Above & Beyond: The Smiling, Devoted Face of Free State Atheltics Thursday, September 18, 2008 By Ben Bartels It's 8:30 p.m. on a Friday night, and Haskell Stadium is teeming with life. Students, bearing their green and silver, pack the stands and cheer wildly with every play. But behind the students,tucked a full story

Women In the Media: Poor Portrayals of Women on TV Angers Student [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, September 18, 2008 By Maggie Hull Anyone who has seen the movie Sandlot is familiar with the famous insult, "you play ball like a girl!" As a softball player, I take offense to this! I have spent practically my whole life working on s full story

New Year, New Rules: And Does The Faculty Follow Them? Thursday, September 18, 2008 By Ben Bartels School is back in session and I want to talk about some rules. As we all know, there have recently been some new additions to the student handbook. Cell phones will now be taken on sight, no matter wh full story

Wild, Wild West: Changes in Professional, Family Life Accompany New Principal Thursday, September 18, 2008 By Allison Ice "It's been a long time since I've seen this many students in one place," principal Ed West said. "I kind of got an adrenaline rush at the start of the year." full story

College Level Courses Bring Hardships, Rewards: Advance Placement Courses Require Determination, Thursday, September 18, 2008 By Maggie Hull Taking college courses while still in high school sounds crazy to a lot of students, but Betty Zhang disagrees. She, along with many others, is gladly accepting the challenge of enrolling in an Advanc full story

Back To Sleep: Teens' summer sleep habits fail the grade Thursday, September 18, 2008 By Brian Beneventi Senior Chloe Porter fills her summer schedule with activities similar to any other student. She goes to bed between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. and gets up to feed her puppy at seven. She then goes back to bed full story

Students for Green T: Teens on Local Transit Thursday, September 18, 2008 By Jeff Carmondy First came the War on Terror, now some Lawrence residents are waging a war on mass transit. Citing poor ridership and cost-efficiency, a number of Lawrencians wish to do away with the local T bus syst full story

A Smart Buy: Commendable Cast of 'Smart People' Save an Otherwise Questionable Plot [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, September 18, 2008 By Emily Johnson Smart People, the critically admired if not quite acclaimed, comedy starring Dennis Quaid and Sarah Jessica Parker, seems at first to possess the essential qualities for cinematic success. The film is full story

An '84 Honda and Liz Taylor Battle School Policies [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, September 18, 2008 By Nash Riggins I'm distraught. I feel like my concentration in school is being broken, which has also broken my heart. You know how the U.S. Women';s Gymnastics team felt when they realized they were beaten by a gro full story

The Sky's The Limit: Senior Chucky Hunter Has Big Shoes to Fill: His Own Thursday, September 18, 2008 By Seth McCauley A healthy portion of responsibility for the goals set by the football team this season rests on the shoulders of Chucky Hunter. The 5' 9" senior is expected to run the ball with finesse and be a state full story

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