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...

The morning-after pill isn’t always taken the morning after—and the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) fears that in too many cases involving adolescents, it’s not taken at all. As part of...

Almost 1.5 million high school students nationwide experience physical abuse from a dating partner in one year, yet only 33% of teens tell someone about it, according to loveisrespect.org. Domestic...

Standing tall, silent and still. An incoming force approaches and slides down the lane. The pins fall over, defeated, and the bowling team celebrates another victory. “Our bowling team is ranked up...

Bills forbidding paycheck deductions for union dues, limiting collective bargaining rights closing in on the law books When the Lawrence Education Association--the teachers union representing educators...

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...

When math teacher Danira Flores sees cell phones glowing on her classroom desks, she doesn’t confiscate them. In fact, she encourages them. That’s because she knows her Algebra and Pre-Calculus students...

Junior Noah Kenn sees science everywhere. “Science produces all kinds of crazy stuff that’s interesting,” Kenn said as he pointed out a window. “Those cars deal with science, these windows deal...

Gymnastics is full of death-defying leaps, tangling twists and intricate routines on skinny beams.  Gymnasts throw themselves through the air and catapult at neck-breaking speeds. So, it' s not a surprise...

Music is an art that is as old as anyone can remember, yet it never stays the same. Along with the sound, the business also has changed in the music world. Junior Evan Barnes attributes some of the...

"Wreck-It Ralph"= chocolate cake Disney/Pixar has a way of making adults laugh while entertaining everyone at the same time. Wreck-It Ralph gives the movie goer a huge slice of chocolate cake. The cake...