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Shalin Bhatia

Shalin Bhatia, News Section Editor

Shalin is in his second year of the Journalism pathway and is in his first year on the Southerner staff. Besides writing stories, Shalin is a member of the Speech and Debate team and plays for the tennis team.

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Jessica Johnson was appointed to the previously vacant At-Large Seat 9 immediately following the Atlanta Board of Educations unanimous vote for her appointment in early January.

Atlanta Board appoints community leader Johnson to fill vacant seat

January 23, 2023
In the complaint resolution process, a complaint of an alleged violation of HB1084 is made to a school principal, the principal investigates and informs the teacher of the violation, a meeting takes place between the principal and the person filing the complaint and a possible appeals process takes place.

District adopts divisive concepts complaint resolution process

December 5, 2022
Slaven delivers a lecture in his AP US History class about multiple choice strategies.

Social studies teacher Slaven brings passion to Midtown

November 28, 2022
Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker hosted an election night watch party at the Omni Hotel. After voting was tallied, the race between the Incumbent Raphael Warnock and Walker was too close to call and will be heading to a Dec. 6 runoff.

Warnock, Walker U.S Senate race heads to December runoff

November 8, 2022
Protestors opposed to Irans regime stand in downtown Atlanta on Oct. 1. This was one of the several protests which occurred in cities around the world at the same time.

Atlanta Iranian community backs Iranians in freedom fight

October 30, 2022
Evolv Technology body scanners function in the Spartanburg, South Carolina School District 6. The body scanners have led to the district being able to complete an average bag check in less than 20 seconds and sustain detection without security queues.

Atlanta Public Schools to install body scanners in middle, high schools

September 29, 2022
Fedorov holds his tennis racket during lunch.

Nick Fedorov, freshman

August 22, 2022
[From left to right] Former Muslim Student Association members Adham Attia, Ashley Sasser, Fatima Chaudhry, Mina Goldman and Xander Menor pose at MIST in 2019.

Muslim Student Association planning to return after two years

August 19, 2022
Sophomore Sawyer Miyake prepares sushi for the upcoming lunch period. Miyake, whose family is originally from Japan and lived in Hawaii before it was claimed by the United States, enjoys connecting to his heritage through food.

Stories of Asian Americans exemplified in Midtown community

May 25, 2022
GradyCares is hosting its first in-person fundraiser, a comedy night, at Red Light Cafe on May 12. Midtown parent Linda Brenner first founded GradyCares in 2018 after discovering the extent to which homelessness impacted her community.

GradyCares hosting comedy night, seeking donations

May 4, 2022
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited Atlanta on Tuesday, Jan. 11, to discuss the urgent need to pass federal voting rights legislation to prevent corrupt elections. Biden’s visit to Atlanta must immediately spark community movements aimed at improving statewide voting rights, such as more activism from citizens and voting rights groups for actual action in the Georgia General Assembly.

Biden’s Atlanta speech must spark voting rights measures

January 21, 2022
Nahornyi smiles in the courtyard prior to an FBLA meeting. Nahornyi reached nationals for FBLA last year in “Introduction to FBLA” and continued to participate throughout the summer.

Sophomore Nahornyi shares immigrant experience with peers

December 18, 2021
If transmission levels are at a moderate or lower level in Fulton County and DeKalb county, masks will become optional on Feb. 1. The status of mask requirements will be reevaluated on a weekly basis.

APS hopes to drop mask requirement in February

December 7, 2021
Larestani smiles in the courtyard during lunch.

Arshia Larestani, sophomore

October 26, 2021

Hispanic Heritage Month brings school community together

October 5, 2021
Militants associated with the Islamist extremist group, al Qaeda, target parts of the United States by hijacking four airplanes and conducting suicide attacks.

National unity after 9/11 absent two decades later

September 23, 2021
The healthcare classroom teaches students about skills in the healthcare field.

Future of healthcare science pathway remains unknown

September 15, 2021
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announces an executive order that allowed businesses to choose whether to follow local Covid-19 guidelines during an 11Alive news broadcast.

Kemp’s executive order symbolizes larger problem

September 3, 2021
The NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness, has been plentiful with upsets. The players are working at high-intensity levels, despite the lack of fans present in the stadiums. However, the athletes are not compensated for their outstanding performances and instead function as cheap labor for enormous college administrations.

Supreme Court should rule in favor of student-athlete compensation

April 2, 2021
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