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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

Do you want to go to Prom?

April 18, 2011

For many girls Prom is usually referred to as “the most important night in a girls life,” so it definitely sets a standard on guys to ask out their dates in a spectacular way. “It’s really...

Key Club

April 18, 2011

Key Club, unlike most other clubs at Free State, is an international organization devoted to helping people get involved in volunteer work and fundraisers. The club is the high school version of an...

Rewards in Store for Students who Soar

Rewards in Store for Students who Soar

miranda davis March 31, 2011

Seniors Kelly Phipps and Savannah Franz have spent the past three months writing a thirty page paper in their spare time. The paper is something they have chosen to do for DECA, a business club at school....

LAWRENCE GUIDE 3/30/11

ryan loecker March 31, 2011

Das Racist - 3 / 30 / 11 @ The Granada (hip hop / rap) - $12 “We’re not joking, just joking we are joking, just joking we’re not joking.” Seriously, Das Racist are coming to the Granada. Those...

It’s All About Perspective

March 31, 2011

I recently finished reading a book called The Poisonwood Bible (which, by the way, is GREAT in case you’re looking for a good book to read), and it really got me thinking. The story follows a woman...

Diversity in Education

Diversity in Education

ryan loecker March 31, 2011

Although last year’s budget cuts and the upcoming freshmen have made changes to the public school experience, the unique opportunities offered separate it from private, home and less populated schools. Junior...

Appreciation of the Arts

jacob caldwell March 31, 2011

Our school was well represented at the recent protest against the move to replace the Kansas Arts Commission with a private, nonprofit organization. Several students including Liza Farr, Alec Fitzgerald,...

Golf

Golf

allison harwood March 31, 2011

Junior Lee York has pictures of himself wearing a diaper and holding a golf club. “My dad always played, and seeing him riding around on a golf cart made me want to play,” York said. York’s team...

1 in 1000: Raul Cody

March 30, 2011

"Dancing is not just ballerinas spinning around in tu-tus on a stage. It's a sport," said sophomore Raul Cody about his passion of passions, dance. The aspiring choreographer was inspired to start after...

AP Art Concentrations

austin fisher March 29, 2011

Something as vast and subjective as art can seem daunting to an aspiring art student. The art program at our school alleviates some pressure by focusing art students on exemplifying their artistic...

Midway Into March Madness

March 29, 2011

The NCAA tournament is halfway over. Weaker teams have been eliminated, the hometown favorite University of Kansas joining them. KU fan and senior Avalon Cook believed that the college on the hill would...

Student Teachers are A+

katie guyot March 17, 2011

Walking into his fifth hour science class in mid-February with a weary sigh, a Free State student--I’ll call him Max--slouches into his same old chair in the back of the room. The bell rings, and in...

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