Mass Communications at Lincoln High School

By Tabitha Lee How did a Spanish teacher who now has 21 years of bilingual teaching experience fall into a job he neither wanted nor expected? Though Profe Todd was born and raised in Alaska, he moved to Colombia as a young man to go to university. At this point, Todd says he has no idea what he wanted to do with his life. However, he had a part time job with translation work and one on one teaching work as well as conversational classes for English. One of his clients was a school administrator, and she offered Todd and a friend teaching jobs at El Colegio Abraham Lincoln in Bogotá, Colombia. Profe Todd was put with ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders, which were in his mind the worst grades to be put with, especially for his first year of teaching. However, to his surprise, his first years teaching high school were amazing. “I was living abroad in Colombia as a college student and with a friend who was doing the same kind of work was offered teaching jobs .....

By Anabella Wilkinson Ms. Virlouvet  was always intrigued by being a teacher, even at a very young age in elementary school! When she was older she moved to France and did her undergraduate degree. After that she did a teaching assistant program and taught in an elementary school. She says she  hated it. Probably because the kids were too little.  Eventually she taught at a high school and loved it.  “[Working at the high school] just kind of solidified things for me and I knew that it was what I wanted to do,” said Virlouvet. However, sometimes teaching can be an emotional rollercoaster at times.  “The highs are really high and the lows are really low,” said Virlouvet.  Virlouvet loves Lincoln, although she thinks there are some problems with the funding.  “I don't like the fact that it's not funded enough,” she said, “that you don't have what you need.” She then talked about her beliefs. “Every teacher wants those resources trickle...

If there is one thing all highschoolers can relate to, it's the stress, sleep deprivation, and overwhelming schedules that high school brings to the table. Luckily, with Lincoln’s efforts to include FLEX into the school’s schedule, it’s been easier for students to handle their daily work. However this year, the administration cut multiple FLEX days due to a low attendance issue among upperclassmen. Erin Dornan, a freshman new to the experiences of high school, is one student that feels upset with the school’s lack of communication with the issue. While many aspects of FLEX have been extremely helpful to Dornan’s schedule, she wasn’t alone in her frustration when learning that Lincoln would be limiting the FLEX periods this year. She reported that her friends reacted in the same way. “I was annoyed that we were weren’t going to be getting as much time to work on homework because I have lots of after school activities which means I don’t have as much time to do homework at home,”...

By Elle Knofczynski I created this editorial cartoon in order to highlight the seemingly recent increase to police brutality. While it is an issue that has haunted this nation for years, media sources seem to be recognizing it more and more, especially in black and brown communities. This subject is really important to me because in Portland, many people claim to be liberal and inclusive, however Portland is also one of the whitest cities in the country, making it easy for people to be ‘inclusive’ if there isn’t anyone outside the ‘norm’ to include. One can claim to stand in solidarity with black and brown people, but only people of color have the right to offer them the title as an ally. In my cartoon, some of the techniques I used were symbolism and allusion. I decided to not draw faces on the characters, highlighting how many news and media sources offer statistics when discussing police brutality, but neglect to include real stories. For the same purpose, I alluded to the...

By Elle Knofczynski When you see senior Lenna Espinoza in the halls, you see a bubbly personality, a loud laugh, and a smile spread across her face. She looks like she embodies what it means to be carefree. But assumptions aren’t always reality. Espinoza is attempting to discover how to best support herself and her own wellbeing through reflecting on past experiences with mental health issues. “I think the first real climate that I observed around mental health was in middle school,” said Espinoza. “I had just turned thirteen and one of my close friends committed suicide.” Espinoza explained that the school administration didn’t address the situation, but rather attempted to silence it, and that the silencing of such traumatic events made it feel like “having mental issues … was taboo.” Espinoza said that the climate is different here at Lincoln. “Today at Lincoln,” she said, “it feels generally more positive.” Espinoza explains how, as more people come out and are willing to s...

Withdrawal of Soldiers From Syria  By Kevin Gochee I composed this cartoon to illustrate the indecency displayed by President Trump when he withdrew U.S forces from Syria. I hope this cartoon helps to educate about Trump’s mistreatment of allies, specifically the abandonment of our Kurdish allies. When I was writing this cartoon, I was not sure how to frame my idea. I decided to make it clear and simple. A cartoon version of Trump happily leaving his confused allies illustrates what I envisioned when I read about this event in the news. Drawing an editorial cartoon is not easy. Lost of thought is required to create a concise cartoon that packs a lot of meaning. I don’t think I achieved a solid cartoon, but I can understand the process and respect other cartoonists that do this as a profession.

Then and Now Cartoon By Sophie Goodwin When we first got the assignment, I was sure I wanted to make a piece that had clear meanings but also some hidden details and details that make you really think about our society and what we expose to our youth. The left side portrays the way children in our society used to be. It portrays a simplistic look at adolescence, featuring classic children’s toys, milk and a pacifier. The right side, of today, shows what kids are exposed to. For example, drugs and alcohol, violence, technology, and pollution. To some, it may seem like parts of this piece have negative or positive connotations, but this piece was made without an opinion in mind. It is simply how our world is just not the same anymore. Though parts (like a baby vaping), are to shed light on the damaging consequences of what we allow our kids to be exposed to.

By: Kate Franzen When I was assigned this editorial cartoon, I knew I wanted to touch on a subject that was important to me. The topic of identity and sexuality is something very close to home and I wanted to shed light on how those struggling with identity and sexuality live their everyday lives. Constantly in fear. My inspiration came from those struggling with their gender identity and how many feel they can’t be true to who they are, they stay closeted. Their parents think they are fine and perfect, the ideal straight, cis child. But little do they know, their child is living behind closed doors, feeling alone in this journey. I wanted these people to know they aren’t alone and to show those without these struggles that this is not something to be ignored, there are people struggling everyday without you even knowing. I wanted to spread the message to be kind to everyone, you never know what is going on in their lives. The process of creating this editorial cartoon was ve...

By: Kate Franzen Kinsey Martindale had no idea what was awaiting her that first day at Lincoln High School. But four years later, she is grateful for the experience and opportunities she has gotten from being a part of the community. Martindale is a senior at Lincoln High School and plans to attend college. “I’m not sure where, ideally somewhere in China or Taiwan because they are Mandarin speaking countries,” she explains. Martindale has many passions including learning languages, specifically Chinese, and she loves to travel. “Lincoln has helped me pursue it [learning Chinese and getting a better understanding of the culture] because they have Chinese here and… and because I went to China with my Chinese class. I stayed with a host family,” she says. Martindale complains of being a teenager in today’s society. “Elders think school was fun. They didn’t experience the stresses of today’s high school”. To her, the hardest part of being a teen is her elders not unders...

Life With an American Visa  By Kevin Gochee Oliver Stone catches the attention of others with his Australian accent and love for Vegemite. He moved to America in the summer of 2013, and relies on his parents’ work visa. Stone has made a home in the community of Lincoln, but his visa does not guarantee that this home will be permanent. Stone’s family moved to America, chasing improved job opportunities. The size able corporations that Stone’s parents work for helped to speed up the grueling process of acquiring a visa. “It was very difficult,” said Stone. “Not many people can get visas…, we got lucky.” Acquiring a visa is not the only challenge Stone and his family face. Stone’s visa separates him into a different category during international travel, adding up to an hour in his customs process. “Every time I re-enter the country, I have to go to a separate line for visa citizens. In that line, the process is more thorough than a normal customs line.” Stone ha...

By Macy Etters Oh no, you’re in high school now. The question “what do you want to be when you grow up?” just became a lot harder to answer. You now have to think about college and what career would actually be a good fit for you. It seems like everyone’s got it all figured out, when in reality, not many people do. Even our own teachers didn’t always know what they wanted to be when they grew up. Emily Hensley is currently an English teacher at Lincoln. Hensley grew up in a big family of teachers. Because of this, she says that during high school, she refused the idea of becoming a teacher for a long time, even though she knew that was her calling. Hensley attended the School of Journalism and Communication at University of Oregon. “I didn’t realize how lonely it would feel in the beginning,” said Hensley. Ever since she was a kid, she wanted to be an artist or an actor. When she finally accepted that she wanted to be a teacher, she decided that she would pursue a different ...

By Lulu Kashiwabara Every individual who’s involved in theatre On or Off-Broadway plays a role in bringing a show to life. Keeli Guilfoyle, a member of the Lincoln Drama tech crew, is one of these people, managing everything behind the scenes. Even though she’s only been involved in Lincoln Drama for two years, she’s put all of her heart and soul into everything she’s worked on While Guilfoyle is a techie at heart and loves working backstage, her school life is very important to her as well. Overall, her life at Lincoln has been pretty good so far even though some stressful moments have occurred. When she’s overwhelmed with assignments she focuses more on the positive aspects of school. Theatre is something very positive for Guilfoyle, which is why she chooses to be involved with it as much as possible in a variety of different ways. “I’ve teched for New Works, and was in charge of the costumes and props for that,” said Guilfoyle. As a performer, she’s be...

By: Hanna Grewe If there is one thing all high schoolers can relate to, it's the stress, sleep deprivation, and overwhelming schedules that high school brings to the table. Luckily, with Lincoln’s efforts to include FLEX into the school’s schedule, it’s been easier for students to handle their daily work. However this year, the administration cut multiple FLEX days due to a low attendance issue among upperclassmen. Erin Dornan, a freshman new to the experiences of high school, is one student that feels upset with the school’s lack of communication with the issue. While many aspects of FLEX have been extremely helpful to Dornan’s schedule, she wasn’t alone in her frustration when learning that Lincoln would be limiting the FLEX periods this year. She reported that her friends reacted in the same way. “I was annoyed that we were weren’t going to be getting as much time to work on homework because I have lots of after school activities which means I don’t have as mu...

Profile -Suzie Kassouf By Bailey Armstrong Suzie Kassouf is a new student teacher that is working with teacher Blaire Hennessy in her social studies classes. Kassouf hopes to bring what she learns from being an activist to the Lincoln community. Throughout the year Kassouf will be taking over a handful of the history classes. “Right now I am mostly just observing,” said Kassouf, “then I will be taking over this class [6th period U.S. history]. And then in the spring, I will be taking over three more classes.” Kassouf has many reasons that inspired her to become an educator. “Education is at the core of building a just and liberating world and that everyone has the capacity to be compassionate, loving and caring,” said Kassouf. This is Kassouf’s second year in the Lincoln community. Last year she observed in both Mr. Reed’s and Ms. Hennessy’s classes as part of her teacher education program. This year she has new goals. She hopes to“create a sense of care in the classroom, I...

By Ainsley Webb Making it big by singing on stage is something many people want to do, but they only see it  as a dream. For Jesse Zuckerman a freshman at Lincoln this is not a dream, but real life and hard work.  “ I have sung since the age of 5,” Zuckerman says. She has dedicated herself to singing all her life. She has explored many songs to see what songs best fit her voice. As the years went on her voice grew stronger and stronger.   In her years of singing, Zuckerman grew very fond of artist Billie Eilish and her musical talents. Zuckerman usually only sings Billie Eilish songs, like “When the Party’s Over” and “Come Out and Play,” which she just made a cover of which is posted on her instagram. But, Zuckerman is also working on her first album called “Paint A Picture For Me”. Zuckerman likes singing Eilish’s songs because she can relate to her. Eilish has gone through struggles with tourettes and depression, which Zuckerman can relate to becau...

By: Hanna Grewe I drew this cartoon in an attempt to highlight topics that I am currently learning in my freshman history class. We briefly covered topics about Native Americans and their representation in our history. How in the past, historians only represented white settlers and politicians without specifying the cruelty that went behind America’s expansion, especially when it came to the treatment of Native Americans. In my history class, we also mentioned how history books, especially in the early 1900s, we biased and didn’t give the full scope of what actually happened in America’s past.  Through the process of making this cartoon, I wanted to make sure that the characters were easily identified as Native Americans and white politicians. I used exaggeration to exaggerate the Native American clothing and hair in order to make them more identifiable. I also exaggerated the white politicians’ hair to make them look more commonly like the white wig ...

 Freshman Settles at Lincoln after Moving Throughout the US Elena Schwartz is now a freshman at Lincoln High School. By Mackenzie Ward After moving from England to California, Florida, Washington DC, Hood River, Ohio, Las Vegas and now to Portland, Freshman Elena Schwartz has experienced a fast-paced life while moving continuously due to her father’s work in the US Air Force, or the USAF. Since she was little, Schwartz has been moving from base to base as a result of her Dad's constant job upgrades. Schwartz, currently 14-years-old, has lived in a total of nine locations since she was just a few months old. “[My dad] had to move around the world, so we just followed him,” Schwartz says. Although Schwartz had mostly positive experiences moving, she occasionally found it hard to assimilate to the places she moved. “It usually took two months to adapt to each place. It depended on when school started because that's where I made all my friends,” Schwartz said. “If we ...

By: Bailey Armstrong I created this cartoon to not only represent a problem but also a cultural shift in intergenerational relationships. For many years older generations always complain at younger generations but with the popularization of “okay boomer” Gen z has found a way to retaliate and almost discredit what older generations say negatively about them. This is also a commentary on the recent climate strikes. Gen Z is speaking out on climate issues and is faced with mix results. Older generations have shown their actions in a negative light but that has not only stopped Gen Z but inspired them to fight more. I was motivated to make this cartoon because it shows a Gen Zs point of view on how the slang term is used and climate strikes not being received well in older generations. I am also inspired to create this cartoon to stop the single-story this generation doesn’t care, are lazy and can amount to nothing. I used slight elements exaggeration to show the difference...

Brad Subramaniam By: Tara Subramaniam When many high schoolers imagine college, they think of moving away from home, having more freedom and they dread the increased pressure to succeed. Brad Subramaniam used to be one of these high schoolers. Now he is a college student at the University of Chicago. Subramaniam is starting his third year of college, is majoring in economics, and is a Lincoln graduate. He is involved in many after school activities along with his schoolwork, such as writing for the Chicago Maroon, playing water polo and participating in speech and debate. Subramaniam has to manage all of these on top of classes. “It can be difficult to manage at first,” says Subramaniam. “Oftentimes extracurriculars became a back burner and I had to put them to the side to focus on classes. I think you should always try to push yourself to go to clubs because oftentimes you might be tired at the end of the day and might not want to go to the club, but it pays off if you have a g...

The Smarter Species By: Tara Subramaniam The reason why I chose slime mold’s intelligence as the topic of my editorial cartoon is that I found it a unique, interesting, and rare idea. Most people don’t even know what slime mold, much less of its intelligence, but this is the intelligence that can be key to self-automated cars. After I decided on this topic, I sketched three images that related to slime mold is more and decided on which one conveyed the idea more efficiently. I included labeling, symbolism, and irony in this editorial cartoon. I learned about the process of making an editorial cartoon--before this unit, I used to think that editorial cartoonists only worked on one drawing for the whole process. Now I know that editorial cartoonists draw up several sketches and decide on the best one.

Jack Kerrigan Profile, Lincoln JV Striker By: Henry Reuland The wet ball was played perfectly over the defense and right into the path of the Lincoln soccer JV striker, Jack Kerrigan. Kerrigan then coolly fired the ball into the bottom corner of the net to tie the match. His teammates swarmed him knowing he had just scored his first high school goal. “It was super relieving and shook the nerves off... Just reaffirming to myself that I actually belong on the team,” said Kerrigan. Kerrigan, 5’ 11” with a skinny stature and light blond hair, looks like he fits in with the sophomores and juniors on the JV soccer team, but he is one of just two freshmen on the team. Being the youngest on the team can create added pressure to perform, but Kerrigan says he has been able to overcome performance pressure. “It’s kind of like giving a speech, at first it’s hard, you know it’s hard to talk in front of a bunch of people. But once you do more speeches or in this case, play more games it ...

I created this editorial cartoon because I assume that no one I know from the US keeps up with news from New Zealand. Unless it's on breaking news, the US doesn’t know about it. I want to poke the bubble that New Zealand lives in and share its stories with people in the United States.  I created two panels in my editorial cartoon to show the fire in Skycity, Auckland, which occurred a few weeks ago. I used labels such as “Sky City” and “Auckland, New Zealand” to show that this was a new setting. I added to this by adding buildings including the Skytower in the background. I used exclamation marks around the blowtorch to show that it was left on and dangerous. Although this was a serious fire I wanted to include some New Zealand slang and humor, so I made the construction man who starts the fire say “Fish and Chips for lunch, mate?” to add a little light to the situation. There is dramatic irony in the cartoon as the man is completely oblivious that his blowtorch is off, yet the re...

  Channing Frye Photo By: Redding Longaker  Standing at 7’0”, a three point machine with post moves that are unstoppable, Channing Frye! Channing has always been a Jokester and a team leader. He is always making teammates laugh helping them out and in general just being a good guy. In the NBA his strength was shooting. He has had a long basketball career is average 3 point % throughout his career was 38.8%, it might seem low but the average NBA 3 point percentage is 40 or 42%. He also had a high field goal percentage of 44.0%, the average field goal percentage is between 43% and 46% in the NBA. Lastly he had a very high free throw % of 82%. The league NBA average is 75 or 78%.   In the NBA he played for 14 years for 6 teams. One of those that he played for was the Portland Trail Blazers. “The Blazers are good but, the west has a lot of good teams this year including, The Lakers, The Clippers, The Rockets, The Nuggets, and the T...

By: Macy Etters This cartoon details the objectification of women today. The man in the cartoon is degrading, not only both of the women in the cartoon, but women everywhere. In saying what he said, he is strongly suggesting that how women look defines who they are and that his actions are justified by the way he sees women. A lot of men think that it is okay to shame women because of the way they act and appear, while thinking it is okay for them to act and appear however they please. The frustration I have about this topic was my motivation for creating this cartoon. I got the idea for this cartoon after reading a thread on instagram of a very similar situation.  I used labeling to amplify the severity and the wontedness of the oppression women face. The first label is saying “at work”, suggesting that the two subjects work together in a professional environment. Despite being in such an environment, disrespect toward women is still present. The second label explained:...