New club allows members to partake, reenact medical situations
Nikol Safronova, Staff Reporter
November 24, 2014
With multiple new clubs being introduced this school year, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)-Future Health Professionals is one in which students can branch out from the knowledge that they gained in science classes and learn leadership and technical skills by competing in medical field events....
Unique 5K’s provide entertaining opportunities for local athletes
Katy Roach, Sports Editor
November 18, 2014
Hoofin’ 4 Hardy Are you willing to make an early morning trek to Palatine on Nov. 23? I bet you will be after reading about Hoofin’ 4 Hardy. With the leading cause of sudden cardiac arrest in young people being Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Hoofin’ 4 Hardy aims to raise money to fund f...
Pilgrim reflects on social predicaments surrounding modern Thanksgiving
Easton Self, Managing Editor of Design
November 17, 2014
I’m sure all of you know the pilgrim story: the Mayflower, Plymouth Rock, Leptospirosis, exploitation of an indigenous people. You know, the usual. So, I’m not going to waste my time explaining the details that you all learned in fourth grade, and instead addressing the real problem that America...
ILC creates Instagram account
Sami Sparber, Staff Reporter
November 17, 2014
In preparation for the 2014-15 school year—when every Stevenson student would have their own iPad, the Information and Learning Center (ILC) created an Instagram account. Under the username @shsilc, head librarian Lisa Dettling posts pictures of daily ILC happenings. Dettling believes that the ILC ...
Kickstarter program aids hobbies, projects
Namrata Sridhar, Ideas Manager
November 17, 2014
After graduating from Stevenson and college, Paul Axel ’06 began working in the foreign language department of a textbook company. With plenty of free time, Axel wanted a side project. With a passion for comic books, Axel dreamt of creating his own. However, as a hobby, he was not able to pay an...
Student travels to Europe with Team USA for figure skating
Izabela Zaluska, Copy Editor
November 17, 2014
Getting home late and having to find time for homework and test review isn’t anything new for a student athlete at Stevenson. However, few of those student athletes can do all that and say they’ve been featured in an upcoming Olympian article. Lindsay Weinstein ’18 is one of those few. A Freshm...
The Truth About Senioritis
Fathma Rahman, Managing Editor of Production
October 26, 2014
And once again, it’s a Sunday night and I am slumped over the kitchen table, surrounded by eraser shavings, crumpled scratch paper, iced coffee and more incomplete assignments than I’d like to admit. I didn’t mind it for the first few weeks of school, because I thought that this was normal....
State of the Nation
Fathma Rahman, Nitya Gupta, Sarah Verschoor, Nikol Safronova, Sabrina Szos
October 18, 2014
Scroll over the map to read about recent events from across the country.
Play-by-play: Varsity Homecoming game
Alice Vagun, Editor-in-Chief
October 18, 2014
The annual Homecoming game took place on Oct. 17 with the Stevenson Patriots taking on the Mundelein Mustangs. With a 7-0 season for the Patriots and a 0-7 for the Mustangs, the game was predicted to be an easy win on the home turf, possibly another shutout like the previous victories over the Zion-Benton...
Mental, emotional components of athletics evaluated
Alexandra Shafran, Graphics Editor
October 17, 2014
Many Stevenson students balance not only a multitude of AP classes and clubs, but also athletics. While an organized study schedule may lead to success in classes and clubs, being successful in athletics requires more than just the proper equipment and a good skillset. A popular misconception is that...
Stevenson enrollment increases after nine year decline
Kayla Guo, Copy Editor
October 17, 2014
Stevenson enrollment has increased for the first in nine years by 101 students. This year’s increase is the largest increase in the Stevenson population since 2002. The school has reported a total enrollment of 3,887 students with the Freshmen class being the largest grade at 1,024 students. Although...
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