The online student news source of Lovejoy High School

The Red Ledger

The online student news source of Lovejoy High School

The Red Ledger

The online student news source of Lovejoy High School

The Red Ledger

5 reasons video games wont make you a murderer

5 reasons video games won’t make you a murderer

Cameron Stapleton, Staff Reporter November 19, 2013

1. Video games don't cause insanity Many politicians in favor of censoring violence have argued that video games cause people to become violent and unstable. The Navy Yard shooter was supposedly addicted...

Blow-off days create lazy ways

Blow-off days create lazy ways

Julia Vastano, Assistant Editor-in-Chief November 18, 2013

Chair tipped back, feet propped up and not a care in the world. This is the picture of many students during ‘blow off’ school days. On Fridays, often at the end of a six weeks, most students sit through...

Stressful Sunday studies

Stressful Sunday studies

Nathalie Kroll, Staff Reporter November 15, 2013

Homework over the weekend for many students may feel like a drag, resulting in the majority of the students procrastinating until Sundays; often making the last day of the week the most stressful. "Friday...

Random acts of kindness

Random acts of kindness

Riley Laurence, Staff Reporter November 14, 2013

An unexpected kind gesture from a stranger can do anything from turn someone’s day around to turn someone’s life around. Recently, a Miami, Florida cop bought $100 worth of groceries for a struggling...

Thought Bubble: Bad day go away

Thought Bubble: Bad day go away

Julia Vastano, Assistant Editor November 13, 2013

You woke up on the wrong side of the bed, you are having a bad hair day, and you hit the sleep button a few too many times on the alarm clock. Looks like you're going to have a bad day right? Wrong. There...

Life at the DAEP: part 5

Life at the DAEP: part 5

Anonymous, Guest Contributor November 12, 2013

You sit in-between these four walls, and it is an environment you become comfortable with. You become adjusted to the schedule and you start to feel like DAEP is how you have always gone about things. Then...

A no vote fails to consider student view

A no vote fails to consider student view

Noah Corbitt, Staff Reporter November 11, 2013

The LISD bond election is traditionally the major attempt to find funding for school improvements in the district and is a huge reason why the district has been able to expand its schools and programs...

Thought Bubble: Virtue

Thought Bubble: Virtue

Julia Vastano, Assistant Editor November 6, 2013

Yesterday I was reading a book, (whose title is rather unimportant), when I came across a line I have heard many times before: patience is a virtue. All along I have believed that meant that patience...

Life at the DAEP: part four

Life at the DAEP: part four

Anonymous, Guest Contributor November 5, 2013

Being in a school with only a few people has its positives and negatives. Socially DAEP is kinda like being in time out, except instead of 45 minutes it’s usually about 45 days. Although I miss my best...

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