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Free Press Online

The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

When Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced his plan to cut the state's education budget, criticisms arose from all across the country. 'The track record that they have had showed that the district weathered pretty good the last round of cuts. To have an education system wholesale turned upside down, I don’t think that would happen.” Principal Ed West said.

Governor Sam Brownback introduces plan to cut school funding

Kenneth Palmer, Copy Editor March 6, 2015

A MoveOn Petition to “Recall Sam Brownback” with upwards of 30,000 signatures from all over the country, a New York Times article questioning the state’s financial plan and plenty of other national...

Senior discusses college application process

Ryan Liston, Online Editor in Chief January 16, 2015

As seniors start to narrow down their college decisions and prepare for next year, I sat down with senior Wynn Feddema to talk about his college application process. *Photo by Mary Brady

Infographic: How to apply to college

Ryan Liston, Online Editor in Chief November 28, 2014

March Madness update

hala hamid, reporter March 28, 2014

The first two rounds of the NCAA tournament are complete, and four teams have already secured their spots in the Elite Eight, while four more games will be played tonight as the Sweet 16 continues. With...

Bound to

Bound to

sarah lieberman, copy editor February 24, 2014

At 11:14 a.m. on Dec. 14, the day of her ballet performance in the Lawrence Art Center’s production of “The Nutcracker,” senior Devany West clicked on a website that welcomed her to Massachusetts...

Alexa Harmon-Thomas, Jessica Ferguson, Maddie Dieker and Olivia Hodison sign their letters of intent.

Student-athletes sign with NCAA Division I schools

ryan liston, co-online editor-in-chief February 23, 2014

Senior Jessica Ferguson has a great mom--one who’s willing to accompany her talented, soccer-playing daughter on college visits all across the United States. In Boiling Springs, N.C., Ferguson discovered...

Seniors Dealing with Acceptance and Rejection

Seniors Dealing with Acceptance and Rejection

sarah lieberman, reporter May 13, 2013

Senior Cecilia Quintana has been thinking about college since she was 13. Her mind always swirled with thoughts of where she would live and what she would study. Last semester, Quintana made the important...

photo credit to squaresmadness.com

Jake’s March Madness Blog

jake stegall, reporter March 5, 2013

Man, what a season! The year is far from over but the regular season is over teams. There were a few great seasons... and a few pathetic ones. Most of them, however, were just somewhere in the middle. Grambling...

Junior Josie Naron begins to prepare for her SAT, which she will take later this month.

Free SAT/ACT Practice Tests

hannah moran, reporter January 4, 2013

Kaplan Test Prep and the Lawrence Public Library are teaming up once again to offer a series of practice SAT/ACT tests. Students should call the Teen Zone at the Lawrence Public Library to register. SAT...

image by sean macentee

What Students Want in College

sarah lieberman, reporter November 14, 2012

Aspen Brunner,10 What is your dream school: I really want to go to BYU (Brigham Young University) to get a major in something, and I want to be a pediatrician.  So, then after that, I’m going  to...

photo by Philip Taylor PT

“The Real World: College”

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief November 13, 2012

“You can be whatever you want to be when you get older.” We’ve all heard this line before; from our parents, from our teachers, from anyone older than the person receiving the message. And for so...

photo courtesy of Vectorportal

The Road After High School

kyra haas and ryan liston, reporters November 13, 2012

Mary Gregory Sophomore Mary Gregory doesn’t want to be here for the rest of her life.  She would cry if she couldn’t go somewhere else for college. Her grandparents want her to go to school...

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