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The Clarion

The Student News Site of Lincoln Southeast High School

The Clarion

Lincoln Southeast English teacher Chris DeAmbrose poses with a t-shirt that reads “Polka Players of Nebraska. Good times in Good Weather.” 
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There Might be an Accordian That can Predict the Future

Garrison Mehlin, Staff Writer May 14, 2025

Late in the afternoon of March 18, 2025, it was no secret that a massive blizzard was on the horizon. In an almost frantic attempt to prepare for the upcoming disaster, Lincoln residents started to lay...

Skretta and NASB staff visiting Washington D.C. Capital
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LPS Initiates Action In Preparation for Possible Deconstruction of Department of Education

Sophia Clark, Staff Writer May 10, 2025

On March 20, it was publicized that President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the United States Department of Education (DOE). In a statement released by Secretary...

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Trump’s Travel Ban: Immigration on Hold

Baran Safa, Staff Writer May 9, 2025

The travel ban. A plan, supported by the Trump Administration, to close off America’s borders from certain countries. “I will ban refugee resettlement from terror infested areas like the Gaza Strip,...

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Senior Splash!

Mary Mckewon, Photo Editor May 7, 2025

It’s 7:50 in the morning, and you’re slowly stepping out of your car in A lot. You feel someone watching you, but you don’t see anyone. All of a sudden, someone emerges from behind your car holding...

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TV Ads: On Their Last Life?

Lydia Petersen, Staff Writer March 9, 2025

Have you ever purchased anything because of a Super Bowl ad? If you have, then you’re in the minority of people at Southeast High School. According to a recent survey taken of LSE students, only 31%...

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Freedom Under Fire

Mina Jan, Social Media Editor March 7, 2025

Since 2021, there have been 16,000 documented bans on books throughout America. Book bans are nothing new, as they’ve been around since the first ever ban on Thomas Morton’s “New English Canaan”...

Dr. John Skretta speaks at a meeting with the LPS School Board.
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LPS Superintendent Transition of Power Perpetuates Policies Aimed at Keeping Peace Amidst Time of Transition

Garrison Mehlin, Staff Writer February 5, 2025

On a cool winter eve just before the break during the 2024 school year, LPS students, staff and family alike woke up on Dec. 6 to an email from Dr. Paul Gausman. In his address, he stated that he was proud...

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From LA to Lincoln: Fires’ Far-Reaching Impact

Mollie Moses, Online Editor February 4, 2025

On Jan. 7, fires started to spread in Los Angeles, California. Many small ones broke out, but the most structurally damaging was the Palisades Fire, which had burned 23,448 acres as of Jan. 30, but in...

Lauren Maw's 1st place royal icing sugar cookies.
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Cooking up a storm

Mollie Moses, Online Editor December 24, 2024

The clock is ticking and over 200 students bustle about to finish in time. For both group and individual events, it's a race to win the judges favor over the other eight schools, as well as students from...

LPS Institutes vape detectors within Southeast

LPS Institutes vape detectors within Southeast

Myla Davis and Lily Deitering December 22, 2024

This December, Lincoln Southeast’s bathrooms went from mildly crowded to ghost towns during class time. A potential cause for this shift could be due to the installation of vape detectors after LPS received...

Avoid Disastrous Driving This Winter

Avoid Disastrous Driving This Winter

Garrison Mehlin, Staff Writer November 28, 2024

It’s a cold, snowy night as you return from dinner with friends in late December. On your dashboard flashes lights and warnings that have been on for some time, yet you have no idea why. On the slick...

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Student Athletes Targeted by “Barstool” Copycat Accounts

Jarod Cada, Sports Editor November 28, 2024

After the Knights lost their first game to Elkhorn South at the beginning of the 2023 football season, sophomore Kadin Logan woke up to notifications from his friends about a post on the Elkhorn South...

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