Author: Arielle Emery, Staff Writer 2009-2011
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Leesville Band Forced to Make Heavy Committments
Marching band students chose to make a huge commitment when they decided to sign up for band as opposed to other, less demanding electives. Most students choose to take electives that balance out their…
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Harmful Discoveries of Gardasil
In June of 2006, the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, was released worldwide and called “a public health breakthrough” by the American Medical Association. Now, more than three years later, federal researchers must…
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Mischief Night
Over the past few decades, hundreds of neighborhoods across Raleigh experienced vandalism in the dark of night on October 30, the night before Halloween night. Also known as “Mischief Night” and “Fright Night” around North Carolina, “Devil’s…
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H1N1 Virus Worries Community
Concerns among healthcare providers, teachers, parents and teens are rising about a pandemic sweeping the nation: novel influenza A, also known as the H1N1 virus, or “the swine flu.” According to the President’s Council…