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*pe^iticie OctoSen. 30, / Homecoming history haunts Grimsley By Amanda Earp and Angie Jeffreys Reporters came up in the student council meetings but the idea was always turned down by both seniors and under classmen,” said Ms. Cannady, former student coun cil advisor and current media specialist. Ms. Cannady X' vx,. X Until 17 years ago, Homecoming included more than just 12 of Grimsley’s finest females parading around the track in convertibles. Students anticipated the creativity and hard work of their fellow Whirlies in the form of elaborate structures of paper and chicken wire. The day was a mixture of brilliant fes tivities centering around the Homecom ing Float competition. Service clubs, stu dents council, the band and other stu dent groups met for weeks ahead to cre ate their large masterpieces. These mas sive structures all competed for the honor of “best float.” Judges for floats included parents, faculty and members of the community who awarded first place honors to the float with the best materials, creativity, display, and embodiment of the Home coming theme. As time passed, the gran deur of the floats was reduced from dis plays on the front lawn, to door decorat ing and finally to unsuccessful tailgate The 1975 Homecoming Queen celebrates after her crowning trimmings. With the decreasing student 'S* \ ■ 'X 1 interest in the Homecoming festivities, the participa tion of service clubs in Homecoming has diminished. Homecoming has evolved in more ways than one. The court itself has undergone changes from includ ing members from every class to a group of only se niors. “Every year it [underclass representatives] believes that a reason for the lack of interest in Home coming is that the celebration only involves seniors. Seniors have many exclusive privileges, already, and Ms. Toon, another media specialist, agreed when she said, “High school is not only for seniors.” According to Ms. Cannady, another reason for the apathy regarding Homecoming is the large emphasis on the Grimsley- Page game. Student Council has experimented with scheduling the dance before and after the big game, but nothing has successfully at tracted the students’ attention. “There has never been the excitement that I feel there should have been [for Homecoming]. Its always been Grimsley- Page. Homecom ing is sort of anti- climatic,” said Ms. Cannady. The question of attire for the dance has always been an issue for Student Council. Despite requests for a formal dance on a Saturday night, the idea was rejected be cause of a policy requiring one informal dance a year. The school hopes to keep the cost of the dance down so that girls will not have to buy new dresses. Although most students are unaware of past Homecoming traditions, the idea of floats is appealing to some Whirlies. “[Floats] are a good idea because they would show our school spirit and they would get many different types of students involved,” says Julie Greene, a freshman. Ayeza Nxumalo, a junior, says, “Floats would encourage student unity and would encourage students to participate in ser vice clubs.” Some Guilford County schools still incorporate Homecoming traditions; Northwest High, for ex ample, has a Homecoming Float competition, class representatives on the Homecoming court, and a for mal dance on Saturday night. Whirligig photo ”/\)i0K+ af tKe ox b u " makes tor Don ng rvi By Will Betton Reporter Sitting through “Night at the Roxbury” is like having a conversation with a guy in the middle of puberty. It’s funny the first time his voice cracks, but it gets annoying quickly. “Night at the Roxbury” is a horribly writ ten, poorly acted, and atrociously executed attempt to make a movie out of the Saturday Night Live skit about the two club-hopping brothers whose overly exaggerated dancing gets them turned down by every female they approach. Doug and Steve Butabi, played by Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell, spend the day work ing fortheir dad’s plastic plant store and their nights trying to get into the Roxbury, the most popular local club. The bouncer won’t let them in. One night, after having their hopes bashed for the hundreth time, they started their sulky ride home. Out of no where Richard Grieco of “21 Jump Street” rear ends them. Instead of paying for damages, he gets them into the Roxbury, where they are intro duced to the owner, an extroverted but touchy (“Did you touch my butt?”) poor excuse for a business man. This connection with the owner helps them get girls who think they’re rich. This is where the movie goes beyond the point of laughing and be comes deplorable. After watching about five episodes of Saturday Night Live the “What is Love” song becomes aggravating. Imagine over an hourofthat song being played over and over again. “They played that song at least five times in the movie. That’s enough to kill a small animal,’ ’ said freshman Kelly Regan. Afterthemovieends,thetorturedoesn’t . When I asked Matt Hodgin, a junior, what his thoughts were on the movie, the only response I could get out ofhim was, “What is love? Baby don’thurtme. Babydon’thurtme. Comeon. Da da da da da da...” ThQ s)ai on Saturday Night Live ]sn\haii. In fact, it’s pretty amusing, but an hour and a half of the same skit is huge mistake. “It’s something you can only take in small doses,” said Nick Maggio, a junior. “As an employee of the Ter race, I’m embarrassed that we even show that movie.” Kelly Dassow, a freshman, agrees with Maggio when she says, “And I thought ‘The Lost World’ was bad!” If there is one thing in the world that everyone would agree on, no matter what age, race, or sex, it would have to be that “Night at the Roxbury” is, without a doubt, the worst movie since an Ed Wood production, “PlanNine from Outer Space.” Too bad I touched my butt to the theater seat that day. You Won’t belioYO What You Can If Mark J. Katz, DDS, PA OrtbodoKha and Dcntojacia! Ortbopcdics Jor Childrer atid Aduhi Cornwallis Center Suite 1 10 1515 W. Cornwallis Dr. Greensboro, NC 27408 I336J 274-2953 Professional Village Building 4 707 South Van Buren Rd. Eden, NC 27288 (336) 627-1537 place to paint and partij. 5607 W. 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