Pass/Fail: Credits Offer Lincoln Students Less Motivation, Little Engagement
Ariana Noble, Reporter
May 22, 2020
During these confusing times of online "mandatory school", teachers are working hard to provide their students with the necessary tools to succeed at home. I say mandatory in quotes because students feel that school is already over due to the pass/fail system. Teachers have found that not many students...
What The Shelter In Place Has Done For Us Teenagers: 2020 COVID-19
Ariana Noble, Editor
April 24, 2020
As we’ve been forced to stay inside, we’ve also been forced to get creative. Thanks to Tik-Tok stars and bored teenagers, we’ve come up with some ways to see our friends and entertain ourselves. Sadly for some of us, our birthdays were during this lockdown (mine included) and we aren’t able...
OP/ED: Why Doesn’t Lincoln Recycle?
March 20, 2020
In 2015, the United States generated over 262.4 million tons of garbage. Sadly, the average American throws away nearly 7 pounds of trash on a daily basis. Americans view products that they can buy as replaceable, and meaningless. The recycling bins are fake at Lincoln High School. While we do have pa...
Reaction Towards Coronavirus Epidemic
Tania Cortes, Reporter
March 13, 2020
This following March 13, 2020 my entire school was informed by our principal that the whole Santa Clara County would cancel schools for three weeks including ours with no assignments given to the students. This quarantine was declared to help the health department. I know some students were very enthusi...
corona virus shuts down school for 3 weeks
Natalie Sierra, Journalist
March 13, 2020
My dad is mortified he will become very sick from the corona virus. I now as well fear the sickness because everyone is freaking out. I think the world’s paranoid about how fatal the virus is. Among the death rates, I’m not really concerned until I’m anticipating how the outcome led to this pro...
Corona Virus Reflection
Gio Quezadas, Journalist
March 13, 2020
News broke out that all schools in the Santa Clara County are to be shut down beginning March 16th through April 6th. As I heard the announcement through the PA system I, as well as my other classmates were happy to hear the news. I got that feeling you get when it's the last day of school before summer...
Opinion COVID-19
March 13, 2020
Today Friday the 13th the world we are scared. I feel like for the youth this is just something that will blow over, something that will not effect them at all. For the rest of the population like the adults they are scared because of not what will happen to them but what will happen to the other people...
Carnival Of Binche: Our Belgian Tradition
Tabatha Menten, Journalist
March 9, 2020
The carnival of Binche is an event that’s celebrated on the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is a Christian celebration that marked the first day of Lent, six weeks of penitence before Easter. The origins of the carnival are unclear, but the most popular story about ...
Op/Ed: My First SHARKS Game
Tabatha Menten, Journalist
February 26, 2020
The Sharks were playing at the SAP center against the Canadian team the Calgary Flames. It was my first time going to the SAP center and I was really impressed by the architecture of the building. Indeed, from the outside, the building looks kind of small. From the inside, you feel like you are in a litt...
New Year’s Resolutions: How to Set Effective Goals
N.K. Chand, Journalist
February 7, 2020
It’s been 38 days since the start of 2020. Did you make a New Year’s resolution? Have you kept it up? If you are like the other 80% of Americans, it’s likely that your answer to that is no, as only 8% of New Year’s Resolutions are followed through past January 17th. But that’s okay, settin...
Opinion: Is Donald Trump’s Impeachment Seen Abroad Great News?
Tabatha Menten, Journalist
January 15, 2020
A quick summary If you don’t remember why Donald Trump has been impeached, here’s an easy summary! Two months ago, Donald Trump has been accused of digging up damaging information on one of his Democrat challenger and his son, thanks to the President of Ukraine. He had also withholds $400m of militar...
OP-ED: Australian Wildfires: Who’s Helping and What You Can Do To Support
Ariana Noble, Editor
January 15, 2020
A nationwide fire that has killed 24 people and burned down 2,000 homes is nowhere near the end. The air in Australia is almost unseeable with orange skies, not from the sunset. As fires are normal in Australia due to their warm and dry climate, this fire season is hitting harder than the rest. With cont...