Do I have to file taxes? For an unmarried person, $9,750* is the maximum you can make without filing taxes. This includes any income you make from employers and any money you made from side jobs like mowing the lawn or babysitting. Should I file taxes if I made less than $9,750? If your employer...

Don’t you just abhor those sesquipedalian hotshots who use unnecessarily long words like “lugubrious” instead of “sad”? Do you feel as if the vast majority of concepts can be said using words that are five letters or less in length? Well, so do I. But I have a confession. Sometimes, I use long...

Two thousand years ago, if someone wanted to make everyone hate them, he’d become a tax collector. Throughout the course of history, taxes and tax collectors were associated with evil and unfairness. Colonists during the American Revolution got fed up with the unfair taxes levied on them by Great Britain;...

Sophomore Will Tullbane dipped his hands into a soapy solution and watched as his teacher lit his palm on fire. The flame exploded into a fireball, reacting with methane gas in the soap bubbles, but after a second it died down and Tullbane was left slightly damp but unburned. Tullbane’s Pre-Ap...

Try to combine the appeal of adults watching a childish fairy tale and children watching a bloodbath, and it’s easy to realize why a movie such as “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” could never work. The movie contained an abundance of blood and violence, but it was unrealistic and distracted me...

Since the 1990s, the nation has gone through what some dub the “Social Media Revolution.” Along with exponential growth in telecommunications and the Internet, the development of social media results in the subsequent degradation of expression of written and spoken language. Our generation’’s reliance...

Bright, smoking objects fly up over the back of the school as junior Angelina Vinson watches her rocket’s success. Every year, students in Mr. Davis’s Pre AP Physics make and launch miniature rockets to get hands-on experience and understand the effects of air friction. Among rumors of missiles...

Imagine blank stares when you try to gossip with your friends about teachers from freshman year. Imagine not being able to look down the neighborhood street at lowlife, good-for-nothing jackanape scoundrels you've known since kindergarten. Imagine being senior Daniel Bassininski, who has has only known...

NHS and Key Club are promoting a food drive between Nov. 1 and 9 for the Mansfield food pantry associated with Common Grounds, which services some of Legacy’s students as well as other residents. Students can donate dry boxed goods, canned goods, and other nonperishable items. Freshmen should take...

In the spirit of election time, we’ve decided to overanalyze data and show Legacy through facts and figures. Usually we avoid this type of analysis since personality speaks louder than words, but demographics can show character as well. Statistics show trends in student population and highlight underlying...

Legacy hosts its first Texas Forensic Association (TFA) Speech and Debate tournament on Nov. 3. Over 300 debaters from 30 schools all over North Texas will compete in 15 different events all day. Friday before the tournament, debate teacher Howard Ritz and any assistants will put signs and directions...

The quadratic formula torments students in physics and Algebra II. The lengthy, often used formula helps solve quadratic equations, find roots or solve for air time during the motion of a projectile. However, knowledgeable students can program this burdensome equation into graphing calculators,...

Several minutes after the tardy bell rings, junior Jake Sutton walks into his first period, AP English. His teacher, Stephanie Bonneau, scowls at Sutton’s lateness and hands him the assignment. “I always wake up at like 7:20,” Sutton said. “I’ve been counted tardy numerous times.” Waking...

When I learned last year that the high schools would issue iPads, my initial thought was one of joy. I thought with the iPads I wouldn’t have to lug around so many textbooks to classes. I thought virtual notes would mean I never have to frantically search for the notes to my math homework again. As...

UIL Academics hosts its annual kickoff on Tues., Sept. 11 in Mrs. Mullis’s room A-S223. Students in all grades curious about competing are welcome to come learn about UIL Academic competitions and the different subject areas. Snacks and drinks will follow. “It will be a good time for students...