BY TALLIE NEWLUN
Day 2 of spirit week, Tuesday, was animal day. Students all over the building were dressed up as all different kinds of animals.
Every corner you turned, someone was dressed as different animal. We saw a lot of zebra and leopard print, especially on the girls. A few students even put on a full animal costume. Not a lot of seniors dressed up on animal day because they had their senior group pictures. A lot of students are looking forward the last couple days of spirit week. Wednesday is …

Homecoming tickets were sold Tuesday after school and will be sold Wednesday through 1 p.m. on Thursday. Tickets will be sold for $5 each.  No tickets will be sold after this time for the Homecoming dance which begins at 8 p.m. on Sept. 2
Unlike last year, students will be able to bring a guest from a different school, but the “no grinding rule” is still  in effect. The theme is Viva Las Vegas.
Also students must show their student ID’s to enter the dance. Students must show up before 9 p.m. …

BY TALLIE NEWLUN
Spirit week has arrived! Spirit week is a tradition at Southwest. It’s the week of homecoming, and this year homecoming has seemed to sneak up on most of us. Homecoming is Friday, Sept. 2.
Spirit week consists of a new theme for every day. Most students look forward to discover what the new themes will be for the week. This year we decided to start the first day of spirit week with monochromatic, which means students were dressed all in one color.
For the rest of the week, we have …

BY ERIN LENZ
The class of 2012  came together for senior pictures Aug. 30.  The seniors made light of the situation by making it fun even in the gloomy day that delayed their pictures because of rain.
Posing for the picture can be difficult with 510 seniors.  As the photographer yelled through his loud speaker, coordinating everything was fairly easy.  He lined everyone up by yelling out heights and having them line up accordingly.  Then in a single file line they walked onto the bleachers one by one.
Groups of friends always have …

BY HAYDEN GRABAST
After all the hype, smack talk, and glitter, it was time to play some football.  The Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks and the Knights of Lincoln Southeast met at Seacrest Field on Friday night (Aug. 26) in front of  packed crowd of 8,501 with the Silver Hawk student fans sporting neon clothing.
Nerves and emotions were high at the 7 p.m. kick off, and we knew it would be a good one.  Southeast struck first with 27 yard pass from Najee Jackson to Tre Foster diving into the endzone keeping …

BY MCKENNA DODD
Spirit Fest was a celebration to kick off the start of fall sports.  Students and their families were invited to come to this celebration on Aug. 20.  There you could walk around and sign up for sports and participate in a great and fun pep rally!
At the pep rally each fall sport team was introduced, including the varsity football, cross country, golf, volleyball, softball and tennis.  We even got to see the cheerleaders, Emeralds, and band perform!  This year’s 2011 Spirit Fest was a fun and exciting way …

BY MAKENZIE BEARD
“SHOS is definitely helpful,” says DeWayne Taylor from Student Ambassadors.
Here at Southwest, Student Ambassadors and other clubs at Southwest have joined together to start a program called SHOS or Silver Hawks Helping Other Silver Hawks. It is in its second year.
This program is geared towards helping freshmen transition into high school smoothly. The freshmen are able to receive a sort of “how to” manual of everything at Southwest and it helps build relationships with the upperclassmen.
Every Tuesday after school during term one, the whole freshman class and the …

BY ERIN LENZ
This year is a special year for the students and staff of Lincoln Southwest.  It is the 10-year anniversary of our school, and as Principal Rob Slauson said, “Year 10, oh the places we’ve been.”
School is now back in session and some of us were dreading the return.  But back to school means many things.  For example it means learning new things, seeing your friends everyday and cheering on your school.
This year school events crept up on us.  The first pep rally has already taken place on the …