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Staff Artist: Marla Seibold

Madison McGuire, Staff Writer • March 23, 2019

Pottery work and mixed-media collage may be contrasting mediums, but ceramics teacher Marla Seibold explains that the polarity between the two makes her evermore passionate to create both. “Ceramics...

Staff Artist: Daria McMeans

Nora Miller, A&E Columnist • March 23, 2019

A brief conversation with the interdisciplinary art teacher, Daria McMeans, can entice one to create art that expresses personal style. Currently, McMeans teaches Drawing 1 and 2, along with AP Art History,...

Different demographics breed different forms of activism

Lauren Dain and Ella Kanter • March 23, 2019

ETHS English teacher Anita Bucio, who identifies as Indian American, graduated from New Trier High School in 1998 where she experienced racial prejudices. Bucio has not been back to New Trier since her...

Chicago mayoral election heads to runoff

Izzy Lobin and Mac Stone • March 23, 2019

In a truly historic election for the City of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, after garnering 17 and 16 percent respectively, will head to a runoff election on April 2. The election’s...

Reading program reflects on changes

Zachary Bahar, Asst. News Editor • March 23, 2019

With a third of incoming freshmen entering Evanston with a reading level below grade level, there has been an ongoing effort by ETHS to ensure that these students receive the help and assistance they need...

La importancia de promover el español en ambientes escolásticos extracurriculares

Mario Olvera, Tiernen Flannery, Litzy Segura and Gelsey Olvera • March 23, 2019

Somos un grupo pequeño en ETHS (equipo de Debate en español) que prepara un debate sobre el tema de la estadidad puertorriqueña o sea: ¿Debe Puerto Rico integrarse como el 51 estado de los Estados...

Boys water polo ready to dive back into season for the ages

Michael Barthelemy and Will Wambo • March 23, 2019

After getting a taste of state competition last season, the ETHS boys water polo team has their sights set on winning it all, despite the loss of six seniors. The Kits finished eighth in state last...

Teenagers, labor and unions: a call to action

Joe Whitcomb, Staff Writer • March 23, 2019

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, five million American teens between the ages of 16 and 19 are at work, toiling their hours away. Some of us work to support our families, or to gain financial...

Evanston’s desegregation fail

Tamara Guy, Staff Writer • March 22, 2019

Growing up in a school with very few people of color was normal for me. Evanston’s fifth ward is split up amongst five different schools, with its children bused to school every morning. The schools...

New community involvement initiative aims to shift culture around service at ETHS

Louise Bond, Staff Writer • March 22, 2019

The recently established team, currently being referred to as the Community Involvement Initiative Team, had its second meeting on Mar. 7 to discuss how to best shift the culture around community service...

Baseball slides to Vero Beach for spring break

Sam Beebe and Sophia McCandlish • March 22, 2019

Every year, the baseball team takes a trip to Vero Beach, Florida and competes in a tournament over spring break. “[Vero] allows the team to interact and see each other in a different way,” head...

Girls lacrosse: youth movement

Peter Barbato, Staff Writer • March 22, 2019

Despite a dramatic loss in number of seniors, girl’s lacrosse is looking to utilize their youth to turn what could easily be a “rebuilding” year into one of contention. “The seniors last year...

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