Alex Watson, Staff Writer

April 12, 2019

All teachers have to handle rowdy classrooms and heaps of papers to grade, but not all of them have to face packed hallways between classes. When the bell rings, teachers who do not have their own classroom have to fight...

Alec Lippman, Staff Writer

April 12, 2019

A program that allows students to get within feet of a 30-foot-tall propane fire along with leaving high school ready to get a job with a 45 thousand dollar salary are just some of the possibilities that can be achieved through...

Max Domel, Staff Writer

April 12, 2019

Besides the abrupt changes in climate, heavy workloads and frequently overwhelming national politics that will fill this March (and April) with madness, 68 American college basketball teams will compete in the annual NCAA...

Alex Winter, Staff Writer

April 12, 2019

Your stomach has been growling for the past few hours. It’s screaming for food and the smell for burgers drift to your nose. Everyone at the table gets a normal cheeseburger but then some schmuck decides to get a veggie...

May 23, 2019

A place where students can further pursue their passions and desires in an ever so common American rite of passage: College. An experience that upon first glance refers to institutions of higher learning and research, and...

Elan McMinn

May 6, 2019

My life as an assassin began on April 1 at 12:10 a.m. When I was assigned my targets, my life changed to one of distrust and paranoia. I loaded my crossbow along with a box of 100 bullets into my back seat and went to sleep...

George Guckenberger

May 6, 2019

Every day for nearly three years, I walked into my post-lunch class drenched in sweat with a grin on my face. It was always obvious to my classmates that I was a member of LASA’s Futsal Club, and had just spent the last...

Jorge Villa Rangel

May 6, 2019

My best friend and I created Grandioso Brand during the summer of 2018. We’d never identified as artists, but we both wanted to create something that would change the world. Yes, I know everyone wants to “change the...

Megan Ramsey, Staff Writer

May 14, 2019

Before senior Will Fisher applied to college, he was enticed by the University of Cambridge, thousands of miles away, where his dad had done work as a young adult. He did not limit himself to the borders of the United States....

Emma McBride, Staff Writer

May 14, 2019

Two students are walking to lunch after class when suddenly they smell the fresh, buttery scent of popcorn around the corner. Excitedly, they cheer in unison as they hurry to the yellow hallway to receive popcorn from LASA’s...

McKenzi Popper, Staff Writer

May 14, 2019

Though the not-so-blue skies posed an issue for the advanced Audio Visual Production (AVP) team, students still smiled, laughed and literally tossed each other in the air for the 2019 Lip Dub. The production, set to the tune...

Hanif Amanullah, Staff Writer

May 14, 2019

After taking a year of World Geography and Biology as freshmen, sophomores at LASA have the opportunity to take a signature course that, in a way, blends the two classes together. This course–called Planet Earth–works...

Malena Heineman, Staff Writer

May 14, 2019

The average LASA classroom features four blank, beige walls, and twenty students’ desks facing a teacher’s desk at the front center of the room. So in order to make the classrooms their own, the teachers have to use unique...

Marlen Avila, News Editor

May 14, 2019

We all have our firsts. Our first crush, our first swear word and our first ASMR video. In this day and age, I’m sure we’ve all shared that one moment when YouTube started autoplaying a video and suddenly you’re listening...

Trevor Anderson, Sports Editor

May 14, 2019

Jordan Peele’s sophomore film, "Us" remains a box office hit, smashing the $200 million mark with ease. The movie, which stars Lupita Nyong’O as “Adelaide,” tells the tale of a family subject to a horrific home invasion...

Nia Orakwue, Entertainment Editor

May 14, 2019

Within the film industry, there is little debate that Jordan Peele is well on his way to proving himself as one of the best filmmakers of our generation. His films, which often relay themes of relevant social issues including...

Hanif Amanullah, Staff Writer

May 14, 2019

The air fills with the anxiety of AP exams and semester projects as the school year draws to a close. But for seniors, their high school career is coming to an end and the feelings are more a mix of apprehension and nostalgia....

Somaya Jimenez-Haham

May 6, 2019

As Austin taxes climb, nearly half of the school district’s income is sent out of the city. $670 million in recapture payments will be sent to the state in 2019, who distributes the money largely to school districts with...