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The Clarion

The Student News Site of Lincoln Southeast High School

The Clarion

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...

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...

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TikTok Ban

Jenna Steinke, Reporter 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...

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