Soccer senior night bittersweet
The men’s regular soccer season drew to a close Wednesday, October 20 in their last...
Band members take a seat
Starting in early October, the symphonic band began hosting their auditions for the 2010-2011 school...
DECA hosts food drive
From Monday, Oct. 11 to Saturday, Oct. 16, the DECA club held a canned food...
Leesville bathrooms: time to renovate
Everytime I walk into a bathroom at Leesville, I enter into a pit of despair....
Pride prepares for Cougars
When the Leesville Varsity football team travels to Wake Forest to take on the Cougars...
Mistakes: a coming-of-age experience
There are very few things throughout life that we don’t grow out of. As we...
Pumpkin patches create, bring back memories
October marks the beginning of a very exciting time of the year: pumpkin hunting. Pumpkin...
Who knew? State Fair offers healthy food
How do you eat fried butter? Apparently, it is served on a stick. It is...
Should have been Hillary
Just in time for Halloween, the crazies have come out—and I’m not just talking about...
2010 midterm elections raise questions about electability
As the midterm U.S. Senate and House of Representatives elections draw nearer, some things are...
Censorship at Leesville
Censorship, or a lack thereof, has always been a huge issue. Different societies, social classes...
State Fair a success for food lovers
On Monday, October 18, I took on my greatest food challenge yet by way of...
What every Rocky Horror virgin needs to know
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is coming to Raleigh Memorial Auditorium from October 28-31. Having...
…And when do we go to Pasadena?
Recently, the director of the Broughton High School Marching Band, J.R. Richardson, was informed that...
Body language reveals more than verbal language
Whether hanging out with friends, negotiating a deal, interviewing for a job, delivering a speech...
Sixteen Candles compares to Leesville
Like most 80s movies, Sixteen Candles employs nerdy freshmen, oblivious parents and hopeless crushes to...
Rockbridge strengthens Leesville students’ faith
On Friday, October 15, 55 Leesville students boarded a bus and traveled to Camp Rockbridge,...
Papanestor wins Homecoming Queen
On October 8, twenty minutes before the Pride Varsity football team took on Wakefield, Morgan...
Womens’ basketball holds open gym
On Thursday, Oct. 7 at 2:30, the girls basketball team held an open gym for...
#2 on Bucket List: Grill Team
Walking into Grill Team is like taking a stroll through Emerald City. Everywhere you look...
Vandals strike Leesville’s campus
Driving into school the morning of Friday, October 22, most students were shocked to find the letters “MHS” vanadalized on…
Homecoming pep rally wows crowd
Before the big Homecoming game on October 8, Leesville students celebrated with a parade and...
School water fountains an epic failure
In Leesville Road High School, there are only two constants: The first is that on...
Sports teams added to Homecoming parade
In addition to the plethora of floats, the 2010 Homecoming parade also included sports teams....
Pride beats Wakefield at Homecoming
On October 8, the Pride Varsity football team defeated the Wakefield Wolverines with a final...
The Mycenaean’s biggest fan: a tribute
In a land where newspapers are brushed aside and readership is low, The Mycenaean staff...
Leesville holds PSAT/NMSQT
On Wednesday, October 13, LRHS students took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, or...
Homecoming lame, but that’s ok
I had high expectations for Homecoming 2010. After three years of watching the seniors...
LGBT Pride parade full of cliches
On September 25, I enjoyed a gorgeous day filled with music, rainbows, and beautiful men—beautiful...
Leesville students enjoy State Fair traditions
The State Fair arrived in North Carolina lon October 14, and many Leesville students are...
Application process destroys students
During fall, seniors across the nation go through the scary process of applying to universities....
Choosing the better browser
The majority of students at LRHS use Internet browsers daily and for multiple hours at...
Women’s XC overcomes Sanderson
On Wednesday, Sept. 22, the Leesville Women’s Cross Country team defeated the Sanderson Spartans 18-45...
Coldstone PB&C a disappointment
With a low tolerance for vegetables and fruits, most of my adolescent decision-making moments have...
Leesville goes all out for Spirit Week
“Spirit Week” gives students at Leesville the opportunity to dress festively according to a variety...
Senioritis: month two
Mrs. Kay Floyd did her first-period AP English 12 class a disservice on October 7,...
Sun Chips’ bags are loud, get over it
Sun Chips has stopped making the first ever 100% biodegradable chip bag because some people...
Stereomood.com reads your mind, plays music
iTunes, Pandora and even Purevolume are fairly popular websites among music-savvy students at Leesville. At...
Dearblankpleaseblank.com a procrastination “win”
Ask any student around Leesville who has access to a computer, and they can list...
Smokeless tobacco growing in popularity with teens
Throughout history, users of tobacco have received their nicotine fix from a variety of methods....
LRHS softball stays focused during off-season
For the months of October and December through the beginning of February, potential softball players...
Two sides to everything
There are many unanswered questions in the known world. But for the students of Leesville,...
We are all royal here
Thursday, September 30, 2010, spray-painted crowns were sold to seniors who itched to show off...
Taking action against childhood obesity
According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately sixteen percent of adolescents were obese in...
New speed bumps infuriate student drivers
Over the summer, the Leesville administration installed two new speed bumps in the road leading...
The love download
In the land of fantastical beings, where dragons are slain and princesses sing to their...
Wake stops neighborhood-based school zones
The Wake County School Board voted Tuesday, Oct. 6, to stop the current neighborhood-based assignment...
Student violinist excels, looks toward music school
Perhaps you’ve heard him playing in the mornings as you walk down the arts hallway;...
Rain jackets: scourge of the earth
Rain jackets are everything wrong with society in this modern age. Consider for a moment...
Leesville continues winning streak
The Leesville Road High School football team defeated Enloe High School 42 – 9 in...