In the weeks leading up to the National Qualifier tournament, sophomore Linda Liu spent five to six hours a week in the debate and forensics room, preparing for Senate Congressional Debate. After researching...
Sitting in the front row of the Black Box on Saturday, April 26, I had an unobstructed view of the students performing in the Black Box Theater Festival.
The Black Box Theater Festival is an event that...
On a Wednesday afternoon, junior B. Adams sits atop a desk in Room 152, watching her cast read through their half-memorized script. At sporadic intervals, she descends from her perch and moves around the...
Underclassmen, we'd love you all to show up at our graduation parties, making us feel popular and loved. But you know what we'd love even more? A stellar gift!
Here are some very solid gift ideas, ranging...
The crowds are uncontrollable as they prepare to watch robots, created by high schoolers from around the country, hash it out in the ring at the First Kansas City Regional competition.
The victorious...
We admit, our center spread is rather random. But isn’t that what life is all about?
Sometimes things come in lists of ten. Usually, they do not, but we as humans manipulate this randomness to fit into...
If someone would have told me I was going to shed tears over senior year I never would have believed them.
Then again, I never imagined I would be a part of a state championship team.
I somewhat swore...
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• April 17, 2014
Surrounded by cracked textbooks and peanut-butter-covered-apple slices, senior Bridget Cary sits down at her computer. Powering off her phone, she gets ready to study for the upcoming tests.
The dreaded...
“Who all has been affected by racism?” Sophomore Garrett Swisher asks the group of 7th graders in the West Middle School auditorium. About 20-25 teachers and students raise their hands. He points out...
Uneven funding of school districts in Kansas has prompted the Kansas Supreme Court to order lawmakers to ensure even funding, because the current situation violated the state constitution.
After a former...
One teacher in particular that stands out as one of my favorites is none other than Scott Smith. From the beginning of my Free State career I remember him helping lead the Link crew games, in which two...
