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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

Although it may seem unimportant, this conversation between two teenagers is sometimes a relatively casual approach for them to initiate a hookup.

OPINION: The Problem with Hookup Culture

Cici Hunter October 31, 2022

Within the past couple of decades, a trend has developed. As the current generation becomes more permissive and progressive, so do their ideals on sex. Hook up culture has taken hold of the current generations...

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...

Lawrence adopts national sex education standards

Fiona McAllister, Copy Editor September 26, 2014

In the past, during the sex education unit, health teachers in the district lectured students on male and female anatomy, explaining how to prevent STDs and emphasizing the importance of abstinence in...

Two teens kiss on a river bank in 1973.

Students, psychologist discuss teenage relationships

becca moran, reporter January 31, 2014

Bad or good news depending on your gender: the teenage relationship paradigm still favors guys. “Despite seeing themselves a much more liberated in their expression of relationships and sexuality, I...

photo credit: Peter Alfred Hess

Science Behind Sex: A Conversation With Two Experts

March 7, 2013

photo credit: Peter Alfred Hess “Kids these days” all have their questions. The truth is though, kids back in those days had the same questions, if not more. Back when sexually transmitted diseases...

On Love

On Love

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief February 27, 2013

When I was in third grade, I gave my crush a basketball card as a gift for Valentine’s Day. And it wasn’t just any basketball card, it was a Magic Johnson basketball card. Right now, you’re probably...

Role Call

Role Call

sam boatright, co-editor-in-chief February 27, 2013

If men actually thought about sex one time every seven seconds, then, unsurprisingly, they would never be able to get anything done as they would be inundated with invasive innuendo over 12,000 times a...

Sex in Society

Sex in Society

morgan noll, reporter February 26, 2013

High school: four years in a person's life that will never be forgotten. One could say this is because of all the opportunities to learn, participate in activities and meet new people. However, most would...

Double Personality Profile: Pro Sex or No Sex

kyra haas, reporter February 25, 2013

Teanna Totten Senior Teanna Totten doesn’t agree  with the freshmen health class’s “Abstinence Only” policy. “[Health class is] just kinda impractical for life,” she said. “I mean all...

Abstinence Club

Abstinence Club

amani safadi November 11, 2011

Abstinent is a term that everyone knows and hears multiple times throughout their lives. If it’s not from their parents, it’s from health classes in junior high. Now, however, it is the subject of...

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