Trojan Talk
Lincoln High School
Tallahassee, FL
Issue Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 
Issue: Issue III
Last Update: Monday, May 21, 2007

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By Hunter Greenawalt

Throwing flags in the air and dancing at pep rallies are some of the things that the Trojanettes are good at. The Trojanettes are the color guard and the dance team combined. Sophomore Morgan Bright full story >

By Sera Gard

Leslie Gillespie says gymnastics is all about flexibility. And she should know. The 5-foot-2-inch freshman has been participating in gymnastics for eight years. Gillespie’s mom was the one who influe full story >

By Sera Gard

Competitive speed skating has been an international event since the late 19th century. Today, speed skaters can participate in short or long track events at the Olympics. “If you’ve ever skated befo full story >

By Brittany Meeks

Imagine being hit with a 75-mph ball or being pummeled in the face when you’re supposed to try not to get hit with the ball. That’s right, cringe! Senior Jason McArthur does more than imagine these full story >

By Yasmine Edmond

For freshman Bobby Rittwage tennis is an everyday thing. Like other athletes, Rittwage has to “hit it or lose it”: Playing tennis takes time. Practice for the boys’ tennis team runs five afternoo full story >

By Hunter Greenawalt

When it’s time for the Ultimate Frisbee team to practice or compete, you see not only discs flying everywhere, but people falling flat on their faces and landing in the mud. According to the Ultimat full story >

By Various Writers

Take your pick: disc, stick, flag, racquet, beam, basket, skates. It’s easy to find students engaged in sports that challenge and entertain them. Oh, yes, ... and give them the chance to wear spandex full story >

By Charlene Ochogo

1. Plastic flowers Funny smelling and impersonal, plus they’re something you could pick up at a funeral home 2. An enlarged picture of yourself Gosh, vain much? 3. A video game Ladies, if you ev full story >

By Charlene Ochogo

By cramming seven strangers of such diverse backgrounds into one house for weeks on end, and going so far as to catch all of the drama on film, the producers of MTV’s “The Real World” were just asking full story >

By Alesia Kawell

“It means a lot to be chosen by my peers because I respect them,” said Jennifer Tibbitts, Lincoln’s selection for Teacher of the Year. Tibbitts teaches Career Education, where she works with parents full story >

By Charlene Ochogo

Combine $60,000 with 30,000 resident signatures: So begins the war over the license plates. The Florida chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, having met the criteria required to present the is full story >

By Kate Schofield

Diversity, a quality of difference, can be applied to almost anything that distinguishes people, ranging from hair color to language to ethnicity. Diversity in the public school system has been questi full story >

By Rachel Luczynski

Six seniors met with Trojan Talk after school on Jan. 23 to give their opinions on current issues. Representing various cultural, racial and religious backgrounds, the students showcase the diversity full story >

By Hunter Greenawalt

Looking at another person from a teenager’s point of view is like being a judge sentencing someone to 50 years in jail. Unfortunately, the sentence isn’t on the behavior, but on what clothes the accus full story >

By Editorial Board

What defines a person? What makes them different from everyone else? What makes them unique? According to the standardized tests we take in high school, we are defined simply by our age, race and ge full story >