Graduation is fast approaching for seniors.  With less than nine days left of school, not including the senior assembly and exams, senioritis has taken hold of many seniors. However, even though the thought of summer and college is more interesting to some seniors than learning vocabulary words, many have continued to work hard and achieved [...]

Leesville’s stadium has always been a source of pride for students and faculty; however, it instills even more pride in those whose name will stay in the stadium long after they have gone.   The “Pathway to Pride” honors students, friends, coaches and loved ones.  For $50 a student can purchase a brick that is [...]

Stellar Kart rocks the music world once again with their new album Everything is Different Now, released at the end of February. Stellar Kart has changed their sound for this record, but nothing too drastic, mainly the lyrics; the band decided to turn to praise and worship songs rather than the relational ones they have [...]

Ms. Hoban recently published a book titled National Dance Education Standards.  The book was published and distributed by Human Kinetics. The book is a collection of lesson plans and assessments compiled by a group of dance teachers.  It is user friendly and set up in a way so that teachers who are unsure of how [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

After the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, the music world sprang into action. 100 artists banded together to remake Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie’s song “We Are The World” to aid relief efforts in Haiti.  This version of the song marks its 25th anniversary. When the song was first written in 1985, it raised [...]

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 [...]

There are many religions at Leesville and several clubs where these students can fellowship with others who share their religious beliefs. Christians are one group of students who show their faith at school.  Clubs such as the Christian Student Association (CSA) and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) continue to draw in people year after [...]

On Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 01:34:14 a.m. a massive earthquake struck offshore Maule, Chile. The earthquake was a magnitude 8.8, 500 times stronger than the one in Haiti.  However, despite the strength of the quake, the death toll remains low.  A recent count determined that at least 279 people have been killed in the [...]

The Blind Side is about an under-privileged, under-educated teenage boy who finds hope in a wealthy family who takes him in. The story follows Michael Oher, (played by Quinton Aaron) an African American high school boy whose height and weight earn him the name “Big Mike.”  Michael is from a broken home and does not [...]

The Presidential Volunteer Service Award ceremony has been postponed for the third time this year. The awards were supposed to be given out in November, but because they were not shipped on time, the ceremony was pushed back to December.  The awards still failed to arrive, so the date was pushed back further to January.  [...]

The completion of the Graduation Project was deemed optional at the end of the ‘08-‘09 school year.  However, approximately 30 students still chose to continue it with the assurance that they would receive a cord at graduation for its completion. Recently, rumors have been going around that the cord has been replaced by a pin. [...]

The downward spiral of the housing market has left many people more than a little disheartened. Despite the hopes of the market rising again soon, it is expected to take another turn for the worst.  The downward trek of the housing market has been said to be the worst since the Great Depression, hitting the [...]

Mind reading machines seem like a far-fetched, futuristic idea that will never come true except in science fiction movies and books.  But according to recent proposals made by security experts, they could be a reality in the near future. The purpose of these machines would be to read the body language and mind of passengers [...]