ETHS sophomore receives honorable mention in The New York Times essay contest

Zachary Bahar, News Editor

February 3, 2020 • No Comments

Every year, The New York Times runs a personal narrative essay contest for high school students; this year, an Evanston sophomore—Madeline Gingold—received an honorable mention with her essay “The Stupid Seven.” “[‘The Stupid Seven’] was a story about me piercing a bunch of girls’ ears at camp and getting in a ton of trouble, but then being proud of...

A new look at education: how a pilot program between ETHS and Northwestern is redefining educational justice

Avi Shapira and Sofia Williams

January 31, 2020 • No Comments

For the last couple of Mondays, when the final bell rings early at 2:09 p.m., while the rest of ETHS is dismissed from school, 26 ETHS students wait for their 3:30 pm bus. The bus that they board will be headed east towards Northwestern University, where they will participate in a newly-founded program called Community Based Research and Educational Justice, a joint class...

The other side of the Sucursal del Cielo: recognizing global effects of pollution

Angie Gomez, Staff Writer

February 7, 2020 • No Comments

Cali, Colombia is home to an abundant amount of mountains and palm trees, as well as rivers. Accordingly, it was nicknamed “Sucursal del Cielo” — or “Branch of Heaven."  However, during my recent visit to Cali, I realized that the city is not just beautiful or surrounded by nature. Instead, I observed that the city has a...

SMG views 2020 Grammy awards

Sophie Gomez, Staff Writer

January 31, 2020 • 1 Comment

The first Grammy Awards of the decade, which is in its 62th running, happened this past weekend and it was one to remember with tons of performances from Billie Eilish to a return of Aerosmith and Run DMC. Here were five highlights that were either most discussed on social media or that I personally connected with while watching.  Billie Eilish took home four major category...

Behind the Screen at the Oscars

Madison McGuire, Staff Writer

January 31, 2020 • No Comments

Whether or not you are following film awards this year, we are hoping to shed light on components behind the screen... Best Visual Effects is awarded to movies that have shown breakthroughs in visual arts technology and cutting-edge displays on the big screen. The greater the innovation behind the technical aspects, the better a movie’s chances of winning an Academy Award for...

The changing face of Evanston

Lauren Dain, Caroline Jacobs, Jessica Seghal, Sydney Ter Molen, and Sophia Weglarz

November 8, 2019 • No Comments

A study published this past March claims Evanston hasn’t experienced gentrification, though some residents think otherwise. Four former and current Evanston residents and active community members weigh in on the changes they have seen in the Evanston community over the years. Morris (Dino) Robinson Jr. is the Founder and Executive Director of Shorefront, a legacy...

How lack of school spirit affects students

Lauren Dain, Jessica Seghal, and Sydney Ter Molen

September 27, 2019 • No Comments

ETHS has a spirit problem; student attendance and involvement in school-sponsored events has been decreasing. This has caused the administration to reevaluate what spirit events are worth planning and offering for students to attend.     “School spirit, to me, means flaunting and being proud of the school you go to. You know, showing up at sports games, taking...

And the crowd goes mild; how ETHS can improve their school spirit

Noah Kayaian, Staff Writer

February 7, 2020

At a football game on Oct. 11, 2019, ETHS faced their bitter rivals New Trier… in front of a crowd of about 200 silent fans. While yes, it was a balmy Chicago night of mid to low 30s, the thing that surprised me is nobody seemed to want to be there. Now I could’ve been missing the point, but the student section seemed practically empty and the stands were filled...

We Got It! Part III: Riot in G Major

Quinn Hughes, Staff Writer

January 31, 2020

“In the interest of imagining what exists, there is an image of Michael Brown we must refuse in favor of another image we don’t have. One is a lie, the other unavailable. If we refuse to show the image of a lonely body, of the outline of the space that body simultaneously took and left, we do so in order to imagine jurisgenerative Black social life walking down the...