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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 End of an Innovator: Steve Jobs

sarah rohrschneider, reporter October 20, 2011

The night of October 5, Steve Jobs, the innovator and co-founder of Apple died from pancreatic cancer. “I was sitting on my couch on Facebook when I saw all the status updates that Steve Jobs [had]...

A Day in the Life of a Chesty Lion

A Day in the Life of a Chesty Lion

allison harwood and miranda davis October 6, 2011

Allison’s Blurb: Every Harwood who has ever lived in Lawrence has gone to Lawrence High School. I grew up going to  my cousins’ LHS choir concerts and baseball games. My dad’s cousin is the cheer...

Halloween Express: The New Guys in Town

Kimberly Messineo, Reporter September 30, 2011

Glowing skeletons, scary clowns, bloody vampires and numerous pretty little princesses. Enter what used to be a well-known bookstore in Lawrence, and this is some of what one can find. This...

Free State National Merit Scholars

September 19, 2011

Congratulations to Dawson Conway, Alan Shi, Emily Melton, Sisira Srisutiva, and Meixi Wang for becoming National Merit semi-finalists! They are among 157 students in Kansas to compete for National Merit...

Teachers: Where Are They Now?

allison morte August 22, 2011

There are 40 new teachers in the building, and this year’s roster may look unfamiliar even to a returning senior. With names like Karakas, Finck, Eisert, Rothrock, Nichols, Willson, Rogers, Duran and...

Social Media

miranda davis May 26, 2011

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past several years you probably know what facebook , twitter or myspace is. Teenagers use these social networking sites as a lifeline, even for their...

Rewards in Store for Students who Soar

Rewards in Store for Students who Soar

miranda davis March 31, 2011

Seniors Kelly Phipps and Savannah Franz have spent the past three months writing a thirty page paper in their spare time. The paper is something they have chosen to do for DECA, a business club at school....

Appreciation of the Arts

jacob caldwell March 31, 2011

Our school was well represented at the recent protest against the move to replace the Kansas Arts Commission with a private, nonprofit organization. Several students including Liza Farr, Alec Fitzgerald,...

Snow Day Swap

katie guyot February 21, 2011

The school district is currently working to find a suitable way to make up Douglas County’s five snow days. The Kansas State Department of Education requires school to be in session for 1,116 hours...

Have Heart

Have Heart

katie guyot February 9, 2011

Teacher and volleyball coach Nancy Hopkins is building Free State a cardio fitness center that is quickly packing on the pounds in exercise equipment. “When the school was built, we had a weight room...

New Year’s Revolution

allison morte and chris allmon January 14, 2011

With what seems like a million changes rumored to be planned for next year, things may seem a little confusing. The schedule changes have been finalized and veteran Free State students are in for a change. With...

Students Excel on PSAT

kim carter and kim carter November 9, 2010

Everyone knows that Free State has its fair share of unique and smart students. From the debate team to the sports teams, the fine arts to the diverse clubs, the school is full of gifted kids....

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