This past summer, I attended the 2019 Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference, which has been held in Washington, D.C. for the past 20 years. There, I met 50 outstanding student-journalists from...

These are October students of the month.

Last Tuesday, Nov. 5, as many of us already know, there was a one-vehicle rollover on I-229, involving two LHS freshman, Barry Grieve and Mhiretab (Tab) Tsegaye. Due to the severity of the accident, we...

At the City-Wide Poetry Collective launch party hosted at the Icon Lounge Event Hall on the evening of Friday, Nov. 8, the lights that were strung from the ceiling glistened, the audience was full of eager...

It’s that time of year again. You want nothing more but to wrap yourself up in a blanket and cuddle up to the fireplace to keep warm. However, there are members of the community that do not have something...

In the advancing chill of Autumn, harsh winds beat brilliant colors down from tree branches and scatter them across browning lawns. And as most homeowners step outside, rakes in hand, to clear their own...

Previously published in 2019 September Issue What do you know about Ben Reifel and Thomas Jefferson? It is a question as old as time; Shakespeare doted on it in one of his most famous lines, from Romeo...

This week, the LHS Statesman staff members jumped on a bus and traveled to Vermillion, SD for a journalism convention at USD, where they were recognized with the award of superior state newspaper. At the...

As pink ribbons sweep across the world in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the LHS Student Council is providing its own answer to the annual campaign: a jersey bidding, from which the proceeds will...

As I sit with my laptop open to the beloved ACT.org, the daunting mile-long college interest questionnaire and the $52 fee stare right at me— for the second time, mind you. I made the decision that I...

Creative writing is a sector of English classes that many dread. The thought of creating a world and characters from scratch has terrified hundreds of LHS students since the school’s opening. But however...

It is not a secret world geography teacher, Regan Meyer, is a favorite among LHS students. What makes her so unique is that she sees her job as a vocation rather than an obligation.  After being a...