the fsfreepressonline.com 4700 Overland Drive, Lawrence, Kansas, 66049 edition 14 issue 2 september 29, 2010 2 6-7 5 DR. FOR A DAY CHAMBER OF SECRETS HOMECOMING HEROES An inside guide to the little known rooms right under students' noses Pre-Med seniors explore medical field during KU Med Center's "Doctor for a Day" program Seniors fight for inclusion and get names added to homecoming ballot Free Press 5 "...when i saw that his name was not on [the ballot] I was furious."
An inside guide to the little known rooms right under students' noses
Pre-Med seniors explore medical fi eld during KU Med Center's "Doctor for a Day" program
Seniors fi ght for inclusionand get names added to homecoming ballot
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5"...when i saw that his name was not on [the ballot] I was furious."
2News
September 29, 2010
On September 13, ten seniors attended KU Medical Center’s Doctor for a Day program to help further their knowledge in careers in the medical field.
Students in Jane Rock’s Pre-Med had to write an essay for a chance to go visit KU Medical Center for a day to learn more about medical school admissions, different fields of medicine and to get an opportunity to work in labs.
“[Rock] had told us about it and it sounded like it would help me out because I want to be a doctor,” senior Amanda Moyer said. “In my essay I wrote about how Pre-Med has made me more interested in the medical field and how I want to further my educa-tion.”
Rock saw the program as a great opportunity for her students.
“It’s supposed to give [the students] an idea about what Medical school would be like,” Rock said. “It also informs them how they should prepare in an undergraduate education.”
The program started with lectures in the morn-ing and moved on to labs in the afternoon.
“For the most part it was very beneficial,” senior Kara Mishler said. “We went and toured labs, talked to doctors, learned about things we had never heard of and talked a lot about admissions.”
In labs, the students were exposed to things they could not experience anywhere else.
“In one of our labs we looked at a cancerous liver and a regular liver under the microscope,” Moyer said.
For some students, the admissions information in particular proved to be an eye-opening experience.
“I don’t know that I want to go to Medical school,” Mishler said. “They were going through the time line and it is a long time.”
Besides talking in detail about what medical school is like, the people at admissions the best ways to try and get in to medical school.
“In admissions I learned where to go and what to do if I want to get into Medical school, so that was really helpful,” senior Allison Arnold said.
The program also taught students about what path they would need to take after high school in order to become a doctor.
“I learned that you have to go through your undergraduate, medical school, fellowship and then residency,” Moyer said.
The Doctor for a Day program was just one of many steps to launching these students’ medical careers.
“I will either go to Baker or KU for undergradu-ate school,” Arnold said. “If I go to Baker, I will go to their nursing school which is a really great program. After I graduate, I’ll try to get into Medical School and if I don’t make it in, at least I will have my nursing degree.”
by allison harwood
"...I wrote about how Pre-Med has made me more interested in the medical field..."
Seniors explore the medical field in new
Pre-Med class
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years it takes to become a doctor
Seniors Kyanne Hall and David Nichols get into character as they film the Jersey Shore themed homecoming video. Photo by megan engleman
From Left: Kyanne Hall, Kara Mishler, Allison Arnold, Amanda Moyer, Chloe Potela, Aly Frydman, Hannah Moore, Ahnawake Hartico, Jaclyn McCullough. Photo Submitted
I learned that you have to go through your undergraduate, medical school, fellowship and then residency.
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3Feature
September 29, 2010
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How the Firebird mascot evolved by allison morte
A lot of work went into developing the Free State Firebird that graces the front of yearbooks, t-shirts and our school today.
In February of 1996, a committee consisting of a Lawrence High student, junior high students, parents, teachers, the assistant principal, and the assistant superintendent was formed to decide the fate of the future Free State mascot and school colors.
Students and community members presented the committee with over 75 suggestions for a school mascot and colors. Suggestions ranged from The Free State Buffalo to The Free State Indians, and many com-munity members had strong opinions; however, the Free State Phoenix and Free State Firebird stood out amongst all the rest.
The committee selected 24 mascot representa-tions to appear on the ballot submitted to all seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth grade students living in the Free State attendance area. The future Free State students chose the Firebird as their new mascot.
“The Phoenix (or Firebird) was chosen by the city of Lawrence to symbolize the rising of a determined and resourceful city from the ashes of cruel Quant-rill’s raid,” Carol Henderson, who helped research the Firebird, said.
But then the hunt was on for the design of the Firebird. Many drawings and suggestions were sent to then Assistant Superintedant Randy Weseman for consideration.
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4Clubs
September 29, 2010
Same Club But a Different NameCourageous conversations, now "Can We Talk," returns for a second year
Can We Talk means more to its members than clubs usually do. It pro-vides a venue for students to de-stress and discuss important issues. For many students this club might not sound familiar because last year this club was known as Courageous Conversations.
Since Courageous Conversations was a name used and copyrighted by the author Glenn E. Singleton, the club’s name had to be changed. Singleton is the founder of the movement to provide guidance for educators and the under-served and often misunderstood African American student population.
“We went to Can We Talk in order to receive grants, and for copyright pur-poses we had to change the name,” Can We Talk advisor Charles Thomas said.
CWT now meets every Thursday during seminar in room 152. New This Year...
This year Can We Talk plans to take fi eld trips to Kansas City’s Negro League, jazz and baseball museums, visit local college campuses, and interact
with LHS’s “Can We Talk” group, along with projects.
“This year [the club] will defi nitely get more involved with the community, going to agricultural museums, doing community service and doing more activities outside [the school],” junior Allyson Jordan said.It's All in the Name...
During club meetings, students have discussions about matters that eventu-ally reach everyone in the group.
“During our last meeting, one of the teachers here, Cris Hunt, was talking about her childhood and how it was different from mine or a person of Cau-casian race. We talked about different things like sex, and how the world views women as inferior to men and men
superior to women,” junior Raven Graves said.
This club is important in the eyes of many students
because it’s a chance for them to re-ally open up with one another about relationships, teen emergencies, religion, race and their different backgrounds. Seeking Feedback...
“If you have a problem with a teacher you can discuss it, or if you have a problem with your friends, you can come to this group and bounce ideas off a lot of other people. You can always get a lot of feedback from different types of people,” Green said.
“In a way [Can we talk] can bring up your confi dence because you might see that it’s not as hard for you. At the same time it’s good because you can
realize that other people might need help or maybe a smile doesn't hurt, it’s good for anyone,” senior Ashleigh Lot-tinville said. Ladies Welcome...
An change students may note is a change in membership. Last year Can We Talk seemed to be a club mainly for minority-group males, but this year the club’s include females all races.
“What had happened was last year we didn’t have a female to run it as a facilitator for the group so that's why we had more men than women. As far as the organization starting we got a lot of calls about the subject, so that’s when we decided to let females in, but this year we have three female faculty, [Samantha] Newlin, [Alice] Karakas and Hunt, they are going to be running the female portion of it,” Thomas said.
The next ‘Can We Talk’ meeting is Thursday, October 7, in room 152, and anyone is welcome and encouraged to join.
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If you have a problem with a teacher you can discuss it, ...if you have a problem with your friends, you can come to this group and bounce ideas off a lot of other people.
5Feature
September 29, 2010
Traditions are important to the high school experience. Yet every once in a while a tradition, even one as vital to high school as Homecoming, needs some alterations. During this year’s Homecoming nominations, some students sought to change the tradition and expand the ballot.
“Kids in special education, with lower IQ’s were not allowed to be on the ballot," senior Aly Frydman said. "We wanted to change that so that if the senior class wanted them to be on [the ballot] they could be.”
“I felt that there shouldn’t be discrimination on the homecoming ballot, and that all names should be on it, regardless [of education level],” senior Audrey Hughes said.
Seniors Aly Frydman, Bailey Knowlton and Audrey Hughes led the way to change the ballot when they discovered a close friends of theirs, senior Owen Pharris, a student in special education classes, was not included. They were outraged.
“I met Owen my sophomore year and last year [Audrey and I] took him to Winter Formal. Frydman said. “He’s one of the nicest kids I’ve met; if anyone deserves to be a Homecoming candidate, it’s him. Owen is the light of my life, he is just the greatest kid, and when I saw that his name was not on [the ballot] I was furious.”
The trio of seniors talked to the Student Council sponsor and to vice principal Lisa Boyd who was running the voting. She did not know why the special education students were left off the ballot, and she did not know how to help in any way. Boyd declined to comment for this story.
Wanting answers, they made petitions and circu-lated them throughout the school until the end of the day on Friday, September 3. Over 800 signatures were collected from like-minded students. Once they had the signatures, Frydman, Knowlton and Hughes took the petition and their concerns to Principal Ed West, who agreed with the girls, and put the changes in mo-tion.
“I agreed with [the girls],”West said. “A re-vote that included all eligible students seemed not only necessary, but a natural extension of what we are striving to become as a united student body.”
The following Wednesday a re-vote was held, this time with the full ballot.
Some students have been wondering why the special education students were not allowed on the ballot in the first place. While these girls showed great compassion and understanding to those in special education, not every student does. One of the reasons they were left off the ballot in the past was to protect them from cruelty by general education students. Administrators were worried special educa-tion kids might be nominated as a joke or a mean-spirited prank.
Many people believe that the senior class shown greater maturity and tolerance. They hope that this tradition is one that the student body will sustain.
“It was for all the kids, for all of them to come in future years, those who are at all the sporting events, who support our school, they are awesome kids,” Frydman said. “They should have the same opportuni-ties as the rest of us.”
Homecoming Heroes Seniors fight for the inclusion of special education students on ballot
by miranda davis
photos by megan engleman Top right; seniors Audrey Hughes and Owen Pharris put their acting skills to the test during the filming of the Jersey Shore themed homecoming video. Bottom right; seniors Sebi Schoneich and Reilly Moore strut out of the building while filming the video. Bottom left; 2010-2011 homecoming candidates: Patrick Cartarr, Kelcy Bowers, Audrey Hughes, Owen Pharris, Hayley Francis, Will Libeer, Calvert Pfannenstiel, Erin Ice, Annie Libeer, Cali Brasseur, Devante Green, Jordan Parsons, Steve Norris, Rachel Heeb, Sebi Schoneich, Reilly Moore, Aly Frydman, David Nichols, Kyanne Hall, Lexi Griffith, Cale Nieder, Evan Manning, Tony Libeer, Emma Cormack.
A re-vote that included all eligible students seemed not only
necessary, but a natural extension of what we are striving to become as a
united student body.
With expansive concrete walls and dusty fl oors, this rarely seen room wasn’t even known to exist by choir director Hilary Morton until 2009. The room can only be accessed through a door in the costume closet.Who has access: Performing arts teachers, administration, tech staff and janitorial staff.What you didn’t know about the “secret room”: The room contains computer hardware, stacks of broken chairs and a ladder leading to the roof above the auditorium. Excitement level: 4/5
Located above the sound booth via a spiral staircase, the costume closet houses all the clothing used in theatre produc-tions. Hundreds of articles of clothing line the walls and props are strewn on shelves.Who has access: Performing arts teachers and janitorial staff.What you didn’t know about the costume closet: The closet offers a locked entrance into the “secret room”.Excitement level: 2/5
A part of the anonymous donor’s addition to the football complex offers shelter and a great view of the football fi eld to those important enough not to have to sit in the stands. The press box is accessed via stairs behind the west stadium.Who has access: Administrative staff, team coaches and local media outlets.What you didn’t know about the press box: A ladder leads to the roof where camera crews fi lm the games. The scoreboard is controlled from a console inside the press box.Excitement level: 3/5
Easily the most laid back location in the fi eld guide, the Firebird Productions Studio is located within the Firebird Productions offi ce, Room 134. Miscel-laneous rap music plays while fi lm students discuss various responsibilities for school event videos.Who has access: Firebird Productions students, fi lm staff and janitorial staff.What you didn’t know about the studio: The room contains lights, a stage, sound systems and a Foghorn Leghorn doll.Excitement level: 3/5
This obscure attic of the building houses air conditioners, back up servers and extra desks. Several buildings house these necessi-ties above the second fl oor classrooms. The third fl oor can only be accessed by the mid-hallway elevator. Doors from the main third fl oor building lead out onto the roof where other third fl oor build-ings can be accessed.Who has access: Administration, tech
staff and janitorial staff. What you didn’t know about the third fl oor: When the temperature rises the asphalt on the roof becomes
squishy. Originally the architects of the school planned a green house above the library, it would be accessed by a door in room 244 (?). Excitement level: 4/5
76Feature Feature
September 29, 2010 September 29, 2010
As only a single part of the myriad people who have passed through the Free State doors for the past 13 years, one rarely stops to consider how each unseen element of our school comes together to form a single entity. The many components of the building not seen by students consist of dark rooms, stacks of equipment, power generators and even a third fl oor. Welcome to the Free State “Behind the Walls” fi eld guide.
Kitchen: The only place busier than the hallways is the school kitchen. The staff also cook and send food to four local elementary schools, the Bert Nash Health Center, the school district building and the All-Star Pizza & Grill The kitchen can be accessed through the hallway adjacent to the auditorium. Who has access: Administration, janitorial staff and kitchen staff.What you didn’t know about the kitchen: The kitchen has a staff locker-room and a walk-in freezer. Those cookies served in the cafeteria are made with whole-wheat ingredi-ents. Excitement level: 3/5
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8Lifestyle
September 29, 2010
During lunch, while most kids have the tough deci-sion choosing between the chicken nuggets and the pepperoni pizza some kids can skip right to the pb&j sandwich and salad bar. Not every student can afford that luxury. Maybe they’re allergic to certain ingredients or maybe they just don’t eat them by choice.
“I’ve been a vegetarian since ninth grade,” senior Victoria Gilman said.
Gilman said the change in her eating habits wasn’t a moral decision but she began to realize how carnal biting into meat felt.
“It felt like I was biting into fl esh,” Gilman said.Many students might think that cutting all meat
from their diet would be particularly hard Gilman doesn’t think so, but she does offer some advice for those beginning vegetarians out there.
“Don’t become vegetarian if you don’t want to.” she said.
And while vegetarianism can be pretty tough some people take it one step further. Junior, Serena Farb, has been a vegan her entire life.
“[My parents] said I could be whatever I want
when I was seven even though I’d always been a vegan,” Farb said. “So I just decided to stay vegan.”
Vegans are a somewhat more hardcore version of a vegetarian. While both reject meat, vegans take it a lit-tle further by not eating any kind of animal byproduct.
“It’s really not as hard as it seems. There are a lot of good alternatives, and almost everything has a vegan substitute,” she said.
Instead of eating meat Farb said her family eats a lot of homegrown vegetables and stir-fry, but there are a lot of other alternatives including tofu that tastes like assorted meats.
But while such a diet is a preference for some, oth-ers don’t have so much. One such is sophomore Kathy Olcott, who is allergic to corn.
“It’s not too hard [to overcome] I can eat food with traces of corn,” said Olcott, “but I can’t eat regular corn and popcorn.”
Though she states it isn’t too hard to cut corn from her diet Olcott admitted that it has changed parts of her life outside of school.
“Being allergic to popcorn has made going
to the movies a lot less fun and its made me eat a lot more vegetables,” she said.
Other students choose what they eat carefully for reasons other than allergies and vegetarianism. Some are not allowed to eat certain foods for religious reasons.
“I’m not allowed to consume any pork products or alcohol,” junior Nora Elbayoumy said.
Elbayoumy practices the Islam religion. Not only does she refrain from eating certain meats and alcohol-ic beverages, she fasts for one month out of the year.
“Sometimes it’s hard to fi nd food that doesn’t have pork or alcohol products in it,” Elbayoumy said. “But it’s not that bad and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything.”
A lot of students go through the lunch line grab-bing hamburgers sweating with grease, yellow-tinted corn, and frozen cartons of 2% milk, but others who eat differently help make this school more diverse.
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2 Eat fruits and vegetables of all colors
*It is easier to get a variety of vitamins and minerals this way
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9Sports
If there is strength in numbers, this year’s cross country team has strength in surplus. The Free State cross country team is the largest it’s ever been. With over 80 members, the team has more than doubled from its almost 40 runners last year. The cross country coaches have been trying to figure why the team grew in size. “We’ve been talking, as coaches, about that and we really can’t pin it down as to why so many kids are out this year,” cross country coach Phil Mitchell said. “I think it’s just that the kids we had out last year are very popular people”. Free State is relatively bigger compared to other teams.
“There are some teams that are very small and there are some teams that have well over 100 people,” Mitch-ell said. For many runners, this is their first year doing cross country which leads to the challenge of figuring out how to get so many new runners started without hurt-ing them. Regardless of the large number of newcomers, the season is going great and expectations are high. “I think we’re going to be very good, with that many kids, we’re going to have some depth,” Mitchell said. “We’re going to be really good at the junior varsity and c-team races and of course we’ve got a number of good varsity runners so it should be a pretty good year,”
Many veteran runners enjoy the larger team. “There are positives and negatives to having small and big [teams],” junior Hailey Donley said. “I like it big, though. You have a lot of energy coming from a lot of different places.” Cross country is a very friendly and social sport. ”You get to talk to people and hang out with your friends,” sophomore Fletcher Koch said. “Other sports like basketball, you’re constantly in practice. You could talk but it would be a lot harder.” Will this trend continue and lead to an even bigger team next year? “If it is, we’re going to have to get some more uniforms,” Mitchell said.
Torn muscles, ripped ligaments, and dislocated appendages are only a few of the injuries Free State athletes have sustained mere weeks into the year.
Junior Tim Turner re-injured his shoulder on September 13 while doing tackling drills at football practice. Last year, Turner did the original damage to his shoulder around the third week into football season when he dislocated his shoulder and tore his labrum ligament. He will be going into surgery at the end of September and will be out of contact sports for six months.
Regardless of the wait, he stays opti-mistic, “I know that even though it’s hurt and it’s kind of sore right now, it’s going to be repaired and I'm going to be much better in the future and there shouldn't be any problems,” Turner said.
At the first home football game senior Devante Green injured his knee. Green suffered a complete tear of his MCL and a partial tear to his PCL, both knee ligaments.
“At first, it hurt and I thought it was just another injury,” Green said. “Then I got up and I couldn’t put pressure on it and that’s when I knew something wasn’t right”.
Green started knee rehab and suf-fered no permanent damage besides that of an easier chance of re-tearing the ligaments in the future. If everything goes according to plan, Green should be back on the field in about three weeks.
While at a gymnastics meet, sopho-more Brooke Leslie fell off bars and landed in-between two mats. Leslie’s main neck and back muscle were torn in the process. Leslie had to wear a neck brace for a few days and has been out of cheer and gymnastics for a few weeks.
“We’ve had a couple of nasty breaks, things that just look gross, in the end, they’ve been fine, they’re ok,” certified athletic trainer Anna Manternach said.
Manternach explains that the worst injuries aren't usually the ones that look bad from the outside that most people expect to be really bad.
“If I’ve got kids that lose feeling or function in the extremities and they tell me their back hurts, those are the ones that concern me the most,” Manternach said.
Thankfully, no serious permanent damage has been taken by anyone as of yet and everyone should eventually return to their sport.
Pushing Through the Pain
by chris allmon
by chris allmon
Injured athletes face surgery and therapy to eventually return to their sports
Runners show enthusiasm because of larger cross country team
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11Opinion
September 29, 2010
Bye Bye Open Lunch?The school day is long; we all know it. By the time
fourth hour rolls around, the thirty minutes of lunch are our savior. Having the ability to leave the school to run home and eat or grab something we forgot is awesome as well. Soon this much-needed break might be taken away.
On top of the gain of freshmen next year, the school board is studying another huge change: the end of open lunch. The topic has risen more than once, but the reason as to why they would take it away is a little shady. They claim it is for our “safety, nutrition, and even personal finances.”
Well, thank you school board, we’re glad you care so much about us, but seriously? According to the Lawrence Journal-World, no board member or high school administrator can remember one time when a student was injured off-campus while at lunch. There has never before been a problem with open lunch, but now, with freshmen moving up, it suddenly must be changed. Clearly we have proven that we can handle
having open lunch, but the school board says it’s ready for change.
As for taking away open lunch being for our nutri-tion, that’s ridiculous. The cafeteria food isn’t awful, but a lot of us who do partake in open lunch go home for lunch, where we save money and eat food we choose. Also, places like Juice Stop and Subway are healthy open lunch options. Isn’t high school about learning what works best for us? If we can’t learn what nutri-tion and financial choices work best for us before we leave the nest, how will we survive college?
To make it even worse, they’re willing to make it a “privilege” to certain students. Huh. Take away some-thing we are allowed to do and make it something we have to earn. Yeah. That makes sense. That’s really going to inspire us to work harder. Basically, because the school board can, they’ll take away open lunch for the sake of “change”.
A slightly better option, yet still unfair, is making open lunch available only to juniors and seniors. It
makes some sense because no freshmen can drive and not a lot of sophomores can, but those sophomores who can drive passed their driving tests. They’re not posing a huge threat.
The school board is attempting to make a smoother transition to a four year high school by taking away open lunch. Honestly, those of us who are going to have to share the school with the freshmen aren’t exactly thrilled, and taking away open lunch isn’t going to make us love them any more. Not to men-tion the fact that our lunch room is the Commons. It’s not huge. During lunch it can get pretty full, adding an entire grade is not going to be pleasant.
To sum it up, we get what the school board is trying to do, but taking away open lunch isn’t going to help the transition of freshmen into the high schools. It’s just going to make us mad and prevent us from having the delicious Chipotle burrito bowl we’ve been craving all day and picking up the homework assign-ment we left at home.
"I think it's dumb because then the cafeteria will be over-capacity."
Sydney McBride-Ramlerjunior
"I think that would suck because school lunch is so expensive, and the food's not as good as going out to lunch."
Dallas Brownsophomore
"It seems like restrictive of freedom."
Haylo Piercieysenior
School board ponders keeping students on-campus
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12Lawrence Guide
Lawrence
September 29, 2010
GuideLooking for something to do? Here is the guide for upcoming events in and around Lawrence
October 2Vampire Weekend / Beach House / The Very Best
($32)@ Starlight, Kansas City
Although most students have heard of Vampire Weekend, I recommend attending this concert just to see the two opening bands. Beach House and The Very Best make it worth the $32, even without Vampire Weekend.
While each band has a very unique sound, chances are if you like one, you’ll enjoy all three. In fact, Ezra Koenig, front-man of Vampire Weekend makes a guest appear-ance on one of The Very Best’s debut album, “Warm Heart of Africa”.
Each of the three bands newest albums earned the esteemed title of “Best New Music” by music website Pitchfork.com. Beach House played at the Granada ear-lier this year, but there was some confusion as to whether or not there was an age restriction.
Rest assured, this is your chance to see them as this is defi nitely an all ages show. September 4 - October 17 @ Bonner SpringsRenaissance Festival ($15.95 adv)
Hark now, methinks I do hear the sounds of the Renais-sance Festival. Each of the seven weekends of this festival has a different theme, so even if thou hast already been, there’s bound to be something new each time ‘round.
With live jousting and free belly dance lessons in the same venue, thou cannot go wrong. I am most looking forward to the Highland Games on October 2-3. This will include spear, axe and stone throwing. This festival has over 16 stages to fulfi ll all thy musical needs.
Hark teachers and students above the age of 18: thy search for the perfect venue to marry thy loved one ends here. From the Queen’s Tea Room to the Pub Deck, the Kansas City Re-naissance Festival has a total of four magical settings for thee to choose from. If that isn’t enough, the festival includes over 100 artisan booths and is also pet friendly.
October 2 @ Downtown Lawrence Scion Garage Fest (FREE)
Scion is holding a free music festival at four of the downtown Lawrence music venues. There will be a total of 28 bands playing at the Jackpot, Bottleneck, Liberty Hall and Granada.
A few of these artists include Best Coast, Times New Viking, The Raveonettes and King Khan & The Shrines. Although students might not be aware of the bands performing, there isn’t anything to lose as this is a free music festival.
The only catch is that entry is not guaran-teed. RSVP for this event has closed, so show up before the fi rst band starts at four. by ryan loecker
