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Room 125: The LHS Podcast

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Lawrence High School students produce this podcast about news and events at LHS.

School reorganization: What's at stake

25 October 2009

Lawrence School Board members are poised to talk about how adding ninth-graders to the high schools would affect space at Lawrence High School and Free State High School. This week, Room 125, the LHS student podcast, talks to Superintendent Rick Doll, teachers and students about what is at stake in possible school reorganization.

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OMG, a podcast about texting

13 October 2009

OMG. LOL. GTG. 10 years ago, only about 2 percent of US residents used texting. Now, nearly 18.5 billions texts are sent a month — primarily by teens. Today, Room 125, the Lawrence High School student podcast, looks at the pervasiveness of texting and its impact on teens and teen life

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The Obama student speech

30 September 2009

Media students at Lawrence High School talk about President Barack Obama's speech to students in their first "Room 125" podcast of the year.

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Nilhas speaks, and more on Skyward

26 February 2009

In this episode of Room 125, we talk to Principal Steve Nilhas about his decision to resign, and continue our look at trust and the use of Skyward software.

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Vegetarian vampires, satire, and Skyward

12 January 2009

A look at the "Twilight" phenomenon as well as a student satire website and Skyward, Lawrence High's new monitoring system.

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Superintendent search, Coldplay, and election aftermath

20 November 2008

Today on Room 125, students share their hopes about Obama’s victory and their frustration at the passage of Proposition 8. Also, we have some advice for the school board about their search for a new superintendent and we’ll listen to a review of Coldplay’s new album and a student short story.

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Election Day approaches

3 November 2008

Election Day approaches, and Lawrence High students have opinions even if all of them don't have a vote.

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Evolution of fear

31 October 2008

It's Halloween and today on Room 125, the Lawrence High School student podcast, we'll look at fear from a high school perspective. We've grown up ... and so have our fears.

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Forgetting the lessons of 'The Breakfast Club'

8 October 2008

A new ad campaign from JC Penney calls upon the 1985 teen movie but drops the message of moving beyond stereotypes. Room 125 looks at high school stereotypes, what it means to fit in and what it means to stand out.

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Lawrence High Schools: Separate and Unequal?

16 May 2008

Over the past few weeks, the Lawrence school board has made plans to improve and upgrade the athletic facilites at both Lawrence High School and Free State High School, in a way to make them more equal. While these changes are much needed and appreciated, today on Room 125, the Lawrence High School student podcast, we'll look at the larger issue of inequity between Lawrence high and Free State, particularly in relation to funding and socioeconomic difference of the student populations and why this issue remains greatly unacknowledged.

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