When first-year coach Kelly Thompson took over the Free State Debate team, his goal was to get each debater invested in the demanding process that comes along with debate. He believed that by setting goals...
Jackson Barton, Online Editor in Chief
• January 30, 2018
Dr. Anthony Lewis has been selected as the next superintendent of Lawrence schools effective July 1 according to a press release sent out Monday morning. Lewis previously served as an assistant superintendent...
Jackson Barton, Online Editor in Chief
• January 29, 2018
After three student speeches and three standing ovations inside Liberty Hall Thursday evening, junior Ruth Gathunguri was recognized as the Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year. Just short of the award,...
The time is January, 2017. Vine has just been cancelled.
A social media platform rivaling that of Tumblr and Twitter in popularity, Vine’s cancellation left millions with nothing but memories.
Months...
Jackson Barton, Online Editor in Chief
• January 19, 2018
Around 50 students, parents, teachers and staff packed the auditorium at the Lawrence Public Library on Dec. 14 for a Community Conversation. It was the second of two opportunities for community members...
To every student, a laptop and an identity. Students often express their identity and interests on the cover of their laptops through stickers and engravings.
Over the past summer, senior Ascent club president Sandhya Ravikumar had an idea to build a wind turbine.
The Ascent club is new to Free State this year. The club is an outreach program for underrepresented...
Marching into band class, junior Gabriel Leverette had no idea it was one of the last times he would play his old trumpet, the instrument he started with and played for the past five years.
“I never...
