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New journalism editors discuss plans for improvement

Ryan Liston, Reporter May 4, 2015

Next year, the journalism publications (newspaper, online and yearbook) will be combining staffs, the senior editors from this year will be entering college, and new editors will be filling their positions....

Humanities club celebrates the arts

Evan Frook, Reporter May 1, 2015

Humanities Club stemmed from a simple coincidence. Sophomore Lila Alvarado was reading “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and the author Margaret Atwood was visiting Lawrence in early February. Interested...

Sprout's Farmers Market is an organic grocery store under construction across from Free State. "We believe everyone deserves access to healthy choices and we aim to inspire healthy living for all", says Victoria Fernandez, a Sprout's Public Relations Representative. The store will have it's opening on July 1st at seven am.

Organic grocery store moves in across the street

Maria Carrasco, Managing Editor April 29, 2015

Senior Andrea Coleman goes out to eat for lunch almost every day, frequenting Starbucks, Subway and Chipotle.  Meanwhile, junior Christina Craig brings her organic lunch from home. While both students...

Current Events: SAE racial chant, Germanwings plane crash, Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Lauren Brittain, Reporter April 7, 2015

Fraternity SAE shut down for racist chant University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter was shut down due to the release of a viral video of fraternity members chanting racial slurs to the...

The French and Latin classes visited the Colosseum while in Rome.

Free State students go abroad over spring break

Maame Britwum, Reporter April 1, 2015

As she was drifting down the Seine River on a boat tour of Paris she couldn't take her eyes off the breathtaking view of the glimmering lights on the Eiffel Tower at night. Over spring break junior...

Sophomore Hannah Malloy traveled to a ranch during spring break.

Bird’s Word: Students discuss spring break plans

Juliana Hill, Reporter March 24, 2015

As students prepared for spring break, we asked several students about their plans. Here are the responses we gathered: Sophomore Hannah Malloy: “I am going to a ranch to go horseback riding, four-wheeling...

Free State teachers pose to demonstrate what a feminist looks like.

Students take a stand against rape culture

Maame Britwum, Reporter March 15, 2015

When junior Becca Moran started hearing and seeing the rampant effects of rape culture, she and her friends decided to do something about it. Moran’s brainchild helped create Youth Against Rape Culture...

Revealing the scar left from the surgery to repair his aneurysm, junior Thor Lyche anticipates needing yearly brain scans for the rest of his life. "I still can't work out, but I'm getting off medication so I can focus on school," Lyche said.

Junior shares story of aneurysm, support

Maria Carrasco, Print Managing Editor March 11, 2015

It began with light headaches that became so severe junior Thor Lyche found it difficult to walk or stand. It finally became intolerable on Dec. 21, and Thor’s mother took him to get a CAT scan at Lawrence...

Five e-readers available for check out

Five e-readers available for check out

Maame Britwum, Reporter March 10, 2015

When sophomore William Lenz checked out a Kindle from the school library, he was able to use it with ease. “It’s really simple, really easy to use,” Lenz said. “It makes reading easier.” Lenz...

While the number of homicides in Lawrence has increased dramatically over the past couple years, Sgt. Trent McKinley, with the Lawrence Police Department, reassures that these crimes are not random. "What we're seeing in these, is we're seeing that these are individuals that have some sort of relationship to one another, and that they got into a situation again," McKinley said.

City experiences increased homicide rate

Libby Stanford, Reporter March 9, 2015

Since July 2013, there have been 10 homicides in Lawrence. This is an uncharacteristically high amount of murders for the city, considering there are typically one or two homicides in a year. Isolating...

A member of KNEA holds up a sign during a protest at the capitol in Topeka. Sam Brownback's plan to cut school funding resulted in marches and protests.

Brownback’s order sparks discord, protest follows

Darby Gilliland, Reporter March 9, 2015

Sophomore Eli Jost arrived at the state Capitol on Feb. 14 with one goal in mind: change. Standing among a crowd of determined citizens who shared his goal, he and others carry signs, chanted and waved...

freshman Hirsch Guha

Bird’s Word: Do freshmen like LINK?

Juliana Hill, Reporter March 6, 2015

“I like having them, especially (since) the seniors and juniors that we have for LINK leaders are pretty fun, too.” - freshman Darik Dudley “I think they’re pretty lame because the activities...

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