SAG-AFTRA strike officially completed
The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strike officially ended on Nov. 8 with a contract that spans over 128 pages. The proposed contract deals with...
View ArticleLakeridge Drag Fest Cancelled due to threats
Recently, the Lakeridge Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA), a club in the local community, had to reschedule an event they had worked on for a very long time due to threats made on behalf of the...
View ArticleThe LOHS Green Team Pioneers For Localized Sustainability
This past semester, the Green Team has been especially vigorous, presented through their various ivy pulls and overgrowth cut-downs every few weeks. The club aims to rid the school of invasive ivy and...
View ArticleSwift kills it on stage but also kills the climate
International celebrity Taylor Swift has recently faced criticism for her high carbon dioxide emissions, primarily caused by frequent trips on her private jet. In both 2022 and 2023, Swift was named...
View ArticleBiden Cancels Student Debt
In a move aimed at providing relief to those struggling and addressing the ongoing student debt crisis, President Joe Biden has taken action by approving the forgiveness of $1.2 billion in student...
View ArticleLOHS speech and debate succeeds at qualifiers
Speech and debate had a successful district tournament from March 16-17 and have the national qualifier on March 22 and 23. Junior Sana Hokawala have even already qualified for the big question debate....
View ArticleLOHS teacher invites guest speakers to explore the stars
In February, LOHS science teacher Susan Wentzien hosted guest speakers Carl Synder and Hart Monyatovsky during a support seminar, where they introduced their studies on microbes. Them and a team of...
View ArticleUMG pulls music license from TikTok
As of Feb. 1, 2024, thousands of songs have been removed from TikTok due to a failure to reach an agreement regarding licensing rights with Universal Music Group (UMG). UMG has copyright ownership of...
View ArticleLOHS introduces new history electives
Three new social studies classes are coming to the LOHS , including AP African American Studies , which will be taught by Katrina Levin, History of the 1960’s taught by Anthansios Michaels and History...
View ArticleLOHS school board rejects Unified Theater proposal
As LOHS gears up for the upcoming academic year, proposals for new courses are underway and a decision by the school to reject Unified Theater has sparked controversy among students and faculty alike....
View ArticlePotential reconstruction of LOSD schools sparks debate
As a result of several bond measures, multiple Lake Oswego District schools have faced renovations and ongoing discussions of reconstruction. The reconstruction of River Grove Elementary, in...
View ArticleWest Linn teens in critical condition after crashing into electrical pole
On the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 18, around 12:30 a.m., two teens traveling just outside West Linn city limits along Southwest Borland Road suddenly lost control of their car and crashed into an...
View ArticleConflict in the middle east increases in intensity
It’s been a year since Oct. 7, the date when Hamas (a Palestinian organization defined by the US State Department as a terrorist organization) attacked Israel after growing hostilities in the middle...
View ArticleNew phone policy breaks the hearts of LO students
The new cell phone policy change has swept through the school, banning the use of cell phones and Apple watches in the hallways, in class, and during lunch. This decision was made during the summer,...
View ArticleBallot boxes engulfed in flames days before the 2024 presidential election
In the early morning hours of Monday, Oct. 28, just nine days ahead of the 2024 presidential election, a disturbing series of politically motivated arson attacks left two ballot drop boxes in Portland,...
View ArticleFormer One Direction member, Liam Payne, tragically dies at a hotel
Former One Direction member, Liam Payne, died at 31 after falling from a third-story balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires on Oct. 16, 2024. While the cause of his tragic death is still unclear,...
View ArticleDonald Trump claims victory in 2024 presidential election
The AP (Associated Press) has called the race, and it’s officially over: Donald Trump has beaten Kamala Harris 312 electoral votes to 226, ultimately winning the 2024 presidential election. What was...
View ArticleHow generative AI contributed to the Cybertruck attack in Las Vegas
Recent events in the United States have sparked a climate of unease and uncertainty, including the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, the horrifying incident of a person getting set on fire in the...
View ArticleTrump swears in as the 47th president of the United States
It was a bitter 18 degrees Fahrenheit in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025 when Donald J. Trump took the oath of office and became the 47th President of the United States—the coldest presidential...
View ArticleLOSD confronts $12 million budget cut
The 2025 Niche report ranks Lake Oswego as the best public school district in Oregon. That ranking has long been attributed to the school’s teachers, programs and facilities. Now, though, those...
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