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LMS student creates a winning cartoon

Entrants were asked to draw what the First Amendment meant to them personally

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Stacy Yakouba, an eighth-grader at Liberty Middle School, won honorable mention in a nationwide First Amendment contest. Her cartoon depicts staffers at the entertainment news website, TMZ.com, discussing freedom of speech.

Stacy Yakouba used her love of popular culture to create a winning cartoon.

The Liberty Middle School eighth-grader, along with more than 1,300 other students from around the country, entered the First Amendment Cartoon Contest.

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