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Free Press Online

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 Prepare for Finals

May 25, 2011

Finals are one right of spring that all students, regardless of their age, dread. It’s the end of the year, and for many students homework and studying are not what they want to think about. When it...

Quick Reads: Top 10 List

allison harwood May 25, 2011

top 10 things you never wanted to know about your teachers 10) That their ring-tone is “Loveshack” 9) Any story already repeated more than twice 8) Who they are dating 7) How things were ‘back...

Review: The King’s Speech

allison harwood May 25, 2011

The King’s Speech            118 min.                   PG-13 When I first heard about The King’s Speech, I was pretty uninterested. The plot line involves the King...

Year in Review

May 25, 2011

-Commitment to Graduate sign (Thumbs down) A neon green sign was put up on a wall in the commons. -Hype Inc. (Thumbs up) This club was especially active first semester. They held tailgates before football...

Cheer Captains

kim carter May 25, 2011

As basketball season comes to a close, so does the cheer season, and with it the high school cheer careers of the squad’s senior captains Aly Frydman, Korie Reed and Cali Brasseur. All three have been...

Hazing

kim carter May 25, 2011

I want to begin this editorial with a personal experience. When I was in the seventh grade my house was trashed. My brother was a freshman at the time and a group of boys vandalized our house, three times...

Staying Between the Lanes

katie guyot May 10, 2011

  The pool churns like a foamy tornado behind legs ferociously but deliberately kicking the icy blue water. A hand slices through the surface until the palm slaps flat against the wall, and a face...

Seniors: Where Have They Gone?

austin fisher April 20, 2011

Dramatic lifestyle changes can be stressful and difficult. Many people at this school have left or are soon to leave friends, family and all the other familiarities of their stomping grounds for the boundless...

Prom Throwback

“Back in the day....” is almost never a phrase you want to hear from a teacher. That is, unless it means seeing their old school prom dresses and hearing their oh-so-interesting stories. Steve Grant...

Baseball Profile: Cody Kukuk

allison morte April 18, 2011

Not every high school baseball team has professional scouts at its practices. But at Free State, star pitcher and outfielder Cody Kukuk draws scouts to both games and practices, even after announcing his...

Pity Prom

emma machell and emma machell April 18, 2011
"I would much rather hang out with my friends [at Pity Prom]
Below, seniors from an Industrial Design class demonstrate how to use a trebuchet (catapult) that they built. Photo by Megan Engleman.

Mad Skillz

katie guyot April 18, 2011

Between graphing logarithms, flipping through flashcards and wondering what on earth a gerund could be, students have the opportunity to put their imaginations, rather than their memories, to the test....

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