Bennett reflects…again
On Tuesday, May 24 I finally attended my first Leesville women’s soccer game. It was...
The rise and fall of a legend
When Will Bennett was a young staff writer of sixteen, everything came so easily for...
Water for Elephants : simply smashing
When my girlfriend first told me we were going to see Water For Elephants, a...
Cubs choir: the life, the legend, the legacy
At Leesville Road Elementary School, few things were available to set students above the norm....
Smart snubs State
On April 3,I wrote an article in an attempt to coax North Carolina State University...
Wendt saves the day!
“It was a big spider… but my shoe is bigger.” These were the words that...
Bennett attempts to understand freshmen once again
When we last met, I informed my loyal readers that I had sworn off writing...
Pope joins LRHS staff
On February 28, Robert Pope joined the ranks of the Leesville Road administration staff. Pope...
Pride routs Falcons
The Leesville Road Pride dominated the Green Hope Falcons 19-2 on March 3. The Pride...
Last US WWI veteran passes away in sleep
On February 27, Frank Buckles passed away peacefully in the night at the age of...
Freshmen anger senior staff writer, cause fight, resolution, learning experience, success!
Dear Readers, As many of you may know, I usually write my column about freshmen....
Big Brother saves young lives
Oscar is trapped in a vicious cycle that it is not likely he will overcome....
Leesville’s best kept secret
It is not uncommon to see students strutting up and down the stairs of Leesville...
Bieber fever makes me sick!
Bieber Fever just took a turn for the worse. Justin Bieber announced the filming of...
ACC football: worst of the worst
Woe is to the ACC. After yet another sub par year of football, many critics...
Holiday spirit envelops, embraces, incapacitates, stuns, petrifies, overwhelms Leesville
As December comes to an end as it does every year, the Great Yuletide embraced...
Raking rocks!
It was approximately ten degrees outside on December 13, and I was precisely where I...
Library offers lots of learning
Oddly enough, the biggest room in Leesville Road High School is one of the most...
Tar Heels athletics struggle
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. For basketball juggernaut North Carolina, that adage...
Golden joins administrative staff
On November 15, Sherri Golden joined the ranks of the other administrators to fill the...
Pride prepares for playoff tests
If the Pride is to make a deep playoff run this year, they will have...
Media specialists work hard
Oddly enough, the biggest room in Leesville Road High School is one of the most...
Eating lunch with the freshmen: an experience
I found myself in a situation I hadn’t been trapped in since my sophomore year....
Pride prepares for Cougars
When the Leesville Varsity football team travels to Wake Forest to take on the Cougars...
Mistakes: a coming-of-age experience
There are very few things throughout life that we don’t grow out of. As we...
School water fountains an epic failure
In Leesville Road High School, there are only two constants: The first is that on...
Rain jackets: scourge of the earth
Rain jackets are everything wrong with society in this modern age. Consider for a moment...
A look into the lives of freshmen: the Will Bennett experience
It was a nightmare. Tiny bodies filled the entire lobby, frantically screeching every which way,...
A day in the life of Will Bennett: a personal account
Today was the second day of my life that I truly enjoyed. The day started...
A day in the life of a freshman
Andrew Goff wanders the halls every day invisible, virtually unknown. Many students wonder, is he...
Pride pounds Patriots
The Leesville Pride dominated the eighth ranked Pinecrest Patriots on August 31 to improve their...
Wicked is wicked!
As I sat in the Durham Performing Arts Center on Saturday May 1, there was...
Students paid for grades
Across the United States, pilot programs are in the works that will experiment with paying...
Bennett’s famous last words
As I sit here to record the last article of my junior year, I have...
Afternoon in June takes different approach to stardom
Most kids go through their entire childhood without the faintest clue of what their true...
Whiskey found as alternative, renewable energy source
When people imagine downing a pint of whiskey, their logic is typically not to save...
NFL Draft Provides Surprises
Before the NFL draft, Jimmy Clausen’s future could not have looked brighter. The former standout...
Dunham shaves head for cancer research
It is a universally-known fact that even the thought of a monumentally different styled haircut...
Ending diversity causes problems
As the age old adage goes: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” As made...
“It Won’t Happen to Me” seminar successful
Lauren Winborne of Georgia is not your average woman. After losing both her senior prom...
Ted’s Montana Grill impresses
As I wandered into Ted’s Montana Grill, I had no idea what to expect. I’d...
Dean Dome speaks for itself
I am dying. Although it was not a long life, I was born in 1986,...
Surprise! Facebook lowers intelligence
Shocking news: spending all your time on the computer instead of focusing on studies directly...
Ohno helps Americans win Olympics
Whether it was a stroke of luck or simply fate, Apollo Ohno tied Bonnie Blair...
Water bottles: more harmful than you think
Welcome to a world where millions of Americans choose to spend thousands of dollars yearly...
Del Burns set to retire
When North Carolina’s new school board ran on the platform of change, the voters had...
Area Teams Fall Short
North Carolina’s area sports teams all have one thing in common: they fell far short...
Pridgen wins Teacher of the Year
Coach Susan Pridgen won this year’s Leesville Road High School Teacher of the Year award....
Iran: The Next Nuclear Power?
The end of the world may be a lot closer than the Mayans ever guessed....
New Cartoons a Waste of Time
On December 8, America celebrated the anniversary of E.C. Segar, the cartoonist who created Popeye...