Daily Archives: Feb 23, 2012

Facebook users hide behind News Feed

As I was scrolling through my newsfeed on Facebook one afternoon, I noticed an odd status; “like this status if u think im pretty”....

Hilburn undergoes hefty changes

Hilburn Academy, formerly known as Hilburn Drive Elementary, is transforming into a school containing grades K-8. In addition, the school will receive a major...

AP classes: important or impossible?

Advanced Placement classes. A major stress factor for many high school students. For the student wishing to receive those six points for their GPA,...

McDonalds: is it fast food or fat food?

Leesville High School students flock to McDonald's around lunch time. No matter which lunch it is, you can be sure to find at least...

The reasons for legalizing marijuana

There has been a recent movement within the states to legalize marijuana for medical uses. Already 16 states and Washington D.C. have legalized it...

NC winter more unseasonably warm than usual

Skirts, flip-flops, shorts and dresses fill the halls this winter more frequently than any other winter before. By this time last year, Raleigh had...

Recruiting: rigorous yet rewarding

A question many high school athletes struggle with is whether or not to play sports on the next level, at college. Despite common beliefs,...

Google announces new privacy policy

Lately, there has been a lot of buzz on the Internet about Google’s new privacy policies and, on March 1, Google’s new policies are...

What makes an AP class “AP?”

Of the appoximately 2,200 students who attend Leesville Road High School, between 15-20% of upperclassmen are enrolled in AP classes. The maximum number of...

New Apple e-books: e-nnovative

Recently, Apple updated their application iBooks to include textbooks and announced a new application called iBooks Author, allowing students and teachers alike to build...

The Vow doesn’t wow

The Vow seemed to have all the components to make a successful chic flic: a hunky leading man Leo (Channing Tatum), a wide-eyed female...

High expectations for spring track season

The 2011-2012 Leesville Track and Field team holds high hopes for the upcoming season. Many athletes are confident that at least a few of...

The Cupcake Shoppe takes the cake

Last year, if you wanted to buy an overpriced, quaintly decorated cupcake, you had to drive downtown. Two cupcake stores, Gigi’s Capcakes and The...

Farewell, varsity basketball seniors

As basketball season draws to a close, both the boys and girls teams set a night aside to celebrate their seniors. This year on...

Underclassmen revamp dance

Due to the lack of ticket sales, this year’s Winterfest Dance was cancelled, but there will still be a Winterfest assembly--Feb. 24. “I’m...

Sports obsession distracts from true American priorities

In 2011, 111 million people watched the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Superbowl XLV. Just over 50 million people...

Leesville swim season ends with a splash

When Matt Hurley, senior, was asked to describe his senior year swimming experience, he only used one word: “super-duper”. Well, one contraction. As...

Commercials are fun competition, not serious

As most semi-conscious Americans know, the Superbowl took place on Sunday, Feb. 5. The passionate New England Patriots and the New York Giants met...

Mrs. Harris plans her retirement

Mrs. Harris, an English teacher at Leesville, is retiring from a long, dutiful career on February 29. Harris began teaching in 1969 at Abingdon...

JoeVan Loco’s is poppin’

Although Popsicles and coffee don’t seem to mesh, a new espresso bar/frozen pop cafe recently opened on Creedmoor road. The shop, dubbed “JoeVan Loco”,...

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