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 Nic Brown
In 1985, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie took pen to paper, as Quincy Jones took to the boards.  The reason for the amalgamation of star power: relief for those affected by the then-recent famine in Ethiopia. The result: “We Are The World,” a star studded, if pretty cheesy, 7:02 sing along, featuring a who’s-who of 80’s music: the aforementioned MJ and Lionel, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Cyndi Lauper, Tina Turner, and a room full of others.  For all it’s ridiculous celebrity ego-stroking, it did eventually raise $51.2 million …

The Lincoln High School Black Box Theatre opens tonight (Feb. 4) with a performance The Doctor In Spite of Himself by Moliere. The production is directed by students Richard Eisloeffel (12), Scott Shomaker (11), Suzy Wright (12), and Christian Novotony (11) . There will be performances at 7 and 8 pm and admission is $5. The Black Box Theatre is located on second floor on the south side of the main building.

By Dillon Irwin
So far, Grease seems to be a very popular musical for Lincoln High. So many people have signed up to audition; the sheets are full of actors and singers. Who will get the lead roles? The actors and the singers will unite to audition for the roles of Grease. The Pink Ladies and The T-Birds will form, and the relationship of Sandy and Danny will form. For those that don’t know the story of Grease, Sandy Dumbrowski is an Australian teenager on vacation with her parents and Danny …

By Kassy Chilen
On January 26th of 2010, in Grand Island, NE was the most amazing rock concert of 2010 (so far) occured.  Flyleaf, Breaking Benjamin, and Three Days Grace came to the Heartland Event Center.  The evening was amazing:  from the buckets of water, shaking speakers, and the overall intensity, the bands did not disappoint.  One disappointmernt, however, was the massive mosh pit.  While I was down on the general admissions floor, I was knocked to the ground and kicked in the head with a boot.   I was taken …

By Harley Peters
A new laptop computer from Alienware is set to make a big splash in the tech world this new year, it’s the new Alienware M11x Gaming laptop, a smaller, lighter alternative to the usual 17 inch “gaming” laptops. Its screen is an almost netbook-esque 11.6 inches, but more exciting than that, the price is small as well, under $1000. The smaller size offers a way to keep games in your bag without lugging around a bulky, inconvenient cinderblock of a computer.
This new model features an …

By Nic Brown
Self-observation time: When have you ever held witness to a truly great, or expectation-exceeding 3rd movie in a film franchise? Go ahead. I’ll wait. There’s food in the fridge. Seriously. 15 minutes. Go.
I’m waiting.
Anything?
I mean there was… well no. Nothing. Ever. Because there wasn’t one.
It’s odd how you’d think that the supposed “Hollywood elite” would know when a concept or idea was dry ( and discussed over countless “lunches”  and closed door meetings).  Hollywood would know when an idea or script was lame… after nearly a century at the trade.  Right?  Here is …

By Chris Maly (Adviser)
One of the most successful music acts to hail from Lincoln has re-formed and hit Lincoln music locales.  If  you speak to anyone familiar with the history of music in Lincoln, the band Mercy Rule often stands alone.  The indie band is iconic of Lincoln’s 1990s music scene and obtained national attention long before bands such as Bright Eyes and Cursive began the talk-show circut.  Consisting of Heidi Ore (bass/lead vocals), Jon Taylor (guitar/vocals), and Ron Albertson (drummer), Mercy Rule toured extensively in the 1990s as America’s indendent music scene …