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Spotlight (showcase)
In this issue, Spotlight explores how politics and media fracture a nation into extremes that continue to drift further apart.
In a severed state
Gurneer Sidhu, Kara Yoon, Grace Sun, and Jane Yu • March 17, 2023

POLITICAL DIVIDE: AN INTRODUCTION Whether through debating at the dinner table or playing devil’s advocate in a class discussion, political...

Collecting the pieces of the Asian American experience
Collecting the pieces of the Asian American experience
Gurneer Sidhu, Jane Yu, Kara Yoon, and Grace Sun • January 10, 2023
An immeasurable standard
An immeasurable standard
Gurneer Sidhu, Kara Yoon, and Grace Sun • September 30, 2022
In July, Luciya Kojenova, senior, took an exploration flight, where she got to experience flying in the pilot seat, giving her her first taste of what it is like to fly.
The sky's the limit
Grace Sun, Staff Writer • August 16, 2022
News
Students slam dunk 4 healthy hearts
Ayaan Hamid, Staff Writer • March 17, 2023

On March 24, LZHS will be hosting its first ever Hoops 4 Hearts competition. “Hoops 4 Hearts is an event that we are putting on in order to raise money for the American Heart Association,” Julie...

In addition to dress-up days and trivia, students were also able to design and color buttons, flags, and mandalas in the learning HUB.
Celebrating foreign languages
Mackenzie Rough, News Editor • March 17, 2023
The Mothers Trust Foundation collected more than 5,000 dresses and suits for this years Pop-up Prom Shoppe, most of them coming from local cleaners and clothes emporiums. Picture features a room full of prom dresses at the University Center of Lake County.
Mothers Trust Foundation sponsors free prom dress giveaway
Ayaan Hamid, Staff Writer • March 17, 2023
Shloka Rao and Priya Ravella advertise the South Asian Student Association at the Freshman activity night on February 2. Rao and Ravella are the presidents of the new South Asian Student Association at LZHS.
Diversifying clubs at LZHS
Mckenzee Johnson, Staff Writer • March 7, 2023
The Max Schewitz Foundation has saved over 1000 lives since 2005. Now, they’re coming back to LZHS for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keeping LZHS' hearts healthy
Sadie Good, Secretary • March 2, 2023
LZ Life
Alexandra Goldenstein, sophomore, makes a heart to represent her personality. Goldenstein is an ENTP, which is also known as a caregiver.
Sorting an array of personalities
Jeanne Yu, Staff Writer • March 17, 2023

There are more than eight billion people in the world, and each individual has their own unique personality. The Myers-Briggs’ personality test attempts to categorize them into 16 types. The Myers-Briggs...

Sammie Collins, senior, and his family at their old home in Kansas. Collins still visits his old homes from time to time.
Unpacking moving experiences
Pranav Ram, Staff Writer • March 17, 2023
Liang lifts a dumbbell in the weight room. Liang says that her favorite part of weight training is the ability to fit the course to her needs.
Breaking down gendered classes
Tessa Fabsik, Staff Writer • March 17, 2023
Debbie Gummerson, substitute teacher of over 10 years, works at a desk in an LZHS classroom. Gummerson, who was originally employed as a full time English teacher at LZHS, has returned to substitute teach in District 95 after her retirement and has worked hard to help the district through the substitute shortage since students and staff returned to in-person school full-time in the fall of 2021.
LZHS faces substitute shortage
Sadie Good, Secretary • March 17, 2023
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As seen in print
Annie Moriarity, junior, reading the graphic novel Heartstopper. Heartstopper is widely loved in the LQBTQ+ community, and showcases the love between two teenage boys and the struggles they undergo.
Tessa Fabsik, sophomore, using AI that creates art based off prompts the user inputs using art it finds on the internet called Midjourney.
In this issue, Spotlight explores how politics and media fracture a nation into extremes that continue to drift further apart.
Bourbon plays at a hockey game on her female hockey team.
Alexandra Goldenstein, sophomore, makes a heart to represent her personality. Goldenstein is an ENTP, which is also known as a caregiver.
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Playing against stereotypes
An unbreakable bond

An unbreakable bond

January 10, 2023

Most teams at LZHS would say they practice team-bonding....

Athlete’s diets

Athlete’s diets

January 10, 2023

Teen athletes burn between 325 and 670 calories per...

A new perspective

A new perspective

September 30, 2022

As the school year begins, LZHS welcomes Daniel Dolney...

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Trending Stories
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Published in 2018, The Poppy War has become popular amongst readers for its well written elements of grim dark fantasy: a sub genre of fantasy with a tone that is particularly violent.
A lesson in war and humanity: The Poppy War book review
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Sam Holtz, senior, has recently gone viral on TikTok for discussing his March Madness bracket. Holtz won ESPNs 2015 Tournament Challenge beating out 11.57 million entires
Bracketologist turned TikTok Famous
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A few LZ Senior Assassin participants, geared up with waterguns and goggles. With over a hundred seniors participating, Luca Sturm, senior organizer, called the event a huge success.
Killing time (and their Senior Assassin targets)
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Perspectives
Pride and prejudice
Pride and prejudice

Sashrika Shyam, Perspectives Editor
March 17, 2023

From Tik Tok to YouTube to Netflix, different forms of media have become an integral part of daily life. These platforms are used for entertainment purposes,...

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Artificial implications
Artificial implications

Lexy Kushner, Staff Writer
March 17, 2023

Artificial Intelligence, commonly referred to as AI, has become more and more prominent in our everyday lives through the internet and social media. With...

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Keeping up with current events
Keeping up with current events

Mckenzee Johnson, Staff Writer
March 17, 2023

Tax increases, inflation, infrastructure packages. Wherever a person falls politically, all of these events directly impact daily life. However, a Reuters...

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