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GRIMSLEY HIGH LIFE
Volume LIU Number 7,
“Voice of the JVhirlies
99
Tuesday February 14, 1984
High I.Q, Team receives new sponsor
by Patrick Chilton
The televised competitions
among local High I.Q. teams will be
run as scheduled, despite an earlier
snag in sponsorship. A new spon
sor was found recently, much to the
relief of the coaches and team
members who have spent hours in
practice sessions.
WFMY, a local television broad
caster, had covered not only the
regular competitions but the cham
pionship rounds as well for the past
19 years. The sponsor who supplied
money for the air time, etc., was
NCNB for equally as long.
According to Lisa Cobia, head of
the marketing department at
NCNB, sponsorship was dropped
“as a result of a look at new
marketing strategies for 1984.”
The marketing department felt
that their sponsorship should be
dropped in order to keep the funds
for matters of higher priority.
Cobia felt that the High I.Q. com
petitions were “not one of the most
important places our money could
be spent.” However, it should be
noted that NCNB did donate
$4,000 to this year’s competitions
even after dropping their ordinary
sponsorship. Previously more than
$12,000 was being given annually
by NCNB with that figure increas
ing slighty each year due to infla
tion. The money was spent on air
Twp to be held off campus
by Marsha Sink
For the first time in the history of
Twirp, the dance will be held off
campus. The Marriott Hotel will be
the scene of this February 25th
dance. “We hope having the dance
in another location will reinterest
people in our dances,” said Michelle
Martoraho, Youth Recreation
Chairman.
The Twirp Dance is traditionally
known as th^ dance where “the
woman is required to pay.” It is the
girl's chance to ask that guy she
has always wanted to go out with
and the boy’s opportunity to get
wined and dined without paying.
The dance will last from 9 p.m.-l
a.m.and the cost per couple is $10.
Jeff Simpson is the disc jockey for
this event.
The Marriott wiU also cater this
special event. The YRC is responsi
ble for the decorations, publicity
and ticket sales.
by Tamera Majors and Jay Floyd
MarvelcitiH Marta saves school
Marta Force, on January 6,
peered Out of her Westover Terrace
apartment around 12:00 midnight
to find her neighbor in hysteria,
yelling; ■‘'Grimsiey’s on fire,
Grimsley's on firetl” Force being
the dedicated employee that she is,
darted to the phone in order to call
a somewhat zombied Dr, Baur.
Following the phonecall to Bawr,
the choral director realized that
firemen were needed. After sum
moning the fire department, she fl'
Onion vapors plague campus
A pungent aroma bfts wafted
■across Whirlie Country for many
nyears and HIGH HIFE has at last
.discovered the source. The uncan
ny ametl has been traced to an
eating establishment known as
Yum Yum's.
Any students having fleaten the
-I traditicmal “hot dog all the way”
■have also devoured several hun
dred onion chips. These onion chips
ate detremental to the nasal
passages and learning processes of
fellow students.
time, scholarships, and luncheons,
according to Cobia.
The new sponsor is Greensboro
College, now donating more than
NCNB’s $12,000 a year, and has no
plans for ending the sponsorship.
It should be noted that NCNB
hasn’t really completely dropped
sponsorship. Even though it is now
Greensboro College who is sponsor
ing the show, NCNB actually sup
plies large funding to Greensboro
College. Consequently, NCNB
hasn’t actually dropped their spon
sorship, they have only changed
their method of sponsoring. As
Cobia said, “I don’t think the situa
tion could be any better.”
Walkmans
banned
by Rachel Barger
Recently, Grimsiey administra
tion banned Walkman radios Emd
tape players from the campus.
Many students feel that this recent
decision is unreasonable and unfair.
When asked to comment on the
recent embargo on the Walkman
radios Dr. Fuller said, “Because it’s
disruptive to others it is not needed
at school, and it doesn’t work well
in a learning environment. This rule
has already been stated in the
“Student Handbook.”
In other words folks you had bet
ter forget mouthing the words to
“ThriUer” during Spanish III.
jSdpbomorc and junior team members
^ fPAoto 6v Chris PieSt^
Teams win at Academic Challenge
'by Robert Corbett
Grimsiey sophomore and junior
teams swept the awards at Satur
day, January 28’s Academic
Challenge. Both teams went
undefeated in the four team, double
elimination tournament that in
cluded Page, Dudley and Smith.
Members of both teams were
selected in try-out sessions last
November, from approximately 30
students who came to tryouts. The
members are, of the junior team:
Zvi Cohen, Steffanie Vaughan,
Tracy Baldwin, Kevin Moran,
David Decamp, and Donna
Berkelhammer. On the sophomore
team are: Scott Burgin, captain,
Jeff Ershler, Robert Corbett, Pat
Kubis, Paul Bates, and Eugene
Naughton. These final members
each won their positions by making
through three elimination rounds.
Mr. Whisenant assisted Mr.
McKinney in coaching both teams.
This new competition was set up
to prepare students for the senior
Hi-IQ Bowl. The seniors were on
hand to help with the matches.
Also, the contest allows
sophomores and juniors to have a
chance to go to the Academic In
vitational in Florida.
To prepare for Saturday’s flurry
of questions on subjects as dif
ferent as math and mythology, the
teams spent two months
preparation. Often they spent as
much as an hour andahalf after
school, in mock competition. Dur
ing this time the senior Hi-IQ team
was instruniental in giving the
teams a taste of actual competi-
, tion!
ed Rer home go that she tu^t
assist the firetaen in the if
endeavors.
Force informed the frenzied
firemen that going through the
hathtoom window would be rhoro
effective than chopping at the steel
doors with axes- Thus, the small
time choms teacher and the big
time principal succeeded in saving
our educational instittttion andprO?
ving that Whirlie Spirit cannot be
fried.
However, the proMem of this
distinct aroma canttot be easily
resolved for the traditiotial “hot !
dog all the way" of Yum Yum’s pro
duces a deliciotts sensation that .
tantalizes the taste buds!
Perhaps the dehtion of the
several hundred onion cldps would
be benefldaiin curing the uncanny
sroma. Or maybe the oil adage has
proven true^stndents Should think
twice before going “all the way" In
high school
Music dept, prepares for con^tition
by Alice Newman
For the first time since 1981,
Grimsley’s girls choir will be join
ing the Madrigals at state contest
for small ensembles February 18 at
Greensboro College. Although this
will be a first in a while for Girls’
Choir, G.H.S. Madrigals have been
rated superior in the last six con
tests.
Grimsley’s mixed choir wiU at
tend state contest for large ensem
ble March 16, at Smith High
School. Mixed choir has a past
record of one exceUent and the rest
superiors.
Jazz band
Grimsley’s jazz bano is going to a
contest sponsored by and held at
UNC-Chapel HiU. The jazz band at
tended the same contest last school
year and received a~^peroirYatin^
The mixed choir
department
members practice
for Challenge
Photo by Chris Pickerel)