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2026 Multimedia Magazine: Beauty in the Mundane
2026 Multimedia Magazine: Beauty in the Mundane
MAY MAG 2026 EDITORIAL: Left in the Dark: Are Bomb Threats the New Normal at Lowell?
MAY MAG 2026 EDITORIAL: Left in the Dark: Are Bomb Threats the New Normal at Lowell?
According to the National School Threat Database Resource Center, since the early 2020s, schools across the United States have faced a growing number of threats and evacuations. Lowell High School itself has faced not one, but two threats this school year. While the threats themselves existed externally and the school couldn’t have prevented them, various...
MAY MAG 2026 EDICARTOON: The Duality of Senior Quotes
MAY MAG 2026 EDICARTOON: The Duality of Senior Quotes
MAY MAG 2026 LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
MAY MAG 2026 LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
Dear readers of The Lowell, Welcome back, for the final time this year, to another issue of The Lowell! For the last magazine of the school year, we saw it fit to pass the torch to a new generation of The Lowell staff members. We’re proud to say that this magazine was almost entirely designed...
MAY MAG 2026 COVER: The Trans Experience: Students Across and Beyond the Binary
MAY MAG 2026 COVER: The Trans Experience: Students Across and Beyond the Binary
As junior Bailey Gee turned on the faucet in his middle school bathroom, he heard snickers behind him. The other boys in the bathroom were speaking in hushed tones, but their voices were not low enough to be unheard by Gee. “Is there a woman in here?” one of them yelled. “No, it’s just a...
MAY MAG 2026 MULTIMEDIA: Stuffed Memories
MAY MAG 2026 MULTIMEDIA: Stuffed Memories
MAY MAG 2026 NEWS FEATURE: Investing in Equality
MAY MAG 2026 NEWS FEATURE: Investing in Equality
For sophomore Zoie Hon’s 10th birthday, she didn’t wish for an iPad or roller skates. Instead, she asked her dad if he could buy her stocks. It was the first time she had shown interest in the stock market. The idea of earning money through this integrated global network of exchange, though new, was exciting...
MAY MAG 2026 COLUMN: In the Dark
MAY MAG 2026 COLUMN: In the Dark
I find it strange how fast a beautiful scene can become ominous. About a month ago, I visited friends in Strawberry, California during spring break. Strawberry is starkly different from San Francisco, consisting of a few sparsely maintained roads and a reported population of 50. We had pulled off of the highway and into the...
MAY MAG 2026 MEDIA REVIEW: Heated Rivalry
MAY MAG 2026 MEDIA REVIEW: Heated Rivalry
The infamous Heated Rivalry Google Drive edit to Megan Thee Stallion’s Big Ole Freak plagued every group chat in December 2025, leaving a lasting impression on the show’s reputation amongst unfamiliar audiences. The explicit sex scenes portrayed in the edit are the same ones that have made the show famous, inevitably leading the title to...
MAY MAG 2026 SATIRE: A Treatise on Brainrot
MAY MAG 2026 SATIRE: A Treatise on Brainrot
The term “brainrot” only emerged in mainstream media recently, that is, over the last year or so. However, its message and impact on the impressionable psyches of our younger generations has been bombastic. Some refuse to accept the shifting tides of language, as appears evident across a fair few English classes here at Lowell High...
MAY MAG 2026 CROSSWORD: Pop Culture Throwbacks
MAY MAG 2026 CROSSWORD: Pop Culture Throwbacks
Media Review: Who Shot the Bird Boy?
Media Review: Who Shot the Bird Boy?
The bird boy struck up an alliance with the hunters of the forest. He helped them catch birds, even though he had wings of his own. And in the end, he too was slaughtered by the hunters when hard times struck and food ran out. The story may sound like an old, odd folktale, but...
Eric Gustafson wins court case regarding reassignment, set to resume instruction in fall 2026
Eric Gustafson wins court case regarding reassignment, set to resume instruction in fall 2026
On March 25, 2025, English and journalism teacher Eric Gustafson was told without warning that he would be removed from his position as adviser to The Lowell magazine, which he had held since 2017. The meeting with Principal Jan Bautista was a surprise to Gustafson and ended in a matter of minutes. It was clear...
The Man Behind the Candy Bowl; Conversation with Lowell Counselor Abdul Latif
The Man Behind the Candy Bowl; Conversation with Lowell Counselor Abdul Latif
Students crowd around Lowell’s counseling department during passing period. While a select few may have a question about their class, most students visit Lowell counselor Abdul Latif to enjoy some free candy and exchange remarks before taking off to their next class. Latif has been a school counselor for thirty years, and has been at...
The Lowell Newsmagazine: April 2026
The Lowell Newsmagazine: April 2026
Lowell Students Open Up About Experiences with Math Teacher Tom Chan
Lowell Students Open Up About Experiences with Math Teacher Tom Chan
Students raise concerns about Lowell’s Ethnic Studies requirement
Students raise concerns about Lowell’s Ethnic Studies requirement
Venezuela’s Evolving Political Situation Following U.S. Involvement
Venezuela’s Evolving Political Situation Following U.S. Involvement
The Lowell Newsmagazine: February 2026
The Lowell Newsmagazine: February 2026
The Music in Me
The Music in Me
Media Review: Bliss Montage
Media Review: Bliss Montage
End the Stigma Against Community College
End the Stigma Against Community College
The Lowell Newsmagazine: October 2025
The Lowell Newsmagazine: October 2025
Standing up for The Lowell
Standing up for The Lowell
Media Review: Look Back
Media Review: Look Back
The Lowell Newsmagazine: May 2025
The Lowell Newsmagazine: May 2025
An Impossible Situation
An Impossible Situation
Learning to stand alone
Learning to stand alone
Gray Gardiner: Advocating for queer literature at Lowell
Gray Gardiner: Advocating for queer literature at Lowell
The importance of hobbies
The importance of hobbies
Gaining confidence and community through origami
Gaining confidence and community through origami
FLICKR: Finding Beauty in the Mundane
FLICKR: Finding Beauty in the Mundane
A race against the bell
A race against the bell
Embracing my Czech identity
Embracing my Czech identity
The Porn Problem.
The Porn Problem.
The Lowell + Bakes & Smiles Bake Sale
The Lowell + Bakes & Smiles Bake Sale
TikTok: An uncertain future
TikTok: An uncertain future
The Lowell Photography Application 2025-2026
The Lowell Photography Application 2025-2026
The Lowell Illustration Application 2025-2026
The Lowell Illustration Application 2025-2026
Style as a lifestyle
Style as a lifestyle
Mixed cultures, mixed feelings
Mixed cultures, mixed feelings
Lost in excess
Lost in excess
Punk Rockers of Lowell: Goodbye Landing
Punk Rockers of Lowell: Goodbye Landing
Finding my sense of style
Finding my sense of style
This election matters to Lowellites.
This election matters to Lowellites.
Invasive and inappropriate
Invasive and inappropriate
Lowell welcomes new principal, Jan Bautista
Lowell welcomes new principal, Jan Bautista
Simone Velger-Aurelio: Breakthrough on the mound
Simone Velger-Aurelio: Breakthrough on the mound
Satire: Letter to the editor
Satire: Letter to the editor
Media Review: The Tortured Poets Department
Media Review: The Tortured Poets Department
The importance of being earnest
The importance of being earnest
Media Review: Emergency Intercom
Media Review: Emergency Intercom
Retro Reverie
Retro Reverie
Expand the shield, update the scroll
Expand the shield, update the scroll
Fearful anticipation for student aid
Fearful anticipation for student aid
AI: Generating our future
AI: Generating our future
Flowers of spring
Flowers of spring
Lessening the homework load
Lessening the homework load
Review of Lowell’s nearby food options
Review of Lowell’s nearby food options
Brandon Yee: Cutting hair, not class
Brandon Yee: Cutting hair, not class
Amanda Vu: A swimming sensation
Amanda Vu: A swimming sensation
Finding purpose through music
Finding purpose through music
Geometric photography: shapes found in daily life
Geometric photography: shapes found in daily life
The Lowell Newsmagazine April 2024
The Lowell Newsmagazine April 2024
Letter from a lovesick arsonist
Letter from a lovesick arsonist
Media Review: The House
Media Review: The House
From bawling to balling
From bawling to balling
A troubling trend: Investigating the break-ins at Lowell
A troubling trend: Investigating the break-ins at Lowell
What’s in your Bag?
What’s in your Bag?
The caffeine craze
The caffeine craze
Shattering the stigma
Shattering the stigma
How to mew: Suffering in sharpness not silence
How to mew: Suffering in sharpness not silence
Cramping our style
Cramping our style
2024 Spring Spirit Rally
2024 Spring Spirit Rally
Bringing political disillusionment into focus
Bringing political disillusionment into focus
Social Media Manager Application
Social Media Manager Application
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Illustrator Application
From the editor: in support of survivors of sexual violence
From the editor: in support of survivors of sexual violence
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