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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...

Letter from the editor re: 50 most influential

hannah moran, copy editor May 16, 2013

Student body-- It has come to our attention that a few members of the student body and faculty have been less than satisfied with the most recent issue of the Free Press. Last summer, the four editors...

Reaction to 50 Most Influential

May 16, 2013

Dear Free State Free Press, Although I am usually quite impressed by the school newspapers and look forward to reading each one due to the relevant and interesting topics, the variety of opinions and...

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America Endangered By Expanding Rape Culture

becca moran, reporter April 19, 2013

     The rape case that occurred on the night of Aug. 11 and early morning of Aug. 12, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio is sickening: a 16 year old girl, intoxicated to the point of unconsciousness, was...

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Double Personality Profile: For and Against Same-Sex Marriage

ciara sayler, reporter April 19, 2013

Mack Lottinville (For): Senior What is your opinion on same-sex marriage and why? I am completely for same-sex marriage, I don’t see any reason why someone shouldn’t be able to marry someone who...

Freedom From Speech?

Jake Stegall, Reporter April 8, 2013

Here in America we plead for free speech, but we fail to see that free speech is actually stifled. Yes, believe it or not, although no one is burning controversial books and executing those who speak out...

On Love

On Love

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief February 27, 2013

When I was in third grade, I gave my crush a basketball card as a gift for Valentine’s Day. And it wasn’t just any basketball card, it was a Magic Johnson basketball card. Right now, you’re probably...

Blissful Thinking

Blissful Thinking

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief February 27, 2013

I do not know if any you readers are followers of the brilliantly witty and kooky NBC show “Parks and Recreation,” but recently I watched a particularly moving episode. On a spur-of-the-moment decision,...

What Light

What Light

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief February 27, 2013

I partially owe my sanity to sitcoms. To sappy music, to pop art, to New York Times columns, to romantic comedies. Each of these artistic forms act as alternative universes, as life consultants, as stress...

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If I Were a Boy

rosemary newsome, reporter February 26, 2013

If I were a boy . . . “even just for a day / I'd roll out of bed in the morning / And throw on what I wanted.” And that’s about the only thing Beyoncé and I would have in common if we switched...

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Pros of Social Media

morgan noll, reporter February 1, 2013

Our generation revolves around technology. Social media is all the talk with a billion people on Facebook, over 500 million Twitter users and four billion views on YouTube per day. A certain resentment...

To: Techies Re: Another Use for Cellphones

To: Techies Re: Another Use for Cellphones

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief January 31, 2013

The first task I accomplished over winter break was to misplace my cell phone. At least, I assume I lost it on the first day of break. It could have been the day before, or the day before the day before,...

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