S I N C E 1 9 4 7 An up beat paper www.gradyhighschool.org/www.gradyhighschool.org/ for a dodownwn totownwn school southernersoutherner B A S K E T B A L L ART DANCE Girls fail to Italy trip includes Students convert courage mural painting, Samba with to victory cultural immersion DanceBrazil p. 18 pp. 10-11 p. 12 HENRY W. GRADY HIGH SCHOOL, ATLANTA VOLUME LX, NUM BER 4, FEB. 2, 2007 Art partnership CARTER’S WORDS makes sculpture for local gallery RAISE ARGUMENT BY CAROLINE DENTON ocal art gallery Eyedrum, BY REBECCA GITTELSON November, with critics claiming that Lhome to last year’s Advanced r. Melvin Konner, professor it includes numerous misstatements Placement Art show, is once of anthropology at Emory and factual errors and is anti- Israel. again featuring an exhibit closely DUniversity, initially agreed Carter told The Southerner, tied to the Grady community. to “serve on an advisory committee however, that he wrote the book The exhibit, SculpturEyedrum to talk to President Carter about to build peace, not anti-Israel Outdoors, opened Jan. 13 and is his differences with the Jewish sentiment. being shown alongside another community” regarding Carter’s new “If I listed all of the foreign exhibit, In Exile from the Land book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. policy goals that I would like to of Reason. Grady art director Mr. In the book, Carter presents a history have achieved, bringing permanent John Brandhorst collaborated of Israel, the Palestinian peace to Israel and her with community artist and territories and neighbors would be educator Jeff Mather and neighboring countries. at the top of the list,” Grady students and alumni to He also describes said Carter, who as create a massive sculpture being Palestinian and Israeli president helped craft displayed atop the Eyedrum life and explains how he the fi rst peace agreement water tower. thinks Israel should best between Israel and “It’s an abstraction—it’s achieve peace. Konner Egypt. “I have devoted not supposed to be anything later decided not to more time, study and particular,” Mr. Brandhorst serve on the committee, effort to [the] goal [of said. “There was a part that however, because of his creating Palestinian- was like a wedge shape and belief that Carter’s book Israeli peace] than to depending upon its orientation “is totally biased” and any other single subject. it resembled different things. contains multiple inaccuracies about The book was written to advance We found the fl ame to have the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict. the cause of bringing permanent the best association,” Although supporters have peace to Israel within internationally lauded Carter for promoting open recognized borders, living side by see GRADY page 13 dialogue about the confl ict and side with a Palestinian state, in publicizing what they claim is harmony with one another.” Israeli oppression of Palestinians, Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin of The Konner is not Carter’s only critic; Temple in Atlanta, a Reform Jewish 14 Jewish members of the Carter congregation, agrees that Carter’s Center’s advisory board resigned book and statements are not anti- CARSON HALE Jan. 11 because of their opposition Israel. Salkin believes, however, that to the book. Carter’s perceptions of the Middle Controversy has arisen around the book since it was published in see CARTER’S page 6 ONTENTS Outsourced custodians cause teacher complaints C BY EMMA DIN “In the rooms, we sweep the classroom daily, etal chairs were piled on top of two $7,000 spot mop the classrooms daily, pull the trash, clean Mmannequins and two gurneys. Medical the desk tops once a week [and] dust computers comment 3 equipment sat on the fl oor and a fi le rack stood in twice a week,” said Jacqie Holt, the GCA manager Michelle Wilco explores the the hall with papers scattered. Two weeks after the for Grady. “In the bathrooms we clean toilets, effect modern technology has furniture was moved to clear the fl oor for waxing, mop, deodorize and remove graffi ti.” however, the lab still awaited its cleaning and According to Ms. Carrie MacBrien, Grady’s on human relationships. couldn’t be used for instruction. Magnet coordinator, the outsourced custodial staff news 8 Grady’s Health Academy teacher, Ms. Sandra begins work at the end of the school day. During Ukah, was shocked to fi nd the expensive health school hours, a set custodial staff employed EMMA DIN Teacher certification and lab in such disarray when she came back to by Grady takes care of day maintenance. scheduling changes are in school after the winter break. Upset about her MR.CLEAN: Blakely Worthy, an outsourced GCA custodian, “First thing in the morning, we check the whole store for Grady next year. room environment, Ms. Ukah questioned the alternates dusting the halls and vacuuming the stairs. school,” said Mr. Germany William, who has been effectiveness of outsourcing custodial work. don’t feel like a part of Grady.” a member of the daytime staff for 20 years. “A lot feature 14 “I feel like when people have a stake or According to Mr. Jesse McCall, the school’s of things we get as they come, such as spills and ownership in something they take better care building engineer, GCA Services has been in [broken] glass. We check the bathrooms, clean Emory University lowers of the building,” Ms. Ukah said. “But if you’re charge of nighttime cleaning at Grady since April outside after lunch [and] do minor cleaning fi nancial costs for low- to outsourced you’re just here to move along, get 2005. The company is a national provider of middle-income families. things done as quick as possible and get out. They facility services. see CUSTODIANS page 9 2 S I N C E 1 9 4 7 THE SOUTHERNER February 2, 2007 c o m mEDITORIAL BOARD e n t CURRY ANDREWS LEAH BISHOP EMMA DIN LILY FEINBERG REBECCA GITTELSON journalist coming out in favor of safety of the other driver and the SEAN HARRINGTON Opinions perceived restraint and compassion. driver herself. SARAH BETH MCKAY No one likes to be a statistic. as factual statements Jeanne Bedell Spending 30 hours for drivers’ Virginia-Highland resident education not only gives the driver Dear Editors: a discount towards his or her car New laptops unsafe As a long-time neighbor and insurance but also teaches drivers to admirer of Grady High School, I Over the past few years, Grady has deservedly undergone extensive HOSA fundraiser be cautious. renovations and upgrades. In this movement to improve the school have often enjoyed reading The Southerner. Lately, however, I have lacks funds both cosmetically and technologically, however, mistakes have been Oanh Chau begun to imagine Ms.Tankard, my made. Malfunctioning temperature control units, delayed projectors Senior and incomplete grading software are just a few of the problems that have high school journalism teacher, Dear Editors: surfaced as Grady rises from the depths of inferior technology. appearing from beyond the When I read the article, “HOSA Benefits of driving Recently, teachers received new laptops in place of the desktop grave to give one of her lectures to get Fourth Ward funds,” I computers they’d been using for school. These new, flashy laptops are about a newspaper’s responsibility became very irritated because that courses overstressed intended to be the teachers’ personal computers, which means they can to be clear in separating fact from fundraiser was a rip off. Not a single personalize them and download anything they want. They can even take opinion. HOSA member received any funds Dear Editors, the laptops home if they need to. Sounds perfect, right? For example, the front page whatsoever. We have to pay the whole From a person who has recently If you ever take a close look at any teachers’ desktop computer, you’ll headline “Merger bid” threatens fee for our trips now. Supposedly not completed a driving school course, notice that it is locked in place by several security cables. Theft, although Atlanta’s character” in your most enough members participated, so I have to disagree with the writer’s it may not be rampant, is still a problem at Grady. Without these security recent issue seems to me to be a they called the whole thing off at the argument. You don’t learn many precautions, computers in our school would be reduced to nothing but statement of opinion, not fact. very end. Garbage! The article makes things that you didn’t already a myth. That’s the problem with these new laptops: they’re begging to While I happen to agree with the contest sound like it was good know in driving school. Trying to be stolen. In addition to their portable size, these new laptops have been the sentiment, I don’t believe it cause but all that information came stay awake through two-hour-long given to the teachers without any security precautions at all. belongs in a news story unless it from the advertising card. videos is work enough as it is. Unlike the current desktops, these laptops do not automatically is clearly quoted as somebody’s Your parents could be just as good erase anything that isn’t part of the computer’s core programming. This opinion. Also, Asa Beal’s well- Khalil Raheem teachers as any driving instructor. would allow teachers to download and create anything they wish without written story on the back Senior Also, many people can’t afford to having to worry about a loss of data if they don’t save to the thaw space.