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Page 12 CHIEFTAIN January 13,1984

Vol. 33. No. 9 1 8 n - s )


MoeIIer, AAND down swim teams sports quiz January 13,1984

ieftain
Indian Hill High School
by Greg Morris depth." daily and practice over the holi-
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
The IH AquaBraves lost to In the same meet the IH days." 1. Washington is the defending
Moeller in their meet last Thurs- Aquasquaws swam against Mt. IH swimming suffered over the SUP" Bowl champion and is
day. Despite their loss, the over- Notre Dame. ~ l t h o u g hthe girls Christmas holidays because the aiming to be the first team to
all performance of the Braves was also lost, there performance was a Cincinnati Country Day School repeat in years. Which team
good. as good as the Braves. pool, in which the teams practice, was the last one to win back-
Senior Cliff Wingerter led the Freshman Teresa Riplogle was not working correctly. to-back titles?
AquaBraves as he placed f i s t in
both the 50 free and the 500 free.
I:reshman Scott Jeske also placed
in the meet, taking first place in
placed first in the 200 free and
the 100 breast. Senior captain
Kris Brockman also placed first in
the 200 I.M.
Scheduled pool times for practic-
ing, a vital ingredient for success,
were not available.
The small size of the team is
2. The story of L.A.'s rnarch to
the title in 1981 is a memor-
able one, for the team had lost
I uckev wlns wr~t~na
awardI
Methodist.
Tuckey was notified of her
by Win Wells the inspirational effect this sight achievement January 4 when the
the 100 fly. In the 500 free junior Beth another factor causing the losses. its starting quarterback. How-
Guideposts Magazine, a reli- had on her. editor of Guideposts called her
Senior diver Scott Lyon also Wingerter placed k s t . Others "It's difficult to swim against ever a talented but often in-
gious inspirational journal, has The prizes to be given away from the magazine's New York
placed first in the diving section who placed first were freshmen large schools," said swimmer/ jured backup came off the
named senior Melissa Tuckey as range from a $6000 scholarship office. She stated that he would
of the match. Lyon hopes to go Lynn Stanforth in the 100 fly and diver Lyon. "It's easy for them to bench to lead the wildcard
one of the top five winners in a for first prize to a $2000 scholar- be coming to Cincinnati in three
to state diving competition later Traci Finkelmeier in the 100 a outswim us." Raiders to the Super Bowl
creative writing con test sponsored ship for fifth place. Also to be a- weeks "to see my school and vis-
in the year. back. Still, coach Sue Magnus is title over Philadelphia. Who
by the magazine. warded are four $1000 scholar- it my
Guideposts
family." plans to publish
Wingerter, captain of the boys' Commented Brockman,"It's pleased with the team and is was this quarterback?
Guideposts is a monthly publi- ships and 20 typewriters to the
team, commented on the overall unfortunate that we weren't able "looking forward to a strong
cation which deals with experi- other top entries. the winning entries, including
performance of the AquaBraves. to practice over the Christmas sectional and district finish in 3. What was the score of the
break. 1 think it really affected us Redskins' playoff game vs. the ences of religious faith. The mag- Since Tuckey placed in the Tuckey's, sometime during the
"I think we did a very good job," February.
as a team not being able to swim Rams? azine collects personal stories top five winners, she is assured of summer. Tuckey also recently had
he said,"considering our lack of
from the public and publishes at least a $2000 scholarship. She a poem published in the Seven
Hac ky Sack lovers get kicks from 'hacking around' 4. The Redskins' 24-21 NFC
conference championship win
them.
The contest which Tuckey
said that she would be notified b y
the magazine of her final standing
Hills Review, a local literary
Tuckey plans to continue writ-
magazine.
by H.L. Edwards save an otherwise lost hit. nowledged by all. To start play it over San Francisco was a entered was aimed at finding the "in about three weeks."
No, Hacky Sack is not a town The jargon of the "hacker" is proper to toss the sack to study in frustration for one best high school writings dealing Tuckey entered the contest ing and entering contests "as
in New Jersey, it's a game for two encompasses any word that another player. Redskin, Mark Mosely. He with a personal experience. Tuck- photo by Trip Edwards with a "nothing to lose, every- long as they're available to me."
or more people who enjoy foot- rhymes or sounds good with the A hacker never starts play by missed the first four field goals ey decided to enter a short story Senior Melissa Tuckey will win at thing to gain" attitude in Novem- Her future plans include study-
work without many rules. word "hack." Back hack, gap kicking the bag to the other he attempted. However, he whose subject was an elderly bag least a $2000 scholarship from ber. She learned of it from a ing English orjournalism at Ohio
For years hikers, bikers and hack, squack hack and rap hack "hackers." "Hogging the hack" is redeemed himself b y booting lady Tuckey saw downtown and Guideposts magazine. counselor at her church. St. Paul State University.
college students of the west coast all describe different qualities of a discourteous to others, and ex- in his final one t o break a 21-
have enjoyed playing hacky sack. hacky sack kick. perienced "hackers" should al- 21 tie. Incidently, Mosely out the litigation. "We have never
Called "hackers," these people The verb "hack" can be used ways be willing to instruct: does not usually have such a felt that we were guilty of any
have helped to spread the game's to any appropriate time when novices. cold stretch. In fact, in 1982 by Paul Monach several more years before a ver- on the case, and the first to make acts that would bri& us into the
popularity eastward. There are describing the game. "Let's If you are interested in dis- he was extraordinarily hot, In mid-December, less than dict would be handed down. an affirmative decision, like t h e case."
few rules in "hacking" and a hack" is the accepted salutation covering the fun of "hacking," booting 23 consecutive field one month before the scheduled The suit, known as the Bron- summary judgment which dis- However, the district adminis-
loose, laid back attitude prevails when asking another to play. there is a new book at local book- goals. For this, h e was honor- trial, Judge Walter Rice dismissed son Case after a representative missed the suburban schools. It trators were unhappy that the
in every aspect of the game. When a "hacker" is "hacked out" stores entitled The Hacky Sack ed at the end of the season
as defendants 17 of 1 8 suburban black girl, Mona Bronson, was or- was he also who set the trial date case dragged on for so long, cost-
A Hacky Sack is a bean bag it's time for him to leave the Book by John Cassidy . The book with an award. Which award?
school districts, including Indian iginally filed in 1974 by the for January 10,1984. ing the Board many hours and lit-
approximately the size of a golf game. comes complete with a Hacky Hill, which had been implicated NAACP against the Cincinnati Naturally, the district adminis- erally millions of dollars, mostly
ball. Tlle ball's two leather panels There is a certain chivalry Sack and directions for enjoying a 5. What was the score of the by the National Association for Board of Education. It charged tration was pleased to be dis- in legal fees. Stated Boston, "It's
are uniquely stitched together on code to hacky sack that is ack- lifetime of "hacking." Rams-Cowboys playoff game?
the inside. This prevents the sack
a .. the Advancement of Colored that the district directly promot- missed from the suit. Said dis- very strange that this case can go
People (NAACP) in a ten-year-old ed segregation in its schools. trict superintendent Dr. Robert on for seven or eight years and be
from breaking apart after heavy desegregation suit. About two years later, the Boston, "We are very relieved t o dismissed so suddenly." Also, as
use. The bag performs best once NAACP included the 1 8 suburban think that we don't have to spend Board member Edgar J. Mack, Jr.,
Rice made his decision in a
it has become very soft. ANSWERS "summary judgment," which in districts in Hamilton County in the time to answer all the ques- pointed out a t the Board meeting
"Breaking in the sack" can be the suit, charging that by their ex- tions required in being named i n
very simplified terms is a verdict Tuesday, the brunt of the cost for
quickly achieved if the owner the suit." Boston also reiterated
of not guilty, based o n available istence as primarily white schools, such delay lies indirectly, as al-
treats it several times with mink
evidence, before a trial takes they indirectly contributed t o seg- the stand the Board took through- ways, with the taxpayers.
oil and compresses it under a sure8 'LT-PZ 'S
place. The Cincinnati School Dis- regation. As a simplification of
great deal of weight. Some use
weights and even a car to crush it
to its performance peak.
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\ trict and the state of Ohio, as well
as the Oak Hills School District,
one way that the NAACP may
have considered the suburban
schools indirect contributors to
Playing hacky sack may seem ' ** kqyebv are still defendants in the trial,
which began as scheduled on Jan- segregation, primarily white
simple to the spectator, but the
skill involved takes a long time to uary 10 and is expected to last for schools could serve as refuges for
develop. about three months. city whites and barriers for city
Play is started when one The issue is probably over as blacks; the whites could move
"hacker" tosses the bag to anoth- far as IH is concerned, but district from the city to these schools,
er participant. The receiving
I
Chieftain is looking for treasurerlclerk Mr. Harold B M but the blacks would feel uncom-
player must hit it to someone said, "Attorneys for the NAACP fortable in them and would stay
responsible sports writ- have claimed that t h e suburban in the schools with the highest
with the side of his foot. It takes
quick reactions, balance and co- ers. All interested stu- schools could be brought back in- percentages of blacks. The net re-
ordination to accurately hit it to I dents should contact to the case if the suit against Cin- sult would be increased segrega- photo courtesy of Legend
another "hacker." The use of the Anna Batsakes or Kevin cinnati and the state of Ohio is tion in the city schools. The district administration: (L t o I.) Board of Education members Dr.
Photo by Trip Edwards successful." The validity of this The trial was delayed for years David Bell, Dr. Jack Brucher (President), Mrs. Jean Pappas, Mrs. Liz
thighs is allowedy but a 'layer Hacker Brett Benadum demonshates correct hacking technique. Walzer.
only uses the top of the foot to claim is unknown, but, in any for a variety of reasons. Rice is Crosky, superintendent Dr. Robert Boston, and treasurer/clerk Mr.
event, the litigation would take presently the third judge to work Harold Bush. (Not shown: Board member Mr. Edgar 3. Mack, Jr.)
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editorial January 13,1984 CHIEFTAIN Pag0 11
sportsview said. "We have a really small
team though. I'm not sure if we'll
. - do too well against other schools
As is true with every decade, certain values and Most of the effects of this right-wing mood are with large teams."
views are changed with the passage of time. Now, al- without doubt helpful. Yet accompanying the mood is
by Anna Batsakes Este I'll be competing againsr
. fiom
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the Cincinnati, Dayton, and
Duke is Lyon's first college
choice. "If I get accepted I'm
most halfway through the 19803, our country has one very negative characteristic-that being apathy. "Discipline is the major force that's ranked third in the nation." Northern Kentucky area. definitely going to dive there. I
changed
- attitudes toward all aspects of life. Generally, Particularly true at Indian Hill, the student body is behind diving." said senior diver Lyon has been diving for five "We lost by two points," re- really think I want to continue
our views have become more and more conservative in apathetic in making a statement or stand on any aspect Scott Lyon. "Every single dive years, the last four with his coach, called Lyon. "But this year we're with my diving career."
requires concentration and skill. Dan Eddingfield. As well as being going to win. Last year I made a Now, does it seem to you that
both the political and social sphere-in direct contrast of our school. Regardless of the tightening of policy,\ YOU just can't go through the a member of the IH diving team, few coaching mistakes that cost being a champion diver, teacher
to the more liberal tone of the 1970's. This conserva- students still have the right and responsibility to motions, you have to feel them." Lyon has been diving at Princeton us the title, but I think this year of less talented ones, and O l y m ~ i c
tism has diffused over our entire way of life, including change any area of discontent in any aspect of our Lyon is the only male member High School for the past two
school. The right to be heard is a very important one, of the IH diving team. With a 5-0 years with Eddingfield. He also
our schools, as seen with the tightening of policy con- record, he is seeded sixteenth in dove with the University of
cerning attendance, discipline and our overall educa- a right which should not fall to apathy because of the state and hopes to place in the Cincinnati Stingray Divers last
tional process. More and more attention is being de- mood of our country. This voice must always be top twelve in this year's state year.
heard; for as long as there exists discontent there will competition. In order to qualify Lyon has taken his diving
voted to the time we spend in classes and the material for the competition, Lyon must abilities and put them to work.
we are exposed to, the purpose being to improve our exist opinions and ideas to ease it. win all dual matches and place in Last summer he got a job at
the top six in both sectional and
educational system. as I see it district competition.
Montgomery Swim Club coaching
the Montgomery Divers.
editorial To place well in those matches "It's a great job" he said.
Bergrnan attacks policy a diver must perform well in two
categories: required dives and
"For the first hour I'll coach the
little kids, then I'll give an hour of
optional dives. There are five swimming lessons, then coach the
With the findings of the committee on Excellence in required dives, usually consisting older kidst"
of the basic front and back dives. He must be doing a fine job
Education, the quality of education at IH has been There are also six optional dives coaching; the team Lyon coached
by John Bergman suggest that if two candidates for
questioned by everyone from the Board of Education Yes Virginia, it is 1984, and a given job are equal in their qual- such as the front two and a half. came in first in the private pool
to the students themselves. Presently, with the budget just in case you haven't already ifications, and if one of the Lyon will be diving in the swimming league competition by photo by Brett Benadum
heard, it's also an election year. candidates is a member of a group Southwest Ohio Diving Classic, a 60 point margin. Senior diver Scott Lyon, ranked sixteenth in state, hopes to seed in the
allocation by Governor Celeste, IH teachers are admin- held at Sycamore, next Saturday. top twelve in upcoming state competition.
One of the few valuable traits of which has traditionally been dis- "I think that's pretty good,"
istering basic &ills tests to measure a student's pro- .
election vears - - is that thev force criminated against,
- - then the posi-
Divers from all over the city will stated Lyon, "especially since the we can do it." c ~ a c his going through the mo-
gress. Are these tests, however, actually going to Pre- &Idates to take a stand on tion should be given to the-pro- be competing.
"I'm not really worried about
match consisted of only 160 Lyon is also a swimmer for the tions? Certainly not. It requires
sent anv new data on a student? important issues. verbial underdog. points." IH swim team, usually swimming discipline, concentration and an
This policy arises out of the placing," stated Lyon, "but I The same team placed second breaststroke in the medley relay. absolute love for what you are
The skills tests are created by each teacher to test Among these issues civil rights
anger that many civil rights know I won't be coming in first in the Junior Olympics, which "I'm looking forward to a fun doing-and Scott Lyon has
a'ways seems to be in the fore-
the most fundamental of skills. If a student should fail front. Candidates almost always groups feel at politicians who give
place. There is a diver from Glen consisted of private pool teams season with the swimmers," he demonstrated this.
one of the teacher's self-made skills tests, chances are it make the same promises to civil them nothing but empty promis-
would not reveal any learning deficiency that had pre- rights groups. The controversy
afises when they are pressed t o
es. "Equality of opportunity is,'
supporters say, c'simply not
JV Braves to face Deer Park, St. Bernard ever, they added another win t o
their record with a 59-50 win over
viously gone undetected. The teacher most likely had - 3
T,urpin last Tuesday.
discuss the methods which they enough anymore. We must be playing, we should win. If we play "They are taller than us. But IH jumped out to a 12-0 lead
some indication of the student's understanding and would implement in order to assured equality of result..y The by Kevin Walzer well, we could blow them out." despite that, I think we should in the first quarter before cooling
Some e x ~ e c t a t i ~ofn his performance based upon class- deliver the promises they have most devout advocates of affjma- The JV basketball Braves play He expressed similar feelings win." off in the second, as the Braves
room discussions and regular testing results. Valuable made. One of the most hotly de- tive action even go as f a . as t o Deer Park and St. Bernard at about St. Bernard, but said that The Braves definitely are on a "let them back into the game,"
bated civil rights issues is affirma- suggest that given a specific home this weekend in hopes of their zone defense and heights hot streak having won four out of
time and money could be spent on additional instruc- said Reese. "We led by two at
tive action.- number of job openings in a corn- evening their record a t 6-6. They might make them a sterner test their last five games. They put to- half. We played a pretty bad
tion rather than on an unnecessary basic test. ~asicafiy,affirmative action is pany, those positions should be currently stand at 4-6, 3-3 in the than the Wildcats. gether a two-game winning streak second quarter, but that first one!
Perhaps educators should look at teachers' and stu- an attempt to bring about equali- distributed proportionately, so EHL. "Coach (Gary) Gellert said before that was halted by the It was amazing."
tY through counterbalancing past that if a group represents twenty Sophomore forward Clint that they play a zone.'' he stated. Svcamnre A ~ r i a t n r ~Gn-QQ u-...
dents, goals before deciding on a hasty form of judging discrimination. Sounds just percent of a given community, Reese feels that IH has strong
The team defeated Mariemont
on Friday, January 6, 49-83.
accomplishments. It is necessary to be certain that peachy, doesn't it? Read on. members of that group should b; chances in both of these games, Reese said, bluntly, "We just beat
every teacher is truly concerned about educating and Supporters of affirmative action given twenty percent of the jobs. which get underway at 6:30 to- 'em. We kept increasing our lead
that race and sex Ah ha. Suddenly, things look night (as they host Deer Park) and
that students are interested in learning, not that basic simply be ignored, after having 6:30 tomorrow night (versus St.
throughout f h e game."
a little less peachy, eh? The fact After a slow first half, Reese
skills tests are passed or failed. These standards are the played such a major role in his- Bernard). said, "we began picking up steam.
root of excellence in education and we must evaluate tory. In short, these advocates see BERGMAN, p. 3 "I think we should have the Our zone defense worked pretty
momentum going into both these
whether IH faculty and students meet them. Magazine Editors Tracy Megison Photographers Brett Benadum well."
rn Assistant Magazine Editor
Barb Neu
Contributers
Trip Edwards
John Bergman,
games," he said. "We've been on a
hot streak lately; we've won four
However, little the Braves did
Janet Nicolas Dave Agin, Hugh Geier, Mary- would make a difference in their
out of our last five games. We're
STAFF Chief Typesetter
Business Manager
Circulation Manager
Savithri Raju
Bob Rhoad
Beth Heidrich, Greg Morris,
Brian Rowe, Gretchen Kindel,
Chris Hall
starting to play the way we can
play and it's shown."
game with Sycamore, a 50-38 loss
at Sycamore.
Chris Blanchard Production Staff Kelly Martin,
"We didn't play all that
Chieftain is written and com- Win Wells Reese indicated that Deer Park
posed, printed and sold as an News Editors Paui Monach Production Managers Amelia Elling, Gretchen Kin- badly," said Reese. "We had a
should not pose a difficult test for
extra-curricular activity by the David Stradling Margot Aysrs del, Stratton Moraites, David couple of starters on the bench
students of Indian Hill High Features Editors Ken Jones Dan Rosenthal Cook, Joel Ruff, Eric Little, the Braves. "I think we should ,
for missing practices, and they
School, 6945 Drake Rd., Cincin- Elizabeth Smith Typesetters Sandy Pesce, Sue Ron Monark, Kathryn Kreeg- win easily," he said. "Considering_ - . photo by Trip Edwards could have made a difference. We
nati, Ohio, 45243 561 4 9 6 3 . Assistant Features Editor Gilsdorf, Gretchen Kindel, er, Mary Beth Heidrich, Dave their last place record (in the
Buck, Davis Griffin, Ellen
Sophomore Erich Metzger (32) awaits teammate Andy Tucker's pass dur; did the best we could, but there
Sponsor Wm. P. Kincaid Chris Blanchard Karen Wiedemer EHL) and the way we've been
Editors Nancy Hopple Sports Editors Anna Batsakes Artists ugh Geier Alvord, Barbara Hug, Jlm ing the Braves' loss t o Sycamore. wasn't much we could do."
Kitsa Tassian Kevin Walzer Joel Ruff Gruskin
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'Rick Abrarr 7s show' lifts IH over Turpin, 72-62 CoIgate Thirteen entertain
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by MaryBeth Heidrich group is proud of its ability to
IH
they represent Colgate University,
ling arrangements, and its own
music. Its director, Tom Borden,
its public relations man, Tom M o
by Brian Rowe Kremcheck is averaging ten The Colgate Thirteen, an all- entertain a wide range of audien- but they pride themselves on be- Elwee, and all other officers are
"Overall incredible play" is points and four rebounds. male singing group from Colgate ces with a repertoire of ninety ing completely independent from members of the group.
how junior guard Mike Wentz The Braves made a strong University in Hamilton, New songs. the school. The group manages The group showed its ability
described the varsity basketball showing against powerhouse York, performed to a receptive Everywhere the Thirteen go its own finances, its own travel- to entertain with its IH show.
Braves' decisive 72-62 trouncing Sycamore, barely losing 64-60. audience at the Student Govern- The performance was described
of Turpin Tuesday night. Sycamore, who defeated number ment forum held January 6. as "fabulous" and "incredible" by
Backed by a strong defense, two ranked St. Xavier, found Their stop at Indian Hill is seniors Leslie Purcell and Heather
the Braves utilized a 26-point themselves behind 32-30 at half- part of a month-long tour that is McCalmont. Senior Renee Jeske,
second quarter to mount a size- time to the IH varsity squad. taking them to such varied places who had "Is That the Way You
able half-time lead. A late Turpin However, the experienced as New Orleans, Dallas, Chicago, Really Look?" dedicated to her
comeback pulled them within two Aviators prevailed, led by league the Bahamas, and Disney World. because she was smiling, thought
points in the fourth quarter, until all-star Bill Southerland. In tally- In the past, the well-travelled they were "really good and very
the Braves iced the game with ing his 30 points, Abrams earned group has sung at the Thirteenth cute." Junior Anne Richards said
some key buckets. Cincinnati Enquirer player of-the- Winter Olympics, Super Bowl they were "hilarious," especially
Of late, the "Battling Braves" week honors. XIII, and on the Tonight Show, "the jungle noises they made."
could be renamed the "Rick A tough Mariemont team was and has toured Mexico and The singers were even called back
Abrams Show." Player of the surprised by the Braves last Fri- Hawaii. for an encore.
week, junior Rick Abrams has
been on the tear lately, averaging
day and had to score the first 12
points of the second half to se-
Colgate Thirteen consists of
twenty-three students attending .-
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The nrouv has an album out,
Works in Progress. If you would
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25 points and five rebounds in the cure the 66-51 victory over IH. Colgate University, but only the
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Pete Seremetis led in scoring with .
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team's last three games, including thirteen with the most seniority !" *- * Colgate 1 3
30 points against Turpin and 30 15 points. travel, so most of the singers seen P. 0. Box 1 3
against Sycamore. Tonight the Braves host 0-8 are seniors. Each weekend the - A Colgate University
Still, coach Dale McKibben Deer Park in what should be a eldest able thirteen tour photo by Brett Benadum Hamilton, New York 13346
stresses that the Braves "need to different kind of challenge for the colleges, high schools, private The Colgate Thirteen appeared in coat and tie, but spent very little time Fan mail may also be sent to that
have a more balanced scoring team. Instead of being the un- clubs, and alumni gatherings. The in dress* address.
attack in order to win consistent- derdogs, the Braves are heavy
ly." Added punch is being pro-
vided by senior Dan Kremchek
and junior Pete Seremetis.
favorites tonight and should win
handily if they stick to their game
plan.
photo by Trip Edwards
Junior Rick Abrams shows why he was named one of the best in the city
as he drives the lane in IH's 64-60 loss to Sycamore.
Schools to replace telep one system overall
creased efficiency would cost
while the overall be in-
of
by David Stradling area of direct access; all parts of will benefit from the system due the system will not be extreme.
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been easy to beat but the girls and Win Wells the school will be able to to better communication and less The Horizon system is currently
weren't working fast enough." The Board of Education re- communicate with each other waiting time between connec- in use at other high schoolsin the
Defense m aby Anna Batsakes
I well," he continued. "We were
cently ordered a new telephone
communication system to replace
better than before.
In addition, public relations
tions.
Feltman also said that the
area such as Sycamore High
School.
ed us," stated Kindel. "We've lost two games tnat we just too small a team to beat the older system in use at the
The Squaws defeated Marie-
mont, 46-30, last Tuesday. The
So far the season has bee11
"all right" according to Pfirman.
shouldn't have, Ursuline and
Milford. Both teams should have
them. Teams like Loveland and
Sycamore are too birr- for us to
high school and Ottawa. The
new system is named the Horizon,
High school designs full skills test program
Squaws' defense was the deciding compete with." and is manufactured by AT&T. by Paul Monach given remedial assistance, either the student, the teacher, and the
factor in the game. Although the team hasn't been The system is currently being In response to a new state law with tutoring by a student or community that the basic content
"Defensively we played well," doing too well, Pfiiman believes installed in both schools and requiring secondary schools to teacher or with directions for sex- of knowledge to be taught is, in
said coach Dick Pfirman. "Our that the girls have "good atti- should be operable sometime in test students on basic skills, the help, and is retested. Students fact, learned. It is beneficial t o
defense won the game." tudes," and work very well to- late January, according to high high school has instituted these and parents will also be kept in- the student because it focuses in
The girls led from the beginn- gether. "The girls are slow school principal Dr. Karl Felt- tests for all core curriculum cour- formed of the student's results on on their achievement, so that
ing, with a 10-3 lead over Marie- physically and not sharp mental- man. ses : English, Math, Science, tests and retests. students passing know that they
mont in the first quarter. At half- ly," he states, "but if we work on The district decided to im- Social Studies, and Foreign Lan- Said Feltman, "The purpose are passing, and students who are
time they still led with a 10-point it, I think they'll be able to per- plement the new system this year of the test is to add assurance t o failing can be given assistance."
Ewge.
margin over the Lady Warriors.
They kept the same 10-point lead
throughout the rest of the g a y . -
form better."
The Squaws travelled to Deer
after finding several problems
with the current phone system.
The basic skills to be tested, or
the minimum knowledge acquired
in a class to pass, are determined
Affir ative acti0n hypocriticaI
Park last night. Results of the The old system has simply
"we needed this win to regain game were unavailable at press become unable to deal with the by the teachers and administra- BERGMAN, from p. 2 democracy demands equality of
confidence in ourselves," stated time, but Pfirman felt that volume of daily calls to the tors; each skill generally is tested of the matter is that affirmative opportunity for all groups and
junior Gretchen Kindel. "It the Squaws could easily beat schools, thus becoming a hinder- with three to five questions re- action is not peachy at all, but despises the dominance of any
wasn't really a fast moving them. ance. quiring that skill. The tests, offi- rather it is the height of hypoc- group over any other. As far as
but we controlled the pace, and The Squaws hit the road "The high school's present cially known as "proficiency risy. The whole premise that the concept of equality of result
we held our defense." tomorrow night, headed for Pur- system has become antiquated," tests," will be given, according to civil rights are supposedly based goes, that is something which no
According to Pfirman, the girls commented Feltman. In addi- high school principal Dr. Karl on is that race and sex should government who supports free
cell-Marian. They hope to raise
need to become faster and more tion, the old system is no longer Feltman, "on a unit or quarterly have nothing at all to do with enterprise can promise. No court
their record to 5-6. -
aggressive in order to play better. part of AT&T's stock, thus mak- basis." opportunity. To legislate con- should be given the power to de-
The team is hoping for a win
"They need aggressiveness, so ing repairs very troublesome due Students who score below a scious acknowledgement of these termine a company's policy.
I'm making them run more and at Purcell-Marian, but according
t o the inability to find parts. certain percentage on a test, traits is reprehensible. Such legis- Aspects of personality and at-
I'm stressing hard conditioning. I to the team Purcell-Marian may
Feltman said that spare parts which varies with the subject, are lation would imply that our titude can only be judged by the
think it's necessary for the team ," be difficult to beat.
must now be specifically ordered considered unsuitably proficient government is not against all dis- employer, and he must be allowed
he said. "They're very good," said
from AT&T. in the skill or skills tested, and crimination, but only that which to determine for himself who is
Ursuline defeated the Squaws Pfiman, "but I think if I keep
He went on to say that the will be contacted for what Felt- affects certain groups. Surely the the best person for a job. Ob-
60-33 on January 7, just as Syca- them running and practicing and
photo by Trip Edwards have them work on our offensive schools would benefit greatly man termed "academic interven- concept of quotas can be seen as viously, this system can be mis-
more beat the Squaws 83-25 on Sophomore Kristin Mains stretches for the opening tipoff in IH's 46-30 play we can consider them beat- from the new system. The pri- tion." Academic intervention nothing but pure racism. used, but it is far less dangerous
January 5. "They just out-hustl- win over Mariemont Tuesday. mary improvement will be in the means that the failing student is The fact of the matter is that than legislated discrimination.
. - able."
January 13,1984 CHIEFTAIN Page 9
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letter from SC (155), and freshman Steve Baker
Education. If the overwhelming
Despite changes, grapplers ninth
SG wants input from student body
(167). Kindle tied X s match t o
number of students express their garner two team points. Most of
desire for change on any of the Monroe's team points came from
by David Stradling
Dear Students, This year, Dave and I created a cerning the length of lunch issues, the Student Affairs Com- the Braves' forfeits; the Braves
The Indian Hill Invitational
Last year, in our campaign new Student Government entity, periods and the current schedul- mittee will certainly follow up on
ing process. their desires.
Tournament returned this past 1%3%- ?
wrestled only eight of the thirteen
speech, Dave and I prumised that, the Student Affairs Committee. weekend with some main7
!
$'' weight classes giving Lemon
if elected, we would uphold the The committee is designed to Another survey will be con- Unfortunately, the Student Monroe 30 points.
changes in its 18th year.
rights of students to the best of register student concerns and ducted soon after to register Government constitutes only The Braves lost to Finneytown
Missing were Moeller and
our ability. Our basic views con- complaints and to take appropri- student ideas about Music Fest, about a fourth of the total deci- 39-21 at the same tournament.
Roger Bacon who, together, have
cerning the role of S.G. have not ate action on them. The commit- Activity periods, Forums, and the sion making power in the school. Brave team points came from
won the tourney four of the last
changed since then. We believe tee is open to suggestions, and a current study hall policy. Please But in order for us to consider pins by Stradling (119), Slazyk
five years. Added to the list of 11
that the Student Government has good student input is needed to fill out these surveys in earnest, ourselves only responsible repre-
two primary functions. The first make it work successfully. for they will be used to help de- sentatives of the student body,
teams was Little Miami who - (132), and Kindle (185). Other
posted 148 points, good enough * points came from a win b y
of our functions (the one most Already, teacher surveys have termine our policy on the hereto- the student government at this Graham. Once again the Braves
t o win second place honors.
well known among students) is to been distributed to classrooms; fore mentioned issues. school must not allow its views to forfeited away precious points
Topping the team scores was
successfully run our many service these surveys are designed to The official Student Govern- go unheard and must be willing to which Finneytown needed in
Forest Park with a 183 point
projects. The second, which Dave show teachers student ideas about ment policies concerning the sur- fully utilize its portion of the order to win.
decision making powers on issues total.
and I feel has been to a large how to improve their classes. vey issues and other student ' The Braves also lost to Ross,
concerning the student body. The Braves could manage only
degree neglected by our predeces- Within a matter of weeks, the concerns will be brought to the 54-21. Stradling and Kindle led
ninth on the list with 32 points ,
sors, is to address student con- committee will be conducting a attention of the Administration, Dave Agin the team with pins, while
Hugh Geier beating McNicholas (27) and ' *,
cerns about school policy matters. survey of student opinion con- the teachers, and the Board of Graham, Slazyk, and Baker all
Western Brown (22).
neqnite the noor - - - - - --- - - posted wins.
Administration outlines exam schedule, policy
gf+pl
7

a delay on Thursday in ad- the second round the Braves photo by Trip Edwards Even with the losses, more
by Eric Little rangements for their own trans- those exams would be dition to Wednesday, Eng- looked much improved over Senior David Stradling, shown here in practice, will put his 6-4 record o n Indian Hill wrestlers won than
portation. given on Thursday or the lish would be rescheduled recent years. seniors ~~d~ the line tonight at the Madeira Invitational. lost; the team sees that as a very
First semester exams will be
given Wednesday, Thursday, and In the event of snow, the fol- first day back to school. for Friday from 10:OO- Graham (1 12), Dave Stradling John Groh of Forest Park, 12-8, Wednesday, December 2 1. The encouraging fact.
Friday, January 18, 19, and 20. lowing changes will occur in the In the event of a two hour 12:oo. (119), and juniors Ken Slazyk to finish second. Braves tied Lemon Monroe 35-35 Tonight the Braves wrestle a t
The schedule is as follows: exam schedule: delay on Wednesday, So- 3. In the event of a two hour (126), and Dave Kindle (185), all The remaining Brave team with pins coming from Stradling the Madeira Tournament, where
Wednesday, Jan. 18: Social 1. If school is cancelled for cial Studies would be given delay on Thursday or Fri- wrestled in the semi-final round. points came from a pin by (119), Slazyk (132), and fresh- Kindle will hope to win a second
Studies (7 :45-9:45), Math any of the exam days, the from 10:OO-12:OO and day, all exams would be Co-captain Kindle was the co-captain Stradling, and wins by men Neil Shoemaker (138), and medal. Stradling and Slazyk hope
(10:OO-12:00), Business exams scheduled for that Math from 12:30-2: 30. given as follows: Thurs- only Brave wrestler to place in the Graham and Slazyk, all in the Burt Sheard (126). t o add to their records by 6-4
(1 2: 30-2: 30) day will be given the first Business would then fall day : English (1 0: 00- tournament. He pinned his second round. The other team points were and 5-5, respectively, with good
Thursday, Jan. 19: English day back to school. For into the same time slot as 12:00), Science (12:30- opponent to earn a spot in the In previous action, the Braves attributed to wins by seniors Curt showings.
(7 :45-9:45), Scienc.: example, if snow would Make-up 1 and Psychology 2: 30) Friday: Foreign finals but lost a close match t o fared well at the Ross quadmeet Reising (175). and Mike Feltman
Clooney will be there, fulfilling
(10:OO-12:00), Make-up 11 cause the cancellation of during 12:30-2:30 on Language (10:OO-12:00),
his role as the team's "head cheer-
Psychology (12:30-2: 30) school on Wednesday, Thursday; should there be Make-up (12: 30-2: 30).
leader."
Friday, Jan. 20: Foreign Lan-
Boosters, faculty to meet WKRC All-stars. The IH team will also be
guage (7 :45-9:45), Make-
up 2 (10:Oo-12:00), Make-
Faculty to form support group news short er fan interest in the Indian Hill celebrities developed a lot of fan
strong, Ertel said. "From the
faculty we have coaches Gary
by Kevin Walzer
up 3 (12:30-2:30) by Nancy Hopple ception and activities with specif- community. interest, with Fisher and Clooney. Argentati and Steve Thompson.
As in past years, winter brings
Students need not be at school if Faculty members Miss Sharon ic aims in helping students to help The high school will hold its "We (the game's organizers) We're hoping for similar results We also have boosters Mr. Jim
the anticipation of many things;
they do not have an exam sched- Cooke, Mr. Doug Hammond, Mr. themselves deal with their prob- second annual open house for re- Schwab and Mr. Ed Theuring.
cold, ice, and snow. Yet winter felt that playing WKRC personali- this year," he said. "We expect
uled. James Powers, Mr. Tom Slater, lems. Information exchanged at cruiting eighth graders on January These are among our stronger
also means basketball, an annual ties, instead of playing as separate that (sports director) Dennis
Absences must be excused for Mr. Lynwood VanAken, and Miss the group meetings will be kept 30. The recruiting is aimed not players," indicated Ertel. Ertel
tradition since 1893. Winter teams, created more interest and Jansen and (reporter) Don Bur-
make-up priveleges to be granted; Carol Wehmann are organizing a confidential. More information only at Ottawa students, but also more fan support," he said. "We roughs will be playing." Ertel also himself is in his third year as the
sports fans look forward to the
Mr. Gellert will verify absence ex- new support group called Concer- about becoming involved in Con- at students at private and paro- felt that having T.V. personalities
pounding and squeaking of play-
cuses. Unexcused absences will ned Persons for students whose cerned Persons will be made avail- chial schools, namely, t o advocate was a good way t o accomplish
ers up and down the basketball
result in a zero for the exams personal or family problems are able to the student body in the Indian Hill t o all eighth graders in this goal."
court.
missed. affecting their school perfor- near future. the district. If last year's game is any indi-
Periodically a change of pace
Students will not be required mance and everyday lives. Stu- cation, the move was a good one.
to take three exams on any given dents suffering feelings of pain
CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS is in order, and this change of
pace will be a week from Satur- In the past three years, the boos-
day. In the event of a conflict, it caused by divorce, separation, day, on January 21 at 7 :30 in the ters and faculty played each other
is the student's responsibility to death, acoholism, or other chem- IH gym. This alternative is as seperate teams.
reschedule the exam with the ical problems in the family may the fifth annual IH Booster/Fac- Last year's game featured
teacher. If a conflict cannot be participate in the groups, which ulty basketball game, and if noth- many recognizable WKRC per-
resolved, the student should be meet during one class period each ing else, it should be entertaining. sonalities, although all did not
referred to Mrs. Smith. week. This year the IH boosters and participate. WKRC weatherman
Lunches will be served from The groups are to be com- faculty will be combined as one Ira Joe Fisher was the only celeb-
12:OO-12:30 on Wednesday and posed of a maximum of eight stu- team as they face the WKRC All- rity t o play, but also making an
Thursday. There will be no lunch dents and are to be directed by Stars in the 7:30 contest. This appearance was anchorman Nick
served on Friday. two adult facilitators, one male will be the second year that the Clooney, who signed autographs
Buses will run on their regular and one female. The sponsors Booster/Faculty teams have before and during the first half.
schedule on Wednesday and hope that the student participants Despite the departure of Fisher to
banded as one. The same WKRC
Thursday. On Friday, the bus will be able to express their "bot- team provided last year's opposi- fame and fortune in New York
will run on regular schedule in the tled-up feelings" and concerns City as the Big Apple's ABC-affil-
tion as the IH squad won, 70-64.
morning but will leave the high about their problems which may iate7s weatherman, Ertel feels the
Booster coach Ned Ertel said --
school at 1 1 :00 a.m. This will be be hindering their everyday lives.
that the boosters and faculty were game will not be lacking in Former WKRC weatherman Ira Joe Fisher looks around Booster LOU
the last bus for the day. The support group meetings "stars" to attract spectators.
combined into one team to play Strike for a teammate during last year's Booster basketball game.
Students who leave after an are intended t o be more than just year the presence of the
WKRC in order to generate great-
early exam 'will need to make ar- "rap" sessions, featuring self-per-
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movie review
William Hurt steals the show in suspense-filled 'Gorky Park'
by Barb Neu right, not because it is for the strength. ses adds suspense and some mor-
It seems that rnovicmakers Soviets. Iiurt brings a new hones- The direction of the film is bid but funny gore.
have dumped quite a few excel- ty and humanity to the typical, generally very good. Chase and The story of Gorkv Park is
lent movies into our laps lately. type-cast role. crowd scenes especially have an certainly good in its own right (it
The movie industry has definitely This particular balance could exciting appeal. This is due was a best-selling book), but it
taken a rare turn towards enter- only occur with Hurt. His inter- primarily to the mysterious back- would be nothing without William
taining the intelligent people. pretation of the "strong yet sensi- drop of Moscow which provides Hurt at the helm. With a little
The problem is, however, which tive" type turns out to be a com- different people, customs, and help from the suspenseful action
movie to see? plex and likeable character. In atmosphere. Also, the surprising in Gorky Park, Hurt wins again.
I pondered this and then de- addition, Hurt takes on a little of significance of the valuable corp-
cided on Gorky Park instead of the Russian personality and patri-
one of the more popular movies. otism which adds to the authen- coming events
I guess it was the prospect of ticity of Arkady Renko.
murder in the U.S.S.R. combined His statement of "Look at me. Many hot groups to hit tri-state area
with William Hurt's acting that I'm a Russian. I could never be
finally rushed me along to Carou- any thing else." is very believable. by Chris Blanchard The Outlaws - Feb. 6 , 8:00 p.m. -
sel Theater. I wasn't disappoint- Even though Hurt's sense of Riverfront Coliseum Include me.
ed. Gorky Park is a crisp thriller humor is a bit stifled towards the Ozzy Osbourne - Feb. 5 , 8:00
with suspense, good acting and end of the movie, he still churns p.m. - C'mon Ozzy, I dare you. Hara Arena
foreign intrigue galore. out an absolutely sensational Luther Vandross - Feb. 6, 8:00 The Kinks - Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m. -
The movie begins in a snowy performance. p.m. - Don't know him. Straighten up.
Moscow after the brutal murder Lee Marvin seems to feel Neil Diamond - Feb. 16,17, 8:00 Van Halen - Feb. 7, 8:00 p.m. -
of three people in Gorky Park. awkward at the beginning of the p.m. - The 16th is sold out. Git me.
Immediately we meet Arkady movie, but warms to his part
Renko (William Hurt), the star beautifully. At the end he is the Cincinnati Gardens Rupp Arena
investigator of the Soviet Militia. perfect personification of a vil- Blue Oyster Cult - Jan. 17, 7 :30 Alabama - Jan. 14, 8:00 p.m. -
Under somewhat questionable lain. He provides an excellent p.m. - Green Clam Sect? Sounds intellectual to me.
circumstances, the KGB assigns American contrast to Hurt's Rus- Quiet Riot -Jan. 21, 8:00 p.m. - I
the case to Hurt. sian personality. Sometimes Mar- Bogar ts guess so.
This entails first of all, finding vin appears the fool, sometimes The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Jan. Lionel Ritchie - Jan. 24, 8:00
out who the victims were. It's Hurt does. Their characters, I 14, 8:00 p.m. - What's so fabulous p.m. - Wasn't he just there?
not quite as simple as it sounds, think, were fashioned in this about 'em? Genesis - Jan. 31, 8:00 p.m. -
considering the bodies have been opposing way to provide a sym- The Raisins - Jan. 1 5 , 8:00 p.m. - They were great in Cincy.
artfully mangled beyond recogni- bolic contrast between the Soviet Once again. Billy Joel - Feb. 10,8:00 p.m. - In
tion. Then, Hurt must discover Union and the United States. Mary Travers - Jan. 16, 8:00 p.m.

I
ACROSS CLUES DOWN CLUES a paperbag.
Fill in the groups. Answers appear computer graphics by Stratton the murderer and the motive. Newcomer Pacula gives a - Who?
on page four. Moraites 1. Point of Entry 2. Scary Monsters With an American fur merchant basically good performance as a Heaven - Jan. 18, 8:00 p.m. - Go
3. No Slave to Fashion (Lee Marvin), the KGB, and a shifty Siberian dedicated to her to Heaven.
INGEBORG, from p. 6
chorus will help her towards this
Among the items on the
agenda, of course, is a visit to
. Crimes of Passion 5. Colour by Numbers beautiful but crafty informer
(Joanna Pacula) mixed in with the
cause of defection. A stronger Count Basie - Jan. 19, 8:00 p.m. -
actress would have made the part
6. Odds and W s Finally!
goal. To Ingeborg, it's another Farrell's. As for having her birth-
Business as Usual 7. Animals three mysterious corpses, Hurt more interesting. However, her The Backdoors - Feb. 2, 8:00
way "to meet people instead of day on Friday the 13th, Ingeborg certainly has his hands full. The weakness intensifies Hurt's p.m. - The Packdoors.
just seeing them." is mildly suspicious. "Last time = Outlandos D'Arnour 10. Trick of the Tail story line is always exciting,
Her involvement in varsity my birthday was on Friday the . Close to the Edge 11. London Calling although it can be a touch blurry
hockey and flag corps has also 13th, I was in the car on the way sometimes. Then again, I'm not
helped her meet people. In fact, home from vacation, arguing with yet an expert at investigating
these two organizations started my brothers." murders.
before school even began, giving An argument may seem SQUEEK, from p. 6 Squeeker? To keep the audience from
Ingeborg the opportunity to meet commonplace, but consider hav- Squeek also dabbles in Key ~ l t h o u g hDave is taking it EZ getting completely Iost, however,
future classmates. ing one in three different languag- Club, as well as being newseditor these days, he still is willing t o we eavesdrop on Hurt as he ex-
Soccer has also been a passion es. Ingeborg speaks German and of the Chieftain. It is during the shed his philosophical light onto plains the case to his colleagues:
over the years, although "girls Afrikaans along with English. She 10% hours at the Paper when other less fortunate souls. He an American detective and a few
don't play soccer in South Afri- intends on carrying her interest in Squeek is in his best form-his sums up his ideas with a mixture close friesds in the Militia. The
ca." Horseback riding, however, languages into her future Me. antics usually can cut through of Squeekisms and tidbits from a only problem is he must be care-
is an activity which Ingeborg Ideally, Ingeborg would like to even the most depressing late Dire Straits song. That being ful to keep an eye on the KGB, an
pursued vigorously in South be an ambassador, or maybe get night pallor. "Yea, like the time I w p h i l ~ ~ ~isp useless,
hy theology is organization even he is suspicious
Africa. "Every Sunday, we would involved with education. Either put-wen. never mind, it might worse. s o don't analize life, just of. The twisting plot is due to the
go ride polo ponies for three on way, Ingeborg "likes to travel" get me in trouble." smile, smile, smile." How fitting fact that no one is sure who's in
four hours." and hopes to integrate this into Despite his small stature, for a guy with a name like the KGB, and who is the good
In addition, Ingeborg expres- her career. Squeek is a fairly athletic type of SqueeK. guy.
ses an intense interest in animals Whether it's her birthday or guy. Always a little hvoer, he ha-f Well, no one really knows One thing is for sure, William
(especially cats), art, drama, and not, Ingeborg is sure to carry a run track, specifcally cross ~ ~ u n what
- is in store for Squeeker. Hurt is definitely the good guy.
ice cream. The last item will positive note of optimism with try for the last few years. Yet his Colgate is, but other than that, He plays an icy, blueeyed Rus-
certainly be the main event today, her wherever she goes. "If you forte is "grapp1in"-wrestling, Squeek readily acknowledges the sian who will do anything to en-
considering it's Ingeborg's eight- really want something, I'm sure that is, and what a wrestler he is. uncertain future. In fact, keeping sure justice. He is not just anoth-
eenth birthday. "I have never you can get it." By her ambition "Yea, I actually won a match a in mind his lifestyle, uncertainty er investigator out to grill a crim-
looked forward to a birthday so and actions, I think Ingeborg has couple weeks ago." Can you even is the only appropriate and defin- inal. Justice is done because it is
much." proven her philosophy to be true. imagine wrestling with the ite thing in Squeeker's life.
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senior rket ch teacher feature

Sq ueeker ad mits heterosexuaIify freshman and sophomore year


~ c .president his junior rear, and
f~n~ally,
t o top it all off, president
~ o j c i kworks mechanical magic
Growing up on the farm, he little number to work typing let-
by Kitsa Tassian "cowboy," and now lives on a
by Win Wells Kenwood in time to attend kind- man year t o the present. His this year. "I'm just glad (Jon) learned more than just mechanical 13,000 acre ranch in DuBois, ters, making tests, and even
So your old car just can't
David Stradling is taking life ergarten at the now defunct rather- impressive list of of- Kitei chose me as his partner." categorizing his Christmas card
make the pre-dawn trip to school repairs; he also realized the im- Wyoming. The only drawback
very casually and carefree these Concord Primary School. When includes being class treasurer his see SQUEEK, a, 8 lists. His next project is to
anymore and you don't know portance of education. "I knew Wojcik sees with this arrangement
days. The rigorous worker, the asked for a description of himself "tackle the graphics mode."
what to do with it? Well, at least that an education was the way to is that he doesn't get to see them
busybody who seemed to be as a little one he stoically replied, After twenty-six years of
IH has one person who would a better life." He worked hard and his only grandchild very
everywhere at once, doing every- "I was the fattest baby-but I teaching science, Wojcik has de-
know exactly what to fix. That and was always in the top of his often.
thing, and getting good grades guess you wouldn't believe that cided to retire at the end of this
one handyman is science teacher class. Once in high school when The Wojciks have often open-
now looks a t life a little different- now." year. "I've had a taste of retire-
Mr. Charles Wojcik. the teacher was absent, the prin- ed up their home to share their
ly and a lot more relaxed. Why Then came what Squeek felt cipal asked him if he would teach family with several foreign ex- ment every summer," he laughs.
this sudden metamorphosis? Fixing and repairing all kinds
was his "best three years of the class that day. He did and change students. They have host- He plans on keeping busy n o t
The answer is a simple one: of items is a chief pastime for
school," that being his exploits at that was how his teaching career ed students from Brazil and only by finishing his vacation
Colgate. No, not the toothpaste Wojcik. Not only does he find it
Wyandot Middle School. "I was began. Columbia, including two Colum- home or working on cars, but also
but the university located in up- enjoyable, but also profitable. He
in the best team-red. We had all bian students at Xavier who lived by doing some woodworking and
often buys old cars and by using Even after he started
state New York. It seems Dave the smart people-it was great." keeping up photography. Wojcik
his body work and mechanical teaching, he maintained his own with them for over a year.
was admitted to Colgate through Even at that age Squeek was well likes to be active and is sure that
magic, gets them running again, education. Wojcik has pursued And yes, even this happy
early admissions awhile back and on his way t o immortality. his time will be well filled. He
and then resells them. Of course, several college and university family has been caught up in the
ever since that fateful day the Upon entering high school,
this hobby has its hazards. studies. Since being graduated computer whirlwind; they are concluded, "I never run out of
new Dave Stradling took over. Squeek got very busy-both
Wojcik explains, "I don't like get- and recieving his masters from now the proud owners of a energy until I get the job done; I
Regardless, Dave still has his academically and extracurricular-
ting so greasy-but I do like the Ohio State, he has taken courses complete computer word proces- guess that's my life philosophy;
unique personality which seems wise. Always in the "top" classes,
satisfaction of fixing things." at Ball State, Purdue, Case Wes- sor. Wojcik has really put this keep at it!"
to fill him with uncontrollable Squeek gained a high enough GPA
energy. Squeek (a nickname he to get into Colgate-yet he states His repair and improvement
talents are not just limited to
tern Reserve and Thomas More
College. As a matter of fact, it
%y*p -
got from his grandparents because it will be interesting to see his
he would, as a young tyke, roll up grades for the rest of the year at mechanics though. Currently, he was while doing post-graduate
and shake in bed causing his crib IH due to lack of effort towards has been working on his lake work on environmental studies
to squeak) can still brighten any "all school related functions." front vacation home located that he met and proposed to his
situation with his often coarse but Busy does not adequately . I
a %A% r about forty-five minutes away. wife. (She said "yes.")
a
' Of course, this is no small task, One summer, he enrolled in a
infalliable wit. For example, describe Squeek in the area of ,
,
Squeek quipped about his birth,"I P but to Wojcik, it is an enjoyable program
- - at the University of
Student Government. Following
was born before I can remember." in the footsteps of his brother \ .?:- challenge that is "economically California at Berkeley and took
smart." For instance, he bought the whole family with him. "That
But seriously, Dave was born
1 ,

Richard, (affectionately known photo by Trip Edwards


was the most enjoyable experi-
an old boat, fixed it up, and now
in the city of brotherly love,
Philadelphia. Then he moved to
simply as "Memo,") Squeek has
been active in SG from his fresh-
"Nothing left t o d o but smile, smile, smile." But then again ... drives it on the lake of his vaca- ence," Wojcik recalls. "The pro-
tion area in order for friends and fessors never gave us any work to
senior sketch family to waterski. do over the weekends, so I had

Involved Ingeborg settles into the IH scene This mechanical inclination of


his was developed from his youth,
growing up on a dairy farm in
that time free t o vacation with
my family ."
Speaking of which, Wojcik
by Barb Neu set." AFS student Ingeborg in the Indian Hill routine as any Ingeborg's warm personality won northern Ohio. On the farm, a gleefully assures that he is very
"If you want t o get involved, Lichtenberg certainly practices other student. "I came here with the interviewers over. serviceman couldn't be called happily married, attributing the
you musn't wait for people to ask what she preaches. such a positive attitude, it was Getting t o the United States everytime a machine broke down; constant support of his wife to his
you. If you sit around and moan She's been here only 5 and 112 unreal." Such optimism seems t o was the next objective, mainly the Wojciks had to make all the own success. He also has three
about it, you're going to be up- months and she's as comfortable extend into everything Ingeborg because the U.S.A. "seems like repairs themselves. As Wojcik daughters and one son. One of
Photo by Trip Edwards
does. such an ideal country." Although said, "My whole family was his daughters married a rancher, canthis man really fix Car?
The Ingeborg saga has its she was aiming for New York mechanically inclined." who Wojcik warmly refers to as a
origins in Bloemfontein ("Flower City, Ingeborg got Cincinnati as
Fountain"), South Africa. "I had her destination, and soon her
a lot of friends," Ingeborg smiles, friends were calling her "The Cin- you made so far?
but then her father was transfer- cinnati Kid."
red to South West Africa. There,
she had to attend a convent
Ingeborg's host family, the
McFarlands, are like a second
IH'ers break all the rules Tina Cote - Not to look at Mike
They e anymore.
school ("I hated it! "). family t o her. "I call my 'par-
Fortunately, Ingeborg was ents' Mom and Dad." As for
moved to a more exciting co-ed going home in another 5 and 112
school where she and her class- months, Ingeborg worries about
mates apparently drove their missing her new-made friends
teachers t o distraction. Ingeborg here. "It's so sad, reallv. Five
says with a mischievous gleam in months seems like a long time, : Lee Eckert - I haven't gone to '

her eye, "Our class was the most but it goes quickly,"
uncontrollable. One teacher had When she does return, Inge-
a nervous breakdown." borg will attend college after
Soon, Ingeborg moved back to finishing half a year of her senior
Bloemfontaine and applied for year. broken. I've broken them all.
the AFS exchange. Ingeborg's Ingeborg plans o n making her
grade average and character were last few months count. She hopes Rick Bracken - No more cheap Brom Espy - No 'enjoyment'
photo by Trip Edwards rigorously analyzed. Finally after her recent part in the Pow-Wow
Ingeborg is making the most of her stay in Cincinnati. much tedious interviewing, see INGEBORG, p. 8
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senior rket ch teacher feature

Sq ueeker ad mits heterosexuaIify freshman and sophomore year


~ c .president his junior rear, and
f~n~ally,
t o top it all off, president
~ o j c i kworks mechanical magic
Growing up on the farm, he little number to work typing let-
by Kitsa Tassian "cowboy," and now lives on a
by Win Wells Kenwood in time to attend kind- man year t o the present. His this year. "I'm just glad (Jon) learned more than just mechanical 13,000 acre ranch in DuBois, ters, making tests, and even
So your old car just can't
David Stradling is taking life ergarten at the now defunct rather- impressive list of of- Kitei chose me as his partner." categorizing his Christmas card
make the pre-dawn trip to school repairs; he also realized the im- Wyoming. The only drawback
very casually and carefree these Concord Primary School. When includes being class treasurer his see SQUEEK, a, 8 lists. His next project is to
anymore and you don't know portance of education. "I knew Wojcik sees with this arrangement
days. The rigorous worker, the asked for a description of himself "tackle the graphics mode."
what to do with it? Well, at least that an education was the way to is that he doesn't get to see them
busybody who seemed to be as a little one he stoically replied, After twenty-six years of
IH has one person who would a better life." He worked hard and his only grandchild very
everywhere at once, doing every- "I was the fattest baby-but I teaching science, Wojcik has de-
know exactly what to fix. That and was always in the top of his often.
thing, and getting good grades guess you wouldn't believe that cided to retire at the end of this
one handyman is science teacher class. Once in high school when The Wojciks have often open-
now looks a t life a little different- now." year. "I've had a taste of retire-
Mr. Charles Wojcik. the teacher was absent, the prin- ed up their home to share their
ly and a lot more relaxed. Why Then came what Squeek felt cipal asked him if he would teach family with several foreign ex- ment every summer," he laughs.
this sudden metamorphosis? Fixing and repairing all kinds
was his "best three years of the class that day. He did and change students. They have host- He plans on keeping busy n o t
The answer is a simple one: of items is a chief pastime for
school," that being his exploits at that was how his teaching career ed students from Brazil and only by finishing his vacation
Colgate. No, not the toothpaste Wojcik. Not only does he find it
Wyandot Middle School. "I was began. Columbia, including two Colum- home or working on cars, but also
but the university located in up- enjoyable, but also profitable. He
in the best team-red. We had all bian students at Xavier who lived by doing some woodworking and
often buys old cars and by using Even after he started
state New York. It seems Dave the smart people-it was great." keeping up photography. Wojcik
his body work and mechanical teaching, he maintained his own with them for over a year.
was admitted to Colgate through Even at that age Squeek was well likes to be active and is sure that
magic, gets them running again, education. Wojcik has pursued And yes, even this happy
early admissions awhile back and on his way t o immortality. his time will be well filled. He
and then resells them. Of course, several college and university family has been caught up in the
ever since that fateful day the Upon entering high school,
this hobby has its hazards. studies. Since being graduated computer whirlwind; they are concluded, "I never run out of
new Dave Stradling took over. Squeek got very busy-both
Wojcik explains, "I don't like get- and recieving his masters from now the proud owners of a energy until I get the job done; I
Regardless, Dave still has his academically and extracurricular-
ting so greasy-but I do like the Ohio State, he has taken courses complete computer word proces- guess that's my life philosophy;
unique personality which seems wise. Always in the "top" classes,
satisfaction of fixing things." at Ball State, Purdue, Case Wes- sor. Wojcik has really put this keep at it!"
to fill him with uncontrollable Squeek gained a high enough GPA
energy. Squeek (a nickname he to get into Colgate-yet he states His repair and improvement
talents are not just limited to
tern Reserve and Thomas More
College. As a matter of fact, it
%y*p -
got from his grandparents because it will be interesting to see his
he would, as a young tyke, roll up grades for the rest of the year at mechanics though. Currently, he was while doing post-graduate
and shake in bed causing his crib IH due to lack of effort towards has been working on his lake work on environmental studies
to squeak) can still brighten any "all school related functions." front vacation home located that he met and proposed to his
situation with his often coarse but Busy does not adequately . I
a %A% r about forty-five minutes away. wife. (She said "yes.")
a
' Of course, this is no small task, One summer, he enrolled in a
infalliable wit. For example, describe Squeek in the area of ,
,
Squeek quipped about his birth,"I P but to Wojcik, it is an enjoyable program
- - at the University of
Student Government. Following
was born before I can remember." in the footsteps of his brother \ .?:- challenge that is "economically California at Berkeley and took
smart." For instance, he bought the whole family with him. "That
But seriously, Dave was born
1 ,

Richard, (affectionately known photo by Trip Edwards


was the most enjoyable experi-
an old boat, fixed it up, and now
in the city of brotherly love,
Philadelphia. Then he moved to
simply as "Memo,") Squeek has
been active in SG from his fresh-
"Nothing left t o d o but smile, smile, smile." But then again ... drives it on the lake of his vaca- ence," Wojcik recalls. "The pro-
tion area in order for friends and fessors never gave us any work to
senior sketch family to waterski. do over the weekends, so I had

Involved Ingeborg settles into the IH scene This mechanical inclination of


his was developed from his youth,
growing up on a dairy farm in
that time free t o vacation with
my family ."
Speaking of which, Wojcik
by Barb Neu set." AFS student Ingeborg in the Indian Hill routine as any Ingeborg's warm personality won northern Ohio. On the farm, a gleefully assures that he is very
"If you want t o get involved, Lichtenberg certainly practices other student. "I came here with the interviewers over. serviceman couldn't be called happily married, attributing the
you musn't wait for people to ask what she preaches. such a positive attitude, it was Getting t o the United States everytime a machine broke down; constant support of his wife to his
you. If you sit around and moan She's been here only 5 and 112 unreal." Such optimism seems t o was the next objective, mainly the Wojciks had to make all the own success. He also has three
about it, you're going to be up- months and she's as comfortable extend into everything Ingeborg because the U.S.A. "seems like repairs themselves. As Wojcik daughters and one son. One of
Photo by Trip Edwards
does. such an ideal country." Although said, "My whole family was his daughters married a rancher, canthis man really fix Car?
The Ingeborg saga has its she was aiming for New York mechanically inclined." who Wojcik warmly refers to as a
origins in Bloemfontein ("Flower City, Ingeborg got Cincinnati as
Fountain"), South Africa. "I had her destination, and soon her
a lot of friends," Ingeborg smiles, friends were calling her "The Cin- you made so far?
but then her father was transfer- cinnati Kid."
red to South West Africa. There,
she had to attend a convent
Ingeborg's host family, the
McFarlands, are like a second
IH'ers break all the rules Tina Cote - Not to look at Mike
They e anymore.
school ("I hated it! "). family t o her. "I call my 'par-
Fortunately, Ingeborg was ents' Mom and Dad." As for
moved to a more exciting co-ed going home in another 5 and 112
school where she and her class- months, Ingeborg worries about
mates apparently drove their missing her new-made friends
teachers t o distraction. Ingeborg here. "It's so sad, reallv. Five
says with a mischievous gleam in months seems like a long time, : Lee Eckert - I haven't gone to '

her eye, "Our class was the most but it goes quickly,"
uncontrollable. One teacher had When she does return, Inge-
a nervous breakdown." borg will attend college after
Soon, Ingeborg moved back to finishing half a year of her senior
Bloemfontaine and applied for year. broken. I've broken them all.
the AFS exchange. Ingeborg's Ingeborg plans o n making her
grade average and character were last few months count. She hopes Rick Bracken - No more cheap Brom Espy - No 'enjoyment'
photo by Trip Edwards rigorously analyzed. Finally after her recent part in the Pow-Wow
Ingeborg is making the most of her stay in Cincinnati. much tedious interviewing, see INGEBORG, p. 8
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movie review
William Hurt steals the show in suspense-filled 'Gorky Park'
by Barb Neu right, not because it is for the strength. ses adds suspense and some mor-
It seems that rnovicmakers Soviets. Iiurt brings a new hones- The direction of the film is bid but funny gore.
have dumped quite a few excel- ty and humanity to the typical, generally very good. Chase and The story of Gorkv Park is
lent movies into our laps lately. type-cast role. crowd scenes especially have an certainly good in its own right (it
The movie industry has definitely This particular balance could exciting appeal. This is due was a best-selling book), but it
taken a rare turn towards enter- only occur with Hurt. His inter- primarily to the mysterious back- would be nothing without William
taining the intelligent people. pretation of the "strong yet sensi- drop of Moscow which provides Hurt at the helm. With a little
The problem is, however, which tive" type turns out to be a com- different people, customs, and help from the suspenseful action
movie to see? plex and likeable character. In atmosphere. Also, the surprising in Gorky Park, Hurt wins again.
I pondered this and then de- addition, Hurt takes on a little of significance of the valuable corp-
cided on Gorky Park instead of the Russian personality and patri-
one of the more popular movies. otism which adds to the authen- coming events
I guess it was the prospect of ticity of Arkady Renko.
murder in the U.S.S.R. combined His statement of "Look at me. Many hot groups to hit tri-state area
with William Hurt's acting that I'm a Russian. I could never be
finally rushed me along to Carou- any thing else." is very believable. by Chris Blanchard The Outlaws - Feb. 6 , 8:00 p.m. -
sel Theater. I wasn't disappoint- Even though Hurt's sense of Riverfront Coliseum Include me.
ed. Gorky Park is a crisp thriller humor is a bit stifled towards the Ozzy Osbourne - Feb. 5 , 8:00
with suspense, good acting and end of the movie, he still churns p.m. - C'mon Ozzy, I dare you. Hara Arena
foreign intrigue galore. out an absolutely sensational Luther Vandross - Feb. 6, 8:00 The Kinks - Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m. -
The movie begins in a snowy performance. p.m. - Don't know him. Straighten up.
Moscow after the brutal murder Lee Marvin seems to feel Neil Diamond - Feb. 16,17, 8:00 Van Halen - Feb. 7, 8:00 p.m. -
of three people in Gorky Park. awkward at the beginning of the p.m. - The 16th is sold out. Git me.
Immediately we meet Arkady movie, but warms to his part
Renko (William Hurt), the star beautifully. At the end he is the Cincinnati Gardens Rupp Arena
investigator of the Soviet Militia. perfect personification of a vil- Blue Oyster Cult - Jan. 17, 7 :30 Alabama - Jan. 14, 8:00 p.m. -
Under somewhat questionable lain. He provides an excellent p.m. - Green Clam Sect? Sounds intellectual to me.
circumstances, the KGB assigns American contrast to Hurt's Rus- Quiet Riot -Jan. 21, 8:00 p.m. - I
the case to Hurt. sian personality. Sometimes Mar- Bogar ts guess so.
This entails first of all, finding vin appears the fool, sometimes The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Jan. Lionel Ritchie - Jan. 24, 8:00
out who the victims were. It's Hurt does. Their characters, I 14, 8:00 p.m. - What's so fabulous p.m. - Wasn't he just there?
not quite as simple as it sounds, think, were fashioned in this about 'em? Genesis - Jan. 31, 8:00 p.m. -
considering the bodies have been opposing way to provide a sym- The Raisins - Jan. 1 5 , 8:00 p.m. - They were great in Cincy.
artfully mangled beyond recogni- bolic contrast between the Soviet Once again. Billy Joel - Feb. 10,8:00 p.m. - In
tion. Then, Hurt must discover Union and the United States. Mary Travers - Jan. 16, 8:00 p.m.

I
ACROSS CLUES DOWN CLUES a paperbag.
Fill in the groups. Answers appear computer graphics by Stratton the murderer and the motive. Newcomer Pacula gives a - Who?
on page four. Moraites 1. Point of Entry 2. Scary Monsters With an American fur merchant basically good performance as a Heaven - Jan. 18, 8:00 p.m. - Go
3. No Slave to Fashion (Lee Marvin), the KGB, and a shifty Siberian dedicated to her to Heaven.
INGEBORG, from p. 6
chorus will help her towards this
Among the items on the
agenda, of course, is a visit to
. Crimes of Passion 5. Colour by Numbers beautiful but crafty informer
(Joanna Pacula) mixed in with the
cause of defection. A stronger Count Basie - Jan. 19, 8:00 p.m. -
actress would have made the part
6. Odds and W s Finally!
goal. To Ingeborg, it's another Farrell's. As for having her birth-
Business as Usual 7. Animals three mysterious corpses, Hurt more interesting. However, her The Backdoors - Feb. 2, 8:00
way "to meet people instead of day on Friday the 13th, Ingeborg certainly has his hands full. The weakness intensifies Hurt's p.m. - The Packdoors.
just seeing them." is mildly suspicious. "Last time = Outlandos D'Arnour 10. Trick of the Tail story line is always exciting,
Her involvement in varsity my birthday was on Friday the . Close to the Edge 11. London Calling although it can be a touch blurry
hockey and flag corps has also 13th, I was in the car on the way sometimes. Then again, I'm not
helped her meet people. In fact, home from vacation, arguing with yet an expert at investigating
these two organizations started my brothers." murders.
before school even began, giving An argument may seem SQUEEK, from p. 6 Squeeker? To keep the audience from
Ingeborg the opportunity to meet commonplace, but consider hav- Squeek also dabbles in Key ~ l t h o u g hDave is taking it EZ getting completely Iost, however,
future classmates. ing one in three different languag- Club, as well as being newseditor these days, he still is willing t o we eavesdrop on Hurt as he ex-
Soccer has also been a passion es. Ingeborg speaks German and of the Chieftain. It is during the shed his philosophical light onto plains the case to his colleagues:
over the years, although "girls Afrikaans along with English. She 10% hours at the Paper when other less fortunate souls. He an American detective and a few
don't play soccer in South Afri- intends on carrying her interest in Squeek is in his best form-his sums up his ideas with a mixture close friesds in the Militia. The
ca." Horseback riding, however, languages into her future Me. antics usually can cut through of Squeekisms and tidbits from a only problem is he must be care-
is an activity which Ingeborg Ideally, Ingeborg would like to even the most depressing late Dire Straits song. That being ful to keep an eye on the KGB, an
pursued vigorously in South be an ambassador, or maybe get night pallor. "Yea, like the time I w p h i l ~ ~ ~isp useless,
hy theology is organization even he is suspicious
Africa. "Every Sunday, we would involved with education. Either put-wen. never mind, it might worse. s o don't analize life, just of. The twisting plot is due to the
go ride polo ponies for three on way, Ingeborg "likes to travel" get me in trouble." smile, smile, smile." How fitting fact that no one is sure who's in
four hours." and hopes to integrate this into Despite his small stature, for a guy with a name like the KGB, and who is the good
In addition, Ingeborg expres- her career. Squeek is a fairly athletic type of SqueeK. guy.
ses an intense interest in animals Whether it's her birthday or guy. Always a little hvoer, he ha-f Well, no one really knows One thing is for sure, William
(especially cats), art, drama, and not, Ingeborg is sure to carry a run track, specifcally cross ~ ~ u n what
- is in store for Squeeker. Hurt is definitely the good guy.
ice cream. The last item will positive note of optimism with try for the last few years. Yet his Colgate is, but other than that, He plays an icy, blueeyed Rus-
certainly be the main event today, her wherever she goes. "If you forte is "grapp1in"-wrestling, Squeek readily acknowledges the sian who will do anything to en-
considering it's Ingeborg's eight- really want something, I'm sure that is, and what a wrestler he is. uncertain future. In fact, keeping sure justice. He is not just anoth-
eenth birthday. "I have never you can get it." By her ambition "Yea, I actually won a match a in mind his lifestyle, uncertainty er investigator out to grill a crim-
looked forward to a birthday so and actions, I think Ingeborg has couple weeks ago." Can you even is the only appropriate and defin- inal. Justice is done because it is
much." proven her philosophy to be true. imagine wrestling with the ite thing in Squeeker's life.
January 13,1984 CHIEFTAIN Page 9
Page 4 CHIEFTAIN January 13,1984
letter from SC (155), and freshman Steve Baker
Education. If the overwhelming
Despite changes, grapplers ninth
SG wants input from student body
(167). Kindle tied X s match t o
number of students express their garner two team points. Most of
desire for change on any of the Monroe's team points came from
by David Stradling
Dear Students, This year, Dave and I created a cerning the length of lunch issues, the Student Affairs Com- the Braves' forfeits; the Braves
The Indian Hill Invitational
Last year, in our campaign new Student Government entity, periods and the current schedul- mittee will certainly follow up on
ing process. their desires.
Tournament returned this past 1%3%- ?
wrestled only eight of the thirteen
speech, Dave and I prumised that, the Student Affairs Committee. weekend with some main7
!
$'' weight classes giving Lemon
if elected, we would uphold the The committee is designed to Another survey will be con- Unfortunately, the Student Monroe 30 points.
changes in its 18th year.
rights of students to the best of register student concerns and ducted soon after to register Government constitutes only The Braves lost to Finneytown
Missing were Moeller and
our ability. Our basic views con- complaints and to take appropri- student ideas about Music Fest, about a fourth of the total deci- 39-21 at the same tournament.
Roger Bacon who, together, have
cerning the role of S.G. have not ate action on them. The commit- Activity periods, Forums, and the sion making power in the school. Brave team points came from
won the tourney four of the last
changed since then. We believe tee is open to suggestions, and a current study hall policy. Please But in order for us to consider pins by Stradling (119), Slazyk
five years. Added to the list of 11
that the Student Government has good student input is needed to fill out these surveys in earnest, ourselves only responsible repre-
two primary functions. The first make it work successfully. for they will be used to help de- sentatives of the student body,
teams was Little Miami who - (132), and Kindle (185). Other
posted 148 points, good enough * points came from a win b y
of our functions (the one most Already, teacher surveys have termine our policy on the hereto- the student government at this Graham. Once again the Braves
t o win second place honors.
well known among students) is to been distributed to classrooms; fore mentioned issues. school must not allow its views to forfeited away precious points
Topping the team scores was
successfully run our many service these surveys are designed to The official Student Govern- go unheard and must be willing to which Finneytown needed in
Forest Park with a 183 point
projects. The second, which Dave show teachers student ideas about ment policies concerning the sur- fully utilize its portion of the order to win.
decision making powers on issues total.
and I feel has been to a large how to improve their classes. vey issues and other student ' The Braves also lost to Ross,
concerning the student body. The Braves could manage only
degree neglected by our predeces- Within a matter of weeks, the concerns will be brought to the 54-21. Stradling and Kindle led
ninth on the list with 32 points ,
sors, is to address student con- committee will be conducting a attention of the Administration, Dave Agin the team with pins, while
Hugh Geier beating McNicholas (27) and ' *,
cerns about school policy matters. survey of student opinion con- the teachers, and the Board of Graham, Slazyk, and Baker all
Western Brown (22).
neqnite the noor - - - - - --- - - posted wins.
Administration outlines exam schedule, policy
gf+pl
7

a delay on Thursday in ad- the second round the Braves photo by Trip Edwards Even with the losses, more
by Eric Little rangements for their own trans- those exams would be dition to Wednesday, Eng- looked much improved over Senior David Stradling, shown here in practice, will put his 6-4 record o n Indian Hill wrestlers won than
portation. given on Thursday or the lish would be rescheduled recent years. seniors ~~d~ the line tonight at the Madeira Invitational. lost; the team sees that as a very
First semester exams will be
given Wednesday, Thursday, and In the event of snow, the fol- first day back to school. for Friday from 10:OO- Graham (1 12), Dave Stradling John Groh of Forest Park, 12-8, Wednesday, December 2 1. The encouraging fact.
Friday, January 18, 19, and 20. lowing changes will occur in the In the event of a two hour 12:oo. (119), and juniors Ken Slazyk to finish second. Braves tied Lemon Monroe 35-35 Tonight the Braves wrestle a t
The schedule is as follows: exam schedule: delay on Wednesday, So- 3. In the event of a two hour (126), and Dave Kindle (185), all The remaining Brave team with pins coming from Stradling the Madeira Tournament, where
Wednesday, Jan. 18: Social 1. If school is cancelled for cial Studies would be given delay on Thursday or Fri- wrestled in the semi-final round. points came from a pin by (119), Slazyk (132), and fresh- Kindle will hope to win a second
Studies (7 :45-9:45), Math any of the exam days, the from 10:OO-12:OO and day, all exams would be Co-captain Kindle was the co-captain Stradling, and wins by men Neil Shoemaker (138), and medal. Stradling and Slazyk hope
(10:OO-12:00), Business exams scheduled for that Math from 12:30-2: 30. given as follows: Thurs- only Brave wrestler to place in the Graham and Slazyk, all in the Burt Sheard (126). t o add to their records by 6-4
(1 2: 30-2: 30) day will be given the first Business would then fall day : English (1 0: 00- tournament. He pinned his second round. The other team points were and 5-5, respectively, with good
Thursday, Jan. 19: English day back to school. For into the same time slot as 12:00), Science (12:30- opponent to earn a spot in the In previous action, the Braves attributed to wins by seniors Curt showings.
(7 :45-9:45), Scienc.: example, if snow would Make-up 1 and Psychology 2: 30) Friday: Foreign finals but lost a close match t o fared well at the Ross quadmeet Reising (175). and Mike Feltman
Clooney will be there, fulfilling
(10:OO-12:00), Make-up 11 cause the cancellation of during 12:30-2:30 on Language (10:OO-12:00),
his role as the team's "head cheer-
Psychology (12:30-2: 30) school on Wednesday, Thursday; should there be Make-up (12: 30-2: 30).
leader."
Friday, Jan. 20: Foreign Lan-
Boosters, faculty to meet WKRC All-stars. The IH team will also be
guage (7 :45-9:45), Make-
up 2 (10:Oo-12:00), Make-
Faculty to form support group news short er fan interest in the Indian Hill celebrities developed a lot of fan
strong, Ertel said. "From the
faculty we have coaches Gary
by Kevin Walzer
up 3 (12:30-2:30) by Nancy Hopple ception and activities with specif- community. interest, with Fisher and Clooney. Argentati and Steve Thompson.
As in past years, winter brings
Students need not be at school if Faculty members Miss Sharon ic aims in helping students to help The high school will hold its "We (the game's organizers) We're hoping for similar results We also have boosters Mr. Jim
the anticipation of many things;
they do not have an exam sched- Cooke, Mr. Doug Hammond, Mr. themselves deal with their prob- second annual open house for re- Schwab and Mr. Ed Theuring.
cold, ice, and snow. Yet winter felt that playing WKRC personali- this year," he said. "We expect
uled. James Powers, Mr. Tom Slater, lems. Information exchanged at cruiting eighth graders on January These are among our stronger
also means basketball, an annual ties, instead of playing as separate that (sports director) Dennis
Absences must be excused for Mr. Lynwood VanAken, and Miss the group meetings will be kept 30. The recruiting is aimed not players," indicated Ertel. Ertel
tradition since 1893. Winter teams, created more interest and Jansen and (reporter) Don Bur-
make-up priveleges to be granted; Carol Wehmann are organizing a confidential. More information only at Ottawa students, but also more fan support," he said. "We roughs will be playing." Ertel also himself is in his third year as the
sports fans look forward to the
Mr. Gellert will verify absence ex- new support group called Concer- about becoming involved in Con- at students at private and paro- felt that having T.V. personalities
pounding and squeaking of play-
cuses. Unexcused absences will ned Persons for students whose cerned Persons will be made avail- chial schools, namely, t o advocate was a good way t o accomplish
ers up and down the basketball
result in a zero for the exams personal or family problems are able to the student body in the Indian Hill t o all eighth graders in this goal."
court.
missed. affecting their school perfor- near future. the district. If last year's game is any indi-
Periodically a change of pace
Students will not be required mance and everyday lives. Stu- cation, the move was a good one.
to take three exams on any given dents suffering feelings of pain
CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS is in order, and this change of
pace will be a week from Satur- In the past three years, the boos-
day. In the event of a conflict, it caused by divorce, separation, day, on January 21 at 7 :30 in the ters and faculty played each other
is the student's responsibility to death, acoholism, or other chem- IH gym. This alternative is as seperate teams.
reschedule the exam with the ical problems in the family may the fifth annual IH Booster/Fac- Last year's game featured
teacher. If a conflict cannot be participate in the groups, which ulty basketball game, and if noth- many recognizable WKRC per-
resolved, the student should be meet during one class period each ing else, it should be entertaining. sonalities, although all did not
referred to Mrs. Smith. week. This year the IH boosters and participate. WKRC weatherman
Lunches will be served from The groups are to be com- faculty will be combined as one Ira Joe Fisher was the only celeb-
12:OO-12:30 on Wednesday and posed of a maximum of eight stu- team as they face the WKRC All- rity t o play, but also making an
Thursday. There will be no lunch dents and are to be directed by Stars in the 7:30 contest. This appearance was anchorman Nick
served on Friday. two adult facilitators, one male will be the second year that the Clooney, who signed autographs
Buses will run on their regular and one female. The sponsors Booster/Faculty teams have before and during the first half.
schedule on Wednesday and hope that the student participants Despite the departure of Fisher to
banded as one. The same WKRC
Thursday. On Friday, the bus will be able to express their "bot- team provided last year's opposi- fame and fortune in New York
will run on regular schedule in the tled-up feelings" and concerns City as the Big Apple's ABC-affil-
tion as the IH squad won, 70-64.
morning but will leave the high about their problems which may iate7s weatherman, Ertel feels the
Booster coach Ned Ertel said --
school at 1 1 :00 a.m. This will be be hindering their everyday lives.
that the boosters and faculty were game will not be lacking in Former WKRC weatherman Ira Joe Fisher looks around Booster LOU
the last bus for the day. The support group meetings "stars" to attract spectators.
combined into one team to play Strike for a teammate during last year's Booster basketball game.
Students who leave after an are intended t o be more than just year the presence of the
WKRC in order to generate great-
early exam 'will need to make ar- "rap" sessions, featuring self-per-
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'Rick Abrarr 7s show' lifts IH over Turpin, 72-62 CoIgate Thirteen entertain
-
by MaryBeth Heidrich group is proud of its ability to
IH
they represent Colgate University,
ling arrangements, and its own
music. Its director, Tom Borden,
its public relations man, Tom M o
by Brian Rowe Kremcheck is averaging ten The Colgate Thirteen, an all- entertain a wide range of audien- but they pride themselves on be- Elwee, and all other officers are
"Overall incredible play" is points and four rebounds. male singing group from Colgate ces with a repertoire of ninety ing completely independent from members of the group.
how junior guard Mike Wentz The Braves made a strong University in Hamilton, New songs. the school. The group manages The group showed its ability
described the varsity basketball showing against powerhouse York, performed to a receptive Everywhere the Thirteen go its own finances, its own travel- to entertain with its IH show.
Braves' decisive 72-62 trouncing Sycamore, barely losing 64-60. audience at the Student Govern- The performance was described
of Turpin Tuesday night. Sycamore, who defeated number ment forum held January 6. as "fabulous" and "incredible" by
Backed by a strong defense, two ranked St. Xavier, found Their stop at Indian Hill is seniors Leslie Purcell and Heather
the Braves utilized a 26-point themselves behind 32-30 at half- part of a month-long tour that is McCalmont. Senior Renee Jeske,
second quarter to mount a size- time to the IH varsity squad. taking them to such varied places who had "Is That the Way You
able half-time lead. A late Turpin However, the experienced as New Orleans, Dallas, Chicago, Really Look?" dedicated to her
comeback pulled them within two Aviators prevailed, led by league the Bahamas, and Disney World. because she was smiling, thought
points in the fourth quarter, until all-star Bill Southerland. In tally- In the past, the well-travelled they were "really good and very
the Braves iced the game with ing his 30 points, Abrams earned group has sung at the Thirteenth cute." Junior Anne Richards said
some key buckets. Cincinnati Enquirer player of-the- Winter Olympics, Super Bowl they were "hilarious," especially
Of late, the "Battling Braves" week honors. XIII, and on the Tonight Show, "the jungle noises they made."
could be renamed the "Rick A tough Mariemont team was and has toured Mexico and The singers were even called back
Abrams Show." Player of the surprised by the Braves last Fri- Hawaii. for an encore.
week, junior Rick Abrams has
been on the tear lately, averaging
day and had to score the first 12
points of the second half to se-
Colgate Thirteen consists of
twenty-three students attending .-
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The nrouv has an album out,
Works in Progress. If you would
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t Ir .*A
25 points and five rebounds in the cure the 66-51 victory over IH. Colgate University, but only the
*", 4
".
. *" like to order it, send $6.00 to:
Pete Seremetis led in scoring with .
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team's last three games, including thirteen with the most seniority !" *- * Colgate 1 3
30 points against Turpin and 30 15 points. travel, so most of the singers seen P. 0. Box 1 3
against Sycamore. Tonight the Braves host 0-8 are seniors. Each weekend the - A Colgate University
Still, coach Dale McKibben Deer Park in what should be a eldest able thirteen tour photo by Brett Benadum Hamilton, New York 13346
stresses that the Braves "need to different kind of challenge for the colleges, high schools, private The Colgate Thirteen appeared in coat and tie, but spent very little time Fan mail may also be sent to that
have a more balanced scoring team. Instead of being the un- clubs, and alumni gatherings. The in dress* address.
attack in order to win consistent- derdogs, the Braves are heavy
ly." Added punch is being pro-
vided by senior Dan Kremchek
and junior Pete Seremetis.
favorites tonight and should win
handily if they stick to their game
plan.
photo by Trip Edwards
Junior Rick Abrams shows why he was named one of the best in the city
as he drives the lane in IH's 64-60 loss to Sycamore.
Schools to replace telep one system overall
creased efficiency would cost
while the overall be in-
of
by David Stradling area of direct access; all parts of will benefit from the system due the system will not be extreme.
# -
been easy to beat but the girls and Win Wells the school will be able to to better communication and less The Horizon system is currently
weren't working fast enough." The Board of Education re- communicate with each other waiting time between connec- in use at other high schoolsin the
Defense m aby Anna Batsakes
I well," he continued. "We were
cently ordered a new telephone
communication system to replace
better than before.
In addition, public relations
tions.
Feltman also said that the
area such as Sycamore High
School.
ed us," stated Kindel. "We've lost two games tnat we just too small a team to beat the older system in use at the
The Squaws defeated Marie-
mont, 46-30, last Tuesday. The
So far the season has bee11
"all right" according to Pfirman.
shouldn't have, Ursuline and
Milford. Both teams should have
them. Teams like Loveland and
Sycamore are too birr- for us to
high school and Ottawa. The
new system is named the Horizon,
High school designs full skills test program
Squaws' defense was the deciding compete with." and is manufactured by AT&T. by Paul Monach given remedial assistance, either the student, the teacher, and the
factor in the game. Although the team hasn't been The system is currently being In response to a new state law with tutoring by a student or community that the basic content
"Defensively we played well," doing too well, Pfiiman believes installed in both schools and requiring secondary schools to teacher or with directions for sex- of knowledge to be taught is, in
said coach Dick Pfirman. "Our that the girls have "good atti- should be operable sometime in test students on basic skills, the help, and is retested. Students fact, learned. It is beneficial t o
defense won the game." tudes," and work very well to- late January, according to high high school has instituted these and parents will also be kept in- the student because it focuses in
The girls led from the beginn- gether. "The girls are slow school principal Dr. Karl Felt- tests for all core curriculum cour- formed of the student's results on on their achievement, so that
ing, with a 10-3 lead over Marie- physically and not sharp mental- man. ses : English, Math, Science, tests and retests. students passing know that they
mont in the first quarter. At half- ly," he states, "but if we work on The district decided to im- Social Studies, and Foreign Lan- Said Feltman, "The purpose are passing, and students who are
time they still led with a 10-point it, I think they'll be able to per- plement the new system this year of the test is to add assurance t o failing can be given assistance."
Ewge.
margin over the Lady Warriors.
They kept the same 10-point lead
throughout the rest of the g a y . -
form better."
The Squaws travelled to Deer
after finding several problems
with the current phone system.
The basic skills to be tested, or
the minimum knowledge acquired
in a class to pass, are determined
Affir ative acti0n hypocriticaI
Park last night. Results of the The old system has simply
"we needed this win to regain game were unavailable at press become unable to deal with the by the teachers and administra- BERGMAN, from p. 2 democracy demands equality of
confidence in ourselves," stated time, but Pfirman felt that volume of daily calls to the tors; each skill generally is tested of the matter is that affirmative opportunity for all groups and
junior Gretchen Kindel. "It the Squaws could easily beat schools, thus becoming a hinder- with three to five questions re- action is not peachy at all, but despises the dominance of any
wasn't really a fast moving them. ance. quiring that skill. The tests, offi- rather it is the height of hypoc- group over any other. As far as
but we controlled the pace, and The Squaws hit the road "The high school's present cially known as "proficiency risy. The whole premise that the concept of equality of result
we held our defense." tomorrow night, headed for Pur- system has become antiquated," tests," will be given, according to civil rights are supposedly based goes, that is something which no
According to Pfirman, the girls commented Feltman. In addi- high school principal Dr. Karl on is that race and sex should government who supports free
cell-Marian. They hope to raise
need to become faster and more tion, the old system is no longer Feltman, "on a unit or quarterly have nothing at all to do with enterprise can promise. No court
their record to 5-6. -
aggressive in order to play better. part of AT&T's stock, thus mak- basis." opportunity. To legislate con- should be given the power to de-
The team is hoping for a win
"They need aggressiveness, so ing repairs very troublesome due Students who score below a scious acknowledgement of these termine a company's policy.
I'm making them run more and at Purcell-Marian, but according
t o the inability to find parts. certain percentage on a test, traits is reprehensible. Such legis- Aspects of personality and at-
I'm stressing hard conditioning. I to the team Purcell-Marian may
Feltman said that spare parts which varies with the subject, are lation would imply that our titude can only be judged by the
think it's necessary for the team ," be difficult to beat.
must now be specifically ordered considered unsuitably proficient government is not against all dis- employer, and he must be allowed
he said. "They're very good," said
from AT&T. in the skill or skills tested, and crimination, but only that which to determine for himself who is
Ursuline defeated the Squaws Pfiman, "but I think if I keep
He went on to say that the will be contacted for what Felt- affects certain groups. Surely the the best person for a job. Ob-
60-33 on January 7, just as Syca- them running and practicing and
photo by Trip Edwards have them work on our offensive schools would benefit greatly man termed "academic interven- concept of quotas can be seen as viously, this system can be mis-
more beat the Squaws 83-25 on Sophomore Kristin Mains stretches for the opening tipoff in IH's 46-30 play we can consider them beat- from the new system. The pri- tion." Academic intervention nothing but pure racism. used, but it is far less dangerous
January 5. "They just out-hustl- win over Mariemont Tuesday. mary improvement will be in the means that the failing student is The fact of the matter is that than legislated discrimination.
. - able."
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editorial January 13,1984 CHIEFTAIN Pag0 11
sportsview said. "We have a really small
team though. I'm not sure if we'll
. - do too well against other schools
As is true with every decade, certain values and Most of the effects of this right-wing mood are with large teams."
views are changed with the passage of time. Now, al- without doubt helpful. Yet accompanying the mood is
by Anna Batsakes Este I'll be competing againsr
. fiom
'
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the Cincinnati, Dayton, and
Duke is Lyon's first college
choice. "If I get accepted I'm
most halfway through the 19803, our country has one very negative characteristic-that being apathy. "Discipline is the major force that's ranked third in the nation." Northern Kentucky area. definitely going to dive there. I
changed
- attitudes toward all aspects of life. Generally, Particularly true at Indian Hill, the student body is behind diving." said senior diver Lyon has been diving for five "We lost by two points," re- really think I want to continue
our views have become more and more conservative in apathetic in making a statement or stand on any aspect Scott Lyon. "Every single dive years, the last four with his coach, called Lyon. "But this year we're with my diving career."
requires concentration and skill. Dan Eddingfield. As well as being going to win. Last year I made a Now, does it seem to you that
both the political and social sphere-in direct contrast of our school. Regardless of the tightening of policy,\ YOU just can't go through the a member of the IH diving team, few coaching mistakes that cost being a champion diver, teacher
to the more liberal tone of the 1970's. This conserva- students still have the right and responsibility to motions, you have to feel them." Lyon has been diving at Princeton us the title, but I think this year of less talented ones, and O l y m ~ i c
tism has diffused over our entire way of life, including change any area of discontent in any aspect of our Lyon is the only male member High School for the past two
school. The right to be heard is a very important one, of the IH diving team. With a 5-0 years with Eddingfield. He also
our schools, as seen with the tightening of policy con- record, he is seeded sixteenth in dove with the University of
cerning attendance, discipline and our overall educa- a right which should not fall to apathy because of the state and hopes to place in the Cincinnati Stingray Divers last
tional process. More and more attention is being de- mood of our country. This voice must always be top twelve in this year's state year.
heard; for as long as there exists discontent there will competition. In order to qualify Lyon has taken his diving
voted to the time we spend in classes and the material for the competition, Lyon must abilities and put them to work.
we are exposed to, the purpose being to improve our exist opinions and ideas to ease it. win all dual matches and place in Last summer he got a job at
the top six in both sectional and
educational system. as I see it district competition.
Montgomery Swim Club coaching
the Montgomery Divers.
editorial To place well in those matches "It's a great job" he said.
Bergrnan attacks policy a diver must perform well in two
categories: required dives and
"For the first hour I'll coach the
little kids, then I'll give an hour of
optional dives. There are five swimming lessons, then coach the
With the findings of the committee on Excellence in required dives, usually consisting older kidst"
of the basic front and back dives. He must be doing a fine job
Education, the quality of education at IH has been There are also six optional dives coaching; the team Lyon coached
by John Bergman suggest that if two candidates for
questioned by everyone from the Board of Education Yes Virginia, it is 1984, and a given job are equal in their qual- such as the front two and a half. came in first in the private pool
to the students themselves. Presently, with the budget just in case you haven't already ifications, and if one of the Lyon will be diving in the swimming league competition by photo by Brett Benadum
heard, it's also an election year. candidates is a member of a group Southwest Ohio Diving Classic, a 60 point margin. Senior diver Scott Lyon, ranked sixteenth in state, hopes to seed in the
allocation by Governor Celeste, IH teachers are admin- held at Sycamore, next Saturday. top twelve in upcoming state competition.
One of the few valuable traits of which has traditionally been dis- "I think that's pretty good,"
istering basic &ills tests to measure a student's pro- .
election vears - - is that thev force criminated against,
- - then the posi-
Divers from all over the city will stated Lyon, "especially since the we can do it." c ~ a c his going through the mo-
gress. Are these tests, however, actually going to Pre- &Idates to take a stand on tion should be given to the-pro- be competing.
"I'm not really worried about
match consisted of only 160 Lyon is also a swimmer for the tions? Certainly not. It requires
sent anv new data on a student? important issues. verbial underdog. points." IH swim team, usually swimming discipline, concentration and an
This policy arises out of the placing," stated Lyon, "but I The same team placed second breaststroke in the medley relay. absolute love for what you are
The skills tests are created by each teacher to test Among these issues civil rights
anger that many civil rights know I won't be coming in first in the Junior Olympics, which "I'm looking forward to a fun doing-and Scott Lyon has
a'ways seems to be in the fore-
the most fundamental of skills. If a student should fail front. Candidates almost always groups feel at politicians who give
place. There is a diver from Glen consisted of private pool teams season with the swimmers," he demonstrated this.
one of the teacher's self-made skills tests, chances are it make the same promises to civil them nothing but empty promis-
would not reveal any learning deficiency that had pre- rights groups. The controversy
afises when they are pressed t o
es. "Equality of opportunity is,'
supporters say, c'simply not
JV Braves to face Deer Park, St. Bernard ever, they added another win t o
their record with a 59-50 win over
viously gone undetected. The teacher most likely had - 3
T,urpin last Tuesday.
discuss the methods which they enough anymore. We must be playing, we should win. If we play "They are taller than us. But IH jumped out to a 12-0 lead
some indication of the student's understanding and would implement in order to assured equality of result..y The by Kevin Walzer well, we could blow them out." despite that, I think we should in the first quarter before cooling
Some e x ~ e c t a t i ~ofn his performance based upon class- deliver the promises they have most devout advocates of affjma- The JV basketball Braves play He expressed similar feelings win." off in the second, as the Braves
room discussions and regular testing results. Valuable made. One of the most hotly de- tive action even go as f a . as t o Deer Park and St. Bernard at about St. Bernard, but said that The Braves definitely are on a "let them back into the game,"
bated civil rights issues is affirma- suggest that given a specific home this weekend in hopes of their zone defense and heights hot streak having won four out of
time and money could be spent on additional instruc- said Reese. "We led by two at
tive action.- number of job openings in a corn- evening their record a t 6-6. They might make them a sterner test their last five games. They put to- half. We played a pretty bad
tion rather than on an unnecessary basic test. ~asicafiy,affirmative action is pany, those positions should be currently stand at 4-6, 3-3 in the than the Wildcats. gether a two-game winning streak second quarter, but that first one!
Perhaps educators should look at teachers' and stu- an attempt to bring about equali- distributed proportionately, so EHL. "Coach (Gary) Gellert said before that was halted by the It was amazing."
tY through counterbalancing past that if a group represents twenty Sophomore forward Clint that they play a zone.'' he stated. Svcamnre A ~ r i a t n r ~Gn-QQ u-...
dents, goals before deciding on a hasty form of judging discrimination. Sounds just percent of a given community, Reese feels that IH has strong
The team defeated Mariemont
on Friday, January 6, 49-83.
accomplishments. It is necessary to be certain that peachy, doesn't it? Read on. members of that group should b; chances in both of these games, Reese said, bluntly, "We just beat
every teacher is truly concerned about educating and Supporters of affirmative action given twenty percent of the jobs. which get underway at 6:30 to- 'em. We kept increasing our lead
that race and sex Ah ha. Suddenly, things look night (as they host Deer Park) and
that students are interested in learning, not that basic simply be ignored, after having 6:30 tomorrow night (versus St.
throughout f h e game."
a little less peachy, eh? The fact After a slow first half, Reese
skills tests are passed or failed. These standards are the played such a major role in his- Bernard). said, "we began picking up steam.
root of excellence in education and we must evaluate tory. In short, these advocates see BERGMAN, p. 3 "I think we should have the Our zone defense worked pretty
momentum going into both these
whether IH faculty and students meet them. Magazine Editors Tracy Megison Photographers Brett Benadum well."
rn Assistant Magazine Editor
Barb Neu
Contributers
Trip Edwards
John Bergman,
games," he said. "We've been on a
hot streak lately; we've won four
However, little the Braves did
Janet Nicolas Dave Agin, Hugh Geier, Mary- would make a difference in their
out of our last five games. We're
STAFF Chief Typesetter
Business Manager
Circulation Manager
Savithri Raju
Bob Rhoad
Beth Heidrich, Greg Morris,
Brian Rowe, Gretchen Kindel,
Chris Hall
starting to play the way we can
play and it's shown."
game with Sycamore, a 50-38 loss
at Sycamore.
Chris Blanchard Production Staff Kelly Martin,
"We didn't play all that
Chieftain is written and com- Win Wells Reese indicated that Deer Park
posed, printed and sold as an News Editors Paui Monach Production Managers Amelia Elling, Gretchen Kin- badly," said Reese. "We had a
should not pose a difficult test for
extra-curricular activity by the David Stradling Margot Aysrs del, Stratton Moraites, David couple of starters on the bench
students of Indian Hill High Features Editors Ken Jones Dan Rosenthal Cook, Joel Ruff, Eric Little, the Braves. "I think we should ,
for missing practices, and they
School, 6945 Drake Rd., Cincin- Elizabeth Smith Typesetters Sandy Pesce, Sue Ron Monark, Kathryn Kreeg- win easily," he said. "Considering_ - . photo by Trip Edwards could have made a difference. We
nati, Ohio, 45243 561 4 9 6 3 . Assistant Features Editor Gilsdorf, Gretchen Kindel, er, Mary Beth Heidrich, Dave their last place record (in the
Buck, Davis Griffin, Ellen
Sophomore Erich Metzger (32) awaits teammate Andy Tucker's pass dur; did the best we could, but there
Sponsor Wm. P. Kincaid Chris Blanchard Karen Wiedemer EHL) and the way we've been
Editors Nancy Hopple Sports Editors Anna Batsakes Artists ugh Geier Alvord, Barbara Hug, Jlm ing the Braves' loss t o Sycamore. wasn't much we could do."
Kitsa Tassian Kevin Walzer Joel Ruff Gruskin
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MoeIIer, AAND down swim teams sports quiz January 13,1984

ieftain
Indian Hill High School
by Greg Morris depth." daily and practice over the holi-
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
The IH AquaBraves lost to In the same meet the IH days." 1. Washington is the defending
Moeller in their meet last Thurs- Aquasquaws swam against Mt. IH swimming suffered over the SUP" Bowl champion and is
day. Despite their loss, the over- Notre Dame. ~ l t h o u g hthe girls Christmas holidays because the aiming to be the first team to
all performance of the Braves was also lost, there performance was a Cincinnati Country Day School repeat in years. Which team
good. as good as the Braves. pool, in which the teams practice, was the last one to win back-
Senior Cliff Wingerter led the Freshman Teresa Riplogle was not working correctly. to-back titles?
AquaBraves as he placed f i s t in
both the 50 free and the 500 free.
I:reshman Scott Jeske also placed
in the meet, taking first place in
placed first in the 200 free and
the 100 breast. Senior captain
Kris Brockman also placed first in
the 200 I.M.
Scheduled pool times for practic-
ing, a vital ingredient for success,
were not available.
The small size of the team is
2. The story of L.A.'s rnarch to
the title in 1981 is a memor-
able one, for the team had lost
I uckev wlns wr~t~na
awardI
Methodist.
Tuckey was notified of her
by Win Wells the inspirational effect this sight achievement January 4 when the
the 100 fly. In the 500 free junior Beth another factor causing the losses. its starting quarterback. How-
Guideposts Magazine, a reli- had on her. editor of Guideposts called her
Senior diver Scott Lyon also Wingerter placed k s t . Others "It's difficult to swim against ever a talented but often in-
gious inspirational journal, has The prizes to be given away from the magazine's New York
placed first in the diving section who placed first were freshmen large schools," said swimmer/ jured backup came off the
named senior Melissa Tuckey as range from a $6000 scholarship office. She stated that he would
of the match. Lyon hopes to go Lynn Stanforth in the 100 fly and diver Lyon. "It's easy for them to bench to lead the wildcard
one of the top five winners in a for first prize to a $2000 scholar- be coming to Cincinnati in three
to state diving competition later Traci Finkelmeier in the 100 a outswim us." Raiders to the Super Bowl
creative writing con test sponsored ship for fifth place. Also to be a- weeks "to see my school and vis-
in the year. back. Still, coach Sue Magnus is title over Philadelphia. Who
by the magazine. warded are four $1000 scholar- it my
Guideposts
family." plans to publish
Wingerter, captain of the boys' Commented Brockman,"It's pleased with the team and is was this quarterback?
Guideposts is a monthly publi- ships and 20 typewriters to the
team, commented on the overall unfortunate that we weren't able "looking forward to a strong
cation which deals with experi- other top entries. the winning entries, including
performance of the AquaBraves. to practice over the Christmas sectional and district finish in 3. What was the score of the
break. 1 think it really affected us Redskins' playoff game vs. the ences of religious faith. The mag- Since Tuckey placed in the Tuckey's, sometime during the
"I think we did a very good job," February.
as a team not being able to swim Rams? azine collects personal stories top five winners, she is assured of summer. Tuckey also recently had
he said,"considering our lack of
from the public and publishes at least a $2000 scholarship. She a poem published in the Seven
Hac ky Sack lovers get kicks from 'hacking around' 4. The Redskins' 24-21 NFC
conference championship win
them.
The contest which Tuckey
said that she would be notified b y
the magazine of her final standing
Hills Review, a local literary
Tuckey plans to continue writ-
magazine.
by H.L. Edwards save an otherwise lost hit. nowledged by all. To start play it over San Francisco was a entered was aimed at finding the "in about three weeks."
No, Hacky Sack is not a town The jargon of the "hacker" is proper to toss the sack to study in frustration for one best high school writings dealing Tuckey entered the contest ing and entering contests "as
in New Jersey, it's a game for two encompasses any word that another player. Redskin, Mark Mosely. He with a personal experience. Tuck- photo by Trip Edwards with a "nothing to lose, every- long as they're available to me."
or more people who enjoy foot- rhymes or sounds good with the A hacker never starts play by missed the first four field goals ey decided to enter a short story Senior Melissa Tuckey will win at thing to gain" attitude in Novem- Her future plans include study-
work without many rules. word "hack." Back hack, gap kicking the bag to the other he attempted. However, he whose subject was an elderly bag least a $2000 scholarship from ber. She learned of it from a ing English orjournalism at Ohio
For years hikers, bikers and hack, squack hack and rap hack "hackers." "Hogging the hack" is redeemed himself b y booting lady Tuckey saw downtown and Guideposts magazine. counselor at her church. St. Paul State University.
college students of the west coast all describe different qualities of a discourteous to others, and ex- in his final one t o break a 21-
have enjoyed playing hacky sack. hacky sack kick. perienced "hackers" should al- 21 tie. Incidently, Mosely out the litigation. "We have never
Called "hackers," these people The verb "hack" can be used ways be willing to instruct: does not usually have such a felt that we were guilty of any
have helped to spread the game's to any appropriate time when novices. cold stretch. In fact, in 1982 by Paul Monach several more years before a ver- on the case, and the first to make acts that would bri& us into the
popularity eastward. There are describing the game. "Let's If you are interested in dis- he was extraordinarily hot, In mid-December, less than dict would be handed down. an affirmative decision, like t h e case."
few rules in "hacking" and a hack" is the accepted salutation covering the fun of "hacking," booting 23 consecutive field one month before the scheduled The suit, known as the Bron- summary judgment which dis- However, the district adminis-
loose, laid back attitude prevails when asking another to play. there is a new book at local book- goals. For this, h e was honor- trial, Judge Walter Rice dismissed son Case after a representative missed the suburban schools. It trators were unhappy that the
in every aspect of the game. When a "hacker" is "hacked out" stores entitled The Hacky Sack ed at the end of the season
as defendants 17 of 1 8 suburban black girl, Mona Bronson, was or- was he also who set the trial date case dragged on for so long, cost-
A Hacky Sack is a bean bag it's time for him to leave the Book by John Cassidy . The book with an award. Which award?
school districts, including Indian iginally filed in 1974 by the for January 10,1984. ing the Board many hours and lit-
approximately the size of a golf game. comes complete with a Hacky Hill, which had been implicated NAACP against the Cincinnati Naturally, the district adminis- erally millions of dollars, mostly
ball. Tlle ball's two leather panels There is a certain chivalry Sack and directions for enjoying a 5. What was the score of the by the National Association for Board of Education. It charged tration was pleased to be dis- in legal fees. Stated Boston, "It's
are uniquely stitched together on code to hacky sack that is ack- lifetime of "hacking." Rams-Cowboys playoff game?
the inside. This prevents the sack
a .. the Advancement of Colored that the district directly promot- missed from the suit. Said dis- very strange that this case can go
People (NAACP) in a ten-year-old ed segregation in its schools. trict superintendent Dr. Robert on for seven or eight years and be
from breaking apart after heavy desegregation suit. About two years later, the Boston, "We are very relieved t o dismissed so suddenly." Also, as
use. The bag performs best once NAACP included the 1 8 suburban think that we don't have to spend Board member Edgar J. Mack, Jr.,
Rice made his decision in a
it has become very soft. ANSWERS "summary judgment," which in districts in Hamilton County in the time to answer all the ques- pointed out a t the Board meeting
"Breaking in the sack" can be the suit, charging that by their ex- tions required in being named i n
very simplified terms is a verdict Tuesday, the brunt of the cost for
quickly achieved if the owner the suit." Boston also reiterated
of not guilty, based o n available istence as primarily white schools, such delay lies indirectly, as al-
treats it several times with mink
evidence, before a trial takes they indirectly contributed t o seg- the stand the Board took through- ways, with the taxpayers.
oil and compresses it under a sure8 'LT-PZ 'S
place. The Cincinnati School Dis- regation. As a simplification of
great deal of weight. Some use
weights and even a car to crush it
to its performance peak.
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\ trict and the state of Ohio, as well
as the Oak Hills School District,
one way that the NAACP may
have considered the suburban
schools indirect contributors to
Playing hacky sack may seem ' ** kqyebv are still defendants in the trial,
which began as scheduled on Jan- segregation, primarily white
simple to the spectator, but the
skill involved takes a long time to uary 10 and is expected to last for schools could serve as refuges for
develop. about three months. city whites and barriers for city
Play is started when one The issue is probably over as blacks; the whites could move
"hacker" tosses the bag to anoth- far as IH is concerned, but district from the city to these schools,
er participant. The receiving
I
Chieftain is looking for treasurerlclerk Mr. Harold B M but the blacks would feel uncom-
player must hit it to someone said, "Attorneys for the NAACP fortable in them and would stay
responsible sports writ- have claimed that t h e suburban in the schools with the highest
with the side of his foot. It takes
quick reactions, balance and co- ers. All interested stu- schools could be brought back in- percentages of blacks. The net re-
ordination to accurately hit it to I dents should contact to the case if the suit against Cin- sult would be increased segrega- photo courtesy of Legend
another "hacker." The use of the Anna Batsakes or Kevin cinnati and the state of Ohio is tion in the city schools. The district administration: (L t o I.) Board of Education members Dr.
Photo by Trip Edwards successful." The validity of this The trial was delayed for years David Bell, Dr. Jack Brucher (President), Mrs. Jean Pappas, Mrs. Liz
thighs is allowedy but a 'layer Hacker Brett Benadum demonshates correct hacking technique. Walzer.
only uses the top of the foot to claim is unknown, but, in any for a variety of reasons. Rice is Crosky, superintendent Dr. Robert Boston, and treasurer/clerk Mr.
event, the litigation would take presently the third judge to work Harold Bush. (Not shown: Board member Mr. Edgar 3. Mack, Jr.)

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