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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 2015-2016

Boys Basketball

January 25, 2016

Girls Basketball

January 25, 2016

Boys Basketball

January 25, 2016

The end of the semester can feel overwhelming as workloads increase.

Middle of school year affects students in different ways

Sydney Gard and Darby Gilliland January 23, 2016

As the first semester draws to a close, students and teachers can feel stuck in the middle. While many feel stuck in Kansas, some appreciate its simplicity. Others are somewhere between a friendship and...

Nontraditional areas on political spectrum put students ‘in the middle’

Sydney Gard, Editor January 23, 2016

As the first semester draws to a close, students and teachers can feel stuck in the middle. While many feel stuck in Kansas, some appreciate its simplicity. Others are somewhere between a friendship...

Senior Carlyn Hartsock, sophomore Maleena Hatfield and senior Jalen Galloway understand the pain of being middle children.

Middle children discuss birth order stereotypes

Darby Gilliland, Reporter January 23, 2016

As the first semester draws to a close, students and teachers can feel stuck in the middle. While many feel stuck in Kansas, some appreciate its simplicity. Others are somewhere between a friendship...

Dating has changed a lot since the Gen X generation. “People don’t really go on dates anymore,” senior Ethan Kallenberger said.

Students discuss the new theme in today’s relationships

Elizabeth Patton, Social Media Editor January 23, 2016

As the first semester draws to a close, students and teachers can feel stuck in the middle. While many feel stuck in Kansas, some appreciate its simplicity. Others are somewhere between a friendship and...

Stuck in the middle: students discuss being at a midpoint

Elizabeth Patton, Darby Gilliland, and Sydney Gard January 23, 2016

As the first semester draws to a close, students and teachers can feel stuck in the middle. While many feel stuck in Kansas, some appreciate its simplicity. Others are somewhere between a friendship...

Lack of enthusiasm frustrates editor

Lack of enthusiasm frustrates editor

Kaya Shafer, Copy Editor January 22, 2016

There is so much I can’t stand about this school. I hate the negative attitude and general negative, bland opinion of so many people here. Yeah, we do great on standardized tests and have...

Boys Basketball

January 22, 2016

"The Martian" was published in 2011 and made into a movie in 2013. The novel has been highly successful and was chosen as the Read Across Lawrence novel for 2016.

Starting the year in Mars: Reporter reviews Read Across Lawrence novel, “The Martian”

Lauren Brittain, Reporter January 21, 2016

The entire time I was reading Andy Weir’s “The Martian”, I was asking myself how he managed to write such a cohesive novel with heavy research and fully developed characters—and then made it an...

A fire ruined much of the inside of Pet World last year. Their reopening is scheduled for Jan. 23.

Pet World rallies after devastating fire

Darby Gilliland, Reporter January 20, 2016

On March 25 of last year, Pet World suffered from an accidental fire. While no human lives were lost and many animals were saved, not all of them were so lucky. Owner Sherry Emerson says that part of...

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