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Volume 87
Issue 26

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All Night Party

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Senior class spends one last night together on June 10

Page 9
remember
some of the
biggest trends
throughout the
past 18 years

Pages 10 & 11
find out where
the graduating
seniors are
attending college

Pages 14 & 15
check out the most Grosse-Pointey
things and learn about their origins
Photo courtesy of STEWART FINE PORTRAITS

HANNAH CONNORS 16 | Staff Writer

ith prom and senior skip day

behind them, the Class of 2015 still
has a major event to look forward
to: the All Night Party on June 10.
The All Night Party is for seniors only and is
held at the War Memorial from 10:30 p.m. to 6
a.m., event co-chair Pamela Flom said. It is not a
lock-in, so students can leave if they need to do so,
but will not be allowed to re-enter.
Flom, her co-chair Margaret Biglin and their
committee have planned food, entertainment and
decorations for the evening, she said.
We will have a casino, spa, caricature artists,

henna tattoo artists, psychics, hypnotist and much

more entertainment for the students, Flom said.
There will be great food and drinks throughout
the night as well. The evening concludes with a
sunrise service overlooking beautiful Lake St. Clair
with a special guest selected by the senior student
government officers.
Student Activities Director Maria Mitzel said in
the past, almost the entire senior class has attended,
and she hopes the same will occur this year.
We want [seniors] to walk away from South
having a special, wonderful memory, Mitzel said.
Sera Christian 15 is looking forward to the
party and all the activities, she said.

Im going to the All Night Party because its the

last thing well do as a class and I think itll be a fun
way to celebrate graduation, Christian said.
Registration for the All Night Party is $70 and
most seniors have already registered online, Mitzel
said. Students who still need to register, or who are
faced with a financial hardship by the fee, should
see Mitzel or secretary Colleen Spencer.
The All Night Party is a fun yet safe way for
the entire class to spend one last night together,
Flom said. We want everyone to feel welcome as
this party is for every graduating senior, and we
really hope all the students will take advantage of
this special night.

First Detroit Free Press Marathon MIPA team

to raise money for Jeff Nardone Scholarship

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reflect on the years
most memorable
events

AZ
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see how South
students are
connected

to

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discover South
students most unique
vacations and mission
trips this summer

ALEX BOUCHER 15 | Staff Writer

said. Soon after his death, MIPA set up a summer workshop scholarship fund
In order to keep former journalism teacher and Tower adviser Jeff Nardones to honor Nardone. The money that the MIPA team raises will come through a
spirit alive, members of The Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) Crowdrise campaign.
have formed a Crowdrise group for The Detroit Free Press Marathon on Oct.
Honestly, I think everyone will have different personal goals in regards
18 to help raise money for the Jeff Nardone Scholarship. The
to how they remember Jeff, Badalamente said. The overall
scholarship will help high school students attend MIPAs
goal is funding his scholarship.
Were proud to carry
summer journalism workshop.
Funds raised for the race will go to scholarships, so that
on Jeffs legacy by
Peter LeBlanc, a journalism adviser in Antelope, Calif.
kids who otherwise wouldnt be able to attend the MIPA
helping high school
and a good friend of Nardones, came up with the idea and
summer workshop, would be able to attend, LeBlanc said.
students spend a week
presented it to MIPA board members, he said. From there
LeBlancs hope for the weekend of the race is that all
at the university he loved
the members of MIPA began taking the next steps.
of Nardones friends and family get together in order to
immersed in an activity
Ive been running for several years, so I thought that
celebrate Nardones life, he said.
was a good way to do something for Mr. Nardone, LeBlanc
I think my goal is, you know we tend to forget people,
that he was passionate
said. The main thing that I was hoping to do was to have
its sadly the way things are, LeBlanc said. So Im kind of
about
something that wouldnt just be a one-time thing, but where
hoping, in a selfish way, that this becomes a regular part of
JEREMEY STEELE
MIPA Executive Director
it would live on.
my life. Where I always know, OK, Im going out to run a
Grand Ledge adviser and MIPA secretary Sara-Beth
half marathon in Michigan and Im going to visit Jeff s
Badalamente said she will never forget the time the idea was
family and his friends, and thats going to be a way to honor
first brought up. It was at a MIPA board meeting during a terrible snowstorm. him and remember him.
I want to say that only four board members were physically there, so most
Badalamente was impacted by Nardone through his teaching, she said. She
people had to Google chat in, Badalamente said. I think Pete would have run sent many students to take his sports writing class at MIPA camp. Every kid
a marathon that second if someone would have told him he could raise all of who took the class became a stronger writer because of Nardone she said.
the money on his own doing just that.
Jeff was a strong supporter of scholastic journalism and an even stronger
Although the race is still in the planning stages, part of it will likely involve supporter of the students with whom he worked, MIPA Executive Director
the MIPA team wearing shirts from past camps during the run, Badalamente Jeremy Steele said. Were proud to carry on Jeff s legacy by helping high school
said.
students spend a week at the university he loved, immersed in an activity that
As for the fundraising aspect, there are two parts to the process, Badalamente he was passionate about.

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learn about dorm
room ideas and
price ranges

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find out more
about the years
sport results and
collegiate athletes

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check out South by the
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