Category: News
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Trump Immigration Ban Causes Controversy
On January 27, just seven days after Donald Trump took office, he issued Executive Order 17369, an executive order about immigration–you can read the full text here. This order fulfills parts of Trump’s campaign…
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What’s up with Winter Break?
The school calendar is often a breeding ground for the high schoolers’ complaints, especially when it comes to winter break. According to Monika Johnson Hostler, the chair of the Wake County Board of Educators,…
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Leesville’s Mainstage Program Presents: Romeo and Juliet
Leesville’s Mainstage theatre program performed their latest show of Romeo and Juliet on Thursday, February 2. The setting was the 1940s where “fantasy, mystery, and magic are at play with two young lovers” wrote…
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How to become politically involved
The past two weeks after President Trump’s inauguration have been met with an unprecedented amount of backlash. Many people who are involved in politics have been using their voice to protest and criticize the…
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The xx “I See You” Review
The xx recently dropped their new album “I See You”, which is making a noise in mainstream music billboards. The UK trio is known for their zenful, indie guitar rock sound with calm, emotional…
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Japandroids’ “Into the Wild Heart of Life” Does Well
On January 27, 2017, Japandroids released their first full-length LP in five years, titled Into the Wild Heart of Life. Japandroids is a rock band from Vancouver. Their album debut, Post-Nothing, achieved critical acclaim…
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Gamble Wins CAP 8 Diving Meet
Pike variations and tuck flips captivated the audience in the stands at the Willis R. Casey Aquatics Center. And when the splashes finally settled, it was clear who had exited victorious. “I felt super…
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Women’s Basketball United
[pdf-embedder url=”https://www.themycenaean.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Maddy-Basketball.pdf”] Maddy Leen, special projects editor 2016-17
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Umstead State Park an Emerald in the RTP
Michael Beauregard, senior editor 2017-18
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”Patriots Day” Personifies the Boston Marathon Attacks
On April 15, 2013, two bombs exploded at the annual marathon held in Boston, Massachusetts. The explosions killed three people: 8 year-old Martin Richards, 29 year-old Krystle Campbell and 23 year-old Chinese national Liu…
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Leesville student is recognized by the Wake County Board of Education
Francisco Morales II, senior and drumline captain at Leesville Road High School, recently earned the Wake County Spotlight on Students Award along with 44 other students. Each school from Wake County nominated one student…
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Affirmative Action: Helping or Hurting?
Generally speaking, Affirmative Action works to provide special benefits for those potentially or historically disadvantaged through differing racial, sexual, ethnic, gender, or religious backgrounds and provide for them in the sphere of educational,…
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Review: Split
Night Shyamalan’s latest work of horror, Split, has topped the box office on its opening weekend. Split follows the story of a man with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) who kidnaps three teenage girls. Throughout…
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Leesville receives new laptops
On Tuesday January 3, Leesville received eighty-four laptop carts — one for each non-CTE class. After a much needed improvement to the technology in the school, Leesville received new laptops because of a new…
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Affirmative Action: Helping or Hurting?
Generally speaking, Affirmative Action works to provide special benefits for those potentially or historically disadvantaged through differing racial, sexual, ethnic, gender, or religious backgrounds and provide for them in the sphere of educational, social,…
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Leesville Students Participate in Solar Car Contest
Several students at Leesville Road High School are participating in the Solar Car Challenge, which allows teams of students to build and race their own solar cars. The Solar Car Challenge has been held…
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TV Shows Recreating the American Family
[View the story “TV shows that have recreated the American family” on Storify] Taylor Penezic, staff writer 2016-17
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Smart Lunch Explained
[View the story “Introducing SMART Lunch 2.0” on Storify] Heidi Kreis, editor in chief 2016-17
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Delays in Driver’s Ed Set Back Students
Drivers Education, provided by Jordan Driving School through Wake County, is experiencing more delays after recovering from the shutdown. Wake County Drivers Education was shut down from August 17-October 5, causing students to wait…
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Social Media and Sports Mesh
[View the story “Social Media and Sports Mesh” on Storify] Tyler Stocum, staff writer 2016-17
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Passengers Review
Looking for a new life, 5,000 passengers go on a 120 year journey to another planet very similar to Earth called Home Base 2. When Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) wakes up from his hypersleep…
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Hidden Figures Review
“Hidden Figures”, adapted from Margot Lee Shetterly’s true story, is an inspiring, hopeful, and uplifting movie about three African American women who help America win the Space Race. While using mathematics to help NASA…
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Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking
As students begin to take harder classes throughout their high school career, they are faced with bigger expectations from teachers. This is includes having to present speeches and presentations in front of their classmates.…
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College Student Panel
Some seniors at Leesville have already begun to prepare for their upcoming college experience as this school year flies past the halfway point. To help this process along, LHRS hosted a Student College Panel…
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Pride Finish Off Wakefield With Strong Second Half
Leesville entered Friday night’s matchup against Wakefield with a 2-2 conference record looking to improve their place in the conference standings. The Pride were able to defeat Wakefield by a score of 85-68 and…
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Acorn Drop — New Years, 2016
People throughout the United States celebrate New Year’s differently, specific to Raleigh is the acorn drop. Between 50,000 and 75,000 people travel to downtown Raleigh to welcome the New Year and see the acorn…
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The preparations and opinions of the upcoming exams
Wake County exams are set to start January 18, and teachers are feeling the pressure to get assignment grades into PowerSchool. The days leading up to exams will consist of review material that students…
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Mainstage Takes On D.C.
Over the Christmas break, Mainstage, Leesville’s honor theatre class traveled to Washington D.C. Day 1 After arriving at the train station where we found out our train had been delayed, it almost seemed like…
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Juniors Prepare for the SAT
As the second semester of junior year starts, students begin to worry about the SAT, a part of the general college application process. The pressures to do well on the aptitude test is…
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Apple Watch Review
Apple is constantly creating new products to make the lives of their customers more convenient and entertaining. Fortunately for the customers, that’s exactly what they did with the creation of the Apple Watch series.…
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Students prepare for the musical with an audition workshop
With auditions for the spring musical, Bring it On, coming up soon, Katrina Tarson, director and theatre teacher, Tonya Dickens, musical director and chorus teacher, and students alike are preparing with various workshops. The…
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Best Sports Moments of 2016
Ashley Tysiac, editor in chief
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WCPSS Twitter Readies Itself for Another Winter Episode
In a tradition as timeless and predictable as the season itself, students turn their attention to the WCPSS Twitter account ahead of predictions of winter weather expected to come through this weekend. Students on…
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Local art supply store, out of business
Sitting humbly on South Glenwood Avenue is an art store named Askew-Taylor Paints. The store, after generations of providing Raleigh with art supplies and inspiration, officially went out of business December 31, 2016. Kirk…
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Food Friday: IHOP vs. Waffle House
With no school on the weekends, many Leesville students go out to breakfast with their friends, but the question is where? In the first edition of Food Friday, the choice between IHop or Waffle…
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Copycat Apps
One of the biggest apps of December, “Houseparty”, is taking Leesville students by storm, allowing up to 8 people to “facetime” each other at once. Soon, however, the app may become obsolete. “Fam” is…
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A Guide to Surviving Long Trips
[View the story “A Guide for Surviving Long Trips” on Storify] Michael Beauregard, senior editor 2017-18
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Tips for a student athlete
With a full day including school, sports practice, and the stress of maintaining a healthy body, how does a student athlete do it? Here are a few key things to remember from a Leesville…
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My Teacher Project: A Spotlight on A Special Teacher
In November, the Leesville newspaper staff was contacted by North Carolina Public Radio WUNC. Our staff has the opportunity to participate in a project called the My Teacher Project. The project is student-led and…
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College acceptance season has begun
[View the story “College Acceptance Season is in full swing” on Storify] Maggie Pollard, senior editor 2016-17
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Multicultural winter holidays celebrated at Leesville
During the winter season, multiple holidays are celebrated by different and various people. In the United States, every 9 out of 10 citizens celebrate Christmas. Worldwide, around two billion people celebrate Christmas. Christmas is…
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History of the Holidays
[pdf-embedder url=”https://www.themycenaean.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/History-of-the-Holidays-Storybook.pdf”] Erin Darnell, senior editor
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Food Friday: Cook-Out or Steak-N-Shake?
In this edition of Food Friday, the question of Cook-out or Steak-N-Shake will be explored. Both restaurants are known for their milkshakes, but when put to the test, which do Leesville students prefer? The…
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Cross Country Season Overview
As cross country season comes to a close, no one can deny the incredible progress the men’s and women’s cross country teams have made since summer training started in July. Starting off preseason ranked…
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Rogue One Review
Disclaimer: Below is a review of the new Star Wars movie, Rogue One. This article may contain spoilers. The talented directors and producers at Disney and LucasFilm give the public another great Star Wars…
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Why Do We Vote?
Why do we vote? Did we really want to support a loud mouthed businessman or another politician with a shady background? For many people, voting is just another civic duty that they feel obligated…
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The “Real” in Reality TV
From news to a scripted show about cats, television over the years has widely expanded its realm. However, one of the most popular and intriguing genres of television is reality t.v. Reality t.v.. was…
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Christmas Cookie Celebration
This holiday season, the liaison held a cookie decorating party on December 14, 2016 in the Breezeway during all of SMART lunch. Throughout the year, the Leesville Liaisons hold a variety of events, from…
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The Long Winter Ahead: How Does a Senior Succeed in Second Semester?
It is a prominent phenomenon that in the final semester of high school, a chunk of students see their grades fall from their previously-held standards. Despite the best efforts of the staff to warn…
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A Look into Indoor Track and Field
Leesville’s indoor track and field team has been working hard to prepare for upcoming competitions. Because there is not an indoor track in or near the Raleigh area, the team must travel to JDL…