Yearly Archives: 2010

2010 midterm elections raise questions about electability

As the midterm U.S. Senate and House of Representatives elections draw nearer, some things are becoming increasingly apparent about both the system of American...

Censorship at Leesville

Censorship, or a lack thereof, has always been a huge issue. Different societies, social classes and religions will always try to dictate what people...

State Fair a success for food lovers

On Monday, October 18, I took on my greatest food challenge yet by way of the North Carolina State Fair. The fair provides an...

What every Rocky Horror virgin needs to know

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is coming to Raleigh Memorial Auditorium from October 28-31. Having heard of this cult classic before, my friends and...

…And when do we go to Pasadena?

Recently, the director of the Broughton High School Marching Band, J.R. Richardson, was informed that his band program would be taking the sought-after journey...

Body language reveals more than verbal language

Whether hanging out with friends, negotiating a deal, interviewing for a job, delivering a speech or meeting someone new, the body is constantly emitting...

Sixteen Candles compares to Leesville

Like most 80s movies, Sixteen Candles employs nerdy freshmen, oblivious parents and hopeless crushes to portray the impossible puzzle that is high school. Samantha (Molly...

Rockbridge strengthens Leesville students’ faith

On Friday, October 15, 55 Leesville students boarded a bus and traveled to Camp Rockbridge, a Younglife camp located in Shenadoah Valley, Virginia. At Rockbridge,...

Papanestor wins Homecoming Queen

On October 8, twenty minutes before the Pride Varsity football team took on Wakefield, Morgan Papanestor was crowned Homecoming Queen. “My first thought was ‘No...

Womens’ basketball holds open gym

On Thursday, Oct. 7 at 2:30, the girls basketball team held an open gym for any girls interested in playing basketball this...

#2 on Bucket List: Grill Team

Walking into Grill Team is like taking a stroll through Emerald City.  Everywhere you look is green.  The smell of a smoky charcoal and...

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 windows, school walls, the senior wall, speed bumps, stairs, the parking lot, and over the Marshall Hamilton Stadium sign. “It brings tears to my eyes; it really does. They desecrated a memorial,” said Amy Wedge, English teacher, about the destruction to Leesville’s stadium, specifically the Marshall Hamilton sign dedicated in honor of the school’s first athletic director who died of cancer in 2008. The night of Thursday, October 21, an undetermined number of people trespassed onto the Leesville campus, sometime between 12 and 4 o’clock in the morning.

Homecoming pep rally wows crowd

Before the big Homecoming game on October 8, Leesville students celebrated with a parade and pep rally. The day’s schedule was rearranged so that all...

School water fountains an epic failure

In Leesville Road High School, there are only two constants: The first is that on any given day, Mrs. Jackson will bust a girl...

Sports teams added to Homecoming parade

In addition to the plethora of floats, the 2010 Homecoming parade also included sports teams. In the past, sports teams walked across the football field...

Pride beats Wakefield at Homecoming

On October 8, the Pride Varsity football team defeated the Wakefield Wolverines with a final score of 49 to 28 for a Homecoming victory....

The Mycenaean’s biggest fan: a tribute

In a land where newspapers are brushed aside and readership is low, The Mycenaean staff grudgingly posts their articles online, rather than distributing the...

Leesville holds PSAT/NMSQT

On Wednesday, October 13, LRHS students took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, or PSAT/NMSQT. The PSAT is a standardized test designed to challenge...

Homecoming lame, but that’s ok

I had high expectations for Homecoming 2010.   After three years of watching the seniors waltz in at 10:15, I was ready to do the...

LGBT Pride parade full of cliches

On September 25, I enjoyed a gorgeous day filled with music, rainbows, and beautiful men—beautiful gay men. I attended North Carolina’s statewide LGBT (Lesbian, Gay,...

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