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The Clarion

The Student News Site of Lincoln Southeast High School

The Clarion

The Student News Site of Lincoln Southeast High School

The Clarion

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...

Political Prowess or Legislative Lacking?

Political Prowess or Legislative Lacking?

Garrison Mehlin, Staff Writer October 22, 2024

In a recent survey taken by thirty two LSE students, more than three fourths of respondents signified that they hear some sort of political conversation, argument or discussion more than once a day. As...

Timeline of Lincoln shootings

Shootings Surrounding Lincoln Spark Community Conversations

Myla Davis, Copy Editor October 21, 2024

A teenage girl stands near the doors inside the building where everything is calm. She is feeling giddy with her friend after enjoying a concert in downtown Lincoln. Moments later, it all changes. People...

Picture of Southeast's "C" lot on August 15 at 8:13 a.m.

Piloting New Policy

Maren Steinke, Co-Editor-in-Chief September 9, 2024

At the beginning of this school year, Lincoln Southeast students received not only a striking new parking pass (this year’s chosen sticker is leopard print) but also an updated parking policy. Last year,...

BeReal's Bitter Reality

BeReal’s Bitter Reality

Myla Davis, Copy Editor July 11, 2024

A notification rings throughout the school hallways. The timer has begun. Students pull out their phones and raise them for a selfie, pulling their friends close. It’s as if time stops and taking pictures...

Graphic by Jenna Steinke

TikTok Ban

Jenna Steinke, Staff Writer June 3, 2024

On Wednesday, April 23, Joe Biden signed a bill into law that could ban TikTok for U.S. users. The bill mandates that ByteDance, the Chinese parent company that owns TikTok, must sell the app within the...

Students dance at Speedway Banquet Hall, where prom was hosted this year.

A Night in Neon Lights

Jackson Hergenrader, Staff Writer May 2, 2024

LSE students all came together in their finest attire to celebrate this year’s prom, “A Knight in Neon Lights”, at the Courtyard Banquet Hall on April 6. A lot of work goes into making...

Graphic cartoon made by Jackson Hergenrader

Caught in the Tardy Sweep Net

Jackson Hergenrader, Staff Writer February 27, 2024

In the past, being tardy to class usually resulted in a “slap on the wrist” sort of punishment. Teachers may hand students a tardy slip, email home or, occasionally, assign detentions. This year, however,...

Students mourn loss of PLC days as LPS changes to district-wide common schedule

Students mourn loss of PLC days as LPS changes to district-wide common schedule

Jenna Steinke, Staff Writer February 27, 2024

The Lincoln Board of Education voted Tuesday, Feb. 13, to bring an end to PLC days, which are early dismissals every Tuesday for high school students, and once a month on Tuesdays for elementary and middle...

Students in Sasha Hoxie's GoPo class taking notes during a lecture.

Government and Politics Class Prepares Students for the Future

Jackson Hergenrader, Staff Writer January 30, 2024

Government and Politics (GoPo) is a required class for all high school students in Lincoln Public Schools to take before they graduate high school and potentially go on to college. LSE GoPo teacher...

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