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High Life Friday, September 29, 2000
Locker squeeze takes toll
By Dirk Lankford
Reporter
Carrying around an unduly
heavy backpack was not what
students had in mind upon their
return to school. The shortage
of lockers is the reason for this
arduous situation
Some Grimsley High School
students face this obstacle ev
eryday. “Grimsley is a great
school but due to frustration
caused by lack of lockers...it
is easy to lose sight of the
greatness,” said liana Marks,
a sophomore. Marks is one of
several students who has
been disappointed by the scar
city of lockers around
Grimsley.
Students have weighed
their backpacks and some ex
ceed 45 pounds. For some stu
dents, this is weight is one-
third or even half of their total
body weight, and it is hard to
survive this weight without a
locker.
Mr. Overby, our school’s
student support specialist.
said, “Our maintenance crew
is supposed to go around to
all the lockers and get the cor
rect combination for them, but
until then we are doing the
best we can.”
A large majority of
homerooms have dispropor
tionate student/locker ratios.
Mrs. Humbard’s sophomore
homeroom has 25 kids while
only 22 lockers. Senior
homerooms are arguably the
worst. Some homerooms are
as bad as 27 students to six
lockers.
“There are just not enough
lockers, period. Our school
has about half the lockers we
need,” said Mr. Overby. In
addition, lockers weren’t
checked over the summer by
the maintenance department,
so some lockers will not even
open. “ I don’t know, hope
fully our maintenance depart
ment can work on this prob
lem and fix the situation,” said
Mr. Overby. The majority of
the students implied they
didn’t know what they would
do without their locker. “I can’t
imagine having to carry all my
books around. School would
be very tough without my
locker,” said Matt Guttentag,
a sophomore. Overall, fresh
man and sophomores have
the least severe locker situa
tion. Most of these
homerooms have an adequate
supply of lockers. Most jun
iors seem to be satisfied with
their locker space. Seniors,
however, are a different story.
On the first floor of the Main
Building, most seniors find
themselves four to a locker.
Alternative sites have been
suggested for lockers. For ex
ample, rolling backpacks and
sharing lockers with friends
are lengths students have
gone to and will continue to
take in order to find shelter for
their books.
“I’m just glad to have a spot
to keep my stuff,” said
Guttentag. Most students feel
the same, but for those stu
dents who don’t have lockers,
any place will do.
Lights go up on film study club
By Tim Norton
Reporter
After a long day of reading,
writing, and arithmetic, sometimes
the most appealing idea is to sit
down, relax, and watch a good
movie.
Thanks to the leadership of
Emily Sinks and Lauren Oliver,
both seniors, and the support of
Mr. Ralston, the sponsor of the
club, the film study club meets
and watches movies after school.
Sinks, co-founder of the club,
said, “The club is a good chance
for people to critique classic
films.” That is exactly what the
club is all about.
At the beginning of a meet
ing, Sinks and Oliver pass out
information sheets to everyone
so they will have an understand
ing of certain aspects of the film
before it starts. These sheets
contain information such as the
director, lead actors of the film,
pertinent information of the film,
and minor flaws in the plot or set
ting. After they pass out the in
formation, the members discuss
it and start the film.
Sinks and Oliver show a whole
film and discuss it with the group.
In some cases, longer films will
be shown over a two-week pe
riod. If membership in the club is
high enough, the film club soci
ety might take an occasional field
trip to local theaters to view cur
rent and classic films.
“I have a passion
for good, classical
films. I would love
to share them with
the population.”
-Lauren Oliver,
senior
Some of the films tliat the club
will watch this year are “Apoca
lypse Now,” “Bedazzled,” “Otto
e Mezzo (8 Vi)” “2001: A Space
Odyssey,” “Lawrence of
Arabia,” “Blade Runner,” “Das
Boot,” and “Citizen Kane”.
Although many view the film
industry as primarily entertain
ment, Sinks said she founded the
club for the “enhancement of
culture.” Sinks and Oliver also
started the club because there are
no other clubs like it at Grimsley.
Oliver, the other founder of the
club, said, “I have a passion for
good, classic films. I would like
to share them with the popula
tion.”
Sinks is very interested in the
study of film. “I really love film
and I want to be a director,” she
said. Oliver also has ambitions
to be a director in the film indus
try.
Whether it is an intellectual
journey into the political theories
of Ayn Rand or a comedic frolic
with the age old plot involving
the sale of a human soul to the
devil for seven wishes, there is
always something interesting to
discover in the world of the film
industry. With Oliver and Sinks
leading, the film study club will
study all: the old, the new, the
dramatic, and the comedic.
New dress code says
‘one size fits all’
By Lauren Marker
Reporter
“Clothing or any items worn
on clothing containing sugges
tive or profane signs, pictures, or
language will be considered in
appropriate, as well as short
shorts. No head scarves or bare
back shirts are to be worn during
the school day. No tank tops or
cut off tops that expose the mid
portion of the body are permit
ted...”
The above quote is an excerpt
Irom page 43 of the Grimsley High
School Student- Parent Hand
book for the 2000- 2001 school
year. While many have disre
garded Grimsley’s dress code in
years past, the harsher crack
down on appropriate attire has
made many take notice.
The handbook also states, “In
the event that students come to
school dressed in a manner that
tends to create disruption, the ad
ministration reserves the right to
send him/her home to change into
more appropriate attire.” This ab
sence from class is considered a
Category 2. According to Ms.
Green, the administration is giv
ing out “Safe and Sober Prom
Night” T-shirts so students
won’t have to go home and
change.
Some people have been sur
prised by the scrutiny of seem
ingly non- revealing tank tops.
Technically, tank tops have not
been allowed in school for years
but people have worn them any
way.
“ During the summer, girls wear
tank tops and it’s ridiculous for
the administration to expect us
to buy entirely new wardrobes
for school. It’s too hot to wear T-
shirts everyday,” said Molly
Chadbourne, a sophomore.
Maital Guttman, a senior, said,
“Tank tops are definitely appro
priate. They cover everything
that should be covered. In such
a hot school, it is unfair not to allow
us to wear tank tops. Last time I
checked, shoulders are not inappro
priate.”
According to Ms. Green, the
handbook uses a one-size-fits-all
approach. By saying that people
cannot wear tank tops at all, it limits
the extremes that people can take
tank tops to, like bare back shirts.
Another blanket approach that
the handbook uses piertains to the
issue of short shorts. How short is
too short? Common sense should
be sufficient enough as to what is
appropriate, lengthwise, according
‘‘...if you are not pay
ing attention in elass
because of what
someone else is wear
ing, it’s your fault.
You shouldn’t be ob
sessing about what
others are wearing.”
-Nicole Washing
ton, junior
to Ms. Green. Certain measurements
of certain types of clothing are too
much to deal with, so the adminis
tration says “No” to all short shorts.
However, this “one-size-
fits-all” approach does not work for
everyone. Some feel tliat it is not a
school’s place to say what one can
and cannot wear. Nicole Washing
ton, ajunior, said, “If your mother or
father lets you out of the house wear
ing whatever it is that you have on,
no one at school should have the
right to tell you to go home and
change. Persontilly, 1 think if you are
not paying attention in class be
cause of what someone else is wear
ing, it’s your fault. You shouldn’t be
at school obsessing about what oth
ers are wearing.”
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Seniors Lauren Oliver and Emily Sinks, co-founders of the fdm club, discuss a fdm that they
have just watched. Both Oliver and Sinks aspire to a career in the film industry.
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