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Clean Living: Grand Finale

March 10, 2013

Within this week, I ran a marathon. I also ate no Life cereal, cookies, deli meat, potato rolls, or craisins. I felt pretty good. My “clean living” officially ended yesterday, so this morning,...

Clean Living: Day 6

Clean Living: Day 6

March 8, 2013

I am going to run a marathon. Not all at once, of course. I’m not suicidal. But today as I laced up my sneakers, I mentally added my miles up in my head. Since Sunday, I had run 18 miles. “Well,”...

Sarah's lunch

Clean Living: Day 5

March 7, 2013

If you cannot bear the thought of pouring yourself into running tights and slipping around on the sandy aftermath of the snow days, I strongly suggest that you update your iPod playlist. A solid combination...

A New Chapter for the Lawrence Public Library

ciara sayler, reporter March 7, 2013

For many years, the Lawrence Public Library has served our community with its variety of books, movies and magazines available for checkout. Located at Seventh and Vermont, the library was in the center...

photo credit: Peter Alfred Hess

Science Behind Sex: A Conversation With Two Experts

March 7, 2013

photo credit: Peter Alfred Hess “Kids these days” all have their questions. The truth is though, kids back in those days had the same questions, if not more. Back when sexually transmitted diseases...

Clean Living: Day 4

Clean Living: Day 4

March 6, 2013

When I returned home from school today, my body moved toward the pan of chocolate chip cookie bars. My hand reached for the foil and removed it. My nose sniffed what remained of the thick, gooey dessert...

Maria Carrasco, Reporter March 6, 2013

Due to inclement weather, Diversity Club’s annual Martin Luther King Assembly was cancelled. The big extravaganza is now a small get together for all students, families, and friends. Since they couldn't...

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Cute Couples

hannah reussner, reporter February 26, 2013

steven ozaki and sydney dorrance >sophomores How long have you been dating? Sydney Dorrance: Nine months. How did you ask her out? Steven Ozaki: Well, she was living in Missouri at the time so...

Pink Sherbet Photography

Movie Review: ‘Safe Haven’

kerrie leinmiller-renick February 25, 2013

“Safe Haven” compares to the movie world as taffy. Taffy has the sticky and sugary consistency that viewers know they are getting when they see the movie. Themes of second chances, mooshy relationships...

Senior named Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence Youth of the Year

Senior named Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence Youth of the Year

katie guyot, co-editor-and-chief February 7, 2013

At around 8 p.m. on Feb. 6, senior Ajala Anavberokhai posted to her Facebook wall, “By the graces of God he has shown me who he is and what he can do. I won youth of the year tonight.” The post...

Week Without Technology: Katie--Day 5

Week Without Technology: Katie–Day 5

January 18, 2013

I'll be honest: the second after I hit "publish" on this fifth and final blog, I'm high-tailing it to Pinterest to spend the rest of the night catching up on the cupcake recipes I've missed over the week. I...

Week Without Technology: Rosemary–Day 5

rosemary newsome, reporter January 18, 2013

One thing I've learned for certain from this week without technology: I was not meant for this technological-dependent generation. Sure, I didn't give up my vehicle or the microwave or running water,...

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