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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

Archives 2010-2011

How to Survive High School 101

emma machell May 26, 2011

Every student has been there; new school, new teachers, new everything.  Life at high school would have been so much better if there had just been a guide to help, a Virgil to teenage Dante if you get...

Staff Editorial: Sexting

bailey schaumburg May 26, 2011

In case you haven’t seen the ‘That ‘70s Show’ episode when Donna takes nude pictures to send to Eric, here’s a recap: Kitty finds the pictures in an envelope, Red finds them in a drawer, Hyde...

Bailey’s Senior Column

bailey shaumburg May 26, 2011

Senior Column: Quietus The finishing stroke On a day unforgettable Yet so similar to all the rest. Little ticks drone like a heartbeat, parallel Because when one dies The other sleeps, Imminent...

High School Advice

miranda davis May 26, 2011

The best advice I can give to incoming high schoolers is to get involved. Take classes that will challenge you and that you are passionate about. If you like math and science, take harder math and science...

The Free Press Guide to the Hallway’s

miranda davis May 26, 2011

Upper Left Classes in this hallway: math and science This hallway is full of future engineers and rocket scientists. It is known to have a distinct smell after an experiment conducted by the chemistry...

Skin Cancer

miranda davis May 26, 2011

About a year ago I saw a mole on my arm and I didn’t really pay any attention to it,” Attendance secretary Becky Browning said, “because it was very small and it didn’t have irregularities as...

Social Media

miranda davis May 26, 2011

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past several years you probably know what facebook , twitter or myspace is. Teenagers use these social networking sites as a lifeline, even for their...

Katherine Corliss: Senior Column

Katherine Corliss May 26, 2011

Next year I will be attending Baylor University with zero of my current classmates (although Mitch Todd is going there too, if any of you guys remember him). I’ll be in the land of Chick Fil-a cowboy...

Shadow for a Day: Hilary Morton

May 26, 2011

Like many Free State students, I’m quite involved in school activities. However, choir is not of them. This makes me a minority at this school. When I chose to shadow Hilary Morton, the choir director,...

The Ultimate College Visit

How to Plan the ultimate college visit: College is one of the most important decisions that high school students make. Which school to go to, or even to go at all are some of the many choices students...

The Ultimate College Visit

miranda davis May 26, 2011

College is one of the most important decisions that high school students make. Which school to go to, or even to go at all are some of the many choices students have to make before the time they graduate....

Welcome to the New Free Press… Well Kind of

miranda davis May 26, 2011

In case you haven’t noticed, the Free Press has a  new look. The front page is has a story on it , and there are new faces listed as editors and a slightly different overall feel to the paper. Why,...

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