Innumerable class periods I’ve spent staring at the clock’s red-lit digits by the door, waiting. Waiting for the next class, to wait for the next class, to wait for lunch, to wait for the next class,...
Ryan Liston, Online Editor in Chief
• October 14, 2014
On Friday, Aug. 29 while sitting in a dorm room at Washington University in St. Louis as part of a college visit, I saw my phone light up with a voicemail. Hitting play, I heard a jumble of excited voices...
Entering my junior year, adults and other high school students told me that this one is the hardest. They describe a year overflowing with mounds of homework, full of stressful exams and looming with the...
August, 2011. My freshman year, and the first year in USD 497 history that 9th graders were crammed in with the 10th-12th graders at the high schools. Even though Free State was new and exciting, by the...
Maddie Birchfield: I am a feminist and a humanist. For some reason, the idea has risen that one can’t be both. This is due to the muddling of the meaning of the word “feminism.”
I am a feminist...
A laugh that’s a little too long. A whisper that’s a little too loud. A comment that’s a little too blunt.
These seemingly harmless mannerisms can lead to ostracism, especially in high school, where...
If someone would have told me I was going to shed tears over senior year I never would have believed them.
Then again, I never imagined I would be a part of a state championship team.
I somewhat swore...
If you’ve never looked at the page on Wikipedia titled “twelfth grade,” you’re in for a hoot. It starts out: “Many students consider the twelfth grade a year to relax and prepare for transition...
Imagine being told to “put your weave back on” in front of the entire school just because that is a stereotype for your race. Imagine being told you don't belong in the United States because you weren't...
A good portion of the senior class will graduate this year knowing how to evaluate an indefinite integral, but not knowing how to sew a button .
Consider the fictional student Johnny. Johnny is an intelligent...
Keep it classy, Free State.
When it comes to clothing in schools, some find certain clothing inappropriate and disruptive that others may see simply as a display of the first amendment. Freedom of expression...
We’ve all had our share of embarrassing moments. Whether they were minor mishaps or major blunders, no one can deny that they have accidentally and, potentially hilariously, committed a social faux pas....
