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The Lane Tech Boy's Varsity Basketball team compet

The Lane Tech Boy's Varsity Basketball team competed in the annual Chicago Elite Classic, a tournament featuring some of the best teams in the country, with local teams such as Whitney Young and teams from out of state, like Missouri's Vashon and D.C.'s Gonzaga. Lane played Taft, beating them 50-40.

The tournament lasted two days, starting Friday, Dec. 3 night and concluding on Saturday, Dec. 4 with it taking place at Credit Union 1 Arena.

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📸: Mara Mellits for The Champion

In the wake of Facebook changing its name to Meta

In the wake of Facebook changing its name to Meta due to whistleblower Frances Haugen exposing data demonstrating the company’s harmful effects on teenagers, Lane students reflect on how Instagram, which is owned by Meta, contributes to their own issues of self-esteem.

Reporter Nina Figurelli has the story on the good, the bad and the ugly of Instagram.

Read the full story at the link in the bio.

Lane’s STEM (science, technology, engineering an

Lane’s STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program, Alpha, is a rigorous four-year program that sets up students for a successful career in STEM. However, with recent data coming out about the large gender gap in STEM fields, it’s a wonder if this trend is reflected at Lane. Editor-in-Chief Mara Mellits has the story on the future female scientists in the Alpha program.

Read the full story at the link in the bio.

📸: An experiment from an Alpha AP Environmental Science class. Pictured from left to right: Sophomores Olivia Moroz and Erika Hanna (Photo courtesy of Olivia Moroz).

Lane’s Varsity Boys Basketball team kicked off t

Lane’s Varsity Boys Basketball team kicked off their season, Friday Nov. 19 with their annual Green and Gold game. The White team beat the Green team 54-47.

The boys varsity game was at 5 pm. The girls varsity game was at 3:30 and the boys jv/freshman game was at 7 pm.

Two assistant coaches, Coach Walker and Coach Villanueva coached their own teams, using players from the varsity team. Walker coached the Green team and Villanueva coached the White team. The coaches then drafted players for the teams, green and white.

The full roster can be seen @lanetechhoops

Halftime performances from the dance team and the majorettes were also part of the game. The varsity band played throughout the game.

View the full photo gallery at the link in the bio.

📸: Mara Mellits for The Champion

Ricebowl, one of the favorite fall Lane traditions

Ricebowl, one of the favorite fall Lane traditions, returned this weekend. The two-hand touch football tournament between Asian International dance clubs is something many look forward to each year.

The clubs can enlist other members outside of their club in order to win. Clubs can also team up with another team or even with two, if they don’t have enough members.

On Saturday, Nov. 13, those clubs came head to head at Horner Park to find this year’s winner.

The winner of the girls tournament was Polynesian club, who played against Pakistani club in the final, while Israeli club took the boys title, defeating Middle Eastern club in the final.

Members of the club are seen wearing their respective team’s sweatshirts in the photos.

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📸: Mara Mellits and Efram Stewart for The Champion

The Lane football team ended their season last Sat

The Lane football team ended their season last Saturday. This loss comes after 10 years without a city playoff game for Lane.

Lane lost to the Taft Eagles 33-21.

View the full photo gallery and recap at the link in the bio.

📸: Mara Mellits for The Champion

The Senior Student Council held Oktoberfest — a

The Senior Student Council held Oktoberfest — a day of festivities and games for students on Friday, Oct. 29. Because of the rain, the festival was held in Gym 1 instead of the memorial garden.

Students bought tickets beforehand that corresponded with their lunch period and were in the gym for two periods — their lunch period and the one before/after.

Some of the most popular events were the pie eating contest and the mummy wrapping contest.

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📸: Mara Mellits for The Champion

The Lane Tech drama department will show “As you

The Lane Tech drama department will show “As you like it” Wednesday through Saturday. The play is based on Shakespeare’s namesake but will be set in 1960’s. Opening night is Wednesday at 3:45 pm; tickets are $5 for students and $7 for the general public.

📸: Katie Ratke for The Champion

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