Debaters win Urban Debate National Championship in D.C.
By Dominika Chruszcz, Editor-In-Chief
June 7, 2018
Ariana Collazo and Ousaf Moqeet holding the championship trophy. The pair had been debating for over three hours on April 22. The Urban Debate National Championship was held April 20-22 at George Washington University, where Collazo and Moqeet debated long hours from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Photos courtesy of Chicago Debate League)
Art Week: five days of fashion and fun
By Megan Evans
June 7, 2018
After participating in indigo dyeing with Ms. Simanis and Mr. Wilcox’s classes, students hang up their tie-dyed shirts.
Photo by Megan Evans
LSC approves 2018-2019 school year budget during special May meeting
By Eunice Alpasan, Managing Editor
May 29, 2018
The Local School Council (LSC) approved the 2018-2019 school year budget during a special May LSC meeting on May 3.
Photo by Eunice Alpasan
Girls Softball comes back to beat Whitney Young 9-7 in CPS championship.
By Frank Rodriguez, Assistant Editor
May 23, 2018
Varsity Girls Softball poses for a team picture after a 9-7 win over Whitney Young
Photo by Frank Rodriguez
Apple launches multiple new products for education
By Joshua Tarafa, Editor-In-Chief
April 6, 2018
Apple CEO Tim Cook gives a speech about Everyone Can Code during the keynote of the educational event hosted by Apple at Lane on March 27. “It makes it fun and easy for everyone to learn to code whether they’re in the classroom or at home.”
By Marilyn Muncy, Reporter
June 14, 2018
As participants filtered into the guitar room during the No-Coffee Coffeehouse event on May 24, a warm environment was created when different acts were...
By Renato Arteaga, Assistant Editor
June 14, 2018
For Lane X-Machina, attending the Robotics World Championship in Detroit, Michigan became a chance to compete with the best teams across the nation. The...
By Maggie Nielsen, Assistant Editor
June 14, 2018
On a spring morning, a small group of students stood on the front lawn, held signs and chatted with each other as a helicopter buzzed from far above the...
By Alexa Soto, A&E Editor
April 25, 2018
A school shooting is defined as any time when a “firearm was discharged inside a school building or on school or campus grounds,” according to EveryTown...
By Nicole Herzog and Megan Evans
April 17, 2018
At the recent Local School Council (LSC) meeting, the candidates for the upcoming LSC election spoke about their respective campaigns. In addition, the...
By Brenda Ocampo, Reporter
The gym was filled with pink: pink shirts, pink flowers and pink balloons. Lane hosted the first Dig Pink game to help fundraise for breast cancer which was held on May 2 against Lincoln Park. Sophia...
By Khalem Caldwell, Reporter
Valeria Villanueva, in elementary school at the time, offered to help her teacher clean her classroom. Among the scattered papers villanueva picked up off floor, she realized that there were fliers for...
By Ben Griffin, Reporter
Many athletes dream of taking it to the next level, but the process is not as natural as it seems. The process of being recruited is long, and often very stressful. Whether it’s Division 1 (D1), Division...
By Frank Rodriguez, Assistant editor
After losing to Niles North on March 19, the boys volleyball team hoped to bounce back against Fenwick in their first home game on March 21. After a six-point rally to begin the game, the team never...
By Tyreye Morris, Sport Editor
Trimming down from 25 players to only 17, the Lane Boys Water Polo team goes into the 2018 season smaller but more focused as they prepare for the new year. After the team went 8-19 in the 2017 season,...
By Sumeya Kalib, Reporter
The track team ended their indoor meet with the Gene Armer Invitational at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranking 11th among 40 schools. KC Pruitt finished third overall in the 3200m race...
By Daniela Ciesielski, Assistant Editor
As the warmer seasons roll in, one might become more mindful of the beautiful Earth around them, especially on the notable day dedicated to the Earth: Earth Day. Earth Day is a time to live more consciously,...
By Ben Griffin, Reporter
A senior happily presses submit and nervously waits months to see if they have been accepted into the colleges they’ve applied to. While they may have a certain idea on if they will be accepted or not,...
By Sam Sorich, Reporter
After a year of extensive preliminary research on sensory rooms, Lisa Adams, head architect on Lane’s Sensory Wellbeing Hub, said she is excited to continue improving the space and making impacts inside...
By Nicole Herzog, Assistant Editor
Upon stepping into Room 135, or more commonly referred to as the College and Career Center, (CCC), one is immediately faced with limitless resources for information on all things related to college. The...
By Sam Schnoes, News Editor
If you flip over an item in a store, chances are you’ll see a small brand stating “MADE IN CHINA.” Imagine seeing “MADE AT LANE TECH” instead. Not too long ago, Lane students were required...
By Jorge Corral, Reporter
Jellyxa Rogel, Div. 872, eagerly went to the bathroom during 7th period to check the decision made on her application. Running to the library, she told Ms. Driesbach that she had been admitted as a first...
By Simone Brenner, A&E Editor
It is so easy to get caught up in your own life and your own problems. We live in a world where we’re submerged in our Facebook profiles, Snapchatting friends and texting...
By Lara Sonuga, Editor-in-Chief
It’s so unsettling to realize that someone you once felt overwhelming admiration for is capable of something so unforgivable. We, as a society, find celebrities quite...
By Julia Schuurman, Reporter
There’s something different in the air now. It seems as if disaster after catastrophe after tragedy have been ravaging the country leaving little time to take a breath in...
By Benjamin Griffin, Reporter
When people refer to the “dangerous world” that we live in, they usually say that because of the person sitting in the Oval Office. With a divided country, and many federal...
By Gilbert Marin, Reporter
I still remember my first pep rally at Lane. It was 2012, I was in seventh grade and students wore headdresses to show their “school spirit.” I was disappointed with this...
