By: Cade Wilson – On August 22, a new budget was approved by the LPS School Board for the 2017-2018 school year. The new budget would increase by 4.56% from last year, which, at first, doesn’t seem like much until you consider the fact that 4.56% amounts to around $18.3 million extra dollars, making this...
By: Chloe Heller – There’s nothing better than starting off the football season with a Knights 37-0 win. Seacrest Field hosted the first Friday night lights of the year, with Southeast taking on the Lincoln Northeast Rockets. The Knights showed their dominance early in the first half, making it a 20-0 lead with three minutes...
By: Dallas Jones | Business Editor – Remember playing with that Slinky when you were younger? Or the time when your middle school science teacher used the popular toy to mimic waves? Developed in 1943 by accident, the Slinky had widely been used not just as a mobile radio antenna during the Vietnam War, but...
By: Fidan Ibrahimova – 2-7. Last year’s losing re- cord was one that no one on the varsity football team wanted to experience again. But it took more than just a brand new year for the team to recover from the disappointing season. It took hours of work on the eld, new goals, new relationships,...
By: Cheney Hurley – A final project, woo… just what a senior in high school is dying to do right before graduation. What student wouldn’t want to have all of their time consumed by some school project leaving absolutely no free time? If you couldn’t tell by now there was a little sarcasm in the...
By: Jack Wilford | Photo Editor Students, dressed head to toe in their finest, gathered at the Lincoln Station Great Hall. With tickets in hand, they shuffled inside, ready to party the night away. The theme for 2017 was A Knight in the Spotlight. Large cut outs were placed in the Hall featuring icons from...
By: Nina Peci – City of Love, City of Lights, City of… trash? The streets of Paris are filled with monuments that are centuries old, couples in love, and well, garbage littering the streets. “Paris Syndrome” happens from extreme shock when tourists find out that Paris isn’t all they expected it to be, so how...
By: Kelsey Blum – Everyday 2,059 students pass through the doors of Southeast High School on their way to classes, practices, rehearsals, and performances. These doors and hallways have witnessed much over the years – including the children and grandchildren of former students. Many Lincoln families have been sending their children to the home of...
By: Jillian Dlouhy – Back Row (L to R): Ana Gerginov, Demey Zonnebelt, Paula Llabres Catala, Emma Hallqvist Front Row (L to R): Michela Sanois, Dario Scarano, Chiara Nienebuck, Alvaro Manrique Robledo Sweden, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, and Serbia. This semester, there are eight foreign exchange students at Southeast from these varying parts of...
By: Grace Fitzgibbon – A wave of nostalgia washes over Southeast students today as they think about collecting puffles on Club Penguin, hopping over troopas in Super Mario Bros., singing along to the “Campfire Song Song” in Spongebob Squarepants, or training to be a Jedi Knight from the Star Wars series with a duct-taped light...
By: Jada Sundermeier – The facts are staggering. And so is the dollar amount. Menstruation is expensive. Here are the monthly necessities that come with a cycle. Here’s what you need: Tampons ($7 per box) Liners ($7 per box) Pads ($7 per box) Painkillers ($9 per bottle) Heating pads Birth control ($25 a month) Probably new...
By: Syann Engelhard – Students are always under the constant pressure to succeed in school. Whether it’s socially or academically, there’s always somewhere to show your intelligence in a given subject. How that pressure impacts your mind though, is key to a successful future. High school is a crucial time for mental development, and oftentimes...
