“Person A” breezed through high school by taking foods, lifetime sports and geology. They got As in all classes and eventually dropped hours unnecessary come their final semester.
“Person B,”...
sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief
• November 13, 2012
“You can be whatever you want to be when you get older.”
We’ve all heard this line before; from our parents, from our teachers, from anyone older than the person receiving the message. And for so...
For teachers, showtime begins at 8 a.m. However, outside the typical 8-3 p.m. workday, teachers spend many hours preparing lectures, grading homework and creating powerpoints.
Teachers have accompanied...
It’s amazing how much we, as students, cling onto the fanciful idea of an endless summer at the end of May. However, by the time school begrudgingly rolls around in mid-August, we long for sleepytime...
Dear Free State
From: Katie Guyot
Re: Locker Neighbors
Dear lower locker buddy,
Let me begin by apologizing once again for knocking you in the head with my locker door during the first week of...
I’m not religious. I don’t go to church, I don’t put my last five dollars in the collection plate on Sundays, nor do I have a Bible sitting on my nightstand. I do, however, hold a strong stance against...
To the faithful readers of the Free Press (and also to those of you who have never opened the school newspaper until today):
Many of you have probably noticed that Page 7 of this newspaper no longer stars...
*In my column, I will be examining and commenting on relevant and often controversial topics. Whether the topics have been recently wracking my brain or brought up by peers, you can bet that the words...
In honor of this issue’s center spread (“The Drive to Drink” pg. 4-5) I wanted to weigh in the always-fever-pitch argument of teen drinking.
Adults view teens drinking as a problem. Right now, that’s...
Allison's Take:
“All Western Kansas is, is a whole bunch of old war veterans sitting on their porches being racist and yelling about how things were ‘back in their day.’ And,...
The kind of teenagers who actually enjoy debating infrastructure implementation and nuclear weapons are not the same kind of teenagers who you’d expect to be engaging in questionable activities on the...
In our teenage years, we expect drama. Angsty attitudes, bitter break-ups and passive-aggressive sneers at ex-best friends all feed into what teens consider normal.
Often, students hear...
