Disaster strikes Japan, effects hit close to home
April 15, 2011 • Bailey Vincent
Filed under News, Top Stories
March 11 — A massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit the Japanese coast outside of Sendai. The earthquake and its magnitude 6.9 aftershock as well as the tsunami caused by the original quake devastated the country. Thoughts in Lawrence turned to Hiratsuka, a city south of the quake’s epicenter. Lawrence’s... Read more »
KU student makes a video about autism
February 23, 2011 • Yukyung Lee
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“Every little thing is gonna be all right.” When Chester Lindeman, a sophomore at LHS, sings the famous words of Bob Marley, they carry extra meaning when included in a new two-part video about autism shot at Lawrence High. Jessica Pittel, a senior at the University of Kansas, filmed “Autism in... Read more »
Lion’s Den changing ways
October 5, 2010 • TAYLOR KIDDER
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Most students would not consider themselves fans of cafeteria food. For those students, the Lion’s Den provides alternate foods such as Doritos and Tootsie pops. However, next year, that will not be the case. “It’ll be open lunch and after school,” marketing instructor Jason Crawford... Read more »
Ash’s wishes are granted
October 5, 2010 • Lily Abromeit
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This time last year Diane Ash didn’t have any idea what the new school year would bring. She didn’t know what kids she would help, she didn’t know clubs she would support, and she didn’t even know if she would still be a Lawrence High. All of these questions stemmed from a used-up grant and budget... Read more »
Fire sparks concern over school’s preparedness
May 12, 2010 • Jon Cohen, Print Editor in Chief
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It was quiet. Too quiet. In fact, one could say it was dangerously quiet at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 28 as red and orange flames leaped from vents in Mark Rickabaugh’s room 153. Putrid fumes filled the hall, students were evacuated, security guards ran in with fire extinguishers, and yet…... Read more »
Teachers, administrators to depart from LHS at year’s end
May 3, 2010 • Jon Cohen, Print Editor-in-Chief
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The year was 1976, the president was Jimmy Carter and a young Jan Leonard was beginning her teaching career as a junior high language arts instructor in Topeka. Now, some 34 years later, Leonard is ready to start something new. “I just need to take a step back and reevaluate where I’ve... Read more »
BB gun found on HS campus, administration reacts
April 29, 2010 • Jake Mather, A&E Editor
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At 3 p.m. Friday, April 2, USD497 was notified by the Lawrence Police Department that a student had an unloaded firearm in a vehicle parked on the LHS campus earlier in the day. Several zero-tolerance policies regarding firearms on school campuses have been implemented within recent years... Read more »
School board works to cut budgets efficiently
April 8, 2010 • Jessie Freeman, Staff Writer
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With the budget being as tight as it is, the school board has had no choice but to make budget cuts. It was a very lengthy process with a lot of information to take in, along with the politics of public opinion. The board decided to cut teachers and counselors and raised lunch prices 12 cents. ... Read more »
State legislature poised to cut school budget again
April 8, 2010 • Jon Cohen, Online Editor-in-Chief
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Is the storm over, or are we simply in the eye of hurricane? That is the question district administrators and staff are left to ponder after the latest deluge of budget cuts on March 9. The school board struck $4.66 million from the district budget, but with the state legislature posturing at another... Read more »
Fast Five 4/7/10
April 8, 2010 • Jon Cohen, Online Editor-in-Chief
Filed under News
Lawrence High will offer the ACT test 8 a.m. Saturday, April 10. Test takers will need to bring test registration forms and photo ID to the door. Counselors also advise students to arrive half an hour early. The boys varsity tennis squad will play twice in three days. First, the team hosts the Lawrence... Read more »
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