ryan liston, co-online editor-in-chief
• April 17, 2014
Surrounded by cracked textbooks and peanut-butter-covered-apple slices, senior Bridget Cary sits down at her computer. Powering off her phone, she gets ready to study for the upcoming tests.
The dreaded...
Uneven funding of school districts in Kansas has prompted the Kansas Supreme Court to order lawmakers to ensure even funding, because the current situation violated the state constitution.
After a former...
At 8:10 a.m., with his navy polo shirt tucked into his belted khaki pants, senior Marcus Allen finds a seat at a round table in his school lunchroom and waits for the headmaster to open morning meeting...
The first signs of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in freshman Madison Bruhns were initially mistaken for a cold. Then, her lungs collapsed.
Last year, over 1.5 million people were diagnosed with cancer, according...
ryan liston, co-online editor in chief
• March 1, 2014
Scoring 12 unanswered points to start off the game, the Free State girls basketball team beat cross-town rival Lawrence High School 60-51 Friday, Feb. 28. The Firebirds led by around 10 points most of...
At 11:14 a.m. on Dec. 14, the day of her ballet performance in the Lawrence Art Center’s production of “The Nutcracker,” senior Devany West clicked on a website that welcomed her to Massachusetts...
6 a.m. Junior Adam Taylor* is awoken by a security guard's crude knock. He rises groggily, as does his roommate, a former methamphetamine addict, incarcerated for almost beating someone to death. As they...
On Monday Jan. 7, junior Maddie Hill celebrated her extra day of freedom. But her excitement was accompanied by relief. Because her house sits on a hill, the winter weather makes it nearly impossible...
A totaled red Jeep. Debris. An ambulance, a resource officer and two tow trucks.This is what students and faculty observed on the last day of finals after the bell rang.
Before winter break on the last...
According to a sample group, two thirds of Free State students recognize the existence of blow-off classes.
In an anonymous student survey, 66 percent said Physical Education or art classes were the easiest...
According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, alcohol continues to be the most-consumed drug among teeangers, surpassing marijuana and even tobacco. In any given Monday, one can hear a chorus...
