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

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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

LHS students are frequently seen using TikTok in the halls and classrooms.

Is TikTok getting banned?

Leah Mannes, Staff Writer March 21, 2024

In the U.S. alone, TikTok has over 50 million daily active users. With its vast popularity, TikTok influences trends, fashion and even business. However, U.S. lawmakers are currently trying to ban the...

Recently the Sioux Falls School District announced the 2024 nominees for the Teacher of the Year award, with 11 of the teachers representing LHS. 

Photo used with permission by Sioux Falls School District

Teacher of the Year award

Stella Sonnichsen, Staff Writer February 27, 2024

This Feb. 6, the Sioux Falls School District announced the 2024 nominees for the Dr. John W. Harris Teacher of the Year award. In collaboration with Vern Eide Motorcars 70 teachers from various schools...

The cover of Swift’s new album, which fans assume to be about her previous six-year relationship with actor Joe Alwyn. (Used with permission by Republic)

Swift announces brand new album

Nadia Schneider, Staff Writer February 9, 2024

This past Sunday night, Taylor Swift revealed a huge secret that she had been keeping over the last two years. Her brand new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” will be released on April 19. Swift...

The spread of the Stanley epidemic has been staggering, and almost every LHS teen is infected by this tenacious disease (Used with Permission by Canva).

Beware the Stanley Cup

Shalom Kato, Staff Writer February 9, 2024

In 1896, a brilliant (and British) scientist named Sir James Dewar created an invention that revolutionized the very being of mankind and would become the social fabric of humanity. This blessing on earth...

Everyday millions of people make millions of dollars from drop shipping websites like Shopify, AliExpress and Spocket.

What the heck is the deal with dropshipping?

Bobby Parker, Staff Writer February 9, 2024

In recent years, more and more people have been saying farewell to traditional education and diving headfirst into a business model called dropshipping. It's like the new kid on the block, causing a stir...

Xavier Martin looks for a passing option.

Best Buddies basketball game and show choir performance

Leah Mannes, Staff Writer February 7, 2024

Involvement in sports teams, music groups and other extracurricular activities makes school enjoyable and worthwhile for many students. They can look forward to practice and seeing teammates, helping them...

There are currently no driving lessons offered for adults in the Sioux Falls area.

Driving discrimination in South Dakota

Katya Surendran, Perspective's Editor February 2, 2024

With limited public transportation and freezing winter months, a car and a driver's license are necessary in South Dakota; however, the latter is tough to attain as an adult due to a lack of driving lessons...

2024 is filled with many exciting events to look forward to.

Upcoming events in 2024

Laila Miller, Staff Writer January 24, 2024

A lot can happen in a year. 2023 was filled with many memorable events, including the missing submarine, Barbenheimer and Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. In honor of the new year, these are a handful of the...

The warm winter this year is causing many to be anxious for the “brown Christmas” that was expected.

Let it snow! (Please)

Hady Cisar, Staff-Writer December 26, 2023

Looking back on the late fall and winter months of last year and years prior, it is obvious that each year, kids were busy playing in the snow, the roads were slippery with ice and the amount of snow days...

LHS senior Anna Leuning, third person from the left, is smiling at a gymnastics meet with the LHS gymnastics team. (Used with permission from KELOLAND)

SFSD Title IX lawsuit raises new issues in SFSD sports

Shalom Kato, Staff Writer December 19, 2023

Around early-mid October 2023, SFSD gymnasts heard the news that gymnastics is making a comeback amidst the Title IX federal lawsuit against the district. The Title IX federal lawsuit was filed on Sept....

On Dec. 10, Sanaa’s Gourmet Mediterranean restaurant hosted a breakfast fundraiser with hopes of providing more food to the children of Gaza.

Sioux Falls restaurant holds fundraiser for children in Gaza

Reese Duncan, Editor-in-Chief December 12, 2023

As warfare in Gaza continues, limiting access to food and water for the 2.3 million people there, a local restaurant owner found her own way of providing aid through a fundraiser meal. Sanaa’s Gourmet...

28-year-old Bryan Kohberger, suspect of the Idaho four killings. 
(Artwork by Elysse Weber)

The horrors of Moscow, Idaho: Part two

Elysse Weber, Staff Writer December 11, 2023

On Nov. 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students known as Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and her boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, were brutally stabbed to death in their home. As it has been...

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