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A list of student IDs and what room they are in for the ACT Test on Tuesday April 2, 2019 is up outside of the counselor's office. Photo by Emily Price

Get Your “Act” Together: The ACT is next week!

By Emily Price, Reporter | March 29, 2019

By Emily Price This year’s mandatory ACT test day for LPS juniors is Tuesday, April 2, 2019, and with it looming only days ahead, it’s enough to send any high school student into panic mode. (Only...

Principal Mark Larson speaks to the Junior class during an assembly on March 28th, 2019. Larson spoke to each class separately in the Ted Sorensen Theatre throughout the morning. With the juniors he discussed ways to prepare for the ACT that they are required to take on Tuesday, April 2nd. Freshmen, sophomores, and seniors will not have to be in attendance on that day. Photo by Zeke Williams

Grade level assemblies today!

By Zeke Williams, Reporter | March 28, 2019

This light was turned on from 8 a.m. March 22nd until 8 a.m. March 23rd at Lincoln High's annual Theatre-A-Thon. This light symbolizes being on stage and in the theatre for 24 hours straight, which is the goal of Theatre-A-Thon. Photo by Emily Price

Up All Night: No one gets tired of Lincoln High’s annual Theatre-A-Thon

By Emily Price, Reporter | March 28, 2019

By Emily Price What’s better than spending the mandatory eight hours in your high school? Spending 24 hours in your theatre, of course! Theatre-A-Thon is a long standing tradition and fundraiser for...

Slam Poetry Team members win their first bout of the season at the UNL Student Union Auditorium on Sunday, March 24, 2019. Photo courtesy of Deborah McGinn

Slam Poetry Team wins first competition of the season

By Neive Rodriguez, Reporter | March 25, 2019

By Neive Rodriguez This past Sunday, March 24th, marked a victory for the Lincoln High Slam Poetry Team, who received first place at the Louder Than A Bomb: Great Plains Tournament. The tournament...

Correctional Officer Megan Nelson stops by Common Grounds for a cup of coffee on a Friday morning.  Senior Hieu Ngo is happy to serve. Photo by Audrey Perry

Finding Common Ground: Life Skills class keeps LHS caffeinated

By Emily Price, Reporter | March 23, 2019

By Emily Price Coffee is a lifeline for most teachers, as well as many students. With “The Mill” across the street, this desire is easily satisfied. Winter is here, and people don’t want to brave...

Educators Rising Members Iman Nasser (12) and Angelica Mendoza (12) pose with their medals from State. They will be attending Nationals in Dallas this June, 2019.

Educators Rising students qualify for nationals in Dallas

By Audrey Perry, Editor-In-Chief | March 21, 2019

By Audrey Perry On February 27, two LHS Seniors were awarded with medals from Educators Rising State and an invitation to nationals in June. Educators Rising is a program to help students who are...

Failing American Department Stores and the Rise of E-commerce

Failing American Department Stores and the Rise of E-commerce

By Neive Rodriguez, Reporter | March 20, 2019

By Neive Rodriguez One drive around the city of Lincoln would be all it takes to notice vacant buildings and "going out of business" signs scattered around. Although the closure of businesses isn't...

LHS Band Participates in a contest on October 14, 2017. All LHS students involved in a music program such as band, orchestra, or show choir are eligible to go on the 2019 trip. Photo by The Advocate.

Meeting for LHS Music Hawaii Trip this Wednesday

By Audrey Perry, Editor-In-Chief | March 20, 2019

By Audrey Perry This Wednesday, there is a meeting for all LHS Music students interested in the 2019 Spring trip to Hawaii. The trip will take place during the LPS spring break in the 2019-2020 school...

Students attend an ACT prep class, hosted by Educational Talent Search, a program funded by the University of Nebraska Lincoln in the Ted Sorensen Theatre, on March 19th, 2019. Juniors will take the ACT on April 2nd, 2019. Photo by Zeke Williams

Time to prep for the ACT

By Zeke Williams, Reporter | March 19, 2019

Carter Yost (12) is photographed by a Coca-Cola representative during a surprise “reveal” in the Ted Sorensen Theatre after being notified of his winning the Coca-Cola Scholar Award. Yost came on stage to find a can of Coke sitting on a stool to indicate that he had won, and he was congratulated by his parents. Photo by Angel Tran.

Lincoln High Senior Carter Yost wins 2019 Coca-Cola Scholarship

By Audrey Perry, Editor-In-Chief | March 7, 2019

By Audrey Perry The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation announced the 2019 winners of the Coca-Cola Scholars’ Class today, and LHS senior Carter Yost was one of them.  Yost will receive a $20,000...

Students in Chris Watson's Fourth Period Music Tech class work on their projects despite the WiFi outage on March 4, 2019, because the projects were saved locally. Photo by Meg Boedeker

Disconnected! LPS WiFi goes out district-wide

By Zeke Williams, Reporter | March 4, 2019

By Zeke Williams [*This story has been updated since it’s publication earlier today.] This morning, the LPS WiFi went out district-wide and was down for almost 3 1/2 hours. Teachers and students...

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