Year: 2013
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“So You Think You Can Dance” tour amazes Jester
On Tuesday, October 22, the top ten dancers from the competition show So You Think You Can Dance performed live in Durham at DPAC. The tickets, while slightly expensive at $60.00, were well worth…
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Leesville football stymies Wake Forest
The Leesville football team recovered from a sluggish start then held on in the closing minutes for a critical 21-19 win over Wake Forest on Friday, Oct. 25 at Marshall L. Hamilton Stadium. Malcolm…
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Gravity movie review
The movie Gravity premiered on Oct. 4 and has dominated the box office since. It stayed on top for the three weeks is has been in theaters above the premieres of Carrie, Escape Plan…
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Fad Movies
If you’ve gone to a movie theater in the last decade, you’ve probably seen names of trendy blockbusters like Harry Potter, Hunger Games or Twilight. Fad series like these gain a large following as…
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CATS mystifies Memorial
From October 8-13, Memorial Auditorium hosted CATS for the kickoff of the 2013-2014 Broadway Series South season. My mother and I scored tickets for the musical on October 10. I had never seen the…
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Rap Stats shows rap fads
Using rap word frequency charts offered by website RapGenius.com, Mycenaean staff writer Dave Nyamu analyzes several intriguing trends in modern hip-hop. Blackberry vs. iPhone The iPhone, as well as other smartphones, have eclipsed the…
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Prep up with former Leesville English teacher
A+ Higher Scores is a test-prep program helping students earn higher scores on the SAT and ACT to get into college and receive scholarships. Founded in 2009 by Sheba Lowe-Brown, the program offers a…
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Blackout reductions changing sports television scene
Two decades ago, television blackouts were an everyday aspect of the sports-watching experience. The over-the-air availability of a game was never quite certain; even the most die-hard fan felt pushed to pay for tickets…
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The League review
The League embarked on its fifth season with the start of this year’s NFL regular season, and it’s looking great. The League follows a fictional eight-man fantasy football league through relatively insane antics, usually…
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Why my sister is my hero
Caroline Byrne, otherwise known as Bou, Leesville junior, my little sister, my best friend and my inspiration. Bou suffered a traumatic brain injury from medical complications after corrective scoliosis surgery. The injury affected her…
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Bieber makes a mature comeback to music
Justin Bieber, one of society’s more controversial pop stars, has had it rough this year. With all of the negative headlines and criticism in constant rotation, many of us believed that 2013 would be…
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Calvin and Hobbes keeps it classy
Walking into my great uncle’s living room and finding the full collection of Calvin and Hobbes made me very nostalgic. Immediately I sat on the floor and began to read. At one point, my…
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Early Childhood Education Club’s first meeting is a success
LRHS’ Early Childhood Education (ECE) Club met for the first time on Tuesday, October 15. The meeting served as an introduction for both the officers and the members. The club was created to attract…
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Leesville’s fall blood drive is a bloody success
Leesville students once again gathered to participate in first semi-annual blood drive on Tuesday, October 15. The Red Cross comes to Leesville twice a year to hold the drives, and students get out of…
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Leesville club carnival
Leesville hosted its annual community night Wednesday, Oct. 9. Festivities included a club carnival, a student-teacher basketball game and food trucks. Students and teachers participated in various activities and games available at the club…
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Leesville’s first food trucks find fecund fruition
The Community Night Carnival is a tradition here at Leesville and was held Wednesday, Oct. 9. Leesville’s use of food trucks for the first time uniquely in its history occurred. Three different food trucks…
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First Friday festivities bring a community together
On the first Friday of every month, the city of Raleigh has their ‘First Friday Festival’. The ‘First Friday Festival’ is a citywide celebration of the art around the city and what it has…
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My experience with the Blind Boys
It’s no secret that I’m a serious boy band fanatic. With the exception of The Wanted and One Direction, I will listen to any boy band from anywhere. However, the Blind Boys of Alabama…
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When Do You Cross the Line? (Enhancing Humans, Pt. 2)
For Americans, it is entirely legal to take a drug for, say, ADHD as long as it has been prescribed by a certified doctor. It is also acceptable (with a prescription) to enhance mobility…
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When Homework Wastes our Time
Too much of anything is unhealthy, and any amount of homework can very easily feel like too much. According to AlterNet, a news and politics website, the amount of homework we students have received…
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Pearl Jam Preview
Pearl Jam is releasing their tenth studio album, Lightning Bolt, on October 15. The album is already available for pre-sale via iTunes. The band has created hype through Instagram, in true millennial style. It has…
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The Crucible Review
The North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theater Recently put on the show The Crucible. The play’s cast consisted of teenagers and showed from Sept. 13-29. The Crucible, written in 1953, is about the Salem…
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BuzzFeed Buzzes Onto the Scene
What constitutes as news media in the modern day? With the advent of the technological age, many traditional definitions such as this have been thrown into question. Jonah Peretti, founder of BuzzFeed has attempted…
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Lilly’s pizza review
Lilly’s Pizza, located at 1813 Glenwood Avenue, is the epitome of a downtown ‘hole in the wall’ restaurant. Immediately when I walked in,brightly colored and eye-catching ornaments drew me to the back of the…
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Orchestra Starts the Year Off on a Good Note
Leesville Orchestra, lead by Mark Stiles, has begun preparation for their winter concert — December 9. Stiles has been at Leesville for sixteen years. He teaches at both the middle and high school, and…
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The Perfection of Us–Enhancing Humans Pt 1
Imagine a place where everyone is faster, everyone is smarter, everyone is better. A world where age is not a factor, where everyone is thin and beautiful, where no one suffers from pain and…
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NHS Induction Ceremony Lights the Path for Inductees
Nation Honors Society held its induction ceremony for new members on Wednesday, September 26 in the Leesville auditorium. The ceremony began at 6:30p.m. and ended at 8:00p.m. with a cupcake reception. At the ceremony…
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The History Museum brings the day of the dead to life
On Wednesday, October 2, the North Carolina Museum of History is hosting a celebration in honor of the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos. Better known as the Day of the Dead, it is…
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Disney Channel’s I Didn’t Do It shouldn’t be done
Finally, after beating it with a stick, milking it dry and draining the life out of small children, Disney Channel has called it quits on Good Luck Charlie. A spokesperson for the network confirmed…
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The Wolf of Wall Street is expected to impress
2013 is a big year for the movie industry. With highly anticipated films like The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Thor: The Dark World coming out later this year, there is excitement among moviegoers…
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Short film depicts smartphone overuse, message is scarily true
There is no doubt that today’s society revolves around technology like smartphones and social media; this is something we’ve been aware of for a while. But are we aware of how this technology is…
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The Cowfish is crazy good
“And so was the ‘tail’ of the cow and the fish From two separate places they had but one wish To bring to the world in a way, so delish An unusual place to…
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Braxton Berrios commits to Miami
Braxton Berrios, Leesville senior and football team captain, committed to the University of Miami during his Saturday press conference. A lifetime Hurricanes fan, Berrios turned down scholarships from dozens of schools and his four…
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Leesville football rallies past Sanderson
For Malcolm Hitchcock, the final Homecoming of his Leesville football career was not going to be marred forever by a loss. And he was going to make sure of it. Hitchcock, senior quarterback and…
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Sounds of Leesville
The LRHS News Staff was intrigued by NPR’s “What it Sounds Like to be 22.” We decided to put a Loonie spin on the idea and capture Leesville’s environment, four sounds at a time.…
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Full football feature: “This is what we play for”
Chad Smothers, head coach of the Leesville football team, pauses briefly and looks around at the 56 fervent pairs of eyes staring back at him. Five minutes remain until kickoff of the Pride’s first…
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IMBA festival
Overalls and hay. Toothless hicks and whiny vocals. Simple country music for simple, country folk. All things that may come to one’s mind when presented with the idea of Bluegrass. This past week, however,…
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iOS7 is actually genius
“With iOS 7, every detail warranted the same rigor toward design. Like refining the typography down to the pixel. Redrawing every icon around a new grid system. Sticking to a precise color palette. And…
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Failure finishes first
Embrace failure. Welcome failure. It’s a lot friendlier than people think. But why? Why embrace it, why welcome it? Throughout life we have been told that failure is to be avoided at all costs,…
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Held Captive by Prisoners
How far would you go to protect your child? The single question that echoes throughout the entire two and a half hours of Prisoners. Friday, Sept. 20, the movie-going audience of America welcomed a…
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All the way from EXO Planet
So far, 2013 has proved to be a great year for Korean pop music. G-Dragon’s “Coup D’etat” has just broken Billboard’s top 200 international albums and KCON 2013 was a huge success. But one…
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#NotBuyingit: commercial sexism
There is a growing, disturbing trend of sexist commercials marketed towards women. Using Twitter, Missrepresentation.org is spreading the hashtag #NotBuyingIt “to challenge the misrepresentation of women and girls”. Brands can use social media to…
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Changes in voting laws leave students frustrated
Leesville hosted a voter registration drive September 3-9. This year, however, only those who are 18 or will be 18 by election day can register to vote. As of August 30, pre-registration for 16…
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Leesville football sluggish in loss to Heritage
As the final minutes ticked off of a mistake-laden, out-of-synch rout at the hands of the Heritage Huskies, the Leesville football team dropped their heads and resorted to the last thing they seemed to…
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Technology and Vacations: Should they go together?
Technology-free vacations are known as a chance to get away from it all. In a world that is so interconnected and stressful, they give the average american family the opportunity to ‘unplug from the…
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Leesville’s Arts Department makeover
This year, the Leesville arts department experienced major change. After losing the teachers for chorus, band and art, Leesville has gained three new fine arts teachers. The band lost Dave Albert, former band teacher,…
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Fad Music
There is no doubt that there have been an alarming number of music fads to come out of the 2000s. From Soulja Boy’s “Crank That” to Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe,” the 21st…
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Leesville welcomes new counselor, CTE staff
The new school year brings new faculty members to Leesville in Student Services and the CTE departments. Ms. Cherie Williams, CTE teacher, is in her second year of teaching. After one year in Alamance…
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Years of the boy band
Every generation of women has gone through “that phase” when they’ve been hopelessly in love with “that guy”, right? You know, that guy with the huge Afro that your mom was in love with?…
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Panther Creek shocks Leesville football, 34-21
Handicapped by a plethora of injuries and an inept second half, the Leesville football team blew an early lead and fell to Panther Creek, 34-21, on Friday, Sept. 20. Braxton Berrios, senior quarterback, was…