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The student news site of Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois

The Independent

The student news site of Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois

The Independent

SOS: Why SZA Deserved the Grammy for Best Album

SOS: Why SZA Deserved the Grammy for Best Album

Abby Edwards, Scoop Writer March 5, 2024

SZA rose to the top this year as she became one of the nine most nominated artists in Grammy history. In total, SZA has been nominated twenty four times, but has only won four Grammys, three of which she...

Season one of “High on the Hog” was released on May 26, 2021 to glowing reviews.

“High on the Hog” Season Two Dishes Up Inspiration

Haley Wong, Editor in Chief March 3, 2024

Stephen Satterfield begins and ends the second season of his starring role on “High on the Hog” staring out into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. This expanse of sea saw the abduction and enslavement...

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Honoring Black History Month

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Honoring Black History Month

Alishbaa Karim, Scoop Writer March 3, 2024

Written in 1937, Their Eyes Were Watching God encapsulates the story of a Black American woman living in the early 1900’s. Although the protagonist is first introduced as a young mixed race girl named...

The Color Purple: A Story About Finding Self Worth

The Color Purple: A Story About Finding Self Worth

Olivia Weber, Scoop Writer March 3, 2024

Very few books encompass African American perspectives and cultures as well as Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple. Written in a sequence of letters, Walker inspires young African American girls to...

Giovannis Room by James Baldwin

“Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin: A Story of Shame versus Self Acceptance

Emma Pekkarinen, Editor in Chief March 3, 2024

Denied at first by Baldwin’s publishers, it was unclear if  “Giovanni’s Room” would ever make it out into the world. However, in 1956, James Baldwin’s novel, “Giovanni’s Room,” was triumphantly...

The Famous Hidden Figures of NASA

The Famous “Hidden Figures” of NASA

Anna Cleland, Scoop Writer March 3, 2024

October 4th, 1957,            Sputnik is launched into space. The Russians are the first to get an aircraft into orbit. America’s response? Creating The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...

A Life of Conflict

A Life of Conflict

Amina Irfanullah, Scoop Writer March 3, 2024

The memoir “War and Me,” by Faleeha Hassan passionately bonds the reader with Hassan’s life in Najaf, Iraq. Hassan grew up in a working class family while Iraq was subdued within a seemingly endless...

Winter Fashion 2024: A Style From The Past

Anna Cleland, Scoop Writer February 8, 2024

Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Princess Diana, David Beckham, George Clooney and Paul Newman: these are just some of the people that inspire the quiet luxury look, the current fashion trend in the winter...

Award shows are not only spectacles of star power, but also fashion. (Source: USA Today)

Award Shows: Pop Culture in a Nutshell

Kendall Ullrick, Scoop Writer February 8, 2024

From dresses to drama, award shows have always drawn the public’s attention, remaining popular throughout numerous decades. One night a year, fans get to see their favorite celebrities on the red carpet....

“A Very Large Expanse of Sea” was published on October 16, 2018. (Source: Goodreads)

Searching for Humanity in “A Very Large Expanse of Sea”

Haley Wong, Editor In Chief February 8, 2024

I have been in a reading slump for over a year now, and I have tried everything to get out of it. I made a Goodreads account, thinking that seeing my high-achieving, high IQ friends finishing a book per...

Movie Poster for “The Boy and the Heron” (Source:https://nextbestpicture.com/the-next-best-picture-podcast-the-boy-and-the-heron/)

“The Boy and the Heron”: Coping with Grief and Accepting the Imperfections of Reality

Olivia Weber, Scoop Writer February 8, 2024

Studio Ghibli movies never fail to amaze their audience with their iconic use of bold imagery, imaginative storytelling and dynamic characters. Miyazaki’s most recent - and possibly final - work, “The...

Product Placement, Passive Acting and the Plastics: A Mean Girls Review

Abby Edwards, Scoop Writer February 8, 2024

Regina George is back. Mean Girls (2024), portrayed by Reneé Rapp, had the capacity to surpass Mean Girls (2004) in every way. With double the original movie’s budget of eighteen million dollars and...

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