As weeks passed by at the beginning of quarter three, students fed up with watching pointless videos contemplated switching out of Drafting I. However, after three substitutes and much confusion, the administration...
Trombone in hand, junior Steele Jacobs works to keep up with new Jazz Band Director Dr. Albert Miller. Playing every note with confidence as Miller preaches about swinging eighth notes, Jacobs can see...
Last year, USD 497 called off four days of school due to inclement weather, and only one of those days had to be made up by adding two minutes on to every class. This year, however, there are no snow days built into the calendar.
The school district will do their best to avoid cancelling a full day of school. A new Two-Hour Delayed Start policy has been implemented. When unsafe weather conditions occur, the district will delay school start time for two hours. Delayed Start is meant to allow dangerous weather conditions to pass, sidewalks and roads to be cleared and cold temperatures to warm...
Ryan Liston, Online Editor in Chief
• January 16, 2015
As seniors start to narrow down their college decisions and prepare for next year, I sat down with senior Wynn Feddema to talk about his college application process.
*Photo by Mary Brady
"We are going to the Oread and eating dinner. Then, taking pictures there and going to formal." - freshman Chloe Holland
"I'm not going to Winter Formal. I'll be Indianapolis, hanging out...
Sophomore Finley White has lived in four continents and five countries, having moved five times in her life.
Where are you from?
White: “I was born in South Africa, then I moved to England …...
Do not go and see "Gone Girl" with your mother. Heed my advice. I speak from experience. I made the terrible mistake of going to see "Gone Girl" with my mother.
"Gone Girl"—based off of Gillian Flynn’s...
Ryan Liston, Online Editor in Chief
• November 29, 2014
Fidgeting with No. 2 pencils and calculators, 64 Free State and 44 LHS students sat down to take the SAT this past year.
According to the College Board, the average scores from Lawrence and Kansas high...
Inspired by Pixar’s “The Incredibles,” the new marching band show focuses on the climatic battle between the Incredibles and the Omindroid.
Incorporating the movie’s characters and soundtrack,...
![Sitting at his desk during his drafting I class, freshman William Orr watches Mr. Williams as he goes over parts of a drafting pencil. Students spent the first couple weeks of the semester with substitutes while the school looked for a permanent replacement for Don Clancy, the previous instructor. "I heard people talk [about Clancy's retirement], but I didn't find out until the beginning of the semester," Orr said.](https://www.fsfreepressonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Drafting-Picture-1.jpg)
