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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

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Entertainment

Students and teachers prepare for annual talent show

Juna Murao, Reporter December 2, 2015

Free State's third annual talent show will allow students to showcase their various abilities, including anything from singing Korean pop to Native American dance and reciting poetry. The show will be...

Students show school spirit by participating in Homecoming activities

Libby Stanford, Online Editor October 12, 2015

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Lavender,chamomile,honey and lemon create the popular "Garden Party" doughnut, sold at Ladybird Diner in Downtown Lawrence. A new kitchen was made downstairs, where the staff creates the different flavored doughnuts to be put out each day.

Editor visits Ladybird Diner after recent reopening

Trenna Soderling, Editor in Chief September 30, 2015

As I walked up to 721 Massachusetts St. on a Sunday afternoon, I groaned a little bit. Not because I wasn’t excited about the food; I felt the opposite. However, college students and families were rushing...

Senior AJ Zarnowiec

The road to Encore

Libby Stanford, Reporter March 10, 2015

For two months, 175 of Free State’s best performers spend day and night preparing for Encore, the school’s annual music variety show. Singers form groups as early as winter break, polishing their act...

50 Shades of Grey movie poster

Review: 50 Shades of Grey

Lauren Brittain, Reporter March 5, 2015

Beyonce’s remixed “Crazy in Love” plays in the background of the “50 Shades of Grey” trailer, infused with the same tension as a rubber band. I wish the actual “50 Shades of Grey” movie...

Ariana Grande

February concert schedule

Juliana Hill, Reporter February 12, 2015

Ariana Grande with Rixton Feb. 25 Independence Event Center Independence, MO Tickets start at $45 7:30 p.m. Ariana Grande, a pop singer of Nickelodeon fame, will begin her Honeymoon Tour in Independence,...

Review: 'The Wind Rises'

Review: ‘The Wind Rises’

Juliana Hill, Reporter February 12, 2015

When I was a child, I obsessed over every film Studio Ghibli released. I still have fond memories of watching them after school on a rainy days and less fond ones of having nightmares that my own parents...

Students favorite holiday songs

Erin Friedrichsen, Reporter December 31, 2014

Before winter break, several students were asked about their favorite holiday songs. As the holiday season nears an end, take a look at what some students were listening to over the break. "Mistletoe...

Decemeber Concert Schedule

juliana hill, reporter November 30, 2014

Yelawolf Nov. 25 8 p.m $32   For $32, you can see hip-hop artist Yelawolf at the Granada Theatre on Nov. 25. His claim to fame was his appearance on UPN Network’s “The Road to Stardom...

Review: Eleanor & Park

Maria Carrasco, Print Managing Editor November 20, 2014

At a camp I went to this year, someone posed the question: “Who is your fictional dream boy?” Girls around me screamed, “Augustus Waters!” or, “Edward Cullen!” I replied with “Holden Caulfield.” See,...

iPhone 6 review

Ryan Liston, Online Editor-in-Chief November 3, 2014

On Friday, Sept. 19, I ripped open a package I received in the mail. Inside I found my new iPhone 6, the one I had anxiously awaited since last December when I dropped my iPhone 4 on my stairs, shattering...

Obi, and the Release of Their New Album

Obi, and the Release of Their New Album

Evan Frook, Reporter November 1, 2014

Gathered in their small basement practice space, Obi plays through their show set, afterwards playfully tossing around jokes and profanities. Obi is composed of bass guitarist sophomore Atticus VonHolten,...

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