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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

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The Spotlight

Yang Yang Li

Yang Yang Li

becca moran May 13, 2013

 As junior class vice president, Scholars Bowl participant, AP student, and first alternate to nationals in a forensics competition, Yang Yang Li has it all together.   Yet despite his successes, he...

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Malcolm Maddox

rosemary newsome, reporter April 30, 2013

While most high school students save up money for a car or college tuition, senior Malcolm Maddox finds himself collecting cash for a different cause: chest reconstruction surgery. “That’s between...

Supreme Court: DOMA and Proposition 8

kyra haas, reporter April 29, 2013

As one of the biggest debates in America, the legality of gay marriage has finally worked its way up to the Supreme Court, although the matter has been a point of contention for years.  The two cases...

“It’ll Be Alright” in the Limelight

catherine prestoy, reporter April 19, 2013

From April 18-20, Free State thespians are taking over the Black Box. Students write, direct and act in plays that range from comedic to dramatic genres. “It’ll Be Alright,” a play written and...

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America Endangered By Expanding Rape Culture

becca moran, reporter April 19, 2013

     The rape case that occurred on the night of Aug. 11 and early morning of Aug. 12, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio is sickening: a 16 year old girl, intoxicated to the point of unconsciousness, was...

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Double Personality Profile: For and Against Same-Sex Marriage

ciara sayler, reporter April 19, 2013

Mack Lottinville (For): Senior What is your opinion on same-sex marriage and why? I am completely for same-sex marriage, I don’t see any reason why someone shouldn’t be able to marry someone who...

Best of Lawrence–Food Edition

hannah moran, copy editor April 1, 2013

BEST: BREAKFAST: Biscuits and Gravy--wheatfields $3.75 Biscuits and gravy is generally not an appetizing thought. But Wheatfields redefines biscuits and gravy into a spicy gourmet breakfast that isn’t...

Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Matchmaker, Matchmaker

sarah lieberman, reporter February 28, 2013

Last year sophomore Alison Prather filled in the bubbles on her Matchmaker form and turned it in with minimal expectation. A few days after Valentine’s Day, Prather logged onto Facebook to find a message...

Role Call

Role Call

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief February 27, 2013

If men actually thought about sex one time every seven seconds, then, unsurprisingly, they would never be able to get anything done as they would be inundated with invasive innuendo over 12,000 times a...

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Free State Bowling Is On Fire

gavin spence, reporter February 25, 2013

Standing tall, silent and still. An incoming force approaches and slides down the lane. The pins fall over, defeated, and the bowling team celebrates another victory. “Our bowling team is ranked up...

Double Personality Profile: Pro Sex or No Sex

kyra haas, reporter February 25, 2013

Teanna Totten Senior Teanna Totten doesn’t agree  with the freshmen health class’s “Abstinence Only” policy. “[Health class is] just kinda impractical for life,” she said. “I mean all...

iPad

Technical Overload

ciara sayler and katie guyot January 31, 2013

When math teacher Danira Flores sees cell phones glowing on her classroom desks, she doesn’t confiscate them. In fact, she encourages them. That’s because she knows her Algebra and Pre-Calculus students...

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