In the next few months, students at Leesville may no longer be able to stop by Cabana Tans on the way home from school to work on their pre-spring break and pre-summer tans. On Thursday, March 25, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended stricter controls on tanning beds, especially for those under the [...]

Strolling to the mailbox on a Saturday afternoon soon may be a luxury only our generation remembers.  During the past two years, the U.S. Postal Service has lost more than three billion dollars due to an extreme drop in the volume of the mail it processes each day. To ease the estimated seven billion dollar [...]

As the age old adage goes: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” As made clear by their recent actions, the Wake County school board believed the current busing system  in place since 2000 was broken. The School Board chose to end the diversity policy on a decisive 5 to 4 vote for the good [...]

On March 10, 2010, April Grossi was one of five WCPSS seniors to receive an Artists of Tomorrow scholarship, made available by the City of Raleigh Arts Commission. After passing the application and interview processes, Grossi received $1000 to help pay for the college or university of her choice, which in her case is Elon [...]

The words “Girl Scouts” usually makes people think of cookies; however, most 11th and 12th grade Girl Scouts are actually working toward their Gold Award. The Gold Award is the highest achievement for a Girl Scout.  Many scouts drop out before they can achieve this aspiration, but the ones who remain a scout to the [...]

Lauren Winborne of Georgia is not your average woman. After losing both her senior prom date and a college boyfriend to fatal car accidents, she dedicated her life to speaking to teen students about their age groups’ leading cause of death: car accidents. Winborne visited Leesville Road High School on March 22, where a large [...]

For many cynical high school students, ‘can’t’ has become the default excuse for idleness.  I can’t get an A. I can’t do my homework.  I can’t arrive to class on time. Jessie Halpern, senior, however, embraced the inspiring words of Edgar A. Guest: “Can’t is the worst word that’s ever written or spoken.” Guest’s words [...]

Ten years ago, business at Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, and similar establishments was booming: not only did these companies rent out newly released games and movies, but they did it for a week at a time, for a price that was well below retail value.  Stores like Blockbuster had a monopoly on media entertainment and maintained [...]

As I wandered into Ted’s Montana Grill, I had no idea what to expect. I’d discovered the location purely by chance, overhearing two strangers at Triangle Town Center rave about the quality of their unique bison burgers, their specialty. The atmosphere hit me like a refreshing breeze, the lighting throughout the entire restaurant was dim, [...]

I am dying. Although it was not a long life, I was born in 1986, all 24 of my years were full of action. Legends such as Jerry Stackhouse, Antawn Jamison, and Vince Carter walked down my hallowed sky blue floors, not many other stadiums can make the same claim. Of course, I wouldn’t have [...]

On Wed. March 17, Leesville’s Lady Pride soccer team defeated the Sanderson Spartans 4-0. For the usually confident players, a few described the game as “nerve-racking” and were unsure how they would pull through. The Sanderson Spartans, previously undefeated, were tough to beat. “They have a really great team with high aspirations and ambition like [...]

On March 17 Leesville Road High School’s girls and boys track and field teams defeated Sanderson.  The men won 77-69 and the women won 76-68. Originally, however, Sanderson claimed victory on the girl’s side. Mark Mclamb, Leesville’s coach, said, “I double checked the score books and found several mistakes in the ‘Sanderson Scoring System;’our girls [...]

On Thursday, March 18, the Leesville high school orchestra will participate in Heritage Music Festival in Nashville. The Heritage Music Festival, which is celebrating its 30th year, was created by music educators who believed that performing arts students involved in band, chorus and orchestra should be provided with better performing opportunities. The non-competitive event has [...]

The Daily Collegian reported a study that revealed college females who rush sororities have lower self-esteem and worse body image than those who do not. The public’s response: No $%&#, Einstein. Northwestern University’s Ashley Marie Rolnik and Steven A. Miller of Argosy University, the innovationists who administered the study “Here’s looking at you: self-objectification, body [...]

Last year Leesville introduced a new course, Holocaust and Genocide, to the Social Studies Department. Students were attracted to the class for many different reasons. For starters, the course counts for an honors credit, causing many GPA lovers to enroll. However, not only does this course have credit appeal, but the content of the class [...]