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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 2013-2014

Free State faces crosstown rival LHS; unites for common cause

ryan liston, co-online editor in chief March 1, 2014

Scoring 12 unanswered points to start off the game, the Free State girls basketball team beat cross-town rival Lawrence High School 60-51 Friday, Feb. 28. The Firebirds led by around 10 points most of...

"Jayhawkers" movie review

“Jayhawkers” movie review

ryan liston, co-online editor in chief February 28, 2014

After a long drive from Philadelphia, Wilt Chamberlain sat down in a restaurant just outside of Lawrence. A waitress comes to his table and tells him he must eat in the kitchen or leave. At first, Chamberlain...

Under the Hood

jacob hood, cartoonist February 26, 2014

Liberalism in Lawrence

morgan noll, reporter February 24, 2014

With a “honk for hemp” sign waving back and forth, an unpaid musician strumming a guitar in the park gazebo and the smell of fresh pizza wafting from the local family owned restaurant, small-town liberalism...

Bound to

Bound to

sarah lieberman, copy editor February 24, 2014

At 11:14 a.m. on Dec. 14, the day of her ballet performance in the Lawrence Art Center’s production of “The Nutcracker,” senior Devany West clicked on a website that welcomed her to Massachusetts...

Alexa Harmon-Thomas, Jessica Ferguson, Maddie Dieker and Olivia Hodison sign their letters of intent.

Student-athletes sign with NCAA Division I schools

ryan liston, co-online editor-in-chief February 23, 2014

Senior Jessica Ferguson has a great mom--one who’s willing to accompany her talented, soccer-playing daughter on college visits all across the United States. In Boiling Springs, N.C., Ferguson discovered...

A room inside the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC). JDC serves 13 Northeast Kansas Counties. For $150 a day, the center can detain delinquents between the ages of 10-18 for up to 90 days.

An inside look at the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center

hannah moran and kyra haas, editor-in-chief and co-online-editor-in-chief February 21, 2014

6 a.m. Junior Adam Taylor* is awoken by a security guard's crude knock. He rises groggily, as does his roommate, a former methamphetamine addict, incarcerated for almost beating someone to death. As they...

Image courtesy of the National Cancer Institute, an agency part of the National Institutes of Health, with the ID 7503

Life After High School

rosemary newsome, copy editor February 20, 2014

A good portion of the senior class will graduate this year knowing how to evaluate an indefinite integral, but not knowing how to sew a button . Consider the fictional student Johnny. Johnny is an intelligent...

The school board plans to eliminate elective fees next year. Here are the current fees.

Current elective fees infographic

February 20, 2014

Here is are the current fees for electives. The school board plans to eliminate these next year. Stay tuned for story to follow.

matchmaker matchmaker

fiona mcallister, reporer February 20, 2014

*Please note: If you would like to vote on who should go on a date together, you can get take the poll on the home page. Isabelle Haake, Junior Star Sign? Capricorn Favorite Sport? Basketball Ideal...

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Hometown Hub: Spring 2014 Concert Guide

Maria Carrasco, Copy Editor February 20, 2014

Buzz Under the Stars: $25 per ticket ALL AGES Doors open 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, 2014 KC Power and Light District 60 E 13th St. Kansas City, MO 64106 As the only relatively close music...

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