Gatekeeping. It’s when someone heckles you by asking, “Can you even name 5 of [insert generic band/artist]’s songs” just because you’re wearing their t-shirt. Or, “I used to get made fun of...

This has been a hard year for everyone. Between the pandemic and the loss of two great lives from the Lancer community this past month, everyone has dealt with unimaginable tragedies this year.  Though...

At first glance the road is meaningless. The trees are nearly dead and the wind howls with anger and yet there is still meaning to this path. Upon first arrival you may not understand its significance...

I’m tired. More tired than usual. It has nothing to do with stress from schoolwork or from poorly managing my time. I’m more tired than usual due to daylight savings, an archaic system that has outlived...

LHS has one official substitute teacher. One. That means administrators--both at LHS and the district office--and other teachers have to cover classes when a teacher calls out because there are...

A few months ago editor Hannah Ellis wrote an article called Stop COVID Shaming, It’s Not Helping because at the time it felt like people were being cruel to those who had gotten COVID-19. Back then...

I was 11 years old sitting in the auditorium at a gymnastics meet anxiously waiting to hear my name being called as one of the winners. With each name being announced, I sank further and further into my...

I believe that who you have always been is who you will always be, and you should let that act as a guide for your decisions. I am a senior in high school and like many others, I'm deciding on what I want...

Remember what life was like years ago? When kids would spend nearly all day outside in the fresh air?   In the summer they’d go running in the sprinklers, not caring about the eventual annoyance...

In their latest "The Last Word" podcast, Madi and Thomas discuss the current vaccination schedule and how teachers have been put into the second tier in the vaccination schedule rather than the first....

The day starts with honors English. When that's finished, I jump right onto reading class and start sounding out my new vocab words of the week. After geometry, the hard classes start. Math enrichment...