October 7, 2008
[email protected] LSHS alhallaVolume 81, Issue 1 A night of broken statues v A student’s prank leaves expensive damages and hurt pride Alissa Margett Features Editor hough the damage is not clearly visible Tfrom a distance, the school statue located between the 400 building and main of- fice was the target of a recre- ational explosive. On July 4, a group of roughly seven to ten high school students came onto the campus just before mid- night. Armed with a sparkler bomb, the vandals went to work blowing up the school’s statue. This act of vandalism caused about $8,000- $9,000 dollars worth of damage to above are images caught by the security camera on the night of the vandalism photo art by Amelia Dickson the statue. in and saw the recording and nal charges, but he is also fac- the campus and fix his work by administrators, the student Unfortunately for the found out who did it,” Head ing never being able to finish here or remove the statue wrote a typed apology let- students, they were being of Campus Security Janet Al- high school here. [He] could and take it with him to be re- ter addressed to the students watched. bee said. be [expelled], but [the con- paired. Regrettably, the repa- of this school that is almost “We have cameras that After being confronted by sequence] hasn’t been decid- rations will not be done for three pages in length. protect that area. We came administration for his actions, ed yet.” some time.