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

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

Free Press Online

Archives 2012-2013

Week Without Technology: Hannah Reussner–Day 3

January 16, 2013

Hello my dear friends! Not having "technology" is going pretty well actually! The only thing that is a problem, is that I received a text message saying my sister added three photos of me on Facebook and...

Week Without Technology: Hannah Reussner–Day 2

January 15, 2013

Hello again! This is the second day without Facebook,Twitter,Pinterest, or YouTube! However, I am very sad to say that I have failed at one. No music. Now I warned you it was going to be difficult but...

Week Without Technology: Katie--Day Two

Week Without Technology: Katie–Day Two

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief January 15, 2013

This tech-free week is about to pose a serious threat to two very important numbers in my life: my GPA and my bank statement. That probably sounds like a joke. After all, our generation has yet to resurface...

Week Without Technology: Rosemary–Day 2

rosemary newsome, reporter January 15, 2013

Did I say no Pandora or iPod music? Did I mean that? Not possible; surely I would have realized the aggravating torture it would put me through. Resisting the urge to not open the Twitter app has been...

Senior Ben Sloan signs to swim at the University of Massachusetts in the Free State library in December. Coach Annette McDonald looks on from his side.

Swimmer Sloan Signs with University of Massachusetts

sarah lieberman, reporter January 15, 2013

Google Maps directs any Kansan on their way to the University of Massachusetts to pull into I-70 to begin the 21-hour drive to Amherst, Mass.  Even for an athlete like senior Ben Sloan, the distance is...

Ben Sloan Signs with UMass

sarah lieberman, reporter January 15, 2013

Google Maps directs any Kansan on their way to the University of Massachusetts to pull into I-70 to begin the 21-hour drive to Amherst, Mass.  Even for an athlete like senior Ben Sloan, the distance is...

photo credit to Rosaura Ochoa

Week Without Technology: Sam–Day 2

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief January 15, 2013

I'm an addict. As I was sitting in the break room at work, I dug into my pocket to find my iPhone, habitually opening up my Twitter app. I quietly shouted "No!" and immediately closed the app. Guilt...

photo credit to Rosaura Ochoa

Week Without Technology: Sam–Day 1

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief January 14, 2013

Let's ignore the irony that I am blogging my week without technology on a computer: we'll pretend I'm begrudgingly typing on a typewriter or scribbling with that old-fashioned tool (a pencil?). To be...

Since I can't seem to go a day without absorbing cupcake calories through visual osmosis, here's a picture of a batch I made two weeks ago.

Week Without Technology: Katie Guyot–Day 1

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief January 14, 2013

I imagine going a week without social media, cell phones, television, iPods and vacuum cleaners is going to be a little like fasting for five days, complete with nausea, hallucinations and borderline psychotic...

Week Without Technology: Rosemary Newsome–Day 1

rosemary newsome, reporter January 14, 2013

And you think your Monday was bad? Cheers to myself for kicking off a week without Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TV(besides The Bachelor, no way I was missing episode 2), Pinterest, Pandora, Video/Computer...

Week Without Technology: Hannah Reussner-Day-1

January 14, 2013

So hello everyone! This week, I have made it my goal to go without Facebook,  Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and I'm going to attempt to go without music. This is going to be a rough week everyone. Especially the...

photo credit to 007NASCARCovert

NFL Player to Talk at Free State

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief January 11, 2013

This Monday, January 14, Cincinnati Bengals offensive tackle Anthony Collins will be at Free State to talk to any Can We Talk members and other students that want to attend. Collins, a KU grad, will speak...

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