Monthly Archives: May, 2011

Senior band members finish morning rehearsals

On Thursday, May 5, Seniors in Leesvile’s symphonic band attended the last morning rehearsal of their high school careers. Over the course of each school...

Downtown designers market a fun tradition

Last Saturday, April 30, 2011, Raleigh’s Designers Downtown Market returned for its third show of 2011. Designers came to sell their crafts in this...

My life as a tree

When I heard that Leesville’s musical production was Cinderella this year, I knew I had to try out. Big flowing dresses, gorgeous ballrooms and...

GOP passes budget

The North Carolina House of Representatives passed its controversial GOP budget proposal on Wednesday, May 4. The budget was passed with a 72-47 tally vote...

Minecraft: the simpler, the better

Many video game designers favor incorporating complex story lines and detailed graphics into their creations. One designer, however, has taken the video game industry...

Child actors grace Leesville

Last Thursday, April 28, Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30, Leesville’s theatre department put on the much anticipated musical, Cinderella. The school’s technical...

Cinderella: a magical experience

Leesville’s production of Rodger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella: The Enchanted Edition was an absolute treat—a delicious dessert of sorts, really. In fact, if I were...

Day of Silence at Leesville

On Friday, April 25, I participated in the Day of Silence along with many students from Leesville. DOS is the deliberate silence by lesbians,...

TheVent brings Jewish teens together

Over the weekend of March 25, hundreds of Jewish high-school students from all over the eastern United States gathered at Temple Beth Or in...

Leesville students selected for Governor’s School

Three Leesville students were selected to attend the Governor’s School of North Carolina for the 2011 summer session.  Michael Elderkin and Brooks Jordan will attend...

Insidious: a breath of fresh air (in the world of scary movies)

Imagine this: you’re in a house, at night. You hear a knock, go downstairs, and see no one. You turn on the alarm system...

Ben & Jerry’s free cone day an exciting success!

Tuesday April 12 was free cone day at the popular ice cream store Ben and Jerry’s.  Each customer received either a free small cone or...

Officer Manson: real life hero

Growing up, Officer John Manson always dreamed of becoming a policeman -- catching bad guys and being the hero. Now, after almost nine years...

KC Clarke excited about life

KC Clark, senior, is thrilled about life. In fact, the notoriously bubbly senior has created an organization dedicated to positivity. Excited about Life (EAL) was...

Cranky conductors of cars confound Wendt

“Where the hell’d you learn to drive?” said the gray, barrel-chested man approaching my window as I cracked it gingerly. Let me take you back...

Leesville varsity baseball clinches Spring Break tournament

Leesville Road’s varsity baseball won the Ashley High School Spring Break Baseball Tournament that took place April 19-21 in Wilmington, NC. They played three...

Leeville’s Model UN takes a bite out of MUNCH

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted a convention for high school Model United Nation clubs on the weekend of April 1-3,...

Student struggles through newspaper, but pulls through

  The day I received my acceptance letter to the Mycenaean staff was the happiest day of my young life. Back in the good ole’...

Leesville track team competes in Cap-8 Conference Championship

On April 27 the Leesville Track and Field team traveled to Heritage high school to compete in the CAP-8 Conference Championship. The men placed second...

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