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SmartPass: How Smart is it Really?

SmartPass: How Smart is it Really?

Luke Daines, Editor-in-Chief September 20, 2024

With the kickoff of the 2024-2025 school year at LEE, campus administration decided to implement a new hallway pass policy in an effort to crack down on students skipping class.    The system,...

Off Campus Lunch Appeals to Students

March 22, 2024

Ana Del Alamo, Staff Reporter   After a complicated day, my friends and I  are going to Whataburger during our lunch period. I can not stop thinking about the delicious burger and the amazing...

Sleep: It's Good for You

Sleep: It’s Good for You

February 9, 2024

Addison Gregory, Staff Reporter   Teenage lives are busy and hectic, and sometimes we think that sleeping would do nothing but take up time we could be using in otherways, but sleep is quite...

Heartbreak in High School

Heartbreak in High School

February 9, 2024

Addison Gregory, Staff Reporter   Hearts can break, hearts can bend, and hearts can shatter. To break a heart is worse than any other form of torture. There is no break in the pain, there is...

The Price We Pay for Style

The Price We Pay for Style

January 19, 2024

Edder Martinez, Staff Reporter   Fast fashion has taken over the clothing industry. A lot of cheap alternatives have popped up, with worse quality as well as the production process being questionable....

Is Affordable Housing Just a Myth These Days?

Is Affordable Housing Just a Myth These Days?

October 13, 2023

Edder Martinez, Editor-in-Chief   On the outermost edge of the south side of San Antonio, a new suburban community is in the works. Rows of compact 1000 sq ft lots are under construction at...

Pink Politics

Pink Politics

September 1, 2023

By Isabella Geltman, Staff Reporter   A movie that initially inspired everybody’s pink fantasies ended up leaving behind a sheen of red and blue. Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring...

Possible TikTok Ban Rears Its Ugly Head...Again

Possible TikTok Ban Rears Its Ugly Head…Again

April 6, 2023

Edder Martinez, Staff Reporter   On Thursday, March 23, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in front of congress. There has been increased skepticism of TikTok, and the way they handle the privacy...

Tuition Turmoil

Tuition Turmoil

April 6, 2023

Julissa Duran, Staff Reporter     College is expensive. There is no denying that fact. Every year teens across the U.S. are encouraged to pursue post-secondary education, and while many...

Plea for Public Transit Overhaul

Plea for Public Transit Overhaul

February 24, 2023

Edder Martinez, Staff Reporter   It's no secret that San Antonio has a car problem. Whether it be traffic jams on 410, or not being able to find parking downtown, San Antonio is clearly full...

Banned Book Blues

Banned Book Blues

January 13, 2023

Julissa Duran, Staff Reporter   Book censorship has been around for centuries, and is one of the most widespread forms of censorship in the United States. The purpose of this practice is to...

How to Benefit from a Gap Year without Losing Momentum

November 9, 2022

Julissa Duran, Staff Reporter   From the time you start kindergarten up until your graduation and even after, students are all told the same thing: “go to college.” This phrase gets recycled...

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