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Frosh capture third straight title line of victorious seasons.

Although the freshmen only

lost two games this year, their

future was much in doubt at the

beginning of the season: they seemed to lack the intensity that

is needed to be successful.

"Out improvement came from

the beginning of the season," add-

ed Thompson, who saw his team

lose both of their games in tough

overtime struggles.

Now that the freshman season

is over, much of the talent will be

nurtured and will make much of

the varsity and JV teams over the

next three years. "It was a dream

season," said Thompson. "It only

comes once in a coach's career."

by Peter Batsakes

The freshman basketball team

finished its 1984-85

with a decisive victory in the EHL

title game over rival squad Syca-

more, 36-1 8. The Braves domina-

ted the Aviators the whole game

and their easy victory led them to

their third consecutive EHL title.

The Braves ended their season

with a 14-2 record, and even

though IH did not compile a rec-

ord-setting win/loss ratio, as pre-

viously stated in Chieftain's last

issue, their court presence is like

none other ever seen in any other

freshman team assembled.

"We had a twenty-point turn-

around from the first Sycamore

game," said coach Steve Thomp-

son, whose team lost to Sycamore

5 2 4 2 in a triple-overtime thriller

earlier this year.

Over the season the Braves set

records both for offense-49

points per game-and defense, on-

ly 29.3 points allowed per contest.

Mexico Hayden and Richie

Decker led the Braves' scoring av-

erage with ten points per game,

and each contributed nine and

seven rebounds per game, respec-

tively.

"The kids had to make an ad-

justment losing [Mike] Eaton and Vol. 34 No. 12 March 1,1985 Indian Hill High School Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 ftain

- [Jason] Kincaid [to the JV ros-

'Nucleus' to return for Squaws t e r ~ : ~ s a i d ~ h o w s o n - ' m e k i d s

that stepped in played exception-

ally." Eaton and Kincaid played after i m '84-'85 season with this team since seventh

grade, the first of the Braves' long by Tiffany Meyer

"The nucleus of the team is

coming back next year," com-

ments coach Dick Pfirman when

asked about his feelings concern-

ing next year's girls' varsity bas-

ketball team. The starting guards

and center will be returning next

season. The Squaws lost a difficult

oattle, 45-30, to North College

Hill, who is still competing in

sectionals, in their first AA tour-

nament game. By the end of the

first half the Lady Braves were

down by one point, 21-20, and

playing well.

At the end of the third quar-

ter they were down five, but were

stiU close to catching up with

NCH. However, North College

Hill outscored the Squaws in the

fourth quarter. The leading scor-

er was junior Kristin Mains with

seven.

The last season game the Lady

SERB sets election date Braves played was against Milford

with a loss, 65-21. Before that

game the girls traveled to Madeira

and lost a ra tha close game, 47-

34. Junior Chris Hall was the leading scorer in that game with

a total of nine points, and senior

Amy Wiatt was the leading re-

bounder with six.

Pfirman commented, "The

team started out playing well this season 19-51 ; then they went into

a spin and didn't recover." He

also thinks they "could've played

better," but they definitely im-

proved over last season, in which

they finished 9-10.

The leading scorer for the sea-

son was Cucinotta with an average

of 11 points per game. Coach

Pfirman believes Cucinotta and

Hall will play well next year.

However, he feels next season will

depend on the development of

Mains.

VARSITY, from p. 19 yet, though. The Wildcats scored

two baskets to cut the final defi-

cit to three, 6542. "We were

lucky time ran out," said Mc-

Kibben.

McKibben also praised the

play of "three or four people who

compensated for some who were-

n't playing well."

Senior Rick Abrams led the

Braves in scoring with 21 points;

with that performance, he broke

Dan Murphy's single-season scar- ing record of 459 points, and

moved ever closer to Gary Frey-

tag's record 912 career points.

Senior Pete Seremetis added 17.

Also "playing well" were jun-

iors Mike Cohen and Andy Tuck-

er. Cohen's aggressiveness and

eight points "kept us in the

game" at several points, while

Tucker's 12 points "came at im-

portant stages."

Deer Park now awaits IH in

the second round of the tourney.

representatives in the salary nego-

tiations that preceded the Collec-

tive Bargaining Law, added, "It

anybody that would have a

chance to get within 20 or 25 points."

If IH beats McNick. . . "Districts. Then regionals.

Then state."

Could IH get t o state?

"It's a long shot, obviously.

We'd be facing some tough teams

up at districts. But anything can

happen in the post-season, and if

we get on a roll. . ." Enough said about that. The

Braves ended their regular season

at 11-9 overall and 8-6 in the

league to finish in third place in

the EHL's final year.

Sycamore managed to repeat

as league champions with a 12-2

league record, with Milford alone

in second place with a 1 0 4 mark.

In the Braves' final home game

of the year, the Milford Eagles

completed their sweep of IH this

year by winning, 59-52. The

Braves simply could not control

the two-pronged attack of Tom

Geyer and Paul Pfeiffer in this

contest, as they combined for 43

points.

The moves of Abrams kept IH in the game, as he led all scorers

with 24 points. Senior Curtis Ott

had a solid floor game and was

the only other Brave in double

figures, with ten points.

The only other consistent per-

former for the Braves recently,

aside from Ott and Abrams, has

been Seremetis. Seremetis erupt-

ed for 18 points and brought

down 12 rebounds in an exciting

win over Madeira, 71-70, to give

the Braves a 1985 sweep of the

rival Mustangs.

Abrams knocked down nine of

his 16 jumpers and made six free

throws to score 24, and Ott added

ten.

by Paul Monach

Representatives of the Board

of Education, the Indian H a

Classroom Teachers Association

(CTA), the Independent Profes-

sional Educators Association

OPEA), and the State Employ-

ment Relations Board (SERB)

set Tuesday, March 26 as the date

for the long-awaited election of

an official representative of the

will include "all full-time and reg-

ularly scheduled part-time certifi-

cated teachers of the Indian Hill

Exempted Village School District,

including nurses, media special-

ists, counselors, teachers with spe-

cial education certificates, certi-

fied tutors, psychologists, athletic didn't vary at all from what we director, and department coordi- wanted. They had suggested the

nators, chairmen, or heads." removal of the psychologist, de-

That includes, according to partment coordinators, and the

Mrs. Karen Edgecomb, "every- athletic director [from the list of

body ." eligible voters] ." Edgecomb, one of the CTA

DECA students capture 13th-d istrict title Indian Hill teachers in collective

bargaining.

The group met in Columbus

on Tuesday, February 19, after

the original meeting, scheduled

for February 13, was cancelled

due to inclement weather; the

committee of representatives sub-

mitted its proposal to the SERB

board on February 25, where fi-

nal approval was given.

Eligible voters will vote on a

secret ballot for either the CTA,

the IPEA, or for no representa-

tion. The actual voting will take

place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at

the high school and from 3:30 to

4:30 at Wyandot; the votes will

be counted at 5:00 p.m. in the

high school auditorium.

After the election, collective

bargaining, as required under a

state law that went into effect

last April, will begin; SERB will

appoint a mediator for the nego-

tiations. The IH teachers have

been working without a salary

agreement-thus, without a pay

raise-for this school year.

The major issue that had to be

resolved at the February 19 meet-

ing was eligibility for voting in the

by Anna Batsakes

For the thirteenth consecutive

year, the IH Distributive Educa-

tion (DECA) team defended its

district title. Of the 36 IH stud-

ents who participated, 24 placed

as finalists, and 18 qualified for

state competition.

"We can attribute our success

to highly-motivated students,"

said DECA sponsor Mr. Jim Ben-

ken, "especially this year, since

the national competition is in San

Francisco."

The district competition was

held at Eastgate Mall on Tuesday,

February 21. Sixteen schools

from Hamilton and Clermont

counties took part in. the business

events.

Several district finalists will

advance to state competition in Columbus, March 22-24. There

are 22 districts; each district will

send two students for each indi-

vidual competition. Thus, district

finalists will be competing against

43 other students.

Finalists at state competition

will advance to the national com-

petition later this spring.

of two or three tests for each par-

ticipant. First, there is a 100-

question test, then three perfor-

mance activities. For instance, in

the advertising competition, a par-

ticipant would take a 100ques-

tion test on his business event,

then develop a newspaper adver-

tisement, act as an advertiser at a

radio or t.v. station, and have to

correct mistakes on advertising

COPY.

The competitor would be

judged in all four rueas by mana-

gers from the Eastgate Mall stores

used. "The three performances

provide for realistic situations,",

said Benken. "All the competi-

tions were held in stores in East-

gate Mall."

Finalists at the district level in-

clude: Kelli Robinson, fourth

see DECA, p. 2

JV Braves end season 10-10 ! by Alissa Raleigh

"We achieved our goal of a 10-

10 record this season," observed

sophomore Ron Jones of the JV

boys' basketball team. The team

ended the year with a 9-5 record

in the EHL, putting them in third

place with Sycamore first and

Mariemont second.

The boys won their final game

of the season over Milford, with a

final score of 37-28. The Braves

got off to a rigorous start and re-

mained indefatiguable throughout the close competition. Freshman

Jason Kincaid scored in the first

three minutes of the game. After a free throw from Mil-

ford, in the last seven seconds of

the first quarter sophomore

Bruno Darre rolled the ball to

freshman Mike Eaton, who tossed

it to junior Bill Baumel, who lob-

bed it into the net-a wellcalcu-

lated and expertly accomplished

execution.

The Eagles were tough,

though, and kept the game close

for much of the time.

On February 13 the Braves

triumphed over Madeira in a rout,

63-32. The game was fast-mov-

ing and IH usually had the lead.

Looking towards next year

there are several strong players

who will carry on with basketball,

such as the two freshman. Eaton

and Kincaid were major contri-

buters to the team this year.

Jones and Darre were chosen

to make the varsity roster for the

last two games of the year, just

to observe. Next year certainly

looks promising.

Although the Braves annihilated

the Wildcats in their first game

this season, they had to to into

overtime to beat them in their

more recent contest. McKibben

feels that is important.

"Deer Park is Deer Park, but

it'll be a tough game. It's hard to

beat a team three times in a sea-

son, which is what we will have

done. I do think we have more

depth and overall talent. But

they71 have to be ready."

After Deer Park is the winner

of Madeira and Wyoming. Then,

if IH beats the winner of that

game, they will be playing in the

sectional semifinals for a trip to

districts. That will likely be

against McNicholas, siad the

Braves' coach.

"They're really not playing

"Realisticallv. I think about - > - - - -

election. All sides presented their six people will advance to nation- photo by Tom Taylor views, and the SERB represents- als," said Benken. "I have some Pictured above are the DECA team members who were able to de-

tives made the final decision. high hopes." fend 1H's district title for the thirteenth consecutive year. Eighteen of As a result, the eligible voters The state competition consists the members qualified for state competition.

CHIEFTAIN March 1,1985 March 1,1985 CHIEFTAIN Page 11

editorial

6 w In the past few years, Young Life, an out-of-school

organization, has gained a strong membership from

Indian Hill students. Understandably, the group is always hoping to increase its membership, so, often,

non-member students are asked to come to a meeting.

The problem with Young Life's recruiting tech-

niques is not that the prospective member is forced to

attend, but simply that he is not told the group's true

intent. In personal experiences, several of the staff

members have been asked to attend meetings, but

when they asked the group's purpose, the question

was side-stepped. Only after thorough questioning

was it discovered that Young Life's purpose is, to

quote its local leader, Brad Johnson, "to communi-

cate the basics of the Christian faith."

Rarely is the group's intent stressed during recruit-

editorial

In preparation for its annual Senior Special at the

end of the school year, Chieftain will have the senior

questionnaires available in the main office early next week. In recent years, almost every senior has filled

out a questionnaire; we therefore urge each senior to

take and complete one, but just as importantly, to

take seriously the deadline for its return of Friday,

March 22.

Most people have little or no idea of the tremen-

dous effort needed to complete the Senior Special, in-

cluding editing, typesetting, proofreading, and page

setup, not to mention the later production work. In

order to print the issue on time, we must do the far

majority of the work on it between the issues from

late March to the end of the school year. Two years

ago, the Senior Special was printed a week late, in

large part because of the tardiness of many of the

completed questionnaires.

Also, any senior who may object to having only

two and a half weeks to complete the questionnaire

and senior will is completely off base. Writing a sen-

ior will and answering five questions takes consider-

ably less time than a government paper and is more

fun, yet many seniors manage to finish a paper in a

weekend or even one night.

The obvious solution, then, is to pick up a ques-

tionnaire early, take your time filling it out, keep the

language clean, and turn it in by March 22. As mem-

bers of an editorial staff that is almost completely

comprised of seniors, we naturally want this Senior

Special to be the best ever. We assume you desire and

expect the same.

ing. Often, Young Lifers will say, "Well, it's a lot of

fun. You ought to come." Even in a 1982 Chieftain

article, Johnson stressed that the group was fun rath-

er than religious. Telling a prospective member only

half the truth about Young Life is deception. In fact,

Young Life itself seems to try to hide the fact that it

is a religious group. Using a social group's pressure to

force religion on an unsuspecting person is unfair.

Whether Young Life is right or wrong is not to be

decided here. We only criticize the group's tech-

niques and their facade as merely a social group. To

say, "Young Life is a lot of fun. Occasionally we may say a prayer, but there is no obligation," is com-

parable to saying, "Chieftain is great fun. Oh, by the

way, we put out a newspaper." The group should

state its purpose outright to prospective members,

then ask them to attend a meeting. Deceiving people

into thinking the group is only social, then springing

religion upon them once they are in the midst of al-

ready dedicated Young Lifers is peer pressure in its

worst form.

DECA, from p. 1

place in job interviews; Courtney

Loewenstine, first place in public

speaking; Jeanne Littlejohn, first

place in sales demonstration; Ni-

loufar Azarnia, first place in ap-

parel and accessories; Grey Freu-

denberg, fourth in business own-

ership; Debbie Tipp, John Atkin-

son, and Linda Keller, first, sec-

ond, and third, respectively, in

restaurant marketing.

John Paquette, Kevin Viox,

and Dominic Britton, third in

team management ; Denise Wink-

er, third in free enterp.rise; Sharon

Nakamura and Julie Packer, first

and third, respectively, in general

marketing; Diana Maehlman, Lau-

ra Distler, and Paula Creech, first,

second, and third in entrepreneur-

ship; Amy Geygan and Tesa Cald-

well, first and second in finance

and credit.

Paula Berry and Jenny Malloy , second and fourth in general mer-

chandising; Chris Phillips, first in

food marketing; and Tracy Cam-

bron and Jan Wilson, third and

fifth in advertising.

in STAFF SCHOtASTtC PRESS ASSOClATlON

Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracur-

ricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake

Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 4 5 2 4 3 561-4225.

Sponsor: Wm. P. Kincaid; Editors: Ken Jones, Paul Monach; News

Editors: Anna Batsakes, David Cook; Features Editors: Tracy Megi-

son, Janet Nicolas; Sports Editor: Kevin Walzer; Assistant Sports Edi-

tor: Brian Rowe; Magazine Editors: Ellen Alvord, Joel Ruff ; Business

Manager: Kelly Martin; Circulation Manager: Davis Griff in; Production

Managers: MaryBeth Heidrich, Dan Rosenthal; Assistant Production

Manager: Arianna Newman; Head Photographer: Tom Taylor; Photog-

raphers: Davis Griff in, Brad Wilkinson; Contributors: Jim Gruskin,

Jeff Currier, Laura Schwartz, Jeff Tuckey, Rob Seal, Elizabeth Con-

verse, Tiffany Meyer, Peter Batsakes, Alissa Raleigh, Joy Rowe, James

Anderson; Production Staff: Laura Schwartz, James Anderson, Rob

Seal, Alex Overhoff, Marci Jacobson, Jamie Winget, Barbara Hug, K y m

Sollinger, Mariano Fernandez, Chris Kempczinski, Arthur Nicolas. T i f -

fany Meyer.

As its editorial policy, Chieftain strives both to commend what is

good and encourage correction of what is not. Editorials reflect the

opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are

strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and responsibly

written.

~ndjvidvals, medley advance to state meet by Kevin Walzer

Two individual swimmers and

a medley relay team advanced to

state with qualifying times in the

district meet held last weekend at

Keating Natatorium. These swim-

mers will proceed to the state

meet, which is to be held this

weekend.

Sophomore Teresa Replogle

headed the list as she qualified for

state in two events, the 100

breaststroke and the 200 free.

Replogle captured second in

the breaststroke with a time of

1 :06.63. She followed that fin-

ish with a fourth-place showing

in the 200 free, with a time of

54.26 seconds.

The top four finishers in each

event advance automatically to

state. Replogle was thus an auto-

matic qualifier in her two events.

To determine the other state

qualifiers, the other swimmers'

times are ranked, and a predeter-

mined number of the next fastest

times will advance. IH's other

two state representatives qualified

in this fashion.

Freshman Jenny Replogle cap-

tured fifth in the district 100

breaststroke; the medley relay

team of Lesley Blonh, Beth Win-

gerter, and the two Replogles fin- Wmgerter, for her part, is

ished ninth. Both had times good quite optimistic about the girls'

enough to qualify them for state. chances to do well.

- TwR

lar

photo courtesy of Legend

Teresa Replogle was one of four swimmers to advance to state.

Wrestlers to com~ete in sectional tourney

"I think Teresa has a good

shot at the top twelve or even top.

six in the breaststroke-she could

also do well in the freestyle. Jen-

ny breaststroke." could make top twelve in the

The boys' team did not fare

nearly as well in the post-season.

No member had a time fast

enough to get to districts; the

team, though, did finish well in

the consolation meet held earlier

this week at Sycamore High

School.

Sophomore Andy Geygan

placed eighth in the 100 freestyle

and seventh in the 100 breast-

stroke to lead the Braves.

The boys had only three swimmers by the end of the year; as

Geygan pointed out, three swim-

mers'do not qualify them for any

meet.

"I think well do better next

year, though," said Geygan.

"There are a bunch of Ottawa

swimmers coming up."

The girls are not yet worrying

about next year; they stiU have

their most important meet. 'We

can do well," assured Wingerter.

wins in the semifinal-more than

we had-can make a big differ- I I

ence. Our difference wasn't big by Kevin Walzer in particular-he's really come on but not many of them were able enough."

The wrestlers oDen vost-season in the second part of the season." to get to the finals. A few match L

play this weekend as they com- Slazyk would have to be con-

Pete at the district meet. The sidered a strong possibility, as Milford hands JV final loss eleven-team tournament will be

held at Reading High School.

The Braves enter the meet

coming off a "disappointing"

sixth-place finish in the final EHL

tournament held last weekend in

the IH gym.

A "large and powerful field"

awaits IH at Reading this week-

end, according to senior Ken Sla-

zyk. "There are some big teams

there-Loveland, Reading, Cler-

mont Norteastern. There are also

some smaller teams, like New Richmond and Madeira."

What kind of anticipated fin-

ish does this field translate into

for IH? "I think we could get into the

top half, but it's an individual thing now, not really a team com-

petition. After [districts] , only a

few of us will continue."

Slazyk did not venture guesses

on which Braves would continue

past districts into regionals and

possibly state but did note "some

improving people. Burt Sheard,

well as senior Dave Kindle and

sophomore Matt Feltman. Last

year those three survived past dis-

tricts, with Slazyk advancing all

the way to state.

"I don,? know, though," said

Slazyk. "Regionals is a tough

meet."

For the Braves, so was the

EHL meet. Their sixth-place finish fell far short of their hopes

and well short of ther expecta-

tions.

Sycamore won the meet with

188% points. The other finishers were, in order : Loveland (1 1 8%

points), Glen Este (1 13), Milford

(95?h), Madeira (87), IH (49),

Deer Park (47), and Mariemont

(36). IH's sixth-place finish was

even more surprising in light of

the fact that they had two indi-

vidual champions, Slazyk in the

13 8-pound class and Kindle in the ,

185 class, Where did the letdown

come?

"We had a lot of semifinalists,

by Joy Rowe

The JV girls ended their sea-

son last Thursday with a loss to

Milford, 5 1-14. Milford dominat-

ed IH the entire game.

The Eagles led 21 -2 by the end

of the first half. The Squaws im-

proved play somewhat during the

second half, but not enough to

change Milford's winning pace.

The Squaws' previous game

was a closer game, a 44-41 loss to

Madeira. The Squaws once again

fell behind in the first half, but

they came back in the second

half, hoping to take the lead.

Within the last three minutes, the

Squaws went from 12 behind to

two.

Lack of made free throws kept

IH from capturing the lead, and

the Amazons barely pulled off the

three-point win.

Despite this loss, the team

played much better in this second

meeting with Madeira than in the

first. Freshman Maggie Keir

played an especially good game,

with a personal best of ten points.

Stated a teammate, "Maggie

played a great game. She finally

started driving the ball in and

scoring to help us challenge the

Amazons."

Keir's excellent play in this

game earned her a position on the

varsity team for the EHL tourna-

ment, along with freshmen Chris

Starcher and Lynn Yost.

Starcher, however, was the on-

ly one of the three to get playing

time. She played very impressive-

ly during her two quarters. It

looks as if she will be seen in

many varsity games next year.

Starcher ended the season as the

JV Squaws' leading scorer, with a

total of 168 points and proved to

be a very valuable player.

Despite their last two losses, the Squaws finished the season

with a 13-7 record, the best any

IH girls' team has had in several

years. The next few years should

look promising for varsity coach

Dick Pfirman.

CHIEFTAIN March 1, 1985 March 1.1985

Braves to face Deer Park after 'shabby' opener by Kevin Walzer

and Brian Rowe It was not a particularly pretty

or inspiring sight, the basketball Braves' opening AA sectional game against Blanchester Tues- day, but it got the job done.

By defeating the Wildcats, 65- 62, IH set up a meeting in the second round of the tournament with Deer Park tomorrow night.

The win was also a milestone of sorts for the Braves; it was the first sectional game they have won in five years and their first- ever victory in the AA tournament.

However, all hoopla aside, the greatest thing about the victory was that it was a win, for in sev-

eral stages of the game, Blanches-

got the job done. "It's often hard to get that

fvst win in a tournament game, particularly if you're not used to the pressure," he said. "We don't really have anyone who has tournament experience. In that sense, it was a good win."

IH jumped out to an 18-15 lead in the first quarter. They had been up by seven, 18-11, when they "let Blanchester back in it-they hit a couple of quick buckets."

The Wildcats outscored the Braves 20-1 8 and 18-1 7 in the second and third quarters to tie at 53 entering the fourth quarter.

"We weren't playing well at all

in that stretch-really, we only played real well for about three

ter capitalized on IH's often-leth- minutes in the fourth quarter." argic ~ l a v and threatened to pull Blanchester outscored IH to move - * -

an upset over the fourth-seeded ahead by three, 58-55; IH, how- Braves. ever, ran off ten straight points in - -

"Yes, I would have to say we four minutes to go up by seven, didn't play well as a whole," 65-58. said coach Dale McKibben. "We Blanchester wasn't through - were pretty shabby."

still, as mentioned before, it see VARSITY, p. 12 photo by Brad Wilkinson

Rick Abrams scored 21 points against Blanchester.

Mental attitude affecting play SPORTSVI EW

with Kevin Walzer

We are not, at this moment, seeing a very happy bunch of Braves.

A long basketball season is winding down. Most other winter sports seasons are over. Spring is approaching. Thoughts of most athletes are turning towards base- ball, track, tennis.

It may be only coincidental that the play of the Braves has been decidedly less inspired than it was in December and January. In December and January IH beat Loveland and Deer Park by 28 and 44 points, respectively; in February, they squeaked past Loveland by three and had to go into overtime to down Deer Park by two.

Their tournament game against Blanchester was little bet-

ter; it was, to put i t lightly, boring. The Braves trailed Blanches- ter at several points, coming alive only in the fourth quarter to go up by seven before letting their opponents cut the margin to three.

Perhaps it is only a coinci- dence; it has not, however, es- caped the notice of coach Dale McKibben.

"We didn't play that well against Blanchester," commented McKibben. "We have had some games where we've had to struggle to win; that was one of them."

McKibben feels that several factors appear to have contributed to the recent decline in the quality of IH's play. This particular time of year, the changing of winter into spring, seems be playing a large role right now.

"I think 'spring fever' is some- thing that has to affect a team's mental attitude," he said. "They [the players] get restless. We try to find methods to keep their interest up, like changing styles of practice, varying the playing time on the floor."

Beyond "spring fever," the stresses of a long season appear to have taken their inevitable toll as well. That, said McKibben, is both to be expected and under-

stood. "When you realize that we've

been playing since the end of Oc- tober, you understand that we've had a long year. Basketball is a long sport. I would think that some people may be a bit physic- ally tired."

With physical tiredness comes mental tiredness. A lot of pressure and hype have surrounded the boys' varsity program this year; "the march for the last EHL title," "the Abrams scoring chase," "the road to McNicho- las."

Given the team's failure to win the EHL title, which would have to be considered the most important goal of the season, a long and hard road might appear to have been travelled for nothing.

"The EHL was a big disappointment, especially the way we lost it," said McKibben. "We had so many one- or two-point losses. If the ball had bounced our way a couple of times, we might very well have wound up on top."

Indeed, the Braves' season this year has been one of close losses. "We played really well in a couple of two-point losses. Those are bound to be disappointing."

Does the disappointment take a toll? Perhaps. It undoubtedly

plays a part in IH's recent lethar-

gy. The mental and physical factors have combined to erode the quality of the team's play.

"But being athletes, I would hope that they would still want to play," said McKibben. "I would think that they still have the pride to compete at their best, and enjoy the competition."

Does IH's recent play reflect that attitude? It may be only coincidental, but the answer appears to be "no."

On a less serious note, look for Rick Abrams to pass Gary Frey- tag's career scoring mark tomorrow night. Abrams, with 964 career points, needs just 19 against Deer Park to surpass Freytag's 982.

The Franchise smashed another long-standing scoring record against Blanchester by setting the new single-season mark for points scored. Abrams, with 467 points this season, passed Dan Murphy's previous mark of 459.

However, Murphy did his in 19 games; Abrams took 21. Thus, Murphy retains the record for per game average in a season (24.2). Abrams' 22.2 average puts him in fourth place overall in the latter category.

CHIEFTAIN

~ o n a c h nominated for Presidential Scholar by David Cook mission on Presidential Scholars, and 15 additional students no

Senior Paul Monach was re- a group of private citizens appoin- matter where from will achieve cently informed of his candidacy ted by the Resident, on the basis Scholar statlls. In addition, 20 for one of 121 Presidential Scho- of information supplied in a six- Presidential Scholars will be lar positions. Monach is one of page application, an essay, and a named for outstanding perfor-

only 1500 highschoolers in the secondary school report. mance in the arts or in creative nation to be offered a chance to In April, the Commission will writing. compete for these positions. select 500 of the n~ost qualified All 141 students chosen will

Selection of candidates was applicants as fmalists. In May, travel to Washington D.C. the based on SAT and/or ACT scores the final Cut will be made; only week of June 16 to be awarded and on the selfdescriptive data one girl and one boy from each the Presidential scholarYs medalli- completed in connection with ei- state, from the District of Colum- During their visit, scholars ther or both of these tests. Scho- bia, from Puerto Rico, and from get to meet not only govern- lars will be chosen by the Corn- among U.S. citizens living abroad ment officials, but also famous

educators, authors, musicians, and scientists. They will, in addition,

Musicia ns co m pete at 'contest' tour museums and national me- morials, and attend ceremonies in

by Jeff Currier Receiving ratings of I1 (Ex- their honor. Thirtyqne IHHS musicians cellent) were: Ballard, flute; Eric photo by Davis Griffin Each is given the Op- Paul Monach--candidate for Presi-

participated in the Ohio Music Dahl, trumpet; Mindy Grindstaff, portunity in the application to dentid Scholar award.

Educators Association (OMEA) piano; Andrea Hatfield, piccolo; identify the teacher who has in- 1985 Solo and Ensemble Contest, held at Anderson High School last Saturday. IH students earned 19 ratings of Superior (maximum) and nine of Excellent.

This festival, universally refer- red to simply as "contest," is held each year at a local high school and is open to all interested in- strumentalists and vocalists. The word "contest" is perhaps mis- leading, as there is no real winner involved.

Students perform individually or in small ensembles before a judge, who then gives them a rating from I to V, a I being "Super- ior." The music a student per- forms is selected from a prepared list made by the OMEA Director's Committee. The music is divided into three categories, A, B, and C,

according to level of difficulty. Soloists receiving ratings of I

(Superior) were: Jill Anderson, flute ; Michele Brougher , clarinet ; Jeff Currier, clarinet ; David Ep- stein, trombone; Bill Haffner, trombone; Ellen Hammond, piccolo; Andrea Hatfield, flute; Stephanie Hug, violin; Cyndy Mc- Clure, flute; Rob Nichols, French horn; Karen Rhoad, violin; Rob Seal, trumpet; Scott Seward, trumpet; and John Sheringer, trumpet.

Ensembles receiving Superior ratings were: brass quintet (Gregg Devanna, Joel Ruff, Haffner, Seal, and Seward); clarinet trio (Terri Wayne, Brougher , and Currier); flute trio (Mary Ballard, Kim Dor- an, and Currier); and percussion ensemble (Doug Backus, Dave Buck, Duncan Chalmers, Bill Creedon, and Jeff Tuckey).

Helen Hwang, violin; Scott Schricker , trumpet ; Jamie Winget, txombone; and Jennifer Wolski, violin. The string ensemble (Eliz- abeth Converse, Mariano Fernan- dez, Barbara Hug, Kate Hug, Stephanie Hug, Jean Rhee, Brian Seikman, Grindstaff, Hwang, Rhoad, and Wolski) also received an excellent rating.

When asked about her first time performing in the high school contest, sophomore Jill Anderson said, "The thought of going in there all by myself scared me at first, but afterwards I realized it wasn't that bad at all."

fluenced him the most significant- ly. The teachers named will be in- vited to attend a special reception with their students and will receive certificates of excellence. Monach has chosen to name En- glish teacher Elizabeth Ackley for this potential honor, stating as his reason that "in addition to being an excellent teacher, she has also been a good friend."

Monach is already, by virtue of his nomination, a member of an exclusive club at IH. Among

the few past nominees from IH, only three have gone on, as Mo- nach hopes to, to attain finalist

Seven named NM finalists by David Cook Cook, Marjie Fink, MaryBeth Hei-

All seven of IH's National drich, Paul Kalomeres, Eric Leu- Merit semifinalists-seniors David gers, Paul Monach, and Gay

National Merit finalists: (front, 1. to r.) Eric Leugers, Paul Kalomeres, David Cook, Paul Monach, (back) Gay Stauft, MaryBeth Heidrich, Marjie Fink.

standing: Tom Warfel ('84), John Ries ('82), and Judy Arms ('70).

Monach felt "surprised to get this. I thought a lot more than 1500 people had better scores than mine."

He is, however, apprehensive about completing the extensive application form. "I'm not looking forward to filling out about a dozen general questions, but I think I'll use an essay I've already written."

Asked about his chances of being named Scholar Monach re- plied that they were "about as good as anyone else's."

Stauft-have advanced to finalist standing in the competition for scholarship money.

13,500 out of 15,000, or 9076, of the semifinalists in the nation became finalists; those who did no: become finalists were elimina- ted either because their SAT scores did not meet minimum re- quirements or on the basis of an application filled out last fall.

1500 finalists will receive $2000 non-renewable scholarships from National Merit Corporation in May. Some IHers usually receive these scholarships each year.

In addition, many colleges and universities offer four-year scholarships to qualifying finalists who attend there. The most lucrative awards, however, usually come from large companies; to qualify

for these scholarships, a finalist must generally either be related to an employee of the company or live in the area in which the company is based.

March 1,1985 CHIEFTAIN Page 9 CHIEFTAIN March 1,1985

downed U.S. space shuttle-a ty-

pical day for members of the

higher echelons of world leader- ship.

In the Security Council, so-

phomores James Anderson and

David Miller represented Nicara-

gua. Debate was fast and furloils

on a variety of issues including the U.S. mining of Nicaraguan

harbors, the Iran-Iraq war, and

puzzle also because of the Pythagorean happens to be the angle between theorem. Since IC = CF and any two outer atoms of several

BC + CF = BF, BC + IC = BF compounds, the most important Cook drills read ers on volume by James Anderson

Two weeks ago, a delegation from the Indian Hill Model Uni-

ted Nations club attended

NAIMUN XXII, a national model UN conference. In the interna-

tion simulation, or INS, senior Hugh Geier received the highly

prestigious "flag." This award is given to a dele-

gate who excels in the simulation

of his position. Geier's distinc-

tion not only reflects well on in his pivotal role as President of the U.S., but also on the other

members of the club, who por-

trayed other U.S. statesmen.

These included junior Brian Meyers as undersecretary of state

and seniors Janet Nicolas as U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R., Bar- bara Hug as director of the F.B.I.,

and Elizabeth Gorman as com- mandant of the marine corps and

by David Cook

Last issue's problem was to determine the sum of each row in a magic square of 101 sides which

begins with 10,001 and progresses

by steps of 1001. By the formula

given for the sum of any row of a 2

simple magic square ( N(N +1)/2, where N is the number of sides),

one may deduce that a 101 X 101 square beginning with 1 and coun-

ting by ones would add up to

101(1012+1)/2 = 515,231 on a side.

Since the square in the problem starts with 10,001 instead of

1, all of the numbers are 10,000 more than they otherwise would

be. With 101 numbers per side, this allows for a gain of

10,000(101) or 1,010,000, so the running total is now 1,525,201.

Counting by 1001's instead of by ones makes the second number

of the square 1000 higher than it

should be, the third 2000 higher,

the fourth 3000, etc. The nth number of the square is therefore

1000(n-1) higher than it would

otherwise be. Thus, the sum of all the excess of this type in the

square is 0 + 1000 + 2000 ...

+ (1012 - 1)(1000). In other words, this is 1000 times the sum of all the numbers between 0 and

side, one comes up with 515,100,000. Adding this to our

earlier total of 1,525,201 yields a final sum of 5 16,625,201 on each

row. For no practical reason, I'd

like to locate the center of a tetrahedron (see diagram) and find the

measure of the angle with this center as vertex and passing

through any two of the corners

(angle ACB). To start, let's draw two medi-

ans, AH and DG. These are also

angle bisectors, so they divide triangle AED into two 30-60-90

right triangles. If we let the

length of all sides of the tetrahed-

ron be 1, then the length of each

median is .15/2.

The long half of each median

(AF and DF) is 213 of the full

length, or 6 1 3 , and the shorter halves (GF and HF) a e each J5/6

long. F is the geometric center

of triangle ABE. Now we draw in

two more medians on side BDE;

the center of triangle BDE is I.

Next, drawing lines through the interior of the pyramid, con-

nect A and I, and B and F; A1 and BF are perpendicuh to the

planes of triangles BDE and ABE respectively. C, the point of in- tersection of these two segments,

is the center of the tetrahedron,

and IC = BF - BC. Because being CH4, also called methane or

BF= 6 1 3 , IC = F / 3 - BC. Sub- natural gas.

stituting f i t 3 - BC in for IC in Also, when we consider this

- ?

the above equation ( ( J3/31L + same problem in two dimensions

1c2 = B C ~ ) , we end up with (a twodimensional tetrahedron is an equilateral triangle), we see

113 + (213 - ~ G I ~ ( B c ) + 8 c 2 ) = that the central angle has a rnea- later as commander of the air force.

Commented Geier on his award, "I, of course, was very pleased to have received it [the

award]. I was really kind of surprised ."

In the INS, members of the IH MUN had to face rapid, unfor- seen developments in the world

geopolitical situation. The events

that took place in just three days are enough to boggle the mind.

There was a communist take- over in Portugal after which Geier

called on NATO troops to invade. As Geier says, "I was a bit milita-

ristic."

In addition to this consequen- tial happening, Margeret Thatcher

was assassinated, a new nation

was created in Borneo, Philippines President Marcos was killed, and

the Vietnamese confiscated a

the Israeli occupation of soutllc,rn Lebanon. "The Nicaraguan dc-

bate was my favorite," said hliller.

"We burned the U.S. a couple of times."

The Security Council was also

called into emergency session at 5.00 a.m. to discuss (fictional) de-

velopments on the Sino-Vietna- mese border.

Although thc delegation didn't

win any awards, the members said

that they had enjoyed themselves and had learned a great deal.

Other high points in the visit included a combined freshman-

sophomore-junior trip to Sonny's

surplus store and an excursion to

the Nicaraguan embassy. Com-

mented Anderson, "The embassy

briefing was really surprising. I

learned that Nicaragua is not real-

ly a Soviet puppet."

B C ~ . Simplifying yields 1 =

2 & / 3 ( ~ ~ ) , so BC=$/~.

sure of 120 ', also expressible as

Arccos(-112). Similarly, in one dimension, the only possible angle measure is 180Q , which can

be written Arccos(-111). It seems likely, therefore, that for

an nthdimensional tetrahedron, the angle corresponding to the

ones discussed here would have a measure of Arccos(-l/n).

Problem for next issue: A six inch long hole is drilled through,

the middle of a sphere. What volume remains? No information

has been left out,

A

OSU singers, orrlcers to visit IH The Ohio State University mine, at Syc:

Glee Club will perform for the and IH, will

entire student body next Wednes- short tour.

day. March 6, during seventh pe- Admissions officers from OSU

riod. The Glee G!ub, after perfor- will accompany the sin@ng goup. They will be available at 1:00 in

S P O ~ ~ awards delaypA A- midance office to talk to juni-

Due to the possibility of interested in attendil

continued success of the k

ester exam policy during

ch today, with the intention of

~g the results to form a propo-

Indian trill has become one of sal for the Spring exams. The the latest teams in the area to en- more students who respond, the ter the field of radio comm~rnica- more Likely it is that the admini- tions. WIHS has begun operations stration will accept the proposal.

in the cafe of I t i , with talenteci DJ's Roqs Baurnes, Kenny Slazyk, Search a~~l icat ions due "World B." Rowe, and Dave Senior Search applications are

"Ste~vdog" Steward spinning the due in the attendance office by

tunes. Rolling a wide variety cf 3:00 p.m. today. Mr. Gary Gel-

pplications a5 had

We are now ready to solve the

original question-to find the measure of angle ACB. AC and BC

are both 614 , while, as previous- lv stated. AB=l. By the cosine

law, l2 = ( JZ/4l2 + ( 6 1 4 ) ~ - 2( fi/4)( 8/4)cos 0. Simplified :

1 = 318 + 318 - 3/4cose, and

114 = - 3 1 4 ~ 0 ~ 8 . Thus, cose =

-113, and 0 = Arccos(-1/3), which is about 109.47q

This result may seem ab-

solutely useless; however, among (I assume) many other uses, it

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letter from SG SG proposes a ternatives for Spring exam schedule

1012. Using the formula for the because it is equidistant from all four sides.

sum of consecutive integers Using the Pythagorean theo-

( n(n +l)I2 is the sum all rem on triangle BFH. we see that

Dear Students,

On Wednesday, SG had its

meeting for the month of Februa-

ry - At the meeting, members

made proposals for an alternative

to last semester's exam schedule.

A poll will be released today zt lunch for students to fill out

about their opinions on the exam

schedule last semester.

Proposals were also made for

an alternative to seniors taking ex-

ams. Service projects, speakers

and movies, or a combination of the above were among the ideas.

Instead of seniors going to

school during the three days of exams, seniors could either de-

vote three Saturdays of their time

to attend service projects, or spend the last three days at school

doing some type of senior project. Our ideas must be composed and

submitted to Mrs. Smith by Mon- day, March 11. Your contributions and ideas are welcome.

Our March forum is also com-

ing up soon. SG has planned either a prolcon debate over abor- tion with speakers from a right to

life group and a planned parent-

hood group or a possible concert by the Blue Wisp Jazz Combo.

Student input is encourage; our

forums are for you. Our computer dating sheet

sale went quite well this year.

We've raised close to 600 dollars. Half of the money will go back to

the Computer Daze dating com-

pany, but the other half will be gi-

ven to the Heart Association.

Thank you all for buying your

dating lists. This year's fundraiser has been the most successful since

1981. A Spring fundraiser is be-

ing organized by the service

committee presently; class fund-

raisers are starting also. We are, in addition, planning

an intramural program for this

Spring. Senior Laura Schwartz and junior Clint Reese are head-

ing the intramural conamittee. U1-

timate Frisbee and volleyball are the sports we are considering.

cater to recently

nts when i "

" numbers from one to n), the

( n / 6 l 2 + B F ~ = ( 0 1 2 ) ~ ~ above computation simplifies to

4

52,025,100,000. Dividing by 101 ~ F ~ = 2 / 3 , BF= 6613. Similarly, in to find the amount of excess per triansle BIG, (n i3 )2 + IC2 = BC2

E

1 Once upon a time

When I was a hotrsejl.t',

$2 t a million loving 4 Wiedemer seminar God

of a reclusive rlim pses I mu,

Of y c by Kenneth N. Jones I doubt it," commented Wiede-

Senior Karen Wiedemer has mer. Someday catch a glimpse

gfowing. Trying, w i n g to

I stand aside to watch them With mine eyes and a bursting heal

Our heads clear now, and our eyes ol

Higher than we had dreamt, still reach

Others follow me, and soon we are rising ;o forward," they cry, 'knd lay down your brick!"

17ze roar grows as more gather from all galleries. I

Better whilst making it bigger Feelings move us to enrich our pile, making it

Some stones there, from which we have our foundation.

Born o f rubbish with mere aspirations to keep our heads up.

I could walk on the walls,

And fly very high

But you turned away and

been chosen as a Congressional Seminar representative and will travel to Washington, D.C., March 13-15.

The trip will entail an in depth look at the legislative process.

Said Wiedemer, "It's not like the seventh grade trip. We will meet a lot more people, not just see buildings."

Although she will tour the ca- pital, Wiedemer will also meet

Congressmen such as William Gra-

dison, so as to gain insight into

the human side of lawmaking. Many "important" people are es-

pected to speak at the seminar.

"We might get to see Reagan, but

Wiedemer was s~rrprised when she first received the honor. "I

didn't have to write any essays or

anything. 1 was really surprised. I have an interest in politics, but

it's not incredibly large," she said. As a career, Wiedemer is not

set on anything. "I've considered

politics, but on this trip, I'll weigh both sides."

The aspect of the trip which intrigues Wiedemer the most is

that she will finally meet the people she has read about. "I've studied the government, but this

visit takes you further than the testbook. I'm really looking for-

ward to it."

't

pen. ing-

would era,

I loved you with all my soul,

SO you shrugged and flzisl

The toilet bowl. bed me do1

Trt f791,tor You 've made my little he&, , , ,,,, ,,, ,

And my little wing stuttc As I &'ash awJa.v in a st up^

By wa,v 0.f the gut fer.

In confusion.

-

Oh ye cruel fates, MJ! tiny life, a mad tease. . . A cruel error oje species. Anonimus

Thank you, Jim Gruskin

SG Vice President

disc review

CHIEFTAIN

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Collins develops style apart from G by Kevin Walzer

At this point, could it be said

that Phil Collins stands at a cross-

roads? The driving force behind

Genesis appears to be nearing one,

if he is not already there.

Collins has spent the last four

years working essentially on a so-

lo career, producing only one

Genesis album after 1981's Aba-

cab, 1983's Genesis. In that time

span, he has released three solo

albums.

The question as to where Col-

lins stands right now is brought

about by the fact that stock in his

individual career has skyrocketed

in the last ten months. Collins'

work on the Against All Odds

film soundtrack garnered an

Academy Award nomination for

Best Song ("Take a Look at Me

Now"), and his contributions to

Philip Bailey's Chinese Wall-he

served as producer and co-vocal-

ist-produced a critically ac-

claimed album and a top ten sin-

gle, "Easy Lover."

Then there is Collins' third

individual album, No Jacket Re-

quired. Judging by the scarcity of

the record in local stores, it isn't

hard to believe that it will main-

tain and even augment Collins'

current sought-after status.

But even without Collins'

other projects, No Jacket Re-

quired is excellent in its own

right. Although not a radical

change from the typical Collins

sound, it is slick, well-produced,

and a pleasure to listen to.

Side one opens with a trade-

mark Collins effort: "Sussudio."

Greeting the ears is the familiar

Collins rhythm, a heavy drumbeat

complemented by driving key-

boards and the Phoenix Horns of

Earth, Wind, and Fire. Such a

sound is to be found throughout

Jacket, balanced out nicely with

slower and at times thought-

provoking ballads.

movie review

"Only You Know and I

Know" follows in much the same

vein as "Sussudio ;" however, it is

a much more interesting song due

to the hard edge Collins gives to

it. A funky synthesizer base and

some raw guitar work by Daryl

Stuermer make this one riveting;

a single of this track would be a

very likely bet in the near future.

Collins follows the driving

sound of "Only You Know. . ." with a much more subdued piece,

"Long Long Way to Go." A slow,

haunting ballad, "Long Long Way

to Go" deals with enduring emo-

tional pain: "While I sit trying to

think of things to say/Someone

lies bleeding in somewhere/So it

would seem that we've got a long,

long way to go/I've seen all I

wanna see today."

Can you "turn it off if you

want to , switch it off or look

away?" Collins asks. The ques-

tion, and this song, are particular-

ly effective and provocative.

A return to the driving sound

marks "I Don't Want to Know."

This song doesn't have a lot to of-

fer in the way of lyrics, although

Collins' ever-masterful control of

pace and melody makes this fun

to listen to. Still, you're not miss-

ing much if you cue over it.

The same is not true of the al-

bum's first single, "One More

Night." This track ends side one

ning, but the song still succeeds.

It is one of the best "rockers" on

the album.

"Who Said I Would" does not

succeed in the same vein. It has

potential; Steurmer's guitar work

and Collins' drums and vocals

create a very electric foundation,

but the effect is ruined by the an-

noying presence of the Phoenix

Horns. The EWF horn section

works best in the more "disco-

like" sound of "Sussudio," but it

only detracts here.

"Doesn't Anybody Stay To-

gether Anymore" is a solid song

highlighted by some angry Collins

drumming. However, it flits

much between the slow style of

"Long Long Way to GO;' and the

rock style of "Who Said I

Would," and like the latter song,

loses a promising identity in the

process.

After one or two listenings, it

would probably be judicious to

cue over "Inside Out." Although

better than its two predecessors-

it does not get lost in its style-it

sounds too much like them to be

notable.

Instead, it succeeds the most

of the second-side songs in creat-

ing a gripping rock sound; it is

Collins' best blend of soft and

hard. "Take me home/'Cause I

don't remember/Take me home"

are the closing lines, accompanied

on a subtle and melodious note; by some heavy drumming that co-

Collins is at his best in this quiet, producers Collins and Hugh Padg-

romantic piece, It must be heard. ham wisely buried in the mix.

Side two opens with an un-

usual piece, "Don't Lose My

Number." An odd blend of riff-

ing guitar, Collins' angry, power-

ful drumwork, and synthesizer al-

most reminiscent of the Police's

"Wrapped Around Your Finger,"

this song achieves a strong and

decidedly up-tempo feel.

The end, much like Collins'

"Mama" on Genesis, doesn't quite

live up to the intriguing begin-

Motley crew experiences unrea Iistic 'Breakfast' DT by Elizabeth Converse

It was a Thursday night, and I

highly doubted that there would

be droves of people at the movies,

so I decided to go check out the

movie of my choice, The Break-

fast Club . Nevertheless, I was wrong

about the droves. After waiting

in line for fifteen minutes, I final-

ly fought my way through the

crowds, got my ticket and pop-

corn, and made my way to what

I had been waiting for, the bath-

room.

Upon emerging, I went into

the theatre and chose a seat

which just happened to be behind

a fluffy-haired individual with a

loud, resounding laugh (which

soon became very irritating).

Well, then the show started.

The Breakfast Club is the story

of five kids who have to spend an

eight-hour detention together for

having done various obnoxious

things at school. They spend

their DT in the library, and this

"diverse" group of kids consists

of a snob, a wrestler (jock), a

druggie, a geek, and an introvert.

During the detention, they

were instructed to write a paper

about "who they thought they

were." Instead, these people did

everything but. Their afternoon

March 1,1985

No Jacket Required is not a

breakthrough album for Collins in

the musical sense; it is, though, an

important stepping stone in his

career. Musically, Collins simply

refines his distinctive, individual

style; he scores some impressive

hits, particularly on the first side.

With the strong sound of the al-

bum, though, Collins is succeed-

ing more and more in strengthen-

ing his musical identity and in- fluence.

With No Jacket Required and his other solo projects, Collins is

only expanding his sphere of in-

fluence. He is growing ever more

popular and successful in his own

right, and is moving nearer and

nearer to a crossroads that may

take him on a different path than

Genesis.

AMY, from p. 5 The fact that she is beyond help

has caused faculty, friends, and

local IH residents to consider

sending Amy to Careunit and/or

Emerson North Hospital. "1 can't

help it! I chew gum every period

of the day, except of course, in

Connelly's," said Amy. Amy

spends an estimated two dollars

a week to support her habitual

gum chewing.

So if you're looking for An-

gus, depending on the season, she

can be found cracking a field

hockey ball into the net, swishing

a 15-foot jumper, or snagging a

linedrive at short. If, by chance,

this golden-souled athlete cannot

be found on the field of competi-

tion, try looking in Convenient.

She will be buying her gum.

Whatever you do, do not look in

Skyline.

consisted of arguments, eating,

dancing, smoking pot, a spill-

your-guts discussion session, and

of course (a necessity to all R-ra-

ted movies) sexual encounters.

The movie reminded me of the

average attempt at teen age life

portrayal as done by a 30-year-

old. Unfortunately, because of

this, the movie wasn't quite as

good as all the critics raved.

The Breakfast Club was defi-

nitely a humorous movie; it was

just slightly unrealistic that all of

the things that happened in the

movie could actually take place

during an eight-hour detention.

Nevertheless, it hung together

well, and I think that it's a "must-

see."

March 1,1985

senior sketch

CHIEFTAIN

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ing spot in her third season as one

Sports, gum complete Amy's day O f ~ w ~ y ~ s w O m ~ t t e s ~ ~ Aside from her non-stop

by Laura Schwartz

"I've never eaten a cheese

coney," says Amy Wiatt rather

sheepishly, trying to conceal her

guilty face. How can this person

honestly call herself a Cincinnati-

an? Not only has she never tasted

the subtleness of a cheese coney

from Skyline Chili, but Amy (bet-

ter known as Angus) has never

seen "The Cosby Show" either.

But that's another story.

When thinking of Angus, a few

images come to mind: Esprit,

K-Swiss, her tan Rabbit, Genesis,

and Field Hockey. The latter of

the group is perhaps the most re-

cognizable of Amy.

Besides playing three years on

varsity level, Amy has gained the

attention of many college scouts

and coaches and has recently re-

ceived a renewable Field Hockey

Scholarship to Miami University

for her talents.

The scholarship includes tui-

tion and fees for the field hockey

season. Renewal is based upon

performance on the field. Amy

should receive the renewal all

four years, since she was award-

ed it her freshman year.

Athletics has played a major

part in Amy's high school career.

In addition to success in field

hockey, Amy has been highly re-

-- ..." - . i- F - 7 ) I . + -- . ' --- "

photo by Tom Taylor Amy ignores schoolwork to enjoy the necessities of life.

garded as a fast-breaking forward work TV. Granted, Amy has had for the Lady Braves basketball a basketball game every Thursday

team, coached by Dick Pfirman. night, thanks to the grueling Lady

Having put many hours of hard Braves' schedule. Well, I guess

work and dedication into the that's the price a great athlete has

sport, Amy has missed out on a to pay.

few aspects of a normal teenage Great athlete is right; everyone life- mainly "The Cosby Show." knows Amy is a three-sport play-

"I can't believe I haven't seen er. In the spring, she is a short- it yet!" exclaims Amy. I can't be- stop for the Varsity Softball

lieve it either, considering "Cos- team. This spring is no exception,

by" is the hottest show on net- as Amy will be assured of a start-

senior sketch

Academy fails to interest Ross by Jim Gmskin

Ross Baumes has an English

paper due tomorrow. "I haven't

started it," he explains. "I'll do it

during first period." The preced-

ing is typical of a philosophy that

is uniquely Ross Baumes.

One of the most easily recog-

nized seniors, Ross has mastered

the art of relaxing and has be-

come an expert at living the

"good" life. He is a person who lists as his priorities in life: "none."

Ross always manages to dis-

play a sarcastic sense of humor

and a subtle cynicism, which is not surprising when one considers

the fact that he has been suffering

from the motivational disability

known as "senioritis" since the

middle of his eighth grade year.

I was born in Switzerland. Even-

tually, I went down to Afghani-

stan and rebelled for a while. I

then travelled right through the

buttocks of Burma until I finally

ended up here. " . . . Now come on, Ross. I

said you were subtly cynical, not

ridiculous. "All right. Actually,

I've lived in Cincinnati all my life.

It's not my fault, though."

When at the Academy, Ross

does his best to make sure that

things don't get too hectic. His

schedule is as follows: Wake up

at 8:05. Sleep through second

period. Wake up during third.

Get bored in fourth period.

Throw food across the lunchroom

without getting caught. Nap dur-

ing fdth. Spend sixth period

walking around and talking to

sleep. Ross is able to describe his

feelings toward school rather suc-

cinctly. He calls it "an organized

bore," and explains that he would

"rather be grounded than be at

school."

Before you fall prey to any

misconceptions about Ross, i t is

important to realize the fact that.

sports schedule, Amy found ti& for one brief encounter with the

working world - one month of

dipping and indulging at Aglarne-

sis'. Why only one month? "It

seemed like right after I learned

all the names of the ice creams

and how to make al l the sundaes,

I wanted to quit. I think that

being around all that chocolate

made me emotionally break out."

In addition to the talent for

sundae building, Amy has also mastered the art of basket weav-

ing. Her "bee hive" basket, made

in Independent Study this year,

recently won a Key Award (se-

cond place) in the Scholastics Art

Show downtown.

Of course, I can't properly

write a sketch of Amy Wiatt with-

out mentioning Clancy. Clancy is

a 12-inch high Lhasa Apso whose

bite is definitely bigger than his

bark - and Amy has got battle

scars to prove it. "I don't have

many visitors because of our

'Tasmanian Devil. Clancy 's just

a 20-pound ball of teeth!"

After reading all of this, Amy

may seem to be an all-American,

fun-loving female, but she does

have one unusual characteristic.

Amy is addicted to chewing gum.

see AMY, p. 8

in reality, he manages to stay rela-

tively active out of school. He

plays soccer during the fall and

spring and is involved in an indoor

league during the winter.

In addition, Ross has recently

attained a position of prominence

during the lunch periods at IH.

He entertains daily during first

lunch by broadcasting his warm

see ROSS, p. 6

"That's all great, but aren't you people. Take a note or two dur- - , @:-' 11 . going to ask me any questions?" ing seventh. .%& ./

interrupts Ross. After school, Ross likes to

All right. Let's hear about keep it simple. His typical after- Lloyd Ross Baumes' early years, noon agenda: Go home, eat, jog, photo by Tom Taylor in your own words, Ross. "Well, blow off homework, and finally ROSS tries to convince us that h e is actually awake.

movie review

Acfing, by Tracy Megison

Harrison Ford fans take note:

Witness is the movie for you.

This latest masterpiece from Aus-

tralian director Peter Weir deals

with the clash between two most

unlikely cultures-the old Pennsyl-

vania Amish and the modern

world of urban crime and corrupt

cops.

Ford plays John Book, a

street-tough Philadelphia detec-

tive assigned to an unusual homi-

cide case-the only witness to the

crime was a small Amish boy, Sa-

muel Lapp (Lukas Haas). Samuel and his mother Rachel (Kelly Mc-

Gillis) are bewildered by the vio-

lent world in which they are

' trapped--they cannot leave until

Samuel identifies a suspect.

When Samuel does make a po-

sitive identification of the killer--

a narcotics officer--things begin to

move fast. Book gets shot by the

crooked cops and flees to Amish

country to hide out.

Upon his arrival, the Amish

are concerned because he is an

"English," an outsider (with a gun

at that) who is upsetting their

idyllic world.

They soon begin to accept him

after he proves his skills as a car-

penter at a barn-raising. But, alas,

his now-found happiness is shat-

tered. The "bad guys" have

found out where he is, and he

knows that they are coming after

him-and Samuel.

The climactic confrontation

between the two groups has more

realistic suspense than any horror

movie could ever provide.

Harrison Ford is magnificent

as Book; at last, Ford has been al-

lowed to show the true depth of

his acting ability. As Book, Ford

is realistic and three-dimensional-

he is humorous, tough, sweet, ro-

mantic, concerned, and possessed

of that searing masculinity which

he has come to personify.

Kelly McGillis, a newcomer to

the screen, shows great promise as

an actress. Rachel springs to life

through McGillis not as a plain,

backward bumpkin, but as a

young woman fearing for the safe-

ty of her son and struggling with

her feelings for the "English."

Lukas Haas is adorable as the

wideeyeci Samuel, but he is real.

He does not get bogged down in

the innocence of the boy. In one

scene he debates with his grand-

father about Book's gun: his

grandfather claims that the gun

CHIEFTAIN

make 'Witness' success embodies all the evils of the "out-

side" world, i.e. killing, crime,

etc., while Samuel argues that he

would make good use of it to kill

the "bad men."

Weir's artistic genius is evident

throughout the whole film. He

captures the beauty and serenity

of the Amish country, while con- d

out to me as the product of Weir's

craft, the barn-raising scene.

Against the backdrop of a cloud-

less summer sky, Book joins the

entire Amish community to assist

in the building of a barn for a

newlywed couple. They swarm

like bees on the structure, all wor-

king as one colorful mass of ring-

photo courtesy of Newsweek

Harrison Ford, as John Book, warns Samuel (Lukas Haas) against

playing with his gun.

trasting it to the harsh abrasive- ing hammers and bright shirts. It

ness of urban crime and grimy in- must be seen.

ner-city streets. His mixture of Peter Weir has truly outdone

imagery is incredible, and with it himself with Witness. The coni-

he creates a picture that is not on- bination of superb acting, a terri-

ly pleasing to the mind but to the fic plot, and wonderful cinemato-

eye as well. graphy makes this one a winner One scene in particular stands on all counts.

March 1, 1985

ROSS, from p. 5 personality and taste in music to

those who choose to dine in IH's

cafe.

If Ross' career as a disc jockey

turns out anything like his tenure

as the voice of IH's morning an-

nouncements, he may have to dis-

cover other alternatives for his fu-

ture during his time in college.

Ross plans to attend Florida

Southern in the fall, where he

hopes to spend most of his time

waterskiing and playing soccer.

If college life is as Ross plans,

he should enjoy it as much as he

enjoyed his time in California

during the past summer. For

four weeks, he painted houses in

Malibu, but, he insists, he did

more than merely work.

When he returned to his home-

town, Ross was honored by his

peers by being selected as I;all

Homecoming King. Obviously

deeply touched, Ross called the

recognition "one of the finest

honors I received that night."

Actually, Ross' age, as much

as anything, has made him a pop-

ular senior. He maintains that

"being a 19-ycar-old has its defi-

nite social advantages." In fact,

Ross says that his favorite hobby

is "exercising my rights as a 19-

year-old as given by the state of

Ohio."

At an academy which can oc-

casionally let thc quest for esccl-

lence interfere with the need to slow itself down, Koss I3aumes

represents a relaxed, hilarious,

and refreshing change of pace.

'Fear is never boring' for brave students by Elizabeth Converse Neil Shoemaker - Dreaming that Ross Baumcs - Waking u p ant1

hat is your greatest fear? M r . (;cllcrt is chasing me down coming to school and realijling

the halls, I forgot to get dressed. bbie Raye - Nuclear war.

Ken Slazyk - Having all my

body parts amputated and being

tied in Connelly's room for the

rest of my life.

' Dave Steward - Reinstating the

13 Gary Hallam - 13crnie from

Amy Wiatt - 1 have no fears.

Mike FVentz - ; lml Wiatt.

March 1,1985 CHIEFTAIN

administrator featur~ I r.1

by Kevin Walzer

Mr. Tony Brueneman is some-

thing of a keeper of the "old

order."

He is the self-proclaimed "of-

ficial historian of Madisonville. " His hobbies run towards such

activities as gardening and bird-

watching.

He possesses a very outspoken

perspective on the issues sur-

rounding adolescents today "that

force them to grow up too fast."

And above all, in a profession

where there is so much burnout

and frustration, he retains an op-

timistic and dedicated, if not always cheery disposition.

Brueneman maintains dual ad-

ministrative roles in the high

school and Ottawa; the addition

of the high school to his job de-

scription came two years ago

when assistant principal Mrs.

Sharon Smith began doing doctor-

ate work in education, thus re-

ducing the time she could devote

to a full-time administrative posi-

tion.

' Smith and Brueneman are far

less visible, and "that is by de-

sign, too." When asked exactly

what his high school position en-

tails, Bruenernan laughed when

told the reawn for the question:

few people know just exactly

what he does.

He didn't appear upset at that

knowledge, though. "My chief

roles in the high school are acting

as social studies administrative

coordinator, and observation of teachers in the classroom. Mrs.

Smith is in charge of curriculum.

That makes neither of us very

visible."

Brueneman has had a variety

of jobs that required him to be

"visible," as he has taught and

served as administrator at various

academic institutions in the area.

After entering the Marine

Corps in 1960 after dropping out

of UC-"I was an architecture ma-

jor, and I got tired of spilling ink

on my pants3'-he enrolled at Xav-

ier University as an education ma-

jor.

Following his education, Brue-

neman taught at a parochial ele-

mentary school and at Purcell

High School, as well as in the Cin-

cinnati Schools. He returned to

Xavier in 1969 as a teacher and

administrator.

"After a few years there," he

recalled, "I realized that you can't

make a living as a college teacher/

keeps low protile administrator. So I decided to

come to Indian Hill t o learn ad-

ministration."

''The pressures that are on

kids today-in high school-are

the ones I saw ten years ago in

college kids when I worked at

XU," he commented. "I hear it

all. Kids come in, they tell me

they're pregnant, they've run

away from home, their parents

don't care about them. Some-

times they tell me things I really

don't want to listen to. . . but I

do. It's kind of sad."

That sobering perspective has

given Brueneman a very definite

impression of the philosophies of

a middle school and a high school.

"I think it was good that Dr.

Boston decided to keep the mid-

dle school and high school divi-

sions [when deciding housing for

next year after the sale of Wyan-

dot]. The separation is impor-

tant."

Why?

"In middle school you're

dealing essentially with. . . well,

children. Middle school's a bridge

from elementary school to high

school; it's not high school. The

kids aren't very mature, and we

want to give them the freedom to

stay 'immature kids.'

'When I came here," he ad-

ded, "Ottawa was a junior high, a

smaller version of the high school.

They had band dances- they even

had a 'date' dance at the end of

the year. I don't think that's

right for this level. There's too

much pressure on kids to grow up

and be more sophisticated than

photo by Davis Griffin Mr. Brueneman displays his cheery attitude after chugging a few.

coming events

Raisins say goodbye to Queen City

Riverfront Coliseum

TNT Hot Rod Pull - March 15 and 16 - Take your lady, your

Lincoln, and your Lite.

Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - April 21 and 22 - Double trouble.

Cincinnati Gardens

Deep Purple - March 12 - In the

royal triumvirate with "Purple

Haze" and "Purple Rain."

Conway Twitty - March 15 - What

a twit.

Kiss - March 24 - Take lots of

Blistex.

Bogarts

Jean-Luc Ponty - March 2, 9:00

p.m. - An innovative jazz/fusion

violinist.

Johnny Winter - March 3, 8:00

p.m. - Go, if you dare.

The Raisins - March 9 - Shriveled.

Buddy Rich - March 12 - He ain't

poor.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - March 16 - Let's fight.

Billy Crystal - April 25 - He's ma-a-ahvelous, just mahvelous.

Music Hall

Eddie Murphy - March 3 - "Read

my lips. . . five thousan' dollahs!"

Page 7

they are. There's no need for that

in a middle schooi."

As Brueneman views middle

school as a place essentially lack-

ing in student sophistication, both

in problems-"they're individual:

family, school, etc."-and maturi-

ty, he also feels that the high school is quite the opposite.

"The problems in hgh school

are much more complex, because

you're dealing with young adults

beginning to make decisions

about themselves, their lives; the

kids in the middle school don't

worty about those things."

Thus, in Ottawa, Brueneman

prefers to be visible and well-

known, as his role of disciplinari-

an requires. In the high school,

though, he prefers to maintain a

low profile.

"I think I do everybody the

most service just by being behind

the scenes and knowing a lot of

students one-on-one. Most high

school students have memories of

me as 'that guy in the middle

school when I was a kid;' they're

maturing and naturally won't see

me the way they did in Ottawa. I

don't see them the same way,

either."

Brueneman got up and indi-

cated his bulletin board. Tacked

up were the portraits of various

students whom he has known in

his years here.

This affection Brueneman has

for his former "criminals" from

Ottawa reveals perhaps best the

essence of his personality. He ap-

preciates the simple things.

Need some proof? He loves

kids; he also maintains a "deep re-

spect for the teachers here. They

are so talented." Gardening, bird-

watching, keeping up to date with

the history of Madisonville, and

raising his four children also take

up much of the time of the life-

long Cincinnati resident.

Brueneman professes to be

"the only Republican in a faculty

full of Democrats." Of course,

his eyes were twinkling, and a

broad smile crossed his lips when

he said that. The smile reveals his

happiness to be here at Indial.

Hill, which he refers to as "an ex-

cellent school district, in all seri-

ousness." In all seriousness. Does the

nebulous keeper of the old order

have any further comments?

''Yeah-- . . Chieftain is a left-

wing, radical newspaper. Just kid-

ding." A hearty laugh and a

smile.

movie review

Acfing, by Tracy Megison

Harrison Ford fans take note:

Witness is the movie for you.

This latest masterpiece from Aus-

tralian director Peter Weir deals

with the clash between two most

unlikely cultures-the old Pennsyl-

vania Amish and the modern

world of urban crime and corrupt

cops.

Ford plays John Book, a

street-tough Philadelphia detec-

tive assigned to an unusual homi-

cide case-the only witness to the

crime was a small Amish boy, Sa-

muel Lapp (Lukas Haas). Samuel and his mother Rachel (Kelly Mc-

Gillis) are bewildered by the vio-

lent world in which they are

' trapped--they cannot leave until

Samuel identifies a suspect.

When Samuel does make a po-

sitive identification of the killer--

a narcotics officer--things begin to

move fast. Book gets shot by the

crooked cops and flees to Amish

country to hide out.

Upon his arrival, the Amish

are concerned because he is an

"English," an outsider (with a gun

at that) who is upsetting their

idyllic world.

They soon begin to accept him

after he proves his skills as a car-

penter at a barn-raising. But, alas,

his now-found happiness is shat-

tered. The "bad guys" have

found out where he is, and he

knows that they are coming after

him-and Samuel.

The climactic confrontation

between the two groups has more

realistic suspense than any horror

movie could ever provide.

Harrison Ford is magnificent

as Book; at last, Ford has been al-

lowed to show the true depth of

his acting ability. As Book, Ford

is realistic and three-dimensional-

he is humorous, tough, sweet, ro-

mantic, concerned, and possessed

of that searing masculinity which

he has come to personify.

Kelly McGillis, a newcomer to

the screen, shows great promise as

an actress. Rachel springs to life

through McGillis not as a plain,

backward bumpkin, but as a

young woman fearing for the safe-

ty of her son and struggling with

her feelings for the "English."

Lukas Haas is adorable as the

wideeyeci Samuel, but he is real.

He does not get bogged down in

the innocence of the boy. In one

scene he debates with his grand-

father about Book's gun: his

grandfather claims that the gun

CHIEFTAIN

make 'Witness' success embodies all the evils of the "out-

side" world, i.e. killing, crime,

etc., while Samuel argues that he

would make good use of it to kill

the "bad men."

Weir's artistic genius is evident

throughout the whole film. He

captures the beauty and serenity

of the Amish country, while con- d

out to me as the product of Weir's

craft, the barn-raising scene.

Against the backdrop of a cloud-

less summer sky, Book joins the

entire Amish community to assist

in the building of a barn for a

newlywed couple. They swarm

like bees on the structure, all wor-

king as one colorful mass of ring-

photo courtesy of Newsweek

Harrison Ford, as John Book, warns Samuel (Lukas Haas) against

playing with his gun.

trasting it to the harsh abrasive- ing hammers and bright shirts. It

ness of urban crime and grimy in- must be seen.

ner-city streets. His mixture of Peter Weir has truly outdone

imagery is incredible, and with it himself with Witness. The coni-

he creates a picture that is not on- bination of superb acting, a terri-

ly pleasing to the mind but to the fic plot, and wonderful cinemato-

eye as well. graphy makes this one a winner One scene in particular stands on all counts.

March 1, 1985

ROSS, from p. 5 personality and taste in music to

those who choose to dine in IH's

cafe.

If Ross' career as a disc jockey

turns out anything like his tenure

as the voice of IH's morning an-

nouncements, he may have to dis-

cover other alternatives for his fu-

ture during his time in college.

Ross plans to attend Florida

Southern in the fall, where he

hopes to spend most of his time

waterskiing and playing soccer.

If college life is as Ross plans,

he should enjoy it as much as he

enjoyed his time in California

during the past summer. For

four weeks, he painted houses in

Malibu, but, he insists, he did

more than merely work.

When he returned to his home-

town, Ross was honored by his

peers by being selected as I;all

Homecoming King. Obviously

deeply touched, Ross called the

recognition "one of the finest

honors I received that night."

Actually, Ross' age, as much

as anything, has made him a pop-

ular senior. He maintains that

"being a 19-ycar-old has its defi-

nite social advantages." In fact,

Ross says that his favorite hobby

is "exercising my rights as a 19-

year-old as given by the state of

Ohio."

At an academy which can oc-

casionally let thc quest for esccl-

lence interfere with the need to slow itself down, Koss I3aumes

represents a relaxed, hilarious,

and refreshing change of pace.

'Fear is never boring' for brave students by Elizabeth Converse Neil Shoemaker - Dreaming that Ross Baumcs - Waking u p ant1

hat is your greatest fear? M r . (;cllcrt is chasing me down coming to school and realijling

the halls, I forgot to get dressed. bbie Raye - Nuclear war.

Ken Slazyk - Having all my

body parts amputated and being

tied in Connelly's room for the

rest of my life.

' Dave Steward - Reinstating the

13 Gary Hallam - 13crnie from

Amy Wiatt - 1 have no fears.

Mike FVentz - ; lml Wiatt.

March 1,1985 CHIEFTAIN

administrator featur~ I r.1

by Kevin Walzer

Mr. Tony Brueneman is some-

thing of a keeper of the "old

order."

He is the self-proclaimed "of-

ficial historian of Madisonville. " His hobbies run towards such

activities as gardening and bird-

watching.

He possesses a very outspoken

perspective on the issues sur-

rounding adolescents today "that

force them to grow up too fast."

And above all, in a profession

where there is so much burnout

and frustration, he retains an op-

timistic and dedicated, if not always cheery disposition.

Brueneman maintains dual ad-

ministrative roles in the high

school and Ottawa; the addition

of the high school to his job de-

scription came two years ago

when assistant principal Mrs.

Sharon Smith began doing doctor-

ate work in education, thus re-

ducing the time she could devote

to a full-time administrative posi-

tion.

' Smith and Brueneman are far

less visible, and "that is by de-

sign, too." When asked exactly

what his high school position en-

tails, Bruenernan laughed when

told the reawn for the question:

few people know just exactly

what he does.

He didn't appear upset at that

knowledge, though. "My chief

roles in the high school are acting

as social studies administrative

coordinator, and observation of teachers in the classroom. Mrs.

Smith is in charge of curriculum.

That makes neither of us very

visible."

Brueneman has had a variety

of jobs that required him to be

"visible," as he has taught and

served as administrator at various

academic institutions in the area.

After entering the Marine

Corps in 1960 after dropping out

of UC-"I was an architecture ma-

jor, and I got tired of spilling ink

on my pants3'-he enrolled at Xav-

ier University as an education ma-

jor.

Following his education, Brue-

neman taught at a parochial ele-

mentary school and at Purcell

High School, as well as in the Cin-

cinnati Schools. He returned to

Xavier in 1969 as a teacher and

administrator.

"After a few years there," he

recalled, "I realized that you can't

make a living as a college teacher/

keeps low protile administrator. So I decided to

come to Indian Hill t o learn ad-

ministration."

''The pressures that are on

kids today-in high school-are

the ones I saw ten years ago in

college kids when I worked at

XU," he commented. "I hear it

all. Kids come in, they tell me

they're pregnant, they've run

away from home, their parents

don't care about them. Some-

times they tell me things I really

don't want to listen to. . . but I

do. It's kind of sad."

That sobering perspective has

given Brueneman a very definite

impression of the philosophies of

a middle school and a high school.

"I think it was good that Dr.

Boston decided to keep the mid-

dle school and high school divi-

sions [when deciding housing for

next year after the sale of Wyan-

dot]. The separation is impor-

tant."

Why?

"In middle school you're

dealing essentially with. . . well,

children. Middle school's a bridge

from elementary school to high

school; it's not high school. The

kids aren't very mature, and we

want to give them the freedom to

stay 'immature kids.'

'When I came here," he ad-

ded, "Ottawa was a junior high, a

smaller version of the high school.

They had band dances- they even

had a 'date' dance at the end of

the year. I don't think that's

right for this level. There's too

much pressure on kids to grow up

and be more sophisticated than

photo by Davis Griffin Mr. Brueneman displays his cheery attitude after chugging a few.

coming events

Raisins say goodbye to Queen City

Riverfront Coliseum

TNT Hot Rod Pull - March 15 and 16 - Take your lady, your

Lincoln, and your Lite.

Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - April 21 and 22 - Double trouble.

Cincinnati Gardens

Deep Purple - March 12 - In the

royal triumvirate with "Purple

Haze" and "Purple Rain."

Conway Twitty - March 15 - What

a twit.

Kiss - March 24 - Take lots of

Blistex.

Bogarts

Jean-Luc Ponty - March 2, 9:00

p.m. - An innovative jazz/fusion

violinist.

Johnny Winter - March 3, 8:00

p.m. - Go, if you dare.

The Raisins - March 9 - Shriveled.

Buddy Rich - March 12 - He ain't

poor.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - March 16 - Let's fight.

Billy Crystal - April 25 - He's ma-a-ahvelous, just mahvelous.

Music Hall

Eddie Murphy - March 3 - "Read

my lips. . . five thousan' dollahs!"

they are. There's no need for that

in a middle schooi."

As Brueneman views middle

school as a place essentially lack-

ing in student sophistication, both

in problems-"they're individual:

family, school, etc."-and maturi-

ty, he also feels that the high school is quite the opposite.

"The problems in hgh school

are much more complex, because

you're dealing with young adults

beginning to make decisions

about themselves, their lives; the

kids in the middle school don't

worty about those things."

Thus, in Ottawa, Brueneman

prefers to be visible and well-

known, as his role of disciplinari-

an requires. In the high school,

though, he prefers to maintain a

low profile.

"I think I do everybody the

most service just by being behind

the scenes and knowing a lot of

students one-on-one. Most high

school students have memories of

me as 'that guy in the middle

school when I was a kid;' they're

maturing and naturally won't see

me the way they did in Ottawa. I

don't see them the same way,

either."

Brueneman got up and indi-

cated his bulletin board. Tacked

up were the portraits of various

students whom he has known in

his years here.

This affection Brueneman has

for his former "criminals" from

Ottawa reveals perhaps best the

essence of his personality. He ap-

preciates the simple things.

Need some proof? He loves

kids; he also maintains a "deep re-

spect for the teachers here. They

are so talented." Gardening, bird-

watching, keeping up to date with

the history of Madisonville, and

raising his four children also take

up much of the time of the life-

long Cincinnati resident.

Brueneman professes to be

"the only Republican in a faculty

full of Democrats." Of course,

his eyes were twinkling, and a

broad smile crossed his lips when

he said that. The smile reveals his

happiness to be here at Indial.

Hill, which he refers to as "an ex-

cellent school district, in all seri-

ousness." In all seriousness. Does the

nebulous keeper of the old order

have any further comments?

''Yeah-- . . Chieftain is a left-

wing, radical newspaper. Just kid-

ding." A hearty laugh and a

smile.

disc review

CHIEFTAIN

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Collins develops style apart from G by Kevin Walzer

At this point, could it be said

that Phil Collins stands at a cross-

roads? The driving force behind

Genesis appears to be nearing one,

if he is not already there.

Collins has spent the last four

years working essentially on a so-

lo career, producing only one

Genesis album after 1981's Aba-

cab, 1983's Genesis. In that time

span, he has released three solo

albums.

The question as to where Col-

lins stands right now is brought

about by the fact that stock in his

individual career has skyrocketed

in the last ten months. Collins'

work on the Against All Odds

film soundtrack garnered an

Academy Award nomination for

Best Song ("Take a Look at Me

Now"), and his contributions to

Philip Bailey's Chinese Wall-he

served as producer and co-vocal-

ist-produced a critically ac-

claimed album and a top ten sin-

gle, "Easy Lover."

Then there is Collins' third

individual album, No Jacket Re-

quired. Judging by the scarcity of

the record in local stores, it isn't

hard to believe that it will main-

tain and even augment Collins'

current sought-after status.

But even without Collins'

other projects, No Jacket Re-

quired is excellent in its own

right. Although not a radical

change from the typical Collins

sound, it is slick, well-produced,

and a pleasure to listen to.

Side one opens with a trade-

mark Collins effort: "Sussudio."

Greeting the ears is the familiar

Collins rhythm, a heavy drumbeat

complemented by driving key-

boards and the Phoenix Horns of

Earth, Wind, and Fire. Such a

sound is to be found throughout

Jacket, balanced out nicely with

slower and at times thought-

provoking ballads.

movie review

"Only You Know and I

Know" follows in much the same

vein as "Sussudio ;" however, it is

a much more interesting song due

to the hard edge Collins gives to

it. A funky synthesizer base and

some raw guitar work by Daryl

Stuermer make this one riveting;

a single of this track would be a

very likely bet in the near future.

Collins follows the driving

sound of "Only You Know. . ." with a much more subdued piece,

"Long Long Way to Go." A slow,

haunting ballad, "Long Long Way

to Go" deals with enduring emo-

tional pain: "While I sit trying to

think of things to say/Someone

lies bleeding in somewhere/So it

would seem that we've got a long,

long way to go/I've seen all I

wanna see today."

Can you "turn it off if you

want to , switch it off or look

away?" Collins asks. The ques-

tion, and this song, are particular-

ly effective and provocative.

A return to the driving sound

marks "I Don't Want to Know."

This song doesn't have a lot to of-

fer in the way of lyrics, although

Collins' ever-masterful control of

pace and melody makes this fun

to listen to. Still, you're not miss-

ing much if you cue over it.

The same is not true of the al-

bum's first single, "One More

Night." This track ends side one

ning, but the song still succeeds.

It is one of the best "rockers" on

the album.

"Who Said I Would" does not

succeed in the same vein. It has

potential; Steurmer's guitar work

and Collins' drums and vocals

create a very electric foundation,

but the effect is ruined by the an-

noying presence of the Phoenix

Horns. The EWF horn section

works best in the more "disco-

like" sound of "Sussudio," but it

only detracts here.

"Doesn't Anybody Stay To-

gether Anymore" is a solid song

highlighted by some angry Collins

drumming. However, it flits

much between the slow style of

"Long Long Way to GO;' and the

rock style of "Who Said I

Would," and like the latter song,

loses a promising identity in the

process.

After one or two listenings, it

would probably be judicious to

cue over "Inside Out." Although

better than its two predecessors-

it does not get lost in its style-it

sounds too much like them to be

notable.

Instead, it succeeds the most

of the second-side songs in creat-

ing a gripping rock sound; it is

Collins' best blend of soft and

hard. "Take me home/'Cause I

don't remember/Take me home"

are the closing lines, accompanied

on a subtle and melodious note; by some heavy drumming that co-

Collins is at his best in this quiet, producers Collins and Hugh Padg-

romantic piece, It must be heard. ham wisely buried in the mix.

Side two opens with an un-

usual piece, "Don't Lose My

Number." An odd blend of riff-

ing guitar, Collins' angry, power-

ful drumwork, and synthesizer al-

most reminiscent of the Police's

"Wrapped Around Your Finger,"

this song achieves a strong and

decidedly up-tempo feel.

The end, much like Collins'

"Mama" on Genesis, doesn't quite

live up to the intriguing begin-

Motley crew experiences unrea Iistic 'Breakfast' DT by Elizabeth Converse

It was a Thursday night, and I

highly doubted that there would

be droves of people at the movies,

so I decided to go check out the

movie of my choice, The Break-

fast Club . Nevertheless, I was wrong

about the droves. After waiting

in line for fifteen minutes, I final-

ly fought my way through the

crowds, got my ticket and pop-

corn, and made my way to what

I had been waiting for, the bath-

room.

Upon emerging, I went into

the theatre and chose a seat

which just happened to be behind

a fluffy-haired individual with a

loud, resounding laugh (which

soon became very irritating).

Well, then the show started.

The Breakfast Club is the story

of five kids who have to spend an

eight-hour detention together for

having done various obnoxious

things at school. They spend

their DT in the library, and this

"diverse" group of kids consists

of a snob, a wrestler (jock), a

druggie, a geek, and an introvert.

During the detention, they

were instructed to write a paper

about "who they thought they

were." Instead, these people did

everything but. Their afternoon

March 1,1985

No Jacket Required is not a

breakthrough album for Collins in

the musical sense; it is, though, an

important stepping stone in his

career. Musically, Collins simply

refines his distinctive, individual

style; he scores some impressive

hits, particularly on the first side.

With the strong sound of the al-

bum, though, Collins is succeed-

ing more and more in strengthen-

ing his musical identity and in- fluence.

With No Jacket Required and his other solo projects, Collins is

only expanding his sphere of in-

fluence. He is growing ever more

popular and successful in his own

right, and is moving nearer and

nearer to a crossroads that may

take him on a different path than

Genesis.

AMY, from p. 5 The fact that she is beyond help

has caused faculty, friends, and

local IH residents to consider

sending Amy to Careunit and/or

Emerson North Hospital. "1 can't

help it! I chew gum every period

of the day, except of course, in

Connelly's," said Amy. Amy

spends an estimated two dollars

a week to support her habitual

gum chewing.

So if you're looking for An-

gus, depending on the season, she

can be found cracking a field

hockey ball into the net, swishing

a 15-foot jumper, or snagging a

linedrive at short. If, by chance,

this golden-souled athlete cannot

be found on the field of competi-

tion, try looking in Convenient.

She will be buying her gum.

Whatever you do, do not look in

Skyline.

consisted of arguments, eating,

dancing, smoking pot, a spill-

your-guts discussion session, and

of course (a necessity to all R-ra-

ted movies) sexual encounters.

The movie reminded me of the

average attempt at teen age life

portrayal as done by a 30-year-

old. Unfortunately, because of

this, the movie wasn't quite as

good as all the critics raved.

The Breakfast Club was defi-

nitely a humorous movie; it was

just slightly unrealistic that all of

the things that happened in the

movie could actually take place

during an eight-hour detention.

Nevertheless, it hung together

well, and I think that it's a "must-

see."

March 1,1985

senior sketch

CHIEFTAIN

- -

ing spot in her third season as one

Sports, gum complete Amy's day O f ~ w ~ y ~ s w O m ~ t t e s ~ ~ Aside from her non-stop

by Laura Schwartz

"I've never eaten a cheese

coney," says Amy Wiatt rather

sheepishly, trying to conceal her

guilty face. How can this person

honestly call herself a Cincinnati-

an? Not only has she never tasted

the subtleness of a cheese coney

from Skyline Chili, but Amy (bet-

ter known as Angus) has never

seen "The Cosby Show" either.

But that's another story.

When thinking of Angus, a few

images come to mind: Esprit,

K-Swiss, her tan Rabbit, Genesis,

and Field Hockey. The latter of

the group is perhaps the most re-

cognizable of Amy.

Besides playing three years on

varsity level, Amy has gained the

attention of many college scouts

and coaches and has recently re-

ceived a renewable Field Hockey

Scholarship to Miami University

for her talents.

The scholarship includes tui-

tion and fees for the field hockey

season. Renewal is based upon

performance on the field. Amy

should receive the renewal all

four years, since she was award-

ed it her freshman year.

Athletics has played a major

part in Amy's high school career.

In addition to success in field

hockey, Amy has been highly re-

-- ..." - . i- F - 7 ) I . + -- . ' --- "

photo by Tom Taylor Amy ignores schoolwork to enjoy the necessities of life.

garded as a fast-breaking forward work TV. Granted, Amy has had for the Lady Braves basketball a basketball game every Thursday

team, coached by Dick Pfirman. night, thanks to the grueling Lady

Having put many hours of hard Braves' schedule. Well, I guess

work and dedication into the that's the price a great athlete has

sport, Amy has missed out on a to pay.

few aspects of a normal teenage Great athlete is right; everyone life- mainly "The Cosby Show." knows Amy is a three-sport play-

"I can't believe I haven't seen er. In the spring, she is a short- it yet!" exclaims Amy. I can't be- stop for the Varsity Softball

lieve it either, considering "Cos- team. This spring is no exception,

by" is the hottest show on net- as Amy will be assured of a start-

senior sketch

Academy fails to interest Ross by Jim Gmskin

Ross Baumes has an English

paper due tomorrow. "I haven't

started it," he explains. "I'll do it

during first period." The preced-

ing is typical of a philosophy that

is uniquely Ross Baumes.

One of the most easily recog-

nized seniors, Ross has mastered

the art of relaxing and has be-

come an expert at living the

"good" life. He is a person who lists as his priorities in life: "none."

Ross always manages to dis-

play a sarcastic sense of humor

and a subtle cynicism, which is not surprising when one considers

the fact that he has been suffering

from the motivational disability

known as "senioritis" since the

middle of his eighth grade year.

I was born in Switzerland. Even-

tually, I went down to Afghani-

stan and rebelled for a while. I

then travelled right through the

buttocks of Burma until I finally

ended up here. " . . . Now come on, Ross. I

said you were subtly cynical, not

ridiculous. "All right. Actually,

I've lived in Cincinnati all my life.

It's not my fault, though."

When at the Academy, Ross

does his best to make sure that

things don't get too hectic. His

schedule is as follows: Wake up

at 8:05. Sleep through second

period. Wake up during third.

Get bored in fourth period.

Throw food across the lunchroom

without getting caught. Nap dur-

ing fdth. Spend sixth period

walking around and talking to

sleep. Ross is able to describe his

feelings toward school rather suc-

cinctly. He calls it "an organized

bore," and explains that he would

"rather be grounded than be at

school."

Before you fall prey to any

misconceptions about Ross, i t is

important to realize the fact that.

sports schedule, Amy found ti& for one brief encounter with the

working world - one month of

dipping and indulging at Aglarne-

sis'. Why only one month? "It

seemed like right after I learned

all the names of the ice creams

and how to make al l the sundaes,

I wanted to quit. I think that

being around all that chocolate

made me emotionally break out."

In addition to the talent for

sundae building, Amy has also mastered the art of basket weav-

ing. Her "bee hive" basket, made

in Independent Study this year,

recently won a Key Award (se-

cond place) in the Scholastics Art

Show downtown.

Of course, I can't properly

write a sketch of Amy Wiatt with-

out mentioning Clancy. Clancy is

a 12-inch high Lhasa Apso whose

bite is definitely bigger than his

bark - and Amy has got battle

scars to prove it. "I don't have

many visitors because of our

'Tasmanian Devil. Clancy 's just

a 20-pound ball of teeth!"

After reading all of this, Amy

may seem to be an all-American,

fun-loving female, but she does

have one unusual characteristic.

Amy is addicted to chewing gum.

see AMY, p. 8

in reality, he manages to stay rela-

tively active out of school. He

plays soccer during the fall and

spring and is involved in an indoor

league during the winter.

In addition, Ross has recently

attained a position of prominence

during the lunch periods at IH.

He entertains daily during first

lunch by broadcasting his warm

see ROSS, p. 6

"That's all great, but aren't you people. Take a note or two dur- - , @:-' 11 . going to ask me any questions?" ing seventh. .%& ./

interrupts Ross. After school, Ross likes to

All right. Let's hear about keep it simple. His typical after- Lloyd Ross Baumes' early years, noon agenda: Go home, eat, jog, photo by Tom Taylor in your own words, Ross. "Well, blow off homework, and finally ROSS tries to convince us that h e is actually awake.

March 1,1985 CHIEFTAIN Page 4 CHIEFTAIN March 1,1985

downed U.S. space shuttle-a ty-

pical day for members of the

higher echelons of world leader- ship.

In the Security Council, so-

phomores James Anderson and

David Miller represented Nicara-

gua. Debate was fast and furloils

on a variety of issues including the U.S. mining of Nicaraguan

harbors, the Iran-Iraq war, and

puzzle also because of the Pythagorean happens to be the angle between theorem. Since IC = CF and any two outer atoms of several

BC + CF = BF, BC + IC = BF compounds, the most important Cook drills read ers on volume by James Anderson

Two weeks ago, a delegation from the Indian Hill Model Uni-

ted Nations club attended

NAIMUN XXII, a national model UN conference. In the interna-

tion simulation, or INS, senior Hugh Geier received the highly

prestigious "flag." This award is given to a dele-

gate who excels in the simulation

of his position. Geier's distinc-

tion not only reflects well on in his pivotal role as President of the U.S., but also on the other

members of the club, who por-

trayed other U.S. statesmen.

These included junior Brian Meyers as undersecretary of state

and seniors Janet Nicolas as U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R., Bar- bara Hug as director of the F.B.I.,

and Elizabeth Gorman as com- mandant of the marine corps and

by David Cook

Last issue's problem was to determine the sum of each row in a magic square of 101 sides which

begins with 10,001 and progresses

by steps of 1001. By the formula

given for the sum of any row of a 2

simple magic square ( N(N +1)/2, where N is the number of sides),

one may deduce that a 101 X 101 square beginning with 1 and coun-

ting by ones would add up to

101(1012+1)/2 = 515,231 on a side.

Since the square in the problem starts with 10,001 instead of

1, all of the numbers are 10,000 more than they otherwise would

be. With 101 numbers per side, this allows for a gain of

10,000(101) or 1,010,000, so the running total is now 1,525,201.

Counting by 1001's instead of by ones makes the second number

of the square 1000 higher than it

should be, the third 2000 higher,

the fourth 3000, etc. The nth number of the square is therefore

1000(n-1) higher than it would

otherwise be. Thus, the sum of all the excess of this type in the

square is 0 + 1000 + 2000 ...

+ (1012 - 1)(1000). In other words, this is 1000 times the sum of all the numbers between 0 and

side, one comes up with 515,100,000. Adding this to our

earlier total of 1,525,201 yields a final sum of 5 16,625,201 on each

row. For no practical reason, I'd

like to locate the center of a tetrahedron (see diagram) and find the

measure of the angle with this center as vertex and passing

through any two of the corners

(angle ACB). To start, let's draw two medi-

ans, AH and DG. These are also

angle bisectors, so they divide triangle AED into two 30-60-90

right triangles. If we let the

length of all sides of the tetrahed-

ron be 1, then the length of each

median is .15/2.

The long half of each median

(AF and DF) is 213 of the full

length, or 6 1 3 , and the shorter halves (GF and HF) a e each J5/6

long. F is the geometric center

of triangle ABE. Now we draw in

two more medians on side BDE;

the center of triangle BDE is I.

Next, drawing lines through the interior of the pyramid, con-

nect A and I, and B and F; A1 and BF are perpendicuh to the

planes of triangles BDE and ABE respectively. C, the point of in- tersection of these two segments,

is the center of the tetrahedron,

and IC = BF - BC. Because being CH4, also called methane or

BF= 6 1 3 , IC = F / 3 - BC. Sub- natural gas.

stituting f i t 3 - BC in for IC in Also, when we consider this

- ?

the above equation ( ( J3/31L + same problem in two dimensions

1c2 = B C ~ ) , we end up with (a twodimensional tetrahedron is an equilateral triangle), we see

113 + (213 - ~ G I ~ ( B c ) + 8 c 2 ) = that the central angle has a rnea- later as commander of the air force.

Commented Geier on his award, "I, of course, was very pleased to have received it [the

award]. I was really kind of surprised ."

In the INS, members of the IH MUN had to face rapid, unfor- seen developments in the world

geopolitical situation. The events

that took place in just three days are enough to boggle the mind.

There was a communist take- over in Portugal after which Geier

called on NATO troops to invade. As Geier says, "I was a bit milita-

ristic."

In addition to this consequen- tial happening, Margeret Thatcher

was assassinated, a new nation

was created in Borneo, Philippines President Marcos was killed, and

the Vietnamese confiscated a

the Israeli occupation of soutllc,rn Lebanon. "The Nicaraguan dc-

bate was my favorite," said hliller.

"We burned the U.S. a couple of times."

The Security Council was also

called into emergency session at 5.00 a.m. to discuss (fictional) de-

velopments on the Sino-Vietna- mese border.

Although thc delegation didn't

win any awards, the members said

that they had enjoyed themselves and had learned a great deal.

Other high points in the visit included a combined freshman-

sophomore-junior trip to Sonny's

surplus store and an excursion to

the Nicaraguan embassy. Com-

mented Anderson, "The embassy

briefing was really surprising. I

learned that Nicaragua is not real-

ly a Soviet puppet."

B C ~ . Simplifying yields 1 =

2 & / 3 ( ~ ~ ) , so BC=$/~.

sure of 120 ', also expressible as

Arccos(-112). Similarly, in one dimension, the only possible angle measure is 180Q , which can

be written Arccos(-111). It seems likely, therefore, that for

an nthdimensional tetrahedron, the angle corresponding to the

ones discussed here would have a measure of Arccos(-l/n).

Problem for next issue: A six inch long hole is drilled through,

the middle of a sphere. What volume remains? No information

has been left out,

A

OSU singers, orrlcers to visit IH The Ohio State University mine, at Syc:

Glee Club will perform for the and IH, will

entire student body next Wednes- short tour.

day. March 6, during seventh pe- Admissions officers from OSU

riod. The Glee G!ub, after perfor- will accompany the sin@ng goup. They will be available at 1:00 in

S P O ~ ~ awards delaypA A- midance office to talk to juni-

Due to the possibility of interested in attendil

continued success of the k

ester exam policy during

ch today, with the intention of

~g the results to form a propo-

Indian trill has become one of sal for the Spring exams. The the latest teams in the area to en- more students who respond, the ter the field of radio comm~rnica- more Likely it is that the admini- tions. WIHS has begun operations stration will accept the proposal.

in the cafe of I t i , with talenteci DJ's Roqs Baurnes, Kenny Slazyk, Search a~~l icat ions due "World B." Rowe, and Dave Senior Search applications are

"Ste~vdog" Steward spinning the due in the attendance office by

tunes. Rolling a wide variety cf 3:00 p.m. today. Mr. Gary Gel-

pplications a5 had

We are now ready to solve the

original question-to find the measure of angle ACB. AC and BC

are both 614 , while, as previous- lv stated. AB=l. By the cosine

law, l2 = ( JZ/4l2 + ( 6 1 4 ) ~ - 2( fi/4)( 8/4)cos 0. Simplified :

1 = 318 + 318 - 3/4cose, and

114 = - 3 1 4 ~ 0 ~ 8 . Thus, cose =

-113, and 0 = Arccos(-1/3), which is about 109.47q

This result may seem ab-

solutely useless; however, among (I assume) many other uses, it

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letter from SG SG proposes a ternatives for Spring exam schedule

1012. Using the formula for the because it is equidistant from all four sides.

sum of consecutive integers Using the Pythagorean theo-

( n(n +l)I2 is the sum all rem on triangle BFH. we see that

Dear Students,

On Wednesday, SG had its

meeting for the month of Februa-

ry - At the meeting, members

made proposals for an alternative

to last semester's exam schedule.

A poll will be released today zt lunch for students to fill out

about their opinions on the exam

schedule last semester.

Proposals were also made for

an alternative to seniors taking ex-

ams. Service projects, speakers

and movies, or a combination of the above were among the ideas.

Instead of seniors going to

school during the three days of exams, seniors could either de-

vote three Saturdays of their time

to attend service projects, or spend the last three days at school

doing some type of senior project. Our ideas must be composed and

submitted to Mrs. Smith by Mon- day, March 11. Your contributions and ideas are welcome.

Our March forum is also com-

ing up soon. SG has planned either a prolcon debate over abor- tion with speakers from a right to

life group and a planned parent-

hood group or a possible concert by the Blue Wisp Jazz Combo.

Student input is encourage; our

forums are for you. Our computer dating sheet

sale went quite well this year.

We've raised close to 600 dollars. Half of the money will go back to

the Computer Daze dating com-

pany, but the other half will be gi-

ven to the Heart Association.

Thank you all for buying your

dating lists. This year's fundraiser has been the most successful since

1981. A Spring fundraiser is be-

ing organized by the service

committee presently; class fund-

raisers are starting also. We are, in addition, planning

an intramural program for this

Spring. Senior Laura Schwartz and junior Clint Reese are head-

ing the intramural conamittee. U1-

timate Frisbee and volleyball are the sports we are considering.

cater to recently

nts when i "

" numbers from one to n), the

( n / 6 l 2 + B F ~ = ( 0 1 2 ) ~ ~ above computation simplifies to

4

52,025,100,000. Dividing by 101 ~ F ~ = 2 / 3 , BF= 6613. Similarly, in to find the amount of excess per triansle BIG, (n i3 )2 + IC2 = BC2

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When I was a hotrsejl.t',

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of a reclusive rlim pses I mu,

Of y c by Kenneth N. Jones I doubt it," commented Wiede-

Senior Karen Wiedemer has mer. Someday catch a glimpse

gfowing. Trying, w i n g to

I stand aside to watch them With mine eyes and a bursting heal

Our heads clear now, and our eyes ol

Higher than we had dreamt, still reach

Others follow me, and soon we are rising ;o forward," they cry, 'knd lay down your brick!"

17ze roar grows as more gather from all galleries. I

Better whilst making it bigger Feelings move us to enrich our pile, making it

Some stones there, from which we have our foundation.

Born o f rubbish with mere aspirations to keep our heads up.

I could walk on the walls,

And fly very high

But you turned away and

been chosen as a Congressional Seminar representative and will travel to Washington, D.C., March 13-15.

The trip will entail an in depth look at the legislative process.

Said Wiedemer, "It's not like the seventh grade trip. We will meet a lot more people, not just see buildings."

Although she will tour the ca- pital, Wiedemer will also meet

Congressmen such as William Gra-

dison, so as to gain insight into

the human side of lawmaking. Many "important" people are es-

pected to speak at the seminar.

"We might get to see Reagan, but

Wiedemer was s~rrprised when she first received the honor. "I

didn't have to write any essays or

anything. 1 was really surprised. I have an interest in politics, but

it's not incredibly large," she said. As a career, Wiedemer is not

set on anything. "I've considered

politics, but on this trip, I'll weigh both sides."

The aspect of the trip which intrigues Wiedemer the most is

that she will finally meet the people she has read about. "I've studied the government, but this

visit takes you further than the testbook. I'm really looking for-

ward to it."

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Thank you, Jim Gruskin

SG Vice President

CHIEFTAIN March 1, 1985 March 1.1985

Braves to face Deer Park after 'shabby' opener by Kevin Walzer

and Brian Rowe It was not a particularly pretty

or inspiring sight, the basketball Braves' opening AA sectional game against Blanchester Tues- day, but it got the job done.

By defeating the Wildcats, 65- 62, IH set up a meeting in the second round of the tournament with Deer Park tomorrow night.

The win was also a milestone of sorts for the Braves; it was the first sectional game they have won in five years and their first- ever victory in the AA tournament.

However, all hoopla aside, the greatest thing about the victory was that it was a win, for in sev-

eral stages of the game, Blanches-

got the job done. "It's often hard to get that

fvst win in a tournament game, particularly if you're not used to the pressure," he said. "We don't really have anyone who has tournament experience. In that sense, it was a good win."

IH jumped out to an 18-15 lead in the first quarter. They had been up by seven, 18-11, when they "let Blanchester back in it-they hit a couple of quick buckets."

The Wildcats outscored the Braves 20-1 8 and 18-1 7 in the second and third quarters to tie at 53 entering the fourth quarter.

"We weren't playing well at all

in that stretch-really, we only played real well for about three

ter capitalized on IH's often-leth- minutes in the fourth quarter." argic ~ l a v and threatened to pull Blanchester outscored IH to move - * -

an upset over the fourth-seeded ahead by three, 58-55; IH, how- Braves. ever, ran off ten straight points in - -

"Yes, I would have to say we four minutes to go up by seven, didn't play well as a whole," 65-58. said coach Dale McKibben. "We Blanchester wasn't through - were pretty shabby."

still, as mentioned before, it see VARSITY, p. 12 photo by Brad Wilkinson

Rick Abrams scored 21 points against Blanchester.

Mental attitude affecting play SPORTSVI EW

with Kevin Walzer

We are not, at this moment, seeing a very happy bunch of Braves.

A long basketball season is winding down. Most other winter sports seasons are over. Spring is approaching. Thoughts of most athletes are turning towards base- ball, track, tennis.

It may be only coincidental that the play of the Braves has been decidedly less inspired than it was in December and January. In December and January IH beat Loveland and Deer Park by 28 and 44 points, respectively; in February, they squeaked past Loveland by three and had to go into overtime to down Deer Park by two.

Their tournament game against Blanchester was little bet-

ter; it was, to put i t lightly, boring. The Braves trailed Blanches- ter at several points, coming alive only in the fourth quarter to go up by seven before letting their opponents cut the margin to three.

Perhaps it is only a coinci- dence; it has not, however, es- caped the notice of coach Dale McKibben.

"We didn't play that well against Blanchester," commented McKibben. "We have had some games where we've had to struggle to win; that was one of them."

McKibben feels that several factors appear to have contributed to the recent decline in the quality of IH's play. This particular time of year, the changing of winter into spring, seems be playing a large role right now.

"I think 'spring fever' is some- thing that has to affect a team's mental attitude," he said. "They [the players] get restless. We try to find methods to keep their interest up, like changing styles of practice, varying the playing time on the floor."

Beyond "spring fever," the stresses of a long season appear to have taken their inevitable toll as well. That, said McKibben, is both to be expected and under-

stood. "When you realize that we've

been playing since the end of Oc- tober, you understand that we've had a long year. Basketball is a long sport. I would think that some people may be a bit physic- ally tired."

With physical tiredness comes mental tiredness. A lot of pressure and hype have surrounded the boys' varsity program this year; "the march for the last EHL title," "the Abrams scoring chase," "the road to McNicho- las."

Given the team's failure to win the EHL title, which would have to be considered the most important goal of the season, a long and hard road might appear to have been travelled for nothing.

"The EHL was a big disappointment, especially the way we lost it," said McKibben. "We had so many one- or two-point losses. If the ball had bounced our way a couple of times, we might very well have wound up on top."

Indeed, the Braves' season this year has been one of close losses. "We played really well in a couple of two-point losses. Those are bound to be disappointing."

Does the disappointment take a toll? Perhaps. It undoubtedly

plays a part in IH's recent lethar-

gy. The mental and physical factors have combined to erode the quality of the team's play.

"But being athletes, I would hope that they would still want to play," said McKibben. "I would think that they still have the pride to compete at their best, and enjoy the competition."

Does IH's recent play reflect that attitude? It may be only coincidental, but the answer appears to be "no."

On a less serious note, look for Rick Abrams to pass Gary Frey- tag's career scoring mark tomorrow night. Abrams, with 964 career points, needs just 19 against Deer Park to surpass Freytag's 982.

The Franchise smashed another long-standing scoring record against Blanchester by setting the new single-season mark for points scored. Abrams, with 467 points this season, passed Dan Murphy's previous mark of 459.

However, Murphy did his in 19 games; Abrams took 21. Thus, Murphy retains the record for per game average in a season (24.2). Abrams' 22.2 average puts him in fourth place overall in the latter category.

CHIEFTAIN Page 3

~ o n a c h nominated for Presidential Scholar by David Cook mission on Presidential Scholars, and 15 additional students no

Senior Paul Monach was re- a group of private citizens appoin- matter where from will achieve cently informed of his candidacy ted by the Resident, on the basis Scholar statlls. In addition, 20 for one of 121 Presidential Scho- of information supplied in a six- Presidential Scholars will be lar positions. Monach is one of page application, an essay, and a named for outstanding perfor-

only 1500 highschoolers in the secondary school report. mance in the arts or in creative nation to be offered a chance to In April, the Commission will writing. compete for these positions. select 500 of the n~ost qualified All 141 students chosen will

Selection of candidates was applicants as fmalists. In May, travel to Washington D.C. the based on SAT and/or ACT scores the final Cut will be made; only week of June 16 to be awarded and on the selfdescriptive data one girl and one boy from each the Presidential scholarYs medalli- completed in connection with ei- state, from the District of Colum- During their visit, scholars ther or both of these tests. Scho- bia, from Puerto Rico, and from get to meet not only govern- lars will be chosen by the Corn- among U.S. citizens living abroad ment officials, but also famous

educators, authors, musicians, and scientists. They will, in addition,

Musicia ns co m pete at 'contest' tour museums and national me- morials, and attend ceremonies in

by Jeff Currier Receiving ratings of I1 (Ex- their honor. Thirtyqne IHHS musicians cellent) were: Ballard, flute; Eric photo by Davis Griffin Each is given the Op- Paul Monach--candidate for Presi-

participated in the Ohio Music Dahl, trumpet; Mindy Grindstaff, portunity in the application to dentid Scholar award.

Educators Association (OMEA) piano; Andrea Hatfield, piccolo; identify the teacher who has in- 1985 Solo and Ensemble Contest, held at Anderson High School last Saturday. IH students earned 19 ratings of Superior (maximum) and nine of Excellent.

This festival, universally refer- red to simply as "contest," is held each year at a local high school and is open to all interested in- strumentalists and vocalists. The word "contest" is perhaps mis- leading, as there is no real winner involved.

Students perform individually or in small ensembles before a judge, who then gives them a rating from I to V, a I being "Super- ior." The music a student per- forms is selected from a prepared list made by the OMEA Director's Committee. The music is divided into three categories, A, B, and C,

according to level of difficulty. Soloists receiving ratings of I

(Superior) were: Jill Anderson, flute ; Michele Brougher , clarinet ; Jeff Currier, clarinet ; David Ep- stein, trombone; Bill Haffner, trombone; Ellen Hammond, piccolo; Andrea Hatfield, flute; Stephanie Hug, violin; Cyndy Mc- Clure, flute; Rob Nichols, French horn; Karen Rhoad, violin; Rob Seal, trumpet; Scott Seward, trumpet; and John Sheringer, trumpet.

Ensembles receiving Superior ratings were: brass quintet (Gregg Devanna, Joel Ruff, Haffner, Seal, and Seward); clarinet trio (Terri Wayne, Brougher , and Currier); flute trio (Mary Ballard, Kim Dor- an, and Currier); and percussion ensemble (Doug Backus, Dave Buck, Duncan Chalmers, Bill Creedon, and Jeff Tuckey).

Helen Hwang, violin; Scott Schricker , trumpet ; Jamie Winget, txombone; and Jennifer Wolski, violin. The string ensemble (Eliz- abeth Converse, Mariano Fernan- dez, Barbara Hug, Kate Hug, Stephanie Hug, Jean Rhee, Brian Seikman, Grindstaff, Hwang, Rhoad, and Wolski) also received an excellent rating.

When asked about her first time performing in the high school contest, sophomore Jill Anderson said, "The thought of going in there all by myself scared me at first, but afterwards I realized it wasn't that bad at all."

fluenced him the most significant- ly. The teachers named will be in- vited to attend a special reception with their students and will receive certificates of excellence. Monach has chosen to name En- glish teacher Elizabeth Ackley for this potential honor, stating as his reason that "in addition to being an excellent teacher, she has also been a good friend."

Monach is already, by virtue of his nomination, a member of an exclusive club at IH. Among

the few past nominees from IH, only three have gone on, as Mo- nach hopes to, to attain finalist

Seven named NM finalists by David Cook Cook, Marjie Fink, MaryBeth Hei-

All seven of IH's National drich, Paul Kalomeres, Eric Leu- Merit semifinalists-seniors David gers, Paul Monach, and Gay

National Merit finalists: (front, 1. to r.) Eric Leugers, Paul Kalomeres, David Cook, Paul Monach, (back) Gay Stauft, MaryBeth Heidrich, Marjie Fink.

standing: Tom Warfel ('84), John Ries ('82), and Judy Arms ('70).

Monach felt "surprised to get this. I thought a lot more than 1500 people had better scores than mine."

He is, however, apprehensive about completing the extensive application form. "I'm not looking forward to filling out about a dozen general questions, but I think I'll use an essay I've already written."

Asked about his chances of being named Scholar Monach re- plied that they were "about as good as anyone else's."

Stauft-have advanced to finalist standing in the competition for scholarship money.

13,500 out of 15,000, or 9076, of the semifinalists in the nation became finalists; those who did no: become finalists were elimina- ted either because their SAT scores did not meet minimum re- quirements or on the basis of an application filled out last fall.

1500 finalists will receive $2000 non-renewable scholarships from National Merit Corporation in May. Some IHers usually receive these scholarships each year.

In addition, many colleges and universities offer four-year scholarships to qualifying finalists who attend there. The most lucrative awards, however, usually come from large companies; to qualify

for these scholarships, a finalist must generally either be related to an employee of the company or live in the area in which the company is based.

CHIEFTAIN March 1,1985 March 1,1985 CHIEFTAIN

editorial

6 w In the past few years, Young Life, an out-of-school

organization, has gained a strong membership from

Indian Hill students. Understandably, the group is always hoping to increase its membership, so, often,

non-member students are asked to come to a meeting.

The problem with Young Life's recruiting tech-

niques is not that the prospective member is forced to

attend, but simply that he is not told the group's true

intent. In personal experiences, several of the staff

members have been asked to attend meetings, but

when they asked the group's purpose, the question

was side-stepped. Only after thorough questioning

was it discovered that Young Life's purpose is, to

quote its local leader, Brad Johnson, "to communi-

cate the basics of the Christian faith."

Rarely is the group's intent stressed during recruit-

editorial

In preparation for its annual Senior Special at the

end of the school year, Chieftain will have the senior

questionnaires available in the main office early next week. In recent years, almost every senior has filled

out a questionnaire; we therefore urge each senior to

take and complete one, but just as importantly, to

take seriously the deadline for its return of Friday,

March 22.

Most people have little or no idea of the tremen-

dous effort needed to complete the Senior Special, in-

cluding editing, typesetting, proofreading, and page

setup, not to mention the later production work. In

order to print the issue on time, we must do the far

majority of the work on it between the issues from

late March to the end of the school year. Two years

ago, the Senior Special was printed a week late, in

large part because of the tardiness of many of the

completed questionnaires.

Also, any senior who may object to having only

two and a half weeks to complete the questionnaire

and senior will is completely off base. Writing a sen-

ior will and answering five questions takes consider-

ably less time than a government paper and is more

fun, yet many seniors manage to finish a paper in a

weekend or even one night.

The obvious solution, then, is to pick up a ques-

tionnaire early, take your time filling it out, keep the

language clean, and turn it in by March 22. As mem-

bers of an editorial staff that is almost completely

comprised of seniors, we naturally want this Senior

Special to be the best ever. We assume you desire and

expect the same.

ing. Often, Young Lifers will say, "Well, it's a lot of

fun. You ought to come." Even in a 1982 Chieftain

article, Johnson stressed that the group was fun rath-

er than religious. Telling a prospective member only

half the truth about Young Life is deception. In fact,

Young Life itself seems to try to hide the fact that it

is a religious group. Using a social group's pressure to

force religion on an unsuspecting person is unfair.

Whether Young Life is right or wrong is not to be

decided here. We only criticize the group's tech-

niques and their facade as merely a social group. To

say, "Young Life is a lot of fun. Occasionally we may say a prayer, but there is no obligation," is com-

parable to saying, "Chieftain is great fun. Oh, by the

way, we put out a newspaper." The group should

state its purpose outright to prospective members,

then ask them to attend a meeting. Deceiving people

into thinking the group is only social, then springing

religion upon them once they are in the midst of al-

ready dedicated Young Lifers is peer pressure in its

worst form.

DECA, from p. 1

place in job interviews; Courtney

Loewenstine, first place in public

speaking; Jeanne Littlejohn, first

place in sales demonstration; Ni-

loufar Azarnia, first place in ap-

parel and accessories; Grey Freu-

denberg, fourth in business own-

ership; Debbie Tipp, John Atkin-

son, and Linda Keller, first, sec-

ond, and third, respectively, in

restaurant marketing.

John Paquette, Kevin Viox,

and Dominic Britton, third in

team management ; Denise Wink-

er, third in free enterp.rise; Sharon

Nakamura and Julie Packer, first

and third, respectively, in general

marketing; Diana Maehlman, Lau-

ra Distler, and Paula Creech, first,

second, and third in entrepreneur-

ship; Amy Geygan and Tesa Cald-

well, first and second in finance

and credit.

Paula Berry and Jenny Malloy , second and fourth in general mer-

chandising; Chris Phillips, first in

food marketing; and Tracy Cam-

bron and Jan Wilson, third and

fifth in advertising.

in STAFF SCHOtASTtC PRESS ASSOClATlON

Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracur-

ricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake

Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 4 5 2 4 3 561-4225.

Sponsor: Wm. P. Kincaid; Editors: Ken Jones, Paul Monach; News

Editors: Anna Batsakes, David Cook; Features Editors: Tracy Megi-

son, Janet Nicolas; Sports Editor: Kevin Walzer; Assistant Sports Edi-

tor: Brian Rowe; Magazine Editors: Ellen Alvord, Joel Ruff ; Business

Manager: Kelly Martin; Circulation Manager: Davis Griff in; Production

Managers: MaryBeth Heidrich, Dan Rosenthal; Assistant Production

Manager: Arianna Newman; Head Photographer: Tom Taylor; Photog-

raphers: Davis Griff in, Brad Wilkinson; Contributors: Jim Gruskin,

Jeff Currier, Laura Schwartz, Jeff Tuckey, Rob Seal, Elizabeth Con-

verse, Tiffany Meyer, Peter Batsakes, Alissa Raleigh, Joy Rowe, James

Anderson; Production Staff: Laura Schwartz, James Anderson, Rob

Seal, Alex Overhoff, Marci Jacobson, Jamie Winget, Barbara Hug, K y m

Sollinger, Mariano Fernandez, Chris Kempczinski, Arthur Nicolas. T i f -

fany Meyer.

As its editorial policy, Chieftain strives both to commend what is

good and encourage correction of what is not. Editorials reflect the

opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are

strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and responsibly

written.

~ndjvidvals, medley advance to state meet by Kevin Walzer

Two individual swimmers and

a medley relay team advanced to

state with qualifying times in the

district meet held last weekend at

Keating Natatorium. These swim-

mers will proceed to the state

meet, which is to be held this

weekend.

Sophomore Teresa Replogle

headed the list as she qualified for

state in two events, the 100

breaststroke and the 200 free.

Replogle captured second in

the breaststroke with a time of

1 :06.63. She followed that fin-

ish with a fourth-place showing

in the 200 free, with a time of

54.26 seconds.

The top four finishers in each

event advance automatically to

state. Replogle was thus an auto-

matic qualifier in her two events.

To determine the other state

qualifiers, the other swimmers'

times are ranked, and a predeter-

mined number of the next fastest

times will advance. IH's other

two state representatives qualified

in this fashion.

Freshman Jenny Replogle cap-

tured fifth in the district 100

breaststroke; the medley relay

team of Lesley Blonh, Beth Win-

gerter, and the two Replogles fin- Wmgerter, for her part, is

ished ninth. Both had times good quite optimistic about the girls'

enough to qualify them for state. chances to do well.

- TwR

lar

photo courtesy of Legend

Teresa Replogle was one of four swimmers to advance to state.

Wrestlers to com~ete in sectional tourney

"I think Teresa has a good

shot at the top twelve or even top.

six in the breaststroke-she could

also do well in the freestyle. Jen-

ny breaststroke." could make top twelve in the

The boys' team did not fare

nearly as well in the post-season.

No member had a time fast

enough to get to districts; the

team, though, did finish well in

the consolation meet held earlier

this week at Sycamore High

School.

Sophomore Andy Geygan

placed eighth in the 100 freestyle

and seventh in the 100 breast-

stroke to lead the Braves.

The boys had only three swimmers by the end of the year; as

Geygan pointed out, three swim-

mers'do not qualify them for any

meet.

"I think well do better next

year, though," said Geygan.

"There are a bunch of Ottawa

swimmers coming up."

The girls are not yet worrying

about next year; they stiU have

their most important meet. 'We

can do well," assured Wingerter.

wins in the semifinal-more than

we had-can make a big differ- I I

ence. Our difference wasn't big by Kevin Walzer in particular-he's really come on but not many of them were able enough."

The wrestlers oDen vost-season in the second part of the season." to get to the finals. A few match L

play this weekend as they com- Slazyk would have to be con-

Pete at the district meet. The sidered a strong possibility, as Milford hands JV final loss eleven-team tournament will be

held at Reading High School.

The Braves enter the meet

coming off a "disappointing"

sixth-place finish in the final EHL

tournament held last weekend in

the IH gym.

A "large and powerful field"

awaits IH at Reading this week-

end, according to senior Ken Sla-

zyk. "There are some big teams

there-Loveland, Reading, Cler-

mont Norteastern. There are also

some smaller teams, like New Richmond and Madeira."

What kind of anticipated fin-

ish does this field translate into

for IH? "I think we could get into the

top half, but it's an individual thing now, not really a team com-

petition. After [districts] , only a

few of us will continue."

Slazyk did not venture guesses

on which Braves would continue

past districts into regionals and

possibly state but did note "some

improving people. Burt Sheard,

well as senior Dave Kindle and

sophomore Matt Feltman. Last

year those three survived past dis-

tricts, with Slazyk advancing all

the way to state.

"I don,? know, though," said

Slazyk. "Regionals is a tough

meet."

For the Braves, so was the

EHL meet. Their sixth-place finish fell far short of their hopes

and well short of ther expecta-

tions.

Sycamore won the meet with

188% points. The other finishers were, in order : Loveland (1 1 8%

points), Glen Este (1 13), Milford

(95?h), Madeira (87), IH (49),

Deer Park (47), and Mariemont

(36). IH's sixth-place finish was

even more surprising in light of

the fact that they had two indi-

vidual champions, Slazyk in the

13 8-pound class and Kindle in the ,

185 class, Where did the letdown

come?

"We had a lot of semifinalists,

by Joy Rowe

The JV girls ended their sea-

son last Thursday with a loss to

Milford, 5 1-14. Milford dominat-

ed IH the entire game.

The Eagles led 21 -2 by the end

of the first half. The Squaws im-

proved play somewhat during the

second half, but not enough to

change Milford's winning pace.

The Squaws' previous game

was a closer game, a 44-41 loss to

Madeira. The Squaws once again

fell behind in the first half, but

they came back in the second

half, hoping to take the lead.

Within the last three minutes, the

Squaws went from 12 behind to

two.

Lack of made free throws kept

IH from capturing the lead, and

the Amazons barely pulled off the

three-point win.

Despite this loss, the team

played much better in this second

meeting with Madeira than in the

first. Freshman Maggie Keir

played an especially good game,

with a personal best of ten points.

Stated a teammate, "Maggie

played a great game. She finally

started driving the ball in and

scoring to help us challenge the

Amazons."

Keir's excellent play in this

game earned her a position on the

varsity team for the EHL tourna-

ment, along with freshmen Chris

Starcher and Lynn Yost.

Starcher, however, was the on-

ly one of the three to get playing

time. She played very impressive-

ly during her two quarters. It

looks as if she will be seen in

many varsity games next year.

Starcher ended the season as the

JV Squaws' leading scorer, with a

total of 168 points and proved to

be a very valuable player.

Despite their last two losses, the Squaws finished the season

with a 13-7 record, the best any

IH girls' team has had in several

years. The next few years should

look promising for varsity coach

Dick Pfirman.

L

A - 1

Braves to face

in sectionals p.10

March 1, 1985

Frosh capture third straight title line of victorious seasons.

Although the freshmen only

lost two games this year, their

future was much in doubt at the

beginning of the season: they seemed to lack the intensity that

is needed to be successful.

"Out improvement came from

the beginning of the season," add-

ed Thompson, who saw his team

lose both of their games in tough

overtime struggles.

Now that the freshman season

is over, much of the talent will be

nurtured and will make much of

the varsity and JV teams over the

next three years. "It was a dream

season," said Thompson. "It only

comes once in a coach's career."

by Peter Batsakes

The freshman basketball team

finished its 1984-85

with a decisive victory in the EHL

title game over rival squad Syca-

more, 36-1 8. The Braves domina-

ted the Aviators the whole game

and their easy victory led them to

their third consecutive EHL title.

The Braves ended their season

with a 14-2 record, and even

though IH did not compile a rec-

ord-setting win/loss ratio, as pre-

viously stated in Chieftain's last

issue, their court presence is like

none other ever seen in any other

freshman team assembled.

"We had a twenty-point turn-

around from the first Sycamore

game," said coach Steve Thomp-

son, whose team lost to Sycamore

5 2 4 2 in a triple-overtime thriller

earlier this year.

Over the season the Braves set

records both for offense-49

points per game-and defense, on-

ly 29.3 points allowed per contest.

Mexico Hayden and Richie

Decker led the Braves' scoring av-

erage with ten points per game,

and each contributed nine and

seven rebounds per game, respec-

tively.

"The kids had to make an ad-

justment losing [Mike] Eaton and Vol. 34 No. 12 March 1,1985 Indian Hill High School Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 ftain

- [Jason] Kincaid [to the JV ros-

'Nucleus' to return for Squaws t e r ~ : ~ s a i d ~ h o w s o n - ' m e k i d s

that stepped in played exception-

ally." Eaton and Kincaid played after i m '84-'85 season with this team since seventh

grade, the first of the Braves' long by Tiffany Meyer

"The nucleus of the team is

coming back next year," com-

ments coach Dick Pfirman when

asked about his feelings concern-

ing next year's girls' varsity bas-

ketball team. The starting guards

and center will be returning next

season. The Squaws lost a difficult

oattle, 45-30, to North College

Hill, who is still competing in

sectionals, in their first AA tour-

nament game. By the end of the

first half the Lady Braves were

down by one point, 21-20, and

playing well.

At the end of the third quar-

ter they were down five, but were

stiU close to catching up with

NCH. However, North College

Hill outscored the Squaws in the

fourth quarter. The leading scor-

er was junior Kristin Mains with

seven.

The last season game the Lady

SERB sets election date Braves played was against Milford

with a loss, 65-21. Before that

game the girls traveled to Madeira

and lost a ra tha close game, 47-

34. Junior Chris Hall was the leading scorer in that game with

a total of nine points, and senior

Amy Wiatt was the leading re-

bounder with six.

Pfirman commented, "The

team started out playing well this season 19-51 ; then they went into

a spin and didn't recover." He

also thinks they "could've played

better," but they definitely im-

proved over last season, in which

they finished 9-10.

The leading scorer for the sea-

son was Cucinotta with an average

of 11 points per game. Coach

Pfirman believes Cucinotta and

Hall will play well next year.

However, he feels next season will

depend on the development of

Mains.

VARSITY, from p. 19 yet, though. The Wildcats scored

two baskets to cut the final defi-

cit to three, 6542. "We were

lucky time ran out," said Mc-

Kibben.

McKibben also praised the

play of "three or four people who

compensated for some who were-

n't playing well."

Senior Rick Abrams led the

Braves in scoring with 21 points;

with that performance, he broke

Dan Murphy's single-season scar- ing record of 459 points, and

moved ever closer to Gary Frey-

tag's record 912 career points.

Senior Pete Seremetis added 17.

Also "playing well" were jun-

iors Mike Cohen and Andy Tuck-

er. Cohen's aggressiveness and

eight points "kept us in the

game" at several points, while

Tucker's 12 points "came at im-

portant stages."

Deer Park now awaits IH in

the second round of the tourney.

representatives in the salary nego-

tiations that preceded the Collec-

tive Bargaining Law, added, "It

anybody that would have a

chance to get within 20 or 25 points."

If IH beats McNick. . . "Districts. Then regionals.

Then state."

Could IH get t o state?

"It's a long shot, obviously.

We'd be facing some tough teams

up at districts. But anything can

happen in the post-season, and if

we get on a roll. . ." Enough said about that. The

Braves ended their regular season

at 11-9 overall and 8-6 in the

league to finish in third place in

the EHL's final year.

Sycamore managed to repeat

as league champions with a 12-2

league record, with Milford alone

in second place with a 1 0 4 mark.

In the Braves' final home game

of the year, the Milford Eagles

completed their sweep of IH this

year by winning, 59-52. The

Braves simply could not control

the two-pronged attack of Tom

Geyer and Paul Pfeiffer in this

contest, as they combined for 43

points.

The moves of Abrams kept IH in the game, as he led all scorers

with 24 points. Senior Curtis Ott

had a solid floor game and was

the only other Brave in double

figures, with ten points.

The only other consistent per-

former for the Braves recently,

aside from Ott and Abrams, has

been Seremetis. Seremetis erupt-

ed for 18 points and brought

down 12 rebounds in an exciting

win over Madeira, 71-70, to give

the Braves a 1985 sweep of the

rival Mustangs.

Abrams knocked down nine of

his 16 jumpers and made six free

throws to score 24, and Ott added

ten.

by Paul Monach

Representatives of the Board

of Education, the Indian H a

Classroom Teachers Association

(CTA), the Independent Profes-

sional Educators Association

OPEA), and the State Employ-

ment Relations Board (SERB)

set Tuesday, March 26 as the date

for the long-awaited election of

an official representative of the

will include "all full-time and reg-

ularly scheduled part-time certifi-

cated teachers of the Indian Hill

Exempted Village School District,

including nurses, media special-

ists, counselors, teachers with spe-

cial education certificates, certi-

fied tutors, psychologists, athletic didn't vary at all from what we director, and department coordi- wanted. They had suggested the

nators, chairmen, or heads." removal of the psychologist, de-

That includes, according to partment coordinators, and the

Mrs. Karen Edgecomb, "every- athletic director [from the list of

body ." eligible voters] ." Edgecomb, one of the CTA

DECA students capture 13th-d istrict title Indian Hill teachers in collective

bargaining.

The group met in Columbus

on Tuesday, February 19, after

the original meeting, scheduled

for February 13, was cancelled

due to inclement weather; the

committee of representatives sub-

mitted its proposal to the SERB

board on February 25, where fi-

nal approval was given.

Eligible voters will vote on a

secret ballot for either the CTA,

the IPEA, or for no representa-

tion. The actual voting will take

place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at

the high school and from 3:30 to

4:30 at Wyandot; the votes will

be counted at 5:00 p.m. in the

high school auditorium.

After the election, collective

bargaining, as required under a

state law that went into effect

last April, will begin; SERB will

appoint a mediator for the nego-

tiations. The IH teachers have

been working without a salary

agreement-thus, without a pay

raise-for this school year.

The major issue that had to be

resolved at the February 19 meet-

ing was eligibility for voting in the

by Anna Batsakes

For the thirteenth consecutive

year, the IH Distributive Educa-

tion (DECA) team defended its

district title. Of the 36 IH stud-

ents who participated, 24 placed

as finalists, and 18 qualified for

state competition.

"We can attribute our success

to highly-motivated students,"

said DECA sponsor Mr. Jim Ben-

ken, "especially this year, since

the national competition is in San

Francisco."

The district competition was

held at Eastgate Mall on Tuesday,

February 21. Sixteen schools

from Hamilton and Clermont

counties took part in. the business

events.

Several district finalists will

advance to state competition in Columbus, March 22-24. There

are 22 districts; each district will

send two students for each indi-

vidual competition. Thus, district

finalists will be competing against

43 other students.

Finalists at state competition

will advance to the national com-

petition later this spring.

of two or three tests for each par-

ticipant. First, there is a 100-

question test, then three perfor-

mance activities. For instance, in

the advertising competition, a par-

ticipant would take a 100ques-

tion test on his business event,

then develop a newspaper adver-

tisement, act as an advertiser at a

radio or t.v. station, and have to

correct mistakes on advertising

COPY.

The competitor would be

judged in all four rueas by mana-

gers from the Eastgate Mall stores

used. "The three performances

provide for realistic situations,",

said Benken. "All the competi-

tions were held in stores in East-

gate Mall."

Finalists at the district level in-

clude: Kelli Robinson, fourth

see DECA, p. 2

JV Braves end season 10-10 ! by Alissa Raleigh

"We achieved our goal of a 10-

10 record this season," observed

sophomore Ron Jones of the JV

boys' basketball team. The team

ended the year with a 9-5 record

in the EHL, putting them in third

place with Sycamore first and

Mariemont second.

The boys won their final game

of the season over Milford, with a

final score of 37-28. The Braves

got off to a rigorous start and re-

mained indefatiguable throughout the close competition. Freshman

Jason Kincaid scored in the first

three minutes of the game. After a free throw from Mil-

ford, in the last seven seconds of

the first quarter sophomore

Bruno Darre rolled the ball to

freshman Mike Eaton, who tossed

it to junior Bill Baumel, who lob-

bed it into the net-a wellcalcu-

lated and expertly accomplished

execution.

The Eagles were tough,

though, and kept the game close

for much of the time.

On February 13 the Braves

triumphed over Madeira in a rout,

63-32. The game was fast-mov-

ing and IH usually had the lead.

Looking towards next year

there are several strong players

who will carry on with basketball,

such as the two freshman. Eaton

and Kincaid were major contri-

buters to the team this year.

Jones and Darre were chosen

to make the varsity roster for the

last two games of the year, just

to observe. Next year certainly

looks promising.

Although the Braves annihilated

the Wildcats in their first game

this season, they had to to into

overtime to beat them in their

more recent contest. McKibben

feels that is important.

"Deer Park is Deer Park, but

it'll be a tough game. It's hard to

beat a team three times in a sea-

son, which is what we will have

done. I do think we have more

depth and overall talent. But

they71 have to be ready."

After Deer Park is the winner

of Madeira and Wyoming. Then,

if IH beats the winner of that

game, they will be playing in the

sectional semifinals for a trip to

districts. That will likely be

against McNicholas, siad the

Braves' coach.

"They're really not playing

"Realisticallv. I think about - > - - - -

election. All sides presented their six people will advance to nation- photo by Tom Taylor views, and the SERB represents- als," said Benken. "I have some Pictured above are the DECA team members who were able to de-

tives made the final decision. high hopes." fend 1H's district title for the thirteenth consecutive year. Eighteen of As a result, the eligible voters The state competition consists the members qualified for state competition.

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