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Online Edition of The Cardinal Times

The Cardinal Times
Leela Moreno

Leela Moreno, Editor-In-Chief

Senior

Former Role: Managing Print Editor

Leela is a senior this year. She joined The Cardinal Times because she has always been passionate about current events and their impacts on specific communities. As a woman of color, she always tries her hardest to write about groups of people that aren’t represented enough in our media.

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All content by Leela Moreno
The owner of Westside Market, JP Chevalier, recently helped a man who had been shot.

Downtown community questions safety as crime becomes more visible

Leela Moreno, Abby Yium, and Kate Haddon
May 17, 2023
West Sylvan Middle School is one of two public feeder schools to Lincoln; the other feeder school is Skyline K-8. 62% of students at West Sylvan identify as white while only 3% of students identify as Black. Lincoln is 66% white.

West Sylvan Middle School’s response to January hate-based attack

Leela Moreno, Kate Haddon, and Abby Yium
April 18, 2023
Lincoln High School hopes to fully implement the Middle Years Program to ninth and 10th grade for the 2024-2025 school year.

Administrators hope to make the IB program more equitable

Leela Moreno and Hazel Thomas
January 11, 2023
Flags now hang in every classroom in Lincoln’s new building. Some teachers have chosen to add additional flags. One classroom has a pride flag, the American flag, and a flag of Earth.

American flags now fly in all classrooms

Leela Moreno and Kate Haddon
September 16, 2022
Cardinal Times staff wins state and national awards

Cardinal Times staff wins state and national awards

Leela Moreno and Eirini Schoinas
June 8, 2022
Editor-in-chief Cate Bikales is graduating this year. She will be attending Northwestern University in the fall, where she will be majoring in journalism and political science.

Cardinal Times staff says “goodbye” to 2022 seniors

Leela Moreno, Kate Haddon, Sophia Halpern, Abby Yium, Miles Levine, and William Schoinas
May 23, 2022
Editor-in-chief Cate Bikales is graduating this year. She will be attending Northwestern University in the fall, where she will be majoring in journalism and political science.

Cate Bikales: Editor-in-chief

Leela Moreno
May 23, 2022
Junior Nicole Prall attempts the pole vault event. Her standing record is a school best at 12 feet six inches.

Spring Sports Update

Leela Moreno and Cole Tomlinson
April 25, 2022
In this article in the series We Are Not Alone, Reporter Leela Moreno writes about how the reactions to Omicron have highlighted the racism of the pandemic.

Staff essay: Another action on the long list of racism in COVID-19

Leela Moreno
December 29, 2021
Skylar DeBose and Leela Moreno discuss Thanksgiving in the fourth episode of their podcast.

We Are Not Alone Ep. 4: The Falsities of Thanksgiving

Skylar DeBose and Leela Moreno
November 19, 2021
Deadstock Coffee Roasters served us a coffee, decorated with a stencil of a classic Nike shoe.

We Are Not Alone visits cafes owned by people of color

Skylar DeBose and Leela Moreno
November 1, 2021
Kareena Modha, Jasmine Weesner, and Alyssia Menezes, founders of the Indian Student Union at Lincoln.

[Photo] Guest essay: The importance of community – a message from Lincoln’s Indian Student Union

November 1, 2021
Jessica Mallare-Best leaves Lincoln to begin her new job at the Center for Equity and Inclusion.

Critical Race Studies teacher Jessica Mallare-Best departs Lincoln

Leela Moreno and Skylar DeBose
September 30, 2021

Beloved Biology Teacher Harmed by Stray Bullet

Leela Moreno and Cate Bikales
September 30, 2021
Former Arts & Culture editor Mei Xu will be attending Dartmouth College next fall.

Mei Xu: Arts & Culture editor

Leela Moreno, Managing print editor
June 10, 2021
Former editor-in-chief Cole Pressler will be attending California Polytechnic State University in the fall.

Cardinal Times staff says “goodbye” to 2021 seniors

Cate Bikales, Kate Haddon, Abby Yium, Leela Moreno, Skylar DeBose, Elena Valdovinos, Redding Longaker, Isabella Hartman, Keira Saavedra, Cole Tomlinson, and Max Edwards
June 10, 2021
The faces of 18 Black activists fill the walls of Pioneer Square. Artist Robert McKizzie has taken to the walls of Downtown Portland to express his views on the Black Lives Matter movement.

[Photo] Portland protest art: An homage to strong Black leaders

June 4, 2021
We are Not Alone Ep 3: We Talk Music with Ann-Derrick Gaillot

We are Not Alone Ep 3: We Talk Music with Ann-Derrick Gaillot

Skylar DeBose and Leela Moreno
April 26, 2021
Senior Ikasha Lowe, who is this years president of the Sisters of Color affinity group, pictured above.

Why affinity spaces matter to students of color

Leela Moreno and Skylar DeBose
March 4, 2021
Protest art downtown Portland near Pioneer Square.

[Photo] Protest art in downtown Portland

February 24, 2021
In this episode of We Are Not Alone, Leela Morenos and Skylar DeBose discuss how race has influenced recent events in American politics with Lincoln sophomore, Carmen Blank.

We Are Not Alone Ep. 2: Race and Politics

Skylar DeBose and Leela Moreno
January 24, 2021
Lincolns 2019 demographics for staff and students broken down by race. The school, already one of the whitest in Portland, has an even smaller percentage of teachers of color.

Teachers reflect on lack of diversity in Lincoln staff

Cate Bikales and Leela Moreno
January 16, 2021
This is the first podcast in Leela Morenos and Skylar DeBoses series We Are Not Alone, which intends to elevate the voices of people of color in the Lincoln community.

We Are Not Alone Ep. 1: Introductions

Skylar DeBose and Leela Moreno
January 1, 2021
This opinion is part of Morenos and Skylar DeBoses new series, We Are Not Alone, which seeks to elevate experiences and opinions of people of color in the Lincoln community.

Op-ed: Biden’s win does not erase racism

Leela Moreno
December 12, 2020
Different professional sports leagues are taking a variety of precautions to prevent outbreaks of COVID-19, while continuing to play.

[Photo] Professional sports take varied approaches to protect against COVID-19

November 25, 2020
Freshman Sarah Faik takes a selfie. Faik is a Muslim student, and isnt afraid to share her beliefs with her peers.

Religion at Lincoln

Cole Pressler and Leela Moreno
November 10, 2020
The Filipinx community in the United States has contributed much to American society. Filipinx American History Month aims to highlight all that they have done and are doing.

Celebrating Filipinx Heritage: It’s not just one month

Leela Moreno
October 30, 2020
Leela Moreno and Skylar DeBose share their experiences with racism throughout their lives at school below.

Our experiences with racism at school

Skylar DeBose and Leela Moreno
September 30, 2020
Album Review: The Best of Pentatonix Christmas

Album Review: “The Best of Pentatonix Christmas”

Leela Moreno
March 2, 2020

Editorial Cartoons 2019

Eirini Schoinas, Tabitha Lee, Redding Longaker, Skylar DeBose, Leela Moreno, Abby Yium, Owen Adams, and Kate Haddon
December 9, 2019
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