Embed This Article Why is Myspace blamed? [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, November 13, 2006 By Amanda Orabutt When many high school students return home from school, their first instinct is to go on the internet. One of the top sites visited by high school students is Myspace.com. Recently, the site has been full story >

Embed This Article Teens today are over-diagnosed with ADHD [ArticleMedia] Monday, November 13, 2006 By Lilia Berman Kids and teenagers have a lot of energy. It only seems natural, because of all the things they have to be doing during the day, but sometimes they can also get distracted. Sometimes it’s hard to keep full story >

Embed This Article Open campus policy needs revision: It’s time for a change at LZHS, and new rules for allowing students to leave campus [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, November 13, 2006 By Jeremy Kauffman Seniors are allowed to leave the building during their opens or lunch periods, but juniors drive to school also and they can’t leave. Schools such as Stevenson and Palatine adopted new policies which full story >

Embed This Article More driving hours to save more lives [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, November 13, 2006 By Kerri Sustich Teen driving laws have recently changed to prevent accidents among drivers. Drivers with a permit must now drive 50 hours, as opposed to 25, to obtain a driver’s license in Illinois. Although new dri full story >

Embed This Article Is teaching abstinence over safe sex effective?: When attempting to prevent pregnancy and STDs abstinence may not be the safest method to teach students [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, November 13, 2006 By Jamie Kauffman High-school students are more likely to be having sex than not. According to an article by The Heritage Foundation, this year 3 million teens will become infected with STDs. Obviously, the best way full story >

Embed This Article The Pledge of Allegiance: Students should not be so bashful when reciting the pledge. Get up and be proud of your country! [ArticleMedia] Monday, November 13, 2006 By Joe Buzzelli Every morning at LZHS, as well as every other public school in Illinois, students are expected to stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance due to a state law. Though most do, actually saying the Pledge o full story >

Embed This Article Off the field, into the PAC: Marching band to perform at Band-O-Rama [ArticleMedia] Monday, November 13, 2006 By Maggie O'Connor & Amanda Orabutt Students at LZHS are used to seeing the band perform on the football field, but once a year, the band comes off the field to perform at their marching band concert, Band-O-Rama. Band-O-Rama is October full story >

Embed This Article Teachers restrict in-class use of Wikipedia [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, November 13, 2006 By Jessica Thelander Uh-oh. It’s Sunday night and you didn’t finish that essay yet. Not to mention you don’t know a thing about Napoleon. You might be tempted to turn to Wikipedia to solve this kind of dilemma, but you full story >

Embed This Article ‘Tis the season for standardized testing at LZHS [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, November 13, 2006 By Amanda Orabutt & Kerri Sustich Although students are familiar with standardized testing, some students at LZHS will be seeing something new this fall. Freshman and sophomores will have a chance to take a newly introduced MAP test, full story >

Embed This Article P.E. leader program trains students for leadership roles [ArticleMedia] Monday, November 13, 2006 By Tim Ekl Teachers may not be the only ones heading physical education classes next year.The P.E. Leadership program, established this year, is designed to promote and teach leadership abilities in students. Th full story >