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(Source: GBX Music Fest Instagram page).
GBX Music Fest features GBS performers
Live Life Well Week Schedule.
The Story of Live Life Well Week
Glenbard South Theater puts on Puffs. (Source: GBS. theater Instagram)
Behind the scenes of Puffs
"Puffs" show playbill picture.
More than side characters: Looking ahead to “Puffs” with Liv Abbott
GPS celebrates 30 years. Source: GPS parent series website
GPS is for you
(Photo source: Unsplash)
Balancing APs and Finals
The chart displays the value colleges place on each aspect of a student’s application. (collegeadmissiontoday.weebly.com)
Should test scores be required for college admissions?
(Source: ccnull.de)
Is Dubai Chocolate overrated?
(Source: Britanica)
If you aren’t cheating, are you even trying?
(Source: Unsplash)
How should high school students avoid seasonal depression?
How is AI being used in classrooms?
Source: New York Post
The psychology behind the holidays: Why do people care so much?
A picture of the Chicago skyline during winter. (Source: NBC 5 Chicago)
The heat is here to last
Residents wading through a flooded street after Hurricane Melissa struck Haiti. (Source: OPB News)
Hurricane Melissa: What can we do in the aftermath of the storm?
Source: Unsplashed.com
From culture to costume, the origins of Halloween
"Puffs" show playbill picture.
More than side characters: Looking ahead to “Puffs” with Liv Abbott
Roberts gives a book talk at Glenbard East.
A familiar face returns home to Glenbard South library
AP English Literature and Composition: the underdog of Glenbard South
South's student-led production stirs up wild success
South’s student-led production stirs up wild success
Life beyond Glenbard South for security guard Joe Conforti
Life beyond Glenbard South for security guard Joe Conforti
Chad (Jordan Quaid-Bowman) and the Jailbirds open up the production of “All Shook Up” with the song “Jailhouse Rock.” (Source: Jen Heim)
“All Shook Up” the musical: I can’t help falling in love with…GBS Theatre?
Photo from “Chicago Style Wedding Venues”
Corsages, limos and… no location?
(Source- IMDb)
Grace Rocky saves cinema: A review of the incredible “Project Hail Mary”
(Source: Rolling Stone )
A closer listen to “Cloud Nine” by Megan Moroney
(Source: Jill Suttie)
Top 5 things to do over spring break
A few of my favorite things
A few of my favorite things
Wintertime film favorites
Wintertime film favorites
Essay Season
Essay Season
A photo of the author.
July 8th
Strange Hatchling (Part Two)
Strange Hatchling (Part Two)
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
Sophie Sweeney

Sophie Sweeney, In-Depth Editor

Hello, my name is Sophie Sweeney and I am the editor for the In-Depth section of The Independent this year! I love long car rides, watching Gilmore Girls for the thousandth time and listening to my lengthy playlist. At South, I also participate in a cappella, Girls Tennis, Key Club, French Club, Political Science Club, Future Medical Professionals and Drama Honor Society.

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