It’s easy to get swept up in the latest dystopian fiction trend that has enveloped the nation’s teenagers in books like Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games”or  Veronica Roth’s “Divergent.”...

This month, two students were selected as Champion Artists of Free State. Given to two Lawrence High (LHS) and two Free State artists, the Champion Artist Award recognizes outstanding artists at a gathering...

English teacher Lynne Renick is retiring this year, and even though she has been teaching for a total of 36 years, there’s never a moment when she doesn’t love her job. “My students teach me so...

When did you start doing gymnastics? I started doing gymnastics when I was about eight years old. I started out doing power tumbling in Emporia, and from there I went to G-Force in Lawrence. Then I started...

December, 2012, Texas sophomore Emily Bauer arrived at a hospital, blind and paralyzed after a reaction to synthetic marijuana. Nine months later, Bauer is finally making process towards a certain degree...

We admit, our center spread is rather random. But isn’t that what life is all about? Sometimes things come in lists of ten. Usually, they do not, but we as humans manipulate this randomness to fit into...

The first two rounds of the NCAA tournament are complete, and four teams have already secured their spots in the Elite Eight, while four more games will be played tonight as the Sweet 16 continues. With...

When did you arrive in Kan.? I think it was on New year.  The first of January So far, since you’ve been here, what are the biggest differences you’ve experienced? Oh you don’t want to know…...

Selection Sunday is over; the brackets have been set, and the games are about to start. As is the case every year, the tournament is unpredictable. Some teams are underseeded, some overseeded. Others got...

The first signs of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in freshman Madison Bruhns were initially mistaken for a cold. Then, her lungs collapsed. Last year, over 1.5 million people were diagnosed with cancer, according...