OPINION: First Football Game Ever!
Jennifer Schwarz, Journalist
September 12, 2018
Hi, I am Jenny. If you do not remember me, I am a German exchange student, and also part of Lincoln Lion Tales, which I am really proud of. At the end of August Lincoln Lion Tales published my comparison of school in Germany and America, so you should definitely check that out, if you didn’t do so. But however, last weekend I went ...
OPINION: A German in America
August 31, 2018
Hi! I am Jenny, and I am an exchange student from Germany. Even if it was only one week of school, I realized some (actually a lot) of differences between the schools. School in Germany is completely different, so I want to tell you a bit about it. A different school system In Germany you only have ...
OPINION: Lincoln Student Journalists Value a #FreePress
August 16, 2018
Today, the Boston Globe called on all newspapers to respond to the importance of a Free Press. Lincoln Lion Tales had all their journalists write one sentence that expressed their opinion on the importance of a Free Press. This is what we have to say: News is not the enemy of the country...
PERSPECTIVE: A Parisian in America
Noe Bronner, Reporter
May 8, 2018
As a Parisian studying here for a few weeks, I have noticed a few (a lot actually) differences between the French and the American school system. I am a 10th grader shadowing students here, at Lincoln High from France. I study partly in English (10hrs per week) in an international public high school...
OPINION: Don’t Let a Bloody History Repeat Itself, Vote in Favor of Our Children
February 15, 2018
It is February 15th, 2018 which means we are exactly forty four days into the new year. It has been forty four days and there have already been five school shootings in which a gun was discharged and somebody was either seriously injured or killed. Forty four days. I wanted to make that extremely clear becau...
OPINION: Twitter as the New Superpower
Andrew Yslava, Reporter
December 22, 2017
At a time, newspapers and radio dominated the news sector. Newspapers were (and some still are) the epicenter of breaking news. Radio was how President Franklin Roosevelt connected with the common American family with his Fireside Chats. Then, the dawn of the internet came. Social medias began to...
OPINION Net Neutrality: Why Should I Care?
Siena da Costa Pinto, Reporter
December 11, 2017
Filed under Community, Op/Ed, Showcase
Over the last few weeks social media has been flooding with panic over the new alleged attack on Net Neutrality. The Trump administration’s new FCC chairman, Ajit Pai is proposing to roll back internet regulations. Internet service providers (ISPs) such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon currently t...
Why do Catalans want independence?
Andrea Angeles and jesus gomez
November 1, 2017
Filed under Op/Ed
Why do Catalans want independence? The Catalans want to be independent to obtain the freedom to express themselves in their Catalan language. Wanting to have their own form of government without having to be commanded by the royalty and Spanish government. They also do not want to pay taxes. Spain is g...
Opinion: It’s Called Free Speech for A Reason
Andrew Yslava, Reporter
October 19, 2017
When you are a child, you may be told that the Constitution protects your rights to speak, to worship, to think, and to assimilate to whichever view you find appealing. When you are in senior year civics, you are told that the Constitution is the ultimate law and that it cannot be infringed upon. Then...
California podría ser golpeada por un mega-terremoto
Jackie Chavez y Adriana Arreola, Translators
October 11, 2017
Filed under En Español, Mundo, Op/Ed
The magnitude 8.2 earthquake that ravaged southern Mexico on Thursday was the largest to shake the country in nearly a century. Like California, Mexico is a seismically active region that has seen smaller quakes that have caused death and destruction. But Thursday’s temblor is a reminder t...
The Attack on DACA – An Attack on Students
Hazel Stange, Co-Editor-In-Chief
September 19, 2017
Filed under Community, Lincoln News, Op/Ed, Showcase
DACA or the Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals is a policy that allows undocumented citizens to pursue a higher education with protection from deportation and access to a social security code and a work permit. This policy was implemented by the Obama Administration after a long lawsuit against states w...
OPINION: Why Fight?
Leticia Santacruz, Reporter
June 5, 2017
Filed under Community, Op/Ed, Showcase
It seems as if fights happen on a daily basis. Some of them aren't found out about until weeks, months, or perhaps even years later, but how do they even start? From doing some research, I found out that anger and revenge are the main causes of many fights. When revenge is the motive, the fight can g...