While many exchange students come to Lincoln, there are others, like senior Lukas Trummer, who left Portland for a year to go to school in another country. Trummer spent his junior year as an exchange student in Denmark.
“I was living in Denmark with my aunt and that part of my family, in a small town near Copenhagen… it was pretty chill,” said Trummer. “I’m going to get a bachelor’s degree here [in Portland] and then I’m trying to get my higher education, in Denmark.”
While Trummer enjoyed his time in Denmark, he felt positive about his experiences at Lincoln as well.
“I think that the school has a pretty good culture,” said Trummer. “I really do enjoy the learning environment here. … My experience at Lincoln has been pretty good.”
Trummer joined the staff of The Cardinal Times as a senior and found that it was a welcoming elective for his last year at Lincoln.
“I enjoy the work, but it’s also so fun to see other people put so much effort into [the paper],” he said. “There’s definitely some people within The Cardinal Times who are excellent journalists, and I think it’s really fun to be around them.”
Some people he enjoys working with the most include senior Oliver Trummer, his twin brother, as well as Cole Tomlinson and Finn Scott, two of his friends with whom he co-wrote many of his articles.
Trummer found that he enjoys writing about sports, and he also enjoys reading and producing media related to politics.
“Recently, me and two of my friends in the Cardinal Times went and took pictures at Portland State University and interviewed people during the protests. That might have been my favorite thing; it felt like actual journalist work,” Trummer said. “It was a little different from the room up on the 6th floor… More than anything, it felt cool to go and talk to people that weren’t students [at Lincoln].”
According to his girlfriend, junior Helen Colletti, the thoughtfulness Trummer has displayed as a reporter on The Cardinal Times is a defining component of his personality.
“He’s really funny and he knows how to listen,” said Colletti. “You can talk to him about anything and he can make you smile.”
