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

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

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Costumed as mechanical dolls, juniors Oren Davidson-Gnojek and Allie Gates strike a pose in front of a wintery Kansas backdrop. Photo by Nathan Kramer, Design by Abbie Veeder

NEWS: A Novel Nutcracker

Morgan Sponholtz, Reporter December 15, 2025

The Lawrence Arts Center hosted its annual performance of "The Nutcracker, A Kansas Ballet" this past weekend, Dec. 12-14. The cast is made up of children enrolled in an Arts Center dance class, Lawrence...

FEATURE: Somebody Free State Used To Know

Eula Heriford, Reporter May 13, 2025

Free State alum of 2015 Ally Waller was recently featured in the trending music video “Anxiety” by Doechii as a backup dancer. Waller began competitive dance at age five, and she graduated from the...

Birds Word: Winter Formal

Maddie Birchfield, Reporter December 10, 2014

"We are going to the Oread and eating dinner. Then, taking pictures there and going to formal." - freshman Chloe Holland   "I'm not going to Winter Formal. I'll be Indianapolis, hanging out...

Maria Carrasco, Reporter March 6, 2013

Due to inclement weather, Diversity Club’s annual Martin Luther King Assembly was cancelled. The big extravaganza is now a small get together for all students, families, and friends. Since they couldn't...

1 in 1000: Raul Cody

March 30, 2011

"Dancing is not just ballerinas spinning around in tu-tus on a stage. It's a sport," said sophomore Raul Cody about his passion of passions, dance. The aspiring choreographer was inspired to start after...

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