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The Budget is published every three weeks and distributed free of charge to students and faculty at Lawrence High School, 1901 Louisiana, Lawrence, Kan. 66046-2999. The Budget is produced by students in the Digital Journalism and Digital Design and Production courses with occasional contributions from 21st Century Journalism and guest columnists. The newspaper’s goals are to inform, entertain and present a forum of expression for students, faculty, administrators and community members. The newspaper is financed through advertising and staff fundraising. The editorial staff is solely responsible for the content of this newspaper, and views expressed in The Budget do not necessarily reflect those of the administration of Lawrence High School or USD 497.
Issue Editor-in-Chief: Kendra Schwartz and Ashley Hocking
Editorial Board: Mallory Thompson, Sports Yu Kyung Lee, Features Lily Abromeit, News Ella Magerl, Design Abby Gillam, Photo Mara McAllister, Online Staff: Keyty Ashcraft-Galve Brooke Braman Trae Green Ashley Hocking (Managing Editor) Forrest Lassman Felicia Miller Vail Moshiri Gage Nelson Harley Phelps Nathaniel Reynolds Grace Rinke Matt Roe Peter Romano Kendra Schwartz (Assistant Online Editor) Zach Spears Nick Steichen Shelby Steichen Morgan Wildeman Advertising: Isaiah Bell Ashley Castillo
OPINION
Senior ‘newsies’ say farewell Graduating editoral board leaves ‘The Budget’ with their final words BY MALLORY THOMPSON, ABBY GILLAM, LILY ABROMEIT, YU KYUNG LEE, AND MARA MCALLISTER “All good things [the Budget edited Lily, Abby, Mallory, Yu Kyung, Mara, Ella] must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever!” Thorton Wilder said. After three years of writing for The Budget, we should know to refrain from starting a story with a quote. And exclamation points should really only be used when the statement is said so loud that ears start bleeding. But as this is our farewell letter, and we have free rein, we thought we’d take this chance to do what we would never allow The Budget staff to do. “Yay!” said the editors. (Really, it should be: “the editors said.” Take note, future Budget staff members). There are many things that we have to be excited about other than being able to defy journalism rules, like having finished thirty-two issues of the Budget (numbers greater than 10 should be in numerals btw), being named an All American publication, being better than Freestate (Free State is two words!), and being able to call Mrs. Tholen “Barbie” before 10 p.m. (Finally — an oxford comma!) We are proud to say we had a good thing going, and we are very thankful that we had an advisor who was willing to stay past 11 on Friday nights. (Yes, we know that advisor should be spelled with an -e. This is just for Barb).
But alas, our time as the editors for The Budget has to come to an end as Mr. Wilder had said, (we are not supposed to use courtesy titles because we are neither British nor writers for the New York Times, but we can dream, right?) we can only hope that our departure marks the end of something good and a start of something better. To the future Budget staff: don’t be afraid to ask a lot of questions in search of one good answer, double check all the check even if you know the people, memorize the
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What is your favorite school lunch? Chicken, 52 percent Pizza, 21 percent Sandwich bar, 18 percent Pasta, 10 percent
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What is your favorite core class? Science, 28 percent English, 27 percent Social Studies, 25 percent Math, 20 percent
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school or move somewhere else? Move, 45 percent Stay, 29 percent I’m not sure, 26 percent
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LHS sporting events, 43 percent Music/concertsShowtime, 33 percent School dances, 6 percent Pack the House/Jamboree, 3 percent I don’t attend school events, 15 percent
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