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The Slow Decent Into Fantasy: A Short Rant About the Growing Skepticism of Academic Knowledge

The Slow Decent Into Fantasy: A Short Rant About the Growing Skepticism of Academic Knowledge

Kamariyae Cotton April 24, 2025

Flat Earthers, Creationists, Pseudohistory/ Pseudoscience/Pseudoarcheology; what do these all have in common? They all actively work to debase, disturb, and fight the active scientific principles that...

Rain World Watcher; A Deep Dive Into the Endings

Rain World Watcher; A Deep Dive Into the Endings

Rose Roe April 24, 2025

With the release of Rain World’s new Watcher campaign, there is a lot to discuss about it and it’s new endings. Rain World is a game on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch that was made by...

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Wichita’s Underground Sound: A Teen’s Guide to Local Shows

Saige Russell April 24, 2025

I’ve been to more than my fair share of concerts—like, hundreds. Yeah... I’m flexing. But seriously, nothing beats the feeling of a local show. There’s something different about it. The person...

Disney's Mess That is Snow White

Disney’s Mess That is Snow White

Kamariyae, Writer and cartoonist April 17, 2025

So, Have You seen Snow White? The new one? Well, I have, and it ain't pretty—at least the dwarves aren't. First things first, I gotta say that the market is already oversaturated with movie remakes,...

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Minecraft Movie, Oh sweet comedic effect~

Kamariyae Cotton, Writer/Cartoonist April 17, 2025

The Minecraft movie has made pronounced waves recently, obviously and it deserves it too~ My spoiler-free thoughts on the movie? It is an excellent study on the elements of Laughability and media and...

Stop Hanging Out In School Restrooms

Stop Hanging Out In School Restrooms

Danielle Fragoso April 7, 2025

Everyday at South, there is always a group of kids hanging out in the restroom, which is not a hangout place. Many people that go to use the restroom don't even get to use it because there are always groups...

Album Review: Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

Album Review: Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

Zoe Washington March 25, 2025

Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You DATE February 14th, 2023 GENRE Art Pop, Alt Pop SIMULAR TO Charli xcx LENGTH 45:24 TRACKS 12 RATING 9/10 TOP TRACKS 1. Blood and...

Erykah Badu's Baduizm: An Album Unmatched

Erykah Badu’s Baduizm: An Album Unmatched

Janaya Berry, Writer March 12, 2025

Alright, let's talk about Baduizm, because if you haven't given this album a full listen, you're missing out. Erykah Badu dropped Baduizm in 1997, but she didn't just release an album- she introduced a...

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Dream Game: The Most Obscure Roblox Game

Rose Roe March 12, 2025

For those of us who play Roblox, there's probably many who know of the game Forsaken. Do you know of a game that a couple of the skins originate from? I introduce you to Dream Game, the most obscure Roblox...

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Parasite (2019) Review

Sydney Mai March 12, 2025

“Parasite” is a movie that follows the impoverished Kim family’s journey to infiltrating the wealthy Park family’s home and life. Personal opinion: Rating: 8.35/10 The film was masterfully...

Is an Amazon Kindle Worth the Money?

Is an Amazon Kindle Worth the Money?

Myriah Forbes and Danielle Fragoso March 10, 2025

This is completely just our opinions and if you don't agree that's completely fine. First, the review of Myriah Forbes: Last Christmas, my parents got me a Kindle, and I love it. It's really useful...

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Instagram Confession Accounts Causing Discourse

Gabri Trujillo, Podcast Editor March 10, 2025

In recent South High News, an anonymous Instagram account has taken a percentage of the student population by surprise by posting over 200 Google Form responses over the span of 5 days. Though the concept...

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