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No campus visits and plenty of Zoom: NCAA recruiting goes virtual

January 27, 2021 • No Comments

Covid-19 has canceled in person recruiting, how do collegiate hopeful athletes get noticed now? Just as the Covid-19 pandemic has altered our lives, it has altered the...

South students staying safe on the job, despite Covid

January 4, 2021

Many South students work jobs on top of their busy school driven schedules. This could be even more difficult amid the pandemic...

South sees more students graduating early

January 4, 2021

The graduating class of 2020 had a rough time -- proms were cancelled all over the country, graduation was online, and everything...

BHSS seniors see pros and cons to the SAT/ACT optional movement

December 1, 2020

High school juniors received news that was a bright spot during a time of global crisis: nearly all major universities are...

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BHSS sculpture students craft innovative book projects

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South wrestling starts season

December 9, 2020

Persimmon pudding for the soul

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Boys tennis coach Matt Corry and players Ethan Uhls and Marcell Bohri talk about their season.

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BHSS sculpture students craft innovative book projects

December 9, 2020

South wrestling starts season

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Looking beyond “Trumpism”

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Seniors Josie Lobring and Katherine Zinkan discuss the upcoming Edgewood XC meet.

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Culture

Persimmon pudding for the soul

Iris Kreilkamp, Editor

November 17, 2020 • No Comments

Fall is fully underway, and winter seems to be just around the corner. We’re still in a pandemic, we’ve just barely finished a nerve-wracking and historic presidential...

Bringing back letter-writing while helping the USPS

October 8, 2020

When was the last time you received a real letter in the mail? You might be hard-pressed to remember. In the digital age, mailing letters...

After the death of the Notorious RBG, where does the Court go?

September 24, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, passed away on Friday, September 18, due to complications of metastatic...

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Sports

No campus visits and plenty of Zoom: NCAA recruiting goes virtual

Ethan Uhls, Staff Writer

January 27, 2021 • No Comments

Covid-19 has canceled in person recruiting, how do collegiate hopeful athletes get noticed now? Just as the Covid-19 pandemic has altered our lives, it has altered the...

2020-2021 NFL playoff preview

Lizzie Allen, Editor

January 6, 2021 • No Comments

WILD CARD ROUND AFC No. 7 seed Indianapolis Colts at No. 2 seed Buffalo Bills It’s been almost 25 years since the Buffalo Bills hosted a playoff game, almost 26...

Frontcourt consistency and well-rounded guards: Looking ahead at IU basketball

December 9, 2020

South wrestling starts season

December 9, 2020

Blades hockey players react to the closure of Frank Southern Center

November 20, 2020

South girls basketball preview

November 18, 2020

Bloomington Bullets Ultimate Frisbee team has begun a new era

November 16, 2020

After state, looking back at Kate Lewis’s golf season

October 19, 2020

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