Humans' Fatal Flaw

Humans’ Fatal Flaw

Lucy Reidy, News Editor December 16, 2024

“Does such a thing as ‘the fatal flaw’... exist outside of literature?” wonders Richard Papen, the main character of Donna Tartt’s breakout novel, The Secret History. These are the first few...

Trick or Treating: Halloween Tradition or Outdated?

Trick or Treating: Halloween Tradition or Outdated?

Wyatt Pesina-Espejo, Contributer October 28, 2024

We are officially in the month of October, which means that we have now entered the Halloween season. Among the many fun Halloween activities and traditions, there are Haunted Houses, scary stories and...

Storytelling in Social Media

Storytelling in Social Media

Irene Adjei, Contributor October 21, 2024

In today’s day and age, you can share fragments of your life in real-time through a quick post on your Instagram stories or a 30-second clip of a “day in my life.” Within minutes, an audience can...

How to Meet Deadlines

How to Meet Deadlines

Jennifer Garajau, Contributer October 20, 2024

How to: Deadlines (From someone who’s always missing them) To be honest, missing deadlines is a daily occurrence for me, but that doesn’t mean it should be the same for you. Stressing isn’t fun...

The Colonel Chronicle's Second Year: A Focus on Student Voices

The Colonel Chronicle’s Second Year: A Focus on Student Voices

Ms. Ledoux, Advisor October 15, 2024

A few years ago, WPS teachers were fighting for a new contract. It was a long process - months of bargaining, deliberations, picket lines. Rumblings of a teacher strike began to pick up. The Colonel Chronicle...

Austin student does their AI classwork

AI and Education: The New Future?

Leire Cuberes Barluenga, Opinions Editor September 29, 2024

Back when the COVID-19 Pandemic hit, the world was hit with a surge of Artificial Intelligence. With children at home learning from lagging Google Meets and Google Classroom assignments, education hit...

The Other Side of Social Media

The Other Side of Social Media

Miriam Franzosi, Contributor September 29, 2024

Social networks can be both a form of integration and a means to keep in touch with people, as well as an addiction and a dangerous place that gives freedom to sick people and that can cause psychological...

Academic Goal Setting in Senior Year

Academic Goal Setting in Senior Year

Lucy Reidy, News Editor September 23, 2024

For so long I have been extremely excited to start my senior year. When I say that, many people assume I’m just ready to graduate and get out of high school, but I’m actually excited for everything...

On South's Tardy Policy

On South’s Tardy Policy

Nehemiah Zoller, Arts and Entertainment Editor September 22, 2024

Attendance, obviously, is something a student should hold themselves accountable for. If we’re not here we can’t expect to benefit from our classes or schedules. This, of course, is understood by the...

I'm Glad I Tried Out for Tennis

I’m Glad I Tried Out for Tennis

Lila Tallagnon, Arts and Entertainment Editor June 12, 2024

The first time I ever cried about sports was when I joined the tennis team. I cried, first, after tryouts. Having had the experience of one summer’s tennis camp as a child, I decided I would give it...

Letter to the Editor: South School Lunch

Letter to the Editor: South School Lunch

Mekhi Lee, Contributer June 3, 2024

Normally lunch time is every kid's favorite time of the day. But as time passes, the school lunch changed and hasn't been the same. Nowadays, kids don’t go to lunch because of the poor selection of lunch....

Letter to the Editor: Snack Sales at South

Letter to the Editor: Snack Sales at South

Kayliana Hayes, Contributer June 3, 2024

Imagine having to raise prices for an event when you could have made the money in a more convenient way. A problem at South High and Massachusetts in general, is not being able to sell snacks in school....

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