On Monday, Sept. 22, the Lawrence Public Schools’ Board of Education commented on the racially-inspired vandalism that occurred as a result of the rivalry between Lawrence Free State High School and...
Maria Carrasco, Print Managing Editor
• September 18, 2014
During the early morning hours on Sept. 18, an anonymous group of Free State students vandalized the Lawrence High football field. The Budget, Lawrence High's newspaper, and the Free Press started the hashtag #FSLHSUnite for students at both schools to express their feelings about the event.
When she isn’t flipping chicken nuggets or taking orders at Wendy’s, junior Maame Britwuum tends to her least favorite part of work, cleaning the bathrooms.
“You’ve never felt real pain until you have to clean the men’s bathroom after lunch rush with a bunch of construction workers,” Britwuum said...
Preface: On Friday, May 2 at 10:40 p.m., history teacher Jason Springer suffered severe injuries in a bicycle accident at the corner of 8th St. and Monterey Way. No witnesses were at the scene, and when...
Since age 12, junior David Stubbs hasn’t stopped thinking about music.
“I never stop working on it,” Stubbs said, “24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
Stubbs is an audio engineer who was recently...
A picture of the softball and baseball scoreboards side by side, one dilapidated and one brand new, respectively, appears on sophomore Elizabeth Patton’s Twitter feed. Moments later, controversy and...
Teachers
With caps lock on and size 48 font selected, facilitator Peggy Nelson types an email announcement for FYI Club. Afterward, she advises a National Honor Society (NHS) meeting and plans future...
ryan liston, co-online editor-in-chief
• April 17, 2014
Surrounded by cracked textbooks and peanut-butter-covered-apple slices, senior Bridget Cary sits down at her computer. Powering off her phone, she gets ready to study for the upcoming tests.
The dreaded...
Uneven funding of school districts in Kansas has prompted the Kansas Supreme Court to order lawmakers to ensure even funding, because the current situation violated the state constitution.
After a former...
At 8:10 a.m., with his navy polo shirt tucked into his belted khaki pants, senior Marcus Allen finds a seat at a round table in his school lunchroom and waits for the headmaster to open morning meeting...
The first signs of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in freshman Madison Bruhns were initially mistaken for a cold. Then, her lungs collapsed.
Last year, over 1.5 million people were diagnosed with cancer, according...
ryan liston, co-online editor in chief
• March 1, 2014
Scoring 12 unanswered points to start off the game, the Free State girls basketball team beat cross-town rival Lawrence High School 60-51 Friday, Feb. 28. The Firebirds led by around 10 points most of...
