In this day and age, experts and adults alike say teenagers are losing their face-to-face communication skills because of Facebook and other social networking sites.
Failure to communicate isn’t the...
“For your information” is probably what many students think of when they hear ‘FYI’ or maybe they think about Tony Shaloub’s line in ‘Galaxy Quest’ but that’s not what Free State FYI Club...
Prom King Candidates:
Jesse Clayton
Involved in soccer, swimming, social awareness, Freddie's Friends
Favorite Jimmy John's Sandwhich: "I don't eat there."
Why should I be Prom King?: I don't even...
Ever since sophomore Brogan Sievers saw Steven Speilberg's E.T., he knew he wanted to make movies.
"I was in sixth grade when I started making movies with just a home camcorder," Sievers said.
Since...
In a few short weeks the student teachers will be leaving classrooms for good; some students are looking forward to that day and will be grateful to have regular teachers back while others will dearly...
The student body and faculty can all agree that this year has not been easy. You can see the stress of the budget situation reflected in teachers faces. Most everyone has had to make sacrifices, and do...
"You're just jealous money can't buy tradition."
At the most recent LHS vs. Free State basketball game LHS proudly displayed a large banner reading those exact words. A saying such as this is typical...
Not sure what to do over spring break?? Here's a couple options you should consider:
February 12- March 13: "Place" Exhibition at Lawrence Arts Center
March 5: Alice In Wonderland in theaters
March...
Living in a foreign country for a whole six weeks is difficult, but people often overlook the difficulty of hosting an exchange student.
There is a great deal of planning involved in preparing to...
This isn't the typical article for Valentine's Day. This year the Free Press decided to set two people up on a date at El Mezcal. The student body chose one male and one female from an original 12 candidates. ...
Emily Paulsen
To some a broken instrument on the first day of band might be taken as a sign that playing an instrument was not for them, but it only encouraged senior Emily Paulsen to keep trying.
Paulsen...
Money seems to be everywhere. On the news talking-heads discuss the plummeting stock market and at school teachers remind students that each white board marker costs 75 cents. But it appears the slowing...
