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

The Evanstonian

To Kill a Mockingbird brings unique adaptation

To Kill a Mockingbird brings unique adaptation

Michael Colton, Entertainment Editor November 20, 2015

  The classic novel has been taught in schools for decades, you may have even read it in your sophomore english class, or seen the film starring Gregory Peck. Now, you can experience To Kill a...

YouTube can help self-confidence

Simone Williams, Feature Editor November 20, 2015

Many high school students may be lacking in self-confidence however, here at ETHS students in YouTube are helping that issue. “YouTube has been a building trend,” explains Content Marketing...

Evanston Flying Turkey 5k runs its fifth year

Evanston Flying Turkey 5k runs its fifth year

Danielle Kosover, News Editor November 20, 2015

Run before you stuff. You can get active this Thanksgiving by participating in the Evanston Flying Turkey 5k at 9 a.m. “This is an awesome, family- based 5k,” said Jonathan Cain, race director....

SOAR Students strive for race equality

SOAR Students strive for race equality

Amissa Page, In-Depth Editor November 20, 2015

Race affects everybody. Students Organized Against Racism, known as SOAR, is a club that examines how race shapes our identities through student led conversations. “We want to see how the system can...

Boys soccer must be remembered as champions

Boys soccer must be remembered as champions

Matt Schroeder, Sports Columnist November 20, 2015

One loss doesn’t define a season. Despite the fact that boys soccer fell 1-0 to Libertyville in super sectionals, this team should be remembered as winners, not the team that almost made it to state. 21...

Empty Bowl event to sell food in ceramic bowls to raise hunger awareness

Empty Bowl event to sell food in ceramic bowls to raise hunger awareness

Emma Dzwierzynski, News Editor November 20, 2015

World hunger is an ongoing issue, but the Empty Bowl event on Dec. 9 is trying to change that by combining community service and the arts to raise money and awareness for hunger in Evanston. “It...

Planetarium expands experiences, increases opportunities for other classes

Planetarium expands experiences, increases opportunities for other classes

Abrielle Claude, Feature Editor November 20, 2015

ETHS goes beyond the classroom to provide innovative techniques to enhance classroom learning, and with the recent renovation of the school’s planetarium completed you could receive a new kind of learning...

The Pledge of Allegiance serves no real purpose

The Pledge of Allegiance serves no real purpose

Jane Mather-Glass, Opinion Editor November 20, 2015

Stay seated. The Pledge of Allegiance doesn’t mean anything to most students and shouldn’t be mandated in Illinois schools. At the age of five, we learned the 31 words of the pledge...

Enrollment surge changes demographic, academics

Enrollment surge changes demographic, academics

Sam Calian, News Editor November 20, 2015

Most of the world is concerned about overpopulation, but not at ETHS. The schools increasing enrollment does present challenges like larger class sizes and less resources, but it is presenting new...

Adriane Slaton

Evanston alums return as teachers

Samantha Idler, In-Depth Editor November 20, 2015

While some students can’t wait to leave Evanston, others can’t wait to come back. “I never left,” says Karilyn Joyce, badminton coach and gym teacher. “I started working and coaching here...

Distinguished Alumni Awards welcome back successful graduates

Distinguished Alumni Awards welcome back successful graduates

Camille Allen, News Editor November 20, 2015

It’s not everyday that students have the opportunity to learn from an Evanston track coach, a self-made CEO, a Civil Right’s activist, a deputy CFO for NASA, and a Marine who served in Iraq. On December...

Female-fronted groups’ success proving gender equality in music

Female-fronted groups’ success proving gender equality in music

Annie Keenan, Opinion Editor November 20, 2015

Who run the world? Girls. For the first time since the mid-’90s, all-female bands have risen to the top of the charts. As boy bands have mainly dominated the music industry, it’s refreshing and empowering...

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