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Free Press Online

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

Free Press Online

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

Free Press Online

Teaching to the Test: Staffers debate AP approach

Elizabeth Patton and Kenneth Palmer, reporter and copy editor February 5, 2015

By the Book by Elizabeth Patton At the beginning of every school year, students enter Advanced Placement (AP) classes, prepared for nine months of hard work in anticipation of the AP tests in May. To...

Students open up about mental illness

Kenneth Palmer and Libby Stanford November 27, 2014

A year ago, senior Kayla Clark felt inexplicably sad. Every day something seemed wrong, but she thought she was simply overreacting. Her situation progressed to the point of suicidal thoughts and self-harm,...

November Midterm Elections close on all fronts

November Midterm Elections close on all fronts

Kenneth Palmer and Libby Stanford, Copy Editor and Reporter October 27, 2014

The Kansas midterm elections are approaching like a storm. This is atypical— considering Kansas is usually a safely Republican state—especially in the Senate contest in which a non-Republican has a...

Kenneth Palmer and Maddie Birchfield discuss the current face of feminism

Reporters tackle feminism

Maddie Birchfield and Kenneth Palmer August 28, 2014

Maddie Birchfield: I am a feminist and a humanist. For some reason, the idea has risen that one can’t be both. This is due to the muddling of the meaning of the word “feminism.” I am a feminist...

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