Librarian has service dog to guard her health

A dog may be a “Man’s Best Friend” but in librarian Sandy Dendy’s case, her German Shepherd is so much more–a possible life saver. For two weeks now, Dendy has been with her very own diabetic service dog. She discovered that getting a service dog was possible when she she attended... [Read more]

Your guide to finding the right prom dress

With prom just around the corner, girls are frantically looking for the right prom dress. The search for a dress can be a tricky one, but if you follow these steps, you can find a dress that’s just right for you. When looking for a prom dress, you want to find one that will compliment you, but... [Read more]

Steve Collins

Natalie Phillips Staff Writer A smile spread across Dr. Steve Collins’ face as he and his team looked upon their completed research project, a program developing fuel powered artificial muscles for robotic soldiers. Collins was once a LHS student, and is a class graduate of 1989. He is now working... [Read more]

Student magician tries to pay for college by performing magic

Chasity Monschein Editor-in-Chief Mesmerizing students by crushing pencils with dollars, turning pennies into dimes, and making cards fly in midair, is LHS’s own magician, senior Aaron Krise. “I became interested in magic when I was in middle school around sixth grade,” Krise said. “I saw... [Read more]

America is ready for Sen. Obama

Scott Alsafin Staff Writer It is finally time for this 2008 presidential election to come to a close. The votes from the American people to elect the next president of the United States, will be counted in five days. With party primaries, conventions, and political ads all runing over a year and a half... [Read more]

Holloween should offer clean fun

Scott Alsafin Staff Writer Well, it is finally that time of year again. The time for all the frights, amusements, parties, and indeed vandalism that comes at a higher dosage on the last day of October. I enjoy the deranged parties, the huge proportions of candy distributed, and even hearing my neighbor,... [Read more]

Deshpande, Horn represent LHS as National Merit Scholars

This year’s National Merit Scholars are seniors Renu Deshponde and Mitchell Horn. Out of 1.4 million entrants, only 16,000 students with the highest PSAT scores qualify for recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program. And this year, seniors Mitchell Horn and Renu Deshpande both qualified... [Read more]

Freshman Bykov celebrates one year in America

“Vitaly, what does this mean?” newcomers and ESOL teacher Michael Hillis asked. “It means um…well…um,” Bykov said in a thick Russian accent. “Wait, it is…never mind.” “Okay, who can answer the question?” Hillis said. “Anyone?” Sitting down in defeat and with his... [Read more]

More trash left on tables than tossed

This three-part series has been written over the past few weeks to outline just how much of a trash problem we have at LHS. This last part of the series is specifically centered around the cafeteria. Two weeks ago, the newspaper staff took a scale and weighed out the trash left on the tables and floors,... [Read more]