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“I liked the design, and felt like it had much improved since last issue. But I did feel that the article on inmagration, although it may reflect the views of the journalism team, does not accurately represent the situation, painting Trump as racist for not being for illegal immigration.

Although it was well written, it didn’t have much evidence for support, and felt like an article on Syed Jamal would have been better. Overall, really good stuff though!”

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I think your guys work is just amazing i read the Free press every once and then i read your guys work and it’s just great! Keep up the good work!”

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Issue 7 • 23 April 2018 • Edition 21 News

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Date Watch...............................6-7

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Photo Water Warriors.....................24-25

Sports Cycling Club...........................26-27

Nation of Guns....................... 8-9

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AP Human Geography New course available to all grade levels this fall Next year the social studies department will offer Advanced Placement (AP) Human Geography to all classes. Aimee Landwehr, chair of the social studies department, will likely be teaching the class.

Currently European History is the first AP course offered sophomore year. The decision to create an AP class for Human Geography was proposed by Lawrence teachers to fill the lack of advanced social studies classes offered to freshmen.

“It would be beneficial to offer students an opportunity to become familiar with AP courses in social studies prior to AP European History, which is one of the more challenging AP courses,” Landwehr said.

The structure of the class will include both a modern approach based on technology as well as a traditional approach that incorporates a textbook. This system will be aimed to help create a strong, cooperative learning environment that also helps build 21st century work and study skills.

Since it will be the first AP course available to freshmen, there is some question as to how many freshmen will take course.

“I think there will be freshmen who are definitely up for the challenge,” senior Charlie Bermel said.

AP classes are designed to allow students to experience a college level curriculum and eventually have the opportunity to test out of college credits.

“My experience has affirmed over and over again that all students are capable of achieving at high levels given the appropriate support and structure, regardless of age,” Landwehr said.

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Current seniors will not have the opportunity to take the course. Although seniors will not have had the opportunity, some suggested interest in the class had it been offered in the past.

“I totally would have taken it,” senior Jack Kelsey said. “I would have straight finessed that class.”

The goal of the course is to offer a strong foundational social studies course that applies to all future social studies courses a student might take. Another objective of the course is to expand students’ knowledge of issues around the world.

“It will provide an opportunity for students to be more globally minded in an increasingly interconnected world,” Landwehr said.

Currently, there are 19 social studies courses. With the addition of Human Geography, there will be seven social studies courses available to freshmen.

“When freshmen have more options to pursue what they want, they have a chance to become more interested in school and that’s something you can’t get enough of,” Bermel said.

“I think they will do great,” senior Jack Kelsey said. He is confident in the incoming freshman will take the advanced class.

“AP Human Geography will also provide and advanced course option in social studies for freshman students, which we currently lack,” Aimee Landwehr said. Landwehr will be the teaching the class next year.

Date Watch Students explain why they use Tinder and Grindr

Junior MELANIE HOUSE “I heard that my crush got it [Tinder]

and so I made a profile for that. I don’t really use it, but every now and again I look at it for fun. I made[the account] about me and my cat, I usually get weird dms.”

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Junior ZAKARI HOWARD “The reason why I downloaded it was to see what it was all about, what’s the hype and I also wanted to meet people to chill and hangout. I’ve seen a lot of guys from school, but I usually swipe left on them.”

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Nation of

Guns

Students take a stand against the gun complacency

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ince the devastating shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students across the country have taken a stand against gun violence in schools. Countless nationwide protests, school walk-outs and marches have been held over the past few weeks.

Saturday, March 24 was declared a national day for students to “March For Our Lives.” Parkland student-activists led the main rally in Washington, D.C. Multiple performance were given by student speakers and artists like Lin Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande and more. The rally had an estimated 200,000 in attendance.

Living in a small town Kansas has not stopped students from speaking out and standing in solidarity with the Parkland students. Lawrence held their very own rally on the March 24.

More than 1,000 people gathered around the gazebo in South Park to hear speakers urge government leaders to enact gun control laws and encourage people to get out and vote. One of the student leaders who spoke, junior Ruth Gathunguri, who is cares about the topic of gun violence.

“Gun violence has always been something that I was very passionate about,” Gathunguri said. “I know that getting rid of guns isn’t something that we can do in our society, but there needs to be stricter laws on guns.”

Activists are concerned about the effects

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62% of students participated in

of how the student led walkouts accessible guns, especially people who have intentions of harming others and themselves.

“If there was more gun control, there would be less suicides,” Gathunguri said. “There are too many lives being lost to [guns] and I think my involvement is important because I can’t just sit around and watch it happen.”

In Lawrence there are two prominent organizations for gun control: Students Demand Action and the Moms Demand Action, which are inclusive for all youth, parents and adults. Each state has its own movements and organizations. Senior Sandhya Ravikumar uses her unique set of skills to do most of the organization for students.

“I try to take leadership roles when I can, especially for a cause I care about because I think I specifically have a set of skills that allows me to do certain things well,” Ravikumar said. “I do debate and forensics, so I’m a good public speaker. I’m involved in political outreach and I know a lot of people in the legislature, so that helps me maybe fill that role in a way that most students can’t do. I knew it was worth devoting my time to.”

For generations, protests and marches have been used to call

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Sophomore Elliot Smith stands in silence on the February 21. “...Adults [and] the lawmakers should step up and start to just care about our students and prioritize lives over the second amendment rights,” Smith said.

attention to issues that need to be fixed.

“I think they’re more symbolic in value than in terms of tangible results,” Ravikumar said. “They’re not what actually drives action, but they allow people to see how much power they have land see how many outraged and concerned citizens there actually are.

They inspire people to take actions that drive change, which is a really important first step.”

In between big events like the March For Our Lives event, the movement does not stop working.

“Right now it’s mainly if people want information they can contact us,” Gathunguri said. “If they want to register to vote they can contact us. We have a group of people who are 18 or just turned 18 and are ready to vote, so it’s really just getting the information out so people can vote.”

Many people have thanked her for going out and speaking, but some of those people are skeptical and want her to be able to express what she is actually supporting.

“I got into an argument with my

brother over gun control and it was interesting because he was more worried that I was just going out there and talking and not knowing what we actually want to get done,” Gathunguri said.

“And my dad wanted me to have a plan because if not, you’re just speaking and you could get hurt in the long run.”

Since the March for Our Lives Movement is mainly student-led, teenagers are taking on larger than life responsibilities.

“Part of this movement is that a lot of teens are getting involved and sometimes we lose the focus of what we’re trying to do,” Gathunguri said. “We can get people fired up, but we also wanna have a plan, like specific laws we want changed.”

Other marches and rallies occured around Kansas on March 24 during Lawrence’s spring break. A protest was held on the Topeka Capitol steps from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Samantha Inscore, a junior elementary education major at Emporia State University was the main organizer, so there was a large Emporia presence along with a crowd of Topeka

High School students. An estimated 1,000 people were in attendance, holding signs and rallying for gun control.

Another march on the same day was staged in Theis Park in Kansas City and had a large turnout. A monumental school walkout was planned for April 20, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. Students and staff members in Lawrence walked out of school at 10 a.m. and rallied in South Park for a day of protesting.

Ravikumar, Gathunguri and other members of the movement want to see a big shift in the midterm elections in November with how legislators are selected so that gun control is a big issue in government.

“It’s not gonna be an overnight thing, but I think there’s definitely been progress in the way people engage,” Ravikumar said. “Normal, everyday people have a say in politics and they should be able to influence it more than just polling or voting blandly. That’s been the biggest impact and I think it’ll keep going.”

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“I love making art because it gives me the ability to express words and feelings, that are hard to express through words,� Madeline said.

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Making a face while directing her show, senior Coy Garrett practices for the annual Black Box Theatre Festival. Garrett has enjoyed the acting community for two years.

“When I am directing it is my plan and what I have in mind, and I can actually project [the idea in my head]’” Garrett said.

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echnical rehearsals have come to an end and thespians busily prepared for the opening of the annual Black Box Theatre Festival.

The festival was made up of six one-act plays that were performed back-to-back. The Improv team performed using audience members to direct them. The plays were all student directed and a few of them were also student-written.

“Black Box Theatre Festival provides a positive for [up and] coming actors, who want to be in theatre but are too shy,” junior Colton Smith said.

Smith wrote and directed a show last year and directed again this year.

“With BBTF you only work with students,” Smith said. “You’re able to connect with them as peers instead of as professionals or business people.”

Black Box Theatre was performed in a room with black walls instead of on a raised stage.

“With Black Box Theatre you’re really close to

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the audience, there’s not as much of a fourth wall like other plays,” freshman Lindsey Hefty said.

Hefty is acting in one of the plays, it’s her first time doing BBTF. The technical team was made up of students as well. Working without adults could be different for most student actors.

“When working with adults everything is very absolute, whereas working with students everything is more relaxed,” junior Mason Canada said. ”There’s less organization involved and more room for error.”

Canada acted in one of the plays for the second year in a row.

BBTF allowed students that usually would act on stage get a chance to try out directing.

“With directing I have so much more control over the progression of the play, there’s more creativity,” Smith says.

The festival ran April 18-20.

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Giving actors some pointers, junior Colton Smith directs his own show. Smith admitted he prefers directing over acting. “[With] acting you need to be able to control your body and control your voice in that certain way, but with directing it’s all that and being able to tell other people how to do it,” Smith said.

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Clique

politics Story by ERIN LISTON

An inside perspective on social groups

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any athletes, musicians, scholars, and more share that many of the ‘cliques’ people see are based off of activities that anyone can join.

Cliques can be viewed as being exclusive and they are seen in a negative light. From different perspectives, schools can seem cliquey or not cliquey, but being involved helps change that perception.

“I’m involved in so many different groups of things, but if you weren’t involved at all and you were on the outside looking in then I feel like maybe it could be perceived as [cliquey],” junior Walker Koberlein said.

“But I would say all of the different groups are very accepting.”

Just because groups are separated doesn’t mean there is always a negative “clique” connotation.

“There definitely are the cliques, but I wouldn’t say that it’s a cliquey school,” junior Seth

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Williams said. “I think there’s kind of the separations, but we’re still cohesive and we come together when we need to.”

Making friends with different groups can be challenging, but some simple steps can lead to new friendships.

“I think mostly in my classes I try to meet new people and maybe try new things when I get the chance. I always introduce myself if there’s someone new in the stuff that I do,” sophomore Bella Stull said.

Branching out and meeting new people in a high school setting is difficult and scary, but in the end it pays off.

“I would say just kind of either start doing things that you enjoy, like join a club that you want to do...and just kind of talk to people,” Williams said. “At Free State there’s all sorts of groups and there’s a lot of people that are really open and fun to talk to even though they seem kind of intimidating.”

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Different characteristics can draw new people together. Whether it be humor or kindness, people can form bonds through personalities.

“I try to meet as many people as possible and try to get to know them,” senior Nicola Santangelo said. “Usually we click or we don’t click, but I base it off of if they’re nice and if we get along well and if they make me laugh, that’s important.”

Even though she is an extrovert, sophomore Margaret McPherson believes that it is more beneficial to have friends that listen and understand, than having a lot of surface level friends.

“I believe in quality over quantity in a case like this because having good and close friends can be so much more important than having lots of friends,” McPherson said.

Williams says he wants to break that boundary and go beneath the surface with all friends to get to know them better and become closer with them.

“Most of the time, when you branch out that far it’s harder to make deep connections with people, which is something I always try to battle,” Williams said. “I always defy that and I always try to still make deep connections with people even though I’m kind of branched out pretty far.”

Everyone you meet in life is going to influence your life in some way. Santangelo explains it is beneficial to have more influential people within life.

“I understand that it’s easier to just talk to the people that you know the best,” Santangelo

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said. “But I think it’s more fun to have different types of personalities in your life because different people can play different roles.”

When asked what activities he would want to be apart of besides the groups he is already involved in, Koberlein mentioned that he is satisfied with his participation.

“I feel like I branched out to do things I wanted to do,” Koberlein said.

Being involved in fine arts, McPherson said that if she could explore more groups she would try to experience art club more.

“It’s just such a different group of people than I’m used to,” McPherson said. “[I would enjoy] just sort of getting to know another side of the arts community because I really only see the fine arts side of it and so the physical arts would be cool.”

Stull explains how she would want to get involved in STEM groups to benefit her future.

“I’d really like to get to know people in debate and science olympiad and more academic things because I think that’s really what I want to do with my life and so people with similar interests would be good,” Stull said.

Being involved is one of the most important factors of high school. Branching out can be difficult, but in the end it helps school seem like a more positive space.

“I always think that branching out is really good because you get all sorts of different perspectives and you do a variety of activities that you might not have done before,” Williams said.

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“I love that for a night we are blessed by the beauty of our peers on prom night. It’s really a time for underappreciated queens to shine. “

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Should ALICE training be implemented at Free State?

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n the wake of multiple mass shootings, specifically school shootings, around the United States, government leaders have proposed plans to reduce the epidemic. Some include having more active shooter drills and allowing staff to have weapons on school ground for protection.

The idea of arming teachers in schools hits As students, we would not feel comfortable in close to home for us. a classroom knowing a teacher has a weapon that House Bill No. 2789 would authorize Kansas is easily accessible to them. Too many things could school staff to be in possession of handguns in go wrong. Allowing teachers to have guns puts schools. Schools would have heavy responsibility students and staff at more risk if the gun were to in the case of an active shooter. be misused, like accidentally fired or if a distressed In section five of the bill, it states “Any student was able to obtain it. employee who has obtained a SAFER schools It is teachers’ responsibility to look out for endorsement on such employee’s license to carry their students, but it is not their job to protect a concealed handgun shall be designated as a them in a firefight. Staff members understand that SAFER schools team member by the board of dangerous events could occur at school, but they education of such district. All SAFER schools did not sign up to defend the school against gun team members shall be authorized by the board of violence, nonetheless use a gun themselves. education of the district employing such members We are aware of the budget cuts our schools to carry a concealed handgun in any have had in the past few years, so where they building of such district in accordance expect to get the money is unknown. with K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 75-7c10, and amendments It seems as though this bill is trying to protect thereto.” schools from gun violence by willingly and What we should be doing is decreasing the purposefully putting guns into schools. We need presence of guns in schools, not increasing them. less guns in order to lose less lives to gun violence.

This bill would be doing the opposite of making If this bill were to be passed, we would not, as a a people feel safer. student publications staff, support it.

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Do you feel safe at school?

Matthew Brandenburger Sophomore Yeah, I feel safe at school because of the support from the teachers. I know my teachers all support the anti-gun violence movements … and they talk about how we’re gonna be safe in their rooms and how they [would] protect us over themselves.

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Violet Amouak Freshman I think it depends on where I am in the building and who I’m with. Regarding guns, not really, but regarding my peers and my treatment of peers, I always feel safe in the art rooms, not necessarily in other classrooms though.

Keaton Stramberg Freshman Yeah, I think we have enough people --adults and staff-- that are around to keep us safe.

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ike Club, one of Free State’s newest organizations, has been spreading by word of mouth since the fall, when club founder, sophomore Will Schultz mentioned the idea of it to some friends at Cross Country practice.

Schultz began working at Sunflower Outdoor and Bike shop in the fall, and credits his inspiration for the club to the job.

“I started working at Sunflower,” Schultz said. “I knew there had been one in the past and I wanted to start it up again. I knew some people that would be interested so with some help of the guys there I got it started up.”

To start a club the founder must find a staff member to direct the club, another one to sponsor it, and construct a list of rules for the club.

A constitution, Schultz calls it.

This is not the first time there’s been a student Bike Club.

Looking at the original Bike Club’s rules, which completed its’ final ride in 2009, Schultz used their constitution as a base for this year’s club.

“The last one ended in 2009 so it was a long time ago. So we changed it a little bit to do what we wanted to do. It’s just a funny little guideline they wanted us to do,” Schultz said.

After completing the list, the club members

seeked approval of club director, social studies teacher Jordan Boyd, and club co-sponsors, science teacher Marci Leuschen and English teacher Andrew Martin. The group began going on their first rides in November.

After taking a break from riding because of winter weather, the group has been going on more frequent trips, usually along the river trail in north Lawrence. Along with more rides, the club has seen an increase in members, standing at 20 and counting.

Sophomore Zach Venters, is encouraged by the recent turn outs but would love to see even more.

“It’s a lot of fun. If you like exercising and having fun then you should join,” he said.

Schultz, who participates in competitive mountain biking and gravel racing three times a week outside of the club, has a passion for biking and hopes to see that passion spread, starting with Bike Club.

“You just get to see places riding on your bike that you wouldn’t get to see driving in your car. You kind of have the freedom to do whatever you want, and explore anywhere you want,” Schultz said. “There’s endless possibilities and I’ve met so many new people through it. I’ve made a lot of new friends.”

Club Cycling The first rule of Bike Club?

Talk about Bike Club

Sophomore Will Shultz races down a hill at a mountain biking competition outside of the club.

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Sitting together at a club bonfire, leader Will Shultz relaxed with members of the new Biking Club. Photo by CHARLIE HUGHES

One of the new club additions started by Marci Leuschen and Andrew Martin is the Bike Club. The club is lead by Will Shultz who founded the club to spread his love of biking. Photo by TATUM CLOPTON

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Project Renovation

Sneak peak at the school’s scheduled renovation

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Photos curtesy of MYRON GRABER

additional classrooms to be created wrestling and weight rooms to be expanded new parking lot to be created upper level learning commons created new all gender restrooms learning pockets in walls to be created

Love,

Simon Review by JUNA MURAO

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n the surface Simon is a normal high school senior, he hangs out with his friends, he has a loving yet sometimes embarrassing family, but he carries a secret about his sexuality. He is hesitant on letting people know he’s gay, partly because he doesn’t know how to tell them.

Simon starts by emailing another closeted gay from his school, who goes by the name ‘Blue.’

This initiates a constant stream of emails relating to each others experiences as they slowly tell the people in their lives about their sexuality.

As Blue and Simon’s relationship continues, Simon tries to figure out who he is. The voice of Blue is read by different voices, based on who Simon suspects at a given time. Unfortunately Simon accidentally outed himself to the drama-club nerd, Martin. Martin isn’t a bad person, more like

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an unsuspecting goofball, but he blackmails Simon into getting a date with his friend, Abby. As Simon tries to keep his secret from coming out, he ropes his friends, Abby, Nick and Leah into his lies.

The main character, Simon is not the most perfect person, the fallout between his friends marks a necessary betrayal for his self interest. There is not a clear villain in the movie, even though Martin outs Simon to the whole school that he’s gay, it shows how mistakes don’t define a person. The movie appeals to the masses, it’s not specifically targeted towards gay youths.

The rise of queer and minority representation is increasing in movies. ‘‘Love, Simon”” shows queer representation in daily life. Ultimately what makes you love ‘Love, Simon,” is the ordinariness, funny, sentimental aspect of the movie. It remakes the classic romcom to fit into the 21st century.

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go thrift store shopping c) Drama kid who love attention Where would you live? a) A mansion in Los Angeles b) A cabin in the middle of a forest c) Scrappy apartment in New York If you were in a horror movie which character would you be? a) The first one to be killed b) The guy who runs away and survives c) The last to survive

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A musical about a scruffy group of people, some of them are gay, lesbian, heroin addict and HIV positive.

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Brown Bag Fashion Show Violet Amouak

The Brown Bag Fashion Show is an annual tradition open to any student who wishes to participate. Each student creates an outfit completely out of brown bags that coresponds with a chosen theme. This year’s theme was Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.

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Nicole Ahn Rachel Downs

River Heili Bryan Lloyd

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