The Lion’s Roar

Newton South High School’s Student Newspaper

Conduct interviews, report on compelling topics or write about your own opinions.

Editorial Policy

The Lion’s Roar, founded in 1984, is the student newspaper of Newton South High School, acting as a public forum for student views and attitudes.

The Lion’s Roar’s right to freedom of expression is protected by the Massachusetts Student Free Expression Law (Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 71, Section 82). All content decisions are made by student editors, and the content of The Lion’s Roar in no way reflects the official policy of Newton South, its faculty, or its administration.

Editorials are the official opinion of The Lion’s Roar, while opinions and letters are the personal viewpoints of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Lion’s Roar The Lion’s Roar reserves the right to edit all submitted content, to reject advertising copy for resubmission of new copy that is deemed acceptable by student editors, and to make decisions regarding the submission of letters to the editors, which are welcomed.

The Lion’s Roar is printed by Seacoast Newspapers and published every four weeks by Newton South students. All funding comes from advertisers and subscriptions.

In-school distribution of The Lion’s Roar is free, but each copy of the paper shall cost one dollar for each copy more than ten (10) that is taken by any individual or by many individuals on behalf of a single individual. Violation of this policy shall constitute theft.

140 Brandeis Road Newton, MA 02459 srstaff@thelionsroar.com

Editors-in-Chief

Emily Schwartz

Eva Shimkus

Managing Editors

Sarah Feinberg

Julian Phillips

Section Editors

Sarah Wei

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News

Grace Dempsey

Jaesuh Lee

Julia Lee

Lily Zarr Centerfold

Bella Ishanyan

Matan Josephy

Features

Sanjana Deshpande

Ella Hou

Molly Johnson

Emma Zhang

Photo Managers

Gianna Burgess

Maureen Caulfield

Ines Koci

Opinions

Danielle Berdichevsky

Ahona Dam

Annika Engelbrecht

Risha Sinha

Melinda Yung

Sports

Marisa MacDonald

Zach Rhein

John Timko

Clare Tourtelotte

Pawdcast

Ari Gordon

Faculty Advisor

Ashley Chapman

Graphics Managers

Caitlin Ang

Emily Cheng

Adrienne Lirio

Julie Wang

News

Grace Dempsey

We know to look for you in the Strand, or Boston’s version, at least. We love living vicariously through our resident city girl and we’ll Forever & Always be rooting for you.

Jaesuh Lee

Most loyal Wegmans employee and Roar’s spirit. You truly embody Mr. Wegman’s mission statement,“Never think about yourself; always help others.”

Lily Zarr

The true MVP. A natural leader — without you, no news would be broken. Your Cheerios in Lang are iconic and always make our mornings.

Julia Lee

“Heyyyy Julia!” It’s always a joy to run into you in the hallways, and your clarinet playing lights up early Wind Ensemble rehearsals.

Graphics

Julie Wang

The GOAT. Could come up with a jawdropping graphic in the span of two minutes. A constantly flowing waterfall of creativity, you help bring the paper to life.

Emily Cheng

Starbucks’ leading barista. Where would we be without your entertaining stories during advisory? Your art and Instagram graphics never fail to wow us.

Adrienne Lirio

Our baby and the future of the graphics section. Your smooth graphic style and digitals clean up any page.

Caitlin Ang

We know you’re going to make it big in the big city. We so appreciate your input and enthusiasm in graphics meetings. Keep being the O.G. gamer girl.

Volume 39 at a glimpse

Behold our five previous masterpieces, the fruits of our labors!

Opinions

Annika Engelbrecht

Thank you for “Rolling in the Deep” with us through it all — from that last-minute design debacle to helping us perfect our yearbook page, you’ve stayed steady with us even on one leg!

Risha Sinha

Your rants about John Mulaney and middle school relationships on two hours of sleep never cease to make the whole staff produce a hearty chuckle. We will be cheering in the front row of all your future stand-up comedy shows.

Ahona Dam

Queen of the‘Dale, your Dreamfar feats and unrelenting optimism inspire us all. Neither Ops nor Fold would’ve been the same without your thoughtfulness. Four cheers to four great years!

Melinda Yung

Sharing looks of desperation with you gets us through every class. Your wholesome personality and amazing ‘fits bring a ray of sunshine to each advisory, Roar meeting and hallway run-in.

Dana Berdichevsky

Shrek would be proud of the #womaninSTEM you’ve become. We don’t know how your articles are always on track, but something might be in the crab rangoon.

Photos

Gianna Burgess

The photo section would not run without you. Whether it’s being the third wheel to a steamy fold photoshoot during summer break or amazing us with your creative shots, we love your down-to-earth vibe and creativity.

Ines Koci

Those top-tier cafeteria food photos would make editors of cookbooks fall over themselves drooling. Thanks for all of your energy in advisory — when C block tests are canceled, we know it’ll be a good day.

Maureen Caulfield

Headshot photographer extraordinaire. Thank you for being the lifeguard of our paper — with and without your hoodie. You lighten up advisory.