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Innovation or Imitation?

Lida Prochaska, Staff Writer June 24, 2025

**Jane Smith is a pseudonym Sophomore Jane Smith stared at her math homework that was due tomorrow. She hadn’t even started it. With a few clicks and a photo, Smith solved her problem. The answers appeared...

Ruby Franke and Kevin Franke are pictured with their children in this photo taken by Melanie Rice Photography
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Kidfluencing: Is It Ethical?

Mary Mckewon, Photo Editor June 2, 2025

Would you let thousands of people watch your child shop for their first period products? This is the reality of many families that raise and endorse kidfluencers. In the past couple months, the internet...

(From left to right) Melania Trump, JD Vance, Donald Trump, Mike Johnson, and Elon Musk
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The First 100 Days

Mollie Moses, Online Editor May 19, 2025

On May 8, the 47th president of the U.S., Donald Trump, reached his 100th day in office, which marked a milestone of massive and controversial changes. On the first day of his second presidency, Jan. 20,...

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When the Storm Strikes

Kristina Gevorkova, Design Editor May 18, 2025

The basement was supposed to be the safest place, but for LSE junior, Kayjah Green, it was the setting of a newfound nightmare. On a stormy night in 2016, rain pounded above her as she slept in her basement...

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...

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