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Week Without Technology: Katie–Day 3

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief • January 16, 2013

The newspaper has been planning this catastrophic Week Without Technology for a long time. In fact, we've had it on our docket since last year (i.e. late December). We decided that after we survived the...

Week Without Technology: Hannah Reussner–Day 3

January 16, 2013

Hello my dear friends! Not having "technology" is going pretty well actually! The only thing that is a problem, is that I received a text message saying my sister added three photos of me on Facebook and...

Week Without Technology: Hannah Reussner–Day 2

January 15, 2013

Hello again! This is the second day without Facebook,Twitter,Pinterest, or YouTube! However, I am very sad to say that I have failed at one. No music. Now I warned you it was going to be difficult but...

Week Without Technology: Katie–Day Two

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief • January 15, 2013

This tech-free week is about to pose a serious threat to two very important numbers in my life: my GPA and my bank statement. That probably sounds like a joke. After all, our generation has yet to resurface...

Week Without Technology: Rosemary–Day 2

rosemary newsome, reporter • January 15, 2013

Did I say no Pandora or iPod music? Did I mean that? Not possible; surely I would have realized the aggravating torture it would put me through. Resisting the urge to not open the Twitter app has been...

Ben Sloan Signs with UMass

sarah lieberman, reporter • January 15, 2013

Google Maps directs any Kansan on their way to the University of Massachusetts to pull into I-70 to begin the 21-hour drive to Amherst, Mass. Even for an athlete like senior Ben Sloan, the distance is...

Week Without Technology: Katie Guyot–Day 1

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief • January 14, 2013

I imagine going a week without social media, cell phones, television, iPods and vacuum cleaners is going to be a little like fasting for five days, complete with nausea, hallucinations and borderline psychotic...

Week Without Technology: Rosemary Newsome–Day 1

rosemary newsome, reporter • January 14, 2013

And you think your Monday was bad? Cheers to myself for kicking off a week without Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TV(besides The Bachelor, no way I was missing episode 2), Pinterest, Pandora, Video/Computer...

Week Without Technology: Hannah Reussner-Day-1

January 14, 2013

So hello everyone! This week, I have made it my goal to go without Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and I'm going to attempt to go without music. This is going to be a rough week everyone. Especially the...

Renaissance Committee Goes Old-School with Schoolwide Blackboard

katie guyot • January 7, 2013

Across from the middle stairwell, the writing on the wall says it all: “You create what you are. You imitate what you wish to be.” Or perhaps: “Let’s make it a great day, Free State!” Or...

Creative Works That Change Lives

maria mckee, reporter • December 14, 2012

Tegan and Sara "So Jealous Tegan and Sara’s “So Jealous” is the album that I can come closest to labeling as life-changing. The Canadian folk-rock sisters are able to embrace new-wave fusions...

Dear Free State: A Short Story for the Holidays

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief • December 10, 2012

In honor of the inspiration issue, I decided I’d spare you my usual sarcasm and write a short story instead. The first draft was too depressing to be read during the season of several major holidays,...

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