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Five GHS students to Don’t Forget; Congrats to; George Ceasar participate in exchange program see page 3 Spring Break April 20-24 Chosen to All-State Baskeball team — GRIMSLEY HIGH LIFE Volume LIII Number 9 “Foice of the Whirlies’* Wednesday, April 18, 1984 Judge’s call sparks controversy By Eddie Drew A recent contoversy has been raised over a questionable call made by David Herr, a math judge, in 'a semi-final round of High I.Q. competition. This call possibly kept Grimsley from winning additional points from two math questions and halted their chance to winning a High I;Q. championship for a third consequtive year. During the match with Winston- Salem Reynolds High School, the Grimsley team claimed that a member of the Reynolds squad gave an incorrect answer. Alleged ly, Dr. Herr, in questioning the answer, suggested a correct answer to one of the Reynolds players. This action added 10 points to Reynolds’ score. Grimsley, subse quently, lost the match by a score of 188 to 171 and was eliminated from the competition. Bill McKinney, assistant coach to the GHS team, feels that the judge acted in an improper fashion. “A judgement should be based only upon the accuracy of the answer: either correct or in correct,” he says. “I feel this situa tion was biased in allowing Winston-Salem Reynolds get a cor rect answer.” (Bert Whisenant, coach of the GHS High I.Q. team, was unavialable for comment due to a trip to the National High I.Q. com petition held in Jacksonville, Florida.) During the controversy , two let ters of protest, both signed by Dr. Bonny Baur, Bert Whisenant, and Steve Long (GHS team captain), were sent in an effort to convince the High I.Q. officials to consider another match. These letters have failed to reopen another competi- . tion betwen the two teams. ‘T don't think its fair but that's the way it goes sometimes,” says Lezlie Fort, a member of the team. “Once you tell someone that something is unfair and they don’t do anythiing about it, then there is not much you can do to change it.” Auto accidents, thefts increasing Juba Almy, Billy Geschwind, Jay Floyd and Geoff Neal prepare for Whirlie Week activities. Whirlie Week needs involvement Compiled by Journalism I class There has been a rash of traffic accidents at Grimsley in recent weeks. Many of these accidents have occured during lunch while students were leaving from or returning to the parking lot. For tunately there have not been many injuries, but there has been exten sive damage done to cars. We have observed student driv ing in the parking lot as well as on Campus Drive. The heaviest traffic is between 8:15 and 8:25. The traf fic during lunches is hazardous because the students are rushed. After school everyone is anxious to leave: therefore, there is mass con fusion caused in the parking lot. A major aspect of these high school accidents is the problem of increasing insurance rates. When an inexperienced driver has an acci dent, and the insurance company has to pay, the driver is considered at least partly at fault. If an inexperienced driver is at fault in an accident under $500 worth of damage, he will receive one insurance point and his in surance will increase 10 percent. If the same driver is in an accident and over $500 worth of damage were done, he will receive two in surance points and his insurance will increase 40%. Some students may think it is cheaper to pay for the accident themselves, but a representative form Horace-Mann Educators In surance Co. says this is not a very wise thing to do. When an in- continued on page 5 By Rachel Barger Students are desperately needed to participate in the Grimsley skits and Olympics. The class skits are to be performed on May 4th and the Grimsley Olympics are schedul ed for May 3rd. These activities provide some unexpected excite ment in your everyday dull hfe at school. In Order sign your desired self up for the sophomore skit, con- Mr. Rooker discusses rules and regulations to band members before their trip to Florida. Photo by Chris Pickerel Students named to By Pam Ramsbotham Who’s Who Among Greensboro Youth, founded by the Greensboro Youth Council, continued its presitgious recognition of outstan ding students this year. The Who’s Who Among Greensboro Youth honors students who have par ticipated in activities in the school, the community and church, as well as who have won special honors and awards during the school year. The following Grimsley Senior High School Students are reci pients of the distinguished Who’s Who Among Greensboro Youth Award: (seniors) Alise Weinstein, tact Wendy Starkland to join the Junior skit, chat with Kris Pappas to become involved with the senior skit, contact Jay Floyd. For participation the great Olym pic training, talk to Shaun Bynum for the sophomores. May Maclean Doolan for the juniors and Elizabeth Freeze for the seniors. Come on and become an actor or athleja fpr Qrun^gYi., Who’s Who Kristen King, Kacia Duncan, War ren Lewis, Kara Anton, Pamela Dingle, Alvin Blount, Cathy Wainer, Sidney Heilig, Amy Russell, Pat Parr, Jodi Slotchiver, Laurie Task, Bernard Boka, David Sawyer Kathleen Standon, Michelle Wulforst, Julia Almy, Pamela Ramsbotham, Geoff Neal, Michelle Andrews, John Alspaugh, Robby McDaniel, Alica Burgman, Alan Atwell, Catherine Musgrove, Holmes Foreman, Karen Seagraves, Lisa Fraizer, Charley Cassell, Terr^ Wilson, Amy Davis; continued on page 5 Key Oub sponsored ‘Spring Break’ dance GHS Attendance—Is it a problem? By Alise Weinstein The Grimsley Key Club spon sored its first dance,” “The Spring Break Warm-up Dance”, on Friday, April 13. The purpose was of course to dance but also to get students ready for the upcoming thriller vacation. . .Spring Break! The dance was held in the Grimsley auxiliary gym from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Students danced to the music played by Key Club member, Steve McDonald, which gave students a chance to show off many breakdancing skills. There was a one dollar admission charge to the dance with all pro ceeds donated to a local charity. di Th new, renovate Guidance center has opened Because of the fire, only per sonal momentos were lost. Important school records tere not damaged. By Carrie Milgrim The list was posted Wednesday morning as usual. Fifty-one names and fifty-one homerooms covered the blue paper tacked up on the bulletin board in the attendance of fice. Fifty-one, a relatively high number for 7-day absentee reports. According to teachers, it takes approximately 2 hours weekly to fulfill attendance records. Not to mention the 3 hours daily in the main office plus all day, every day in the attendance office. There is no where near enough room in this paper to outline they many pro cesses involved in this dilema. At tendance is one of the largest pro blems at Grimsley and definitely the most time-consuming. This pro blem grows as the weather becomes more inviting. There has been much controver sy among students about the atten dance policy and the last 9 week period, students definitely feel that the a,dministration is pickier the final 9 weeks. Teachers, on the other hand, see no difference bet ween the first or the last grading periods. All the teachers spoken with made ;reference: to the fact that a student can’t learn if not in class. Also, the student should know the attendance policy upon entering Grimsley. When asked about suspension, one teacher replied, “If that’s what it takes, I’m all for it.” A member of the Grimsley office staff said that it’s the same students in the office all the time an they leave with a smirk on their faces. 'I'hen, when they get suspended or expell ed, they can’t understand why. One teacher described the stu dent s attitudes as “The American Way”. She compared a 7-day report to a speeding ticket. “You know when you’re speeding but when you get stopped you try to talk your way out of the ticket. It’s the same way with 7 day reports. The kids know the policy but when they get into that office with an ad ministrator , they try to weasel their way out of it.” She added “As a teacher, since the new attendance policy has been adopted, there is stronger academics, a better stu dent body, and more school spirit.”
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