Will he last? - My High School Journalism

Volume 54, No. 1
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Bo Boys Bo s mus must mus t tuc tuck tuc
shir shirts shir ts int into int o pants
pants
Boys are now required to tuck in
their collared shirts and wear belts,
according to new dress code requirements
adopted for the 2006-
2007 school year at Southfield’s
three public high schools. The dress
code remains the same as last year
for girls, who are not required to
tuck in their shirts. “The dress code
itself is horrible, but the new
changes make the guys look more
professional,” said senior Jerrard
Wheeler.
- Rachel Cook
Band Band wins wins t ttop
t op honor
honor
The Marching Blue Jay Band was
voted number one for best high
school band in the metro-Detroit
area by Fox 2 television viewers in
September. L’Anse Cruse came in
second and Plymouth-Canton came
in third. Of 1,000 votes, SHS received
356.The votes came from all
over the Detroit metro area. Fox 2
showed the band performing on
their newscast and after the episode
aired, Thomas Miller, the band director,
said, “My wife and I taped
it, and we think that they did a great
job portraying the school.” The
band also performed at Comerica
Park on Oct. 1.
- Sahsha Daniel
Lak Lake Lak e becomes becomes dad
dad
English teacher Zerrick Lake and
wife, Shamika Lake, added a twig
to their family tree. Baby girl Alana
Janae Lake was born on Sept. 1,
weighing 7 pounds and 10 ounces.
Lake says that fatherhood has
changed his life. “I am amazed that
someone so little is running our
lives and having so much laundry!”
- Personna Hover
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Will he last?
7th 7th ne new ne w principal
principal
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By Jensen Allen
and Quintina Coney
Staff Writers
Vowing to change Southfield
High’s image, Michael Horn was
hired as the seventh new principal
in the last five years at Southfield
High, on Aug. 22.
Horn’s goal is to change the image
of Southfield High. He said,
“Southfield is the underdog. I like
the underdog; that’s why I’m here.”
Horn says he wishes to build
relationships with the 1,600 students
and to show the community
that Southfield has potential. The
community hears negative comments
about Southfield High, Horn
says. “We are blessed with very,
very talented students and teachers.
Southfield High is the best kept
secret in Oakland county.”
Horn graduated from Alabama
A & M and earned his master’s de-
gree in teaching administration
from Eastern Michigan University.
He is a familiar face to the
Southfield Public School system.
In 1986 he was the first African-
American administrator hired in
Southfield Public Schools. He then
became principal of Thompson
Middle School for 13 years. Horn,
48, then made his way to Brace-
Lederle School, where he remained
principal for seven years.
Horn says he was offered a job
in Bloomfield Hills but chose to remain
in Southfield.
Horn’s famous quote is, “I may
laugh, and I may joke, but I swear I
do not play.”
He believes the key to success
is “to tell people what you expect
and hold them accountable for it.
No matter if it’s teachers or students.
A principal must be consistent
and have high visibility.”
Junior D’Chell Price remembers
Photo by Josh Polito
Hold the salt: The school’s temporary cafeteria facilties have no
room for deep fryers, so the French fries are cut from the menu.
50¢
Horn as her middle school principal.
“He would always walk the
halls and say ‘Hi,’ to everybody.”
Michael Leslie Horn succeeds
Interim Principal Rita Teague, who
succeeded Principal Anthony
Muhammad, who resigned over the
summer. Prior to Muhammad, a
French fries are no longer offered
in any of the school’s cafeterias.
The greasy goods for $1.35
were eliminated as a result of construction
issues as the school adds
new square footage.
During construction this fall,
builders demolished the O-House
cafeteria that housed the fryers and
the required vents for making
French fries. Administrators moved
the student eating areas to classrooms
and hallways in B House and
to the former B House cafeteria,
which is not big enough for fryers.
Homecoming
dance
photos
page 12
October 2006
Photo by DaJuan Haugabook
New guy: Principal Michael Horn shares tales with students
about his personal background.
Bye, bye French fries
By Rachel Cook
News Editor
flurry of short-term principals ran
Southfield High after Donald Jones
retired in 2002.
Superintendent Wanda Cook-
Robinson vows Horn is a keeper
who is here to stay: “This principal
will be here when this (new) area
is old and gray.”
With smaller lunch rooms and
kitchen areas, some cuts had to be
made, said Martha Ritchie, food
service and purchasing manager for
Southfield Public Schools.
“The fact that they don’t have
fries is okay because it makes lunch
a little healthier,” said senior
Kristine Ali.
But junior Evan Cunningham
wants his fries: “The fries need to
come back,” Cunningham says. “I
used to eat pizza and fries. Now I’m
limited to just pizza and less variety.”
According to Ritchie, students
can instead order new hot sandwiches
and hot pockets or the familiar
salads and sub sandwiches.

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The Southfield Jay / October 2006
Here Here w wwe
w e go go again
again
Another new year; another new principal
This year, as with the five previous years,
Southfield High has a new principal to lead
the way. And, this year, as with the previous
several, the question on everybody’s mind
is, “How long will the new principal stay?”
While we don’t really know much about
the new guy yet, we do know that it would
be nice to have some stability in the internal
ranks of Southfield High. It’s become somewhat
of an embarrassing Southfield High tradition
to meet a new principal every year, to
conform to a new set of standards and expectations.
The tradition is getting old.
So far Principal Michael Horn seems OK.
His “Principal’s Council” idea is a brilliant
one and can only help improve student-faculty
relations. He plans to bring together
about two dozen of the top student leaders
for monthly Blue Jay meetings with him.
This would mean a council of team captains,
organization president, and club leaders who
could dialogue with the principal about the
direction of the school and what’s on
everybody’s mind. It’s a great idea. Even if
this principal doesn’t last, we hope his Principals’
Council idea does endure.
We also like how he gets around the
school. We see him in the hallways between
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Mia Fleming
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Sahsha Daniel
Diane Hofsess
Staff writers: Kyle Baber, Sahsha Daniel,
Personna Hover and Amber Lucy
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2005 and 2006 George H. Gallup Award
winner and a Spartan Award winner for
2004, 2005 and 2006.
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classes and in the classrooms while they’re
in session. It appears that he will make himself
visible to the students and staff, rather
than hibernating in his office, mired in paperwork.
His image suits us, too. His conservative
suits and ties set a professional tone, unlike
one previous principal who once came to
parent teacher conferences dressed like an
ice cream man.
We could also use stability among our
assistant principals. We are a month into the
school year and are still interviewing for an
assistant principal to fill the spot left vacant
now that Kellie Cunningham has left us to
go to Southfield-Lathrup High School.
In Cunningham’s absence, English teacher
Robert MacFarland is stepping in for the
vacant assistant principal’s position. This
unfortunately means that the students in his
Advanced Placement English Language
classes, as well as his Senior Composition &
Literature classes, are being instructed by a
substitute to whom they will have grown accustomed,
only to have to reacclimate themselves
to another system when MacFarland
returns.
While some change is good some of the
The The Ja Jay Ja rene renews rene s its
its
editorial editorial policies
policies
The staff of The Southfield Jay reaffirms
its long-standing editorial policies with this
opening issue of the 2006-2007 school
year. The paper’s editorial policies are as
follows:
All information printed in The Jay will
be factually correct and unbiased in content.
It will not knowingly be published if
it is injurious to a person’s reputation or
constitutes libel.
The Jay will strive to
present the widest possible
scope of information dealing
with Southfield High
School while ensuring that
articles are of interest to a significant segment
of the student population.
The Jay will publish in-depth features
highlighting both positive and negative areas
relating to SHS in hopes of enhancing
The Blue Jay bird house is bigger and
better than ever, but the principals
keep flying away.
time, changing everything all the time is too
hard on the students. Southfield High could
use some consistency and stability at the top.
Those of us at the bottom are weary of trying
to figure out how to please the principal
of the month, the assistant principal of the
month, or even the substitute of the month.
the readers’ understanding of important issues
and events.
The opinions expressed in unsigned editorials
are those of the paper’s staff and not
necessarily those of the school administrators
or The Board of Education. Signed
opinion pieces represent the opinion of the
named writer.
Editorials in The Jay will be a forum
for honest opinion and will not be influenced
by any outside powers,
including the faculty or the
administration.
The Jay exists as a public
forum to serve the student
body of SHS and will not
function as an instrument of any individual.
Letters to the editor are encouraged and
will be published as space provides. They
must be signed and must abide by the stated
standards regarding Jay articles.
Vote no on
Proposal 2
Michigan voters need to get off of their
duffs and vote a resounding “no” on the
Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI),
known as Proposal 2, which will appear
on the Nov. 7 ballot. This initiative would
ban all public institutions, corporations
and contracts from making preferences
based on race, gender, sex, ethnicity, national
origin or color. It will unravel affirmative
action’s doings.
This proposal stems from a similar bill
passed in California in 1996 that ended
affirmative action statewide. If passed, this
bill would terminate all accomplishments
that the Civil Rights activists and rallies
in Detroit pushed for.
The issue of the MCRI branched from
citizens of the state of Michigan complaining
that affirmative action was playing the
role of reverse racism. In other words, it
began to discriminate against those who
were not of a minority background. However,
components of this initiative will revert
the public back to the days of Jim
Crow laws and prejudiced attitudes.
Ending affirmative action would be
devastating to the many minority communities
within Michigan. If removed, students
in schools in lower income areas
would lose out on opportunities in college
because their test scores and grades
would reflect the availability they were
given. However, students from affluent
suburban communities with bubbling resources
would have better chances to be
picked over the lower-income children, no
matter how competent or capable those inner-city
pupils are.
In addition to educational facilities,
groups and organizations that are specifically
based on a race, gender or ethnic
origin would be eliminated and no longer
allowed. This is the lowest blow because
these groups exist to educate and inform
the public.
The bill should not pass. Michigan still
needs affirmative action because Michigan
still has discrimination based on race,
gender and ethnic backgrounds. We still
have areas with mostly minorities that
don’t receive the same amount of money
as primarily Caucasian areas. There are
still male-dominated areas that hold
women down. Affirmative action has certainly
not finished what it was designed
to do, which was to level the playing field
for women and minorities.
- Jensen Allen

Fiv Five Fiv e ne new ne w classes classes attract attract learner learners learner
Compiled by special writers
Five new classes are available
to students this year.
The new classes are Humanities,
Animation, World History, African-American
Literature and African-American
History.
Mark Trexler’s Humanities class
is a semester-long social studies
course offered to juniors and seniors.
The purpose of the class is
to expand student knowledge of
cultural literacy and to better prepare
them for college, Trexler says.
The students learn about Socrates,
the Reformation and great works of
art.
Trexler says the class allows
students to understand the foundations
of who they are and the origins
of why they think, act and
believe what they do.
Junior Stephanie Moore, who is
enrolled in Humanities, says, “This
class is interesting because it tests
my mind and makes me think on
the past.”
John Shirkey’s computer animation
class teaches the character
modeling and set up techniques that
allow animators the freedom to
move characters as dictated by
story boards. The students use 3D
Studio Max and Audio Desk VIZ
to produce animations, says
Shirkey. It is a full-year class that
any student can take.
Richard Cok’s new elective semester
class called World History
is for juniors and seniors. Topics
in the class are the Roman Empire,
Ancient Greek civilizations, world
religions, the Middle Ages and
modern times.
Melton’s African-American literature
course will cover a variety
of works written by African-Americans,
including plays, novels, poems,
short stories and fiction. The
course is a half-credit, which means
it’s a semster-long class.
The last time African-American
Literature was offered was 15 years
ago, according to Kara Shuell, cochair
of the English Department. “I
feel that the kids should be able to
find out about African American
authors who were left out of the
school’s text books, and with this
class, you can do so.” The class is
offered to juniors and seniors.
News
Emily Bailey’s African-American
History course is a semester
course. The class aims to educate
students about the historical significance
and the accomplishments of
African-Americans. It covers the
time periods of ancient Africa up
to the present day. “I think this class
is essential for all students to learn
New w s sstaf
s af affer af er ers er s join join Blue Blue Ja Jay Ja y nes nest nes
By Makia Brooks
Staff Writer
As the new school year begins for Southfield
High, there are new students, new buildings and
new staff.
Madeline Everson, Tonya Hickman, Milton
Jones, Mary Small and Laurie Whalen are the
new staff joining the school where “Blue Jays
soar.”
Jones and Everson are both mathematics
teachers. “Teaching
is not just
learning out of
the book or the
50 minutes in the
classroom,” says
Jones. “It’s about
a lot of different
aspects, the holistic
aspect of education,”
says
Jones, who also
coaches Junior
Varsity football.
Although he’s
been teaching in a
Laurie Whalen
classroom for six
years, Jones has been counseling and mentoring
young people for many years. Before becoming
a teacher he taught a program at the Detroit
Urban League mentoring young boys and
girls, where he worked for more than two years.
Everson replaced Dave Volz as a ninth grade
mathematics teacher. Before becoming a
teacher at Southfield High, Everson worked for
the Birmingham school district, Bernie Middle
School in Southfield, and at Ford Motor Company
as a supervisor.
As students walk the halls and enter the new
building, home to Houses B, C, and D, they
are greeted by security specialist Laurie
Whalen. Whalen is one of the first faces students
see every day.
Going from Detroit police officer to security
specialist, Whalen has been protecting
people for 19 years.
Although she may be a new face to many,
Southfield High isn’t a stranger to Whalen. She
previously worked at the school before transferring
to neighboring Southfield-Lathrup High
School. “People keep asking me what’s different
between the Southfield High kids and
Southfield-Lathrup kids.,” Whalen says.
“There is no difference; you’re all the same,
and you are all wonderful.”
Photo by Artavia Kinney
History channel: History teacher Emily Bailey instructs her new
African-American History class.
The Southfield Jay / October 2006
to appreciate their heritage,” said
Bailey.
African-American History is
open to juniors and seniors.
This story was reported by the
Writing for Print class, which trains
students for staff positions of the
school newspaper.
Speech Pathologist Mary Small is one of the
many new faces at Southfield High. She specializes
in helping students better their articulation,
language and fluency skills. “I love working with
students at all levels because it is important that
they learn to communicate with others to be successful
in life,” Small says.
A joyful expression was planted on her face
as she remembered her past at Southfield High
and spoke about what it was like to return. “It is
very refreshing to come back to many of the
people I worked with and be able to collaborate
with them again.”
As students make their way from B house to
D house, they may pass by the room of Tonya
Hickman, a support services teacher. An educator
for 10 years, Hickman has taught at both elementary
and middle school levels before
becoming a staff member at Southfield High.
“Teaching is my passion in life, the interaction
with my students. I love it,” Hickman says.
The school is still looking for another math
teacher to replace Deidre Cary, who transferred
to Brace-Lederle School to be a counselor.
At press time, the school was also looking for
an assistant principal to replace Kellie
Cunningham, who transferred to Southfield-
Lathrup.
By Jensen Allen
Editor-in-Chief
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3rd 3rd Gallup
Gallup
Award ard
For the third year in a row
The Southfield Jay newspaper
received the George H. Gallup
Award for outstanding achievement
in journalism.
The award is presented by
Quill and Scroll, the international
honor society for high
school writers. The Gallup
award is the highest
acknowledgement that a high
school newspaper can receive.
The paper had to receive 925
points out of a possible 1,000
to be eligible for the award.
The Jay received 947 points.
Former Co-editor-in-chief
and Sports Editor of The
Southfield Jay for two years,
James Andersen, said, “I’m
very pleased to hear that the
newspaper won the Gallup
award again. It reaffirms all of
the hard work that we put in it
last year, and it seems like winning
the Gallup award is becoming
somewhat of a tradition
at SHS. It really does validate
the claim that The Southfield
Jay is one of the best (high
school) newspapers in the
country.”
Earning the Gallup Award
is a strenuous process. A year’s
worth of issues is evaluated for
writing, photography, design,
and staff policies, along with
the entire year’s worth of bookkeeping.
Gary Davis, former editorial
and exchange editor, said,
“It was gratifying to receive the
Gallup Award after working so
hard to show our journalistic
talents.”
This year’s judge wrote,
“The staff of The Southfield
Jay is a hardworking and talented
bunch. You put out a notable
and valuable newspaper
for your school and community.
Your readers are lucky to
have such a strong newspaper.”

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The Southfield Jay / October 2006
With an undying
passion for mu
sic, Phillip
Calvin Vails was
hoping for a chance to touch many
lives through his lyrics. But his life
was taken from him June 11,
2006, almost one year to the
day he graduated from
Southfield High.
Vails - also known
as “Preach” – collapsed
while playing
a game of basketball
at an elementary
school in Redford.
His autopsy showed
heart arrhythmia.
He was widely
known for his
warming smile that
could light up a
room.
Vails managed to
maintain a positive outlook
despite many hardships
in his life, said his
former drama teacher, Brenda
Perryman, who spoke to him the
day before he died.
Perryman says she always saw
“light” in Philip and describes him
as her “Jack of all Trades.” He appeared
in several of her spring musicals,
and she says she has many
plans to honor Vails’ life throughout
the year because “to know him
was to love him.”
By all accounts, Phillip Vails led
a difficult life. His mother was
murdered when he was 12. He spent
the next year of his life with his
great-grandmother. She, too,
passed away, leaving young Philip
to be placed in foster care.
In an interview with The Jay a
year
Featur eatur eatures eatur es
Phillip Calvin Vails, 1988 - 2006
By Mia Fleming
Staff Writer
Vails spent most of his teen-age
years living with guardians Paul
and Linda Cooper. Through all this
and so much more he never managed
to lose his smile, said Paul
Cooper. When Vails’ whole world
was turned upside down, he never
gave up, Cooper said. “He was a
very caring, sensitive person
who was gifted at writing
music.”
Phillip Vails was
widely known
through the halls of
Southfield High
school. His involvementincluded
plays,
musicals,
Thespian
Troupe 1509
and the
Southfield
choir. He had
a strong passion
for acting, but
music filled his
heart from a young
age.
Schoolmate
Frank Tramble was best
friends with Vails and costarred
in school plays with him.
Tramble says he feels like he has
lost a part of himself with Vails’
passage. “Every day is a struggle.
(When) you spend six years with a
person, you’re bound to them. We
shared a passion of music. He gave
me my passion and inspiration.”
Vails was buried in Detroit in
Woodlawn Cemetery, which is off
of Woodward Avenue.
Photo
before
his
courtesy
death, Vails said he had a difficult
time finding
of Princess
a home:
Souvenir
“No one
wanted to take in a hungry black
man.”
When relatives were unable to
help, Vails was eventually taken in
by the Coopers, a fifty-something
caucasian couple living in
Southfield.
Photo courtesy of Princess Souvenir
Happy days: At his senior prom in 2005, the late Phillip Vails (above, left) shares a moment of
happiness with fellow 2005 graduate Shannon Merritt (right).
Katrina evacuees
head homeward
The last of Southfield High’s six
Hurricane Katrina evaucuees has
returned to his homeland.
Freshman William Perry was
the last Katrina evacuee to leave
Southfield High, according to
Counselor Thomas Holliday. Perry
has returned to the New Orleans
area, where he is attending school.
The other five Katrina evacuees
departed at staggered times during
the school year as their families
made arrangements to return home.
- Amber Lucy
Ford ord Motor Motor of offer of er ers er
saf safe saf e driving
driving
program program for for teens
teens
By Mia Fleming
Staff Writer
In an effort to improve the
driving skills of teenagers, Ford
Motor Company has launched an
interactive website where teens
can practice their behind-thewheel
moves.
The Driving Skills for Life
exercises help young drivers improve
their abilities to recognizing
driving hazards, handle cars,
manage space while driving and
manage vehicle speed.
The web address is
www.drivingskillsforlife.com .
Car crashes are the number
one killer of American teens, according
data released in August
by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The administration reports
that a total of 5,699 teens between
the ages of 16 and 20 died
in car crashes in 2005.
In Michigan alone, there were
143 traffic deaths among drivers
between the ages of 16 and 20 in
2005, NHTSA reports.
The
Driving
Skills for
Life program
began
three years
ago and is
growing in
popularity.
It is designed
for
teens but
helps parents
out
also, says
B i l l
Jamieson, a
spokesperson
for the
Ford Motor
Company
Fund, which co-sponsors the safe
driving program with the
Governor’s Highway Safety Association.
Students who successfully
complete on-line safe driving
quizzes, play safe driving games
on the Internet and finish elearning
modules can enter to
win prizes such as laptop computers,
digital cameras, gift certificates
and Ford die-cast
vehicles.
“It leaves you with the peace
of mind knowing your child is
driving safely,” Jamieson says.
“In the end, it’s a win, win situation
all around for all.”
While working on driving
habits over the website, teens are
provided with hints and clues for
saving on gasoline expenses, as
well. The Internet program
awards points for tasks well
done and deducts points for late
reactions, speeding and exiting
too soon.
Jamieson says the program’s
real success is that teens can log
in from whereever they are. “It’s
attractive to teens because a
computer is involved,” according
to Jamieson, who says that
parents will be grateful for the
outcome.
Along with an interactive
website,
there will
be a
hands-on
driving
camp in
Romeo,
Michigan,
in August
for four
days,
Jamieson
says. At
the camp,
students
a r e
trained in
the classroom
as
well as on
the road.
Jamieson adds that some car
insurance companies provide car
insurance discounts for those
who successfully complete the
driving safety program.
For more information, log in
at www.drivingskillsforlife.com
.

Featur eatur eatures eatur es
The Southfield Jay / October 2006 5
Survey:
1 in 5
seniors
holds
job
By Rae Larkins
Features Editor
Of the 293 seniors in the senior
class, 61 of them - or approximately
20 percent - have
a job outside of school, according
to a recent survey conducted
by The Southfield Jay.
Of those seniors who do
work, the most common type
of employment is in the food
service industry, according to
respondents.
Forty-six percent of those
seniors who have a job said
that they work in a food service
capacity. That would include
jobs such as waitressing,
cooking, serving food or running
a cash register at a food
service business.
Other common jobs for seniors
were in retail (at stores
such as Target and Meijer), or
in telmarketing or child care.
The survey found that the
average senior with a job
earns $7.25 an hour and works
under 20 hours a week.
Most said that the job that
they hold is unrelated to the
career path that they hope to
pursue.
More than half - 51 percent
- said that they believe that
their grades in school would
be better if they did not work.
School Counselor Michael
Odgen, however, says, “There
are exceptions. Some (students)
do better with less time”
because they learn to take advantage
of the time they do
have to do their homework.
The written survey was
conducted in senior English
classes in September.

Out with the old; in
By Ericka Pritchett
Centerspread Editor
Jay file photo
The old look: The original front entrance of Southfield High - built in 1950 -
featured a large front yard and a long straight sidewalk all the way to Lahser Road.
The school year isn’t the
only thing considered
“new”around
Southfield High.
The $45 million school expansion
that is now two-thirds
complete is Southfield High’s
main attraction.
The school has expanded extensively
over the last year and
a half, with the wings B, C and
D supplementing the strong
What do you
think about the
additions and
changes to the
school?
around since 1950.
“I think the new building is
beautiful,” said Assistant Principal
Rita Teague. “I love the
wide hallways and the fact that
it adds a lot more to the way the
school looks. I love the new
technology, the SMART boards,
the DVD machines, the science
labs - I just love it all,” said
Teague.
So far Barton Malow Construction
has added 96,000
square feet to the school, bringing
the school’s total size to
147,000 square feet. When the
next phase of construction is
done, in 2007, the school size is
slated to be 400,000 square feet,
according to Project Designer
Jeff Johnson.
The remodeling and additions
to the school are funded
by bond money approved by
Southfield voters in 2002. The
aging school was in need of
larger, more updated facilities,
including science labs, instructional
technology labs, and a
new football field with artificial
turf.
standing O-House that has been The cafeteria is one of the
Students speak out
Ryan Whaley,
senior:
“The new buildings give
the school spunk and
makes students want to
behave better.”
Marshall Crowder,
junior:
“I think it’s cool. It’s
bigger now. The time
needs to be extended in
order to get from C to O
House.”
Photo by Ema
During: During construction and remodeling in 2005 and 2006, the sc
lawn featured portable classrooms, or trailers. No one saw the lawn fo
main changes to the school.
When the construction is complete,
the school will have two
cafeterias, one in O House and
one in B House. For now the
former O House cafeteria has
been razed to make way for the
new eating area, and students
are eating in three different
places of the school during construction.
To accommodate students
during construction, the school
switched to three lunches instead
of the former two lunch
shifts.
Desmond Wiley,
freshman:
“The school is better for
incoming students like
me. The hallways are
big, and they added to
the older part.
With the expanded campus
there are many changes that are
portrayed as both bad and good.
The expansion of the new wings
causes many students to scurry
down the halls between classes
to arrive on time. “We need at
least eight minutes between
classes,” Danielle McLain, a
senior at Southfield High complains.
The school, though
larger, still allows six minutes
of passing time between classes.
Charlesha Altman, a junior,
says, “We do have books and
with the crowded hallways, we
Sharaene Black,
sophomore:
“I think it’s good the
school is trying to build
the school up to be a
bigger and better place
for education.”
Dori
juni
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with
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hool’s front
r two years.
with the new
barely have time to stop at our lockrs,
talk to our friends or even go to
he bathroom.”
Racing the clock isn’t the only
atch to the expanded school. With
ll the changes, junior Keenon
trong says he feels as if “I’m a
reshman all over again.” He has had
o acclimate himself to where all of
is classes are in the new wings of
he school.
But to freshman Amber Bell, it’s
ll good: “Because I’m a freshman,
hen I first came to Southfield, I
hought the school looked good, and
like the way it looks.”
s Addo,
r:
spacious and nicer
bigger classrooms.
ave nicer TV’s with
onditionng, so it’s
all a good thing.”
Photo by Emanuel Johnson
The new look: After constuction, the school’s front lawn has a circle drive with
parking spaces for techers and a speck of green grass.
Through Through the the y yyear
y ear ears ear
A timeline of Southfield High
May 12, 1948 - Attorney Archie Leonard was authorized to
negotiate for the school site on Lahser and 10 Mile roads.
Mar. 11, 1949 - The School Board approved the purchase of
the high school site from Charles McClelland for $39,702.
Feb.8,1950 - Groundbreaking for the high school. First spade
of soil turned by school Board President Fred D. Leonhard
June 17, 1954 - Southfield High graduated its first senior
class. Diplomas given to 148 graduates.
Sept.19, 1957 - The school’s swimming pool was completed.
June 1965 - A whopping 676 students graduated from SHS.
That was 528 more graduates than in 1954.
Nov.22, 1967 - The Who performed at SHS, co-sponsored by
school’s radio station, WSHJ, and the Junior Classs Board.
Ted Nugent was in the warm-up act.
Mar.18,1988 - The Rev. Jesse Jackson delivered an antidrug
use message to students in the gym. Jackson was a
presidential candidate at the time.
Feb.20,1989 - A raging fire set by two 1988 SHS alums
destroyed much of the school’s library.
Dec.9, 2002 - Southfield voters approved a $96 million bond
proposal that included $45 million to renovate Southfield
High. Part of the money was used for a new artificial turf
football field..
Looking Looking ahead:
ahead:
What’s next with construction
The additions and renovations of Southfield
High are scheduled for completion by September
2007, according to Rhonda Hodge, project manager
for Barton Malow Construction.
Two of the three phases of construction are already
completed, and Barton Malow is now in its
third and final phase of improvements to Southfield
High.
Phase Three will include:
• New commons area or cafeteria. It will hold
more students than either of the former cafeterias
and will be able to offer a larger variety of food
because it will have a larger kitchen
• Larger gymnasium. Think spacious locker
rooms, a new weight room, and an overhead indoor
running track.
• A connector. This hamster tube of sorts will
connect all the houses together to avoid the outside
trips that are necessary at the present time
to get from some parts of the school to others.
• A field house that will hold an estimated 2,000
people. This is where the school can hold largescale
events and group gatherings.
·
Artwork courtesy of Barton Malow Construction
Main course: The old O House cafeteria has been demolished to
make way for a the new larger cafeteria illustrated above. It
features overhead TV’s, improved lighting and windows for a
cheery ambience.

8
The Southfield Jay / October 2006
Self Selfish Self ish pla player pla er ers er
dis distr dis tr tract tr act t tteams
t eams
By Emanuel Johnson
Sports Editor
Let’s get straight to it. There is no individual
whose talent is so great that they can
be excused for being a distraction to their
team.
Players like Terrell Owens, Randy Moss,
and Ron Artest are outstanding talents, but
why has none of these players ever won a
championship?
In Owens’ case especially, these selfish
players bring mayhem wherever they go. In
San Francisco Owens spent years trying to
be the focus of the team. When he went to
Philadelphia, his ego was so large that he
wouldn’t play if he wasn’t paid the highest
amount for NFL receivers.
Never mind the fact that he was already
being paid millions of dollars; he should be
more concerned with his play than his pay.
Already this year in Dallas, he’s been a
distraction with his alleged suicide attempt.
No, I don’t believe he did it purposely, but
it still makes it hard to concentrate on football
when one of your star players is overdosing
on pain killers.
Owens is a great receiver, maybe one of
the best in history, but until he improves his
attitude about his work, he won’t be able to
achieve much no matter where he plays.
The lockerroom incident sidelined Blue
Jay quarterback Dominique Barnes is proof
of the influence that these types of athletes
have over today’s youth.
Barnes, much like Owens, is a phenomenal
talent – he is one of the cornerstones
that holds this year’s team together – but he
has a tendency to let his talent blind his judgment.
He is influenced by star athletes who
behave similarly.
That’s not to say that he can’t improve
upon his attitude. Of course he can. But the
professional athletes set too many poor examples
for Barnes and others to follow.
Until players like Owens and Barnes learn
that they need the support of their team to
accomplish what they want to accomplish,
they won’t be able to do much to help their
teams.
Spor Sports Spor ts
Guts Guts on on the the gridiron
gridiron
Jays aims for winning record
Set!: Senior linebacker Soweuzochi Aguwa (right) and junior lineman Johnathan
Lamb (down) await the snap of the ball from the North Farmington Raiders.
Southfield defeated the Raiders 27-7 in its homecoming game.
By Erika Pritchett
Staff Writer
The Blue Jays faced major adversity during
the week of homecoming.
The team played without starting quarterback
Dominique Barnes, who was benched
indefinitely for lockerrrom misconduct.
Sophomore Eddie Beale stepped in and
led the team to a 27-7 homecoming victory
over the North Farmington Raiders.
Southfield High School’s Varsity Football
team has progressed significantly since last
year’s 4-5 record. With a current record of
3-4, the Blue Jays are making a run for a winning
record, with or without Barnes.
According to Brian Webster, a senior and
one of the team captains, “We’re extremely
focused and a lot more organized than we
were last year. We’re a more disciplined team
and tend to work well with the system.”
Led by second-year Coach Tim Conley,
the team works hard and makes concerted
effort in performing well at each game.
“The football team works hard, and you
can actually tell they’re working hard,” said
senior spectator Lawrence Jenkins. “I personally
didn’t believe in the team, and it
shocked me, actually, that our football team
is doing well.”
Currently Southfield is in the OAA division
2 and tied at third with a host of teams,
including the recently defeated Birmingham
Seaholm. With a record of 5-1 and a recent
22-15 victory over the Blue Jays, Farmington
has clinched first place.
Photo by Josh Polito
The Blue Jays have made some drastic
changes since last year’s dismal season, and
the fans who attend the games can see it well.
Faithful senior spectator Michael
“Mudd” Harris says, “This year, the coaches
are on their job… the team is making much
better offensive decisions.”
Teamwork is a big part of the football
team’s success. On the offensive side, the
Blue Jays have moved to a more spread receiver
orientated style. The offensive line,
led by senior captain Emanuel Johnson,
works hard to give star quarterback and captain
Dominique Barnes time to find his favorite
targets: wide receivers Donald Brown,
Brian Webster and Gerald Scarber.
On the defensive side of the ball, the defensive
line has done an excellent job putting
pressure on opposing quarterbacks. The
Blue Jays’ new 3-5 defense is designed to
disguise blitz packages and confuse offensive
players. Players like middle linebacker
and defensive captain Cameron Ellsberry are
allowed to utilize their maximum potential
in this defense.
“I like our new scheme,” said Ellsberry.
“Our defensive line does a good job getting
into the backfield...It makes it easier for me
to make more plays.”
Southfield had a rocky start to the season
with a 14-20 loss to Bloomfield Lahser, but
it was followed by two consecutive victories
over Pontiac Northern and Seaholm.
After losing to state ranked number 4 Lake
Orion, the Blue Jays suffered a crushing 15-
22 loss at Farmington.
Sports Briefs
Girls’ Girls’ bask basketball bask tball t tteam
t eam
sear searches sear hes f ffor
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Girls’ Varsity Basketball is currently 1-8. The
team’s record has suffered due to the loss of
valuable players, like Skylar Miller (injury)
and Porshe
D u d l e y
(transfer).
With these
losses, the
team remains
with 10 dedicated
players.
“Many of our
teammates
have stepped
up and risen
to the occa-
Brittany March
sion,” says senior
Captain
Brittany March. Together the team agrees
that these setbacks will only make them a
better team. -Personna Hover
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Five new girls were added to the Varsity
cheerleading team. They are Jasmine
Grayson, Brianna Robins, Brittany Summers,
Marquita
Swann and
Danielle Fort
- the first
freshman to
be on Varsity
in recent history.
The remaining
members are
captains
Ashley Hall,
E r i k a
Ashley Hall
Pritchett,
Tatiana
Johnson and Tomeka Kolleh. The four held
tryouts in which 48 girls showed up but only
five made Varsity. Says Hall, “We are doing
the best we can with the girls we have.”
-Sahsha Daniel
Senior Senior girls girls clinc clinch clinc h vict victor vict or ory or
The senior girls trounced the junior girls 21-
0 in SSC’s annual powderpuff football game.
The senior’s biggest contributions came from
Ashley Hall, who scored two rushing touchdowns
on reverse plays. Their final touchdown
came on a run from Brittany Lane.
Junior stand-outs were Meshawne Johnson
at quarterback, Camille Zaidieh at running
back, and Brittany Pugh at running back.
-Emanuel Johnson

Standing 5’11” and weighing
173 pounds, Dominique Barnes is
probably one of the most important
pieces to this year’s Southfield
football team.
Barnes began playing football at
the age of 8 for the Southfield
Jayhawks, one of the city’s little
league teams. At that time he
played tailback and defensive back.
“That was some of the most fun
football that I had ever played,”
said Barnes, recalling a time when
he ran a 99-yard touchdown to win
a game against the rival Southfield
Falcons.
At age 11 he began playing quarterback,
and his career took off
from there.
“I was nervous at first because
of the importance of the job,” he
said, “but I eventually got comfortable
with the idea of putting a team
on my shoulders.”
In 2005, in his first year of varsity
football, Barnes performed
better than anyone had expected.
He completed a total of 65 passes
for 1,021 yards and 8 touchdowns
while also rushing for 623 yards
and 5 touchdowns.
“I struggled at times,” he said,
“but I got through it , trying to make
an impact on the team.”
This year Barnes entered the
season as the centerpiece of the
Blue Jay offense; the predominately
run offense of last year has evolved
into an offense based on spread receivers
and no huddle. This way
Barnes’ speed and cannon of an arm
can be utilized to maximum effect,
helping Southfield reach victory.
So far this season, Barnes’ performance
has been rather exceptional,
completing 77 passes for
810 yards and 7 touchdowns and
not a single interception. He’s also
rushed for 201 yards and 6 touchdowns.
His stats could take a hit, however,
because at press time, he was
benched indefinitely by his coach
due to lockerroom misconduct.
Barnes took a swing at another
Spor Sports Spor ts
Under the leadership of Coach
John Barnhill and senior captains
Ashley Jackson and Keara
Franklin, Southfield High School’s
girls’ tennis team is showing some
signs of greatness despite a losing
team record.
The team now stands with a 1-4
record, a record including a loss to
cross town rival Southfield-
Lathrup, but the team is finding its
rhythm, says Jackson.
With a victory over rival Oak
Park, the team has gained some
confidence in its abilities.The Lady
Jays are off to somewhat of a rough
start, but the team is going to work
to build a strong foundation with
good chemistry and work ethic,
Jackson says.
Team record aside, “The team
is doing well, and we have good expectations.
All we have to do is
Blue Blue Ja Jays’ Ja s’ speedy speedy centerpiece
centerpiece
By Emanuel Johnson
Sports Editor
Photo by Emanuel Johnson
Self serve: Senior Ashley Jackson practices her serve.
Quarterback Dominique Barnes
Girls’ tennis team
defeats Oak Park
By Kyle Baber
Sports Writer
player in a moment of anger.
Barnes says that this year’s team
has a great shot at glory. “I think
we can go pretty far in the playoffs,”
he said, “…as long as we play
like we did at Seaholm…that was
the greatest game of my life.”
The game that he is referring to
was the third game this season in
which the team really came together
to pull out a last second 12-11 win
against the Birmingham Seaholm
Maples. Barnes had a hand in scoring
every point, throwing one
touchdown to Soweuzochi Aguwa
and rushing for another.
“We ran Blue Jay 35 all day that
game,” he later commented, “and
it worked to perfection on a number
of times.”
Blue Jay 35 is Barnes’ favorite
play. It is run out of a 3-wide shotgun
set. It works when the offensive
right guard pulls to the left and
lead blocks up a hole on that side.
Barnes then fakes a pass and runs
up the hole behind his lead blocker.
Barnes’ teammates have had a
huge impact on both his personal-
The Southfield Jay / October 2006 9
keep our confidence up and try to
keep the team mentality strong.”
The rankings for the Lady Jays
for singles competition are as follows:
first singles is Keara
Franklin, second singles is Stacey
Noss, third is Ashley Jackson, and
fourth is Felicia Jones.
The rankings in doubles competition
are: first doubles with Doris
Addo and Tyesha Rollie, second
doubles with Marion Bakohya and
Khadi’jia Johnson, third doubles
with Ashley Jackson and Kiera
Allen, and fourth doubles with
Jenae Carter and Kysia Green.
With few matches remaining in
the season, the team will soon need
to look elsewhere for leadership;
soon it will be a junior’s turn to
decide upon a captain
“Captain?” said junior Khadi’jia
Johnson. “I don’t know. We’ll have
to wait and see.”
Photo by Emanuel Johnson
Hike: Dominique Barnes
ity and play. “…I have Donald
[Brown] to keep me focused,” he
said, “B-Webb [Brian Webster] to
keep me calm and Wes [Jeremy
Wesley] to come to whenever I
need anything.”
Currently Barnes says that he is
being recruited by Ball State University,
Eastern Michigan University,
Ohio University, and Grand
Valley State University.
“I probably won’t play quarterback
in college because of my size,
but my speed can still be effective
at other positions, like wide receiver
or defensive back.”
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inside
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By Emanuel Johnson
Sports Editor
Tim Conley coaches the Varsity
football team. Last year the
team held a record of 4-5. So
far this year they are 3-3. Here’s
what he had to say about his
team in a recent interview:
Q: What do you think of the
season so far? What is going
well; what could be better?
A: We keep improving as a
team. What I’m impressed by
is how well we’ve been able to
handle adversity. We’ll be down
when it looks like the other team
is going to score, and we’ll put
together a goal line stand and
come up with a big play….It
shows how our kids never give
up; they come to play every
game. They bring a lot of emotion
and desire to each
game…I’d like to improve on
our attitude in practice. I think
that once the kids start to come
to practice and show more work
ethic, we can become an even
better team.
Q: What do you see this year
that is different from last year?
A: Well, the kids and the
coaching staff know each other
better, so there’s a lot more trust
between us. This year, now that
the chemistry has been able to
develop over a 12-month period,
we can make more changes
on the fly and adjustments during
halftime to become more
successful.
Q: What can we expect out
of the program in the future?
A: Expect more overall program
discipline, not just on the
football field, but in the classroom
as well. We started in
January with about 40 kids ineligible
(due to low grades), but
by the beginning of summer we
only had about 13…it was a
major improvement, but we’re
leaning more towards getting
more and more kids out on the
field to add to our depth.

10
By Kayla Hurst
Staff Writer
The Southfield Jay / October 2006
Review:
“Ahh!” a young girl screams
while standing in line at the Hayride
of Doom.
She is one of about 100 waiting
in line to climb aboard a haunted
wagon for a 15-minute spooky ride
through dark woods.
The monster who scared her was
only one of several who were creeping
around the grounds of the
Haunted Scare Fest 2006. The
Scare Fest sprawls across 45 acres
in New Haven at 61288 Gratiot at
28 Mile and is open Oct.1, 5-8, 12-
15 and 19-31.
The Scare Fest is a guaranteed
good time for the younger crowd.
It boasts a staff of 15-20 security
personnel and 50 actors throughout
the attractions.
“It is interesting and fun to see
people’s reactions to the scary attractions,”
says staff member Sarah
Marshall. It opens at dusk and
closes when the last person leaves,
and there is a matinee hayride for
little ones from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
The Scare Fest includes not only
the Hayride of Doom, but several
other attractions, such as The Terror
Zone Haunted House, the For-
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and the Black Terror Maze.
The Terror Zone Haunted
House is actually three different
haunted houses all in one. Those
who enter are not allowed to turn
back .The costumed actors who terrorize
the visitors are believable
and do not come out of character
even when provoked.
The Forest of Darkness is quite
interesting because you have to
walk through it to exit while being
chased by monsters. Monsters
crawl out of the darkness and pretend
that they’re about to grab the
guests or hack them with knives.
Those who brave the Ultimate
3D House and Amazing 3D Graveyard
are given 3D glasses to wear
by a drunken monster poised at the
end of the Forest of Darkness. The
glasses help the glow-in-the-dark
paintings on the walls to jump out
at visitors. Like the forest, the 3D
House and graveyard are replete
with lurking mosters.
The enormous Black Terror
Maze with monsters includes
Leatherface from the Texas
Chainsaw Massacre, clowns and
the walking dead. It is so dark inside
the maze that visitors can
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By Makia Brooks
Entertainment Editor
Many remember the tragedy of
the 9/11 terrorist attacks with heavy
hearts and a tear in their eye.
It has been five years since the
nation has been shaken by this
event, which to many seemed like
something taken out of a film. With
the history that Hollywood has of
portraying real life events on
screen, it is no surprise that the
events of September 11 became one
of the best movies of the summer
of 2006.
World Trade Center poignantly
illustrates personal events that occurred
before and after the attacks.
Not to entertain, the film’s real goal
is to remind us that even at
America’s darkest hour, there’s a
twinkle of light in us all.
Director and producer Oliver
Stone, (known for his previous
films Born on the Fourth Of July,
Any Given Sunday and Apocalypse
Now) released the heart-wrenching
barely see their own hands in front
of their faces. The maze includes
fog and flashing lights. The only
way to get to the maze is to go
through Bobo’s Pun House, which
is a room with different puzzles to
solve. Its purpose is to get a few
laughs instead of screams. Both of
these attractions cost $8.
The Hayride of Doom is worth
the wait because when the wagon
does arrive, it sports spinners,
flashy lights and eerie fog. The
monsters include vampires,
werewolves, Jason, psycho killers
and the walking dead, all for $12 a
hayride.
Ticket prices for the other attractions
vary depending on how many
attractions visitors want to see at
the Scare Fest. The best deal? Students
can go before 8 p.m. for $10
off the full $26 admission to see it
all. But bring your student I.D.
After 8 p.m., the full admission is
$26.
Along with the attractions are
bonfires, a projector showing scary
movies, concession stands and a
National Coney Island. The Scare
Fest, created by John Marino, is in
its fourth year. Marino says he’s averaging
of 4,000 to 5,000 visitors
per day.
true story of two New York Port Authority
police officers.
World Trade Center grossed a
total of $55,642,517 in the U.S. box
office in its opening weeks. It topping
the
gross for
United 93,
another 9/11
film released
four months
earlier.
Oscar
winner
Nicholas
Cage and
Michael
Pena (Crash) star as Sergeant John
McLoughlin and Will Jimeno, two
officers called to duty on the day
of the attacks.
Cage and Pena gave a face and
heart to two men whom the world
only read about in the papers and
occasionally saw on the evening
news. They acted out the trauma of
being buried under the remains of
what was New York’s proudest set
Photo by Kayla Hurst
Blood thirsty: The dead still come to dinner at The Terror Zone
Haunted House in New Haven, where fun is always on the menu.
Those who enter the haunted house are not allowed to turn back,
so visitors must be sure they really want to enter.
of twins. Pena’s Will Jimeno manages
to salvage his sense of humor
after waking from a dream with
‘Jesus and a bottle of water’. Veteran
actor Cage and talented newcomer
Pena por-
trayed
these men
with dignity
and
respect in
an overall
outstandingperformance.
One of
the strengths of the film occurred
in the opening scenes where the two
men began their early morning at
home, preparing for the day ahead,
not expecting the outcome. It gave
the audience a more in-depth look
at these people; they weren’t just
policemen in uniform, but men who
put their life on the line.
Sirens buzz the audience’s ear
drums while the sight of ash and
They acted out the
trauma of being buried
under the remains of
what was New York’s
proudest set of twins.
rubble tumbling down on the citizens
below makes viewers want to
cover their eyes in horror. Then, everything
goes black.
In the darkness of the theatre no
one makes a sound; there is no shuffling
of the popcorn or slurping of
the soda. Complete silence. It’s one
of the most powerful scenes in the
film, not because of its imagery but
because of the message that no matter
who you are, where you live or
what you do, Americans are all connected
through that fateful day.
Throughout the film we are
taken on the terrifying journey that
Will and John went through, from
the realization of what happened in
New York, to the impressive spirit
of holding on to hope.
In the words of the real Will
Jimeno, “I want this movie to come
out and really teach people that
you’ll always have support and
you’ll always have people there to
love you, and if you have that, you
can pretty much overcome anything.”

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High teacher is pictured above?
Think long and hard, then write
your name, your answer and your
seventh hour room number down
on a piece of paper. Send your answer
to the newspaper mailbox in
the B-House office.
Correct answers will be entered
in a drawing to win a prize. The answer
will be printed in the next issue,
along with the name of the
winner.
The office
is on the
third floor..
“... I don’t pay
for my clothes;
my mommy
keeps me fresh
to death.”
- Eugene
McKenzie
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By Rae Larkins
Features Editor
But there is no
third floor!
Yep!
Style Style profile
profile
In a white walk-in closet five days a week at 5:45 in the morning,
stands a fashionable young man by the name of Eugene R.
McKenzie II. Each morning the junior dresses to impress.
“Over my years at Southfield High, I’ve gone from preppy to a
more professional look,” McKenzie said. Inspired by his fashionable
father (Eugene, Sr.) and hip hop artist Kanye West;
McKenzie loves to wear buttoned up collared shirts, polos, dress
pants, and dress shoes, in and out of school.
McKenzie says the school’s dress code policy doesn’t bother
him at all because it’s similar to his personal everyday style. However,
at home he goes with the laid back look, wearing sweatpants
and white tees.
According to McKenzie, on a scale from one to 10; the importance
of his style of dress is an off-the-charts 25. Although he
places a high importance of his fashion, he still puts school first,
he says.
His favorite shoes are by designers Giorgio Brutinis and Robert
Wayne. “I don’t have a job, and I don’t pay for my clothes; my
mommy keeps me fresh to death,” McKenzie said. In fact, he
goes shopping approximately four times a month, often at
Nordstroms at Somerset Collection in Troy.
In the future, McKenzie says he plans to pursue a career in
broadcast journalism. He says that he hopes his broadcasting
career will bring him enough money so that he can keep himself
as fresh as his mother keeps him now.
Lunc unc unch unc h of of the the Month
Month
features eatures W WWendy’s
W endy’s
Famous for their Frosties and
“Biggie” sized meals, Wendy’s is
always recreating its style. The
newest addition to the already
tasty menu is the line of frescata
sandwiches. Served on artisan
bread, the frescata sandwiches
So you’re
tricking the
freshmen?
with Eugene McKenzie
The Southfield Jay / October 2006 11
Yep!
come in club, roasted turkey &
swiss, Black Forest ham &
swiss, roasted turkey & basil
pesto, and the frescata
Italiana.
Where:
22333 Telegraph Road
Southfield, 48034 and
24999 Northwestern Highway
Southfield, 48075
You’re such
a pain!
Photo by Josh Polito
Fashionista: Eugene McKenzie
Value Menu: Yes
Most crowded hours: 11:30
a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Specific Dietary items: No
Lunch costs: $5 - $10
Overall Grade: A -
- Jensen Allen

12 The Southfield Jay / October 2006
Spirit Spirit W WWeek
W eek
&
Homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming 2006 was a week to
remember for the Blue Jays, who defeated
North Farmington 27-7 and crowned a new
king and queen at halftime. 1. Royal blush:
Senior JaVonda Floyd and Michael “Mudd”
Harris accept crowns as queen and king.
2. Model citizens: Seniors Nicole Green
(left) and Chanel Hicks slide into the
Homecoming Dance dazzled up. 3. Tutu
much: Seniors Alexandria Henderson,
Ashley Robinson, Amanda Macon and
Danielle McClain capture spirit week by
dressing as fairies on cartoon day. 4. Say
cheese: Seniors Dana Hill and Stacey Noss
brim with the excitement of the
Homecoming Dance. 5. Major battle: Drum
majors Jarron Smith and Donald Neloms
lead the band at the homecoming game.
6. Star power: Juniors Janice Onwenu and
Donte Payne make a red carpet
appearance at the dance.
6.
Photo by Sahsha Daniel
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Photo by Josh Polito
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Photo by Sahsha Daniel
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Photo by Sahsha Daniel