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Junior Will Manning transferred sophomore year along with his brother Ryan Manning, both looking for a team with a solidified coaching staff and positive program environment. Transfer numbers have risen, but for different reasons than many may think.

Athletic domination in Nebraska

Lily Abele, Editor, Layout Editor October 21, 2025

$34 million is being poured into improving Omaha Westside High School. An eight lane pool, performance and wellness center, innovation lab, sports medicine center, family resource center, and college and...

Lily Nielsen, a senior at East High School, drinks Celsius daily in order to wake up before school starts. Celsius is a popular energy drink for high school students and comes in a variety of flavors.

Students’ health is being affected by schools’ early start times

Kayla Wischhof, Staff Writer October 17, 2025

Students all over Lincoln are sacrificing their much needed sleep in order to arrive at their first period class on time, at eight in the morning. This not only affects students’ attention spans, but...

A StarTran bus in Lincoln, Nerbaska, picks up passengers downtown as it runs the City Campus route. On May 27, 2015 a bus arrived on the north side of Q Street patiently waiting for more passengers to board.

Where are the buses Lincoln?

Stratton Williams, Staff Writer October 3, 2025

Cars are extremely prevalent in Lincoln, Nebraska, so prevalent, in fact, that only a mere 5% of Lincoln, Nebraska residents actually use public transportation. When it comes to almost everywhere else...

On the left are teens from decades ago, enjoying the outdoors, and on the right are teens on their phones. The contrast showed the generational shift in how adolescents grow up.

How technology shapes how adolescents grow up today

Rachel Gubbels, Editor October 3, 2025

Imagine you’re a teenager in the 1990s. Your parents may wave as you biked off to a friend's house, not knowing exactly where you were until you returned for dinner. Fast forward to today, a ping...

The Nepali people rejoice after a successful revolution and dissolution of their current government. The Nepali protest was mainly headed by people from Gen Z and proved to the world that Gen Z could do more than just make TikToks.

Why should you worry about being a global citizen?

Hazel Ockander, Editor October 2, 2025

RIIIIING! 1st period began as normal, with my teacher handing my group an assignment, and someone grabbing their pencil to answer the questions. The sheet was asking questions about current events. My...

After its launch in November of 2022, ChatGPT had amassed 1 million users in just 5 days. With an average of 2.5 billion prompts being sent each day, it’s no surprise that a worldwide normalization of GenAI is taking place instead of human thinking.

Artificial Intelligence is crushing students’ critical thinking skills and creativity

Livvie Austin, Staff Writer September 30, 2025

In 1966, MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum had just programmed the first AI chatbot: ELIZA. ELIZA started out as a computer experiment, simulating conversation and creating a pathway towards the future of...

Half self portrait of an accidental state champion, half recreation of a runner up editorial cartoon at state journalism.

EAST EXCELLENCE– A cartoonist’s convictions

Louis Hoffman, Staff Writer May 21, 2025

I stood in line, my heart thumping in my chest, though I wouldn’t have admitted it to anyone. The last eight or so hours of my life as well as countless others had been leading up to this moment. I thought...

Nebraska Husker football players march out to the field before the Nebraska Football spring game 2024 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Many fans and players looked forward to this game every year, and are disappointed by the removal of the game.

Nebraska Huskers release information pertaining to the cancelation of the 2025 spring game

Ella Herzberg, Co-Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2025

Nebraska football head coach, Matt Rhule, plans to cancel the Huskers’ spring game 2025 due to injuries and NIL deals throughout the team. The spring game, typically held in late April, attracts a...

High school has many expectations due to what the movies portray it as and the perception that it's the perfect place for growth, accomplishing things, and overall becoming a better human. From freshman to senior year, students battle these expectations to try to make their high school experience worthwhile.

High School Hype

Avari Wischhof, Co-Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2025

People towering above. The scent of sweat lingering. A maze of hallways. It’s high school: a concept made of dreams, but the reality quickly quiets those dreams. Where are the social hierarchies, the...

Painting of the average male experience at a school dance. Hanging out, suit askew, questionable dance moves, and blissfully unaware of the impact he has on his environment (don't worry I've been there).

Uncle Louis’ dummy’s guide to prom

Louis Hoffman, Staff Writer March 25, 2025

As you may or may not know, East High’s prom takes place April 5, 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm at the Scottish Rite Ballroom. Prom is a big milestone of the high school experience. Prom is depicted in tv and...

Student is on phone in class. This distracts her from her school work and she can't focus.

Attention span declines among students

Sweet Pea Ratliff, Editor March 6, 2025

With the ongoing rise of social media and short form content like TikTok, there’s been a noticeable shift in people’s attention span. For many, it’s getting harder and harder to focus on tasks like...

Seven-in-ten teenagers say that anxiety and depression is a major problem in their age group, according to a Pew Research Center survey. While the pandemic worsened teen mental health, it has been on the decline for the past decade.

The teenage mental health crisis

Mouse Kaufhold, Editor March 6, 2025

Imagine a teenager. A young woman, 17, average job, above-average grades, good friends—a pretty decent kid all around. She struggles to wake up in the morning, and even though she wants to start her...

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