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A Tribute to Ms.Elliott: South’s Head Rebel
By Casey Sanders As students leave through the main doors at the end of each day, they have become accustomed to Ms. Elliott smiling and waving as she sends them off. But students must soon get used to a new face waving them goodbye at the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year, as Ms. Elliott[…]
Reflection before Retirement: Marge Hackett Says Goodbye after Three Decades
By Elana Amir Ms. Margaret Hackett, referred to as Marge by most of the students, is retiring after 30 years of working at Great Neck South High School. Although she has enjoyed working at South, Ms. Hackett wants to spend more time with her family and find something to dedicate the next chapter in her[…]
Royal Tea House Steams with Popularity
Jenny Ye In the mood for some hot tea and tasty desserts on a brisk winter day, I headed straight for Cafe Bene in Great Neck Plaza. However, I stopped in my tracks when I saw the covered windows and the closing sign. With a sinking heart, I surveyed my surroundings to find somewhere else[…]
Delighted by Diane’s Bakery
Moeh Hayakawa Sure, you can walk over to your neighborhood bakery and order the same generic sweets. The staple danish dessert made by some nameless, nondescript bakery in Manhattan, shipped to your neighborhood to be frozen for weeks. The usual five-layer cake soaked from the defrosted condensation that’s made the cake into a tasteless, insipid[…]
Dress for Success: Why We Do Better When We’re Looking Our Best
By Celine Macura You wake up at 7:05; fifteen minutes to go until you have to be waiting outside for the morning bus. You throw on a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt, whip your hair into a messy bun, grab a pair of shoes, and run down stairs to see if you can squeeze[…]
Great Neck South Internship Program: A Way to be Productive with your Time
By Hannah Weinberger Tucked away in the downstairs math hall, Ms. Kinsey carefully pairs students with internship programs specific to their interests. These school-credit internships are open to all tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students. Whether helping others with homework at COPAY or observing veterinarians perform surgeries on puppies, students can gain experience in their[…]
Students Sample Sweets at Brooklyn’s Dessert Goals
By Lauren Reiss Plastic donuts and ice cream cones and a block-long line of people (hungry for both dessert and an Instagram) occupied Dobbin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn during the last weekend in March. When the people finally made their way inside, balloons that read “Dessert Goals” greeted them. Each guest could snap a quick-pic[…]
A Food Tour of Queens
By Noah Sheidlower The United States was built on the premise that people of all backgrounds can coexist within society; however, in the last few month, discrimination, racism, and prejudice have all run rampant. But if you go just a few miles west of Great Neck, America’s initial values can readily be seen. While popular[…]
Laramie Project’s Cycle Delivers Important Message To South Students About Acceptance
By Celine Macura The Orlando shooting this past June at Pulse, a gay nightclub, left 43 dead and 53 injured. For many Americans, it was a heart-wrenching tragedy that highlighted the atrocities of terrorism, but for Theatre South Director Mr. Thomas Marr, it was more than just a hate crime. At the time of the[…]
A Tale as Old as Time is New Again
By Lauren Reiss On the day that the new, live-action, adult-version of Beauty and the Beast (starring Emma Watson as Belle) was finally released to theatres, my best friend texted me, “Wanna go to Beauty and the Beast tonight?! PLEASE.” And I laughed. We are eighteen years old—it didn’t seem age-appropriate to be this excited[…]