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

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

Free Press Online

Callie Hicks lives with host family to pursue competitive sports

becca moran, reporter May 12, 2014

When did you start doing gymnastics? I started doing gymnastics when I was about eight years old. I started out doing power tumbling in Emporia, and from there I went to G-Force in Lawrence. Then I started...

What happens to high students

What happens to high students

becca moran November 12, 2013

For some, coming to school high is an unimaginable taboo. For others, it is a regular occurrence.   Red eyes, lethargy and apathy are just a few indicators teachers use to determine whether or not...

Rick Ross and Miley Cyrus cause controversy in the music world

becca moran, reporter October 29, 2013

Rapper Rocko’s song, U.O.E.N.O,  featuring Rick Ross and Future, stirred up a lot of controversy earlier this year. While the name may  initially be puzzling, say it fast, and you’ll realize it's...

photo by darian koenig

Nathan Lane

becca moran May 13, 2013

Not many people can say they made it to a national competition in one of the world’s hardest sports, but junior Nathan Lane can.   Lane first began doing gymnastics after he went to an open gym with...

Yang Yang Li

Yang Yang Li

becca moran May 13, 2013

 As junior class vice president, Scholars Bowl participant, AP student, and first alternate to nationals in a forensics competition, Yang Yang Li has it all together.   Yet despite his successes, he...

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America Endangered By Expanding Rape Culture

becca moran, reporter April 19, 2013

     The rape case that occurred on the night of Aug. 11 and early morning of Aug. 12, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio is sickening: a 16 year old girl, intoxicated to the point of unconsciousness, was...

The Willow Domestic Violence Center And The Renaissance Committee

The Willow Domestic Violence Center And The Renaissance Committee

becca moran March 12, 2013

Relationships and self respect are two issues teenagers struggle with every day. The new Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program by Lawrence’s Willow Domestic Violence Center desires to address both...

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