Danger on the Wings
katie guyot, reporter, copy editor
January 20, 2012
A flight attendant begins her march to the front of the airplane, and frequent fliers feverishly plug away at their iPads and smartphones to send one more Angry Bird flying into the clouds before she can make the dreaded announcement. “Please turn off and stow all portable electronic devices at this... Read more »
Before They Were Teachers
steven ozaki, beg. journalism student
January 5, 2012
Teachers. The people who give us endless homework and tests. But not all of them have always been dishing out grades. We have teachers that have traveled far and wide and experienced other cultures, like a former government agent and several ex-military personnel. But very few people know because few... Read more »
#bombthreatthursday
katie guyot and miranda davis
December 4, 2011
Students arrived at school Thursday morning on an assembly schedule, only to be sent home before the first bell rang. At approximately 7:58 a.m. Dec. 1, the school was evacuated due to a bomb threat. Once the building was cleared of students, authorities searched the premises but found no objects of... Read more »
FSHS Principal West Reveals His Weight Loss Secrets
sarah rohrschneider, reporter
November 10, 2011
Especially with Thanksgiving around the corner, weight loss may be the last thing students are thinking about. But for Free State principal Ed West, eating right and exercising have been his main focuses since this past summer. “When you’re 5-foot-6 and [have] no hope of growing taller, growing... Read more »
Free State Scouts Making a Difference
kyle freese, reporter
October 27, 2011
For every 100 boys that enter Boy Scouts, only four manage to reach the level of Eagle Scout. For those who do, the accomplishment serves as a great resource for resumes and general life experiences. Free State junior Joe Waisner started Boy Scouts back when he was in second grade and has stuck with... Read more »
The End of an Innovator: Steve Jobs
sarah rohrschneider, reporter
October 20, 2011
The night of October 5, Steve Jobs, the innovator and co-founder of Apple died from pancreatic cancer. “I was sitting on my couch on Facebook when I saw all the status updates that Steve Jobs [had] died,” senior Sean Cesare said. “My first thought was ‘No!’” For many students at Free State,... Read more »
A Day in the Life of a Chesty Lion
allison harwood and miranda davis
October 6, 2011
Allison’s Blurb: Every Harwood who has ever lived in Lawrence has gone to Lawrence High School. I grew up going to my cousins’ LHS choir concerts and baseball games. My dad’s cousin is the cheer coach. I had learned the alma mater before I had even hit junior high. Just call me the green and... Read more »
Firebird Productions: Students use film skills to give back to community
Natalie Hiebert, Reporter
October 3, 2011
You probably have heard or seen some of the work of Firebird Productions, the student run film production class. But many students don’t know that the studio does work outside of the annual homecoming video. Throughout the school year, Firebird Productions works on many individual film projects which... Read more »
Halloween Express: The New Guys in Town
Kimberly Messineo, Reporter
September 30, 2011
Glowing skeletons, scary clowns, bloody vampires and numerous pretty little princesses. Enter what used to be a well-known bookstore in Lawrence, and this is some of what one can find. This year, there is a new store in town. At the corner of 7th and New Hampshire, where Borders used to be located,... Read more »
Free State National Merit Scholars
September 19, 2011
Congratulations to Dawson Conway, Alan Shi, Emily Melton, Sisira Srisutiva, and Meixi Wang for becoming National Merit semi-finalists! They are among 157 students in Kansas to compete for National Merit scholarships which will be worth more than $34 million. There were six semifinalists named at Lawrence... Read more »
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