Finals being moved to before winter break draws mixed reactions from students, teachers

Brynn Aaronson, Staff Writer

December 26, 2018 • No Comments

Starting in the 2019-2020 school year, classes will start and end a week earlier, which will allow finals to be moved to before winter break. School administrators believe that this change will help to reduce student workload and stress during break. “Often students feel the need to work on final exam study guides or other work over break, and thus they are not taking...

A preview of the 2019 Chicago Mayoral Election

Izzy Lobin, Staff Writer

December 26, 2018 • No Comments

With a two-term incumbent Rahm Emanuel decidedly making his exit this coming spring, the Chicago mayoral election is in full swing, with a wide field of candidates to choose from. This year’s race has 21 hopeful candidates awaiting ballot certification. In order to be listed on the ballot, a candidate must have supplied a petition of 12,500 registered Chicago voter...

Kit girls fall in final seconds to New Trier

Chris Werner, Sports Editor

January 13, 2019 • No Comments

“Free throws killed us tonight,” Johnson said. New Trier junior guard Tinah Hong sank a pair of free throws with 4.7 seconds remaining and sealed a 46-45 victory for the Trevians Friday night in the second game of the Bob Bost Classic at Beardsley Gym. The Kits had the opportunity to win in the final moments, but junior Jayla Turchin, the game’s leading scorer,...

Boys basketball defeats New Trier on home court

Hailey Fine and Eli Cohen

January 13, 2019 • No Comments

In the seventh anniversary of the Bob Bost Classic, a packed Beardsley Gym witnessed Evanston’s 54-46 victory over rival New Trier, as the Kits’ solid interior defense held Trevian star forwards Ciaran Brayboy and Spencer Boehm to a combined 18 points. “I thought our guys played good team defense down in the post,”  coach Mike Ellis said. “It wasn’t...

Party culture exemplifies norms

Mimi Herrick and Phoebe Porter

December 26, 2018

Turn on any teen movie and you’ll inevitably see a party scene: red Solo cups, music, flashing lights, dancing and lots of students. This normalization of high school parties isn’t new or uncommon, and the vast majority of teenagers have reported drinking and partying during their high school years, a subsidiary of The American Addiction Centers reports. ETHS social...