Rather than spend the day going from class to class, freshman Benji Horton spends most of his day in the special education classroom. Horton has autism, a developmental disorder that affects his social...
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire attempts to enthrall viewers while setting up the story line's finale, but the actors aren't directed in a manner that encompasses the emotion of the Hunger Games books,...
Best Store Cat- Sunfire Ceramics
There’s usually a broad spectrum for store animals: they either love people and congregate where the customers go, or they try to stay as far away as possible in an...
ryan liston, co-online editor in chief
• December 5, 2013
As the lights dimmed in the auditorium, I thought, “This will probably be a cheesy play all about pajamas.”
I soon found out that I was dead wrong.
“The Pajama Game” was much more than a simple...
Jeff Vigneron and the rest of the custodial staff have to work exponentially harder every winter.
The common cold spreads most rapidly during the winter months because it thrives in low humidity and because...
They don’t have stadiums, hundreds of screaming fans or televised events, but they do have state championships. This season, the girl’s gymnastics and cross country teams each earned first place...
While bed bugs usually feed strictly on blood, the ones in Lawrence have taken a new dietary interest: library book donations.
A sign reading “we are not yet accepting donations” is posted on Lawrence...
As of last year, Principal Ed West has worked in what is essentially a broom closet. He gave up his spacious office with windows so that the school’s two SROs could effectively complete their job with...
kyra haas, online co editor in chief
• November 12, 2013
Not everyone with a gluten allergy or celiac disease was born with their condition.
My aunt used to carb up on pasta before her college track meets, eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch...
The smells of baked goods and desserts waft through the air as students wander past culinary teacher Kerri Hess’s classroom, a place that many speculate to be filled to the brim with incessant snacking...
The idea of in school suspension may not seem appealing, but for ISS officer Danny Speicher, it is an opportunity to enrich the kids who have to be there for the day.
“My thing in here is academics...
