Severe injuries like a torn ACL can cause an abrupt end to athletes' careers. According to Beaumont Health approximately 100,000–200,000 ACL ruptures occur each year, most common in athletes. Recovery...
Dragging through a seven-hour school day is taxing on the mind and body, students work through test taking, writing notes or participating in class discussions for hours on end. For most students, lunch...
Throughout USD 497, teachers in various departments are large contributors to student success, and take on sizable chunks of responsibility. AP Art and Design and drawing teacher Rachel Downs is amongst...
The Paraeducators Association of Lawrence, PAL-CWA, hosted a teach-in outside of the USD 497 District Office on Monday, Oct. 5, as a form of protest against the Board of Education’s recent decision to...
It began with light headaches that became so severe junior Thor Lyche found it difficult to walk or stand. It finally became intolerable on Dec. 21, and Thor’s mother took him to get a CAT scan at Lawrence...
We’ve all seen the magazines, the motivational posters on Pinterest and the emails from various gyms, claiming that with the new year can come a new person. It seems that everyone these days wants to...
A failure to reach an agreement on funding The Affordable Care Act led to a government shutdown and a near economic collapse. Members of Congress had such strong, and opposing, opinions that America was...
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,...
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,”...
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...
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...
