The Advocate

Fork In The Road: From Brainstorming To Reality

May 19, 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutes0 By Angel Tran – “There’s no story that’s unimportant,” senior Elizabeth Yost says. “And there’s no idea that doesn’t have potential to grow into something really excellent.” This statement perfectly sums up the philosophy behind a week-long project that Yost spearheaded to bring two populations of LHS students together: International Baccalaureate students and English...

They’re not quite dead yet!

May 18, 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutes0 By Isabel Kettler – They are different worlds, separated not so much by space, but by time. It’s a little troubling when one goes around trying to breathe new life into one of the most well-known and most-oft reimagined plays known in the western world, not to mention one that is also four years...

Advocate Issue 4 Cover

May 18, 2016

Prom: Informal Formal

May 18, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes0 By Samantha Stuefer -Most students look forward to prom every year. People are running around buying dresses, tuxes, and anything else they might need for the event. Even months before it happens, the halls are buzzing with who’s taking who or what each other is wearing. Prom is coordinated by Student Council, and they...

Daniel Holba: Prom King

May 18, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes0 By Samantha Stuefer – Prom was a little different this year. Our king, senior Daniel Holba, wore a dress. “It made me proud of our school,” Holba said. “You don’t really see someone like me be crowned prom king. So it just says how much this school supports me and it’s just supporting in general....

Track and Field teams finish strong

May 18, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes0 By Samantha Stuefer and Angel Tran -Senior Sydney McAlister, named the LHS Female Athlete of The Year, has been leading the girl’s sprint team this spring. “Personally, I’ve been able to improve a lot but also, it’s been great being a part of a team that’s been doing so well as a...

Slam Poetry Team represents Lincoln High School… YOU KNOW!!!

May 18, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes0 By Brittney Goldenstein – Lincoln High School has been a part of the slam poetry community for almost 20 years! In the late ’90s English teacher Deborah McGinn was introduced to the slam community and brought it to Lincoln High. If you have ever had McGinn as an English teacher you have probably watched the...

Not as easy as it looks: Lincoln High’s synchronized swimming team works hard for upcoming performance.

May 18, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes1 By Samantha Stuefer -When we think of unflavored gelatin mix, the last place we think of putting it is in our hair. Not for AquaLinks, though.They use the gelatin to keep their hair rock hard and in place, so it doesn’t get in their eyes while they swim. AquaLinks is Lincoln High’s synchronized swimming...

Let minors vote

May 18, 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutes0 By Joshua Wiebelhaus – Almost everyone below the age of eighteen has almost no interest in politics. They get angry but they don’t study the laws or actively engage in learning what is going on. Why? Simple, they can’t do anything to change anything. Why would young people learn about politics when they can’t...

Family Car Trips: Just don’t

May 18, 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutes0 By Joshua Wiebelhaus – Family car trips are the worst. Whoever thought up the idea of car trips with your family, was the type of person we should screen at airports because they create more terror in the hearts of children across America than the possibility of a highjacking. A simple formula can be...

Joy Night 2016: These are the acts you were looking for!

May 18, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes0 By Samantha Stuefer – As a play-off of December’s big movie release, the directors and emcees of this year’s Joy Night capitalized on the the pop culture event of Star Wars for their theme Joy Night: 2016: The Links Awaken. The annual talent show put on a variety of acts to please all generations....

LHS Life In Pictures

May 18, 2016

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