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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 2015-2016

Girls Basketball

February 3, 2016

Girls Basketball

February 3, 2016

Editors discuss complications with online presence

Editors discuss complications with online presence

Sydney Gard and Trenna Soderling February 2, 2016

Sydney Gard Social media is a big part of my life. I can’t help it; we’re told everyone around us is on social media too, and if we’re not we’re bound to be missing something exciting. This...

Exchange students Juan Zarate and Denis Sitzmann play a traditional Paraguayan song for Free State spanish students. The group of Paraguayans arrived on Jan. 16 and will leave on Feb. 20.

Paraguayan exchange students hope to experience new things in the U.S.

Hala Hamid, Copy Editor February 2, 2016

As nine exchange students from Paraguay stepped off the plane and into the Kansas City airport, they were greeted with colorful signs and smiling faces. For five weeks, they will bear the frigid Kansas...

College and Career Center introduces principles, projects, pig heads to upperclassmen

Jackson Barton February 1, 2016

Something’s different in senior David Parscale’s route to school: Parscale is headed for the southeast side of town, closer to Haskell University, instead of the northwest. Like all students there,...

Sitting silently in the library, sophomore Reagan Sullivan reads "The 5th Wave."

Reporter reviews “The 5th Wave” book before the release of the movie

Reagan Sullivan, Reporter January 29, 2016

When I first saw the movie trailer for “The 5th Wave,” I thought it looked like an interesting plot and set of characters. Also, the amount of action in the trailer made my heart start to pound. The...

Students can communicate online using a variety of devices. Whether they use phones, computers or tablets, students access social media throughout the school day.

Constant communication affects students, teachers in different ways

Madi Engnehl-Thomas, Sydney Gard, and Hala Hamid January 29, 2016

Cropping, editing and adding filter to her mirror selfies and singing videos, senior Marcya Floyd takes pride in her Instagram with over 25,000 followers. While social media, such as Twitter,...

After the Firebirds score a touchdown, senior Bryce Torneden celebrates with a fist pump.

Free State senior chosen to play in Kansas high school all-stars game

Jackson Barton and Sydney Gard January 29, 2016

After his strong final season as quarterback, senior Bryce Torneden has been invited to play in the annual Kansas Shrine Bowl. The Shrine Bowl is a game with team rosters of the best high schoolers, selected...

The sign at Port Fonda's.

Editor reviews Lawrence’s newest Mexican restaurant

Elizabeth Patton, Social Media Editor January 28, 2016

Much to my surprise, Port Fonda is not Spanish for ‘hipster.’ Located on the corner of 9th and New Hampshire, Port Fonda is Lawrence’s newest Mexican restaurant. I walked in at 1:45 on a Saturday...

The opinion favoring an increase in gun control has become more relevant and controversial recently.

Editor, reporter share their views on gun control

Maame Britwum and Evan Frook January 28, 2016

Maame Britwum The 2nd Amendment provides that all Americans have the right to bear arms, and Americans have done exactly that. In the U.S. over 300 million guns are in circulation, and according the...

Social media habits require new methods of discipline

Evan Frook, Reporter January 25, 2016

Last September, parents filed into Southwest and South middle schools for a meeting geared towards discussing the realities of what their children were doing on social media and explaining how to use social...

Boys Basketball

January 25, 2016

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