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Free State’s YARC club works to raise awareness

Maya Hodison, Reporter September 10, 2015

YARC (Youth Against Rape Culture) has a mission: to educate people about injustice toward women in Free State and in the general world and how to fix these problems. Senior Becca Moran started the club...

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...

50 Shades of Grey movie poster

Review: 50 Shades of Grey

Lauren Brittain, Reporter March 5, 2015

Beyonce’s remixed “Crazy in Love” plays in the background of the “50 Shades of Grey” trailer, infused with the same tension as a rubber band. I wish the actual “50 Shades of Grey” movie...

Hanna Koontz And Juna Murao Discuss Feminism and how it relates to Free State. Feminist club had its first meeting Monday January 26th. Im very excited, says freshman Juna Murao. And think it will be something good for the school.

New Young Feminists’ Club aims to create safe space for discussion, action

Lauren Brittain, Reporter February 9, 2015

When senior Kayla Clark began writing the constitution for Free State’s Young Feminists’ Club, she remembered the girl in her American Literature class. Caught in an unplanned speech for gender equality,...

Junior Donovan Young and sophomore Arlo March, students selected to be in the Ambassador Program, get to know their business partners before the start of the programss second meeting. The students were selected based on counselor recommendations.

Male students, community leaders partner in pilot program

Kyra Haas and Fiona McAllister February 7, 2015

As sophomore Diallo Jackson walked down the hall to the office with a pass from assistant principal Keith Jones in his hand, Jackson worried he might be in trouble. Before winter break, Jackson and...

At the beginning of the semester, the administration divided two freshman English classes into three single-gender classes. In January, the ACLU questioned the change, and the classes were promptly rearranged to be coeducational. It [was] kind of different, I know that, but it [was] fun because it [was] with my friends and everything, freshman Tannner Cobb said.

Single-gender English 9 classes result in ACLU intervention

Kyra Haas and Maddie Birchfield February 7, 2015

When freshman Aidan Dietz entered their seventh hour English 9 classroom on the first day of second semester, they were met with confused stares from their classmates. “At first people were looking...

Kenneth Palmer and Maddie Birchfield discuss the current face of feminism

Reporters tackle feminism

Maddie Birchfield and Kenneth Palmer August 28, 2014

Maddie Birchfield: I am a feminist and a humanist. For some reason, the idea has risen that one can’t be both. This is due to the muddling of the meaning of the word “feminism.” I am a feminist...

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Controversial Music

maria carrasco, social media editor October 19, 2013

BLURRED LINES  Lately in pop culture, there seems to be an increase in controversy about drug related innuendos and sexual references, but it has taken a leap for the worse. One of the most popular...

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