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"The best way to predict your future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln High School Statesman

"The best way to predict your future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln High School Statesman

To prevent the contamination of Monkey Pox, these objects could be essential.
Mpox: is it a threat?
Elysse Weber, Feature Editor • September 9, 2024

Within the past decade, many diseases have become widespread throughout the world. After COVID-19 shook our country, a virus known as “Mpox” (aka Money Pox), brought back...

The dress code for the 2024 Met Gala was “The Garden of Time.” (Photos used with permission by Sensvector, goodstudio, Charlotte May)
About the Met Gala
May 19, 2024
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Sharing cultures through music
Sharing cultures through music
Katya Surendran, News Editor • October 3, 2024

From New York to Buenos Aires, Uruguay to Brazil, LHS senior Jacob Pagone visited South America this summer while playing oboe and english horn for the National Youth Orchestra’s...

Encore members Chris Tao, Oliver VanBeek, Hannah Basel, Rhea Petersen, Giyun Seo, Jacob Pagone and  Maku Adriano. (Photos used with permission by Chris Tao)
Another round for Encore
October 2, 2024
According to the DCI website, Drum Corp. International  has reached 
"more than 7.2 million young people, ages 13-22 involved in the performing arts across the United States." 
(Photos used with permission by Carson Gramm & Kyan Carlson)
From practice to podium
October 2, 2024
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A motorcycle soaking up an abundance of space in the LHS parking lot.
Bikes are not welcome in the LHS parking lot
Syriana Castilleja, Staff Writer • October 2, 2024

The LHS parking lot is ridiculously small and has very little parking space available as is. Pulling up to school late is simply not an option because the tiny little motorcycles...

A look down the path between just a few of the hundreds of courts at one of the annual AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships.
Preventing athlete burnout
September 30, 2024
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Sioux Falls Roll and Salmon Crab Stick Fried Roll topped with eel sauce and spicy mayo.
Local sushi restaurant review: Tokyo 26
Kinsley Ernster, Staff Writer • October 10, 2024

Sioux Falls does not have many sushi restaurants, but of the small amount, Tokyo 26 is the best by far. They have the most authentic sushi you will taste in Sioux Falls. From...

Sunset over the water in Lake Okoboji during the heat of July.
Top 5 summer lakes
October 1, 2024
This is the first album cover with a picture of Dayglow himself, who has 5.4M monthly listeners on Spotify. Used with permission by Acrophase Records.
Ranking "Dayglow"
September 21, 2024
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Team Back That Pass Up after their sweeping victory over Balls Deep.
( Photo used with permission by Jennifer DuBois)
Powerpuff Pandemonium
Mason Dean, Staff Writer • October 2, 2024

On Sept. 13, 2024, LHS was shocked in the powderpuff football tournament by team Back That Pass Up’s devastating victory over team Balls Deep for the title of powderpuff...

Patrick Mahomes in his first seven seasons has more TD’s, yards, less interceptions and the same amount of Super Bowl wins (Photo used with permission by Wikimedia Commons).
NFL week one preview
September 5, 2024
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Rating Starbucks with Jaws
Rating Starbucks with Jaws
Mason Dean and Naomi Jespersen October 2, 2024

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lhsstatesman/episodes/Rating-Starbucks-Drink-with-Jaws-e2p56f5

Draft Day Episode 2
Draft Day Episode 2
September 27, 2024
The icon of LHS sits at 19 feet tall in the Lincoln Memorial. The memorial was built from 1912-1922.
A quick trip to D.C.
September 25, 2024
Norway Photo Gallery
Norway Photo Gallery
September 17, 2024
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Meet the Staff
Naomi Jespersen
Naomi Jespersen
Editor-in-Chief

Naomi Jespersen is a junior, second-year staff member and Paper Editor-in-Chief for the Statesman. When she is not compulsively listening to NPR, Jespersen can be found playing LHS volleyball, working...

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