By Gwendolyn Ihrie
When I drive to school, I want to listen to music.  I don’t want to hear about what Matt McKay thinks of Lindsey Lohan’s latest fiasco.  I just want to find energy to get me excited about starting school at 6:45 A.M.  Let me listen to “Tik Tok”  or “I Gotta Feeling!”
Two juniors from Lincoln High agree with me and decided to take charge with a literal charge of wattage.  Radio wattage, that is.  Marya Case-Ruchala and Phalin Strong, juniors from Lincoln High and the Arts & Humanities …

By Cale Simonson
The world’s technological community has recently been posing a question as to whether there is room in the already wide spectrum of gadgets for a device that falls somewhere in between the smart phone and the laptop computer.  On the 27th of January, Apple answered this question with an audacious “Yes” as they unveiled the revolutionary and innovative iPad.
With the exception of a few critics, most of Apple’s fans seem to be accepting the iPad for the revolutionary product that Steven Jobs (Apple CEO) asserts it to be.  …

By Cale Simonson
The icy season is a treacherous time for all travelers.  Whether walking, biking or driving, road conditions are crucial to the safety those audacious enough to venture into the uncertainty of these man-made trails.  Extreme low temperatures and high levels of snow occurring in 2010 have only served to increase the potential peril facing Lincoln’s public.  Along with sheets of ice eliminating traction, drivers face hazards that cannot be nullified by big-ticket tires or a trunk full of sandbags; Potholes.
For anyone who has yet to experience their terror, …

By Mimi Merliss
As many LHS students know, the transfer process from middle school to high school in LPS isn’t very complicated. In fact, middle school students coming from a different district only need to fill out one form with a parent signature to transfer in, a much less complicated process than expected.  Which begs the question: why do students transfer to Lincoln High from other high school districts.
A big pull for incoming freshman is the IB program, about one third of the IB students have transferred from another district area …

By Dillon Irwin
Every year Lincoln Public Schools hold their graduations at Pershing Auditorium.  The site of Pershing Auditorium is also where the original Lincoln High School once stood.  Just as the original Lincoln High School building was deemed old and out of step with the times, Pershing Auditorium is now fielding the same complaints.  Talk of a new arena has grown louder since Omaha built the Qwest Center and since the Antelope Project has diverted 17th Street from a straight path to the Bob Devaney Sports Center.  Will the new …