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The student news site of Lockport Township High School

Porter Press

The student news site of Lockport Township High School

Porter Press

The strange story of Replika: An AI that learns who you really are

Written by Adriana Watson, Editorial Writer March 20, 2018

In my constant search for interesting new apps that improve your life in some way, I stumbled upon an app named Replika: a text-based AI that learns and mimics your personality over time. Now you may...

Where do you see logarithms?

Where do you see logarithms?

Written by Adriana Watson, Editorial Writer February 19, 2018

This time of the year, most juniors are exploring the delightful universe of logarithms. It’s one thing to learn how they work for the sake of your test grade, but if you’re anything like me, you might...

Coping with rejection

Written by Adriana Watson, Editorial Writer December 20, 2017

Although rejection may seem catastrophic in the moment, it’s something that is fairly easy to overcome. Unfortunately, the most effective cure for rejection is being rejected. The theory being that by...

What I learned from rejection

Written by Adriana Watson, Staff Writer November 22, 2017

I recently volunteered at Christmas Crossroads, a craft show hosted by the Lockport Women’s Club, collecting donations for United Service Organizations and Tender Loving Care, an animal shelter in Homer...

Scream Helplessly at the Sky Day

Scream Helplessly at the Sky Day

Written by Adriana Watson, Editorial Writer November 7, 2017

If you’re one of those people that has managed to remain blissfully unaware of the current social justice warrior happenings, you may have been equally unaware of the newest shenanigan: Scream Helplessly...

At what age is “too old” to go trick or treating?

Written by Adriana Watson, Jessica Chavez, and November 7, 2017

LTHS students Adriana Watson (junior) and Jessica Chavez (sophomore) engage in a debate about whether teens should participate in trick or treating during Halloween. Who do you agree with? What do you...

Meditation: It isn’t a hippy trend

Written by Adriana Watson, Editorial Writer October 26, 2017

For the majority of my life I’ve been rather skeptical of meditation. After all, how could sitting silently in a room just breathing in and out help you? It sounded like a waste of time. Lately, however,...

A step into the strange world of steampunk

Written by Adriana Watson, Editorial Writer October 4, 2017

In light of the recent Summer Art Series here in Lockport, I decided it may be appropriate to welcome you to a genre I hold very close to my heart. I am referring to that which falls under the umbrella...

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September 20, 2017
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The lie of “love at first sight”

The lie of “love at first sight”

Written by Adriana Watson, Staff Writer September 19, 2017

Perhaps the biggest issue regarding gender is that neither gender truly understands the other. Women just assume that men think like them (which is hilariously false), and men typically have no idea what...

The benefits of learning a new language

Written by Adriana Watson, Editorial Editor March 22, 2017

As inductions to honors societies for foreign languages are coming up at LTHS, I find it suitable to talk a bit about the benefits of learning a foreign language. The majority of high school students choose...

An open letter to protesters

Written by Adriana Watson, Editorial Editor January 24, 2017

Dear protesters, I get it if you’re mad. You got Donald Trump as president, and the Alt-Right is beating you down one politician at a time. But come on! Have a little respect. Just because you don’t...