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 …

“Emmett Till” was painted by LHS graduate Lily Platte in 2003 for the Lincoln High production of The Laramie Project.
In 2006, Lincoln High School produced an original play entitled This Unsafe Star: The Story of Emmett Till.  The play earned local and national attention.  It received a Mayor’s Arts Award for Best Youth Performance and was acknowledged at the 2008 Human and Civil Rights dinner hosted by the National Education Association at its national conference in Washington D.C.  This was a landmark moment for Lincoln High because it was the …

By Matthew Juber
With NASA’s recent LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) mission, and the fact that they finally found the water they were looking for on the Moon means that our loveable little natural satellite might finally have a purpose in the foreseeable future. Since the dawn of humanity, people have looked up at the Moon, but now it seems that it’s possible for people to be living on the Moon, and looking down at us here on Earth.
Now that water has been confirmed on the Moon it gives …

By Michael Wilford
It’s amazing what a pocket can hold these days:  wallet, phone, iPod, and the Complete Works of Shakespeare.  Yes, the electronic age is moving towards another takeover:  America’s libraries.  Before you judge this product, what if I told you the screen looks like a real page of paper? The Kindle is a full electronic device that allows a user to download full texts in a matter of minutes. Rather than being “just another screen” to stare at for hours, the screen of the Kindle looks just like …

By: Matthew Juber
Ever find yourself wishing you could remember exactly what happened during a specific event? Now with new “digital diaries” it might be much more plausible. But what effect does this have on the brain? Would having computers remember everything for us mean our brain wouldn’t get enough use and start to deteriorate?
Psychologists are unsure of what to think as of yet, because research has been minimal. The general consensus seems to suggest that it most likely won’t impact our minds as long as we continue to use our …

By Matthew Juber
Over the summer I came across an interesting, and somewhat frightening find. A robot that can consume biomass, have it’s own thought process, and even potentially carry its own weapons! This may sound like something straight out of a science-fiction novel, but according to Robotic Technology Incorporated (RTI), it isn’t. Of course the intentions of this robot are mostly harmless, but that doesn’t mean the potential for evil isn’t there. While the robot is supposed to be “vegetarian” (meaning it’s biomass engine will only be programmed to run …