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Volume 77 No. 2
Grimsley High School
801 Westover Terrace
Greensboro, NC 27408
Friday, October 27, 2000
Presidential debate has impact on local students
By Mckenzie Clark
Reporter
On Wednesday October ll‘\
2000, the second presidential
debate was held at Wake Forest
University.
Gore arrived at 2:55 p.m,, an
hour late, at the Smith-Reynolds
Airport in Winston-Salem. Shak
ing hands with local Dignitaries,
Politicians, and Homecoming
Queens and posing for pictures.
Gore made his way to his limou
sine. Many well-known local
journalists from stations such as
Fox 8 and News Channel 12 were
there to greet the Vice-President,
and NBC provided national cov
erage for the event.
Before the debate, the Quad
was filled with students, most of
who were very conservative.
Around the Quad was a cre
atively decorated dormitory that
had “Debate 2000” written in
Christmas lights on the win
dows. Dorms were also adorned
with either Bush/Cheney signs
of Gore/Lieberman signs, which
had been mutilated to say Gore/
Lie.
As the Debate time ap
proached, many people were go
ing to extreme measures to get
into the Debate. Secret Service
and local police arrested a
newswoman and when she burst
through the security checkpoint.
She said she was invited to the
Debate, when she was detained,
she began to cry hysterically.
A Secret Service agent ex
plained that since the woman had
no identification, she very well
could have been a threat to the
safety of the candidates and
those there to witness the de
bate, which included not only the
visitors in the chapel, but the
numerous students and media,
both local and national, on the
Quad.
The agent also said, “ The Se
cret Service began protecting the
presidential candidates after the
assasination of Robert
Kennedy.”
Not much else happened on
the Quad except a sighting of
George Stephanopolos and a
hurried conversation with NC
senator, John Edwards. As it
neared nine, people began retir
ing to their respective areas to
watch the debate, including
Brendle Recital Hall where a live
feed of the debates of the De
bate was shown.
Many thought that the tempo
of the debate wasn’t very typical.
Others found it very entertaining,
listening to the candidates and
figuring out where they differed
on the issues.
The popular opinion seemed to
be that the Wake Forest Debate
was similar to the Boston Debate.
Some said that George Bush came
off as a person who doesn’t pay
attention and has no knowledge
of national or international policy,
and A1 Gore appeared to feel he
needed to prove just how much
smarter he was than Bush.
After the Debate ended, many
of the Wake Forest visitors went
to the after-party at the Winston-
Salem Coliseum where Vice-Presi
dent Gore made a short speech
after Sen. John Edwards, Gover
nor Jim Hunt and Rep. Watt all
introduced the Vice President.
The coliseum was crammed
with an ecstatic crowd cheering
on their candidate. With banners
and streamers waving in all direc
tions, the people of Winston-Sa
lem gave the Vice President one
last wave good-bye and wished
him luck in the weeks ahead.
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Spirit presides over vandalism
By Dirk Lankford
Reporter
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The rivalry between Grimsley and
Page is an old one, as are the pranks
and vandalism that occurs the week of
the game. It happens every year, some
year's worse than others. How did this
year measure up?
According to Officer Robinette, the
vandalism was about the same as last
year. It was a bit more severe the night
of the bonfire only because tliere was
no school the following day. “The posi
tive thing we’re seeing is that there isn’t
as much damage being done to prop
erty. There was not as much spray paint
ing. There was not as much trespass
ing, but we’re still getting a lot of
citizen complaints about egg
throwing,” Officer Robinette said.
Kelly Dassow, ajunior, said, “
I think there was less unfixable
vandalism but there was more
conflict in general.”
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Earp photo
Page's anchor, which sits near the entrance to the school, was com
pletely cemented to the ground. The degree of damage done to each
school and surrounding neighborhoods has decreased considerably
within the past few years, however.
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Clark photo
Vice President AlGiore arrives at Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem. He
came to North Carolina for the presidential debate held at Wake Forest
University.
SAT scores climb
By KateBoylan
Reporter
Last year, all across Guilford
County, students headed into
schools equipped with number two
pencils, calculators, and nervous
thoughts. Despite the nervousness,
last year Guilford County’s SAT
scores rose, as did the number of
students taking the SAT’s.
The 2000 school year saw the
Guilford County School district’s
SAT scores rise seven points from
1999. There was improvement seen
in the county’s average scores, and
the county’s average score of 999
beat the state average by 11 points.
The SAT is a test that most high
school seniors and juniors take. The
test is divided into two portions,
math and verbal. The maximum score
for both the math and the verbal sec
tion is 800 making a possible com
bined score of 1600. Both math and
verbal have various sections and an
allotted amount of time for each sec
tion.
Guilford County’s average overall
score rose and according to Superin
tendent Terry Grier, the average verbal
score was up one point from last year,
and the average math score was up six
points.
Improvement not only went up in
the scores of Guilford County students
but also in the number of students tak
ing the SAT. Throughout the 1999-
2000 school year 74.6% of senior stu
dents graduating from Guilford County
took the SAT’s, while the 1998-1999
school year saw only 71.9% taking the
SAT’s. Here at Grimsley 91 % of the
graduating class of 1999 took the
SAT’s. .Despite trailing the national
averages, local schools are seeing
great improvement at very high rates.
The SAT test is widely used by col
leges as the standardized college ad
mission test. Many students when
applying for colleges find that the ad
missions board concentrates as much
on their SAT scores as their grades.
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