I’m a winter person. This year, like every year, I wanted the temperature to stay colder a little longer, the snow to melt a little slower. But this year, like every year, it didn’t matter what I wanted...

Our Position: LT should transition into final projects, instead of outdated final exams, in order to sustain their students’ mental health. After months of continuous learning, students have to take...

Position statement:  The current e-learning schedule for LT students is detrimental to their physical and mental well-being and presents an increased pressure on students to teach themselves material...

Our Position: The IHSA’s decision to delay the spring sport season until summer is unfair towards the spring sport athletes that will be forced to choose between their high school and club sport season.  Due...

Our Position: LT needs to take more action to prevent students from vaping in the school bathrooms. It seems that every year vapes and drugs in general become more and more accessible to students. Many...

Our position: More students should speak out when they hear other students using derogatory language at school. Throughout the school day, it’s not uncommon to hear people using words in a derogatory...

Sex education is a controversial topic because its main subject is taboo. Sex has a never-ending stigma that prohibits us from having productive conversations about it. What the world, especially the U.S.,...

Our Position: LT needs to make more of an effort to create an environmentally conscious and sustainable school. It is common knowledge that the Earth isn’t doing too great. She’s being suffocated...

Our Position: LT should abolish unit tests for sports in standard P.E. The way that standard P.E. classes are graded at LT has been taken too far. The heart of this problem lies within the most irrelevant...

Position Statement: The LT administration has made a positive impact on the learning environment at LT by educating the teachers and staff on topics regarding gender identity.   For the purpose...

Our position: The addition of the self-defense class for next year is a great alternative to the current PE classes. A new self-defense class will be available starting in the 2020-21 school year. While...