Coming to a close
March 31, 2010 • Zach Carnahan, Sports Editor
Filed under Blogs, Louisiana Street Breakdown
A Lawrence staple for many years is coming to an end today. Larry Sinks and Joe-College have finally been forced to close down due to various legal fees and lawsuits filed by the University of Kansas Athletic Department. Joe-College has offered Lawrence residents with cheaper, humorous KU shirts for... Read more »
March Sadness?
March 29, 2010 • Zach Carnahan, Sports Editor
Filed under Blogs, Louisiana Street Breakdown
Normally March is a time is a time of great joy for basketball fans all over the country, but this year this basketball fan is feeling anything but. After an experience earlier this month it really hit me that this would be a long month. It started during the confrence championships, KU was playing their... Read more »
Slice of Nice: Kids
March 25, 2010
Filed under A slice of nice, Blogs
It started out as a ploy to get community service hours for National Honors Society. I walked into Children’s Learning Center last Wednesday (St. Pattie’s Day) with my friend Krista not knowing what to expect. We knew we were supposed to work with children, but that was about it. The... Read more »
Did you see that?: Subtitled Hitler videos
March 25, 2010 • Samantha Schwartz, Online Editor-in-Chief
Filed under Student Life
Did you see that? Youtube’s latest craze is adding funny subtitles to foreign films. The 2009 film Inglorious Basterds sparked over 3,000 subtitled videos using a scene from the movie where Hitler gets frustrated and throws a fit. A recent video uses Kansas’ loss to UNI in the March Madness tournament... Read more »
John Mayer concert: review
March 24, 2010 • Zach Carnahan, Sports Editor
Filed under Student Life
Monday night John Mayer took to the Sprint Center for the latest stop in his Battle Studies tour. Mayer, a seven-time grammy award winner, who has recently been in the spotlight for controversial remarks, put everything aside to play an extraordinary show. Before Mayer took the stage though it was... Read more »
Recognition due for everyone
March 24, 2010 • Jake Mather, News Editor
Filed under Opinion
The boys cross country team won another State Championship while sophomore Reece Wright-Conklin took home a State Wrestling Championship. Most students know about these accomplishments, yet most students do not know about what the cheer and pom squads accomplished on Feb. 27 during a competition at Baker... Read more »
StuCo’s responsibilities forced to change
March 16, 2010 • Nikki Carmody, Opinion Editor
Filed under Opinion
For at least 15 years, Student Council has been running the basketball concessions, but starting this school year, StuCo no longer controls concessions. The district food service does. As if losing the concession responsibilities is not enough, the dances also have seen a large decline in numbers, resulting... Read more »
Students learn the basics of scuba diving
March 15, 2010 • Natalie Wilkins, Staff Writer
Filed under Student Life
The Geography Club hosted its annual scuba diving lesson on Wednesday, Feb. 24, in LHS’ pool. It was a successful event with a record high turn out of 28 students. “It is the largest crowd we have ever had participate, and there was a lot of positive energy and excitement in the... Read more »
Substitute Teachers Deserve More Respect
March 10, 2010 • Samantha Schwartz and Martha Allen, Budget Online Staffers
Filed under Opinion
Substitute teachers have the hardest job in the building. At Lawrence High, we respect our teachers, but we rarely respect substitutes. Even students who are normally very polite and hardworking in class act out when a substitute walks in the room. Because the substitute has little authority to punish... Read more »
Slice of Nice: A lesson I’m still working on
March 9, 2010
Filed under A slice of nice
It’s been a rough couple of weeks. Though I’ve done some things right, I’ve also failed. A lot. After wallowing in self-pity and frustration at my lack of success for over 48 hours, my dad finally sat me down for a talk. I was expecting an inspirational pep talk. Usually my dad’s... Read more »
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