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.”
Water Polo freestyles into the new season
By Tyreye Morris, Sport Editor
April 6, 2018
Three year head coach of the water polo team Mathew O'Hagan giving players balls in practice.
Photo by Tyreye Morris
‘Lane of Things’ expands to Wrigley Field
By Clarissa Corral, Managing Editor
April 5, 2018
Satya Basu, far left, from Perkins+Will Architecture Firm and Robb Drinkwater, next to Basu, and Douglas Pancoast, far right, from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago speaking with Ms. Wozniak’s ICL class about narrowing down project questions that each team will be addressing with the Cubs organization.
Photo by Clarissa Corral
First exclusive South Asian Literature course to be implemented within CPS
By Dominika Chruszcz, Editor-in-Chief
February 15, 2018
Texts that will be featured within the South Asian Literature course for the 2018-19 year include the ones above. “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini will be included in the class as well.
Photo by Dominika Chruszcz
Steven Yee carries Lane into a spot at IHSA sectionals
By Sumeya Kalib, Reporter
February 15, 2018
Steven Yee posing on the podium after winning first place in city at Chicago State University Jan. 21. (Photo courtesy of Gabriela Perez)
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 cur...
By Gianna Munoz, Reporter
April 11, 2018
Two of the Chicago River’s 156 miles have been hidden behind old fences and bushes for years on the Northwest side of Chicago. But that will soon ...
By Nick Udell, Assistant Editor
April 7, 2018
After attending a highly ranked and academically challenging high school, many Lane students want to continue their education at an equally prestigious unive...
By Patricia Abulencia, Reporter
April 7, 2018
Being immigrants from Mexico, the Rivas family always had the fear that they would be evicted from their home. When Adrian Rivas, Div. 874, was only 14 ye...
By Lara Sonuga, Editor-In-Chief
April 6, 2018
An array of students flooded out of Lane’s main exits, gathering peacefully on the east lawn with megaphones and colorful signs. They stood facing the bu...
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 the ...
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), Divisio...
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 looked...
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 Rafael Martinez, Reporter
Senior goalkeeper Maggie Grossman, Div. 859, fell in love with the game of soccer at age 12 when she joined Northwind Soccer Club, where she began developing into the player she is today. “My big drea...
By Alexa Soto, A&E Editor
When Aubrey Howard began his sophomore year at Lane, he was grappling with the decision of whether he was going to follow in his father's footsteps and play basketball, or pave a new road for himself ...
By Eunice Alpasan, Managing Editor
During his sophomore year, Uriel Bandera, Div. 860, broke a school record on the track team and was planning to attend a track and field training camp during that summer. But when he injured his foot, t...
By Anahi Mosquera, Reporter
Every day, Ms. Lawrence kicks off her English classes with a bellringer. Sometimes it’s a quote, sometimes it’s a question and every Thursday, it’s usually about college. One thing is for sure – it al...
By Jeffrey Taraszkiewicz, Reporter
The poetry slam team is crammed onto the Red Line train. While a trip like this isn’t abnormal for them, this was the teams first bout of the season. Naomi Sanchez, Div. 861, decides to try s...
By Joshua Tarafa, Editor-In-Chief
Stefan Rebic, Div. 890, spent over a month studying and going over 200 pages of review in preparation for his pilot test. After spending $300 and taking a nerve wracking trip to Midway Airport, Rebic w...
By Agatha Orlovska, Reporter
The grueling winter is now over and spring is finally here (well, at least according to calenders it is). We put our winter traditions and festivities back into our plastic containers and hide them up in ...
By Julia Schuurman, Assistant Editor
The bell rings, signaling another period of Mr. Enriquez’s Spanish II class at Lane. Today, the lesson is one that is not taught frequently in class, so it has the students’ attention. “Do you interac...
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 eas...
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 fed...
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 be...
By Simone Brenner, A&E Editor
My friend and I stepped out of the CTA train car. The clock read 11:30 p.m. I had just had the most amazing day at Lollapalooza. The dancing, music and laughter was still ri...
