On March 11, Leesville Latin students along with 135,000 students from around the world took the National Latin Exam. Mr. and Mrs. Mash, or ‘Magister and Magistra’ as they are known by their students, held several afterschool study sessions for those students who wanted to be better prepared for the test. “The test does not [...]

In 2009, digital music sales revenues increased by $4.2 billion.  However, total revenue fell by 12%.  The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry blames digital piracy for much of slump in profits. The Federation also estimated that illegal downloads now account for almost 95% of all music downloads. The music industry is not the only [...]

On Saturday, April 10, I threw out everything I thought I knew about baked goods. This is because on that beautiful Saturday afternoon, I found myself enjoying a marvelous cupcake at The Cupcake Shoppe in downtown Raleigh. Upon entering the quaint shop, I surveyed the environment. The walls of the small establishment were decorated in [...]

High School is different than any other type of grade because everything begins to matter. The grade made in freshman year gym will be seen by college four years later. A few bad grades will add up and could alter the college decision process. However, when most students are trying to get by, a few [...]

On Friday March 19 Leesville held its second blood drive this year. The drive contributed 115 units of blood and was an astounding success, which will end up saving a little over 300 lives. The American Red Cross set up donor stations throughout the auxiliary gym where donors went through a four step process involving [...]

Some Leesville students plan to enter the Armed Services after they receive their diploma. The possibility of going to war and joining the military is a less popular option for high school students at Leesville; the class of 2009 only had six students join. “Going right into the army is way too much responsibility for [...]

Students in higher-level Spanish classes strive toward more than just good grades. With fluency in mind, many students embrace the challenge of extending their second language skills beyond the classroom. Leesville offers Latin, French, and Spanish—with both Spanish and Latin offered at the A.P. level (French is not).  Latin, though, is a “dead” language, and [...]

“ChaCha is amazing.  It answers all my questions no matter how strange they are, like when I want to know who smells funny,” said Phillip Langley, junior. Langley is talking about ChaCha, a mobile answers text service company that launched in January 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival.  Thousands of people have joined this service [...]

Wednesday, March 24 marked the completion of the Graduation Project for fifteen students. Seniors have been hearing about the Graduation Project since they were freshmen but were told not to worry about it until their junior year.  But even though the research did not start right away, the class of 2010 knew it was coming [...]

Were we meant to swallow those horse-sized multi-vitamins for our health? Consider this: a recent article in Readers Digest, “Vitamin Truths & Lies” by Christie Ashwanden, claims that taking a daily multi-vitamin may be a waste of money, and perhaps, a risk to our health. So yes, my friends—file:///S:/Groups/Newspaper/April/for%20posting/Posted/Editorial_Duncan_Movies.docthe years of ingesting those dreaded, chalky [...]

Movie prices have been steadily rising for years now, but with the recent rise in 3D movies, they have been spiked even more. Since theatre chains have realized that people are willing to pay more to get the “3D experience” they have greedily taken advantage of their customers, making them pay nearly double. A non-3D [...]

Although most high school students think of Spring Break as a time for beaches and relaxation, many Leesville juniors took advantage of a long break from school to make college visits. Some students took guided tours, others sat in on college classes, and some just wandered the campuses of the schools they were most interested [...]

Prom evokes many emotions: excitement, nervousness, joy, etc. Your wallet does not feel the same way. Preparation for The Big Night takes time, effort, patience and, above all, money. Females especially have difficulty in managing a budget after factoring in the costs for a dress, shoes, jewelry, limo, hair and more. Some have found a [...]

Greg Taylor, who was convicted of the murder of a prostitute sixteen years ago, was released from his life sentence a month ago when the North Carolina Innocence Commission unanimously cleared him of all charges. He and his family had been protesting the conviction since 1993, when Taylor was first sent to prison, but every [...]

My family and I chose to visit Captain Stanley’s Calabash Seafood on Falls of the Neuse Road, wanting some good seafood at a reasonable price. Although we predicted that it would be a little Red Lobster-esque, we had high hopes upon entering the restaurant. The first thing we noticed was the décor. Model ships, portholes [...]