Author: Alex Stephens, senior editor, 2014-15
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Symphonic band seniors play last concert
This past Friday, May 8, Leesville’s symphonic band held their annual spring concert. This concert was the final school band performance for the seniors — met with both sadness for leaving and excitement for…
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Lilly for Target
Lilly Pulitzer is a long-standing preppy brand, known for its colorful prints and large price tags. Recently, their impending collaboration with Target has caused much controversy — specifically with the realization that this union…
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Leesville deemed a National Council of Excellence
Recently, Leesville Road High School’s executive council was awarded the National Gold Council of Excellence Award. This award is a very prestigious award, given by NASC (National Association of Student Councils), and there are…
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Raleigh coffee shops compared
The Morning Times is a local coffee shop situated in the heart of downtown Raleigh. It is adjacent to the Raleigh Times, a newspaper turned bar and restaurant. Most appealing about the Morning Times…
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Tibbetts deals with cancer in family
Mrs. Tibbetts, a Leesville Road High School math teacher, remembers the struggle with cancer within her family. Her son, Andrew, was diagnosed with leukemia the summer before second grade at the age of 7.…
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Leesville congratulates National Merit Scholarship finalists
Recently, Leesville has been informed that they have several National Merit Scholarship finalists: Kelly Pring, Ben Pope, Kurtis Konrad, Sarah Arney and Juan Esteller. The National Merit Scholarship Program is a nationwide scholarship program…
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Is football too dangerous for children? Leesville weighs in
Football is recognized as a violent and somewhat dangerous sport. It is probably known best for its acute injuries, even though the most concerning aspect is its long term effects, especially on the brain.…
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Leesville Sports Medicine wins the olympics
This past Wednesday, February 4, Leesville’s Sports Medicine team attended the Wake County Sports Medicine Olympics. They were held at Cary High School. At this event, Sports Med students from Cary, East Wake and…
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U2 music videos: then and now
U2 has been a consistently relevant band in the music industry since the early ‘80s. While they are arguably better known for their older albums Boy, War and The Joshua Tree, they have continuously…
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Making the disconnection with grade-based learning
Grades are a problem. Not to say that they aren’t necessary, but grades greatly affect the amount and direction of effort that students put into their education. Grades seem to be a paradox of…
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Chorus conducts concert
Leesville Road High School’s chorus concert was held on December 12 in the auditorium. Tonya Dickens, chorus director, along with Toney-Paite Phillips and Logan Rose, student conductors, led the choruses in their annual winter…
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Orchestra performs winter concert
On Friday, December 9, the Leesville Road High School Orchestra performed their annual winter concert. Led by director Mark Stiles, both the string and chamber orchestras combined to put on a performance in Leesville’s…
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Anthology takes over life for seniors
All seniors must experience the dreaded anthology: a research project that serves as a culmination of English classes taken in high school. The senior anthology serves to test the ultimate synthesis and research skills…
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Things we learn from music: Part II
Although older generations tend to frown upon the loss of meaning in our generation’s music, and they are arguably correct, there are still some songs of our day that have a solid message. Found…
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Things we can learn from music: 70’s and 80’s
The rock music of the 1970s and 1980s is often overlooked by our generation. As we are caught up in our own culture and music sensations, we don’t really revert to the music our…
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Phantom of the Opera at DPAC
The Phantom of the Opera is showing at the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) from October 8 to October 19. This infamous musical was originally adapted by Andrew Lloyd Weber from a novel by…
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Facebook’s letter to Twitter
Dear Twitter, You are entirely meaningless. Unlike me, you have taken all of the meaning out of social media. Your 140 character limit has demolished any formation of intelligent or sophisticated ideas that are…
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Grease lightnin’s up the stage
On Thursday, April 10, through Saturday, April 12, Leesville Road High School’s theatre program put on a production of the ’70s musical film, Grease. Essentially, Grease is a musical about the social groups and…
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Executive council receives honor status
On the Friday, March 28, Leesville Road High School’s executive council headed up to Mount Airy, North Carolina for the Annual NCASC state convention. Seven representatives from Leesville’s executive council were chosen to attend…
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Conforming to the Model Student
School changes every one of its students. It changes some for the worse and some for the better. It changes their unique thought processes, the way they write and express themselves and even their…
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What we can learn from childrens books
We have all read a children’s book at some point or another, whether it was to a little brother or sister or during our own childhood. When we read children’s books as kids, they…
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Orchestra concert was major-ly successful
On December 17, the Leesville High School orchestra held their annual winter concert. Overall, the concert was well-executed with beautiful music. The concert opened with the string and chamber orchestras playing in unison. Their…
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The Millennial Generation
Leesville students are Millennials, born between 1981 and 2000. Older people accuse millennials of being narcissistic, self-centered and lazy. You were born into a world of technology and high student loans and survived a…
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Millennial Infographics
Click the link below to see what The Mycenaean staff discovered about teens at Leesville. Millennial Infographic Alex Stephens, senior editor, 2014-15
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Fear Farm is frightening
If you’re one of those people who gets a thrill from being scared half to death, Fear Farm would be a great place for you to visit. Fear Farm is located in Clayton, North…
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Cap-8 for Cross Country
On Tuesday, October 15, the Leesville cross country team wrapped up their junior varsity season. They competed in the the Cap-8 conference meet where they raced against seven other teams from the area: Millbrook,…
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Leesville’s Teacher of the Year
Lately, there has been some excitement for Leesville’s teachers. The selection of the teacher of the year is going on right now. To be entered in the competition, the educator must write a brief…
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Younger education
In today’s society, the push to excel is becoming more and more prevalent. Teachers start abandoning creative activities for more rigorous learning at an earlier age. Even though most would view this as a…
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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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Senior Assembly
On Friday, May 24, Leesville held its annual senior assembly. The senior assembly is an opportunity for seniors to relive their memories at Leesville and the ceremony recognized them for any outstanding achievements and…
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Covington’s last concert
On May 3 Diane Covington led her last chorus concert at Leesville Road High School. This year’s spring concert served as a goodbye for not only Covington, but the current seniors in chorus. All…
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Frat/Srat Life
Fraternities and Sororities are a way for college students to “do it all”. Frats and Srats are for college students that like to be well-rounded and experience all that there is to experience in…
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Get Ready to Debate
Next year, Leesville is starting an exciting new club — debate club. This club will include meetings and competitions in debate, speech, and interpretation. Speech is an event in which a student will either…
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Do grades crush creativity?
Grades are something that all students currently have to live with. Like it or not, in every class you take, you will be graded on a scale of A-F, and the score that you…
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Field trip for FBLA
FBLA, one of Leesville’s many clubs, took a field trip on April 17th-19th to Greensboro. They have gone to this state competition the past four years. FBLA stands for Future Business Leaders of America.…
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Mens tennis team serves success
The Leesville men’s tennis team has had a pretty good season so far. They have practiced hard and played hard. Their current record is 1-5, with their win against Wake Forest-Rolesville, but they have…
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Leesville golf excels
Leesville golf has a new coach, Andrew Wilkinson, who has led the team to success this year. The team had their first non-conference match, the high school kickoff classic, in Buies creek at Keith…
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What if…Underclassmen were allowed at prom?
Traditionally, prom is for upperclassmen only. The occasional freshman or sophomore is invited by an upperclassman, but the majority of prom is always upperclassmen. It’s something that kids look forward to since the start…
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Should kids be given false self-esteem?
“Even though you were in last place, here’s a ribbon for your participation. That makes you a winner too.” “You got a 68 in the class? That’s almost passing, great job!” “You didn’t get…
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Identity Thief steals the show
Imagine somebody stole your identity. You now both share a name, date of birth, social security number, and bank account. This is what happened to Sandy Patterson, an average hard-working businessman, when Diana, an…
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Winterfest’s talented sophomores
At last Friday’s winterfest assembly, the final act ended with a standing ovation. This standing ovation was for sophomores Ian Klug, Ford Nelson, and Max van Welzen. The three boys performed a song called…
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Salute to a military family
As Americans, we owe our lives, freedom and thanks to any member of the military. They risk their lives to protect us and it is a very honorable job to have. Nobody knows this…
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Resolve to resolve…or not
New Years resolutions are a common tradition among Americans. The basic principle is that if people make a goal at the start of the new year, then they will stick to that goal. Some…
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Full House vs Modern Family
Sitcoms, like those that were on tv a few years ago, are coming back with a vengeance. Comedies like Suburgatory, Modern Family and The Middle are some of the currently most watched shows. This…
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Second amendment under fire after shooting
Since the second most devastating school shooting in America’s history occurred on Friday, December 14, 2012 there have been numerous debates about our current gun laws. American citizens and the government have been unnecessarily…
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Chorus concert hits high notes
As usual, the Leesville High School chorus concert on Friday, December 7 was impressive and well put-together. Diane Covington, choral director, always executes her concerts with gorgeous presentation and of course, beautiful choral music.…
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The Problem with Picking a Roommate
One of the most exciting and nerve-wracking experiences of college is picking or being matched with a roommate. Roommates can either be a positive or negative addition to your college career. Some people use…
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Cross country season comes to a close
On October 27, Leesville’s cross country team competed in the NCHSAA 4A Mideast Regionals, their final meet of the season. The cross country team’s goal the entire season was to do well at regionals.…
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Winter track preview
For Leesville runners, cross country season ended just last week. Though cross country is finished until next year, many are anticipating the arrival of the winter track season. Winter track is the calm before…
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Too many tests
The point of school is to learn. Frequent standardized tests in the classroom can take away from learning time without adding anything of real value to students’ high school careers. Often times, students are…