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The Evanstonian

The news site of Evanston Township High School's student newspaper

The Evanstonian

The news site of Evanston Township High School's student newspaper

The Evanstonian

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On the Intimacies of Failure

Quinn Hughes, Staff Writer March 22, 2019

Content Warning: This article deeply discuss themes surrounding anti-Blackness within the United States. It also graphically describes the murder of Emmett Till. Reader discretion is advised. In the...

Making all classes earned honors gives equal opportunity in the classroom.

Making all classes earned honors gives equal opportunity in the classroom.

Sari Oppenheimer, Staff Writer March 22, 2019

Going from a small, private school to a large, public high school was a very different experience. Being able to have multi-level discussions with peers was a benefit of a small classroom setting and  was...

Embracing imagination: the correlation between the arts and stress relief

Embracing imagination: the correlation between the arts and stress relief

Nora Miller, Entertainment Columnist March 22, 2019

Exercise. Meditation. Yoga. These are the common mechanisms our wellness teachers give us sophomore year to handle stress. Even though running a few miles throughout the week can be a fantastic way to...

A lesson before falling through the cracks

A lesson before falling through the cracks

Sophia Weglarz, Asst. Opinion Editor March 22, 2019

The bookshelf tipped at your feet, but as the spine of Corduroy shattered to fragments, as the pages of Knuffle Bunny fell to shreds and as the wails of Goodnight Moon rotted to nothing, your teacher saw...

From the left, senior Ryan Bost, senior Jaheim Holden and sophomore Blake Peters discuss strategy during the fourth quarter.

Jones, Peters lead Kits to championship game

Eli Cohen and Chris Werner March 16, 2019

The Kits are shooting to make ETHS history tonight, facing off with Belleville West at 7:15 p.m at the Peoria Civic Center for the class 4A State championship after their semifinal game against the Rockford...

Partial government shutdown has devastating effects on families in Evanston, nationwide

Partial government shutdown has devastating effects on families in Evanston, nationwide

Cate Lynch and Jojo Wertheimer March 16, 2019

On Dec. 22, 2018, many ETHS students were relaxing on their first day of break and preparing for the holidays. Meanwhile, 800,000 federal workers in Evanston and across the country, were undergoing their...

ETHS varsity basketball team.

Kits punch ticket to elite eight with 56-42 victory over Loyola

Chris Werner and Eli Cohen March 9, 2019

Two years ago, ETHS stars Ryan Bost, Jaheim Holden and Lance Jones were only sophomores, showing flashes of future stardom while playing in the shadow of current Purdue guard Nojel Eastern. Now, as seniors,...

Girls basketball season ends in Sectional final overtime defeat

Chris Werner, Sports Editor March 2, 2019

Three Wildkits posted double digit performances and Evanston held state No. 1 Maine West to 55 points, their fifth lowest output in a game this season. But it wasn’t enough to topple the Warriors in...

Balanced scoring, defensive adjustments aid Kits in Sectional semifinal victory

Chris Werner, Sports Editor February 20, 2019

The last time Evanston and Loyola met on the Beardsley gym floor, the contest went down to the final seconds and the Ramblers came away with a 48-45 win. That’s not what happened on Monday night in...

Senior Devea Williams preparing at practice.

Speak your truth

Nora Miller, Staff Writer February 18, 2019

An activity famously associated with the Chicago poetry competition, Louder Than A Bomb, spoken word can be found all around the Chicagoland area, even at ETHS. ETHS’s Spoken Word team aims to utilize...

Stage crew prepares for upcoming show.

Stage Crew: the basis of productions

Sophie Monzo, A&E Editor, Layout Editor February 18, 2019

42 days. This is about the time Stage Crew has to complete several aspects of a production in order to put on a show, from the set itself to the costumes. “We handle everything that has to do...

Girls cross country running in the field house.

New year, new race

Eli Cohen, Benji Fervoy and Chris Werner February 18, 2019

ETHS’ most decorated girls track athlete in recent memory, Envaeva Michelin, graduated last year and now runs both track and cross country for the University of North Carolina, and the Kits are striving...

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