Photo gallery: The day in photos, August 24, 2011

The day in photos, August 24, 2011

photo by: Mark Fagan

Erin Riley, a student at Free State High School, is angling to be featured in an American Eagle ad campaign — and is looking for voting help from her classmates and others.

photo by: Mike Yoder

One group of Lawrence High school students walk through cars dropping off other students Friday, August 19, 2011. With freshman now attending the high schools, traffic is busier at both high schools for dropping off and picking up students who can't drive or don't take the bus.

photo by: Nick Krug

Free State sophomore Stephen Fulton scans the vastness of the commons area before eventually finding a table of friends during the second lunch period on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 at Free State High School. After adding a class of ninth graders to both high schools, students at both Free State and Lawrence High are facing more crowded lunchrooms and more traffic congestion at the end of the school day.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Some of the 13 new Lawrence police recruits visit with city and police department officials after they were sworn in during a ceremony at the Investigations and Training Center on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. From left are Chris Schweer, Lauren Link, Sheri Stites, Meagan Horvath and Dean Kemppainen.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Dr. Orestes Marangos, a post-doctoral researcher in the Bioengineering Research Center, describes his work in testing different substances that potentially could be used in dental fillings.

photo by: Sarah Henning

Our haul for week 18 (plus green juice made with one of our CSA cucumbers).