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Volume 86 No. 3
Grimsley High School
November 30, 2010
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27408
high LIFE New access to grades earns both praise,
disapproval based upon effort, accuracy
The fed
eral gov
ernment
proposed
regulations
pertaining
to more blatant health
warnings on cigarette
advertisements and
packaging. If such
becomes law, it would
be the biggest change
in tobacco warnings in
25 years.
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Page 3
News
Organization
NORML fails at polls
to make recreational
marijuana smoking
legal in California.
page 2
Opinion
Physically fit actors
eating foods high in
carbohydrates sends
incorrect message in
commercials.
page 4
Features
Fall runways
provide a myriad of
fashions in different
colors, styles, and cuts
for the winter season.
page 8
Sports
Index
News
2
Opinion
3-4
Spread
6-7
Features
5-10
Sports
11-12
BY LINDSEY STADLER
Sports Editor
The new Parent Access
module gives parents the op
portunity to become more in
volved with their student's
academic progress without
going through a lot of trouble.
This module gives parents a
chance to access their child's
grades, attendance informa
tion, high school credits that
have been earned, and stan
dardized testing information.
Since this program is available
for parents to check at any
time, there will be no need for
teachers to give out printed in
terim reports, however the
school will continue to give out
printed report cards. Other
schools in Guilford County that
currently have access to this
module are Ragsdale High,
Southern Guilford High,
Northern High, Archer
Elemtary and Brooks Global.
Additional schools will be
added as the year progresses.
Most teachers agree that the
program is very helpful be
cause it makes informing par
ents of their child's grades
much easier. The module can be
a hassle though when it comes
to entering in grades since
there are so many assignments
throughout the quarter and it
requires much time in updat
ing them constantly so it can
definitely be a timely process.
"As a teacher, it's nice not
having to stop every 5 seconds
to answer the question 'What's
my grade in here?' Now I can
simply direct them to check at
home. It can be inconvenient,
though if you have parents
who check daily and are impa
tient when you don't input
your grades the same day you
make the assignment," says
Teresa Whiting on the advan
tages and disadvantages of the
Parent Access Module.
Also, when a grade for a task
is left blank because it is rniss-
ing, it is automatically calcu
lated as a zero instead of omit
ted, which will seem to lower
the student's average and give
parents a false grade until the
assignment is completed. This
program allows the parent to
become much more connected
with their child's academic in
formation. It is very helpful be
cause some students try their
hardest not to let their parents
know what their true grades
are or that they missed a class
one day. The module lets par
ents know their child's actual
grades and look up their atten
dance information as well. The
module is not only very help
ful for parents, it is also nice
that students have this oppor
tunity to check their grades
much more often so that they
are able to see what assign
ments they need to make up or
which classes they need to
work harder in. Although this
new module comes in handy,
some teachers are unsatisfied
with some of its features.
"[The] only disadvantage I
see is the fact that sometimes
grades don't reflect the true
student and the parent might
think the child is doing worse
than they really are or better
than they really are," says
Lisa Stewart.
Some parents may be
unaware of fhe program,
which will only cause the
teachers and them more stress
since they are unable to view
their child's grades without
contacting the teachersthrough
an email, phone call, or physi
cally coming into school. The
Parent Access Module may
have a couple of glitches, bu in
the long run it will be very
helpful with knowing grades at
all time, meaning students al
ways knowing what they need
to do to achieve a higher grade.
Elections cause 180 turn in Senate
NFL athletes now
suffer more injuries than
previously recorded, so
officials are begiiming
to suspend players for
helmet hits, page 11
BY JACOB SECHTER
Reporter
Citizens across the nation
visited the polls on November
2 to cast their votes for the 2010
Congressional elections, yet
there were plenty who chose
not to participate. Out of the
218,054,301 Americans eligible
to vote, only 41.3% did so.
Such numbers suggested that
individuals were growing
more apathetic regarding this
civic responsibility; they did
not care, so they saw no pur
pose in selecting candidates.
In comparison to the hype of
the 2008 elections, 2010 came
up short.
Recent election results from
2010 implied there would be
many changes taking place in
Washington. Formerly domi
nated by Democrats, Congress
will soon gain more Republi
can seats. Popular subjects
candidates debated included
the state of the economy,
health care, and immigration
reform. Many found them
selves popular subjects in the
news, such as the controversial
female candidate from Dela
ware, Christine O'Donnell. She
was a Republican candidate
for Senate who, in the end, lost
to her Democrat opponent
Christopher Coons.
Alabama: (R) Richard C. Shelby
Alaska: Undecided
Arizona: (R) John McCain
Arkansas: (R) John Boozman
California: (D) Barbara Boxer
Colorado: (D) Michael Bennet
Connecticut: (D) Richard Blumentha
Delaware: (D) Christopher Coons
Florida: (R) Marco Rubio
Georgia: (R) Johnny Isakson
Hawaii: (D) Daniel K. Inouye
Idaho: (R) Michael D. Crapo
Illinois: (R) Mark Steven Kirk
Indiana: (R) Daniel R. Coats
Iowa: (R) Charles E. Grassley
Kansas: (R) Jerry Moran
Kentucky: (R) Rand Paul
Louisiana: (R) David Vitter
Maine: No election
Maryland: (D) Barbara Mikulski
Massachusetts: No election
Michigan: No election
Minnesota: No election
Mississippi: No election
Missouri: (R) Roy Blunt
Montana: No election
Nebraska: No election
Nevada: (D) Harry Reid
New Hampshire: (R) Kelly Ayotte
New Jersey: No election
New Mexico: No election
New York: (D) Charles E. Schumer
North Carolina: (R) Richard M. Burr
North Dakota: (R) John Hoeven
Ohio: (R) Rob Portman
Oklahoma: (R) Tom Coburn
Oregon: (D)RonWyden
Pennsylvania: (R) Pat Toomey
Rhode Island: No election
South Carolina: (R)JimDeMint
South Dakota: (R) John Thune
Tennessee: No election
Texas: No election
Utah: (R) Mike Lee
Vermont: (D) Patrick J. Leahy
Virginia: No election
Washington: (D) Patty Murray
West Virginia: (D) John Manchin 111
Wisconsin: (R) Ron Johnson
Wyoming: No election