One evening every month, freshman Ellie Houston heads to the fire station with her father to contra dance. One evening every week, Houston heads to the school to practice and perform with jazz band. Another...
sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief
• February 27, 2013
I partially owe my sanity to sitcoms. To sappy music, to pop art, to New York Times columns, to romantic comedies. Each of these artistic forms act as alternative universes, as life consultants, as stress...
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...
Tegan and Sara "So Jealous
Tegan and Sara’s “So Jealous” is the album that I can come closest to labeling as life-changing. The Canadian folk-rock sisters are able to embrace new-wave fusions...
It’s amazing how much we, as students, cling onto the fanciful idea of an endless summer at the end of May. However, by the time school begrudgingly rolls around in mid-August, we long for sleepytime...
Games
Draw Something: Remember that childhood game Pictogram? A player draws a picture on a piece of paper and their opponent tries to guess what the drawing is. Imagine that game on the screen of an...
Allison's Take:
“All Western Kansas is, is a whole bunch of old war veterans sitting on their porches being racist and yelling about how things were ‘back in their day.’ And,...
“I haven’t had any type of social life for about two weeks, and that’s not a joke,” junior Addison McCauley said.
With Encore coming up in March, this singer has devoted himself to getting everything...
ryan loecker, co-editor in chief
• February 9, 2012
Let’s get this straight: this is not an article about SOPA.
Within the past two months, three major file sharing websites (Megaupload, BTJunkie and FileSonic) either have been shut down or have ceased...
2011:
Top 10 Albums:
1. Father, Son, Holy Ghost- Girls
'60s rock'n'roll, San Franciscan style; earnest, melodic and beautiful. Girls brings the sun and the shade on their amazing second full-length...
Like many Free State students, I’m quite involved in school activities. However, choir is not of them. This makes me a minority at this school. When I chose to shadow Hilary Morton, the choir director,...
Caitlin Laird
Caitlin Lairds taste in music may not be the same as many teenagers. Her favorite music ranges anywhere from classic rock to popular music. Her favorite artist is John Denver and she got...
