Letters to the editor are welcomed and will be published as space allows. Letters must be signed, although the staff may withhold the name upon request if deemed necessary. The paper reserves the right to edit letters for grammar and clarity, and all letters are subject to laws governing obscenity, libel, privacy and disruption of the school process, as are all contents of the paper.

Opinions in letters are not necessarily those of the staff, nor should any opinion expressed in a public forum be construed as the opinion or policy of the administration, unless so attributed.

Staff Editiorial: Is war the answer?
Years from now, people will still be able to remember where they were on September 11 when they learned that the World Trade Center and thousands of people within were the victims of terrorism. Like most of the school, the Lancer Ledger staff spent the day watching the news, seeing image after horrifying image display the attack and its effects. Months later, these acts of terrorism are still an issue being brought to the staff's attention time after time...

GPA's do not tell everything about students
Clark Rexrode, a GM senior, is not your average high school student. He holds an incredibly high GPA, at 4.38, and has had near perfect percentages in almost all of his classes throughout high school. Clark scored an impressive 1440 on his SATs and is in the top ten of his class, but do you know what's interesting about Clark? He can't be valedictorian...

Give back to the community by volunteering
It's 6 a.m. and the dreaded alarm clock begins to ring. The daily ritual begins of getting ready for school and facing the daily classes. Then, finally, the school day is over and it's time to go home. Some people will now go to work, some have practices or games for extracurricular activities, and others will go home and day after day have nothing to do...