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8~ by Kevin Walzer It seems like winning has become contageous at IH. Just look at the turnaround of all the basketball programs this year: Girl's varsity and JV,boy's varsity and JV. These are not the only programs that have enjoyed a winning streak. A lesser-known team has also enjoyed a quick turnaround this season, one of perhaps greater proportions than any other. The freshman basketball Braves, with a 7-2 run since wiped Christmas, have out the stigma of an 0-6 record, and added a seventh victory to their streak raising their record to 7-8 overall with a 41-28 victory over the Madeira Mustangs in the opening round of the EHL tournament February 2. The win advances them to a semifinal meeting with the host team, Milford, played last night. (Results were not available at press time.) The Mustangs posed little threat for the Braves, as they led throughout the game. The team jumped to an 11-2 lead on the strength of seven points by freshman Ron Jones. The Mustangs managed to cut that to eight at half, 18-10, but IH pulled away in the second with strong shoot. ing and good defense. This win is only the latest in a remarkable second half turnabout thathasseenthe teamgofrom 0-6 to 7-8. The major reason for the resurgence? At least three players point to IH's 24-23 shocking of Sycamore on December 19 for their first win of the season. Commented Jones, "It was a close game that we were not supposed to win, but we did." Freshman John Yeager: "They were first place in the league." Ahrord: Freshman Paul "Coach (Steve) Thompson had us up for that game. After that, everything fell into place." This win is definitely what started the resurgence. It was a tremendous morale booster defeating the first-place team in the leaeue. Said Jones, "We weren't supposed to win that game. Sycamore had been undefeated in 32 games over the past few years, all the odds were against us. But we went in and won in a close game. "If nothing else, the win , demonstrated winning ability," , said Alvord.

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"We really worked hard before that game," he said. "It gave us some confidence. Hey, the same thing happened to varsity (a 4441 win over Milford which keyed an 8-4 run, raising their record to 8-9)." The team overall turned in a 52 mark in the league this season

good for third place behind Milford, who finished fust, and Sycamore. The team last night played the first-place Eagles at Milford for a place in the finals of the tournament, which will be held tomorrow. Both Yeager and Jones felt that IH had good chances going into the game, -

deipitethefactthattheEagles were vlayinn - - -in their home floor. "We should win," commented Jones earlier this week. "They beat us by four early in the season, and the game will be tough, but I think we can win." "We're on a roll," added Yeager this week. "The game will undoubtedly be close, but we can beat them."

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'84 intramural champs t~ be determined by Anna Batsakes The IH intramural basketball league will be holding it's season tournament tomorrow in order to determine the 1984 intramural basketball champions. With a league record of 6-1, the Coaches team, consisting of players such as coaches Steve Thompson, Russ Hatfield, and Gene Brindise, seems to be the likely team to place first in the tournament. Losing only to the Little Kings team, which is prim-arily made up of juniors, Coach Tim Schira, organizer of the basketball league and a member of the Coaches' team, insists that the loss should not have occured. "We had a really bad day," he said, "and three of our best players were missing from that game." The Coaches, the Penetrators

(a senior team) and the Little Kings all have a 6-1 record. League seeding was determined by a random drawing. The Coaches' team wound up first, while the Penetrators and Little Kings were second and third, respectively. The second seeded Penetrators feel that they have a good chance of winning the tourney if they can defeat Little Kings again, and if key players from the Coaches' team are missing. Little Kings, however, feels the same way. "We only lost to the Penetrators by three in our last game," said junior Jim Gruskin, a key player for Little Kings. "We can beat them if we try: I think we can beat the Coaches, too; if we did it once, we can do it again." Other teams playing in the tournament are team no. 7 (untitled). which consists primarily

of football players. Their league standing is 4-3. The Tapa-Kega team with a league record of 3-4 consists of a variety of players and is seeded fifth in the league. B.C. Inc. and Screech, a pep band team, are ranked sixth and seventh, respectively, with 2-5 and 1-6 league records. Placed last in the league is Culde-Sac, a team of soccer players with a 0-7 record. The tournament will begin at 12: 15 with the Penetrators versus Screech. The championship game will begin at 3 :30.

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by Greg Morris The swimming team is currently preparing for the sectional swim meet to be held a week from today, February 17-18. If all fares well, the team will advance to districts and then the state meet to be held in Columbus on March 1,2, and 3. The top four finishers in both male and female competitions (fastest times) from each section will advance to districts automatically. Others advancing to districts are chosen at random from the next twelve finishers in each event. The competition intensifies at districts in order to advance to the state meet. Although the top four female swimmers will still automatically go to state, only the top three boys will advance. In addition, those others advancing are randomly chosen from the next eleven finishers, not twelve. The criterum for divers is a bit different. Only the top six divers in both male and female compet-

titions will advance to alSmcLs, with no random selection process to arrive at the rest of those advancing. The same idea holds true in order to advance to state; only the top five boys and top seven girls will be able to dive in the state meet. The team is optimistic that it will do well in the tournament. Stated captain Cliff Wingerter, "I feel the whole team will do very well at sectionals and I hope a lot of us go to districts and state. Added senior Kris Brockman, "Most would call this a rebuilding year because of all the underclassmen on the team - but they make up 50% of our team! Experience is their only downfall. They really try hard and should make a good showing at sectiona l ~ . All it takes is some psyching up to get more people to districts and state. We've been working hard all year, and everyone deserves to get the best times of the year!"

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by Paul Monach The high school has adopted a proposal by principal Dr. Karl Feltman to gradually raise the graduation requirement to 22 credit units from a present 19 units. (For Feltman's reasoning behind the proposal, see his letter on page 6.) Also, the numerous changes in course offerings reflect these new requirements as well as increased demand for certain subjects. In comparison to Indian Hill's credit requirement, Cincinnati Country Day's is 18, St. Xavier's is 22.5, Sycamore's is 19, and Madeira's is 19.5. Also, more than 50% of schools surveyed in the state are reviewing, and in most cases planning to increase their graduation requirements. The class of 1987, or this

year's freshmen, will be required to take one-half unit of credit of computer courses. They will also have to fulfill one-half extra unit in elective course, three-fourths if Driver Education is taught outside the school and its onequarter credit reqiurement is dropped. Students in the class of 1988 will undergo more profound requirement changes. In additon to the mandatory semester of computers, eighth-graders will have to take an extra unit in math (three credits), and in science (three credits). The present requisite of one credit unit in fine arts or practical arts has been expanded to one in each category. "Fine arts" includes music, art, speech, drama, dance, technical drawing, and photography, and "practical arts"

by Janet Nicolas Sixteen members of Indian Hill's Model United Nations Club will travel to Washington, D.C. to attend the twenty-first North American Invitational Model United Nations sponsored by Georgetown University February 16-19. The students and advisors, Mr. Robert Girton and Mr. John Nellis, will leave by bus Wednesday night of next week and return on Sunday night. The group will travel with St. Xavier and Cincinnati Country Day Model U.N. clubs and spend four days at the Washington Sheraton Hotel. The fact that the members will travel by bus is a major change, for transportation has always been by plane in the past. Because of this change, the price for the trip has been reduced from about

$300 to $140; therefore, more people can attend. Indian Hill will be representing the Ukrainian SSR in the General Assembly while seniors Trip Edwards and Dave Agin will

is fulfilled by computer (in addition to the one-half credit already required), business, applied science and technology, and home economics. Students in the class of 1989 must fulfill all of the above plus one unit of either foreign language, developmental reading, speech, or creative writing; Course offering additions and changes are extensive due primarily to the creation of a Computer Department, the expansion and renaming of the Industrial Arts Department as the Applied Science and Technology Department, and the expansion of the Home Economics Department. These departments are expected to thrive in the future because of the new practical arts requirement.

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represent the United States and the U.S.S.R., respectively, in Internation Simulation, which is an exercise in solving mock world crises. Representing Zaire in the Security Council are seniors Win

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The above MUN members will travel to Washington come February 16.

The new Computer Department will add Computer Applications, a quarter course, and Introduction to Pascal, a semester course, to its curriculum. The Home Economics Department is adding six new classes, including Contemporary Living I and I1 (general home ec.), two year courses, and Exploring Childhood; Interior Design and Decorator Crafts; Trends in Diet, Food, and Exercise; and International and Gourmet Cuisine, all of which will be semester subjects. In accord with its new title, the Applied Science and Technology Department will emphasize the use of computers and other high-technology devices, adding seven courses to its repertoire. (For a detailed discussion of the new courses in this department, see page 3.)

see COURSES, p. 5 Wells, Eveleen Olenik, and Shannon Meldon. The sixteen delegates attending the Model United Nations have spent much time and effort in researching their respective countries in order to accurately portray them. In addition to the simulation of the actual United Nations, several other activities have been planned, among them are a luncheon with Congressman Bill Gradison, a dance Saturday night, and sightseeing in Washington. Commented junior Barbara Hug, "I'm looking forward to the trip." The trip itself is the highlight of the year for Model U.N. members. Other important events include a simulation held at Dayton University and a model Security Council sponsored by an area school. Last year the latter simulation was held at Indian Hill.

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editorial The world today is filled with conflict and hostility among mankind. Wars rage in all comers of the world, pitting man against himself. Yet this sense of discord trickles down into our everyday life, as seen with the incident at the IH-Milford basketball game last week. (See story, page 4.) Students from each school were involved, creating an air of uncertainty between IH and Milford. This tension is bad for all, and we cannot allow it to continue and fester between us. We must mend the rift, not further it-in short, we cannot think of revenge towards Milford. The drive for it is foolish and cowardly in itself, for we are simply degrading ourselves if we stoop to the level of vengeance. The Chieftain urges all embittered students to turn the other cheek, if not for the moral strength of themselves, for the strength of IH as a whole. We cannot continue this foolish dispute, because IH is simply too proud to be revengeful. Revenge is akin to burying our pride; restraint is displaying it openly. COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION

STAFF Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extra-curricular actlvity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6945 Drake Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45243 5614963. Sponsor Wm. P. Kincaid

Editors

Nancy Hopple Kitsa Tassian Win Wells News Editors Paul Menach David Stradling Features Editors Ken Jones Elizabeth Smith Assistant Features Chris Blanchard Sports Editors Anna Batsakes Kevin Walzer

which students learn not only the practical skill of speaking another language but also artistic aspects about a country through its literature, culture, and art. The exclusion of foreign languages and Creative Writing from the list of courses which fulfill the requirement may be partially justified by the Foreign Language, Speech, Creative Writing, Developmental Reading requirement which will take effect for the class of 1989. This, however, does not justify the current form of the requirement. Students should not be prevented from or hindered in taking a course such as Creative Writing because the "Practical or Fine Arts" requirement takes precedence. When students are prevented from developing or expressinn their talents in this area or when academically well-rounded students must scrape together several courses, which may be a repetition of junior high art, industrial arts, or home economic skills, in order to meet the requirement at the expense of other courses, the value of the "Practical and Fine Arts" courses is slighted; some students are prevented from pursuing their true interests and thus become apathetic. Perhaps the administration should consider whether it is accomplishing, or defeating, i t s educational goals through this requirement.

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Today's refuse to take stands on issues

by John Bergman Have you watched, listened to, read, or in any other way been informed of the news lately? If you have, you've undoubtedly become increasingly aware of the effect of politics on national affairs. It seems that just about everything that happens between now and November, with the possible, exception of the weather, will be tied in some way to someone's political platform. If your taste in entertainment is at all like mine, you probably find all this rather boring; but did you ever stop to ask yourself why? I mean, on the one hand, it

would seem that election year would be the year in which politicians worked the hardest to get the most done. Why then is it that we keep hearing phrases like "lame duck?" The answer to that question is in itself an inexplicable paradox. It seems that as soon as the first glimpse of an election catches a politician's eye, he decides that the only way he can hope to maintain his position is to please absolutely everyone. I say this is a paradox for several reasons. First of all, it isn't true. Secondly,

Magazine Editors

Photographers Brett Benadum, Trip Edwards, Stratton Msraites Contributers John Bergman, Hugh Geier, Mary Beth Heidrich, Brian Rowe, Jim Gruskin, Greg Morris, Chris Hall, Shari Zesch, Ken Slazy k Production Staff Kelly Martin, Stratton David Cook, Moraites, Joel Ruff, Mary~eth Heidrich, Amelia Ellfng

Tracy Megison Barb Neu Assistant Magazine Editor Janet Nicolas Chief Typesetter Savithri Raju Business Manager Bob Rhoad Circulation Manager Chris Blanchard Production Managers Margot Ayers Dan Rosenthal Typesetters Sandy Pesce, Sue Gilsdorf, Karen Wiederner Artists Joel Ruff

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by Kevin Walzer and Brian Rowe The varsity basketball Braves, after suffering a costly loss to Sycamore that dashed any of their remaining EHL hopes, face the first of their last two opponents in the Mariemont Warriors tonight. Tipoff is at 8:00 in the IH gym. The Warriors are not an easy team to play out the string against, though. Despite the fact that they are no longer in first place in the league, coach Dale McKibben warns that they are still extremely dangerous. "They're still a tough team, even though they've been slumping lately. We're going to have to play as well as we can play to win this one." That is, the Braves will have to regain their shooting touch. They have to settle down. In other words, they have to avoid the problems which plagued them against Sycamore, who had no problem in routing the Braves 6343 last Wednesday at Sycamore. This loss dropped their league record to 5-7, mathematically eliminating the Braves from the league race. This game, according to McKibben, is a prime example of what the Braves must not do if

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With course selection for the next academic year now in progress, most students are probably familiar with the existence of the "Practical or Fine Arts" requirement. Some students are more familiar with it than others, particularly seniors who might have had to change their schedules to accomodate the requirement in order to graduate this June. Undeniably, the courses currently designated as meeting the "Practical or Fine Arts" requirement are not without value. The problem lies in the fact that classes such as Creative Writing, World Literature, and French, Spanish, and Latin are considered neither practical nor fine arts. The practicality of writing skills which students develop in Creative Writing as well as the artistic nature of these skills merit placement of the course within the "'Practical or Fine Arts" requirement. The same holds true for World Literature in which students develop writing skills and gain insight into philosophies of foreign cultures, and for foreign language courses in

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Senior Bill Lange puts up a shot during the Braves' 63-43 loss to Sycamore Wednesday. they hope to defeat Mariemont. learned from this loss, which dropped IH's record to 8-10, is "We were disorganized; Sycamore that the Braves must shoot better. got on us early and we couldn't get out of it. We began pressing Evidence of this was the cold mentally, trying to do too much shooting of IH's leading scorers, juniors Kick Abrams and senior at once." Dan Kremcheck. Kremcheck The Aviators jumped all over the Braves from the onset, runscored only four points, well ning to a 16-5 lead after the first below his season average of 10.0. quarter. The margin had widened But the really amazing statistic to 15 at half, 33-18. here is Abrams' two points. M ~ a m sank s only one basket, far Certainly another lesson to be

below his season average of 18.3. "I really can't explain why they were so cold," admitted McKibben. "There was no indication before the game that there was any physical problem with either one of them. All I can @I& of is that they must have been cold that night." Such a cold spell will have to be avoided tonight. The Braves will also have to contend with Mariemont's height advantage, led by 6'9" Warrior center Lebon Sales. "But we've played tall teams before," said McKibben. "What we have to do is put four quarters of good basketball together. We have to be consistent, avoid those cold spells. That's what we have to do. If we can do that, we will win." The loss to Sycamore was another in a recent slump that has seen the team, after winning five in a row, lose three of four contests. The one bright spot in that slump was the team's 63-53 win over Madeira last Friday. In winning the game, the Braves completed a sweep of their nextdoor rivals, dating back to the Braves' 50-49 win over the Mustangs on December 16. The IH guard attack combined for 38 points in downing the Mustangs, including 18 from Abrams and eight from junior Mike Wentz.

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by Kenny Slazyk As the Braves wrestling season comes to a close and the number of varsity wrestlers dwindle. coaches Ron Webber and Tim Distler still are optimistic about their EHL meet which will be played next Saturday at Loveland. "Because of our small numbers, we won't fare well at the ' tournament as a team,"said senior wrestler Andy Graham, "but we're looking forward to a few individual wins." ar' & Since the bean. season the makeup of the varsity wrestling team has been dwindling. Three members, seniors Neil : Bollinger, Dave Stradling, and Brom Espy have left the team leaving only a few members to carry on their winning ways. The lineup for the league Wurnament next Saturday will be Graham (1 121, sophomore Matt Feltman (1 19), junior Ken Slazyk (1 26), Bert Sheard (1321, senior

Mike Feltman (138), sophomore steve ~ a k e r(167), junior Dave Kindle(l75) and senior Curt Reising (185). In their latest match against Deer Park, Wyoming and Reading at Deer Park, on Thursday February 8, five out of eight varsity wrestlers had to sit out of the match. Sheard, Slazyk, Mike Feltman, Steve Baker, and Kindle had gained to many state points had to save their last three points for the league meet on Saturday. However Matt Feltman, Graham, and Reising did have matches and the open varsity weight classes were filled up by JV wrestlers. Indian Hill's seven wrestlers were defeated by all three teams; but Graham and JV wrestler Brad McKean had nne win. In a previous match with Country Day, the IH wrestlers equal in number with the opposing team did quite well, but when wrestling powerful Madeira team, lost.

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JV Braves to face fifth-pIa~eWarriors tonight by Kevin Walzer The JV basketball Braves face Mariemont tonight in the last home game of the season before travelling to Deer Park next Friday to end their season. Standing " 10-8 overall and 8-4 in the EHL, head coach Gary Gellert feels that the game should be an interesting one. "I don't think it'll be easy at all," he said. "They're in fifth place in the league, but we can't rest on our laurels." Those laurels are rather impressive ones, though. The Braves played what Gellert termed "excellent basketball" to oust the league-leading Sycamore Aviators, 59-54, last Wednesday at Sycamore. "That was a great win," commented Gellert. "Sycamore had an eight-game winning streak, and it's just great to be able to go in and defeat them on their home fl00r.~' The Braves were led in scoring by sophomore Grey Freudenburg, who poured in 18. Sophomore Erich Metzger added 16. Previous to this game, the Braves had easily handled the Madeira Mustangs, 50-29, last Friday at home. "We played very well," said Gellert. "It was a good team effort . . . our fast break helped us too." Evidence of this teamwork was the balanced scoring. Sophomore Mike Cohen scored 12 points to lead the Braves, but sophomores Andy Tucker, Jared Davis, and Freudenburg each chipped in eight. The game itself was nip-andtuck through the first half, with Maderia leading by two at the half, 17-15. But the Braves staged a second half charge, outscoring the Mustangs, 35-12, to pull away to the easy win. "Good overall game," praised Gellert. However, Gellert was far from pleased with the team's game against Milford on February 1, a 53-45 loss at the hands of the Eagles "Just our poorest game," he said, angrily. "They put a lot of pressure on us, and we just could not handle it." Milford never trailed in the game, sporting a 28-22 lead after the first half. The Braves found the hole growing deeper in the

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he put in 17. Despite this loss, however, the Braves moved into second in the League in spectacular fashion. It

took 21 points from Metzger, it took two overtimes, but after the dust had settled, IH had downed a very stubborn bunch of Trojans from Glen Este, 43-40, on January 27. "We really hung in there," commented Gellert. "We were never in danger of losing the game they never had the ball in a lastsecond situation. But still, it's a good win." The teams were tied at the end of regulation, 35-35, and so entered the five minute overtime. Each side put in only one basket in the OT period. So they had to enter a second OT period, where IH outscored the Trojans 6-3 t o notch the win. Metzger lead in scoring with 21 points as Tucker added nine. Gellert was not dissatisfied with the team's 42-35 loss to Greenhills last January 25. In fact, he felt that the team played as well as they could. "They're one of the best JV teams in the city, undefeated at the time," he said. "We hung in there, but were just outclassed." Cohen led in scoring with 1 2 points. Sophomore Clint Reese added seven.

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Squaws down Wildcats by Jim Gruskin The Squaws, coming off a dismal two-win season a year ago, earned their eighth win of the 1983-84 season in a convincing manner Tuesday night with a 64-35 drubbing of Mariemont. Senior Lisa Holzman paced the Squaws' scoring with twelve points, including 10 of 11 free throws during Indian Hill's explosive 27-point second quarter. Junior Amy Wiatt and sophomore Cadi Cucinotta also played an integral part in the Squaws' most lopsided victory of the season in combining for 22 points. The Squaws, however, weren't ps fortunate during their preceeding two games. They endured bonecrushing 50-24 and 67-37 defeats at the hands of Madeira and Sycamore respectively, before bouncing back against Mariemont. Against a much bigger Madeira team on January 31, the Squaws' 26-point defeat proved a bit more disappointing than the 48-41 set-

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Dupps initiates alteration of /.A. b; winston R. Wells Due to the innovative push of Mr. Dennis Dupps, the Industrial Arts department is being phased out this year and replaced with an entirely new department entitled Applied Science and Technology. Most I.A. classes will be terminated this year and replaced with newer, more timely courses dealing with the application of various disciplines to technology. The changes came about after Dupps realized that the field of I.A. was simply not preparing students for careers after secondary education. He also cited the declining enrollment in not only the district but in I.A. courses as a whole as contributing factors. "The condition of the field of I.A. caused myself to become alarmed," commented Dupps. The process for changing the cuniculum was, according to Dupps, a long and detailed process which began - at the end of the last school year. Dupps' first step was to convince the administration that a change was needed. This was accomplished by his sharing of professional journals citing the need for change. Dupps then set out to gather information and gain public opinion towards new curriculum. This was accomplished by luncheons with business and industry leaders, meetings with Board members and PTA leaders, and by results from an elective questionnaire given to all students. The third step involved deciding exactly what changes were to be made. The administration hired Dupps and Mr. Charles Emery to select the new curriculum which was in turn presented to Indian Hill curriculum director Dr. Bryan Moore for approval. Dupps is now in the process of promoting and educating the staff and students about the new Applied Science curriculum. In the future he plans not only to develop IH's facilities further for the new courses but also to continually review and revise the Applied Science curriculum each year. The overall purpose of treating an Applied Science department is to create a scenario where students can take classroom knowledge and apply it to solve problems and where communication skills between students can be strengthened and accentuated. Dupps strongly feels that stu-

dents must be able to take their knowledge and apply it if they are to succeed in the Technological Revolution of today. "We are no longer a 'shop'," said Dupps. "We now are a problem solving laboratory." He foresees the application of physics and math knowledge in the areas of problem solving and practically testing theories. Yet not only will the disciplines of math and science be stressed in the laboratory, but also the English and social science disciplines of communication, both written and verbal, and human relations will all be a major part of the new curriculum. Commented Dupps, "Written and verbal communication will be employed in every aspect, in every course." According to Dupps, the need for the change is clearly dictated by today's Technological Revolution. "There is no Industrial Revolution now - you'll never get a job just assembling something. You have to have the ability and creativity to solve problems." When querying industry leaders on the subject of change, Dupps found that industries are looking for people who are able to cope with the change of today's technology and still be productive. They strongly recommended and supported Dupps' push for innovation. Apart from curriculum innovation Dupps is also updating laboratory equipment for the upcoming new classes. According to him, the use of computers will be extensive in both the lab and the classroom, for it should eventually replace much of the older equipment such as drawing tables. The new program also received a boost when AR Industries, a local welding firm, donated a

high tech welding unit to IH. Dupps plans to incorporate it in such fields as testing the theoretical strengths of materials and in the process of fabrication. He also wishes to dispel any idea that the emphasis on wood working and other traditional I.A. machinery will be lessened. According to him, the student will still have to learn the safety and operations of the machine in order to employ it in the technological problem solving aspect of a course. "We're just making things relevant," said Dupps. Specifically, all traditional I.A. classes except photography and architecture courses will be dropped and replaced by courses employing and stressing technology being known as Graphic Engineering courses. In addition, most classes will be a semester in length as to give more flexibility in scheduling. Beneficial in decid-

Page 3 ing the curriculum was, according to Dupps, the aforementioned student questionnaire. "We learned that photography and architecture were strong choices so we kept them in our new curriculum," Dupps said. Also included in the new courses is a class entitled "Management and Leadership" which, states Dupps, will develop the leadership abilities in students through written and verbal communication and through a study of human relations. Dupps, a 15-year educator, is the first teacher in the area t o completely renovate the LA. department. Praised by many for his drive for change, Dupps has been re-elected for an unprecedented second term as the Southwestern Ohio Industrial Arts Association President and has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year Award for his quest to update the fields of I.A. with the addition of technology.

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Mr. Dennis Dupps, responsible for the formation of the Applied Science and Technology department, stresses the importance of the Technological Revolution in secondary education.

Tuckey garners second in nat~onalcontest by Winston R. Wells Senior Melissa Tuckey, after being named a finalist, has won second place and a $5000 scholarship in a creative writing contest sponsored by Guideposts magazine. The notification came to her by mail on February 1. Tuckey was chosen from over 4,700 other participants in the contest. Guideposts, an inspirational magazine, sponsored the contest in order to find examples of inspirational events which affected teenagers.

Her entry dealt with an elderly bag lady downtown, and the effect that this sight had on her. She submitted her entry in November 1983, and was informed by the magazine that she was one of the top six finalists in January. Following this tentative notification, Tuckey was visited by the editor of Guideposts, Mr. Van Varner, two weeks ago. During his two day visit, Varner met Tuckey and her family and accompanied her t o an interview by The Post. After Varner's visit, the final

decision on Tuckey's standing was made. The scholarship will go directly t o the college of her choice, which she states will probably be Ohio State University. The first place winner will receive a $6000 scholarship. Although Tuckey does not plan to enter any more writing contests, she is extremely pleased with the Guideposts competition. Commented Tuckey, "I'm very excited about the scholarship and next year."

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arassed after Mi by Winston R Wells Several Indian Hill students and administrators were both verbally and physically abused at the February IH - Milford boys' varsity basketball game held at Milford High School in an attempt by a group of Milford students to avenge an earlier incident at Indian Hill. Involved in the incident were seniors Sanjay Datta, Andy Plate, Brian Freeman and Bruce Tecklenburg. Although none of the boys were seriously injured, Tecklenburg did suffer a burised eye from the fighting. The conflict allegedly started during the game, when the IH

boys' were surrounded by, according to Freeman, "a group of 1 2 or so Milford guys." He stated that they taunted and threatened the four during the game but did not physically hurt them. "They seemed to be possessed with hate throughout the entire game," commented Freeman. After the game the boys were followed by the Milford group out to the parking lot, where several separate incidents occured. Freeman, Plate, Datta, and Tecklenburg were refused entry into Tecklenburg's auto, creating a standoff. According to Freeman, Tecklenburg was finally able to get in

but was unable to close his door. A Milford student then allegedly proceeded to strike him, landing several punches in Tecklenburg's back and face. Senior Mike Feltman was also involved in an incident in another part of the parking lot at the same time. As he was approaching his car, a Milford student pushed him to the ground, resulting in a fight which was broken up by Mike's father, IH principal Dr. Karl Feltman. The following day, the IH students approached Dr. Feltman and told him of their scuffle. Feltman then contacted the Milford principal and the Indian Hill

CTA and Board work toward agreement by David Stradling The Classroom Teachers Association (CTA) has begun salary negotiations with the School Board. The talks, between CTA representatives Mr. David Terrell and Mrs. Karen Edgecomb and board representatives Mr. Edgar Mack and Mrs. Jean Pappas, began December 1. The teachers hope to garner a written agreement with the Board for the first time in Indian Hill School District history. This agreement, known as a master contract, would define terms of salary, grievence procedure, fringe benefits, and working conditions. Terrell stated that security is the major concern in the quest for the

master contract. Terrell and other teachers have seen policy changes occur without staff input. "Many of these changes affect the faculty directly, warranting staff input," said Terrell. In past years, individual oneyear salary contracts have been agreed on by the Board and the faculty, but these contracts did not cover the important factors of working conditions and grievence procedure. The Board has already settled with non-certified staff members (secretaries, bus drivers, janitors). Their threeyear agreement will increase their salaries 25% by

Baute to smooth communication between students and Rangers by MaryBeth Heidrich Indian Hill Ranger Terre Baute is serving in his second year as a liaison officer between the Rangers and IH students. While continuing his duties as a police officer, Baute is working on several programs that will be used at Wyandot, Drake, Ottawa, and the High School. Some of the programs designed for younger students include bicycle safety, Halloween safety, and safety with strangers. Currently Baute is organizing an essay contest for students in grades 6-12. The essay, to be written on the subject of citizenship, will be judged on sincerity and originaltiy. According to Baute, there will be two winners from each grade.

Baute is also working with DECA for the introduction of a program dealing with the crime of shoplifting. In the future he hopes to direct more programs to the older students. According to Baute, the purpose of these programs is to lessen the communication gap between the police and the students of the district. Baute said that when police officers had specific beats, communication between the two groups was not a problem. However, he states that now there is little contact between policemen and people. He hopes that his presence in the schools will help develop a friendly atmosphere between the students and police with communication andunderstanding.

February 10,1984 Rangers who in turn contacted the Milford Police. By the end of the school day, the Milford students were idenand dealt with by the Milford administration. Three of the students were suspended from school and all 12 were suspended from all atheletic events. One of the involved persons was a 25 ' year old man who faces criminal charges of trespassing if seen on Milford school grounds. No immediate police action was taken on the group. Ironically, the leader of the group was the President of the Milford Spirit Club. Freeman feels the group wanted revenge for a previous incident at IH, when several Milford students were harassed by IH students following a varsity basketball game.

1987. The same salary increase has been offered to the teachers, but Terrell noted that the salary is not the issue in the talks with the Board. Terrell also noted that the CTA is seeking a three-year contract similar to that between the Board and non-certified staff. Talks have been slowed by questions of legality brought about by the new collective bargaining bill. Mr. Jim Kirkland, an

Ohio Education Association lawyer, is assisting the CTA with the legal questions, while continuing to work on Glen Hopkins' case. Commented Mrs. Nancy Wettstein, "I'm disappointed that we haven't progressed as much as we should have." Although no agreements have been made, Wettstein assured, "Not one word has been mentioned or suggested about a strike."

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bate. More often than not, a candidate tries to accomodate so many different points of view that his platform ends up sounding more like a bowl of hunter's stew than a strategic plan. Several weeks ago, for example, when the Democrats debated at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, about the only thing they seemed to d e fend with any degree of passion was anti-Reaganism. Every time one candidate would try to take a stand on a controversial issue, another would say that in any case the main thing to remember was that Reagan had to go. Thus the speakers ended up sounding largely undistinguishable. The reason why the 1984 campaign has been fairly dull is not, as some have claimed, b e cause there are no exciting issues. The world we live in is more complex than it has ever been, and there are more controversies than there have ever been at any other time. All that is needed is a candidate who is willing to take a stand and act on it with courage.

it isn't possible, and third of all, it isn't desirable. Obviously, in a democracy, a candidate must win the approval of the majority of the voters, but the degree to which he disagrees with the minority does not matter. In fact, democracy serves its purpose most strongly when the difference between the opinions of the majority and the minority are great. The great leaders of history have with few exceptions been the most controversial. Anyone whose opinions and actions are forceful enough to rally passionate support can only expect to rally in his opposition an equally passionate disagreement. To be sure, all of this is not to suggest that good government is best achieved through unreasoning extremism. It is perfectly reasonable for a leader to try to convince as large a portion of his group of the wisdom of his position. Indeed, that is a large part of his job. The point is only that he should have an opinion that is substantial enough to merit de-

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Braves to open tourney play Fe by Kevin Walzer The varsity basketball Braves will play the winner of the Mariemont-Bethel-Tate game in the second round of the AA s e e tional tournament on Saturday, February 25 at Sycamore High School at 7: 30. Varsity basketball coach Dale Mckibben feels that IH, in all probability, will face the thirdseeded Warriors. And he feels that tonight's home game with Mariemont will have a great bearing on the o'utcome of the s e e tional game, if Mariemont does indeed face the Braves. "If they (Mariemont) beat us tonight, you just have to rate their chances against us (in the tournament) that much harder," he said. "They will have already defeated us twice this season, and it's extremely difficult to defeat a team three straight times in a season." 8 But each game is a new battle. And McKibben feels, despite what he said before, that the Braves will have to play some top-flight basketball in order to advance to the next round. "No matter who we play, we're going to have to find some consistency if we want to win," he said. "We've been in a slump lately, and we'll have to break out of it."

He noted that several tadbrs will have a bearing on whether the Braves can achieve this consistency. "The first thing is, we need to get a little sharper mentally. We tend to go in spurts. We play good basketball most of the time, but go through droughts where we go cold. But those droughts have to be avoided, because those are what lose basketball games. As the tournament rolls around those are what we have work especially to avoid." He also observed that he would like to see individual players reach back for a little something extra. He hopes that these players can improve their play, no matter how good it has been all year, for the tournament. He feels the team needs it. "Our best players are going to have to play their best if we are going to go anywhere. We're going to need scoring from the shooters, but most importantly just everyone else working their hardest and playing their best. This is the key to that consistency." Looking at the tournament as a whole, though, McKibben feels IH has good chances to win a few games-if the team gets past the first round. "I think we have two tough

games in the sectionals-the first round and the finals. But we have a good draw in between and if we can win the fust round, I think we have a good shot at the finals. Then, if we win-districts." But even if they don't win, even if they don't get past the first round, McKibben said, he car? call the season a success. "If you look at our won-lost record, you will notice that we have more than equalled our wm

thing. There are several excellent schools participating . I think Reading will win the bracket. They have won the last few years, and I don't see why they should not win this year." Even if the Squaws don't win, though, Pfirman still feels that the the season has been a success in every sense of the word. "This season has iust been super," he said. "It's exceeded even my best expectations. The girls have done a tremendous job, achieved a great amount of respect in the league, and have played just excellent ball." He noted several factors that have enabled the girls (JV, also) to grab a share of the big victory pie that the winter season has baked this year for the IH basketball program. One factor is just the presence of the winning atmosphere, he said. "Winning is contaeious." he observed. "It's happened all

"But even more than the improvement of our record is the improvement of the team that pleases me," McKiiben said. "Individuals improving, growing as both players and people, that's what pleases me." Still, McKiibben knows the season is not over. "We have a few more games left, and I would them all. We've still like got work to win to do-"

Sycamore ousts JV Squaws by Chris Hall and Shari Zesch The JV Squaws came up against the Sycamore Aves with the hope of raising their overall league record and improving their previous performance against Sycamore, only to be defeated 48-29 in a game on Thursday, February 2. The Squaws were able to play reasonably with Sycamore in the fust half leaving the score 20-16 at halftime. Possibilities of catching up during the second half were encouraging but unattainable. Sophomore Peggy Cutler commented, "We played really well first half, but Sycamore just had more talent and they overtook us in the second part of the game." Sycamore outscored the Squaws by 13 points in the

Girls fo meet Ross-NCH winner by Kevin Walzer The varsity basketball Squaws open tournament play as they face the winner of the Ross-North College Hill game on February 21 at Glen Este High School at 8:30. Coach Dick Pfirman indicated that he has no preference as to whom the Squaws play, feeling that they have good chances in the tournament either way. "It really makes no difference," he said. "I've seen them both play once, and they are both very similar teams in terms of record, ability and style. We should be able to handle either one of them." Pfirman also feels that the team has enough momentum to do well. A good draw doesn't hurt either, he said. ,s"We"ve got a super draw," he said. "We've got an excellent chance to win a few games." "But," he added, "I don't know of we can win the whole

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second half leaving the final score at 48-29. The JV Squaws were matched up against the Madeira Amazons and lost on January 31. Despite the Squaws' hustle, the team as a whole did not play to their full notential. One team member commented, "We just couldn't put things together." After halftime the score was 14-14, but the Squaws were unable to pull ahead and lost the game 39-30. The Squaws, with a dropping of their record to 8-8, look forward to their last game of the season with Deer Park. After defeating Deer Park earlier in the season 33-8, they feel assured of a victory to end the season 9-8. around this year. The boys started winning, and the girls did too one win is all it takes to start it, give the confidence that the team needs Fortothe winSquaws, consistently." this win was against Purcell-Marian on January 19. The girls won on a last second shot by senior Lisa Holzman off a court-length pass from junior Amy Wiatt. "This win was the turning point," said Pfirman. "After that the team had the confidence that they could win . before, they didn't think they had it. But after that, we won five in a row. That was the game that did it." According to Pfnman, the future looks very bright for the Squaws. "We're a very young team," he said. "We've got four starters returning, a lot of good talent coming up, and we're not losing many players, just three, only one ~f whom's "We'll miss a stwter her quite (Holzman) a bit ...

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by Anna Batsakes Imagine a basically introverted man with a onetrack mind who was once a farmer in a small Quaker community. Imagine this same man with a perpetual smile across his face, running around an art mom and ignoring all questions directed toward him only to exclaim, "Sony, I'm right brained." Imagine Mr. Larry Bernard, the fun-loving, easy going, art teacher at IH. The orgins of Bernard are quite unusual in comparison to "normal folks." Born in the Quaker village of New Vienna, Ohio, he found himself related to "almost the entire village." "Our community consisted mostly of two families," said Bernard, "the Terrills and the Beanards. It was an arrangement kind of like the Hatfields and the McCoys." As a child in the Quaker community, he was taught to cherish the outdoors, especially the farmlands, and as he grew into a young farmboy he became an active member of the Future Farmers of America (FFA). Bernard spent his hours making "loads of money raising cattle and taking note of the beautiful elements in nature. "I've always enjoyed the country," said Bernard, "and I'll me, always love cattle, but be!eve I wouldn't live on a farm again for a million dollars." Bernard discovered his art abilities at an early age but was unable to build upon his talents due to the lack of art courses offered

at his high school. When he d e cided to give up farming and attend Ohio State University, his first impulse was to major in architecture, only to find that his mathematical background was not strong enough to support his chosen career. Bernard decided to major in interior design. After graduation Bernard found himself in the middle of a recession and now insists that he "could not find a job that paid above slavelabor wages." After looking for a job for several months, Bernard decided to b e come a teacher, and found his first job at a high school near Wil-

older than most of the kids; many of them were just graduating after flunkii their senior year a few times." After leaving Wilmington, Bernard went back to Ohio State University to pick up enough credit hours to become a certified art teacher. From there he went to teach at a school in Dayton but quit after a year, insisting that Dayton was a "dump". "Somebody should drop a bomb on that town," he said. "There's nothing in Dayton except bowling alleys anyway." Bernard continued his teaching career at a school in Colum-

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Ignoring students' questions, Bemard pauses for the photographer. bus. There he met his future rnington, Ohio. Ironically, Bernard did not wife (an English teacher) in the teach art couzses, but taught Eng- principal's office. After getting married they both quit and went lish, American History, reading and Industrial Arts. He insisted to Indiana University to get that his most memorable experMasters Degrees. ience from that time period was Bernard and his wife then chaperoning the graduating clasr came to Cincinnati, and Bernard in New York City. found his present job at IHI "Ilm "I had a great time," he recallstarting my sixteenth year here," ed. "I was only a couple years he said. "Boy am I getting old." Bernard finds teaching art an exciting yet discouraging profession. "I find art a very difficult subject to teach," he said. "First uiemselves. period I'll have drawing and Riverfront Coliseum paintiqg classes, second period I'll Neil Diamond - Feb. 16,17,8:00 have potter's wheel as an p.m. - Neil Buddy is sold-out. artist I get very absorbed in my Hara Arena work and the switching of subKiss - Feb. 21,8:00 p.m. - You'll jects from one period to another catch mono if you go. gets somewhat confusing as well Bhck Sabbath - Feb. 25, 8:00 as annoying." p.m. Dayton is full of headBernara also feels that the bangers! grading of art pieces is another Rupp Arena discouraging and sometimes embarrassing aspect of being an art Billy Joel - Feb. 10, 8:00 p.m. teacher. "Sometimes kids value What can be said? others' judgments too much," he Billy Idol - Feb. 14, 8:00 p.m. said. "A kid may put all he's got Idle hands are devil's workshop. into a piece of art work and ten Cincinnati Gardens get it back with only a 'C' grade. Billy Idol - Feb. 11, 8;00 p.m. It's a very uptight situation when All this Idol worship?

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you're grading creativity." Many of Bernard's hobbies reflect his beliefs. He loves taking objects and making them look better, whether it be a flower arrangement or an entire room. "I've fvred up my entire house," he said. "I don't have anything left t o do. I guess it's time to move.* As many of hi students know, Bernard finds it very difficult to answer all the individual questions that fly around the art room. Most of the time the students fmlly get an answer out of the busy teacher, but sometimes they are completely ignored. "It's difficult to teach when so many students are asking millions of questions about individual projects," Bernard said. "I've gqt a one-track mind and I'm rightbrained. I get absorbed into one thing and lose track of time, people and happenings. "One of the most discouraging factors about teaching art," said Bernard, "is that many students feel art is a blow off course." Bernard does feel that if an artroom is too free it leaves room for horse-play which leads to no creativity at all. "There's no happy medium," he states. Bernard is now faculty advisor for AFS. Having so many foreign students sign up for art courses, Bernard was the most obvious man for the job. "I really enjoy getting to know the kids," he said. "Many of the exchange students are lost in this school. The art room is a place for them t o feel at ease, at home." The art room is definitely a place to feel confortable. Reminiscent of the sixties, many art students feel that the laid-back atmosphere is "kind of like a commune." Bernard's outlook on life is also laid-back. His main goal is to take life and the environment and make it better. "I get really frustrated with people in society who do ugly things," said Bernard. "I think one question that we all should take into consideration is how can we make our environment bef3er." Whether or not Bernard decides to move on t o a new home, his imaginative mark will be left on IH. "Imagination and creativity is the key t o leading an m h t e n e d life."

Columbia honors

by Kitsa Tassian For the third year in a row, Chieftain achieved a frrst place rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association of Columbia University for journalistic excellence in a senior high school newnewspaper. Six consecutive issues from the '82-'83 volume were critiqued and evaluated in four different areas: Content/Coverage, Writing/ Editing, DesignlDispIay, and Creativity. Out of a possible 1000 points, Chieftain was awarded

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910, scoring highest in Writing/ Editing. Each entry was reviewed and scored by an individualjudge, one of a Board of Judges, whose intention is to provide positive, constructive criticism to such publications. The judge's waluation is included in a thirty-six page publication that discusses good journalistic techniquies, gives demonstrative examples of creative and original ideas, and devotes six pages to the judge's hard-written scores and specific

comments In scoring entries, the Board of Judges considered a Self-Analysis Form that included information about income and expenditures, material for which the students are responsible, and staff selection and organization to help them gain an understanding of the school itself and the circumstances pertaining to the publication's issuance. While the evaluation included some suggestions for "tightening" the issues, the judge was obvious-

ly impressed with the Features section and its in-depth, "real life" profiles of students and faculty in senior sketches and teacher features. The Chieftime and Senior Issue were highlighted and virtually every section was commended for clear, responsible writing. Commented Mr. William "Bossn Kincaid, "Being associated with the Columbia School of Journalism, this is one of the most reliable evaluating services. 1 am really pleased and happy for last year's staff."

letter from SG

SG leaders exp arn student Dear Students, The first of our student opinion surveys came out this week. All the results are not in, but S.G. is hoping that all students in the school had a chance to fill one of them out. The survey was made in response to student questions and concerns about both the length of lunch periods and the current (computer) scheduling process. All fifteen of the survey questions were carefully drawn. The questions concerning the lengthening of lunch periods forced students to consider that a lengthening of the lunch hour might imply a lengthening of the school day. Students might, of course, reason that class time could be shortened in order to allow for greater free time during lunch, but unfortumtely this is a limited possibility at best as our school's "pursuit of education excellence" includes a policy of attempting to maximize the amount of student class time. As for the questions concern-

ing scheduling, they were made in response to many students' complaints that they had "no say" in the computer scheduling process. The questions on the survey were designed to register student opinion about some of the shortcomings and disadvantages of the current scheduling process.

For those students interested in majoring in art or attending art school, AP Art will be offered. Students will create either a General Portfolio or a Drawing Portfolio. Some classes are being dropped as well. Freshman Choir is no longer offered; students interested in singing should instead sign up for Ensemble. Also, Driver Education will almost certainly be offered after school and on Saturdays with the assistance of an outside agency; as such, it will not be required for graduation.

Among the many perceived disadvantages mentioned in the survey is the fact that students are unable to choose their teachers and class orders as they had in the past with the Arena scheduling process. Of course, all results of the surveys will he brought to atten-

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273 Indian Hill students, or 38% of the total student body, achieved at least a 3.0 average during the second quarter to merit placement on the honor roll 57 freshmen (29% of the total class) made the honor roll. Only two made 4.0, but most freshmen have only one possible five-point course, making 4.0 status more difficult to achieve and more noteworthy. The sophomore class also

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In other departments, the Math Department is offering Algebra I, Book I to replace Foundations of Math, and Senior Math Review, a refresher course for college-bound seniors. The English Department will offer Reading Review, a remedial reading course. Due to interest in advanced language classes not terminating in Advanced Placement tests, the Foreign Language Department will offer Latin IV, Spa'hish IV, and French IV. The Spanish and French classes will be similar to, but not quite as demanding as, the AP Language courses; Latin 1V is an entirely new subject.

contributed 57 (33%) to the roll; 12 made 4.0 standing. Particularly outstanding was the junior class, with 73 students (47%) averaging a "B" or better. More surprisingly, 31 (20%) juniors achieved a 4.0 average or better. Apparently "senioritis" has not set in completely for many seniors, as 86 (46%) made at least a 3.0 average. 17 seniors accomplished at least a 4.0 standing.

tion of the teachers, administrators, and the board of education. Other recent Student Government activities included last week's Drama Forum and this week's computer dating sheet sale. Money from the sale will be donated to the Heart fund. Thank You Hugh Geier Dave Agin

AFS needs two host families for exchange 1ndian Hill AFS will participate in a short term exchange with a high school in Columbus, Indiana. Two families are needed to host a Japanese boy and a Belgian girL Interested parties are asked to contact sophomore Matt Santen. '

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Tickets for the 1984 PowWow, "Merrily We Roll Along" will go on sale Wednesday February 15. Each ticket is $3.50 The Indian Hill Symphonic and may be purchased 11:30Band, along with the Jazz En- 2: 30 and 2: 30-3: 30 weekdays at semble will be performing in the the Box Office in the High annuai Winter Concert on Feb- School Auditorium lobby. Perruary 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the formances are at 8:00 p.m. High School auditorium. Also March 1,2, and 3. Tickets may be held at the featured in the concert is the Box Office until the perforBrass Quintet. The band will play "Festive mance if desired. After Box OfOverture" by Shostakovich, fice hours, a self-addressed, "Festive Ode" hv Mitchell. and stamped, envelope may be deposited along with an order the "Florentiner March." Among other numbers, the Jazz form so that tickets will be . Ensemble will play Les Brown's mailed directly to the purchaser. For more information, contact theme song, "Leap Frog." Mary Landers, 793-7215.

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Excellence To the Students: All students entering college deserve a fair chance to succeed in higher education. To do so they must be adequately prepared for college level study. If we are to fulfill our promise of access to higher education, we must improve the students' preparation for college. Only when students are adequately prepared can they develop their full potential by taking advantage of all resources of higher education and careers. Accomplishment of this goal would have advantages for our school and nation as well as for the individual student. Since 85% to 90% of Indian Hill's graduating classes continue their education at the nation's colleges and universities, it is imperative that we as a school, collectively and individually, prepare you for your future endeavors, not just adequately but with the hllness of educational opportunity that will lead to your success. As I related to you on opening day when speaking of the U.S. Department of Education Committee on Excellence and the book entitled The Nation's Risk, we at Indian Hill will accept the challenges put forth.

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standards As part of that presentation 1 informed you we would be reviewing our graduation requirements. I am sure the counselors have spoken to you about the new requirements and you should have read them in the Course Offerings Handbook. Over a period of time we will be increasing our graduation requirements from 19 to 22 units. The class of 1987 will require 20 units, class of 1988 21 units, and class of 1989 22 units. In reviewing college admission standards and the High School-College Articulation Committee Report, the fact is plain and simple-there is a demand for better preparation in the basic core areas. If the school is responsible for assuring your college admission, we must meet that demand. After reviewing various studies, including the Carnegie Report, Paideia Proposal, and "In Search of Excellence," I am convinced that the demand for equality and excellence in education will be ongoing. The College Board in its book Academic Preparation for College had stated, "In the years ahead our economy will need an increasing number of welleducated people. Our social and politi-

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cal problems will require thoughtful, informed consideration. We will all be well served if educational excellence can be made possible, not for a few, but for all students." The College Articulation Commission for the state universities in Ohio has the following requirements for unconditional admission-4 units of English, 3 units of mathematics, 3 units of science, 3 units of social studies, 2 units of a foreign language, and a unit in visual or performing arts. The least we can do is assure that each of our graduates will gain an unconditional acceptance. Private and highly competitive schools require even more. The State Department of Education has revised its minimum standards for high schools, and we must comply in areas of health, physical education and reading. More important, however, is you, the individual student who can achieve. Dr. Wilbur Brookover in his book In Search of Excellence, made the point that we must expect the best of our students, not just the minimum, and they will respond as the best. I agree with this premise. In reviewing the records of past graduates of Indian Hill, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the majority (over 70%) would meet the new require ments. Thus the students and our school should gain credit and r e cognition for achieving beyond

what was expected. In a survey of area schools and prestigious high schools in Ohio, I found it interesting that over 50% are reviewing graduation require ments this year. We are proud of Indian Hill's educational leadership, not because it is new, but because it is in the best interest of our students. I trust my comments will answer your questions as to why we must change our graduation requirements. I will be writing future articles to give you a more indepth view of the various studies I have mentioned. I am concerned that many students wait until the beginning of their senior year to begin thinking about career and college choices. This could mean that because of course selections and lack of preparation, their college selections will be limited. Please begin thinking of careers and colleges in your early high school years; freshman year is not too soon . The staff and I care about you and your future. Ultimately our success is judged by your success. I am very proud of you not only for what you achieve but, more importantly, for what you are. Valentine's Day is coming soon. Please remember Mom and Dad; you are not too old t o give them a hug, a kiss and your love. (Yes, you can remember your sweetie too.) To each of you, a Happy Valentine's Day. I love you. Karl M. Feltman Principal photos by Brett Benadum

11~et-s take humorous view on school prayer Brad Mason - It's all right if you pray to your own thing.

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Charlie Schiff . - It's fine with me as long as I don't have to do it.

Leanna Bradley - I think the people in minority religions would feel left out.

Mr. Dowling - The whole problem is to find a way to do it without offending anyone or compromise anyone's rights.

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Mark Ensley -There should not be a set time, and no one should be forced. If they want to pray between classes, it's their own business.

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by Chris Blanchard It seems that The Police have caused quite a stir in Cincinnati over the past couple of months. The story is familiar to most of us. What seems to have been lost in all the hype accompanying their concert next week is just that, the hype. This is not to detract from the band's musicality, however, it does make one tend to question the integrity of the music industry. It took WEBN t o buy out all the seats at the Riverfront Coliseum for this trio to come to town. But then again, The Police have always had their own unique style. Since the creation of The Police in the late 1 9 7 0 ' ~there ~ has always been an aspect of the band which has been "unusual." Outlandos d'Amour and Reggatta de Bkznc, their first two albums, blended the up-and-coming punk sound with the then-little-regarded music of the Carribean, reggae. This mixture was the formula for their success early-on. The turning point in their career, however, occured with the release of Zenyatta Mondatta, in 1980. This album was more complex than the first two, making it a large success in the United States. This brings us to what are generally regarded as the two "big albums," Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity. They seem to coincide with the band's generally

commercial attitude. It is even difficult to identify their attitude as "commercial"-while they have become phenomenal successes, their albums were recorded earnestly. If we are to term The Police's attitude as "commercial" it would certainly fit in as far as their stage performance. Last November 6, The Police played to a full house at Lexington's Rupp Arena. The band entered as a full-fledged rock "super-group," quite a change from Their a fewperformance short years ago. can def-

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Todd Hock - God, this is a school not a church.

To be honest, the set contained most of their finest work, the only notable exception being "Darkness." The trio choose their playlist to be the most pleasing to the record-buying audience, while not ignoring the more meaningful compositions. Expect next Tuesday's show to be the same as the Lexington performance as far as playlist, but don't be surprised to see the boys on stage with dollar signs in their eyes.

the other four albums. Actually, only eight of the 22 songs played were from the latest album, with five pieces revived from Ghost in the Machine, three from Zenyatta Mondatta, two from Reggetta de Blanc, and four from Outlandos d'Amour, respectively. Highlights included "Tea in the Sahara," and "Invisible Sun," both by Stewart Copeland, "Next to You" and "So Lonely" from Outlandos, and "Oh My God" from Synchronicity.

initely be termed first rate, although it was somewhat distant. The Police have developed an elitist attitude toward their music and audience, and the public is eating it up. Maybe this is due to their overwhelming popularity, which has now reached a worldwide stature. A paradox develops when analyzing this band. Their popularity dictates that they "sellout," while the music seems to indicate otherwise. The boys haven't yet sold-out, (nor do they need to) but the ignorant public treats them with the awe given to those bands that have. Enough of the analysis, The Police's music should speak for itself. The Rupp Arena show contained all the expected "hit" pieces with few surprises. The set itself drew largely from Synchronicity, but didn't blot out

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Michelle Harmon - I t would be a very intellectual experience, but ... Todd Lewis - There's too much difference in religion to make it feasible, but besides that, I think we should .. - -- - -- - build - - - a temule.

WEBN'and The Police bring Cincy fans commercialized sound

wtzue sunczgnt In oenvee? ers seeps, Th'alarm clock begs awakening wit h its cry But I, warm under covers fast aslee] Silence the pest without a bat of ey Entranced in dreams of pkces fm a1 Warm sun, tan skin, a beach where 1 But eyelids creak and presently I sqI ? "Good God, it seems as if it's twelv e below!" I rise (without the shine) to greet Zt re shower, But frozen pipes leave me without I rply. 1r7 Do I deserve a treatment at1 this sot., . And 'ask the b ~ ; rthroom m imor with a sigh. But since I see my eyes are tired an,d red, I th,ink perhap s I'd best return to bc?d.

Karen DeLollis - I wish to God they wouldn't make such a big deal out of it.

Miss Wehmann - I don't feel it has a place. A moment of silence is appropriate. Eric Little - If we want to bring our camets and bow to Mecca four times a day, it's fine with me.

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Georgia peach Elizabeth accents IH by Nancy Hopple With a characteristic mischievous tone, Elizabeth Smith claims, "I'm a cold, mean, egotistical senior now. I'm self-centered and cliquey." But don't believe everything that Elizabeth tells you. It's not that she liesshe is, in fact, a senior-but she is about to be proven wrong on every other count. During her sophomore year at Indian Hill, Elizabeth and her brother Paul started IH's Key Club, an organization which conduets servioe projects for school and community. She was president of the club through her junior year and now spends much of her time as a Lieutenant Governor in the Ohio District. Elizabeth comments "I believe in Key Club because of the people and what we can accomplish. I enjoy it because I like helping people ...I want to see Indian Hill Key Club continue. It's important to me." Elizabeth also likes "meeting lots of different kinds of people" through her Key Club activities, which have included attending numerous district and national conventions. "Conventions are great. With so many kids in one place, it's hard not to have fun!"

Obviously, with Elizabeth's dedication to helping others and her interaction with many different people, she is definitely not cold, mean, egotistical, self-centered, or cliquey. As if Key Club were not enough to prove her claim wrong, Elizabeth is also a three-year member of Peer Counseling. Elizabeth joined Peer Counseling after moving to Indian Hill the summer before her sophomore year. Thinking back she comments, "The people in Peer Counseling meant the most to me when I was new here. They were really nice and helpful to me. That's one of the reasons I'm in Peer Counseling now." So we see once again that Elizabeth is a caring person interested in helping others. Now that all doubts as to Elizabeth's true nature have been dispelled, we can examine other aspects of her life. Elizabeth moved to Indian Hill two and a half years ago from Newnan, Georgia, a small town outside Atlanta. "The neatest thing about Newnan is that living in a sniall town you know a lot of people. It's interesting watching pe~ple. It's like watching a whole little world."

Moving from the South t o the Midwest "was a big risk" says Elizabeth. "Going through that, I developed my courage t o d o things, like running for office in Key Club and trying out for Buckeye Girls State, "both of which she did successfully. Anyone who has heard Elizabeth speak about the South knows of her enthusiasm and affection for her first home. "The South is so nice. It's beautiful,

by Kenneth N. Jones If a list had to be made of all the truly different people at Indian Hill, Curt Reising would most likely be first on the list. But what sets him apart from all the other individuals? Is it the way he makes sound effects every time he sees a plane? Well maybe...but but the real Curt Reising has a great deal more submerged in his passive personality. Growing up in Dillon, Colorado, Curt developed a keen appreciation for nature. As Curt says, "It was true nature; no roads, no neighbors, we had to drive 80 miles to Denver for groceries." After returning to Cincinnati, Curt retained his love of nature. He frequently attempts to correct the wrongs which society deals mother nature. Curt sees cleanliness and environmentalism as not so much a civic duty, but "an attempt to protect the earth."

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"~oday's society has lost touch with nature and I don't think they realize how much they disrupt the delicate balance. Nature can't protect itself, so I do my part, like if I see someone throw something out of a car, I'll pick it uv and throw it away."

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Elizabeth's southern friends visit her in Cincinnati.

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and it's warmer ...The people in the South are so nice to you, and it's not just 'hospitality.' Some of it may be superficial, but that's the exception. Most of the people are very sincere and caring." Although Elizabeth sometimes likens the Midwest to "a conglomeration of blah" or a scene from Babbit, she admits to liking Indian Hill, downtown, and the shopping and parks in the Cincinnati area. Elizabeth adds with characteristic southern grin, "People talk correctly in the South. And, yes,

As for life in cities, Curt thinks, "Cities are all right as long as people take care of the place. I'd like to return to Dillon, maybe when I retire. It's a nice place to visit." In his attempt to commune with nature, Curt likes to see the

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Curt's curiosity leads him to a set of weights.

world from a different perspective, jn other words. skydiving. His interests in the sport began last spring after reading several books on the subject. His curiousity lead him to the Yellow Pages, under "skydiving." Curt then drove up t o Waynesville "International," a little grass strip up towards Lebanon. After a few jumps, Curt ventured out to Las Vegas t o spend three days practicing free fall in a vertical wind tunnel. Now, Curt is refraining from jumping because of the inclement weather, but as soon as spring rolls around, one can expect to see him driftirig through the stratosphere. At one dollar per 1,000 feet, Curt figures the experience is well worth the expense. "A lot of people have misrevresentations of what skydiving is. It's only dangerous if you make it. I really enjoy the feeling of weightlessness and the view when your horizons are extended to infinity in all directions."

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ELIZABETH, from p. 7

udenfs now ave alternatives Due to popular demand from the student body, several new courses have been added to next year's master schedule. See department heads for a more detailed description of each class. Metaphysical Science This course will explore some of the higher questions of life in the laboratory such as the relation of John Donne and photosynthesis. StageMath Topics discussed will include the use of trig in building sets and the logical application of calculus to auditorium seating. Introduction to High School Taught by a panel of students participating in the five year plan. Concepts to be taught include basic locker opening skills, book covering and pencil sharpening in the 80's. Doubles Living How to live communaly with others emphasizing communication between you and your mate. Post-Calculus Discussion of the famed "Calculus experience" and exploration into the realm of imaginary numbers. What a trip! French VI Open to all students interested in ignoring all other graduation requirements. Old Icelandic I For all you hermathr gothr; includes the reading of the Edler Edda, Volsung Saga and other lusty ballads. Pornography I Revised textbook by star photographer of Penthouse Subscription to Hustler required. Must supply own pornograph. County Literature Study the culture and writings of Hamilton County's most prolific writers. AP Band Comparable to course description of AP Typing, with the inclusion of instruments. Nuclear War and Reconstruction The complex causes of the breakdown of the world as we know it and the push for urban renewal. Simulation adds to dimension of the experience. Earth Science Seminar For senior students who desire a more indepth look at Mother Earth. AP Remedial Reading see picture on p. 17. Trends in Generic Foods Be an IH cost cutter! Learn the latest in plain labels. Hacky Sack I Skills taught will include stretching, technique and hack maintenance. Introduction to Computer Piracy Learn how to tap into government and military computers the fun and easy way. License Plate Making Study the fabrication of auto identification tags and the career opportunities it can hold for you.

CURT, from p. 7 Curt's obsession with aviation led him to get a pilot's license this summer after a year and a half of studies. This preoccupation with planes started around the age of seven. "Flying is less of a sport, and more of an all-around knowledge." Curt logs a few hours every time the opportunity presents itself, and sometimes even when it does not present itself. "I'll get started doing something and end up driving up to Waynesville." While not seriously considering a career as a pilot because "there are a lot of pilots and not many jobs," Curt regards flying as beneficial knowledge and plans to continue it as a pastime.

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Another of Curt's pastimes, or actually devotions, is wrestling. This sport generally pacifies Curt and satisfies the sadistic side of his personality. Winning is not the main god for Curt, though "it's nice." "I enjoy the benefits of wrestling like a strong, healthy body and good friends. I see wrestling as more of a personal challenge than a sport. It's the kind of sport that you're defeated only if you quit." On Curt's gentler side, scubadiving is on the agenda. Curt got his license before vacati~ningin Hawaii. "It's a beauty sport. When you're down there, you don't hear anything but the bubbles floating past your face." Unfortunately, Curt does not

dive -around here. "There are a few interesting lakes around, if you like looking at the cars on the bottom." Curt tries to fit in school between all these sports, but sometimes it is rough. "I try to plan ahead. And I'm fairly disciplined, outside of school, that is." I n his future, Curt wants to start off in the military. "I want to get into Annapolis, one way or another. I know a few guys who were in the Navy for twenty or thirty years. It seems like a good way to start." Idealistically, Curt would like to do something in Aviation. "A fighter-pilot is my dream. I don't like war; I just like planes." Curt definitely sees planes on the hoezon.

I do plan to get my accent back." Believe her when she says this, because next fall Elizabeth will attend Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She advises other students to apply early decision as she did. "It takes away the pressure. Don't wait for the college to pick you, pick the college." Although she is uncertain as to what her major will be, business and the South seem to figure largely in Elizabeth's future: "I would like to live in a big city in the South and work in the business field." Elizabeth's unique sense of humor is sometimes comprehensible only to small groups of people. "A lot of people think I'm weird, I guess," she states. , "Some people - watch digital clocks change. I watch the arms move....That's freaky ." Elizabeth , also thinks "food is really weird. , Not only because we depend o n it, but you have to eat it-how can it be interesting?" One situation in which Elizabeth definitely needed a sense of humor was her job last summer as "nanny for two months" to four kids. This task included thinking up fun and entertaining activities, carting the kids around in the station wagon (she's used to driving a Rabbit), and keeping peace among the siblings. Despite a l l the work, Elizabeth maintains, "I had the best time this summer with 'my kids.' It was great. We pretty much saw all of Cincinnati, from Nip and Nap at the zoo t o Chuck E. Cheese to Malibu-I still have tokens in my top drawer." She adds, "I don't know who was more of a kid-me or the kids." Another situation in which Elizabeth finds herself that often calls for a sense of humor is her position as Features co-Editor for the Chieftain. "Chieftain people are outrageous," she states. Quoting another staff member she says, "We're one big 'soap opera/ family7," Elizabeth points out, however, that "it takes a lot more to put a Chieftain out than people think." Indeed it does, so if Elizabeth approaches you today "saying nonsense and laughing at it," don't worry. She was probably just up late last night working on Features. But then again, you never know about people who watch clocks move.

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Excellence To the Students: All students entering college deserve a fair chance to succeed in higher education. To do so they must be adequately prepared for college level study. If we are to fulfill our promise of access to higher education, we must improve the students' preparation for college. Only when students are adequately prepared can they develop their full potential by taking advantage of all resources of higher education and careers. Accomplishment of this goal would have advantages for our school and nation as well as for the individual student. Since 85% to 90% of Indian Hill's graduating classes continue their education at the nation's colleges and universities, it is imperative that we as a school, collectively and individually, prepare you for your future endeavors, not just adequately but with the hllness of educational opportunity that will lead to your success. As I related to you on opening day when speaking of the U.S. Department of Education Committee on Excellence and the book entitled The Nation's Risk, we at Indian Hill will accept the challenges put forth.

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standards As part of that presentation 1 informed you we would be reviewing our graduation requirements. I am sure the counselors have spoken to you about the new requirements and you should have read them in the Course Offerings Handbook. Over a period of time we will be increasing our graduation requirements from 19 to 22 units. The class of 1987 will require 20 units, class of 1988 21 units, and class of 1989 22 units. In reviewing college admission standards and the High School-College Articulation Committee Report, the fact is plain and simple-there is a demand for better preparation in the basic core areas. If the school is responsible for assuring your college admission, we must meet that demand. After reviewing various studies, including the Carnegie Report, Paideia Proposal, and "In Search of Excellence," I am convinced that the demand for equality and excellence in education will be ongoing. The College Board in its book Academic Preparation for College had stated, "In the years ahead our economy will need an increasing number of welleducated people. Our social and politi-

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cal problems will require thoughtful, informed consideration. We will all be well served if educational excellence can be made possible, not for a few, but for all students." The College Articulation Commission for the state universities in Ohio has the following requirements for unconditional admission-4 units of English, 3 units of mathematics, 3 units of science, 3 units of social studies, 2 units of a foreign language, and a unit in visual or performing arts. The least we can do is assure that each of our graduates will gain an unconditional acceptance. Private and highly competitive schools require even more. The State Department of Education has revised its minimum standards for high schools, and we must comply in areas of health, physical education and reading. More important, however, is you, the individual student who can achieve. Dr. Wilbur Brookover in his book In Search of Excellence, made the point that we must expect the best of our students, not just the minimum, and they will respond as the best. I agree with this premise. In reviewing the records of past graduates of Indian Hill, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the majority (over 70%) would meet the new require ments. Thus the students and our school should gain credit and r e cognition for achieving beyond

what was expected. In a survey of area schools and prestigious high schools in Ohio, I found it interesting that over 50% are reviewing graduation require ments this year. We are proud of Indian Hill's educational leadership, not because it is new, but because it is in the best interest of our students. I trust my comments will answer your questions as to why we must change our graduation requirements. I will be writing future articles to give you a more indepth view of the various studies I have mentioned. I am concerned that many students wait until the beginning of their senior year to begin thinking about career and college choices. This could mean that because of course selections and lack of preparation, their college selections will be limited. Please begin thinking of careers and colleges in your early high school years; freshman year is not too soon . The staff and I care about you and your future. Ultimately our success is judged by your success. I am very proud of you not only for what you achieve but, more importantly, for what you are. Valentine's Day is coming soon. Please remember Mom and Dad; you are not too old t o give them a hug, a kiss and your love. (Yes, you can remember your sweetie too.) To each of you, a Happy Valentine's Day. I love you. Karl M. Feltman Principal photos by Brett Benadum

11~et-s take humorous view on school prayer Brad Mason - It's all right if you pray to your own thing.

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Charlie Schiff . - It's fine with me as long as I don't have to do it.

Leanna Bradley - I think the people in minority religions would feel left out.

Mr. Dowling - The whole problem is to find a way to do it without offending anyone or compromise anyone's rights.

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Mark Ensley -There should not be a set time, and no one should be forced. If they want to pray between classes, it's their own business.

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by Chris Blanchard It seems that The Police have caused quite a stir in Cincinnati over the past couple of months. The story is familiar to most of us. What seems to have been lost in all the hype accompanying their concert next week is just that, the hype. This is not to detract from the band's musicality, however, it does make one tend to question the integrity of the music industry. It took WEBN t o buy out all the seats at the Riverfront Coliseum for this trio to come to town. But then again, The Police have always had their own unique style. Since the creation of The Police in the late 1 9 7 0 ' ~there ~ has always been an aspect of the band which has been "unusual." Outlandos d'Amour and Reggatta de Bkznc, their first two albums, blended the up-and-coming punk sound with the then-little-regarded music of the Carribean, reggae. This mixture was the formula for their success early-on. The turning point in their career, however, occured with the release of Zenyatta Mondatta, in 1980. This album was more complex than the first two, making it a large success in the United States. This brings us to what are generally regarded as the two "big albums," Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity. They seem to coincide with the band's generally

commercial attitude. It is even difficult to identify their attitude as "commercial"-while they have become phenomenal successes, their albums were recorded earnestly. If we are to term The Police's attitude as "commercial" it would certainly fit in as far as their stage performance. Last November 6, The Police played to a full house at Lexington's Rupp Arena. The band entered as a full-fledged rock "super-group," quite a change from Their a fewperformance short years ago. can def-

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With everyday things. Yes, I know the far reacizzng goals. But unlike you, I have watched mine crumbleDust o f f your rock. A I; Tu V ~ S LVJV uI t~w~t w r r r r y rr=t Far sight, you triped, lens to toena!il. Lustily dreaming gossamer haze Settling like dust, furiously sleepirrg dream. 1 Perfect countenance, sterling eyes, crrq orur Oimson flou 7, shadows fa 11 Kiev crushed,, vanquishc!d souls, meta1 on stone To Hess and ithe vertical!extrusion b c k s glist ening, moc .. ooeasu-sena .r.?-*2 Ves~ucci-the.vmea vesty, nintib circle, sn stc ior tombec;I. Fa Xmozar Caedmon W I I ~ '1'

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Todd Hock - God, this is a school not a church.

To be honest, the set contained most of their finest work, the only notable exception being "Darkness." The trio choose their playlist to be the most pleasing to the record-buying audience, while not ignoring the more meaningful compositions. Expect next Tuesday's show to be the same as the Lexington performance as far as playlist, but don't be surprised to see the boys on stage with dollar signs in their eyes.

the other four albums. Actually, only eight of the 22 songs played were from the latest album, with five pieces revived from Ghost in the Machine, three from Zenyatta Mondatta, two from Reggetta de Blanc, and four from Outlandos d'Amour, respectively. Highlights included "Tea in the Sahara," and "Invisible Sun," both by Stewart Copeland, "Next to You" and "So Lonely" from Outlandos, and "Oh My God" from Synchronicity.

initely be termed first rate, although it was somewhat distant. The Police have developed an elitist attitude toward their music and audience, and the public is eating it up. Maybe this is due to their overwhelming popularity, which has now reached a worldwide stature. A paradox develops when analyzing this band. Their popularity dictates that they "sellout," while the music seems to indicate otherwise. The boys haven't yet sold-out, (nor do they need to) but the ignorant public treats them with the awe given to those bands that have. Enough of the analysis, The Police's music should speak for itself. The Rupp Arena show contained all the expected "hit" pieces with few surprises. The set itself drew largely from Synchronicity, but didn't blot out

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Michelle Harmon - I t would be a very intellectual experience, but ... Todd Lewis - There's too much difference in religion to make it feasible, but besides that, I think we should .. - -- - -- - build - - - a temule.

WEBN'and The Police bring Cincy fans commercialized sound

wtzue sunczgnt In oenvee? ers seeps, Th'alarm clock begs awakening wit h its cry But I, warm under covers fast aslee] Silence the pest without a bat of ey Entranced in dreams of pkces fm a1 Warm sun, tan skin, a beach where 1 But eyelids creak and presently I sqI ? "Good God, it seems as if it's twelv e below!" I rise (without the shine) to greet Zt re shower, But frozen pipes leave me without I rply. 1r7 Do I deserve a treatment at1 this sot., . And 'ask the b ~ ; rthroom m imor with a sigh. But since I see my eyes are tired an,d red, I th,ink perhap s I'd best return to bc?d.

Karen DeLollis - I wish to God they wouldn't make such a big deal out of it.

Miss Wehmann - I don't feel it has a place. A moment of silence is appropriate. Eric Little - If we want to bring our camets and bow to Mecca four times a day, it's fine with me.

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by Anna Batsakes Imagine a basically introverted man with a onetrack mind who was once a farmer in a small Quaker community. Imagine this same man with a perpetual smile across his face, running around an art mom and ignoring all questions directed toward him only to exclaim, "Sony, I'm right brained." Imagine Mr. Larry Bernard, the fun-loving, easy going, art teacher at IH. The orgins of Bernard are quite unusual in comparison to "normal folks." Born in the Quaker village of New Vienna, Ohio, he found himself related to "almost the entire village." "Our community consisted mostly of two families," said Bernard, "the Terrills and the Beanards. It was an arrangement kind of like the Hatfields and the McCoys." As a child in the Quaker community, he was taught to cherish the outdoors, especially the farmlands, and as he grew into a young farmboy he became an active member of the Future Farmers of America (FFA). Bernard spent his hours making "loads of money raising cattle and taking note of the beautiful elements in nature. "I've always enjoyed the country," said Bernard, "and I'll me, always love cattle, but be!eve I wouldn't live on a farm again for a million dollars." Bernard discovered his art abilities at an early age but was unable to build upon his talents due to the lack of art courses offered

at his high school. When he d e cided to give up farming and attend Ohio State University, his first impulse was to major in architecture, only to find that his mathematical background was not strong enough to support his chosen career. Bernard decided to major in interior design. After graduation Bernard found himself in the middle of a recession and now insists that he "could not find a job that paid above slavelabor wages." After looking for a job for several months, Bernard decided to b e come a teacher, and found his first job at a high school near Wil-

older than most of the kids; many of them were just graduating after flunkii their senior year a few times." After leaving Wilmington, Bernard went back to Ohio State University to pick up enough credit hours to become a certified art teacher. From there he went to teach at a school in Dayton but quit after a year, insisting that Dayton was a "dump". "Somebody should drop a bomb on that town," he said. "There's nothing in Dayton except bowling alleys anyway." Bernard continued his teaching career at a school in Colum-

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Ignoring students' questions, Bemard pauses for the photographer. bus. There he met his future rnington, Ohio. Ironically, Bernard did not wife (an English teacher) in the teach art couzses, but taught Eng- principal's office. After getting married they both quit and went lish, American History, reading and Industrial Arts. He insisted to Indiana University to get that his most memorable experMasters Degrees. ience from that time period was Bernard and his wife then chaperoning the graduating clasr came to Cincinnati, and Bernard in New York City. found his present job at IHI "Ilm "I had a great time," he recallstarting my sixteenth year here," ed. "I was only a couple years he said. "Boy am I getting old." Bernard finds teaching art an exciting yet discouraging profession. "I find art a very difficult subject to teach," he said. "First uiemselves. period I'll have drawing and Riverfront Coliseum paintiqg classes, second period I'll Neil Diamond - Feb. 16,17,8:00 have potter's wheel as an p.m. - Neil Buddy is sold-out. artist I get very absorbed in my Hara Arena work and the switching of subKiss - Feb. 21,8:00 p.m. - You'll jects from one period to another catch mono if you go. gets somewhat confusing as well Bhck Sabbath - Feb. 25, 8:00 as annoying." p.m. Dayton is full of headBernara also feels that the bangers! grading of art pieces is another Rupp Arena discouraging and sometimes embarrassing aspect of being an art Billy Joel - Feb. 10, 8:00 p.m. teacher. "Sometimes kids value What can be said? others' judgments too much," he Billy Idol - Feb. 14, 8:00 p.m. said. "A kid may put all he's got Idle hands are devil's workshop. into a piece of art work and ten Cincinnati Gardens get it back with only a 'C' grade. Billy Idol - Feb. 11, 8;00 p.m. It's a very uptight situation when All this Idol worship?

coming events The other Neil sells out for both shows by Chris Blanchard Bogarts Kenny Rankin and 'Bout Time Feb. 15, 8:00 p.m. - It is about time. UB40 Mar. 24, 8:00 p.m. - The rasta boys hit Cincy. Kingston Trio - Mar. 7,8:00 p.m. Deearoop en Porshna. B.B. King Mar. 31, 8:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m. B.B. plays Lucille. School for the Creative and Performing Arts Imaginary Invalid - Feb. 17, 18, 19 - No, he's for real. Cincinnati Playhouse Monday After fhe Mpacle - Feb. 9-26 - Mondays are miracles in

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you're grading creativity." Many of Bernard's hobbies reflect his beliefs. He loves taking objects and making them look better, whether it be a flower arrangement or an entire room. "I've fvred up my entire house," he said. "I don't have anything left t o do. I guess it's time to move.* As many of hi students know, Bernard finds it very difficult to answer all the individual questions that fly around the art room. Most of the time the students fmlly get an answer out of the busy teacher, but sometimes they are completely ignored. "It's difficult to teach when so many students are asking millions of questions about individual projects," Bernard said. "I've gqt a one-track mind and I'm rightbrained. I get absorbed into one thing and lose track of time, people and happenings. "One of the most discouraging factors about teaching art," said Bernard, "is that many students feel art is a blow off course." Bernard does feel that if an artroom is too free it leaves room for horse-play which leads to no creativity at all. "There's no happy medium," he states. Bernard is now faculty advisor for AFS. Having so many foreign students sign up for art courses, Bernard was the most obvious man for the job. "I really enjoy getting to know the kids," he said. "Many of the exchange students are lost in this school. The art room is a place for them t o feel at ease, at home." The art room is definitely a place to feel confortable. Reminiscent of the sixties, many art students feel that the laid-back atmosphere is "kind of like a commune." Bernard's outlook on life is also laid-back. His main goal is to take life and the environment and make it better. "I get really frustrated with people in society who do ugly things," said Bernard. "I think one question that we all should take into consideration is how can we make our environment bef3er." Whether or not Bernard decides to move on t o a new home, his imaginative mark will be left on IH. "Imagination and creativity is the key t o leading an m h t e n e d life."

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by Kitsa Tassian For the third year in a row, Chieftain achieved a frrst place rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association of Columbia University for journalistic excellence in a senior high school newnewspaper. Six consecutive issues from the '82-'83 volume were critiqued and evaluated in four different areas: Content/Coverage, Writing/ Editing, DesignlDispIay, and Creativity. Out of a possible 1000 points, Chieftain was awarded

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910, scoring highest in Writing/ Editing. Each entry was reviewed and scored by an individualjudge, one of a Board of Judges, whose intention is to provide positive, constructive criticism to such publications. The judge's waluation is included in a thirty-six page publication that discusses good journalistic techniquies, gives demonstrative examples of creative and original ideas, and devotes six pages to the judge's hard-written scores and specific

comments In scoring entries, the Board of Judges considered a Self-Analysis Form that included information about income and expenditures, material for which the students are responsible, and staff selection and organization to help them gain an understanding of the school itself and the circumstances pertaining to the publication's issuance. While the evaluation included some suggestions for "tightening" the issues, the judge was obvious-

ly impressed with the Features section and its in-depth, "real life" profiles of students and faculty in senior sketches and teacher features. The Chieftime and Senior Issue were highlighted and virtually every section was commended for clear, responsible writing. Commented Mr. William "Bossn Kincaid, "Being associated with the Columbia School of Journalism, this is one of the most reliable evaluating services. 1 am really pleased and happy for last year's staff."

letter from SG

SG leaders exp arn student Dear Students, The first of our student opinion surveys came out this week. All the results are not in, but S.G. is hoping that all students in the school had a chance to fill one of them out. The survey was made in response to student questions and concerns about both the length of lunch periods and the current (computer) scheduling process. All fifteen of the survey questions were carefully drawn. The questions concerning the lengthening of lunch periods forced students to consider that a lengthening of the lunch hour might imply a lengthening of the school day. Students might, of course, reason that class time could be shortened in order to allow for greater free time during lunch, but unfortumtely this is a limited possibility at best as our school's "pursuit of education excellence" includes a policy of attempting to maximize the amount of student class time. As for the questions concern-

ing scheduling, they were made in response to many students' complaints that they had "no say" in the computer scheduling process. The questions on the survey were designed to register student opinion about some of the shortcomings and disadvantages of the current scheduling process.

For those students interested in majoring in art or attending art school, AP Art will be offered. Students will create either a General Portfolio or a Drawing Portfolio. Some classes are being dropped as well. Freshman Choir is no longer offered; students interested in singing should instead sign up for Ensemble. Also, Driver Education will almost certainly be offered after school and on Saturdays with the assistance of an outside agency; as such, it will not be required for graduation.

Among the many perceived disadvantages mentioned in the survey is the fact that students are unable to choose their teachers and class orders as they had in the past with the Arena scheduling process. Of course, all results of the surveys will he brought to atten-

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273 Indian Hill students, or 38% of the total student body, achieved at least a 3.0 average during the second quarter to merit placement on the honor roll 57 freshmen (29% of the total class) made the honor roll. Only two made 4.0, but most freshmen have only one possible five-point course, making 4.0 status more difficult to achieve and more noteworthy. The sophomore class also

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In other departments, the Math Department is offering Algebra I, Book I to replace Foundations of Math, and Senior Math Review, a refresher course for college-bound seniors. The English Department will offer Reading Review, a remedial reading course. Due to interest in advanced language classes not terminating in Advanced Placement tests, the Foreign Language Department will offer Latin IV, Spa'hish IV, and French IV. The Spanish and French classes will be similar to, but not quite as demanding as, the AP Language courses; Latin 1V is an entirely new subject.

contributed 57 (33%) to the roll; 12 made 4.0 standing. Particularly outstanding was the junior class, with 73 students (47%) averaging a "B" or better. More surprisingly, 31 (20%) juniors achieved a 4.0 average or better. Apparently "senioritis" has not set in completely for many seniors, as 86 (46%) made at least a 3.0 average. 17 seniors accomplished at least a 4.0 standing.

tion of the teachers, administrators, and the board of education. Other recent Student Government activities included last week's Drama Forum and this week's computer dating sheet sale. Money from the sale will be donated to the Heart fund. Thank You Hugh Geier Dave Agin

AFS needs two host families for exchange 1ndian Hill AFS will participate in a short term exchange with a high school in Columbus, Indiana. Two families are needed to host a Japanese boy and a Belgian girL Interested parties are asked to contact sophomore Matt Santen. '

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Tickets for the 1984 PowWow, "Merrily We Roll Along" will go on sale Wednesday February 15. Each ticket is $3.50 The Indian Hill Symphonic and may be purchased 11:30Band, along with the Jazz En- 2: 30 and 2: 30-3: 30 weekdays at semble will be performing in the the Box Office in the High annuai Winter Concert on Feb- School Auditorium lobby. Perruary 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the formances are at 8:00 p.m. High School auditorium. Also March 1,2, and 3. Tickets may be held at the featured in the concert is the Box Office until the perforBrass Quintet. The band will play "Festive mance if desired. After Box OfOverture" by Shostakovich, fice hours, a self-addressed, "Festive Ode" hv Mitchell. and stamped, envelope may be deposited along with an order the "Florentiner March." Among other numbers, the Jazz form so that tickets will be . Ensemble will play Les Brown's mailed directly to the purchaser. For more information, contact theme song, "Leap Frog." Mary Landers, 793-7215.

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arassed after Mi by Winston R Wells Several Indian Hill students and administrators were both verbally and physically abused at the February IH - Milford boys' varsity basketball game held at Milford High School in an attempt by a group of Milford students to avenge an earlier incident at Indian Hill. Involved in the incident were seniors Sanjay Datta, Andy Plate, Brian Freeman and Bruce Tecklenburg. Although none of the boys were seriously injured, Tecklenburg did suffer a burised eye from the fighting. The conflict allegedly started during the game, when the IH

boys' were surrounded by, according to Freeman, "a group of 1 2 or so Milford guys." He stated that they taunted and threatened the four during the game but did not physically hurt them. "They seemed to be possessed with hate throughout the entire game," commented Freeman. After the game the boys were followed by the Milford group out to the parking lot, where several separate incidents occured. Freeman, Plate, Datta, and Tecklenburg were refused entry into Tecklenburg's auto, creating a standoff. According to Freeman, Tecklenburg was finally able to get in

but was unable to close his door. A Milford student then allegedly proceeded to strike him, landing several punches in Tecklenburg's back and face. Senior Mike Feltman was also involved in an incident in another part of the parking lot at the same time. As he was approaching his car, a Milford student pushed him to the ground, resulting in a fight which was broken up by Mike's father, IH principal Dr. Karl Feltman. The following day, the IH students approached Dr. Feltman and told him of their scuffle. Feltman then contacted the Milford principal and the Indian Hill

CTA and Board work toward agreement by David Stradling The Classroom Teachers Association (CTA) has begun salary negotiations with the School Board. The talks, between CTA representatives Mr. David Terrell and Mrs. Karen Edgecomb and board representatives Mr. Edgar Mack and Mrs. Jean Pappas, began December 1. The teachers hope to garner a written agreement with the Board for the first time in Indian Hill School District history. This agreement, known as a master contract, would define terms of salary, grievence procedure, fringe benefits, and working conditions. Terrell stated that security is the major concern in the quest for the

master contract. Terrell and other teachers have seen policy changes occur without staff input. "Many of these changes affect the faculty directly, warranting staff input," said Terrell. In past years, individual oneyear salary contracts have been agreed on by the Board and the faculty, but these contracts did not cover the important factors of working conditions and grievence procedure. The Board has already settled with non-certified staff members (secretaries, bus drivers, janitors). Their threeyear agreement will increase their salaries 25% by

Baute to smooth communication between students and Rangers by MaryBeth Heidrich Indian Hill Ranger Terre Baute is serving in his second year as a liaison officer between the Rangers and IH students. While continuing his duties as a police officer, Baute is working on several programs that will be used at Wyandot, Drake, Ottawa, and the High School. Some of the programs designed for younger students include bicycle safety, Halloween safety, and safety with strangers. Currently Baute is organizing an essay contest for students in grades 6-12. The essay, to be written on the subject of citizenship, will be judged on sincerity and originaltiy. According to Baute, there will be two winners from each grade.

Baute is also working with DECA for the introduction of a program dealing with the crime of shoplifting. In the future he hopes to direct more programs to the older students. According to Baute, the purpose of these programs is to lessen the communication gap between the police and the students of the district. Baute said that when police officers had specific beats, communication between the two groups was not a problem. However, he states that now there is little contact between policemen and people. He hopes that his presence in the schools will help develop a friendly atmosphere between the students and police with communication andunderstanding.

February 10,1984 Rangers who in turn contacted the Milford Police. By the end of the school day, the Milford students were idenand dealt with by the Milford administration. Three of the students were suspended from school and all 12 were suspended from all atheletic events. One of the involved persons was a 25 ' year old man who faces criminal charges of trespassing if seen on Milford school grounds. No immediate police action was taken on the group. Ironically, the leader of the group was the President of the Milford Spirit Club. Freeman feels the group wanted revenge for a previous incident at IH, when several Milford students were harassed by IH students following a varsity basketball game.

1987. The same salary increase has been offered to the teachers, but Terrell noted that the salary is not the issue in the talks with the Board. Terrell also noted that the CTA is seeking a three-year contract similar to that between the Board and non-certified staff. Talks have been slowed by questions of legality brought about by the new collective bargaining bill. Mr. Jim Kirkland, an

Ohio Education Association lawyer, is assisting the CTA with the legal questions, while continuing to work on Glen Hopkins' case. Commented Mrs. Nancy Wettstein, "I'm disappointed that we haven't progressed as much as we should have." Although no agreements have been made, Wettstein assured, "Not one word has been mentioned or suggested about a strike."

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bate. More often than not, a candidate tries to accomodate so many different points of view that his platform ends up sounding more like a bowl of hunter's stew than a strategic plan. Several weeks ago, for example, when the Democrats debated at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, about the only thing they seemed to d e fend with any degree of passion was anti-Reaganism. Every time one candidate would try to take a stand on a controversial issue, another would say that in any case the main thing to remember was that Reagan had to go. Thus the speakers ended up sounding largely undistinguishable. The reason why the 1984 campaign has been fairly dull is not, as some have claimed, b e cause there are no exciting issues. The world we live in is more complex than it has ever been, and there are more controversies than there have ever been at any other time. All that is needed is a candidate who is willing to take a stand and act on it with courage.

it isn't possible, and third of all, it isn't desirable. Obviously, in a democracy, a candidate must win the approval of the majority of the voters, but the degree to which he disagrees with the minority does not matter. In fact, democracy serves its purpose most strongly when the difference between the opinions of the majority and the minority are great. The great leaders of history have with few exceptions been the most controversial. Anyone whose opinions and actions are forceful enough to rally passionate support can only expect to rally in his opposition an equally passionate disagreement. To be sure, all of this is not to suggest that good government is best achieved through unreasoning extremism. It is perfectly reasonable for a leader to try to convince as large a portion of his group of the wisdom of his position. Indeed, that is a large part of his job. The point is only that he should have an opinion that is substantial enough to merit de-

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Braves to open tourney play Fe by Kevin Walzer The varsity basketball Braves will play the winner of the Mariemont-Bethel-Tate game in the second round of the AA s e e tional tournament on Saturday, February 25 at Sycamore High School at 7: 30. Varsity basketball coach Dale Mckibben feels that IH, in all probability, will face the thirdseeded Warriors. And he feels that tonight's home game with Mariemont will have a great bearing on the o'utcome of the s e e tional game, if Mariemont does indeed face the Braves. "If they (Mariemont) beat us tonight, you just have to rate their chances against us (in the tournament) that much harder," he said. "They will have already defeated us twice this season, and it's extremely difficult to defeat a team three straight times in a season." 8 But each game is a new battle. And McKibben feels, despite what he said before, that the Braves will have to play some top-flight basketball in order to advance to the next round. "No matter who we play, we're going to have to find some consistency if we want to win," he said. "We've been in a slump lately, and we'll have to break out of it."

He noted that several tadbrs will have a bearing on whether the Braves can achieve this consistency. "The first thing is, we need to get a little sharper mentally. We tend to go in spurts. We play good basketball most of the time, but go through droughts where we go cold. But those droughts have to be avoided, because those are what lose basketball games. As the tournament rolls around those are what we have work especially to avoid." He also observed that he would like to see individual players reach back for a little something extra. He hopes that these players can improve their play, no matter how good it has been all year, for the tournament. He feels the team needs it. "Our best players are going to have to play their best if we are going to go anywhere. We're going to need scoring from the shooters, but most importantly just everyone else working their hardest and playing their best. This is the key to that consistency." Looking at the tournament as a whole, though, McKibben feels IH has good chances to win a few games-if the team gets past the first round. "I think we have two tough

games in the sectionals-the first round and the finals. But we have a good draw in between and if we can win the fust round, I think we have a good shot at the finals. Then, if we win-districts." But even if they don't win, even if they don't get past the first round, McKibben said, he car? call the season a success. "If you look at our won-lost record, you will notice that we have more than equalled our wm

thing. There are several excellent schools participating . I think Reading will win the bracket. They have won the last few years, and I don't see why they should not win this year." Even if the Squaws don't win, though, Pfirman still feels that the the season has been a success in every sense of the word. "This season has iust been super," he said. "It's exceeded even my best expectations. The girls have done a tremendous job, achieved a great amount of respect in the league, and have played just excellent ball." He noted several factors that have enabled the girls (JV, also) to grab a share of the big victory pie that the winter season has baked this year for the IH basketball program. One factor is just the presence of the winning atmosphere, he said. "Winning is contaeious." he observed. "It's happened all

"But even more than the improvement of our record is the improvement of the team that pleases me," McKiiben said. "Individuals improving, growing as both players and people, that's what pleases me." Still, McKiibben knows the season is not over. "We have a few more games left, and I would them all. We've still like got work to win to do-"

Sycamore ousts JV Squaws by Chris Hall and Shari Zesch The JV Squaws came up against the Sycamore Aves with the hope of raising their overall league record and improving their previous performance against Sycamore, only to be defeated 48-29 in a game on Thursday, February 2. The Squaws were able to play reasonably with Sycamore in the fust half leaving the score 20-16 at halftime. Possibilities of catching up during the second half were encouraging but unattainable. Sophomore Peggy Cutler commented, "We played really well first half, but Sycamore just had more talent and they overtook us in the second part of the game." Sycamore outscored the Squaws by 13 points in the

Girls fo meet Ross-NCH winner by Kevin Walzer The varsity basketball Squaws open tournament play as they face the winner of the Ross-North College Hill game on February 21 at Glen Este High School at 8:30. Coach Dick Pfirman indicated that he has no preference as to whom the Squaws play, feeling that they have good chances in the tournament either way. "It really makes no difference," he said. "I've seen them both play once, and they are both very similar teams in terms of record, ability and style. We should be able to handle either one of them." Pfirman also feels that the team has enough momentum to do well. A good draw doesn't hurt either, he said. ,s"We"ve got a super draw," he said. "We've got an excellent chance to win a few games." "But," he added, "I don't know of we can win the whole

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second half leaving the final score at 48-29. The JV Squaws were matched up against the Madeira Amazons and lost on January 31. Despite the Squaws' hustle, the team as a whole did not play to their full notential. One team member commented, "We just couldn't put things together." After halftime the score was 14-14, but the Squaws were unable to pull ahead and lost the game 39-30. The Squaws, with a dropping of their record to 8-8, look forward to their last game of the season with Deer Park. After defeating Deer Park earlier in the season 33-8, they feel assured of a victory to end the season 9-8. around this year. The boys started winning, and the girls did too one win is all it takes to start it, give the confidence that the team needs Fortothe winSquaws, consistently." this win was against Purcell-Marian on January 19. The girls won on a last second shot by senior Lisa Holzman off a court-length pass from junior Amy Wiatt. "This win was the turning point," said Pfirman. "After that the team had the confidence that they could win . before, they didn't think they had it. But after that, we won five in a row. That was the game that did it." According to Pfnman, the future looks very bright for the Squaws. "We're a very young team," he said. "We've got four starters returning, a lot of good talent coming up, and we're not losing many players, just three, only one ~f whom's "We'll miss a stwter her quite (Holzman) a bit ...

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JV Braves to face fifth-pIa~eWarriors tonight by Kevin Walzer The JV basketball Braves face Mariemont tonight in the last home game of the season before travelling to Deer Park next Friday to end their season. Standing " 10-8 overall and 8-4 in the EHL, head coach Gary Gellert feels that the game should be an interesting one. "I don't think it'll be easy at all," he said. "They're in fifth place in the league, but we can't rest on our laurels." Those laurels are rather impressive ones, though. The Braves played what Gellert termed "excellent basketball" to oust the league-leading Sycamore Aviators, 59-54, last Wednesday at Sycamore. "That was a great win," commented Gellert. "Sycamore had an eight-game winning streak, and it's just great to be able to go in and defeat them on their home fl00r.~' The Braves were led in scoring by sophomore Grey Freudenburg, who poured in 18. Sophomore Erich Metzger added 16. Previous to this game, the Braves had easily handled the Madeira Mustangs, 50-29, last Friday at home. "We played very well," said Gellert. "It was a good team effort . . . our fast break helped us too." Evidence of this teamwork was the balanced scoring. Sophomore Mike Cohen scored 12 points to lead the Braves, but sophomores Andy Tucker, Jared Davis, and Freudenburg each chipped in eight. The game itself was nip-andtuck through the first half, with Maderia leading by two at the half, 17-15. But the Braves staged a second half charge, outscoring the Mustangs, 35-12, to pull away to the easy win. "Good overall game," praised Gellert. However, Gellert was far from pleased with the team's game against Milford on February 1, a 53-45 loss at the hands of the Eagles "Just our poorest game," he said, angrily. "They put a lot of pressure on us, and we just could not handle it." Milford never trailed in the game, sporting a 28-22 lead after the first half. The Braves found the hole growing deeper in the

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he put in 17. Despite this loss, however, the Braves moved into second in the League in spectacular fashion. It

took 21 points from Metzger, it took two overtimes, but after the dust had settled, IH had downed a very stubborn bunch of Trojans from Glen Este, 43-40, on January 27. "We really hung in there," commented Gellert. "We were never in danger of losing the game they never had the ball in a lastsecond situation. But still, it's a good win." The teams were tied at the end of regulation, 35-35, and so entered the five minute overtime. Each side put in only one basket in the OT period. So they had to enter a second OT period, where IH outscored the Trojans 6-3 t o notch the win. Metzger lead in scoring with 21 points as Tucker added nine. Gellert was not dissatisfied with the team's 42-35 loss to Greenhills last January 25. In fact, he felt that the team played as well as they could. "They're one of the best JV teams in the city, undefeated at the time," he said. "We hung in there, but were just outclassed." Cohen led in scoring with 1 2 points. Sophomore Clint Reese added seven.

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Squaws down Wildcats by Jim Gruskin The Squaws, coming off a dismal two-win season a year ago, earned their eighth win of the 1983-84 season in a convincing manner Tuesday night with a 64-35 drubbing of Mariemont. Senior Lisa Holzman paced the Squaws' scoring with twelve points, including 10 of 11 free throws during Indian Hill's explosive 27-point second quarter. Junior Amy Wiatt and sophomore Cadi Cucinotta also played an integral part in the Squaws' most lopsided victory of the season in combining for 22 points. The Squaws, however, weren't ps fortunate during their preceeding two games. They endured bonecrushing 50-24 and 67-37 defeats at the hands of Madeira and Sycamore respectively, before bouncing back against Mariemont. Against a much bigger Madeira team on January 31, the Squaws' 26-point defeat proved a bit more disappointing than the 48-41 set-

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Dupps initiates alteration of /.A. b; winston R. Wells Due to the innovative push of Mr. Dennis Dupps, the Industrial Arts department is being phased out this year and replaced with an entirely new department entitled Applied Science and Technology. Most I.A. classes will be terminated this year and replaced with newer, more timely courses dealing with the application of various disciplines to technology. The changes came about after Dupps realized that the field of I.A. was simply not preparing students for careers after secondary education. He also cited the declining enrollment in not only the district but in I.A. courses as a whole as contributing factors. "The condition of the field of I.A. caused myself to become alarmed," commented Dupps. The process for changing the cuniculum was, according to Dupps, a long and detailed process which began - at the end of the last school year. Dupps' first step was to convince the administration that a change was needed. This was accomplished by his sharing of professional journals citing the need for change. Dupps then set out to gather information and gain public opinion towards new curriculum. This was accomplished by luncheons with business and industry leaders, meetings with Board members and PTA leaders, and by results from an elective questionnaire given to all students. The third step involved deciding exactly what changes were to be made. The administration hired Dupps and Mr. Charles Emery to select the new curriculum which was in turn presented to Indian Hill curriculum director Dr. Bryan Moore for approval. Dupps is now in the process of promoting and educating the staff and students about the new Applied Science curriculum. In the future he plans not only to develop IH's facilities further for the new courses but also to continually review and revise the Applied Science curriculum each year. The overall purpose of treating an Applied Science department is to create a scenario where students can take classroom knowledge and apply it to solve problems and where communication skills between students can be strengthened and accentuated. Dupps strongly feels that stu-

dents must be able to take their knowledge and apply it if they are to succeed in the Technological Revolution of today. "We are no longer a 'shop'," said Dupps. "We now are a problem solving laboratory." He foresees the application of physics and math knowledge in the areas of problem solving and practically testing theories. Yet not only will the disciplines of math and science be stressed in the laboratory, but also the English and social science disciplines of communication, both written and verbal, and human relations will all be a major part of the new curriculum. Commented Dupps, "Written and verbal communication will be employed in every aspect, in every course." According to Dupps, the need for the change is clearly dictated by today's Technological Revolution. "There is no Industrial Revolution now - you'll never get a job just assembling something. You have to have the ability and creativity to solve problems." When querying industry leaders on the subject of change, Dupps found that industries are looking for people who are able to cope with the change of today's technology and still be productive. They strongly recommended and supported Dupps' push for innovation. Apart from curriculum innovation Dupps is also updating laboratory equipment for the upcoming new classes. According to him, the use of computers will be extensive in both the lab and the classroom, for it should eventually replace much of the older equipment such as drawing tables. The new program also received a boost when AR Industries, a local welding firm, donated a

high tech welding unit to IH. Dupps plans to incorporate it in such fields as testing the theoretical strengths of materials and in the process of fabrication. He also wishes to dispel any idea that the emphasis on wood working and other traditional I.A. machinery will be lessened. According to him, the student will still have to learn the safety and operations of the machine in order to employ it in the technological problem solving aspect of a course. "We're just making things relevant," said Dupps. Specifically, all traditional I.A. classes except photography and architecture courses will be dropped and replaced by courses employing and stressing technology being known as Graphic Engineering courses. In addition, most classes will be a semester in length as to give more flexibility in scheduling. Beneficial in decid-

Page 3 ing the curriculum was, according to Dupps, the aforementioned student questionnaire. "We learned that photography and architecture were strong choices so we kept them in our new curriculum," Dupps said. Also included in the new courses is a class entitled "Management and Leadership" which, states Dupps, will develop the leadership abilities in students through written and verbal communication and through a study of human relations. Dupps, a 15-year educator, is the first teacher in the area t o completely renovate the LA. department. Praised by many for his drive for change, Dupps has been re-elected for an unprecedented second term as the Southwestern Ohio Industrial Arts Association President and has been nominated for the Teacher of the Year Award for his quest to update the fields of I.A. with the addition of technology.

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Mr. Dennis Dupps, responsible for the formation of the Applied Science and Technology department, stresses the importance of the Technological Revolution in secondary education.

Tuckey garners second in nat~onalcontest by Winston R. Wells Senior Melissa Tuckey, after being named a finalist, has won second place and a $5000 scholarship in a creative writing contest sponsored by Guideposts magazine. The notification came to her by mail on February 1. Tuckey was chosen from over 4,700 other participants in the contest. Guideposts, an inspirational magazine, sponsored the contest in order to find examples of inspirational events which affected teenagers.

Her entry dealt with an elderly bag lady downtown, and the effect that this sight had on her. She submitted her entry in November 1983, and was informed by the magazine that she was one of the top six finalists in January. Following this tentative notification, Tuckey was visited by the editor of Guideposts, Mr. Van Varner, two weeks ago. During his two day visit, Varner met Tuckey and her family and accompanied her t o an interview by The Post. After Varner's visit, the final

decision on Tuckey's standing was made. The scholarship will go directly t o the college of her choice, which she states will probably be Ohio State University. The first place winner will receive a $6000 scholarship. Although Tuckey does not plan to enter any more writing contests, she is extremely pleased with the Guideposts competition. Commented Tuckey, "I'm very excited about the scholarship and next year."

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February 10,1984

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editorial The world today is filled with conflict and hostility among mankind. Wars rage in all comers of the world, pitting man against himself. Yet this sense of discord trickles down into our everyday life, as seen with the incident at the IH-Milford basketball game last week. (See story, page 4.) Students from each school were involved, creating an air of uncertainty between IH and Milford. This tension is bad for all, and we cannot allow it to continue and fester between us. We must mend the rift, not further it-in short, we cannot think of revenge towards Milford. The drive for it is foolish and cowardly in itself, for we are simply degrading ourselves if we stoop to the level of vengeance. The Chieftain urges all embittered students to turn the other cheek, if not for the moral strength of themselves, for the strength of IH as a whole. We cannot continue this foolish dispute, because IH is simply too proud to be revengeful. Revenge is akin to burying our pride; restraint is displaying it openly. COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION

STAFF Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extra-curricular actlvity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6945 Drake Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45243 5614963. Sponsor Wm. P. Kincaid

Editors

Nancy Hopple Kitsa Tassian Win Wells News Editors Paul Menach David Stradling Features Editors Ken Jones Elizabeth Smith Assistant Features Chris Blanchard Sports Editors Anna Batsakes Kevin Walzer

which students learn not only the practical skill of speaking another language but also artistic aspects about a country through its literature, culture, and art. The exclusion of foreign languages and Creative Writing from the list of courses which fulfill the requirement may be partially justified by the Foreign Language, Speech, Creative Writing, Developmental Reading requirement which will take effect for the class of 1989. This, however, does not justify the current form of the requirement. Students should not be prevented from or hindered in taking a course such as Creative Writing because the "Practical or Fine Arts" requirement takes precedence. When students are prevented from developing or expressinn their talents in this area or when academically well-rounded students must scrape together several courses, which may be a repetition of junior high art, industrial arts, or home economic skills, in order to meet the requirement at the expense of other courses, the value of the "Practical and Fine Arts" courses is slighted; some students are prevented from pursuing their true interests and thus become apathetic. Perhaps the administration should consider whether it is accomplishing, or defeating, i t s educational goals through this requirement.

as I see it

Today's refuse to take stands on issues

by John Bergman Have you watched, listened to, read, or in any other way been informed of the news lately? If you have, you've undoubtedly become increasingly aware of the effect of politics on national affairs. It seems that just about everything that happens between now and November, with the possible, exception of the weather, will be tied in some way to someone's political platform. If your taste in entertainment is at all like mine, you probably find all this rather boring; but did you ever stop to ask yourself why? I mean, on the one hand, it

would seem that election year would be the year in which politicians worked the hardest to get the most done. Why then is it that we keep hearing phrases like "lame duck?" The answer to that question is in itself an inexplicable paradox. It seems that as soon as the first glimpse of an election catches a politician's eye, he decides that the only way he can hope to maintain his position is to please absolutely everyone. I say this is a paradox for several reasons. First of all, it isn't true. Secondly,

Magazine Editors

Photographers Brett Benadum, Trip Edwards, Stratton Msraites Contributers John Bergman, Hugh Geier, Mary Beth Heidrich, Brian Rowe, Jim Gruskin, Greg Morris, Chris Hall, Shari Zesch, Ken Slazy k Production Staff Kelly Martin, Stratton David Cook, Moraites, Joel Ruff, Mary~eth Heidrich, Amelia Ellfng

Tracy Megison Barb Neu Assistant Magazine Editor Janet Nicolas Chief Typesetter Savithri Raju Business Manager Bob Rhoad Circulation Manager Chris Blanchard Production Managers Margot Ayers Dan Rosenthal Typesetters Sandy Pesce, Sue Gilsdorf, Karen Wiederner Artists Joel Ruff

see BERGMAN, p. 4

by Kevin Walzer and Brian Rowe The varsity basketball Braves, after suffering a costly loss to Sycamore that dashed any of their remaining EHL hopes, face the first of their last two opponents in the Mariemont Warriors tonight. Tipoff is at 8:00 in the IH gym. The Warriors are not an easy team to play out the string against, though. Despite the fact that they are no longer in first place in the league, coach Dale McKibben warns that they are still extremely dangerous. "They're still a tough team, even though they've been slumping lately. We're going to have to play as well as we can play to win this one." That is, the Braves will have to regain their shooting touch. They have to settle down. In other words, they have to avoid the problems which plagued them against Sycamore, who had no problem in routing the Braves 6343 last Wednesday at Sycamore. This loss dropped their league record to 5-7, mathematically eliminating the Braves from the league race. This game, according to McKibben, is a prime example of what the Braves must not do if

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Braves to face Mariemont tonight

With course selection for the next academic year now in progress, most students are probably familiar with the existence of the "Practical or Fine Arts" requirement. Some students are more familiar with it than others, particularly seniors who might have had to change their schedules to accomodate the requirement in order to graduate this June. Undeniably, the courses currently designated as meeting the "Practical or Fine Arts" requirement are not without value. The problem lies in the fact that classes such as Creative Writing, World Literature, and French, Spanish, and Latin are considered neither practical nor fine arts. The practicality of writing skills which students develop in Creative Writing as well as the artistic nature of these skills merit placement of the course within the "'Practical or Fine Arts" requirement. The same holds true for World Literature in which students develop writing skills and gain insight into philosophies of foreign cultures, and for foreign language courses in

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Senior Bill Lange puts up a shot during the Braves' 63-43 loss to Sycamore Wednesday. they hope to defeat Mariemont. learned from this loss, which dropped IH's record to 8-10, is "We were disorganized; Sycamore that the Braves must shoot better. got on us early and we couldn't get out of it. We began pressing Evidence of this was the cold mentally, trying to do too much shooting of IH's leading scorers, juniors Kick Abrams and senior at once." Dan Kremcheck. Kremcheck The Aviators jumped all over the Braves from the onset, runscored only four points, well ning to a 16-5 lead after the first below his season average of 10.0. quarter. The margin had widened But the really amazing statistic to 15 at half, 33-18. here is Abrams' two points. M ~ a m sank s only one basket, far Certainly another lesson to be

below his season average of 18.3. "I really can't explain why they were so cold," admitted McKibben. "There was no indication before the game that there was any physical problem with either one of them. All I can @I& of is that they must have been cold that night." Such a cold spell will have to be avoided tonight. The Braves will also have to contend with Mariemont's height advantage, led by 6'9" Warrior center Lebon Sales. "But we've played tall teams before," said McKibben. "What we have to do is put four quarters of good basketball together. We have to be consistent, avoid those cold spells. That's what we have to do. If we can do that, we will win." The loss to Sycamore was another in a recent slump that has seen the team, after winning five in a row, lose three of four contests. The one bright spot in that slump was the team's 63-53 win over Madeira last Friday. In winning the game, the Braves completed a sweep of their nextdoor rivals, dating back to the Braves' 50-49 win over the Mustangs on December 16. The IH guard attack combined for 38 points in downing the Mustangs, including 18 from Abrams and eight from junior Mike Wentz.

Dwindling wrestlers preDare for EHL to be held at Loveland next Saturdav I

by Kenny Slazyk As the Braves wrestling season comes to a close and the number of varsity wrestlers dwindle. coaches Ron Webber and Tim Distler still are optimistic about their EHL meet which will be played next Saturday at Loveland. "Because of our small numbers, we won't fare well at the ' tournament as a team,"said senior wrestler Andy Graham, "but we're looking forward to a few individual wins." ar' & Since the bean. season the makeup of the varsity wrestling team has been dwindling. Three members, seniors Neil : Bollinger, Dave Stradling, and Brom Espy have left the team leaving only a few members to carry on their winning ways. The lineup for the league Wurnament next Saturday will be Graham (1 121, sophomore Matt Feltman (1 19), junior Ken Slazyk (1 26), Bert Sheard (1321, senior

Mike Feltman (138), sophomore steve ~ a k e r(167), junior Dave Kindle(l75) and senior Curt Reising (185). In their latest match against Deer Park, Wyoming and Reading at Deer Park, on Thursday February 8, five out of eight varsity wrestlers had to sit out of the match. Sheard, Slazyk, Mike Feltman, Steve Baker, and Kindle had gained to many state points had to save their last three points for the league meet on Saturday. However Matt Feltman, Graham, and Reising did have matches and the open varsity weight classes were filled up by JV wrestlers. Indian Hill's seven wrestlers were defeated by all three teams; but Graham and JV wrestler Brad McKean had nne win. In a previous match with Country Day, the IH wrestlers equal in number with the opposing team did quite well, but when wrestling powerful Madeira team, lost.

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Senior Andy Graham gets the upper hand on his opponent in a recent

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8~ by Kevin Walzer It seems like winning has become contageous at IH. Just look at the turnaround of all the basketball programs this year: Girl's varsity and JV,boy's varsity and JV. These are not the only programs that have enjoyed a winning streak. A lesser-known team has also enjoyed a quick turnaround this season, one of perhaps greater proportions than any other. The freshman basketball Braves, with a 7-2 run since wiped Christmas, have out the stigma of an 0-6 record, and added a seventh victory to their streak raising their record to 7-8 overall with a 41-28 victory over the Madeira Mustangs in the opening round of the EHL tournament February 2. The win advances them to a semifinal meeting with the host team, Milford, played last night. (Results were not available at press time.) The Mustangs posed little threat for the Braves, as they led throughout the game. The team jumped to an 11-2 lead on the strength of seven points by freshman Ron Jones. The Mustangs managed to cut that to eight at half, 18-10, but IH pulled away in the second with strong shoot. ing and good defense. This win is only the latest in a remarkable second half turnabout thathasseenthe teamgofrom 0-6 to 7-8. The major reason for the resurgence? At least three players point to IH's 24-23 shocking of Sycamore on December 19 for their first win of the season. Commented Jones, "It was a close game that we were not supposed to win, but we did." Freshman John Yeager: "They were first place in the league." Ahrord: Freshman Paul "Coach (Steve) Thompson had us up for that game. After that, everything fell into place." This win is definitely what started the resurgence. It was a tremendous morale booster defeating the first-place team in the leaeue. Said Jones, "We weren't supposed to win that game. Sycamore had been undefeated in 32 games over the past few years, all the odds were against us. But we went in and won in a close game. "If nothing else, the win , demonstrated winning ability," , said Alvord.

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"We really worked hard before that game," he said. "It gave us some confidence. Hey, the same thing happened to varsity (a 4441 win over Milford which keyed an 8-4 run, raising their record to 8-9)." The team overall turned in a 52 mark in the league this season

good for third place behind Milford, who finished fust, and Sycamore. The team last night played the first-place Eagles at Milford for a place in the finals of the tournament, which will be held tomorrow. Both Yeager and Jones felt that IH had good chances going into the game, -

deipitethefactthattheEagles were vlayinn - - -in their home floor. "We should win," commented Jones earlier this week. "They beat us by four early in the season, and the game will be tough, but I think we can win." "We're on a roll," added Yeager this week. "The game will undoubtedly be close, but we can beat them."

Vol. 33, No. 11 February 10, 1984 Indian Hill High School Cincinnati, Ohio 45243

'84 intramural champs t~ be determined by Anna Batsakes The IH intramural basketball league will be holding it's season tournament tomorrow in order to determine the 1984 intramural basketball champions. With a league record of 6-1, the Coaches team, consisting of players such as coaches Steve Thompson, Russ Hatfield, and Gene Brindise, seems to be the likely team to place first in the tournament. Losing only to the Little Kings team, which is prim-arily made up of juniors, Coach Tim Schira, organizer of the basketball league and a member of the Coaches' team, insists that the loss should not have occured. "We had a really bad day," he said, "and three of our best players were missing from that game." The Coaches, the Penetrators

(a senior team) and the Little Kings all have a 6-1 record. League seeding was determined by a random drawing. The Coaches' team wound up first, while the Penetrators and Little Kings were second and third, respectively. The second seeded Penetrators feel that they have a good chance of winning the tourney if they can defeat Little Kings again, and if key players from the Coaches' team are missing. Little Kings, however, feels the same way. "We only lost to the Penetrators by three in our last game," said junior Jim Gruskin, a key player for Little Kings. "We can beat them if we try: I think we can beat the Coaches, too; if we did it once, we can do it again." Other teams playing in the tournament are team no. 7 (untitled). which consists primarily

of football players. Their league standing is 4-3. The Tapa-Kega team with a league record of 3-4 consists of a variety of players and is seeded fifth in the league. B.C. Inc. and Screech, a pep band team, are ranked sixth and seventh, respectively, with 2-5 and 1-6 league records. Placed last in the league is Culde-Sac, a team of soccer players with a 0-7 record. The tournament will begin at 12: 15 with the Penetrators versus Screech. The championship game will begin at 3 :30.

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by Greg Morris The swimming team is currently preparing for the sectional swim meet to be held a week from today, February 17-18. If all fares well, the team will advance to districts and then the state meet to be held in Columbus on March 1,2, and 3. The top four finishers in both male and female competitions (fastest times) from each section will advance to districts automatically. Others advancing to districts are chosen at random from the next twelve finishers in each event. The competition intensifies at districts in order to advance to the state meet. Although the top four female swimmers will still automatically go to state, only the top three boys will advance. In addition, those others advancing are randomly chosen from the next eleven finishers, not twelve. The criterum for divers is a bit different. Only the top six divers in both male and female compet-

titions will advance to alSmcLs, with no random selection process to arrive at the rest of those advancing. The same idea holds true in order to advance to state; only the top five boys and top seven girls will be able to dive in the state meet. The team is optimistic that it will do well in the tournament. Stated captain Cliff Wingerter, "I feel the whole team will do very well at sectionals and I hope a lot of us go to districts and state. Added senior Kris Brockman, "Most would call this a rebuilding year because of all the underclassmen on the team - but they make up 50% of our team! Experience is their only downfall. They really try hard and should make a good showing at sectiona l ~ . All it takes is some psyching up to get more people to districts and state. We've been working hard all year, and everyone deserves to get the best times of the year!"

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by Paul Monach The high school has adopted a proposal by principal Dr. Karl Feltman to gradually raise the graduation requirement to 22 credit units from a present 19 units. (For Feltman's reasoning behind the proposal, see his letter on page 6.) Also, the numerous changes in course offerings reflect these new requirements as well as increased demand for certain subjects. In comparison to Indian Hill's credit requirement, Cincinnati Country Day's is 18, St. Xavier's is 22.5, Sycamore's is 19, and Madeira's is 19.5. Also, more than 50% of schools surveyed in the state are reviewing, and in most cases planning to increase their graduation requirements. The class of 1987, or this

year's freshmen, will be required to take one-half unit of credit of computer courses. They will also have to fulfill one-half extra unit in elective course, three-fourths if Driver Education is taught outside the school and its onequarter credit reqiurement is dropped. Students in the class of 1988 will undergo more profound requirement changes. In additon to the mandatory semester of computers, eighth-graders will have to take an extra unit in math (three credits), and in science (three credits). The present requisite of one credit unit in fine arts or practical arts has been expanded to one in each category. "Fine arts" includes music, art, speech, drama, dance, technical drawing, and photography, and "practical arts"

by Janet Nicolas Sixteen members of Indian Hill's Model United Nations Club will travel to Washington, D.C. to attend the twenty-first North American Invitational Model United Nations sponsored by Georgetown University February 16-19. The students and advisors, Mr. Robert Girton and Mr. John Nellis, will leave by bus Wednesday night of next week and return on Sunday night. The group will travel with St. Xavier and Cincinnati Country Day Model U.N. clubs and spend four days at the Washington Sheraton Hotel. The fact that the members will travel by bus is a major change, for transportation has always been by plane in the past. Because of this change, the price for the trip has been reduced from about

$300 to $140; therefore, more people can attend. Indian Hill will be representing the Ukrainian SSR in the General Assembly while seniors Trip Edwards and Dave Agin will

is fulfilled by computer (in addition to the one-half credit already required), business, applied science and technology, and home economics. Students in the class of 1989 must fulfill all of the above plus one unit of either foreign language, developmental reading, speech, or creative writing; Course offering additions and changes are extensive due primarily to the creation of a Computer Department, the expansion and renaming of the Industrial Arts Department as the Applied Science and Technology Department, and the expansion of the Home Economics Department. These departments are expected to thrive in the future because of the new practical arts requirement.

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represent the United States and the U.S.S.R., respectively, in Internation Simulation, which is an exercise in solving mock world crises. Representing Zaire in the Security Council are seniors Win

photo by Brett Benadum

The above MUN members will travel to Washington come February 16.

The new Computer Department will add Computer Applications, a quarter course, and Introduction to Pascal, a semester course, to its curriculum. The Home Economics Department is adding six new classes, including Contemporary Living I and I1 (general home ec.), two year courses, and Exploring Childhood; Interior Design and Decorator Crafts; Trends in Diet, Food, and Exercise; and International and Gourmet Cuisine, all of which will be semester subjects. In accord with its new title, the Applied Science and Technology Department will emphasize the use of computers and other high-technology devices, adding seven courses to its repertoire. (For a detailed discussion of the new courses in this department, see page 3.)

see COURSES, p. 5 Wells, Eveleen Olenik, and Shannon Meldon. The sixteen delegates attending the Model United Nations have spent much time and effort in researching their respective countries in order to accurately portray them. In addition to the simulation of the actual United Nations, several other activities have been planned, among them are a luncheon with Congressman Bill Gradison, a dance Saturday night, and sightseeing in Washington. Commented junior Barbara Hug, "I'm looking forward to the trip." The trip itself is the highlight of the year for Model U.N. members. Other important events include a simulation held at Dayton University and a model Security Council sponsored by an area school. Last year the latter simulation was held at Indian Hill.