Mack Jones

Mack Jones, Staff Writer

Hi! My name is Mack Jones (he/him). I am a Staff Writer for the News section in my sophomore year at ETHS. I write for the Evanstonian because I love writing and I love seeing the perspectives of different individuals, and journalism does a great job of combining both! I’m looking forward to meeting new people through interviews and building lasting friendships with peers. Outside of the Evanstonian, I’m on the ETHS Boys Tennis Team, play guitar and piano, and volunteer for AYSO as a referee. For fun, I like to read, listen to music, and sleep.

By Mack Jones

Opinion | The importance of privacy in journalism

Mack Jones, Opinion Editor • September 22, 2023

Evanston’s Guaranteed Income Program, often overlooked because of macroscale projects in Chicago and Cook County, began as a pilot program around 10 months ago, with the first $500 payments sent out...

Introducing Field of Broken Dreams

Mack Jones, Digital Content Editor and Host of Field of Broken Dreams • September 22, 2023

In the fall of 1997, around a year and a half after one of the most successful seasons in the school’s history, Northwestern re-opened its football stadium. The expanded concourse was one of the defining...

Eatin’ With Ethan Episode 1 – Habibi In

Ethan Ravi, Isaac Suarez Flint, Sam Froum and Mack Jones • August 15, 2023

Come along with our resident food critic Ethan Ravi to Habibi In Mediterranean Grill!

Opinion | Whatever you’re facing, you got this

Mack Jones, Opinion Editor • August 15, 2023

There’s open space in the middle of ETHS, two courtyards on either side of H-Hall, and teachers love using them for a break from the monotony of linoleum flooring inside the building. In one of the courtyards,...

[Photo] Four years in replay: the moments that shaped the Class of 2023

May 11, 2023

Parks were caution taped-off at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Retiring teachers reflect on decades of time at ETHS: Caroline Cooper

Mack Jones, Staff Writer • May 11, 2023

After 30-plus years of work at ETHS, Math and AVID teacher Caroline Cooper has decided to retire at the end of an impactful career. She started her tenure intimidated by the scale of the school, but over...

Terrell Williams

Mack Jones, Staff Writer • May 11, 2023

Wildkits outside linebacker Terrell Williams would sit on his couch and watch NFL and college football games with his dad as a young kid. Recognizing Williams’ interest in the sport, his father got him...

Johnny O’Brien

Mack Jones, Staff Writer • May 11, 2023

Lakeland University commit Johnny O’Brien always wanted to play in college, although not necessarily for football. The defensive back started his ETHS athletic career in basketball, but when nets were...

Dean Canchola accepts new position at GBS after long career in Evanston

Mack Jones, Staff Writer • April 17, 2023

Aracely Canchola, the Dean of Students at ETHS for the class of ‘23, was named the new Assistant Principal for Student Services at Glenbrook South High School (GBS) during a District 225 board meeting...

Harrison Ford carries new comedy-drama ‘Shrinking’

Mack Jones, Staff Writer • March 15, 2023

If you expect the new Apple TV+ show Shrinking to reach the same peaks as some of its Apple predecessors, your opinion of the show will be negative. However, if you separate it from those and let it be...

District 202

Lydian Green, Sophia Siddiqui, Mack Jones and Nathan Kane • March 15, 2023

A year after conducting the search for a new superintendent, ultimately landing on Dr. Marcus Campbell, the Evanston Township High School District 202 School Board now looks to push a new set of initiatives,...

Second Ward

Mack Jones, Ethan Ravi and Tarek Anthony • March 15, 2023

The Second Ward contains the border between Evanston and Skokie at McCormick Blvd. Also included in the Second Ward is Evanston Township High School. Part of the job as the Second Ward Alderperson is to...

Maine South football used ineligible players in 2022, forced to forfeit nine games

Mack Jones • March 11, 2023

On March 8, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) forced the Maine South High School football program to forfeit all nine of their wins from the 2022 season for using ineligible players that lived...

Always craving more: Evans’ early life

Sam Froum, Ethan Ravi and Mack Jones • February 27, 2023

As John Evans lay dying in his Denver home on July 3, 1897, around 173 miles from the site of the Sand Creek Massacre, his life flashed before his weary eyes. Evans, the territorial governor of Colorado at the time of the massacre, had stated in prior interviews he bore no regrets for the tragedy that had resulted from his blinding enterprise. Born in Waynesville, Ohio, Evans had come a long way from home.