2020 New Reality: Stevenson’s ILC/ ELC Staff Moved Online
Pooja Jain and Mackenzie Wren
October 15, 2020
Before March 13 the ILC and ELC at Adlai E. Stevenson High School was always bustling with activity from students and staff. These hands-on learning centers provided students with resources and a safe social environment. After the school was forced to adjust to virtual learning due to COVID- 19, ...
Posts and Picket Signs
Bayarmaa Bat-erdene and Sophia Ismail
October 13, 2020
Since the murder of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has been at the forefront of activist agendas. In addition to the upsurge of protests worldwide against police brutality and racism, BLM has been generating attention on various social media platforms. Numerous users have reposted in...
Vice Presidential Debate: Flies and Fact-checking
Helen Oriatti-Burns
October 11, 2020
On Wednesday, October 7, the only vice presidential debate between Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence was a civil dialogue between candidates. Both candidates criticized the other’s policies and spoke directly to the American people. Due to the age of the Presidential candidates and...
Stevenson Students for Change
Humza Qazi, Anika Krishnaswamy, and Malini Pillai
October 11, 2020
As Student Council President Liana McGhee ’21 scrolled through her Instagram feed, stories of injustice towards people of color popped up everywhere. She couldn’t help but notice the wave of inspiration and purpose that seemed to wash over her and soon found herself reading—devouring— stories,...
Best Buddies and Special Ed, Pandemic Style
Natalie King and Tia Vasudeva
October 9, 2020
Jenny Callen sits on the front steps of her house, a mask covering her mouth and a friend six feet away. Nestled within the unknowns of a pandemic is the beginning of her last year in the Best Buddies Transition program. For Callen, the transition program is a home and family, but with the rapid tran...
We Need to Hold Influencers Responsible for Their COVID-19 Partying
Victoria Feng and Madeline Schmitke
October 9, 2020
In a diagram shared on social media by New York Times technology reporter Taylor Lorenz, hundreds of famous TikTokers have been caught hanging out with one another this summer, possibly spreading COVID-19 amongst one another without knowing it. At the center of the web lies Charli D’Amelio, who has 87.1 ...
A Strange Start
Gaurish Lakhanpal and Greycen Ren
October 9, 2020
As Estella Yan ’23 logs into Zoom, she mentally prepares herself for another day of remote learning. During the school day, Yan joins seven separate Zoom meetings for each of her 37 minute long classes. After classes are over, she attends her club meetings through Zoom as well. Meanwhile, nearly...
Why We Shouldn’t Tell Student Athletes to “Stick to Sports”
Kelly Liu
October 9, 2020
In late August, the Milwaukee Bucks refused to play their playoff game in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Soon after, tennis player Naomi Osaka said she would sit out of her semifinal match at the Western & Southern Open, where tournament play was eventually ...
Out of Contact Sports
Aayushi Wadhawan, Matthew Mcgowan, and Myles Woodman
October 9, 2020
As he reaches the golf course, Madhav Muralidharan ‘22, makes sure he has his mask on before leaving his car and breathes a sigh of relief. Missing a piece of equipment would be forgivable, but without a mask, his practice with the Stevenson golf team would not be possible. Since the beginning of September, Muralidhar...
S(nap) Away the Sleepiness
Vaasu Kakuturu
October 9, 2020
Sheer dedication and pure will are the only things that keep my eyes from closing and my body from collapsing deep into my chair. It is merely the end of the second period, and yet the vibrant voice of my US history teacher, passionately bellowing a George Whitefield sermon over the Zoom call, is doing li...
Restrictions on Recruiting
Sailaja Nallacheruvu and Thea Surya
October 9, 2020
In the fall of 2019, Anthony Skordilis ’21 was practicing and playing games after school essentially every day as a member of the Stevenson Boys Varsity Soccer team. Now with COVID-19 having changed how high schoolers can participate in sports, Skordilis spends only two days a week on the fiel...
(Stay At) Home Run!
Bradley Locker and Advay Voleti
October 9, 2020
3-0 count to COVID-19. He swings and hits a long fly ball deep into the night. COVID-19 has blown this game open with a grand slam! Nearly 200 days ago, COVID-19 began its All-Star level production; the rest of the world could only watch as an international dead-center fastball was blasted over th...
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