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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 2012-2013

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Double Personality Profile: For and Against Same-Sex Marriage

ciara sayler, reporter April 19, 2013

Mack Lottinville (For): Senior What is your opinion on same-sex marriage and why? I am completely for same-sex marriage, I don’t see any reason why someone shouldn’t be able to marry someone who...

Best of Lawrence

maria mckee, reporter April 19, 2013

Best Restaurant: Zen Zero Awarded with Best Vegan or Vegetarian Food and runner-up for Best Asian Food in 2012, Zen Zero’s Asian fusion cuisine is easy to love. Whether you are in the mood for Red Thai...

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Students Voice the Importance and Effect of Gay Television Characters

hannah reussner, reporter April 18, 2013

The movies and TV shows “Modern Family,” “Pitch Perfect,” “The Tudors” and “How I Met Your Mother” influence students’ opinions about gay people. “I’m a Christian... and since I...

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@FSGrowUp: How Anonymous Accounts Are Harming Students

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief April 9, 2013

Many students seem to be under the impression that, “If you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, just say it anonymously on Twitter.” So, this is where we’re headed. Hiding behind more...

Freedom From Speech?

Jake Stegall, Reporter April 8, 2013

Here in America we plead for free speech, but we fail to see that free speech is actually stifled. Yes, believe it or not, although no one is burning controversial books and executing those who speak out...

Check Yourself Before You Rec Yourself

Check Yourself Before You Rec Yourself

kyra haas, reporter April 1, 2013

Due to the scarcity of recreational facilities in Lawrence, many student athletes find themselves driving further than they would like to get to practice during the off season   Junior Andrea Stewart,...

The Food Cycle

The Food Cycle

ryan liston and sarah lieberman, reporters April 1, 2013

Food is at the base of all human survival, yet sometimes the processes it goes through are taken for granted. When most people get a steak at Henry T’s or buy a soda at Dillon’s, they don’t wonder...

Let’s Talk About Eating Disorders

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief April 1, 2013

I was not planning on writing this column. In fact, until the week of our deadline, there was a different column on this page: something light, funny, sarcastic—the usual fluff. My cartoon self made...

Best of Lawrence–Food Edition

hannah moran, copy editor April 1, 2013

BEST: BREAKFAST: Biscuits and Gravy--wheatfields $3.75 Biscuits and gravy is generally not an appetizing thought. But Wheatfields redefines biscuits and gravy into a spicy gourmet breakfast that isn’t...

Cooking with Andrew Pester

Cooking with Andrew Pester

morgan noll, reporter March 31, 2013

     Food language of many high school students doesn’t expand much past, “I’m hungry,” “What’s for dinner?” or “I want Chipotle.”      Senior Andrew Pester is an exception. At...

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Students at your Service

hannah reussner, reporter March 30, 2013

Earning money, bussing busy tables and making delicious Thai food is all in a day’s work for sophomore Parkin Srisutiva. Srisutiva has worked at Thai Siam, his parents’ restaurant, for seven years....

Confessions of a Workaholic

sarah whipple, design editor March 29, 2013

You see a kobe beef burger and truffle fries from the Burger Stand as a typical Friday night feast while I see a quinoa stir-fry with kale, beets, walnuts and chicken as a better option. You see a workout...

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