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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

Senior Elyse Boxberger perches at her post as a lifeguard at the Lawrence Outdoor Pool.

Summer jobs made students money, friends and life skills

Lauren Brittain and Hala Hamid September 2, 2014
When she isn’t flipping chicken nuggets or taking orders at Wendy’s, junior Maame Britwuum tends to her least favorite part of work, cleaning the bathrooms. “You’ve never felt real pain until you have to clean the men’s bathroom after lunch rush with a bunch of construction workers,” Britwuum said...

Ten ways to complete New Years resolutions

sarah whipple, design editor January 31, 2014

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...

photo by: kristina foster

Holiday Gifts Hometown Hub

hannah reussner, reporter December 16, 2013

Significant other: Maybe you’re stuck on what to give your significant other. Or maybe you’re broke. “52 reasons why I like you” is a great, intimate gift that your significant other will surely...

My Week in the Wilderness

sarah whipple, design editor August 23, 2013

Six months ago, I received a small forest of college mail, all advertising how the Princeton Review ranks their college as a top liberal arts school or how their 200-plus clubs make them have a diverse...

How to Survive High School 101

emma machell May 26, 2011

Every student has been there; new school, new teachers, new everything.  Life at high school would have been so much better if there had just been a guide to help, a Virgil to teenage Dante if you get...

Katherine Corliss: Senior Column

Katherine Corliss May 26, 2011

Next year I will be attending Baylor University with zero of my current classmates (although Mitch Todd is going there too, if any of you guys remember him). I’ll be in the land of Chick Fil-a cowboy...

Sr Thanks Those Who Matter

Maggie Hull, Managing Editor June 21, 2009

Free Press Seniors Bid High School a Fond Farewell If you are looking for something funny and entertaining to read, just stop now. I am no Nash Riggins–in fact, I am far from it. So rather than...

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