In a far off world, wizards and witches battle in a game known as Quidditch. Using flying broomsticks, they soar through the firmament in hopes of catching a golden ball known as the golden snitch. The...
With all the attention on Mitt Romney and Barack Obama for president in Washington, D.C, we often overlook our own local political celebrities right here in Lawrence.
Much like Obama’s kids, Sasha and...
It’s amazing how much we, as students, cling onto the fanciful idea of an endless summer at the end of May. However, by the time school begrudgingly rolls around in mid-August, we long for sleepytime...
Dear Free State
From: Katie Guyot
Re: Locker Neighbors
Dear lower locker buddy,
Let me begin by apologizing once again for knocking you in the head with my locker door during the first week of...
“My religion is why I am who I am,” sophomore Anna Hansen said. “It gives me guidelines on how to live my life.”
Hansen is Mormon, a religion that believes the Godhead is three separate beings,...
I’m not religious. I don’t go to church, I don’t put my last five dollars in the collection plate on Sundays, nor do I have a Bible sitting on my nightstand. I do, however, hold a strong stance against...
On Thursday August 16 a new policy will be enacted at Free State High School and other public schools around the United States. Lunches purchased from the school cafeteria must include food items from...
At this time of year, you’ll notice a dramatic increase in Facebook notifications. Three-hundred and fifty-eight seniors are graduating, which means it’s graduation party season. While there will...
POLYPHONIC SPREE 5/12 @ GRANADA
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Even though they look like some sort of strange cult, the Polyphonic Spree will surely not be a concert to miss. If a bunch of hipsters banded together and...
Ah, Spring. The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing, the bands are rocking.
The spring influx of bands touring through Lawrence has arrived, acting as the harbinger for, hopefully, a sonic summer...
Crescent lunge, bird of paradise, flying crow, reverse warrior. These phrases that may sound strange to some people, are familiar phrases to others.
While students attend Yoga Club just for fun on Wednesday...
emma machell, social media editor
• February 20, 2012
With so much stress in high school, sometimes it seems like the only option is to lay down and take it, but that’s not what juniors Lexi Adams and Adam Fales think.
“[ADAM!!! at his locker] is something...
