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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

What Light

What Light

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief February 27, 2013

I partially owe my sanity to sitcoms. To sappy music, to pop art, to New York Times columns, to romantic comedies. Each of these artistic forms act as alternative universes, as life consultants, as stress...

Role Call

Role Call

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief February 27, 2013

If men actually thought about sex one time every seven seconds, then, unsurprisingly, they would never be able to get anything done as they would be inundated with invasive innuendo over 12,000 times a...

Sex in Society

Sex in Society

morgan noll, reporter February 26, 2013

High school: four years in a person's life that will never be forgotten. One could say this is because of all the opportunities to learn, participate in activities and meet new people. However, most would...

photo by: xdesx

Cute Couples

hannah reussner, reporter February 26, 2013

steven ozaki and sydney dorrance >sophomores How long have you been dating? Sydney Dorrance: Nine months. How did you ask her out? Steven Ozaki: Well, she was living in Missouri at the time so...

Luiz Fernando / Sonia Maria

If I Were a Boy

rosemary newsome, reporter February 26, 2013

If I were a boy . . . “even just for a day / I'd roll out of bed in the morning / And throw on what I wanted.” And that’s about the only thing Beyoncé and I would have in common if we switched...

Planning for Plan B

Planning for Plan B

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief February 25, 2013

The morning-after pill isn’t always taken the morning after—and the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) fears that in too many cases involving adolescents, it’s not taken at all. As part of...

Pink Sherbet Photography

Movie Review: ‘Safe Haven’

kerrie leinmiller-renick February 25, 2013

“Safe Haven” compares to the movie world as taffy. Taffy has the sticky and sugary consistency that viewers know they are getting when they see the movie. Themes of second chances, mooshy relationships...

Lawrence Center Works On Teen Dating Violence Prevention

Lawrence Center Works On Teen Dating Violence Prevention

becca moran, reporter February 25, 2013

Almost 1.5 million high school students nationwide experience physical abuse from a dating partner in one year, yet only 33% of teens tell someone about it, according to loveisrespect.org. Domestic...

photo credit to BozDoz

Free State Bowling Is On Fire

gavin spence, reporter February 25, 2013

Standing tall, silent and still. An incoming force approaches and slides down the lane. The pins fall over, defeated, and the bowling team celebrates another victory. “Our bowling team is ranked up...

Double Personality Profile: Pro Sex or No Sex

kyra haas, reporter February 25, 2013

Teanna Totten Senior Teanna Totten doesn’t agree  with the freshmen health class’s “Abstinence Only” policy. “[Health class is] just kinda impractical for life,” she said. “I mean all...

Free State vs. Shawnee Heights Girls Varsity

darian koenig, photographer February 25, 2013

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Free State Girls Varsity Basketball 2013

Free State Girls Varsity Basketball 2013

darian koenig, photographer February 25, 2013

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