At 11:14 a.m. on Dec. 14, the day of her ballet performance in the Lawrence Art Center’s production of “The Nutcracker,” senior Devany West clicked on a website that welcomed her to Massachusetts...
6 a.m. Junior Adam Taylor* is awoken by a security guard's crude knock. He rises groggily, as does his roommate, a former methamphetamine addict, incarcerated for almost beating someone to death. As they...
On Monday Jan. 7, junior Maddie Hill celebrated her extra day of freedom. But her excitement was accompanied by relief. Because her house sits on a hill, the winter weather makes it nearly impossible...
A totaled red Jeep. Debris. An ambulance, a resource officer and two tow trucks.This is what students and faculty observed on the last day of finals after the bell rang.
Before winter break on the last...
According to a sample group, two thirds of Free State students recognize the existence of blow-off classes.
In an anonymous student survey, 66 percent said Physical Education or art classes were the easiest...
According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, alcohol continues to be the most-consumed drug among teeangers, surpassing marijuana and even tobacco. In any given Monday, one can hear a chorus...
On Dec. 5, Freshman Rowan Plinsky got up in front of more than 200 people and read poetry.
Can We Talk recently coordinated the first Free State talent show. It was hosted by Kelly Barah and featured...
As of last year, Principal Ed West has worked in what is essentially a broom closet. He gave up his spacious office with windows so that the school’s two SROs could effectively complete their job with...
The smells of baked goods and desserts waft through the air as students wander past culinary teacher Kerri Hess’s classroom, a place that many speculate to be filled to the brim with incessant snacking...
The idea of in school suspension may not seem appealing, but for ISS officer Danny Speicher, it is an opportunity to enrich the kids who have to be there for the day.
“My thing in here is academics...
A failure to reach an agreement on funding The Affordable Care Act led to a government shutdown and a near economic collapse. Members of Congress had such strong, and opposing, opinions that America was...
