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Free Press Online

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

Free Press Online

Opinion

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More exams create more stress, not better scores

katie guyot, copy editor October 4, 2011

Time for a pop quiz. But don’t worry--this is one score that won’t show up on your college applications. 1. The (SAT/ACT) is taken on the East and West Coasts, while the (SAT/ACT) is taken in...

The young ones #3- a sophomore’s survival guide to being on the bottom

sarah whipple, reporter September 18, 2011

School is in full swing as teachers begin to assign projects and hand out tests. The weather acclimates into a cool breeze. And the football team settles their plays and starts to have more chemistry as...

Miranda’s Column

miranda davis, editor in chief September 7, 2011

Dear Freshmen, I’m one of those seniors. The kind who will probably not like you. The type who will be irate if you go to prom. And may God help the freshmen that sits in front of me at a football game....

The young ones #2- A sophomore’s survival guide to being on the bottom

sarah whipple, reporter September 7, 2011

The first two weeks of high school passed by and Free State still looks like a maze to you. Every time you walk in the halls, you still see someone who you believe is brand new to the school....

School Parking Frustration

September 6, 2011

Beads of sweat drip down the young man’s face as he grips the steering wheel with all his might. He wants to lay on his horn in frustration and scream because of all the time he’s wasted in this...

To the Freshman….

amani safadi, managing editor August 26, 2011

For many seniors this isn’t the way they imagined their senior year would start. They may feel the freshman are ruining their senior year; a year that is supposed to be the best year of their lives. What...

The young ones

sarah whipple, reporter August 22, 2011

A sophomore’s survival guide to being at the bottom Admit it. Juniors, seniors and even some of the bigger sophomores frighten you. A brand new school crammed with 1000-plus students intimidates you....

High School Advice

miranda davis May 26, 2011

The best advice I can give to incoming high schoolers is to get involved. Take classes that will challenge you and that you are passionate about. If you like math and science, take harder math and science...

Katherine Corliss: Senior Column

Katherine Corliss May 26, 2011

Next year I will be attending Baylor University with zero of my current classmates (although Mitch Todd is going there too, if any of you guys remember him). I’ll be in the land of Chick Fil-a cowboy...

Welcome to the New Free Press… Well Kind of

miranda davis May 26, 2011

In case you haven’t noticed, the Free Press has a  new look. The front page is has a story on it , and there are new faces listed as editors and a slightly different overall feel to the paper. Why,...

Hazing

kim carter May 25, 2011

I want to begin this editorial with a personal experience. When I was in the seventh grade my house was trashed. My brother was a freshman at the time and a group of boys vandalized our house, three times...

Student Teachers are A+

katie guyot March 17, 2011

Walking into his fifth hour science class in mid-February with a weary sigh, a Free State student--I’ll call him Max--slouches into his same old chair in the back of the room. The bell rings, and in...

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