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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

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Softball

March 13, 2017

With the loss of ten seniors from last year, the team is prepared to be successful again even with the loss of depth in the lineup. “Our team is going to be very different this year, and I hope that...

Girls Swim and Dive

March 13, 2017

Following a second place finish at the state tournament last year, the team looks to have another reputable season. “We are getting some really good freshmen and our upperclassmen continue to improve,”...

Track and Field

March 13, 2017

With high hopes for the season, Coach Jordan Rose believes the team has potential to do well this season. “Our goal is to try to qualify our teams for state and to get up there in those top spots,”...

Girls Soccer

March 13, 2017

The team returns with all but the four starters from last year’s team. “[I hope that] every single one of my players can get so much better at understanding the game and playing it really well,”...

Walking into school, students and staff of FSHS observed the vegan propaganda written in sidewalk chalk. This was written by a group of vegan activists in the building. As well as the sidewalk chalk, they put up various flyers with facts about veganism and animal rights around the building.

Student raises awareness of the environmental effects of a meat-heavy diet

May 7, 2016

Early one morning, senior Samantha Farb raced to school with a box of chalk and butterflies in her stomach, but she ignored her nerves and began working. Farb covered the pavement around the gym entrance...

Planting in the greenhouse, members of Environmental Club, senior Christina Craig, junior Nyla Chaudhry and sophomore Carly Oliver, start lettuce, broccoli and kale seeds for Liberty Memorial Central Middle School’s garden.

Club’s projects make an impact on the Earth

Mariah Houston April 2, 2016

Handfuls of worms squirm throughout a plastic container full of compost in Julie Schwarting's science classroom. These squiggly workers break down waste from the cafeteria, turning it into nutrient-rich...

Deadpool makes up for its problems with humor

Evan Frook, Reporter March 22, 2016

Movies haven’t been made to be watched, recently. It seems that the late past of cinema has been serious films that almost nobody watches or bad movies made to make money. Then came Mad Max: Fury Road,...

Shooting in Hesston leaves three casualties

Darby Gilliland, Reporter March 21, 2016

The happenings in a town of less than 4,000 do not usually make national news. On Feb. 25 in Hesston, Kan., tragedy struck when Cedric Ford showed up at Excel Industries, his workplace, armed with an automatic...

Prepping for their Valentine's Day carnation sales, junior Katie Lane and freshman Tylee Harrell display their recently finished banner.

Clubs aims to create a sense of community

Allie Knapp and Trenna Soderling February 3, 2016

  Sophomore Haley Glover arrives to her zero hour class of nine, hoping to unite the school. Glover, an active participant in Renaissance Committee, is dedicated to making her school the best it...

A Decade Ago: 2006

Aubin Murphy, Multimedia February 3, 2016

College and Career Center introduces principles, projects, pig heads to upperclassmen

Jackson Barton February 1, 2016

Something’s different in senior David Parscale’s route to school: Parscale is headed for the southeast side of town, closer to Haskell University, instead of the northwest. Like all students there,...

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