Monthly Archives: January, 2015

SNL’s take on Ferguson protests

In early December of 2014, SNL filmed a dress rehearsal for a skit called “Morning News” which poked fun at the events occurring in...

Fall Out Boy’s “American Beauty/American Psycho” review

After releasing multiple new songs when fans least expected it, Fall Out Boy finally released their new album “American Beauty/American Psycho” on Jan 20....

Deflate Gate: the world’s dumbest sports controversy

“The New England Patriots have cheated their way into Super Bowl XLIX.” Everyone’s been hearing about it for nearly two weeks now. Every news article,...

A very “popular” musical

The musical The New York Times called "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" traveled to the Durham Performing Arts Center. Wicked, the story of the Wicked Witch...

Leesville Basketball overcomes deficit to upset Broughton

Tuesday night, the Leesville men’s basketball team overcame an early 14-point deficit to defeat Broughton at home by a score of 58-51. The Pride (10-9,...

Amoeba Culture presents “The First Chapter” in the US

Korea’s hip-hop heavyweights are finally here! Korean record label Amoeba Culture has announced that they will be hosting two concerts in the United States,...

Leesville Middle to host Play 4 Kay tournament

February 7, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Leesville Middle School girls basketball team will be hosting a 3v3 basketball tournament in...

Supernatural seasons 10 and 11

Supernatural is a fictional horror and drama show that has just been picked up again by the CW Network for an eleventh season. The...

A case for cats

“A dog is a man’s best friend.” “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.” We’ve all grown...

Heritage stuns Leesville Basketball in final seconds

For 31 minutes of basketball on Friday night, Leesville and Heritage played to a deadlocked 58-58 tie in a battle for third place in...

Leesville swimming concludes regular season

The Leesville swimming team will enter next week’s Cap-8 Conference championships with momentum after another strong showing in Wednesday’s meet. Facing teams from Cary, Holly...

Students win in battle of grading equality

On Saturday, January 4, it was announced that after much protest and petition regarding the decision to only change freshmen and not the whole...

Leesville Road widening project update

Leesville Road sees heavy traffic every day, with some 24-30 thousand vehicles commuting on the road each day. The traffic is especially bad during...

Fighting for Education

In a world of news titles saying “More Than 131 Killed in Taliban Attack on School,” “How Pakistan Fails Its Children” and “Taliban Destroy...

Meghan Trainor releases predictable album

Meghan Trainor, the artist responsible for the overplayed “All About That Bass,” released her first album, Title, January 9 after hitting the top of...

Mainstage takes a dark turn

On January 8 and 9, Leesville's honors theatre class, Mainstage, put on an enthralling production of Before Juliet, a sharp contrast to last year's...

Strongest flu epidemic in the 21st century?

If you haven’t gotten a flu shot, it might be time to change that. Thursday, January 8th, the NC Department of Health and Human Services...

Breaking A Sweat into 2015

The start of a new year comes with the lacing up of old tennis shoes and the signing of gym membership forms. This fresh...

Analyzing Interstellar: The power of the visual medium

2014 was arguably one of the greatest years in terms of movies that has been seen for a long time, such as Boyhood, Birdman,...

Dubsmash app, a review

Some days ago, I noticed a special activity going on on Facebook. Many of my Irish friends were posting videos, where they appeared to...

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