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FALL SPORTS AWARD WINNERS

ARSITY T E N N l S MVP: Tracy Barton, Molly Poffenberger, Aubrey Abbott, Debbie Horton EWL All Stars: Tracy Barton, Molly Poffsnberger, Aubrey Abbott, Debbie Horton E H L Player of the Year: Tracy Barton Cincinnati Player of the Year: Tracy Barton Cincinnati All Star: Tracy Barton, Molly Peffenbsrger, Aubrey Abbott, Debbi ljorton

BOYS* SOCCER: MVP: Steve Womack EHL AII Stars: Curtis ~ t t , Scott Selbert, Steve Womack All City: Curtis Ott, Steve Womack All State: Steve Womack

E H L and Cincinnati Coach of the Year: Cindy Crilley Team won league and state tltlea.

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MONACH, from p. 9 do not get into team effort or individual performance. Andy Tucker in his article makes a more rational complaint. He does not attack Sportsview, but instead the recent varsity basketball article referred t o by Walzer. He has a good point; the only way to have truly presented summaries of players would have been direct quotations from the coach. Naturally, Coach McKibben did not want t o publicize such judgments. However, I feel that Brian Rowe's summaries were opinionated because they were all positive, not, as Tucker feels, biased to favor the author. Rowe may have said Erich Metzger had been performing erratically, but he also voiced surprise at this occurrence. Also, for whatever it is worth, at the time the article was published, Rowe was starting in scrimmages. Tucker feels performance should not be judged, because all the athletes try hard. Does he object when athletes and teams are incessantly praised, despite mediocre or poor performance? Of course not, but on principle he should, because such writing is just as heinous in its editorializing as negative writing. I suspect Tucker and others re-

The boys' golf team listens with varying degrees of enthusiasm as coach Bob West gives his annual award discourse at the sports banquet. BOYS' GOLF MVP: John Bishop EHL Player of the Year: John Bishop B H L Coach of the Year: Bob West Team was league champlon.

sent the "pomposity" of Walzer because he is not active in sports at school. The fact that Walzer is not as good a basketball playa as Tucker should not prevent him from stating, with appropriate evidence, that Tucker had an especially good or bad game.

CROSSCOUNTRY MVP: Paul Monach MIP: Brian Meyers

VOLLEYBALL MVP: Anna Cuclnotta E H L All Star: Jenny Malloy

GIRLS' SOCCER MVP: Tricla Craig, Julle Packer EHL All Star: Trlcia Craig, Sharl Zesch, Julle Packer

Walzer is knowledgeable enough about sports t o make such comments, and he also emphasizes the good games more than the bad ones. As a respectable athlete, I personally feel qualified to comment on the performance of members

of a team, especially of a team I am on; I feel that Rowe is justified in commenting on players' performances for the same reason, as long as his comments have some basis and do not unnecessarily favor certain players.

not right for Rowe to give himself a fairly positive evaluation ("Rowe appears to be back in the starting lineup...'') while criticizing other players (such as Erich Metzger, whom he called an "enigma" while mentioning that he had been "erratic" in scrimmages). I really fail to see what is wrong with that. It was not Rowe the basketball player simply stroking his ego and putting down the other players in the hopes of putting himself in the starting lineup; it was Rowe the journalist stepping back and detachedly evaluating his own performance and the performance of the other players on the team. As both an optimistic athlete and an objective journalist, Rowe treads a fine line. But he does a good job in not overstepping his bounds. The fact that those criticized are "trying their best" has nothing to do with the re-

sponsible journalist; a responsible journalist does not question the effort of athletes unless he can back it up with facts. And those facts are to be found only if what the journalist says is true. That's why I feel I'm right in most cases, and why I feel Brian Rowe is right in this particular case. He didn't get t o be sports editor of Chieftain without being a responsible journalist. He may be frank and controversial in his articles, but h e can back it up. And that's the mark of a good journalist-even though it might not make him a popular one. Chieftain would like to thank Andy Tucker for his contribution to this opinion forum. We realize that other students or coaches may have views different from those presented here. If you wish to have such an opinion published, please be sure it says something completely new, and please turn it in b y next Tuesday.

WALZER, from p. 9 To me, that seemed ridiculous. From that ridiculousness came the phrases "playing Sycamore is an exercise in masochism" and "ending the rivalry is an act of mercy", which were the ones that inspired such rage from the football team. Granted, the statements were harsh and might have been too strong, but the plain truth of t h t matter is that I was reporting the truth. Or at least, the truth as I saw it. And in my eyes, that string of losses t o Sycamore was not pretty. That idea is a key one for athletes who are reported on in Chieftain to remember: we are journalists and we're trying t o report objectively. I think a lot of what Tucker interpreted as "opinion" in the article he disliked, Brian Rowe's "personnel" article' last issue, was simply Rowe's frank evaluation of the truth. Tucker said that it really was

Vol. 34 No. 7 December 7,1984 Indian Hill High School Cincinnati, Ohio 45243

by Paul Monach The Board of ]Education outLined a proposal to sell Wyandot School to Sycamore Schools at a commuriity meeting last night, Sycamore has offered to buy the wesent IH elementarv school o n a "lease-purchase" agreement; the school would be leased for two years for $800,000, with a final payment of $1.6 million needed to purchase the school the third year (a cost of $2.4 million total). The sale would include several important conditions. Indian Hill would retain the right to repurchase Wyandot for 7 years after the final sale (9 after the original leasing), provided the district could come up with the necessary

cause of the sale, and the playground and tennis courts will be available for use during non-

money within 30 days of announcing this intention. Zoning would not change be-

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Indian Hill sends 20 to EHL Honors Band by Jeff Currier In its final year of existence, the Eastern Hills League held its Honors Band Concert last Sunday, December 2, thus ending a ten-year tradition for the league. Indian Hill contributed greatly to the Honors Band this year, with 20 participants, seven of al which were ~ . r i n c i ~chairs. Participating in this year's band were Kim Doran (lst), Laura Harmon, Andrea Hatfield, and Mary Ballard, flutes; Brad Adrien (lst), oboe; Jeff Currier (lst), Michelle Brougher, Benjy Cook, and Jim Carson, clarinets; Dominic Pesce (lst), alto saxophone; Rob Seal (lst), Scott Seward, Tom Luckey, trumpets; David Epstein, trombone; Matt Feltman, baritone; Gregg Devanna (1st) and John Stubbers, tubas; Jeff Tuckey (1st) and Duncan Chalmers, percussion; and Doug Backus, playing tympani. Each year, open auditions are held for all interested wind and percussion players in the EHL schools. Judges for these auditions consist of the band directors from the eight schools in the league. The guest conductors for this

year's bands were Mr. David Keener for the high school and Mr. Norman Parr for the junior high. Keener graduated from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, where he studied clarinet, voice, piano, and organ. He has since taught at

school hours; this should alleviate some of the concerns of local residents. Under the agreement, which the Board is expected to sign soon, Indian Hill would vacate the school by July 1. The only problem would be where to put the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders who would normally have attended school at Wyandot. As Superintendent Dr. Robert E. Boston said, "Housing of students is my responsibility." Although he must make the final decision on this issue, he plans t o form a committee of community members, teachers, and adminicision. to help him make his destrators

Dixie Heights High School, Indian Hill, Twin Valley North, and Miamisburg Schools. Parr is a junior high band diHis rector from Mariemont. bands have consistently received straight "I" ratings in competitions for many years. Parr also works very closely with the

Said Boston, "I hope that I can make a recommendation t o the Board by March or April." brass section of IH's marching and concert bands. Thcre is a possibility of a new league band nest year. It would consist of 15 schools, eight of which will be from the present EHL, joined by seven other schools from around the city. Although many plans have been suggested, the future of the band remains uncertain.

Meyers deems Dayton Conference success by James Anderson The Model United Nations Club attended a Dayton University-sponsored conference two weeks ago Thursday. The MUN did not win any awards as it has in past years, but many members were instrumental in passing resolutions on chemical warfare, world overpopulation, environmental crises, space weaponry, etc. Co-president Brian Meyers regarded the trip as a success; "Although we didn't win any awards, everyone who went gained a great deal of experience." Club faculty sponsor John Nellis also stressed the unimportance of official recognitions. "It really isn't the awards that are important. The participants in these

conferences should come away with a better understanding of the real United Nations and the difficulties of political negotiation." Countries representcd by IH include Spain, Israel, Bolivia, Somalia, and several less well-known nations. Delegates were encouraged to initiate resolutions and amendments by obtaining endorsements from 30 countries, and then to defend their views in front of their respective assemblies. The MUN is presently looking toward its February trip t o Georgetown University and a more sophisticated simulation. Co-presidents Hugh Geier and Meyers agree that the experience gained at Dayton will help IH t o

make a good showing in Washington. The club has been very fortunate in its country assignments; ~nemberswill represent the controversial nations of Poland, in the General Assembly, and Nicaragua, in the Security Council. In addition, IHers will play the roles of the President of the United States, the director of the FBI, and other important U.S. figures in U.S.S.R. a simulated forum with the Another activity in which MUN recently participated is the Oxfam collection. In its joint venture with Student Government the club collected over $700, which will go to feed Ethiopia's starving masses.

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'Catcher' said nothing new It appears that Wyandot School is going to be sold. Aside from the fact that many students may have to travel farther to school, the sale will have no profound negative effect on the district or its students. Rumors, however, have run rampant in the past few weeks. Parents expressed fears that the Indian Hill and Sycamore Districts would have to be rezoned, sending many Kenwood students to Sycamore. Some people also acquired the odd notion that the students would have to change buildings in the middle of the year. The rumors became so common and so distorted that some community members said they had heard that Indian Hill was planning to become semi-private or private. All of these rumors are ridiculous if a little logical thought is employed. Can IH afford to lose students? No. Does Sycamore want more? No. Would anyone consider trying to transfer 300 students to another school building in the middle of a school year? No. Would the IH Schools sacrifice alreadydeclining state money to become more selective? No. Could they even if they wanted to? Again, no. The district strives, through various channels, to keep its residents informed. People who stir up trouby- startble, either intentionally or unintentionally, ing such irrational rumors undermine this communication and confuse everyone involved.

Mack planning exchange to Australia Junior Neely Mack will be going on an American Field Service (AFS) exchange to Australia on January 15. She will find out specifics about her Australian host family three weeks before her departure. Junior Ghia Euskirchen participated in an AFS German language study program from last

June to August with a family from Switzerland. She took many side trips to France, Germany, and Italy and spent weekends hiking in the Swiss Alps. Anyone interested in participating in an AFS activity should contact either Mr. Larry Bernard or junior Matt Santen.

by Kenneth N. Jones After reading last issue's student opinion written by Catcher in the Rye, I formed an image of the anonymous Mr. Catcher. Frankly, I am dying to find out who he is, just for the-sake of having a conversation with him. Catcher is obviously a great writer presenting a responsible and respectable opinion, but judging from the content, he is out of touch with the realities of drugs and somewhat hypocritical in his writing. To begin with, the anonymity of Catcher I find questionable. In the editorial explaining Catcher's anonymity, defense is given as follows: "The student desired to keep his name hidden because he would not normally be thought of as an authority on drugs; he was concerned that his opinion would not be taken seriously ." I think everyone is entitled to an opinion, and furthermore, I think everyone should take pride in his opinion. The opinion presented by Catcher is excellent, and Catcher should be proud to have his name attached to it. Whoever the anonvmous writer is, I cannot and would not judge the opinion on what I know of that person, for that is an ad hominem fallacy. I find fault with Catcher's credulity because of his seeming lack of authority on drugs as presented in the opinion. The first portion of his article implies that many of the facts we learn about drugs in textbooks are useless; they do not retard drug use in any way. He uses phrases like "shocked into obedience by propagandistic horror stories and pseudo-scientific statistics" to ex-

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New National Honor SafieW Members: t o 13 Bill Haffner, Mark Ensley, Andy Tucker, Mindy Grindstaff, Peggy Cutler, Shari Zesch, Kristen Mains, Carin Chabut, Kevin Walzer, Chris Hall, MaryBeth Heidrich, Laura Harmon, Mark Weiss, Beth Wingerter, Tricia Schaefer, Patty Westhofen, Shawna Hornsby, Jeff Currier, David Kilday. Not shown: Dave Steward.

press the futility of textbook learning. Personally, I agree totally. I cannot remember a single fact or piece of information from Health class that would stop me from turning to drug use if I chose to. The only problem with Catcher's opinion is that he simply reverses positions and gives another textbook attack on drug use. The only effective stopping agent to drug use is first-hand experience, experience Catcher does not express in his opinion. Catcher seems to be sitting on his moral high horse judging everyone who has ever had contact with drugs. Judging from his analogies and the depth of experience as expressed in his writings, Catcher has little insight into the problems of a drug user. If Catcher wanted to scare someone away from drinking, why didn't he advise the reader to visit the Alcoholic Drop-in Center and see the hundreds of people with ruined lives, who need help? A dose of reality is desperately needed for anyone with a drug problem, but it does not hurt those without a problem, either. Catcher's writing needs a dose of reality. In his closing paragraph, Catcher speaks of "younger children, self-satisfied and blissfully ignorant, who are still running straight." I propose that Catcher is not a Catcher at all, but "selfsatisfied and blissfully ignorant." The anonymous writer should be thankful that he is ignorant, but please leave the catching to the real catchers, who have come close to the edge, or at least had a nlimpse - - of it.

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Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracurricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 5 6 1 4 2 2 5 . Sponsor: Wm. P. Kincaid; Editors: Ken Jones, Paul Monach; News Editors: Anna Batsakes, David Cook; Features Editors: Tracy Megison, Janet Nlcolas; Sports Editors: Brian Rowe, Kevin Walzer; Magazine Editors: Ellen Aivord, Joel Ruff; Business Manager: Kelly Martin; Circulation Manager: Davis Griffin; Production Managers: MaryBeth Heidrich, Dan Rosenthal; Assistant Production Manager: Arianna Newman; Typesetter: Karen Wiedemer; Photographers: Tom Taylor, Davis Griffin. Mariano Fernandez. Brad Wilkinson. Scott Blanchard: Contributors: Eilzabeth Gorman, James Anderson, Hugh Geier, Jeff Currier, Sam Green. Jennifer ~ o b b Davld . Miller. Peter 8atsakes. Tiffany Andy Tucker; ~roductio" Staff: ~ i e Overhoff, x Rob Seal, Laura Schwartz. As its editorial poiicy, Chieftain strlves both to commend what is good and encourage correction of what is not. Editorlals reflect the opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and responsibly written.

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by Kevin Walzer Often -knes one hears of an IH basketball team being hurt by a lack of inside rebounding. But how many times have you heard of one being hurt by a lack of consistent perimeter shooting? Comments the coach of just that team, Gary Gellert, 'We are having some problems with our leadership and our outside shooting." The JV Braves have lost three of four games this season, and Gellert attributes that losing largely to the Braves' inconsistency t o put the games on ice in the closing minutes. "Every one of our games has been lost late in the game," said Gellert. "We've had chances to win every one, but then we have a lack of poise. We have f a too many fouls and turnovers." The Braves lost their EHL opener to Mariemont last week, 47-42. Freshman Mike Eaton had 1 3 points for the Braves in the losing effort.

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Three make Enquirer all-city football team bv Kevin Walzer There was one pleasant surprise after another with this year's varsity football team. The most recent one came last week when three Braves found themselves honored by the Cincinnati Enquirer as allcity selections. Senior Brian Jehle headed the list as he wound up on the fust team at tackle. Juniors Kevin Viox and Eric Edwards captured honorable mentions at running back and defensive line, respectively. "I was really surprised. I didn't expect this at all," admitted Jehle. But he also smiled, "It was a nice way to'end a very fun year." Jehle was hard pressed to explain why he felt he was conferred the most prestigious postseason honor that an IH football player has received in several ytars. "I think a big part of it was that I'd improved a lot over last year. I thought I did a good job opening up holes for Kevin [Viox] on the running plays." Jehle had some high words of praise far both Viox and Edwards and their contributions to the 4-6 Braves. "Kewin had a really good season this year...he got o m 1000 yaids rushing. He always gave

100% and was a great member of the team." Jehle is very optimistic about this year's first step in the rebuilding process coach Mike Heizman

has begun. "There was a lot of optimism this year I don't think anyone expected us to go 4-6. We have a lot of talent, and we can do well

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i s b ~ ~"Considering a the caliber of Forest Park, we played very well." The game was a close one from the onset, as Forest Park was never able t o get out by more than four. They led 26-22 at half, and 37-34 after the third quarter. Freshman Jason Kincaid put in 1 4 to lead the Braves as Eaton added 13. Sophomore Ron Jones had 21 in the Braves' only win this season, against Finneytown, which IH won, 46-43. Free throws in the closing minutes were IH's downfall as Northwest won, 62-55, in IH's season opener. Eaton had 16 points, while Kincaid had ten. Gellert at this point is "not pleased" with his team, but but feels that their errors are not permanent. "We have some work to do, but I'm confident that we'll improve." Although he is optimistic for a turnaround, though, Gellert said, "Ten of our games are before Christmas. They better start turning around soon." in the future. Coach Heizman did a great job." He added, "I thought the way Eric played, he should have at least gotten first team EHL [Edwards made second team]. I think he only missed it by one vote."

Varsity girls come close to tough opponents by Tiffany Meyer The varsity girls' basketball team traveled to Norwood and lost in a close game, 4743, last Friday. Junior Cadi Cucinotta was the leading scorer with a total of nine points, followed by junior Kristin Mains with seven. Senior Amy Wiatt was the leading rebounder. Before this difficult battle, the Squaws lost in overtime 4946 to North College Hill. Cucinotta was again the leading scorer with sixteen points. Mains was the leading rebounder. Indian Hill was victorious in their first encounter agianst St. Ursula, winning 49-3 8. Freshman Trida Craig was the leading scorer with twelve points. Senior Gretchen Kindel scored eleven points, and Cucinotta racked up ten. During this game Mains again earned the most rebounds with a total of eight. When asked how he feels his

team is playing, coach Dick Pfirman comments, "The team is playing well but they lack that little extra intensity to win the This is possl'bly close game. due to the inexperience of the

players that are young." Pfhman also says he is pleased with his senior starters, expedally Kindel, and the development of Mains and Craig.

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WHO CAN STOP THAT WOMAN?: Senior Birdie Mrnzler c e liea around endl in the Powderpuff game held two weeks ago.

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3-7 Braves to face Trojans tonight by Brian Rowe The boys' varsity basketball team is off to its best start in several years this season, entering tonight's game with EHL foe Glen Este with an impressive 3-1 record. Last Friday the Braves opened their EHL season with a 53-51 win over Mariemont. The Braves, playing in front of a hostile Mariemont crowd, found themselves behiid at the halftime intermission, 24-22. Mariemont forced the team out of its usual offense with a box and .one defense that used a chaser on senior Rick Abrams, which hindered his scoring output in the first half. In the second half, senior Dave Stanforth asserted himself with five long-range jumpers to keep the Braves in the game through the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the two teams exchanged technicals, and the battle became more heated. Luckily for IH, the Braves had outstanding free-throw . shooting in the final stanza, led by Abrams, who was eight'for eight, and senior Curtis Ott, who upped his foul shot percentage to 73.1 with a four-for-four performance in the fourth quarter. The final score really did not indicate the closeness of the ball game, however, because the Braves were up by six with ten seconds to play and allowed two

quick baskets t o let the Warriors pull within two for the first time with one second remaining. Two days earlier, on Wednesday, November 28, the Braves dropped their first contest, to visiting Forest Park. The Chargers were an especially quick and strong rebounding team and simply out-muscled the Braves on the

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by Peter Batsakes The freshman basketball team split their first week of play in the 1984-85 season with a win and a loss. The one loss came on November 29 to Colerain, 44-38. Although Colerain emerged victorious, play was mostly dominated by the Braves until a late fourth period rally projected Colerain into a lead they never relinquished. "We should have won, we just lost our intensity," said center Mexico Hayden. Hayden led the Braves in scoring with 16 points and nine rebounds. Rick Decker added 10 points and 10 rebounds. "It was probably one of the best games any of us have ever played. It was the free throws that killed us," said Decker, who

defensive boards. Ott kept the team in the game singlehandedly in the second half, scoring 12 of his seasonhigh 23 points in the third and fourth quarters. With Abrams fouling out in the early part of the fourth quarter, the Braves had to rely on the leadership of Ott and junior Andy

Tucker in the last quarter to force a 6 4 6 4 tie at the end of regulation play. The Braves allowed too many second and third shots in the overtime period, and found themselves on the losing side of a 7370 decision. Ott led all scorers, and Abrams managed 1 8 points ' before fouling out. The Braves' two previous wins were both hard-fought contests that featured a team effort that resulted in victories over two tough non-league opponents. The Finneytown game was a showdown between two of the city's best guards, Abrams and Chris Spencer. Abrams won the personal battle with 28 points to Spencer's 25, and the Braves pulled out a tight 58-57 decision. Stanforth and junior Mike Cohen each had eight points to round out IH's attack. The season opener was another victory for the team, beating visiting Northwest, 58-51, a team that destroyed IH by twenty points only one year earlier. Tucker was "lights out" hi this contest, burying all five of his longdistance dedications to ensure the IH victory.. Abrams began his season with 17 points, and a very balanced attack from the rest of the starters was also evident. The Braves enter tonight's game in a four-way tie for f i s t place with Sycamore, Loveland, and Milford, and a win tonight at home would be another step toward the final EHL crown. , -.e,

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also added that he was impressed with Colerain's size and vertical jump capabilities. Scott Stertmeyer contributed six points while Tom Kindle, Greg Long, and Steve Wachs eached scored two, The Braves' first victory of the season came against Lockland. The Braves jumped out to a marginal lead and then never let up. The final score was 60-30. Wachs led the Braves' scoring with twelve points. Decker's nine points and Hayden's eight aslo led the Braves. Decker led the Braves' rebounding with five while Mexico Hayden came down with four. A good game by Lee Tucker also contributed to the Braves' strong win.

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WRESTLERS BEGIN SEASON: Senior Ken Slazyk will be an important force for the wrestlers this season. The grapplers open their season today in a quadrangular meet at Loveland.

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Giving should occur year-round

by ~ a n e t ~ i c o l a s With Thanksgiving past and Christmas and Chanukah on their way, many students have been or will be confronted by the seasonal motto, "a time t o share." It may seem that charity or sharing as a necessity is a beleaguered point, but it seems that most students have misunderstood or have overlooked the reasons for charity. 'I have no objection to sharing per se, but the idea that sharing, and usually monetary sharing, occurs mainly during the holiday seasons seems ludicrous at best. These past few weeks at Indian Hill, the Student Government, Model U.N., and Key Club all worked diligently to collect food for the Freestore and money for Oxfam. I applaud their efforts

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Mr. Brad Wigor is an Indian Hill graduate and the Executive Producer of4%ontract For Life: The S.A.D.D. Story." News release from Helios Productions: Over 120,000 young people are injured each year in alcoholrelated traffic accidents-some 4,000 fatally. . In fact, drunk driving accidents are the no. 1 cause of death among Americans under the age of 30. Reaching young people with a message about the dangers of driving drunk is vital in the effort to reduce the frequency of these accidents. President Reagan has declared this December 9-15 as "National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awaxeness Week." To help launch the week, the CBS network will air "Contract For Life: The S.A.D.D. Story" on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 11as part of the Schoolbreak Special series. The one-hour drama is based on true incidents leading to the formation of S.A.D.D.-Students Against Driving Drunk, an organization devoted to educating young people about the great hazards involved in drinking and driving. "Contract For Life: The S.A.D.D. Story" stars Stephen Macht as Bob Anastas, a Massachusetts school teacher and hock-

and the students' response tremendously but am disconcerted by the fact that this sharing has taken place almost solely on a monetary level. Granted, donating money for Ethiopia was probably the best way for our school as a collective force to help, but concerning food students brought and donated to the Freestore, who ever suggested that poorer people only eat on Thanksgiving? Furthermore, how many people are aware that roughly thirty million Americans currently live below the poverty level-not just on holidays, but every day of the year? And how many people realize that in Cincinnati, poverty exists-or have even made an effort to alleviate it? The point is that, though mon-

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ey is necessary, the need goes beyond simple dollar signs, and more importantly, the need exists year-round. If money is not the only need, then the next quesition is, "What else can be done?" Actually, the answer is quite simple: labor, better known as volunteer work. As students, we cannot generally donate a tithe of our allowance, because the amount would seem negligible; we can, however, make some type of effort. I am not pleading for students to begin checking off "good deeds for the day" in an effort to achieve sainthood; what I am suggesting is that people make an attempt to improve their sunoundings and community, and in essence, aid the people living there. Perhaps I should clarify what

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ey coach who founded the group after two of his young athletes died in separate c a ~crashes. Macht has starred in a great number of television movies, including "The Immigrants," "Ring of Passion," and "Raid on Entebbe." Recently, he played Gen. Benedict Arnold in the mini-series "George Washington." Macht has also appeared in several feature motion pictures including "The Choir Boys" and "Nightwing." Also starring in the drama are Robert Chestnut; Timothy Gibbs, best known for his part in the television series "Father Murphy ;" and William Zabka, who costarred in "The Karate Kid." The production was directed by veteran director Joe Pevney and written by Peter Silverman, a recent Humanitas Award winner and Emmy nominee for his work on "Hill Street Blues." The real-life Anastas, now Executive Director of S.A.D.D., spends most- of his time travelling across the United States and Canada spreading the word and encouraging the formation of new chapters. The number of teenage traffic deaths from alcohol-related accidents has been steadily decreasing thanks, in part, to the efforts of S.A.D.D., whose nationwide program initiated in 1981 has promoted concern and awareness about the problem to the people it affects so severly.

" 'Contract For Life' will help to unify all the S.A.D.D. chapters and communicate to the public on a very large scale the true meaning of what S.A.D.D. is all about," says Anastas. A key element of the S.A.D.D. program is the "Contract For Life," a document which is signed by parents and their children,

this type of charity entails. It is more than dollar donations; it is also the sharing of time, energy, and effort. I hope that students and adults alike are aware of and sensitive to the seriousness of the reality behind such generalizations as "poverty ," "hunger," and L'hornelessness," in addition t o "loneliness," "despair," and "rejection." These problems will probably continue indefinitely, but I agree with a more complete, year-round motto:

We believe all people have basic human rights to shelter. Those we serve are among the most unfortunate and most neglected in our community . . YET we believe that where there is community concern there is HOPE.

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who each promise to call for assistance should they become involved in a situation where either they or the person driving them has been drinking. Schools, Libraries, and civic organizations can acquire a print of the film from Churchill Films of Los Angeles following the December 1 1 airdate. "Contract For Life: The S.A.D.D. Story" is a Helios production.

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Fellow students, I must thank you for supporting Student Government's two November service projects. Because of your efforts, our Canned Food Drive proved to be one of the most successful in recent SG history. We managed to raise over 3,000 pounds in canned goods for the Free Store. Congratulations to Mrs. Edgecomb's second period class for bringing in the most ounces of food-you will be appropriately rewarded for your efforts. SG, in conjunction with the Model U.N. club, managed t o raise over $600 for Oxfam, through both direct contributions and the Hot Legs contest. As school winds down before Christmas vacation, SG will be even more active than in November. On December 12, we will be holding a Holiday Music Forum, featuring Indian Hill's band, or-

chestra, and the Premiers. It should be an enjoyable, studentoriented activity. On December 18, SG will be holding our annual Elf Auction. Please participate as either an "elf" or an "elf-master" in the auction and on Elf Day, December 19. The auction proceeds will benefit the Heart Association. Finally, I would just like to remind students once again to come to Winterfest. Music will be by IH's very own Downboys, featuring Peter Wilke, Scott Voss, and Rob Reese. Anyone who wears clothes or ornaments suggesting the "Christmas spirit" will get into the basketball game for $1.00 and the dance for $1.00. So come and support the Braves and get into the swing of Christmas with the Downboys. Thank You, Hugh Geier SG President

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Scientific Stan pursues last !HI championship by Brian Rowe "The Forth is with us." That simple statement is an assurance to Indian Hill's basketball team members and fans that not too many losses will be registered in the near future. "The Forth," of course, refers to the captain of this year's varsity team, Dave Stanforth. An ath-

letic person with a desire to excel only partially describes Dave, however, because he is also a leader in the classroom as well as on the court. When talking to Dave, one quickly becomes acquainted with what could be called "The Teachings of Chairman Stan" due to his strong personal convictions on

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Dave gives his version of tundra basketball.

many topics. When the subject of music came up, Dave quickly asserted that "U2 is the best because they have a fresh and distinct sound." When confronted with Tracy Megison's now famous reverb complaints, Dave agrees that "they should ignore reverb (when making studio albums) and go back to their own sound - they tuned down their guitars and subsequently their performance." ~ a i ecould be consideGd 6 expert on such matters because he himself is an accomplished pianist and is often heard giving his own renditions of famous hits by his favorite groups, The Cars, Queen, and as mentioned, U2. But right now most of Dave's spare time is spent in quest of the last EHL championship in basketball. When the subject comes up, Captain Dave's eyes glisten with confidence: "Our last game will be March 30," which happens to be the finals of the state Jturnament. He then predicted that, "The Braves will win the EHL, mark my words." They have been marked. Being a class leader in aca-

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demics, Dave is often asked what changes could "excellentize" the Academy further. Dave contemplates, and states that "the students should be placed in charge of all disciplinary actions, as is the case, for example, at the Univer $ty of Virginia." Upon completion of this thought, Dave soon realized that his mentor, Mr. Gellert, would have to be assigned a new function at IH. "Mr. Gellert would then be able to dedicate his efforts toward the Public Relations department and toward his JV basketball team." On a more personal note, Dave is a member of the prestigious 13year club and has lived in Cincinnati all his life. He is planning to continue his schooling at Cornell -U4versi,t2 where his sister Shelly presentlyattends. -- -Should he decide not to attend Cornell, Dartmouth, Williams, and Stanford are other schools that are high on Dave's list. When -.the topic of a career -. Gose, Dave speculated that,'? will

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heads for Dartmouth without skirts by Paul Monach Gretchen Kindel does not like to wear skirts. Why not? "I look completely ridiculous in a skirt." Perhaps it's those knobby little knees formed through repeated athletic activity; but we'll get to that later. Poor Gretchen had to buy several versions of the terrible apparrel, however, for her recent trip to Washington, D.C., with Daddy the dermatologist. She saw "all the fun places in Washington," like the Smithsonian, the White House, and a tour of interesting local houses, in addition to attending a national dermatologists' convention. Gretchen found several aspects of the chaotic convention interesting. She described "a long table of all this candy, and a chocolate sculpture; it's pretty funny to see all these welldressed people pull pieces off this statue and just sit around and eat." She did not indicate why dermatologists were eating all that poreclogging chocolate.

Actually, a visit to a city during such a convention is a Kindel tradition of sorts; "It goes way back." Sister Susan went to Chicago to visit Northwestern at the same time as the convention there, and the idea stuck. Brothers Jim and Bob visited Dallas and San Francisco, respectively. Missing three days of school for educational sight-seeing had its drawbacks, though. Said "Gretch," "The only thing bad about it is that I missed two games, and I'm being threatened by a freshman [for a starting position] ." Gretch is referring, of course, to her beloved girls' varsity basketball team. She commented about her coach, Mr. Pfirman, "He's neat; he's short;" she, of course, expects future insults from "Pfirdog" for that one. Gretchen has also been an important member of the field hockey and softball teams, helping to sculpt those war-torn legs. She also joined in the 6-0 senior Powderpuff rout, using the nickname

"Grendel," inspired by her name and possibly also by her viciousness on the field of battle. She remarked about her love of sports, "I wasn't influenced by the women in mv famdy [Su-

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Gretchen dreams of chasing Jeff Wesselkarnper up and down the m - en valleys of Dartmouth.

Chieftain's sports--arrogant or objective? ,

Throughout the year Chieftain's spdrts section has been criticized for its-reporting o f Indian Hill's sports scene. The criticism focuses on a percieved "arrogance" that pervades its writing. With the most recent incident, a backlash over sports editor Brian Ro we 3 "basketball personnel" article last issue, Chieftain has prepared this open debate over the sports section's writing. In the first article, junior Andy Tucker lambasts the '%rime o f arrogance and patronizing" that he feels is rampant in the sports section. In the second, sports editor Kevin Walzer attempts to show the thinking that he believes is behind "the responsible journalism o f the sports section." In the third, Chieftain editor Paul Monach presents his views on what constitutes.good, objective sports journalism.

Tucker--writing far too opinionated by Andy Tucker I always used to enjoy reading the sports section in Chieflain on a Friday morning. I use the word "used ton because the writing of the section has definitely taken a turn for the worse. The writers (not all) have expressed their own opinion in reporting their subjects. Their own view of a participant in that sport spoils the article's objectiveness. Writing obout sports does not include one's own personal opinion. Instead of writing about the

sport's season, some writers have chosen to criticize the players and suggest possible solutions to problems. This overshadows the whole intent of the article. What right does a journalist have to criticize players who are trying their best? It's easy for the writer because the only thing he has to do is write it on paper. The article then becomes a bone of contention causing strife between the writer and his subject. The paper will then become battleground for a myriad of

enemies. Because of its antagonistic content, the student body win. find no reason in reading it. I think the sports writers should stop acting condescending and arrogant towards their subjects. I will not mention writers who have committed this crime because that's not ~ertinint.The intent of my article is to stop the interpretation of sports by the writers. I hope now I can start enjoying the sports section of the Chieftain. -

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by Kevin Walzer This debate is appearing because I want a chance to present both sides of a controversy that has caused me personany a lot of grief this past year. You've already read Andy Tucker's point of view, from the perspective of an athlete criti*ed by a reporter. Now let me present the journalist's side. There's a lot more to it than most people think. First of all, as for Tucker's complaint-mirroring that of the football team before him and Anne Richards before them (October 5 issue of Chieftain, "Wins ,and losses overemphasized in ' sportsw)-of "arrogance and a condescending attitude", all I can say is,"guilty as charged." I admit that a number of articles I've written this year (let's keep this focused on my articlestbecause they account for 99% of the anger among the athletes) have made harsh, controversial statementa, often times very critical of their subjects. And I also admit that in some cases I was wrong, as Richards pointed out. Her particular o p inion dealt with the "Golf and tennis-sea of glory" column I

wrote back in September-and in it I said that field hockey had a poor season last year, because they didn't make state. I was wrong there; I admit it. That time I put my foot in my mouth. But in every other situation I refuse to accept the objections of those involved. In those cases the anger erupted over similar pronouncements made, such as the day the football team "reacted" to my column on the history of the Sycamore-IH rivalry, which appeared in the October 5 issue of Chieftain. The details, I'm sure, are legend by now; I was confronted by no less than nine or ten players in the space of the day, and some of the comments I recieved aren't fit for print. That was one of Rhe worst days of my life. The background surrounding the work I did on that column is a case in point when I say I feel I'm right in most cases, because that background reflects good journalistic practices. I started with a simple premise: that Friday was going to be the last football game IH would ever play with Sycamore, and it was the end of an ,excellent rival-

ry; I thought an article on t11e history of the rivalry would be inter?-sting. The research I did revealed some facts that to me simply appeared ridiculous. First of all,

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Many people seem to feel that all sports news in a high school newspaper has to be positive. This notion is ridiculous. If the football team was hurt by fumbles, the basketball team by poor shooting, or the baseball team by errors, an objective a o count of the game must include these facts or be false. To be good journalism, such statements must be grounded in fact, of course, and in Chieftain, they a l ~ most always are. Some people want a positive approach to pervade even Sportsview. Walzer is a respona%lejournalist; he presents his opinions as such. He holds no grudge against athletes; on the contrary, h e dishes out far more praise than criticism,and his "negative" remarks

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movie review

Look goes Insane over domrno-covered board

Clark Kent's cousin flies

by David Cook Of the two puzzles I offered last issue, Janet Nicolas was the only one to solve both. Kevin Walzer was able to answer the first, the solution to which follows. The problem was to Simplify:

In this series, each fraction, 'IAXB, can be expressed as the difference of two fractions, 1IA1/B. Therefore, the series can be rewritten:

The last fraction of each pair cancels with the fust fraction of the next; thus, all the fractions except the fnrst and last cancel, so the answer is 111 - 11100, or 991100. Last issue's second problem can be interpreted as either a trick question or a joke. The reader was asked to fmd the volume and d a c e area of the figure reproduced at far right. The figure, strangely enough, is not redly threedimensionalgiven the lengths shown, the flgure must be flat. Therefore, the surface area is 12, and the volume is, of course, 0. Have you ever tried to fill a small checkerboard with dominoes? Probably not, it's fairly easy, because, assuming each domino fits over two squares, exactly four dominoes can be placed over each row. What would happen, however, if you couldn't fill the whole row? Suppose a checkerboard were nine squares long instead of eight Could you still cover the entire board? Try it on drawing A below using a pen to fill in dominoes. If you did try it (or if you were smart enough not to try), you know that since the board contains an odd number of squares while each domino covers an even number, one square must always be left uncovered. From this demonstration, one might conclude that covering a board containing an even number of cells is always possible, while covering an odd numba never works. To test this thmry, try

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covering. checkerboard B. Two squares have been removed from a normal board-one from each of two opposite corners-leaving 62, an even number. How about it? Frustrated? Now that many of you have learned the hard way, notice that the two squares that were r e moved would have both been white-there are 32 black squares, but only 30 white ones left. Each domino covers one black and one white square. After the 30 white squares have been covered, two blacks will remain. Since there is no way of making a domino cover two blacks, the problem is impossible.

To my IcnowIdp, thb is the fast surprise-any board w t h the same number of white squares as blacks can be covered, and all others cannot. I would be interested if anyone can show otherwise by finding a counterexample. Readers may wish to exp&riment with longer or differently shaped dominoes. Or for an even greater challenge, try the problem in three dimensions-attempt to fltl differently shaped boxes with solid dominoes. Roblem for next ime: How many edges and corners do each of the five regular solids (pictured at right) have? Can you fmd a simple-look.@ formula showing

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by Janet Nicolaa For the feminist who has been wdting, movieland has fmally come out with the complement. to the Man of Steel, none other than Supergirl, America's latest supetheroine. The plot is very neat and tidy as Supergirl, also known as Kara (Helen Slater) from Argo City, happens to be Clark Kent's younger cousin. When she is not parading sound in her red cape and miniskirt, Kara dons a preppie uniform and becomes Linda Lee, the schoolgirl wimp in Midvale, U.S.A. Kara's main objective is to r e turn the Omega Hedron, a power source, back to Argo City, lest her people die without it. Of course, a criminal element appears as the evil Selena (Faye Dunaway) plans to use the power to take over the

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world. Qelenrt is every bit the malevolent witch, for she uses her knowlege of sorcery to conjure up various "shadows of darkness" to destroy Supergirl. Supergirl climaxes with the confrontation between two very powerful women, one obviously good and one obviously evil. The outcome need not be stated.

Still, watching this beauty, brain, and brawn fight for truth, justice, and the American way may well prove to be pure DC comic fun. But wait. What good is a lovely Californiagirl heroine without an elderly mentor? Another familiar face Peter O'Toole plays Kara's father Zaltar who, like ObiWan in Star Wars, dies before

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declares emergency by J u n e Anderaon and Ihvid Miller Recently, a state of emergency was declared by the school board at the Academy of Excellence. The school board was concerned with the outragtous demands by the teachers for higher wages. There was nothing to do but to call a meeting. "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to call this meeting to order. As incredible as this may seem, the Academy of Excellence has been plagued by teacher demands for an increase in salary. "If we don't do something about this, then where will our beloved Academy be? "We could change the name to '* the Academy of Mediocrity, "Get serious! This is h p o r t ant! I have a tennis match at 3:OO. The teachers are claiming that since they were recognized as being the best in the state, they d~ouldhave salaries that reflect that fact."

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"HOW PREPOSTEROUS! We wouldn't be reelected if we raised taxes." "The uneducated babysitters think that maybe we could do without the Cognac at the meeting. They also think that they should have one of the top hundred salaries in the state. They claim that - - - - - is too low of a starting salary "How utterly ridiculous! Why should we pay them more than our chauffeurs? All they do is directly influence the bture of this nation. Our chauffeurs driva US around." "We do all the decision-malting anyway. Let them eat cake." "Some of them are claiming that they could make more in the private sector, and that the only thing that keeps them here is that they enjoy their jobs." "If they enjoy their jobs so much, why don't they pay us for them? Can you imagine enjoying teaching?"

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"One example they incessantly quote is one teacher who makes more money being a tennis instructor during the summer than he does here at the Academy of Medioc - - 1 mean, Excellence." "That's appropriate. Tennis is more important than education, h ' t it? What are you doing tomorrow anyway?" In order to get both sides of the story, we sent a Cltiepoin r e porter to an anonymous representative. We called the teacher to protect his Menttty. "How do you feel about the salary situation at the Academy?" "I feel that we should std-AHH!! Union Busters!" "Hello? Hello?" "Your associate is indispomd at the moment, if you would leave your name and address, we will get back to you!" Finally, I heard faintly in the background, "Anyone for ten-

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probably either be a surgeon, a chemical engineer, or maybe a biological researcher." Science has always been a major interest of Dave's, and the teachers that have influenced him are Mr. Fricke and Mr. Wman. He adds that, "Mrs. Connelly is enough to reform any character." "Yes, I donated to Oxfam" is the annoyed response this interviewer received when Dave was questioned on the subject of charity. When further pursued as to the amount of his donation, he brusquely replied, "No comment!" Dave is only one of a handful of IH students this year who had the pridege of voting in the 1984 Presidential election. When asked to make his choice public, Dave loftily replied, "As an American, I reserve that knowledge to my private person," but it is not too difficult to conjecture whom the the c o n ~ t i v esenior wearing penny loafers may have given the presidential nod. "Ever since I was a little boy I've had the fantasy to play in a rock band." Headbangers take note, because Stan's proficiency at the keyboard could add ambience to even the "motleyist crew" of electric guitarists. Dave Stanforth could well go on to be the only chemical engineer to double as Molly Hatchet's keyboardist, but right now he has his sights set on winning the last EHL championship in basketball.

GRETCH, from p. 4 unpretentious manner of dressing. "Too many people in the school put too much emphasis on how well you dress. If you don't do certain things, you won't be part of the group. That's why I dress the way I do." Gretchen has played a role in

another insidious revolt against convention and conformity in her four years in the band, in which she plays saxophone. "I like to play in the band, but I don't like thk overlycompetitive spirit, where we don't just want a Superior rating - we want the grand championship."

coming events Prince saturates, satiates the Tri-State Riverfront Weeurn Harlem Globetrotters - December 26, 7:30 p.m. Will face off against the Braves at State. Prince and Sheila E - January 22 and 23, 8:OOp.m.-He'sfmally here .and completely sold out..

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When asked what the band will be like after the graduation of herself and the other senior troublemakers, Gretch said, "It's going to be a mess, a total dictatorship. We are the last class to have experienced Merv [Snider, the former band director] and anarchy. The freshmen seem to love the dictatorship system." Gretchen has spent all 13 of her school years contributing to the excellence of the Indian Hill Schools. She commented, "Well, I wouldn't have changed it. I've liked meeting new people but also keeping the same friends." After 13 years of succeeding academically at IH, Gretchen is more than ready, even eager, to move on. Concerning her college plans, she said, "It's Dartmouth or death." After reconsidering that ultimatum, she rephrased it to say that she would be "deeply depressed" if not accepted. She also claimed her interest in the college was not brought about by the presence of one Jeff We* selkamper (IH '82) at the Ivy League school. But what about life in general? The only response was a laugh well-known to many teachers and students at IH: the happy little machinegun that periodically opens fire from the back of the classroom. Only one more comment could apply, a sarcastic (one hopes) shout of "I'm so neat!"

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by Brian Rowe The Who, one of the most enduring and prolific rock bands in history, recently released their final album, titled appropriately enough, Who's Last. Who's Last is not an album of new, studio material, but rather a live double album consisiting of The Who's greatest hits, taped live on their 1982 North American Farewell Tour. The album is the third album The Who have released in the eighties, the first two being Face Dances and It's Hard. Neither of those albums sold particularly well nor received many positive reviews, and by 1980 the general consensus in rock was that The Who's studio sound had become dull and uninspired. The cause of this turn of events is probably the fact that the band's leader and songwriter, Pete Townshend, has been dedicating most of his time and energy to his solo career, in which he has released three albums in three years - all of them becoming pretty big sellers. Also, in an interview, the group's lead singer Roger Daltrey explained that, "Since our manager Kit Lambert died we have had really never had anyone who could help us channel our energies in a positive way." Nevqtheless, the live sound of The Who is as powerful as ever, and Who's Last is a truly enjoyable album. The album is a collection of older material - the only song recorded after 1975 on the album is 1978's "Who Are You" - and it opens with intense renditions of "My Generation" and "Can't Explain." Side one continues with a 1967 song, "Substitute," and rolls into a weak version of "Behind Blue Eyes," a live track that does not do the studio version justice, due to the lack of an acoustic guitar and Daltrey's out-of-key vocals. Closing side one is a thunderous version of one of the band's biggest hits, "Baba O'Riley." Luckily, most of the crowd noises and applause have been fdtered out of Who's Last, but enough has been left to retain the feeling of a concert album. "Who Are You" follows on side two with Townshend providing impressive guitar playing. The band then races through

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their two-song "Tommy" set, which suffers only from the fact that they have played it in nearly every concert since 1970. "Pinball Wizard" and "See Me, Feel Me" are the two songs featured from the famous rock opera. The Who's songs from Qwdrophenia have always been difficult for them to perform in concert, because that particular LP relied so heavily on backing tracks and synthesizer tapes. The live version of "Love, Reign O'er Me" still fits in well with the concert, although that rendition is a far cry from the Quad version. The heart of the album follows, with heated and energetic playings of two timeless Who

anthems, "Long Live Rock" and "Won't Get Fooled Again.'" The pace of "Long Live Rock" is much faster than the studio version, and "Won't Get Fooled Again," a song that has always sounded better in concert, is sensational, from Da1trey"s commanding vocals to John Entwistle's bass licks. This ten minute song would be a good finale for the album, and is misplaced in the middle of side three - especially with Townshend saluting,"This was our last show in the USA, we're glad it was here - goodnight, thank you very much." The album loses its continuity at this point, the band jumping

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from "Doctor Jimmy" to "Magic Bus" to "Summertime Blues." All of these songs were hits at one time for the group and were performed fairly well in concert, "Summertime Blues" following most closely to the LP sound and "Magic Bus" being the most different and interesting of the three. "Doctor Jimmy" is another number from Quadrophenia that simply didn't translate very well fiom the studio to the live mode. To finish the album on a positive note is the unfamiliar voice of "Thunderfingers" Entwistle singing the Beatles' smash," Twist and Shout." The song is really energetic and is a fitting tribute by The Who to the group that started the entire genre two decades ago, the Fab Four. All things considered, Who's Last is a very enjoyable concert album essential to completing any Who collection. I would not suggest buying the album if you already have a copy of the Toronto concert because the material and sound is really not that different on Who's Last to merit the ten dolla~price. But a record collection is not truly complete without one tape capturing The Who live, and Who's Last does that better than any of their previous concert albums.

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Clifton discovers loitery and Skyline by Angela Beattie The last time Mrs. Margaret Clifton was in print was when, in junior high, she was recognized for her great potential as a future Catholic nun. Surprised? This was indeed her career goal while she attended high schml and St. Mary of the Woods College. But sometime while while she was working for her masters in mathematics and sociology from Indiana State University, she gave up the religious pursuit and decided instead to teach algebra. She also teaches computers, since she received her certification from Raymond Walters College last year.

Two years ago, Clifton and her husband left their Terre Haute, Indiana, home and moved to Cincinnati. She left a school of 2500 students, which was apparently very different from Indian Hill. "Kids would get out of class to buy basketball tickets. There's nothing like Indiana basketball," she explains. "It's a disease." As far as Indian Hill is concerned, Clifton confirms the philosophy of excellence. "Achievement is much more important here than anywhere else I've taught." She also thinks "it's great that they sell doughnuts in the morning." Her only complaint is that there should be a vacation before Thanksgiving break.

Clifton is the eighth of 11 children, with five brothers and five sisters. They grew up sharing three bedrooms and one bathroom; she modestly describes the experience as "crowded." Perhaps Clifton's family background has influenced her philosophy on young children: "I don't like ankle-biters," she said. Instead, she prefers her dogsMolly, a yellow cocker spaniel, and Chevas, a black scottie dog. She will gladly expound upon the history and newfound popularity of scotties, her favorite canine breed. Clifton's Indiana roots reveal themselves in her love of Indiana football. Notre Dame memorabilia fill her office; even her director's chair displays the blue and yellow logo. "Mr. Wessinger's a real fan, f

though,'' she comments. She plans to make him a needlepoint N.D. cushion, applying the technique she has recently borrowed from fellow teacher Mrs. Loughran. When she is not busy crossstitching, Clifton spends her time shooting darts (the rubber-suction-cup kind, from a plastic gun) or dreaming about winning the lottery. "I fantacize about how I'm going to spend all that money. It's the cheapest form of entertainment I have." Those who know her may speculate that she would spend it on Skyline. "The best thing about Cincinnati is Skyline Chili." Hopefully, the allure of a three-way will retain Mrs. Clifton as a pleasant addition to IH's teaching staff.

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Moore beats out Norris anytime by Samuel Green The first thing that must be discussed here is that I was originally planning to review Chuck Norris' Missing in Action. To sum that movie up is very easy. Do you like watching countless clean deaths? Do you like Chuck Norris? Do you like watching Chuck Norris do everyi thing but walk on water? If the answer to these questions is yes, then I recommend you go to see Missing in Action. Now for the moviegoer who enjoys a more tasteful, light, and absolutely enjoyable movie. Go to your local theatre and see Dudley Moore's Micki and Maude. As to characters, Amy Irving plays Maude, Moore's second wife. Ann Reinking plays Micki, Moore's first wife. A point to be made here is that Moore is married to these women at the same time. The movie begins at an election celebration party in California, where Micki played an important part in the election of the new governor. The governor, showing his gratitude to Micki, wants to make her a judge. But this creates a problem, because Moore wants to have a child, and if Micki goes to work, this will become virtually impossible. When Micki travels to Cincinnati on business, Moore meets Maude, whom he is interviewing

for a job; later, he goes to a concert in which she is performing. She is a cellist (solely for clarification). Maude and Moore wind up at Maude's apartment and, well, nature takes its course. As Moore's luck would have it, both women become pregnant, and totally devoted to him. Realizing Maude is pregnant, Moore marries her he has divorced his wife (which he hasn't). The movie's scenes at this time are incredibly fumy and very fast, and there are far too many to tell here. Well, it all finally explodes as the women find out about each other. They both end up in the same hospital to have their babies. After the births, Moore is forced to divorce them and never sees the babies. The two actresses, Amy Irving and Ann Reinking, were never outacted by Moore. Both are witty and extremely intelligent, not to mention very beautiful. As for Moore, he has not been this enjoyable since Arthur. Moore's part was made for him. He plays the clutzy, bumbling, loving character so well that it is hard not to feel for him. Micki and Maude is delightful and not seeing it is a crime. The movie has good acting, comedy, and style that make it one of the best movies in a long time.

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photo by Davis Griffin

the space Felicite m e . hues of life Captured in one fleeting moment Dusk comes in a bright array o f colors, Does it not? Savoring the joy o f living Until. Until it must give way to darkness, Night comes suddenly, without warning, Dimming the eight o f The Sunset. lBeauti.1 as a Sunset is, How can anything

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this warm become sowething so cold? Never will anything seem So dear to me As the shades o f an evening sky. 0 rainbow from grey, Take me to the Moon as far as you go For always will I follow you. I live, love, I die for you for, I am yours. A bientot, mon ami, I miss you until We shall meet Again -Jennifer E. Cobb

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by Brian Rowe The Who, one of the most enduring and prolific rock bands in history, recently released their final album, titled appropriately enough, Who's Last. Who's Last is not an album of new, studio material, but rather a live double album consisiting of The Who's greatest hits, taped live on their 1982 North American Farewell Tour. The album is the third album The Who have released in the eighties, the first two being Face Dances and It's Hard. Neither of those albums sold particularly well nor received many positive reviews, and by 1980 the general consensus in rock was that The Who's studio sound had become dull and uninspired. The cause of this turn of events is probably the fact that the band's leader and songwriter, Pete Townshend, has been dedicating most of his time and energy to his solo career, in which he has released three albums in three years - all of them becoming pretty big sellers. Also, in an interview, the group's lead singer Roger Daltrey explained that, "Since our manager Kit Lambert died we have had really never had anyone who could help us channel our energies in a positive way." Nevqtheless, the live sound of The Who is as powerful as ever, and Who's Last is a truly enjoyable album. The album is a collection of older material - the only song recorded after 1975 on the album is 1978's "Who Are You" - and it opens with intense renditions of "My Generation" and "Can't Explain." Side one continues with a 1967 song, "Substitute," and rolls into a weak version of "Behind Blue Eyes," a live track that does not do the studio version justice, due to the lack of an acoustic guitar and Daltrey's out-of-key vocals. Closing side one is a thunderous version of one of the band's biggest hits, "Baba O'Riley." Luckily, most of the crowd noises and applause have been fdtered out of Who's Last, but enough has been left to retain the feeling of a concert album. "Who Are You" follows on side two with Townshend providing impressive guitar playing. The band then races through

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their two-song "Tommy" set, which suffers only from the fact that they have played it in nearly every concert since 1970. "Pinball Wizard" and "See Me, Feel Me" are the two songs featured from the famous rock opera. The Who's songs from Qwdrophenia have always been difficult for them to perform in concert, because that particular LP relied so heavily on backing tracks and synthesizer tapes. The live version of "Love, Reign O'er Me" still fits in well with the concert, although that rendition is a far cry from the Quad version. The heart of the album follows, with heated and energetic playings of two timeless Who

anthems, "Long Live Rock" and "Won't Get Fooled Again.'" The pace of "Long Live Rock" is much faster than the studio version, and "Won't Get Fooled Again," a song that has always sounded better in concert, is sensational, from Da1trey"s commanding vocals to John Entwistle's bass licks. This ten minute song would be a good finale for the album, and is misplaced in the middle of side three - especially with Townshend saluting,"This was our last show in the USA, we're glad it was here - goodnight, thank you very much." The album loses its continuity at this point, the band jumping

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from "Doctor Jimmy" to "Magic Bus" to "Summertime Blues." All of these songs were hits at one time for the group and were performed fairly well in concert, "Summertime Blues" following most closely to the LP sound and "Magic Bus" being the most different and interesting of the three. "Doctor Jimmy" is another number from Quadrophenia that simply didn't translate very well fiom the studio to the live mode. To finish the album on a positive note is the unfamiliar voice of "Thunderfingers" Entwistle singing the Beatles' smash," Twist and Shout." The song is really energetic and is a fitting tribute by The Who to the group that started the entire genre two decades ago, the Fab Four. All things considered, Who's Last is a very enjoyable concert album essential to completing any Who collection. I would not suggest buying the album if you already have a copy of the Toronto concert because the material and sound is really not that different on Who's Last to merit the ten dolla~price. But a record collection is not truly complete without one tape capturing The Who live, and Who's Last does that better than any of their previous concert albums.

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Clifton discovers loitery and Skyline by Angela Beattie The last time Mrs. Margaret Clifton was in print was when, in junior high, she was recognized for her great potential as a future Catholic nun. Surprised? This was indeed her career goal while she attended high schml and St. Mary of the Woods College. But sometime while while she was working for her masters in mathematics and sociology from Indiana State University, she gave up the religious pursuit and decided instead to teach algebra. She also teaches computers, since she received her certification from Raymond Walters College last year.

Two years ago, Clifton and her husband left their Terre Haute, Indiana, home and moved to Cincinnati. She left a school of 2500 students, which was apparently very different from Indian Hill. "Kids would get out of class to buy basketball tickets. There's nothing like Indiana basketball," she explains. "It's a disease." As far as Indian Hill is concerned, Clifton confirms the philosophy of excellence. "Achievement is much more important here than anywhere else I've taught." She also thinks "it's great that they sell doughnuts in the morning." Her only complaint is that there should be a vacation before Thanksgiving break.

Clifton is the eighth of 11 children, with five brothers and five sisters. They grew up sharing three bedrooms and one bathroom; she modestly describes the experience as "crowded." Perhaps Clifton's family background has influenced her philosophy on young children: "I don't like ankle-biters," she said. Instead, she prefers her dogsMolly, a yellow cocker spaniel, and Chevas, a black scottie dog. She will gladly expound upon the history and newfound popularity of scotties, her favorite canine breed. Clifton's Indiana roots reveal themselves in her love of Indiana football. Notre Dame memorabilia fill her office; even her director's chair displays the blue and yellow logo. "Mr. Wessinger's a real fan, f

though,'' she comments. She plans to make him a needlepoint N.D. cushion, applying the technique she has recently borrowed from fellow teacher Mrs. Loughran. When she is not busy crossstitching, Clifton spends her time shooting darts (the rubber-suction-cup kind, from a plastic gun) or dreaming about winning the lottery. "I fantacize about how I'm going to spend all that money. It's the cheapest form of entertainment I have." Those who know her may speculate that she would spend it on Skyline. "The best thing about Cincinnati is Skyline Chili." Hopefully, the allure of a three-way will retain Mrs. Clifton as a pleasant addition to IH's teaching staff.

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Moore beats out Norris anytime by Samuel Green The first thing that must be discussed here is that I was originally planning to review Chuck Norris' Missing in Action. To sum that movie up is very easy. Do you like watching countless clean deaths? Do you like Chuck Norris? Do you like watching Chuck Norris do everyi thing but walk on water? If the answer to these questions is yes, then I recommend you go to see Missing in Action. Now for the moviegoer who enjoys a more tasteful, light, and absolutely enjoyable movie. Go to your local theatre and see Dudley Moore's Micki and Maude. As to characters, Amy Irving plays Maude, Moore's second wife. Ann Reinking plays Micki, Moore's first wife. A point to be made here is that Moore is married to these women at the same time. The movie begins at an election celebration party in California, where Micki played an important part in the election of the new governor. The governor, showing his gratitude to Micki, wants to make her a judge. But this creates a problem, because Moore wants to have a child, and if Micki goes to work, this will become virtually impossible. When Micki travels to Cincinnati on business, Moore meets Maude, whom he is interviewing

for a job; later, he goes to a concert in which she is performing. She is a cellist (solely for clarification). Maude and Moore wind up at Maude's apartment and, well, nature takes its course. As Moore's luck would have it, both women become pregnant, and totally devoted to him. Realizing Maude is pregnant, Moore marries her he has divorced his wife (which he hasn't). The movie's scenes at this time are incredibly fumy and very fast, and there are far too many to tell here. Well, it all finally explodes as the women find out about each other. They both end up in the same hospital to have their babies. After the births, Moore is forced to divorce them and never sees the babies. The two actresses, Amy Irving and Ann Reinking, were never outacted by Moore. Both are witty and extremely intelligent, not to mention very beautiful. As for Moore, he has not been this enjoyable since Arthur. Moore's part was made for him. He plays the clutzy, bumbling, loving character so well that it is hard not to feel for him. Micki and Maude is delightful and not seeing it is a crime. The movie has good acting, comedy, and style that make it one of the best movies in a long time.

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photo by Davis Griffin

the space Felicite m e . hues of life Captured in one fleeting moment Dusk comes in a bright array o f colors, Does it not? Savoring the joy o f living Until. Until it must give way to darkness, Night comes suddenly, without warning, Dimming the eight o f The Sunset. lBeauti.1 as a Sunset is, How can anything

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this warm become sowething so cold? Never will anything seem So dear to me As the shades o f an evening sky. 0 rainbow from grey, Take me to the Moon as far as you go For always will I follow you. I live, love, I die for you for, I am yours. A bientot, mon ami, I miss you until We shall meet Again -Jennifer E. Cobb

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Look goes Insane over domrno-covered board

Clark Kent's cousin flies

by David Cook Of the two puzzles I offered last issue, Janet Nicolas was the only one to solve both. Kevin Walzer was able to answer the first, the solution to which follows. The problem was to Simplify:

In this series, each fraction, 'IAXB, can be expressed as the difference of two fractions, 1IA1/B. Therefore, the series can be rewritten:

The last fraction of each pair cancels with the fust fraction of the next; thus, all the fractions except the fnrst and last cancel, so the answer is 111 - 11100, or 991100. Last issue's second problem can be interpreted as either a trick question or a joke. The reader was asked to fmd the volume and d a c e area of the figure reproduced at far right. The figure, strangely enough, is not redly threedimensionalgiven the lengths shown, the flgure must be flat. Therefore, the surface area is 12, and the volume is, of course, 0. Have you ever tried to fill a small checkerboard with dominoes? Probably not, it's fairly easy, because, assuming each domino fits over two squares, exactly four dominoes can be placed over each row. What would happen, however, if you couldn't fill the whole row? Suppose a checkerboard were nine squares long instead of eight Could you still cover the entire board? Try it on drawing A below using a pen to fill in dominoes. If you did try it (or if you were smart enough not to try), you know that since the board contains an odd number of squares while each domino covers an even number, one square must always be left uncovered. From this demonstration, one might conclude that covering a board containing an even number of cells is always possible, while covering an odd numba never works. To test this thmry, try

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covering. checkerboard B. Two squares have been removed from a normal board-one from each of two opposite corners-leaving 62, an even number. How about it? Frustrated? Now that many of you have learned the hard way, notice that the two squares that were r e moved would have both been white-there are 32 black squares, but only 30 white ones left. Each domino covers one black and one white square. After the 30 white squares have been covered, two blacks will remain. Since there is no way of making a domino cover two blacks, the problem is impossible.

To my IcnowIdp, thb is the fast surprise-any board w t h the same number of white squares as blacks can be covered, and all others cannot. I would be interested if anyone can show otherwise by finding a counterexample. Readers may wish to exp&riment with longer or differently shaped dominoes. Or for an even greater challenge, try the problem in three dimensions-attempt to fltl differently shaped boxes with solid dominoes. Roblem for next ime: How many edges and corners do each of the five regular solids (pictured at right) have? Can you fmd a simple-look.@ formula showing

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by Janet Nicolaa For the feminist who has been wdting, movieland has fmally come out with the complement. to the Man of Steel, none other than Supergirl, America's latest supetheroine. The plot is very neat and tidy as Supergirl, also known as Kara (Helen Slater) from Argo City, happens to be Clark Kent's younger cousin. When she is not parading sound in her red cape and miniskirt, Kara dons a preppie uniform and becomes Linda Lee, the schoolgirl wimp in Midvale, U.S.A. Kara's main objective is to r e turn the Omega Hedron, a power source, back to Argo City, lest her people die without it. Of course, a criminal element appears as the evil Selena (Faye Dunaway) plans to use the power to take over the

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world. Qelenrt is every bit the malevolent witch, for she uses her knowlege of sorcery to conjure up various "shadows of darkness" to destroy Supergirl. Supergirl climaxes with the confrontation between two very powerful women, one obviously good and one obviously evil. The outcome need not be stated.

Still, watching this beauty, brain, and brawn fight for truth, justice, and the American way may well prove to be pure DC comic fun. But wait. What good is a lovely Californiagirl heroine without an elderly mentor? Another familiar face Peter O'Toole plays Kara's father Zaltar who, like ObiWan in Star Wars, dies before

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declares emergency by J u n e Anderaon and Ihvid Miller Recently, a state of emergency was declared by the school board at the Academy of Excellence. The school board was concerned with the outragtous demands by the teachers for higher wages. There was nothing to do but to call a meeting. "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to call this meeting to order. As incredible as this may seem, the Academy of Excellence has been plagued by teacher demands for an increase in salary. "If we don't do something about this, then where will our beloved Academy be? "We could change the name to '* the Academy of Mediocrity, "Get serious! This is h p o r t ant! I have a tennis match at 3:OO. The teachers are claiming that since they were recognized as being the best in the state, they d~ouldhave salaries that reflect that fact."

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"HOW PREPOSTEROUS! We wouldn't be reelected if we raised taxes." "The uneducated babysitters think that maybe we could do without the Cognac at the meeting. They also think that they should have one of the top hundred salaries in the state. They claim that - - - - - is too low of a starting salary "How utterly ridiculous! Why should we pay them more than our chauffeurs? All they do is directly influence the bture of this nation. Our chauffeurs driva US around." "We do all the decision-malting anyway. Let them eat cake." "Some of them are claiming that they could make more in the private sector, and that the only thing that keeps them here is that they enjoy their jobs." "If they enjoy their jobs so much, why don't they pay us for them? Can you imagine enjoying teaching?"

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"One example they incessantly quote is one teacher who makes more money being a tennis instructor during the summer than he does here at the Academy of Medioc - - 1 mean, Excellence." "That's appropriate. Tennis is more important than education, h ' t it? What are you doing tomorrow anyway?" In order to get both sides of the story, we sent a Cltiepoin r e porter to an anonymous representative. We called the teacher to protect his Menttty. "How do you feel about the salary situation at the Academy?" "I feel that we should std-AHH!! Union Busters!" "Hello? Hello?" "Your associate is indispomd at the moment, if you would leave your name and address, we will get back to you!" Finally, I heard faintly in the background, "Anyone for ten-

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probably either be a surgeon, a chemical engineer, or maybe a biological researcher." Science has always been a major interest of Dave's, and the teachers that have influenced him are Mr. Fricke and Mr. Wman. He adds that, "Mrs. Connelly is enough to reform any character." "Yes, I donated to Oxfam" is the annoyed response this interviewer received when Dave was questioned on the subject of charity. When further pursued as to the amount of his donation, he brusquely replied, "No comment!" Dave is only one of a handful of IH students this year who had the pridege of voting in the 1984 Presidential election. When asked to make his choice public, Dave loftily replied, "As an American, I reserve that knowledge to my private person," but it is not too difficult to conjecture whom the the c o n ~ t i v esenior wearing penny loafers may have given the presidential nod. "Ever since I was a little boy I've had the fantasy to play in a rock band." Headbangers take note, because Stan's proficiency at the keyboard could add ambience to even the "motleyist crew" of electric guitarists. Dave Stanforth could well go on to be the only chemical engineer to double as Molly Hatchet's keyboardist, but right now he has his sights set on winning the last EHL championship in basketball.

GRETCH, from p. 4 unpretentious manner of dressing. "Too many people in the school put too much emphasis on how well you dress. If you don't do certain things, you won't be part of the group. That's why I dress the way I do." Gretchen has played a role in

another insidious revolt against convention and conformity in her four years in the band, in which she plays saxophone. "I like to play in the band, but I don't like thk overlycompetitive spirit, where we don't just want a Superior rating - we want the grand championship."

coming events Prince saturates, satiates the Tri-State Riverfront Weeurn Harlem Globetrotters - December 26, 7:30 p.m. Will face off against the Braves at State. Prince and Sheila E - January 22 and 23, 8:OOp.m.-He'sfmally here .and completely sold out..

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Kara is able to complete her task. Supergirl could easily earn a B rating, but the charms of the movie go beyond the comic-strip plot. Slater appears as the ideal Supergirl, both strong and grace ful; O'Toole is teacher and father to an immature Kara, helping her to grow up; and Dunaway provides some comic-relief with her anitcs as the amusement park palm reader gone mad. This fantasy film, despite it8 interstellar origins, does not dwell upon special effects. The ghostlike demons attacking Kara look much like spirits straight from Poltergeist and the airborne Supergirl seems real enough, but the emphasis here lies not in how easily Slater can fly from city to city but in her ability to portray a convincing Supergirl-and this she does.

When asked what the band will be like after the graduation of herself and the other senior troublemakers, Gretch said, "It's going to be a mess, a total dictatorship. We are the last class to have experienced Merv [Snider, the former band director] and anarchy. The freshmen seem to love the dictatorship system." Gretchen has spent all 13 of her school years contributing to the excellence of the Indian Hill Schools. She commented, "Well, I wouldn't have changed it. I've liked meeting new people but also keeping the same friends." After 13 years of succeeding academically at IH, Gretchen is more than ready, even eager, to move on. Concerning her college plans, she said, "It's Dartmouth or death." After reconsidering that ultimatum, she rephrased it to say that she would be "deeply depressed" if not accepted. She also claimed her interest in the college was not brought about by the presence of one Jeff We* selkamper (IH '82) at the Ivy League school. But what about life in general? The only response was a laugh well-known to many teachers and students at IH: the happy little machinegun that periodically opens fire from the back of the classroom. Only one more comment could apply, a sarcastic (one hopes) shout of "I'm so neat!"

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Scientific Stan pursues last !HI championship by Brian Rowe "The Forth is with us." That simple statement is an assurance to Indian Hill's basketball team members and fans that not too many losses will be registered in the near future. "The Forth," of course, refers to the captain of this year's varsity team, Dave Stanforth. An ath-

letic person with a desire to excel only partially describes Dave, however, because he is also a leader in the classroom as well as on the court. When talking to Dave, one quickly becomes acquainted with what could be called "The Teachings of Chairman Stan" due to his strong personal convictions on

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Dave gives his version of tundra basketball.

many topics. When the subject of music came up, Dave quickly asserted that "U2 is the best because they have a fresh and distinct sound." When confronted with Tracy Megison's now famous reverb complaints, Dave agrees that "they should ignore reverb (when making studio albums) and go back to their own sound - they tuned down their guitars and subsequently their performance." ~ a i ecould be consideGd 6 expert on such matters because he himself is an accomplished pianist and is often heard giving his own renditions of famous hits by his favorite groups, The Cars, Queen, and as mentioned, U2. But right now most of Dave's spare time is spent in quest of the last EHL championship in basketball. When the subject comes up, Captain Dave's eyes glisten with confidence: "Our last game will be March 30," which happens to be the finals of the state Jturnament. He then predicted that, "The Braves will win the EHL, mark my words." They have been marked. Being a class leader in aca-

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demics, Dave is often asked what changes could "excellentize" the Academy further. Dave contemplates, and states that "the students should be placed in charge of all disciplinary actions, as is the case, for example, at the Univer $ty of Virginia." Upon completion of this thought, Dave soon realized that his mentor, Mr. Gellert, would have to be assigned a new function at IH. "Mr. Gellert would then be able to dedicate his efforts toward the Public Relations department and toward his JV basketball team." On a more personal note, Dave is a member of the prestigious 13year club and has lived in Cincinnati all his life. He is planning to continue his schooling at Cornell -U4versi,t2 where his sister Shelly presentlyattends. -- -Should he decide not to attend Cornell, Dartmouth, Williams, and Stanford are other schools that are high on Dave's list. When -.the topic of a career -. Gose, Dave speculated that,'? will

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heads for Dartmouth without skirts by Paul Monach Gretchen Kindel does not like to wear skirts. Why not? "I look completely ridiculous in a skirt." Perhaps it's those knobby little knees formed through repeated athletic activity; but we'll get to that later. Poor Gretchen had to buy several versions of the terrible apparrel, however, for her recent trip to Washington, D.C., with Daddy the dermatologist. She saw "all the fun places in Washington," like the Smithsonian, the White House, and a tour of interesting local houses, in addition to attending a national dermatologists' convention. Gretchen found several aspects of the chaotic convention interesting. She described "a long table of all this candy, and a chocolate sculpture; it's pretty funny to see all these welldressed people pull pieces off this statue and just sit around and eat." She did not indicate why dermatologists were eating all that poreclogging chocolate.

Actually, a visit to a city during such a convention is a Kindel tradition of sorts; "It goes way back." Sister Susan went to Chicago to visit Northwestern at the same time as the convention there, and the idea stuck. Brothers Jim and Bob visited Dallas and San Francisco, respectively. Missing three days of school for educational sight-seeing had its drawbacks, though. Said "Gretch," "The only thing bad about it is that I missed two games, and I'm being threatened by a freshman [for a starting position] ." Gretch is referring, of course, to her beloved girls' varsity basketball team. She commented about her coach, Mr. Pfirman, "He's neat; he's short;" she, of course, expects future insults from "Pfirdog" for that one. Gretchen has also been an important member of the field hockey and softball teams, helping to sculpt those war-torn legs. She also joined in the 6-0 senior Powderpuff rout, using the nickname

"Grendel," inspired by her name and possibly also by her viciousness on the field of battle. She remarked about her love of sports, "I wasn't influenced by the women in mv famdy [Su-

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Gretchen dreams of chasing Jeff Wesselkarnper up and down the m - en valleys of Dartmouth.

Chieftain's sports--arrogant or objective? ,

Throughout the year Chieftain's spdrts section has been criticized for its-reporting o f Indian Hill's sports scene. The criticism focuses on a percieved "arrogance" that pervades its writing. With the most recent incident, a backlash over sports editor Brian Ro we 3 "basketball personnel" article last issue, Chieftain has prepared this open debate over the sports section's writing. In the first article, junior Andy Tucker lambasts the '%rime o f arrogance and patronizing" that he feels is rampant in the sports section. In the second, sports editor Kevin Walzer attempts to show the thinking that he believes is behind "the responsible journalism o f the sports section." In the third, Chieftain editor Paul Monach presents his views on what constitutes.good, objective sports journalism.

Tucker--writing far too opinionated by Andy Tucker I always used to enjoy reading the sports section in Chieflain on a Friday morning. I use the word "used ton because the writing of the section has definitely taken a turn for the worse. The writers (not all) have expressed their own opinion in reporting their subjects. Their own view of a participant in that sport spoils the article's objectiveness. Writing obout sports does not include one's own personal opinion. Instead of writing about the

sport's season, some writers have chosen to criticize the players and suggest possible solutions to problems. This overshadows the whole intent of the article. What right does a journalist have to criticize players who are trying their best? It's easy for the writer because the only thing he has to do is write it on paper. The article then becomes a bone of contention causing strife between the writer and his subject. The paper will then become battleground for a myriad of

enemies. Because of its antagonistic content, the student body win. find no reason in reading it. I think the sports writers should stop acting condescending and arrogant towards their subjects. I will not mention writers who have committed this crime because that's not ~ertinint.The intent of my article is to stop the interpretation of sports by the writers. I hope now I can start enjoying the sports section of the Chieftain. -

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by Kevin Walzer This debate is appearing because I want a chance to present both sides of a controversy that has caused me personany a lot of grief this past year. You've already read Andy Tucker's point of view, from the perspective of an athlete criti*ed by a reporter. Now let me present the journalist's side. There's a lot more to it than most people think. First of all, as for Tucker's complaint-mirroring that of the football team before him and Anne Richards before them (October 5 issue of Chieftain, "Wins ,and losses overemphasized in ' sportsw)-of "arrogance and a condescending attitude", all I can say is,"guilty as charged." I admit that a number of articles I've written this year (let's keep this focused on my articlestbecause they account for 99% of the anger among the athletes) have made harsh, controversial statementa, often times very critical of their subjects. And I also admit that in some cases I was wrong, as Richards pointed out. Her particular o p inion dealt with the "Golf and tennis-sea of glory" column I

wrote back in September-and in it I said that field hockey had a poor season last year, because they didn't make state. I was wrong there; I admit it. That time I put my foot in my mouth. But in every other situation I refuse to accept the objections of those involved. In those cases the anger erupted over similar pronouncements made, such as the day the football team "reacted" to my column on the history of the Sycamore-IH rivalry, which appeared in the October 5 issue of Chieftain. The details, I'm sure, are legend by now; I was confronted by no less than nine or ten players in the space of the day, and some of the comments I recieved aren't fit for print. That was one of Rhe worst days of my life. The background surrounding the work I did on that column is a case in point when I say I feel I'm right in most cases, because that background reflects good journalistic practices. I started with a simple premise: that Friday was going to be the last football game IH would ever play with Sycamore, and it was the end of an ,excellent rival-

ry; I thought an article on t11e history of the rivalry would be inter?-sting. The research I did revealed some facts that to me simply appeared ridiculous. First of all,

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opin ion both integra 1 parts of responsible journalism by Paul Monach In this issue of Chiefain, the concern over the supposedlyopinionated nature of the sports section has come to a written, point-counterpoint format. Many people claim that the sports section's writing in many cases is not objective. Their point is well taken, but they neglect a key fact: this opinknated wrting comes, with almost no exceptions, under the heading of "Sportsview-with Kevin Walzer." With this heading, the reader is told, "The following is the opinion of one of the sports editors." Journalistic writing takes two general forms, fact and opinion, both of which have their place in any paper or magazine. Opinion, though, must be presented as such.

Many people seem to feel that all sports news in a high school newspaper has to be positive. This notion is ridiculous. If the football team was hurt by fumbles, the basketball team by poor shooting, or the baseball team by errors, an objective a o count of the game must include these facts or be false. To be good journalism, such statements must be grounded in fact, of course, and in Chieftain, they a l ~ most always are. Some people want a positive approach to pervade even Sportsview. Walzer is a respona%lejournalist; he presents his opinions as such. He holds no grudge against athletes; on the contrary, h e dishes out far more praise than criticism,and his "negative" remarks

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3-7 Braves to face Trojans tonight by Brian Rowe The boys' varsity basketball team is off to its best start in several years this season, entering tonight's game with EHL foe Glen Este with an impressive 3-1 record. Last Friday the Braves opened their EHL season with a 53-51 win over Mariemont. The Braves, playing in front of a hostile Mariemont crowd, found themselves behiid at the halftime intermission, 24-22. Mariemont forced the team out of its usual offense with a box and .one defense that used a chaser on senior Rick Abrams, which hindered his scoring output in the first half. In the second half, senior Dave Stanforth asserted himself with five long-range jumpers to keep the Braves in the game through the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the two teams exchanged technicals, and the battle became more heated. Luckily for IH, the Braves had outstanding free-throw . shooting in the final stanza, led by Abrams, who was eight'for eight, and senior Curtis Ott, who upped his foul shot percentage to 73.1 with a four-for-four performance in the fourth quarter. The final score really did not indicate the closeness of the ball game, however, because the Braves were up by six with ten seconds to play and allowed two

quick baskets t o let the Warriors pull within two for the first time with one second remaining. Two days earlier, on Wednesday, November 28, the Braves dropped their first contest, to visiting Forest Park. The Chargers were an especially quick and strong rebounding team and simply out-muscled the Braves on the

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by Peter Batsakes The freshman basketball team split their first week of play in the 1984-85 season with a win and a loss. The one loss came on November 29 to Colerain, 44-38. Although Colerain emerged victorious, play was mostly dominated by the Braves until a late fourth period rally projected Colerain into a lead they never relinquished. "We should have won, we just lost our intensity," said center Mexico Hayden. Hayden led the Braves in scoring with 16 points and nine rebounds. Rick Decker added 10 points and 10 rebounds. "It was probably one of the best games any of us have ever played. It was the free throws that killed us," said Decker, who

defensive boards. Ott kept the team in the game singlehandedly in the second half, scoring 12 of his seasonhigh 23 points in the third and fourth quarters. With Abrams fouling out in the early part of the fourth quarter, the Braves had to rely on the leadership of Ott and junior Andy

Tucker in the last quarter to force a 6 4 6 4 tie at the end of regulation play. The Braves allowed too many second and third shots in the overtime period, and found themselves on the losing side of a 7370 decision. Ott led all scorers, and Abrams managed 1 8 points ' before fouling out. The Braves' two previous wins were both hard-fought contests that featured a team effort that resulted in victories over two tough non-league opponents. The Finneytown game was a showdown between two of the city's best guards, Abrams and Chris Spencer. Abrams won the personal battle with 28 points to Spencer's 25, and the Braves pulled out a tight 58-57 decision. Stanforth and junior Mike Cohen each had eight points to round out IH's attack. The season opener was another victory for the team, beating visiting Northwest, 58-51, a team that destroyed IH by twenty points only one year earlier. Tucker was "lights out" hi this contest, burying all five of his longdistance dedications to ensure the IH victory.. Abrams began his season with 17 points, and a very balanced attack from the rest of the starters was also evident. The Braves enter tonight's game in a four-way tie for f i s t place with Sycamore, Loveland, and Milford, and a win tonight at home would be another step toward the final EHL crown. , -.e,

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also added that he was impressed with Colerain's size and vertical jump capabilities. Scott Stertmeyer contributed six points while Tom Kindle, Greg Long, and Steve Wachs eached scored two, The Braves' first victory of the season came against Lockland. The Braves jumped out to a marginal lead and then never let up. The final score was 60-30. Wachs led the Braves' scoring with twelve points. Decker's nine points and Hayden's eight aslo led the Braves. Decker led the Braves' rebounding with five while Mexico Hayden came down with four. A good game by Lee Tucker also contributed to the Braves' strong win.

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WRESTLERS BEGIN SEASON: Senior Ken Slazyk will be an important force for the wrestlers this season. The grapplers open their season today in a quadrangular meet at Loveland.

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Giving should occur year-round

by ~ a n e t ~ i c o l a s With Thanksgiving past and Christmas and Chanukah on their way, many students have been or will be confronted by the seasonal motto, "a time t o share." It may seem that charity or sharing as a necessity is a beleaguered point, but it seems that most students have misunderstood or have overlooked the reasons for charity. 'I have no objection to sharing per se, but the idea that sharing, and usually monetary sharing, occurs mainly during the holiday seasons seems ludicrous at best. These past few weeks at Indian Hill, the Student Government, Model U.N., and Key Club all worked diligently to collect food for the Freestore and money for Oxfam. I applaud their efforts

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and the students' response tremendously but am disconcerted by the fact that this sharing has taken place almost solely on a monetary level. Granted, donating money for Ethiopia was probably the best way for our school as a collective force to help, but concerning food students brought and donated to the Freestore, who ever suggested that poorer people only eat on Thanksgiving? Furthermore, how many people are aware that roughly thirty million Americans currently live below the poverty level-not just on holidays, but every day of the year? And how many people realize that in Cincinnati, poverty exists-or have even made an effort to alleviate it? The point is that, though mon-

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ey is necessary, the need goes beyond simple dollar signs, and more importantly, the need exists year-round. If money is not the only need, then the next quesition is, "What else can be done?" Actually, the answer is quite simple: labor, better known as volunteer work. As students, we cannot generally donate a tithe of our allowance, because the amount would seem negligible; we can, however, make some type of effort. I am not pleading for students to begin checking off "good deeds for the day" in an effort to achieve sainthood; what I am suggesting is that people make an attempt to improve their sunoundings and community, and in essence, aid the people living there. Perhaps I should clarify what

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ey coach who founded the group after two of his young athletes died in separate c a ~crashes. Macht has starred in a great number of television movies, including "The Immigrants," "Ring of Passion," and "Raid on Entebbe." Recently, he played Gen. Benedict Arnold in the mini-series "George Washington." Macht has also appeared in several feature motion pictures including "The Choir Boys" and "Nightwing." Also starring in the drama are Robert Chestnut; Timothy Gibbs, best known for his part in the television series "Father Murphy ;" and William Zabka, who costarred in "The Karate Kid." The production was directed by veteran director Joe Pevney and written by Peter Silverman, a recent Humanitas Award winner and Emmy nominee for his work on "Hill Street Blues." The real-life Anastas, now Executive Director of S.A.D.D., spends most- of his time travelling across the United States and Canada spreading the word and encouraging the formation of new chapters. The number of teenage traffic deaths from alcohol-related accidents has been steadily decreasing thanks, in part, to the efforts of S.A.D.D., whose nationwide program initiated in 1981 has promoted concern and awareness about the problem to the people it affects so severly.

" 'Contract For Life' will help to unify all the S.A.D.D. chapters and communicate to the public on a very large scale the true meaning of what S.A.D.D. is all about," says Anastas. A key element of the S.A.D.D. program is the "Contract For Life," a document which is signed by parents and their children,

this type of charity entails. It is more than dollar donations; it is also the sharing of time, energy, and effort. I hope that students and adults alike are aware of and sensitive to the seriousness of the reality behind such generalizations as "poverty ," "hunger," and L'hornelessness," in addition t o "loneliness," "despair," and "rejection." These problems will probably continue indefinitely, but I agree with a more complete, year-round motto:

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who each promise to call for assistance should they become involved in a situation where either they or the person driving them has been drinking. Schools, Libraries, and civic organizations can acquire a print of the film from Churchill Films of Los Angeles following the December 1 1 airdate. "Contract For Life: The S.A.D.D. Story" is a Helios production.

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Fellow students, I must thank you for supporting Student Government's two November service projects. Because of your efforts, our Canned Food Drive proved to be one of the most successful in recent SG history. We managed to raise over 3,000 pounds in canned goods for the Free Store. Congratulations to Mrs. Edgecomb's second period class for bringing in the most ounces of food-you will be appropriately rewarded for your efforts. SG, in conjunction with the Model U.N. club, managed t o raise over $600 for Oxfam, through both direct contributions and the Hot Legs contest. As school winds down before Christmas vacation, SG will be even more active than in November. On December 12, we will be holding a Holiday Music Forum, featuring Indian Hill's band, or-

chestra, and the Premiers. It should be an enjoyable, studentoriented activity. On December 18, SG will be holding our annual Elf Auction. Please participate as either an "elf" or an "elf-master" in the auction and on Elf Day, December 19. The auction proceeds will benefit the Heart Association. Finally, I would just like to remind students once again to come to Winterfest. Music will be by IH's very own Downboys, featuring Peter Wilke, Scott Voss, and Rob Reese. Anyone who wears clothes or ornaments suggesting the "Christmas spirit" will get into the basketball game for $1.00 and the dance for $1.00. So come and support the Braves and get into the swing of Christmas with the Downboys. Thank You, Hugh Geier SG President

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'Catcher' said nothing new It appears that Wyandot School is going to be sold. Aside from the fact that many students may have to travel farther to school, the sale will have no profound negative effect on the district or its students. Rumors, however, have run rampant in the past few weeks. Parents expressed fears that the Indian Hill and Sycamore Districts would have to be rezoned, sending many Kenwood students to Sycamore. Some people also acquired the odd notion that the students would have to change buildings in the middle of the year. The rumors became so common and so distorted that some community members said they had heard that Indian Hill was planning to become semi-private or private. All of these rumors are ridiculous if a little logical thought is employed. Can IH afford to lose students? No. Does Sycamore want more? No. Would anyone consider trying to transfer 300 students to another school building in the middle of a school year? No. Would the IH Schools sacrifice alreadydeclining state money to become more selective? No. Could they even if they wanted to? Again, no. The district strives, through various channels, to keep its residents informed. People who stir up trouby- startble, either intentionally or unintentionally, ing such irrational rumors undermine this communication and confuse everyone involved.

Mack planning exchange to Australia Junior Neely Mack will be going on an American Field Service (AFS) exchange to Australia on January 15. She will find out specifics about her Australian host family three weeks before her departure. Junior Ghia Euskirchen participated in an AFS German language study program from last

June to August with a family from Switzerland. She took many side trips to France, Germany, and Italy and spent weekends hiking in the Swiss Alps. Anyone interested in participating in an AFS activity should contact either Mr. Larry Bernard or junior Matt Santen.

by Kenneth N. Jones After reading last issue's student opinion written by Catcher in the Rye, I formed an image of the anonymous Mr. Catcher. Frankly, I am dying to find out who he is, just for the-sake of having a conversation with him. Catcher is obviously a great writer presenting a responsible and respectable opinion, but judging from the content, he is out of touch with the realities of drugs and somewhat hypocritical in his writing. To begin with, the anonymity of Catcher I find questionable. In the editorial explaining Catcher's anonymity, defense is given as follows: "The student desired to keep his name hidden because he would not normally be thought of as an authority on drugs; he was concerned that his opinion would not be taken seriously ." I think everyone is entitled to an opinion, and furthermore, I think everyone should take pride in his opinion. The opinion presented by Catcher is excellent, and Catcher should be proud to have his name attached to it. Whoever the anonvmous writer is, I cannot and would not judge the opinion on what I know of that person, for that is an ad hominem fallacy. I find fault with Catcher's credulity because of his seeming lack of authority on drugs as presented in the opinion. The first portion of his article implies that many of the facts we learn about drugs in textbooks are useless; they do not retard drug use in any way. He uses phrases like "shocked into obedience by propagandistic horror stories and pseudo-scientific statistics" to ex-

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press the futility of textbook learning. Personally, I agree totally. I cannot remember a single fact or piece of information from Health class that would stop me from turning to drug use if I chose to. The only problem with Catcher's opinion is that he simply reverses positions and gives another textbook attack on drug use. The only effective stopping agent to drug use is first-hand experience, experience Catcher does not express in his opinion. Catcher seems to be sitting on his moral high horse judging everyone who has ever had contact with drugs. Judging from his analogies and the depth of experience as expressed in his writings, Catcher has little insight into the problems of a drug user. If Catcher wanted to scare someone away from drinking, why didn't he advise the reader to visit the Alcoholic Drop-in Center and see the hundreds of people with ruined lives, who need help? A dose of reality is desperately needed for anyone with a drug problem, but it does not hurt those without a problem, either. Catcher's writing needs a dose of reality. In his closing paragraph, Catcher speaks of "younger children, self-satisfied and blissfully ignorant, who are still running straight." I propose that Catcher is not a Catcher at all, but "selfsatisfied and blissfully ignorant." The anonymous writer should be thankful that he is ignorant, but please leave the catching to the real catchers, who have come close to the edge, or at least had a nlimpse - - of it.

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Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracurricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 5 6 1 4 2 2 5 . Sponsor: Wm. P. Kincaid; Editors: Ken Jones, Paul Monach; News Editors: Anna Batsakes, David Cook; Features Editors: Tracy Megison, Janet Nlcolas; Sports Editors: Brian Rowe, Kevin Walzer; Magazine Editors: Ellen Aivord, Joel Ruff; Business Manager: Kelly Martin; Circulation Manager: Davis Griffin; Production Managers: MaryBeth Heidrich, Dan Rosenthal; Assistant Production Manager: Arianna Newman; Typesetter: Karen Wiedemer; Photographers: Tom Taylor, Davis Griffin. Mariano Fernandez. Brad Wilkinson. Scott Blanchard: Contributors: Eilzabeth Gorman, James Anderson, Hugh Geier, Jeff Currier, Sam Green. Jennifer ~ o b b Davld . Miller. Peter 8atsakes. Tiffany Andy Tucker; ~roductio" Staff: ~ i e Overhoff, x Rob Seal, Laura Schwartz. As its editorial poiicy, Chieftain strlves both to commend what is good and encourage correction of what is not. Editorlals reflect the opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and responsibly written.

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by Kevin Walzer Often -knes one hears of an IH basketball team being hurt by a lack of inside rebounding. But how many times have you heard of one being hurt by a lack of consistent perimeter shooting? Comments the coach of just that team, Gary Gellert, 'We are having some problems with our leadership and our outside shooting." The JV Braves have lost three of four games this season, and Gellert attributes that losing largely to the Braves' inconsistency t o put the games on ice in the closing minutes. "Every one of our games has been lost late in the game," said Gellert. "We've had chances to win every one, but then we have a lack of poise. We have f a too many fouls and turnovers." The Braves lost their EHL opener to Mariemont last week, 47-42. Freshman Mike Eaton had 1 3 points for the Braves in the losing effort.

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Three make Enquirer all-city football team bv Kevin Walzer There was one pleasant surprise after another with this year's varsity football team. The most recent one came last week when three Braves found themselves honored by the Cincinnati Enquirer as allcity selections. Senior Brian Jehle headed the list as he wound up on the fust team at tackle. Juniors Kevin Viox and Eric Edwards captured honorable mentions at running back and defensive line, respectively. "I was really surprised. I didn't expect this at all," admitted Jehle. But he also smiled, "It was a nice way to'end a very fun year." Jehle was hard pressed to explain why he felt he was conferred the most prestigious postseason honor that an IH football player has received in several ytars. "I think a big part of it was that I'd improved a lot over last year. I thought I did a good job opening up holes for Kevin [Viox] on the running plays." Jehle had some high words of praise far both Viox and Edwards and their contributions to the 4-6 Braves. "Kewin had a really good season this year...he got o m 1000 yaids rushing. He always gave

100% and was a great member of the team." Jehle is very optimistic about this year's first step in the rebuilding process coach Mike Heizman

has begun. "There was a lot of optimism this year I don't think anyone expected us to go 4-6. We have a lot of talent, and we can do well

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i s b ~ ~"Considering a the caliber of Forest Park, we played very well." The game was a close one from the onset, as Forest Park was never able t o get out by more than four. They led 26-22 at half, and 37-34 after the third quarter. Freshman Jason Kincaid put in 1 4 to lead the Braves as Eaton added 13. Sophomore Ron Jones had 21 in the Braves' only win this season, against Finneytown, which IH won, 46-43. Free throws in the closing minutes were IH's downfall as Northwest won, 62-55, in IH's season opener. Eaton had 16 points, while Kincaid had ten. Gellert at this point is "not pleased" with his team, but but feels that their errors are not permanent. "We have some work to do, but I'm confident that we'll improve." Although he is optimistic for a turnaround, though, Gellert said, "Ten of our games are before Christmas. They better start turning around soon." in the future. Coach Heizman did a great job." He added, "I thought the way Eric played, he should have at least gotten first team EHL [Edwards made second team]. I think he only missed it by one vote."

Varsity girls come close to tough opponents by Tiffany Meyer The varsity girls' basketball team traveled to Norwood and lost in a close game, 4743, last Friday. Junior Cadi Cucinotta was the leading scorer with a total of nine points, followed by junior Kristin Mains with seven. Senior Amy Wiatt was the leading rebounder. Before this difficult battle, the Squaws lost in overtime 4946 to North College Hill. Cucinotta was again the leading scorer with sixteen points. Mains was the leading rebounder. Indian Hill was victorious in their first encounter agianst St. Ursula, winning 49-3 8. Freshman Trida Craig was the leading scorer with twelve points. Senior Gretchen Kindel scored eleven points, and Cucinotta racked up ten. During this game Mains again earned the most rebounds with a total of eight. When asked how he feels his

team is playing, coach Dick Pfirman comments, "The team is playing well but they lack that little extra intensity to win the This is possl'bly close game. due to the inexperience of the

players that are young." Pfhman also says he is pleased with his senior starters, expedally Kindel, and the development of Mains and Craig.

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FALL SPORTS AWARD WINNERS

ARSITY T E N N l S MVP: Tracy Barton, Molly Poffenberger, Aubrey Abbott, Debbie Horton EWL All Stars: Tracy Barton, Molly Poffsnberger, Aubrey Abbott, Debbie Horton E H L Player of the Year: Tracy Barton Cincinnati Player of the Year: Tracy Barton Cincinnati All Star: Tracy Barton, Molly Peffenbsrger, Aubrey Abbott, Debbi ljorton

BOYS* SOCCER: MVP: Steve Womack EHL AII Stars: Curtis ~ t t , Scott Selbert, Steve Womack All City: Curtis Ott, Steve Womack All State: Steve Womack

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MONACH, from p. 9 do not get into team effort or individual performance. Andy Tucker in his article makes a more rational complaint. He does not attack Sportsview, but instead the recent varsity basketball article referred t o by Walzer. He has a good point; the only way to have truly presented summaries of players would have been direct quotations from the coach. Naturally, Coach McKibben did not want t o publicize such judgments. However, I feel that Brian Rowe's summaries were opinionated because they were all positive, not, as Tucker feels, biased to favor the author. Rowe may have said Erich Metzger had been performing erratically, but he also voiced surprise at this occurrence. Also, for whatever it is worth, at the time the article was published, Rowe was starting in scrimmages. Tucker feels performance should not be judged, because all the athletes try hard. Does he object when athletes and teams are incessantly praised, despite mediocre or poor performance? Of course not, but on principle he should, because such writing is just as heinous in its editorializing as negative writing. I suspect Tucker and others re-

The boys' golf team listens with varying degrees of enthusiasm as coach Bob West gives his annual award discourse at the sports banquet. BOYS' GOLF MVP: John Bishop EHL Player of the Year: John Bishop B H L Coach of the Year: Bob West Team was league champlon.

sent the "pomposity" of Walzer because he is not active in sports at school. The fact that Walzer is not as good a basketball playa as Tucker should not prevent him from stating, with appropriate evidence, that Tucker had an especially good or bad game.

CROSSCOUNTRY MVP: Paul Monach MIP: Brian Meyers

VOLLEYBALL MVP: Anna Cuclnotta E H L All Star: Jenny Malloy

GIRLS' SOCCER MVP: Tricla Craig, Julle Packer EHL All Star: Trlcia Craig, Sharl Zesch, Julle Packer

Walzer is knowledgeable enough about sports t o make such comments, and he also emphasizes the good games more than the bad ones. As a respectable athlete, I personally feel qualified to comment on the performance of members

of a team, especially of a team I am on; I feel that Rowe is justified in commenting on players' performances for the same reason, as long as his comments have some basis and do not unnecessarily favor certain players.

not right for Rowe to give himself a fairly positive evaluation ("Rowe appears to be back in the starting lineup...'') while criticizing other players (such as Erich Metzger, whom he called an "enigma" while mentioning that he had been "erratic" in scrimmages). I really fail to see what is wrong with that. It was not Rowe the basketball player simply stroking his ego and putting down the other players in the hopes of putting himself in the starting lineup; it was Rowe the journalist stepping back and detachedly evaluating his own performance and the performance of the other players on the team. As both an optimistic athlete and an objective journalist, Rowe treads a fine line. But he does a good job in not overstepping his bounds. The fact that those criticized are "trying their best" has nothing to do with the re-

sponsible journalist; a responsible journalist does not question the effort of athletes unless he can back it up with facts. And those facts are to be found only if what the journalist says is true. That's why I feel I'm right in most cases, and why I feel Brian Rowe is right in this particular case. He didn't get t o be sports editor of Chieftain without being a responsible journalist. He may be frank and controversial in his articles, but h e can back it up. And that's the mark of a good journalist-even though it might not make him a popular one. Chieftain would like to thank Andy Tucker for his contribution to this opinion forum. We realize that other students or coaches may have views different from those presented here. If you wish to have such an opinion published, please be sure it says something completely new, and please turn it in b y next Tuesday.

WALZER, from p. 9 To me, that seemed ridiculous. From that ridiculousness came the phrases "playing Sycamore is an exercise in masochism" and "ending the rivalry is an act of mercy", which were the ones that inspired such rage from the football team. Granted, the statements were harsh and might have been too strong, but the plain truth of t h t matter is that I was reporting the truth. Or at least, the truth as I saw it. And in my eyes, that string of losses t o Sycamore was not pretty. That idea is a key one for athletes who are reported on in Chieftain to remember: we are journalists and we're trying t o report objectively. I think a lot of what Tucker interpreted as "opinion" in the article he disliked, Brian Rowe's "personnel" article' last issue, was simply Rowe's frank evaluation of the truth. Tucker said that it really was

Vol. 34 No. 7 December 7,1984 Indian Hill High School Cincinnati, Ohio 45243

by Paul Monach The Board of ]Education outLined a proposal to sell Wyandot School to Sycamore Schools at a commuriity meeting last night, Sycamore has offered to buy the wesent IH elementarv school o n a "lease-purchase" agreement; the school would be leased for two years for $800,000, with a final payment of $1.6 million needed to purchase the school the third year (a cost of $2.4 million total). The sale would include several important conditions. Indian Hill would retain the right to repurchase Wyandot for 7 years after the final sale (9 after the original leasing), provided the district could come up with the necessary

cause of the sale, and the playground and tennis courts will be available for use during non-

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Indian Hill sends 20 to EHL Honors Band by Jeff Currier In its final year of existence, the Eastern Hills League held its Honors Band Concert last Sunday, December 2, thus ending a ten-year tradition for the league. Indian Hill contributed greatly to the Honors Band this year, with 20 participants, seven of al which were ~ . r i n c i ~chairs. Participating in this year's band were Kim Doran (lst), Laura Harmon, Andrea Hatfield, and Mary Ballard, flutes; Brad Adrien (lst), oboe; Jeff Currier (lst), Michelle Brougher, Benjy Cook, and Jim Carson, clarinets; Dominic Pesce (lst), alto saxophone; Rob Seal (lst), Scott Seward, Tom Luckey, trumpets; David Epstein, trombone; Matt Feltman, baritone; Gregg Devanna (1st) and John Stubbers, tubas; Jeff Tuckey (1st) and Duncan Chalmers, percussion; and Doug Backus, playing tympani. Each year, open auditions are held for all interested wind and percussion players in the EHL schools. Judges for these auditions consist of the band directors from the eight schools in the league. The guest conductors for this

year's bands were Mr. David Keener for the high school and Mr. Norman Parr for the junior high. Keener graduated from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, where he studied clarinet, voice, piano, and organ. He has since taught at

school hours; this should alleviate some of the concerns of local residents. Under the agreement, which the Board is expected to sign soon, Indian Hill would vacate the school by July 1. The only problem would be where to put the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders who would normally have attended school at Wyandot. As Superintendent Dr. Robert E. Boston said, "Housing of students is my responsibility." Although he must make the final decision on this issue, he plans t o form a committee of community members, teachers, and adminicision. to help him make his destrators

Dixie Heights High School, Indian Hill, Twin Valley North, and Miamisburg Schools. Parr is a junior high band diHis rector from Mariemont. bands have consistently received straight "I" ratings in competitions for many years. Parr also works very closely with the

Said Boston, "I hope that I can make a recommendation t o the Board by March or April." brass section of IH's marching and concert bands. Thcre is a possibility of a new league band nest year. It would consist of 15 schools, eight of which will be from the present EHL, joined by seven other schools from around the city. Although many plans have been suggested, the future of the band remains uncertain.

Meyers deems Dayton Conference success by James Anderson The Model United Nations Club attended a Dayton University-sponsored conference two weeks ago Thursday. The MUN did not win any awards as it has in past years, but many members were instrumental in passing resolutions on chemical warfare, world overpopulation, environmental crises, space weaponry, etc. Co-president Brian Meyers regarded the trip as a success; "Although we didn't win any awards, everyone who went gained a great deal of experience." Club faculty sponsor John Nellis also stressed the unimportance of official recognitions. "It really isn't the awards that are important. The participants in these

conferences should come away with a better understanding of the real United Nations and the difficulties of political negotiation." Countries representcd by IH include Spain, Israel, Bolivia, Somalia, and several less well-known nations. Delegates were encouraged to initiate resolutions and amendments by obtaining endorsements from 30 countries, and then to defend their views in front of their respective assemblies. The MUN is presently looking toward its February trip t o Georgetown University and a more sophisticated simulation. Co-presidents Hugh Geier and Meyers agree that the experience gained at Dayton will help IH t o

make a good showing in Washington. The club has been very fortunate in its country assignments; ~nemberswill represent the controversial nations of Poland, in the General Assembly, and Nicaragua, in the Security Council. In addition, IHers will play the roles of the President of the United States, the director of the FBI, and other important U.S. figures in U.S.S.R. a simulated forum with the Another activity in which MUN recently participated is the Oxfam collection. In its joint venture with Student Government the club collected over $700, which will go to feed Ethiopia's starving masses.