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Review: Eleanor & Park

Maria Carrasco, Print Managing Editor November 20, 2014

At a camp I went to this year, someone posed the question: “Who is your fictional dream boy?” Girls around me screamed, “Augustus Waters!” or, “Edward Cullen!” I replied with “Holden Caulfield.” See,...

Later School Start Times Prove Beneficial

Maria Carrasco, Managing Print Editor November 15, 2014

It’s midnight and I’m writing a Common App essay, reading Hamlet, taking AP Government notes and studying for an AP Statistics test while brewing another cup of coffee. Because school starts at...

Let’s take a couple selfies

Kyra Haas, Editor in Chief November 4, 2014

You’re so vain you probably think this column’s about you. From full-length mirror point-and-shoot flash photography to front-facing iPhone snapshots, selfies devour social media feeds—human faces...

We Should Talk

Maria Carrasco, Kenneth Palmer and Kyra Haas, Print Managing Editor, Copy Editor and Editor in Chief October 27, 2014

On Sept. 18, obscene images and racial slurs were left on the Lawrence High School football field before the city football showdown against crosstown rival, Free State. The event marred relations...

How Kim Kardashian: Hollywood ruined my life

How “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood” ruined my life

Maddie Birchfield, Reporter October 16, 2014

I had a fairly busy summer, working at my part-time job, nannying on the side and trying to make time for friends, but one thing took precedence: “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood.” The game is simple...

Journey, Not Destination

Kyra Haas, Editor in Chief October 15, 2014

Innumerable class periods I’ve spent staring at the clock’s red-lit digits by the door, waiting. Waiting for the next class, to wait for the next class, to wait for lunch, to wait for the next class,...

Candidates Ryan Liston and Morgan Noll await the announcement of King and Queen.

Homecoming candidate discusses personal satisfaction

Ryan Liston, Online Editor in Chief October 14, 2014

On Friday, Aug. 29 while sitting in a dorm room at Washington University in St. Louis as part of a college visit, I saw my phone light up with a voicemail. Hitting play, I heard a jumble of excited voices...

The Struggle of Stress

Libby Stanford, Reporter October 13, 2014

Entering my junior year, adults and other high school students told me that this one is the hardest. They describe a year overflowing with mounds of homework, full of stressful exams and looming with the...

Coming Full Circle

Kyra Haas, Editor in Chief September 3, 2014

August, 2011. My freshman year, and the first year in USD 497 history that 9th graders were crammed in with the 10th-12th graders at the high schools. Even though Free State was new and exciting, by the...

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...

Unsocial Butterflies: A look at how teens react to neurological social disorders

kyra haas, editor-in-chief May 6, 2014

A laugh that’s a little too long. A whisper that’s a little too loud. A comment that’s a little too blunt. These seemingly harmless mannerisms can lead to ostracism, especially in high school, where...

Rosemary’s Senior Farewell: Loving Sports

April 17, 2014

If someone would have told me I was going to shed tears over senior year I never would have believed them. Then again, I never imagined I would be a part of a state championship team. I somewhat swore...

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