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Students present at the Grandchildren of Survivors panel.

Holocaust Remembrance Week focuses on anti-semitism

Eden Drajpuch, Mira Littman and Rebecca Lustig April 18, 2019

ETHS Holocaust Remembrance Week occurred the week of April 1 with the theme of Anti-Semitism: There is Nothing New Under the Sun. “Everyone was pretty much in agreement that [the theme] should be...

Senior Sasha Gordon sprints during practice.

Girls track: Sprinting to success

Everneesa Beech and Aldric Martinez-Olson March 22, 2019

While the record-breaking career of current University of North Carolina track star runner Enyaeva Michelin had a historic effect on the girls’ track team, this year’s Kits have confidence that this...

Senior  Claire Dornbierer  at the walkout last Friday.

Students walk out to protest lack of climate change reform

Sarah Frieman, Executive Editor March 22, 2019

Last Friday, ETHS students joined thousands of students across the globe in participation of a school walkout, marching from campus to Fountain Square, in protest of the lack of action taken to intervene...

Critics of trigger warnings are missing the point

Critics of trigger warnings are missing the point

Callie Grober, Opinion Editor March 22, 2019

“How the new political correctness is ruining education,” reads the cover of  The Atlantic’s September 2015 issue, as a lighter sets the words aflame. It’s referring to the article “The Coddling...

Photos courtesy of  Aaron Carney and the Library of Congress.

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...

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...

Designed by Trinity Collins

Trump administration changes immigration policies, ETHS provides support

Eden Drajpuch and Anna Skey February 17, 2019

In December of 2018, the Trump Administration passed a bill that changed the necessary qualifications for employment and citizenship provided to immigrants and asylum seekers. This change targets public...

Calvin speaks at Healing Historical Museum at ETHS on Feb. 12.

Calvin Terrell hosts Healing Historical Trauma museum

Jonah Charlton and Mac Stone February 15, 2019

In an effort to educate students, staff and others at ETHS on the true power they hold, community builder Calvin Terrell hosted a Healing Historical Trauma museum earlier this week. “I want students...

The Oscars, a preview

The Oscars, a preview

Jonah Charlton, Sophia Weglarz and Evan Finder February 15, 2019

Best Picture By Jonah Charlton What should win: A Star is Born Yes, it’s a remake. Sure, it’s predictable. It’s definitely quintessential Hollywood. But Bradley Cooper’s rendition of this...

Senior Mina June ices down an athletes legs after a practice.

Iced Out: The unsung heroes of ETHS athletics

Michael Barthelemy and Zach Myers February 15, 2019

 As junior runner Jack Rutstein entered the final lap of his one-mile race, he began to break form as he made his final push to the finish. Just as the end was in sight, Rutstein felt his hip “pop,”...

Illustration by Leah Brieva

Turning a blind eye to Indigenous history spurns more abuse

Meena Sharma, Staff Writer February 15, 2019

In the few days prior to Thanksgiving, my two preschool teachers gave my class the assignment of choosing to make a black-belted top hat, or a band decorated with colorful feathers.  The purpose of this...

Boys basketball defeats New Trier on home court

Hailey Fine and Eli Cohen January 13, 2019

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...

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