Beads of sweat drip down the young man’s face as he grips the steering wheel with all his might. He wants to lay on his horn in frustration and scream because of all the time he’s wasted in this...

For many seniors this isn’t the way they imagined their senior year would start. They may feel the freshman are ruining their senior year; a year that is supposed to be the best year of their lives. What...

A sophomore’s survival guide to being at the bottom Admit it. Juniors, seniors and even some of the bigger sophomores frighten you. A brand new school crammed with 1000-plus students intimidates you....

The best advice I can give to incoming high schoolers is to get involved. Take classes that will challenge you and that you are passionate about. If you like math and science, take harder math and science...

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...

In case you haven’t noticed, the Free Press has a  new look. The front page is has a story on it , and there are new faces listed as editors and a slightly different overall feel to the paper. Why,...

I want to begin this editorial with a personal experience. When I was in the seventh grade my house was trashed. My brother was a freshman at the time and a group of boys vandalized our house, three times...

Walking into his fifth hour science class in mid-February with a weary sigh, a Free State student--I’ll call him Max--slouches into his same old chair in the back of the room. The bell rings, and in...

     Sophomores and juniors and seniors, oh my! What do they all have in common? Senioritis. Admit it teachers: even you have it. Sure, maybe seniors have it the worst but everyone is ready to stay...

Last year, my grandma found out that her best friend’s son committed suicide. I decided to travel with my aunt, mom and grandma to Colorado Springs to attend the funeral even though I never met the man;...

     I love love. Really, I do. There are so many different types. Toddler love, bromance love, fresh out of the oven love...the list could go on forever. But there is one kind of love that should...

     We all pass judgment. I  know I would be a liar if I said I didn’t; I’m sure most people are the same way. Luckily, we are growing up in a society where issues such as race and gender, although...