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The Patriot Press

Forum for student expression since 1977

The Patriot Press

Forum for student expression since 1977

The Patriot Press

Why Liberty’s flip teaching isn’t working

Jacqueline Rayfield, Opinion Editor September 3, 2014

Recently, Liberty’s Pre-Calculus teachers have joined the ranks of teachers using flip teaching. This experimental Pre-Calculus unit is meant to test whether this new teaching technique will be effective...

Liberty’s AP teachers deserve appreciation

September 3, 2014

It’s one in the morning, and your eyes begin to glaze over as you stare at the computer screen, your half-typed essay glaring right back. Completely unable to fathom why any teacher would ever even consider...

Overcoming a new crisis of confidence

Sydney Dybing, Opinion Editor September 3, 2014

Anyone who is aware of history or current events knows that women have made a lot of progress in advancing equality in the last century; however, there is still visible evidence of prejudice against women...

School utters collective post-AP sigh

Shelby Lex, Editor-In-Chief September 3, 2014

Everything you’ve worked towards this entire year is crammed into 190 minutes of pure torture and agonizing stress that makes your head pound. Your hands cramp, your neck aches from looking down, you’re...

RIP Dead Week

Anna Malesis, Managing Editor September 3, 2014

Remember back in first semester of freshman year when finals week was bearing down on you for the very first time? So young and so naïve, you didn’t think to question your teachers when they told you...

Vehicles scream “thin privilege!”

Sydney Dybing, Opinion Editor September 3, 2014

Over the past year that I’ve had my driver’s license, I have become a practiced expert in parking enormous vehicles. Now, with a smaller truck, you would think parking would be an effortless task…...

The Admin Perspective

Hannah Matson, Creative Director September 3, 2014

Short-wearing students, breathe a collective sigh of relief: Liberty’s administration has no intention of trespassing on your right to don the fashion-forward, warm-weather garment. Every year, the...

In defense of “short shorts”

Jacqueline Rayfield, Opinion Editor September 3, 2014

As the sun is coming out, Liberty students are beginning to shed their layers of winter clothing for warmer, and often more revealing, options. Exhibit one: the bro tank. Walking around campus, it’s...

Crummy closed career center

Stephanie Hays, Opinion Editor May 8, 2014

The career center closed itself to hungry, food scarfing, rabble rousing teenagers during lunch just a couple weeks ago. While students are still free to enter at their leisure, the inevitable food that...

Update your blog!

Jordan Carlson, Staff Writer May 8, 2014

School’s over and it’s time to go home. The only thought is to relax. Finally, the evening arrives and it’s time to start cramming for the day ahead. As always checking the teacher’s blog for the...

Tiger Mountain’s new emphasis on “community”

Amanda Roberts, Staff Writer May 8, 2014

There has been a lot of talk about the possible closing of Tiger Mountain Alternative High School, and the question everyone is asking is: how would it affect the students at Liberty? The plan is this:...

The new SAT and you

Joel Tinseth, Staff Writer May 8, 2014

Select the answer that best fits the sentence: I never want to see that murderer. He is a(n) ________ to me. (a) anathema, (b) effrontery, (c) hegemony, (d) nobody cares! If you feel that answer d is correct,...

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