Nadirah Ngassa - Staff Reporter
Tanlines and fun: OH students make summer plans as end of school year approaches
As the school year comes to a close, OH students find themselves with more free time, and they are planning what they’re going to do with it. Sleep? Hardly. Students report aiming to use their time to practice a new skill, taking in concerts, or soaking up the leisure time with friends. “With Color Guard, I'm gonna try to audition for it next week, and I'm going to, hopefully, make the team, and practice and perform with everybody," said OH freshman Teaghan Cooley.
Painting their spirits with pride and art: Panthers earn First at SPC Art competition
On March 16, OH students earned first place in three categories at the Southwest Prairie Conference (SPC) Art competition at Joliet West High School “The students did a nice job," said OH Fine Arts Department Chair Michael Skura. "They rose to the occasion.” The SPC Art competition includes many schools in the area in the visual art department. There are many separate categories for 14 in total that compete. Students submit 10 works within those categories before they go to Joliet West.
‘I vant more originality’: The many adaptations of Dracula
It would not be a terribly inaccurate statement to say there is not a person on Earth who does not know Dracula. In some way, shape, or form, everyone has at least heard the famous story of the vampire that popularized Gothic horror for centuries to come. This is all to say that there are thousands of different ways the story has been spun, but has it been overdone? Is there anything original to be said about the story without deviating from the original book so much that it’s no longer the same story? “Vampire stories are still worthy because they explore powerful themes like loneliness and temptation, but suck when they rely on clichés,” said OH junior Hannah Eminger.
Making a statement: OH students protest against ICE with a walkout
In light of recent events regarding ICE, like the murders of Reneé Good and Alex Pretti, OH students planned a walkout to show their frustration and anger against ICE. On Friday, Feb. 6, observers saw around 700 OH students who left the school building and met outside Ken Pickerill Stadium. According to the @oswegostoool, student planners arranged to walk from OH to Hudson Crossing Park in downtown Oswego, bringing awareness to what is currently going on with immigration enforcement. “[[The protest]] was very comforting, knowing that so many people care, and that so many people are on your side,” said OH sophomore, Josselyn Rusell, “and knowing that everyone has their own stories of who has been affected in their family, or if they've even been affected, it's so comforting, and it feels like the biggest community.” The goal of the protest was to ‘skip their lessons to teach one,’ with other protests from schools such as Plainfield East High School and Oswego East having theirs planned. A couple of students thought organizing one was the best solution.
Podcast: Turning things upside down with recaps and theories
A decade in the making, Stranger Things captured a generation of viewers. But Season 5 seemed to turn things upside down, and strange theories emerged. Join Art & Graphics Editor Pierre Vargas and News Editor Nadirah Ngassa as they discuss Season 5 of Stranger Things, including theories, alternate endings, and opinions about the show overall.