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No Homework Weekends: Do We Need Them?

The Lexington High School Student Handbook for 2024-2025 states that homework is “work assigned by educators and completed by students outside of classroom time that supports and enhances learning of...

Kayal’s Take: Shedding Light on Diwali

Students at Lexington High School celebrate a diverse range of holidays. One that you might have heard about is called Diwali—or as my family calls it, Deepavali. Deepavali, the festival of lights, is...

Zoe’s Take: Lexington’s Disparity of Opportunities

Bright lights, the aroma of dumplings cooking in a boiling pot, and laughter: a typical Chinese celebration. For my family, the most important part of our dinners are the anecdotes shared over our meals....

Finian’s Files: Temperature Turmoil at LHS

How should a student at Lexington High School choose their outfit in the morning? Based on the weather that day, one would think. Students should wear heavier clothing with more layers on cooler days and...

Salad with a Side of Sustainability: A Monday Morning Trip through the LHS Commons

DISCLAIMER: The characters Jimmy and Clarissa portrayed in this column are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.   It’s...

A Theft of Voices: R.F. Kuang’s Yellowface and the Cost of Privilege

“Can a white person write a story about the Chinese labor corps?”    Yellowface follows June Hayward, a struggling writer in her 20s eclipsed by her former classmate, Athena Liu—a talented,...

Self Discovery: ‘New Woman’ by LISA & ROSALÍA

BLACKPINK member Lisa and Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía have returned just in time to deliver their new single: “New Woman”–a song that just might be one of the most empowering and evocative...

CollegeBored: Made it Weird, Made it Worse

Dear Readers,   Welcome to the first issue of CollegeBored! I promise you that senioritis hasn’t hit me. Yet.    So I’m not going to sugarcoat it. We all know this first quarter...

Claire’s Thoughts on Perfection

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”  Vince lombardi    Sometimes the truth feels so far from reality. In our heads we know that self-care...

Ida’s Insights: A for Acceptable

You tap your foot impatiently as Aspen slowly loads in, your nerves prickling with anxiety. Will it be an A? Will it be a B? Your eyes snap back to the screen as the familiar olive green appears, and your...

Talia’s Take on Social Activism in LHS

War is escalating in Gaza. Antisemitism is on the rise. Putin is bombing Ukraine. The violent hatred between the political left and right is intensifying by the second. It’s not a particularly bright...

The Quad is in Peril

Last Thursday, the graduating class of seniors gathered on the Quad for a class photo. In the soft spring winds, petals fell from the canopies around them and the buildings stood on the edges of the photo...

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