Category: opinion
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Morgan Street Food Hall
Looking for a new and improved spot to eat at? Well keep reading and I will inform you on the hookup. Monday, April 22, was a day off for traditional schools in Wake County…
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Local Job Opp.
For teens in high school money can be essential. The need for money in your adolescence comes from what you prioritize as needs and wants. In the millennial generation money is spent as if…
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Dreamville
On April 6 at noon, the gates for the very first Dreamville fest opened with thousands of hip hop fans awaiting. The Dreamville fest kicked off at Dorothea Dix Park, located in downtown Raleigh…
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The Reality of Senioritis
Urban Dictionary defines senioritis as, “a crippling disease that strikes high school seniors…” It goes on to explain common symptoms, including: “laziness” and “an over-excessive wearing of track pants, old athletic shirts, sweatpants, athletic…
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The Most Important Meal of the Day
Many view breakfast as the most important meal of the day, but how significant is the early morning meal to our daily productivity and success? Does consuming a nutritious breakfast positively affect the rest…
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Should Students Have Access to Cool Math Games?
A very popular website that many students use during their free time at school is Cool Math Games. The website is a place for child friendly games, some educational and some just for fun.…
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Shazam! Is a missed opportunity
Releasing in the U.S. on April 5, Shazam! was projected to steal the show as DC’s next breakout star—and it did just that. Boasting a $53 million opening weekend, resounding fan approval, and an…
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The Fulfillment of College Acceptance
When applying for college, I truly believed that I had a good chance of getting accepted into my schools. I had faith in my personal essay, SAT scores and high school transcript. A few…
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Are High Schools Starting Too Early?
One of the most debated issues involving high schools and the students attending them is the daily start time. As of now, most schools nationwide demand an earlier arrival time as school grade levels…
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Tarson goes out with a bang
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! Leesville Road High School presents Chicago the Musical: High School Edition. Being the final show of her career at Leesville, Katrina Tarson, Leesville Theatre Director, chose Chicago…
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‘WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?’: Track by Track Breakdown
After months of anticipation, Billie Eilish’s debut album ‘WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?’ was finally released on Friday, March 29. The fourteen track album was gaining more and more hype…
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UNCG meeting
Wednesday, March 13, I had the opportunity to actually sit, discuss, and have casual conversation with a University of North Carolina at Greensboro Assistant Director of Admissions. With the opportunity I am grateful and…
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Madea: Review
I browsed through the list of movies available in my area and A Madea Family Funeral immediately caught my eye. The Madea movies are something that I grew up with, and I was always…
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Hozier’s Wasteland, Baby! Album Review
I was excited to hear that Hozier was releasing Wasteland, Baby! because it is his first album since his Hozier album in 2014 (though he’s released a few EPs in the between now and…
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What Do High Schoolers Think About Vaccines?
Starting on March 28, all unvaccinated children will be prohibited from going into public areas in Rockland County, New York due to a measles outbreak. People under 18 who have not received their MMR…
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Queer Eye Season Three Review
On March 15, Netflix released season three of their original series–Queer Eye. The spin off of the early 2000s show–Queer Eye for the Straight Guy–features five gay men who work together to transform the…
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Is lunch off campus really worth it?
An opportunity is bestowed to juniors and seniors to get their lunch from an off campus destination. Although the upperclassman of Leesville love going off campus, most students don’t realize how much money these…
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Recognizing Leesville’s Exceptional Staff
Leesville Road High School is filled with a multitude of supportive and kind-hearted teachers. Some teachers strive to create special and genuine relationships with their students. It is time to shine some light on…
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My Take On Hamlet
Throughout high school, students in every grade level must read an abundance of books for the standard English curriculum. Many times the books are not selections we students are prone for attraction. The books…
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The Value Of Success
Success. Why, may I ask, does just the sound that word elicit such emotion? Why does society–from presidents to parents, from bums to lawyers, and most importantly, from children; from our future; place the…
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King of Scars Review
King of Scars is part of Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha-verse, the world in which her Six of Crows and Shadow and Bone. It is the first part of a duology about Nikolai Lantsov, a character…
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Track by Track Review of Dodie’s Human EP
Human is the new album released by YouTuber, author, and talented singer-songwriter, Dorothy Clark, known as Dodie to her fans. The album released January 18, and she already has music videos for three of…
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Review of UNCG’s Second Live Broadcast
Previously, I composed a review of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s social media live broadcasting that occured on January 23. . The live broadcasting also hosted another Q&A to answer any questions…
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PETA: A hotbed of controversy
Meat-lovers shudder upon hearing the acronym “PETA.” This animal rights group, which supports veganism among other causes, has made its way into the spotlight through contentious tweets. Most recently, PETA attacked Steve Irwin on…
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What’s the Obsession with Tropical?
Around this time last year, I wrote an article about the obsession of Leesville students with Cookout. At the time I didn’t understand the obsession with the famous fast food place, but as a…
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How To Train Your Dragon Three: A Cinematic Masterpiece
How To Train Your Dragon Three released on Thursday, February 22, and is already making quite the splash—a $56 million opening weekend splash– to be exact. Being the third and final installment of this…
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Why everyone needs Venmo
I recently joined the new Venmo wave, and I’m wondering why I didn’t sooner. Venmo is the newest trend for paying your friends and family back in a quick, easy, and stress-free way. Many…
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Is The Masked Singer a new kind of talent competition?
Over the past five years, more and more Americans each year are tuning into reality tv shows. Out of the reality tv genre, competition based series have dominated the field with shows like America’s…
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“Everything is awesome” about The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
I have to admit, I felt a bit skeptical when I walked into the movie theater to view The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, the sequel to the widely popular movie The LEGO…
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How bad was the Super Bowl LIII halftime show?
Each year, the Super Bowl halftime show brings together music’s most talented and popular artists to perform a set in front of not only the fans at the stadium, but to millions of Americans…
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‘bury a friend’ — New Music from Billie Eilish
After the electric release of her first EP ‘Don’t Smile at Me’ in 2017, Billie Eilish announced her new album ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ will come out on March…
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The “extrovert ideal” at Leesville
Picture the ideal Leesville student: He or she would not only be intelligent but also charismatic, holding many leadership positions in clubs and other organizations. He or she would be an athlete, too. He…
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Why People Should Listen to Podcasts
Podcasts have blown up so much in the past few years that it seems like every TV network and YouTuber has a podcast. I never really got into podcasts before because I never really…
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Teenage addiction, rehabilitation and renewal
Every day, we are surrounded by people. We do not know what’s going on in their lives or how it’s affecting them. In recent weeks, Sally*, a Wake County high school student, returned back…
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Bird Box: Is it Worth the Hype?
SPOILER ALERT I picked up the remote and turned Netflix on. My phone had just sent me a notification that a recommended movie called Bird Box was available. I was bored and…
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Why more people should attend women’s college basketball
North Carolina is home to some of the best college basketball teams in the country with big D1 ACC schools like UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, and NC State–college sports are a big deal to North…
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Glass: Make or Break?
The American filmmaker and actor M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, Glass, hit theaters last Thursday. The film is a combined sequel to two of his previous movies- Unbreakable(2000) and Split(2016). The large time gap…
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Students, Time to Put on the B.R.A.K.E.S
According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, more teens die everyday in car crashes than cancer, homicide, and suicide. Does this fact surprise you? It definitely surprised me too, at first. But the…
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Behind the wedding of the Century
It’s May 2009, and you’ve just come home from a long day of first grade. With a cherry popsicle and a bag of chips, you settle down on the couch to watch your favorite…
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Aquaman: Saving The DCEU
DC Comics was founded in 1934 and has seen incredible success throughout its 85 years in existence so far. Spawning some of the world’s most memorable and influential super heroes ever–such as Batman, Superman,…
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Aquaman plagued by excessive length, subplots
I looked down at my watch as I sat in the dark movie theater—an hour had passed. Later I glanced at the time again—another hour passed. And then finally, after 2 hours and twenty-two…
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Ditch that keyboard for a pen
Technology holds an overwhelming presence in our lives today. The glowing screens of smartphones mesmerize us; we use them constantly, from surfing the Internet to setting alarms and reminders. When we are not on…
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Classic Romance’s in the Age of Tinder
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want for a wife,” begins Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, one of the most famous…
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Ability Grouping–Practical or Ineffective?
For over 150 years, students have been grouped by their academic ability in school. This grouping, called ability grouping or ability tracking, has been a continuous and controversial topic in America. Grouping students by…
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and into our hearts
The past 18 years have seen an influx of superhero movies, leaving audiences to wonder if Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse would simply be an afterthought in a movie industry run by Iron Man, Captain…
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The magic of Santa Claus
Starting when I was very young, my parents convinced me that Santa Claus visits our house every Christmas Eve. I, a young girl with an overactive imagination, totally bought into the idea. With each…
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Students Should Be Eating More Often
When you Google “healthier ways to eat,” millions of websites immediately bring up search results for all kinds of diets and exercises to lose weight. Among the many tips, a common but rather unused…
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My Adventure at Publix
On Wednesday, November 28, a new Publix Super Market opened at the intersection of Leesville and Strickland Road. Right across the way from an already standing Harris Teeter, Publix is bringing strong competition to…
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Instant Family an instant hit with families
I’ve lost faith in feel-good family comedy movies. They’re often extraordinarily not-funny in their desperate attempt to be funny, disgustingly cheesy for the sake of being heartwarming. They don’t “feel-good.” They feel cringey,…
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A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships Review
The 1975 is an English pop rock band. Their new album A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships gives an insightful look at love and morality in our modern society. It delves deep into personal…