Category: News
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Warday: A Traveller’s Guide to Post-Nuclear America
Imagine you are walking through downtown Raleigh. It is a calm fall day. The birds are chirping, the leaves are beginning to become brittle and brown. There are children playing in Moore Square, and…
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Good reads in the eyes of students
It is an unfortunate fact that many students do not read every book that is assigned to them for English. Nevertheless, some stories prevail, and even modern day high schoolers can appreciate the classics.…
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Artsplosure: a festival to celebrate creativity
Artsplosure is a festival celebrating the life, purity, individuality, imagination, freedom and character of art. Started by the city of Raleigh, the event is one of the city’s claims to fame and dominant way…
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Mareno breaks two more State Records, continues NC track dominance
Sometimes it’s easy to take for granted the athletes that a 4A public high school like Leesville has to offer. Especially in less covered sports like, say, track. However as junior Nevada Mareno continues…
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Summer Job Quiz
Cayley Kennedy, senior editor, 2016-17
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Story of an American Immigrant
Oma Oma- Great grandma in Dutch as well as other European languages. Opa Opa- Great grandpa in Dutch as well as other European languages. Antonietta De Jong, my Oma Oma (great grandmother), is one…
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JV Men’s Soccer Has Reunion Game
On Saturday, May 14, the JV men’s soccer team held a pick-up game for all of its former players. Although it was planned to be a game between the JV men and women’s soccer…
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Captain america movie is worth the hype
Captain America: Civil War is the thirteenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and produced by Kevin…
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Finding Dory and Other Long-Awaited Sequels Coming
Finding Dory is one of the most highly anticipated movies of the summer. It is the sequel to the 2003 Disney-Pixar film, Finding Nemo. Finding Nemo was a commercial and box office success, but…
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Forest Land Cut Down
Country Trail, one of the roads that flows into the Leesville campus, has recently seen an explosion of a new housing development. The development, much like everything else in Raleigh, requires a significant amount…
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Crew soon-to-be Valedictorian
Heather Crew, a very impressive student, has taken 13 AP classes spanning the four years she has been at Leesville. Graduating with a GPA of 5.25, Crew has been working for the title of…
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AP classes should last a full year
By the time seniors graduate high school, many, if not most of them, have taken an Advanced Placement (AP) class. How the student views the class probably depends on what AP class they chose…
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Leesville student parking lot needs to see changes in the future.
The Leesville student parking lot is absolutely slam-packed with cars. Every single spot available is filled with students by at least the second month of school. With cars of all colors, sizes and brands,…
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Moon Shaped Pool Review
On May 8, Radiohead released their ninth full length album, titled A Moon Shaped Pool. It is their first release in five years, following 2011’s The King of Limbs, and goes in a completely…
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National Technical Honors Society throughout the year
National Technical Honors Society, NTHS, had their last meeting of the year during SMART lunch on Friday May 13, 2016. NTHS honors the achievements of career and technical education (CTE) students. The honors society…
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AP exams bring long hours of testing and high levels of stress
On May 2, the stress of AP exams began for thousands of students across the country and will last until mid May. AP exams are for any students that want to attempt to get…
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Leesville holds spring chorus concert
Leesville Road High School had its spring chorus concert on Friday, May 13. The concert consisted of performances from all three levels of chorus: Beginner, Intermediate, and Capital Pride. Typically, freshman are in Beginner…
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Newest Viral Dance Trend Hits Social Media
[View the story “The Running Man Challenge” on Storify] Ben Zahavi, junior editor 2016-17
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Will the Carolinas Ever Win it All?
North and South Carolina have both stepped up their game in terms of athletics, whether it be collegiate or professional sports. There’s just one thing wrong with all of this–no team could go all…
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Why are performers not coming to North Carolina? Answer: House Bill 2
Bruce Springsteen. Pearl Jam. Cirque du Soleil. Ringo Starr. Boston. Demi Lavato. Nick Jonas. This is just a short list of performers that have cancelled their events in North Carolina due to their disagreements…
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The Importance of Traveling
Throughout the year, the school provides many opportunities and breaks for students to travel. Summer vacation, winter break and spring break are perfect times to get out of the state or even country to…
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Junior Marshals — class of ‘17
Leesville Road High School announced their new group of Junior Marshals for the class of 2017. Junior Marshals are the juniors with a 3.70 GPA or higher in each graduating class. The top ten…
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Men’s Lacrosse Falls to Gibbons in Fourth Round
Friday the 13th started off well for Pride Men’s Lacrosse, but the end outcome wasn’t what they were hoping for. In the fourth round of the NCHSAA playoffs, Cardinal Gibbons took down Leesville by…
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Soccer Becomes Next Victim of Cinderella Athens Drive Team
On Friday, May 22, Leesville Women’s Soccer fell victim to a classic cinderella story and lost to Athens Drive by a score of 1-0 at home. The 24 seeded Jaguars came into the game…
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Leesville Alum Meredith Bissette Named “A Medical Mystery”
The last two months have been a rollercoaster for Meredith Bissette. Meredith, an alumni of Leesville and a sophomore at the University of South Florida, has been battling a well documented fight against chordoma…
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Leesville and Millbrook dubbed Co-CAP-8 Champions
The matchup between Leesville and Millbrook to determine the winner of the CAP-8 ended in a 0-0 tie after inclement weather resulted in unplayable field conditions. The teams played 19:31 of Friday’s game before…
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Leesville Track Hosts Cap-8
On Saturday, April 30, the Leesville track team hosted the Cap-8 finals meet. The conditions were damp, but it didn’t stop many athletes from having excellent days. The Leesville women’s team finished in second…
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Comedians flourish on Twitter
[View the story “Comedians flourish on Twitter” on Storify] Maggie Pollard, senior editor 2016-17
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There is No “I” in Team
Many students at Leesville participate in afterschool programs. Whether it is a sport, theater or chorus, the same principle applies to all members: there is no “I” in team. The definition of team is…
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Pride Teacher Athletes
When we think of athletes in school, we think of student-athletes. However, do we ever think about the teachers that used to be student athletes? The Pride family consists of many “teacher athletes” —…
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Renaissance troupe comes to Leesville
On Friday, April 29, a historical reenactment troupe (site) came to Leesville and held a series of interactive presentations, each lasting a bit over an hour long, with students from various classes in attendance…
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Harriet Tubman replaces slave owner Andrew Jackson on $20 bill
INTRODUCTION Harriet Tubman, a former slave famous for leading others to freedom via the Underground Railroad, will be replacing Andrew Jackson, the seventh US president known for his extreme feelings of white supremacy, on…
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Pearl Jam Cancels concert Due to HB2 law
Yes, it is true, Pearl Jam cancelled their concert on account of NC’s passage of the HB2 law. The concert that was to be performed on April 20 but was cancelled by the band…
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Immunotherapy proves most hopeful discovery in cancer treatment
Imagine specially training a police force and sending them to the roughest neighborhood in the city. Essentially, this is what happens when researchers successfully “train” T-cells to target cancer. T-cells are a type of…
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How to balance life as a teenager: Lab Report
Objective: Find the missing variable in order to balance the equation of life of a teenager. Every person’s answer will be different based on personal opinion and belief. Introduction: This experiment is going to…
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Discrimination Feature
Age. Race. Parental status. Disability. Gender identity. Political affiliation. Sexual orientation. Physical features. Religious beliefs. These simple ideas have become grounds for unrelenting discrimination in our daily lives. There are two main questions everyone…
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I gave up earbuds–so should you
People seem to be divided into those who use personal listening devices sparingly and those who use them religiously. For about a year, I was one of those lads who took every opportunity to…
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Schoening combats senioritis with work
An athlete committing to a D1 college is a big deal. In the fall, Jacki Schoening, a Leesville senior, committed to Towson University, a school of approximately 19,000 undergraduates in Baltimore, Maryland. Towson has…
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Leesville Baseball on road to playoffs
Leesville’s varsity men’s baseball team has recently come off of a three-game winning streak towards the end of their season. The team’s last two games have been high scoring shutouts, with a 8-0 win…
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Blind Taste Test
Ben Zahavi, junior editor 2016-17
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Lemonade Review
After dropping the self-titled album Beyonce in December of 2013 without any warning, many imagined it would be difficult for Beyonce to surprise fans in the same way. They were proven wrong on Saturday,…
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Senior Night
As the Pride women’s soccer season is getting to the home stretch, the last home game is rapidly approaching. The final game played at Marshall L. Hamilton stadium is reserved for honoring the seniors…
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Leesville’s “night among the stars”
Leesville students, adorned with formal tuxedos and elegant dresses, gathered at the Wake County Shrine Club on Saturday night, April 30. Attendees experienced a “Night Among the Stars” from 7-11 p.m. Students enjoyed the…
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Primaries: Has the media been biased?
For a 10-day period, The Mycenaean analyzed the home page of 4 different major news source and WRAL, a local news source. During that time, we counted how many times those news sources mentioned…
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Prince, Legendary Artist, Passes Away
On Thursday, April 21, the world lost one of its musical icons. Prince Rogers Nelson, known as Prince who was born on June 7, 1958. Prince rose to fame with his album Dirty Mind…
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A History of Women on Currency
[View the story “Women on Currency” on Storify] Michael Beauregard, senior editor 2017-18
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GroupMe App Review
Inspired by a project conceived at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon, GroupMe is now a well known app used by thousands. In 2010, founders Jarad Hecht and Steve Martocci created GroupMe in order to chat…
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Jungle Book Review
When I was little, one of the first movies I ever watched was Disney’s The Jungle Book. It was one of my favorite movies to watch as a kid, with my favorite part of…
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Leesville Panels Prep Parents for College
As the end of the year draws closer, seniors are beginning to feel the pressure of actually attending college. Finals and AP exams signify the end of the year, meaning there are just months…
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Sports Medicine and the importance of CPR
Sports Medicine Sports medicine teaches students life long skills. As they continue with the class, students appreciate and understand the importance of the teacher Susan Ennis’s lessons. Sports Medicine is a popular class amongst…