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The student news site of Linganore High School

The Lance

The student news site of Linganore High School

The Lance

An aisle in the SEPHORA at Kohls in Frederick sells the newly-popular Sol De Janeiro products.

Stop Trend Hopping: Overconsumption consumes younger generations’ time and money

by Lily Hanson, Editor March 11, 2024

When walking into a Linganore classroom, one may be bombarded with the sight of 2024’s new trendy water bottle, the Stanley 1913 tumbler, littered across desks and shoved into backpack pockets. Four...

Students often get distracted by social media in class. This can negatively affect their health, well being, and grades.

New law aims to combat negative effects of social media

by Jackson Passarelli, Reporter October 6, 2023

Earlier this year, Republican senator Josh Hawley introduced a bill that would enforce a minimum age requirement of 16 years old for social media platforms. States including Utah and Arkansas have...

Linganore senior Lily Reynolds reads one of her favorite books, City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert.

A rise in teens reading: Social media’s impact on the classic pastime

by Alexa Waser, Editor-in-Chief March 15, 2023

For so long, getting teenagers to read felt like pulling teeth. Over the last couple of years, however, this has seemingly changed. Many more teens today are willingly picking up novels and reading to...

Teens on phones

How does social media breed narcissism?

by Mikayla Conners November 19, 2022

Teenagers and children of increasingly younger ages have become progressively reliant on technology, especially social media.  As a consequence, children who use social media often struggle with Narcissistic...

The cover art of Netflixs Dahmer -- Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story series.

Serial killers seducing social media

by Emily Rice, Managing Editor October 27, 2022

The sexualization of serial killers is nearly as bad as the crimes they commit. How has modern society stooped to such an all-time low?  On September 21, Netflix released “Dahmer,” a documentary...

Linganore students post their photos to BeReal to show friends what they are doing. (From top left to right, Ella Pritchett, Alex Pietanza, Maddie Madariaga, Mark Sunkel, Nolan Lizmi, Josh Player, Joey Looper, Mitchell Maher, Nathaniel Zarate, Kevin Lloyd, and the Linganore Band.)

BeReal’s rising popularity creates new space, new problems

by Alexa Waser, Editor October 20, 2022

"Guys, it's time to be real!" is heard across classrooms everyday. Students rush to grab their phones and snap a photo before the timer goes off. A single notification causes students to pause their...

Joseph Hawkins makes a variety of videos on his Tiktok.

Lancer Spotlight 9/13/22: Teachers beginning to use social media to connect with students

by Kiefer Ely September 13, 2022

The Covid pandemic forced many teachers to find new avenues to communicate and relate to their students. This led social studies teacher Joseph Hawkins to publicize his previously private TikTok in 2020,...

Finding the Truth in a Social Media Feud

Finding the “Truth” in a Social Media Feud

by Mack Mullinix, Reporter May 25, 2022

On April 25, Twitter and Elon Musk began the process of turning the huge social media app into a privately owned business. Musk Tweeted the day after "Truth Social is currently beating Twitter & TikTok...

GenZ TikTok and Snapchat users deal death blow to Instagram

GenZ TikTok and Snapchat users deal death blow to Instagram

by Marissa DePalma, Editor March 4, 2022

Instagram was released on October 6, 2010. After twelve years it has been slowly becoming less relevant.  Instagram trends are constantly changing and the features added to keep a lot of people interested,...

Sophomores Tess Engel and Grace Booth feeling connected through in-person schooling.

Post covid friendships easy to break, hard to make

by Leeda Djourshari, Reporter September 22, 2021

Snap. Post. Tweet. Share. Like.  It's a few clicks to gain followers, but those are not your friends. Going back to school isn't easy, but having to remake friends makes it extraordinarily complicated...

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