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by Steve Innis es. Starter Andy Schwab went portant game to Loveland, the league matchups against Finneytown and Wyoming later in the Braves are encouraged by their This year JV baseball is mark- the distance to pick up the win. weeked by a very strong showing from Although dropping an im2-1 record and eagerly await underclassmen who are forming the groundwork for future championships. In the season opener, the Braves defeated Glen Este by an impressive 11-10 score. Keying the victory was strong and balanced hitting complemented by starter Jim Thornton, who pitched well, and Chuck Yellig who came in to pick up the win. On Monday, the Braves opened league play against Loveland by losing 10-7. Greg Long hit a homerun and a stroqg late effort still wasn't enough to bounce back from a few weak innings. Despite this loss the Braves bounced back after their defeat 'C . -. . ,* ., I i,a?*si; ,&;w. .3-.-.%A*::.,*. ..d -Q'ww.4.*.e y , :*?%<*.. to crush Lloyd High in Erlanger . ,: * . by an incredible 2543 margin. &.-Y* '". . '. ., - ,-., .a -: **. ., --.The Braves rattled the opposing photo by Stratton Moraites pitchers with several hits, forcing Lloyd to make six pitching chang- Freshmen Steve Innis has been a welcome addition on the mound this year for Coach Argentati.

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Boys to b e competive a t Mariemont by Joy Rowe The varsity boys' track team finished surprisingly well in their first meet against Deer Park, defeating them 101-35. Junior Rob Nichols led the team with four first place finishes: the 800 m run, the mile run the high jump, and as anchor of the mile relay team. Coach West pointed out this versatile athlete's impressive 2:05 in the 800 m run. Other fnst place finishers were Eric Edwards in the shot put, Kevin Love in the discus, Dave Malloy in the long jump, John Yeager in the 300 hurdles, and Dave Ahlert in the 3200 m run. Coach West commented that

the "unanticipated strength of this year's team once again surfaced at the CHL relays." This meet took place last Tuesday and was inclusive to the team aspects of track. In field events, two members of each team competed and the best distances of each member were combined for a total distance. Matt Feltman and Tony Hoffman placed first in the pole vault while Eric Edwards and Kevin Love placed third and fourth in the shot and disc respectively. The strength of the middle and long distance runners was highlighted by the performance of the distance medley, the 3200 relay, and the mile relay. John Yeager competed in four

events that evening and placed in three. 0ther multiple winners were George Heynen, Dave Miller, Clyde Brant, Rob Nichols, and Dave Ahlert.

With these strong finishes now firmly tucked under the team's belt, they can look confidently ahead towards the always competive Mariemont Invitational.

by Kevin Walzer With the chopping down of two trees o n the school grounds, the total of major acts of vandalism against the school has

been brought t o two in five weeks. But the administration is not currently planning any more stringent security procedures, said assistant principal Gar-

BAND, from p. 3 as Roger Bacon had always done before. Unfortunately, our administration decided that unlike any other school who would have jumped at our chance, attending two extra morning classes was more worthy a cause than participating in the Parade. It took a petition signed by a large portion of the student body to sway the administration's thoughtless verdict. I find it quite interesting that

some teachers were appalled and angered at the mere prospect of losing a handful of students to a once-in-a-lifetime event such as a performance a t Riverfront Stadium, and I am quite firm in the belief that the same teachers would have an opposite reaction concerning the absence of students for a State sports championship. I ask, are the students' best interests really in mind here?

spread their control, not contain it. And they proved it two weeks ago with the Honduran invasion. The timing of that incursion was almost as if to say, "Hey -the Americans don't care what we are up to! Let's try something else!" Another argument of the bill's opponents is that they fear it will eventually lead to American troops being sent to Nicaragua. They obviously can't comprehend that it is only if we let it-get out

of hand that troops will be needed. If we stop the Sandanistas now, we will prevent another Vietnam. I liken the situation to someone who sees a small fire in their basement and sits back quietly (negotiates with it), until the fire has spread throughout the entire house requiring the fire department; rather than stopping the fire at its inception. We effectively demonstrated recently with Libya that a tough retaliatory action can show overag-

gressive nations that we won't accept their ambitious claims. The same can and should be done with Nicaragua. The upcoming vote is an important one, made more important by the fact that it has brought out a frightening, underlying attitude in this country. This is the pacifist, wait-and-see hesitant attitude that, if left unchallenged, will eventually mean the victorv of Communism over Democracy.

A tree and nearthethetree cornin provesmons building, the concrete sitting area near the middle school, were found destroyed on the morning of March 20. Gellert termed the vandalism "horrible," saying that the damage to the trees is irreparable. "We [the administration] don't want to overreact, but it's bad. You should never have vandalism." Although this year's attacks have had more publicity than those in past years, Gellert does

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DECA to attend nationals by James Anderson While most students are slaving 23, away seniorin Julie a classroom, Packer April and

CONTRAS, from p. 3 should attempt more negotiations with Daniel Ortega, Marxist leader of the Sandanistas. That sounds very nice; however, we must remember two things. First, we have attempted negotiations with Ortega's government numerous times in the past, each time with no resolution. Second, it isn't possible to think that the Communist Sandanistas would participate in peaceful, productive negotiations. Face it, that's just not their style. They want to

y Gellert. "Right now we're not planning on really changing anything," said Gellert. "We don't want to make the school a prison." The administration reacted t o vandalism five weeks ago involving glue in door locks by implementing an early closing of t h e school, at 5:00 instead of 11:00, except for students involved in extracurricular activities. "But that's something we should have done a long time ago. The school had been too accessible." But closing the school early will not prevent vandalism outside, as the most recent incident

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The birch tree near the middle school was destroyed by vandals. A tree near the commons building was also destroyed. I

junior Carla Ferguson will accompany faculty advisor Mr. Jim Benken to Atlanta, Georgia for the National Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) Convention. Ferguson was appointed as an Ohio delegate at the state convention that the club attended in March. Commenting on the upcoming Atlanta trip, she said simply,"I am looking forward to Parker earned the privlege

of going by becoming a finalist i n the category of Apparells and Accesories. At the state convention she competed in four events, taking two tests and competing in two retailing competitions. Commented Packer on the trip, get the "I chance am gladtoIgo won to because Atlanta."I She added hopefully, "Winning in Atlanta could lead to many employment oppurtunities." Benken commented, "I think Packer and Ferguson will do fairly well. They are up against the top competition in the country, though."

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On the other hand, Gellert said, "I think kids should .take pride in their school, and not destroy it. Kids need to care about their school.'' A positive attitude as opposed to a negative attitude? "Yes. There are many different ways to look at something, and positively is better than negatively.'' Is that attitude possible to entirely achieve? Perhaps not, but as Gellert himself said, "Kids need to realiie that we [the administration, the usual target of vandalism] care about them and support them." As for the future? Gellert said, "Are we planning on doing anything special [about future vandalism attacks] ? No." The option of increasing security further by hiring night time guards was brought up, but Gellert quickly dismissed it. "we don't want to do that; we're not here to make the school a prison." -

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not think 1986 is comparatively worse in terms of vandalism. "I wouldn't say it's worse, at least not yet. You tend t o forget [vandalism incidents] as time goes on." He referred to an attack last year when windows in the commons building were destroyed, and three years ago when a student splattered paint all over the boys restroom, as two examples. However, he aaded, "There are some you'll never forget-like in 1981," when students cut down all the trees in the flagpole circle. Why must vandalism exist? There are no easy answers to that question, Gellert feels. "Obviously vandalism is a sign of a negative attitude, and you're going to have that attitude at most school^." But venting it in such a deshuctive manner? Gellert does not feel vandalism at IH is widespread, but isolated. ' y e don't Our have grafitti On

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The school will be holding Educational Records tial. Bureau (ERB) tests next week for students grades Chieftain realizes that no standardized test is 9-1 1. These tests are the ones that show whether a perfect measure of the person taking it, and we do each student is achieving up to academic potential. not agree with the district's pompous trumpeting of ERB's are almost universally unpopular, but how many students achieve at potential. The ERB students need to understand that they do serve a statistics are vastly overrated by IH, but they do purpose. Essentially, they contain sections which serve a practical purpose. Students taking ERB's test the mathematical and verbal aptitude of a stu- next week should overlook "excellence," and simply dent (these portions are very similar to the SAT). understand that the tests are measures of how much The achievement portions are tests of what the they have learned in their various subjects; if stustudent is studying that year (i.e., algebra, geometry). dents are not learning, changes are made. Ideally, The aptitude and achievement scores are compared, this would ensure them an improved education. and if the achievement score is similar to the aptiVandalism is usually the work of tude, the student is said to be achieving at poten- VANDALS, from p. 1 .,iust - - -a- -few." -

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Love; Contributers: A m y Burroughs, Joy Rowe. Molly Poffenberaer, aSteve Innis, Mike Anderson, Ben ~ e m o ~, o m o k o ~ ~ a m z i Jay b e , Fitton, Benjy Cook, Jamie Winget, Shari Zesch: Production Staff: S t e ~ h anie ---Hug, Tiffany Meyer, Diana Greiner, Elissa Geier, Benjy Cook, Tiffany Ferguson, A m y Burroughs, JOY Rowe. As its editorial policy, Chieftain strives to both commend what is good and encourage correction of what is not. Editorials reflect the opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and responsibly written. -

by Amy Burroughs The softball season is now in full swing and the girls varsity has gotten off to an excellent start. Under coach Robert Wessinger, these "Wally-Wompers" have posted an impressive' record of 3-0 and Wessinger says he is "very pleased." Their season opened at home last Friday against Withrow. Indian Hill led throughout the game and finished with an 8-1 victory. Leading hitters were Traci Finklemeier, Shore Beacham, Amy Burroughs, and Cadi Cucinotta went 3 for 3. Freshman Stacey Anderson contributed significantly in the game and was the winning pitcher allowing no walks. On Tuesday, the Lady Braves battled Loveland in their first league game of the season. Trailing 4-0 after the first inning, the team staged an impressive comeback in the sixth, when they scored eight runs. The squad then went on to win 11-6 behind the pitching of Stacey Anderson who again permitted no one to walk.

The defeat of Loveland was a tack to Reading on Monto improve their already imprescritical victory for the Lady day, when they hope @verecord. Braves because the Tigers are regarded as a viable contender in the league championships. Commented Wessinger, "The girls have worked very hard and win have to continue this work with determination in order to secure another victory against Loveland. The mental aspect of the game was handled very well and the physical errors that have been made will soon be eliminated with practice." On Wednesday the team traveled to Finnytown to crush the Wildcats in their second league victory of the season. The final score was 15-2 and the opponent seemed overwhelmed by the Lady Braves. Sophmore Kelly Ovington had a grand . slam and the winning pitcher was Stacey Anderson. photo by Stratton Moraites Riding on their string Senior Diane Hancher is just one of many seniors providing leadership of victories, Coach Westhis year for Coach Wessinger's varsity softball team. Here she awaits singer and the team bring an oncoming pitch in league play against Loveland. their potent hitting at-

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Braves sweep doubleheader by Mike Anderson The varsity baseball Braves began the 1986 season on a doubtful note. Upon immediate return from spring break, the Braves were thrust into what they thought to be their first regular season contest against Taft. Although the contest was indeed only a scrimmage, IH sumrisindv iumved to an earlv 4-0 lead purely by virtue of their superior talent. However, their week away from baseball came back to haunt them as the thoroughly practiced Taft squad diminished the run deficit, took the lead, and clinched a 6-4 victory. Coach Jon Warden of the Braves commented, "There were some good things and some bad ones." That inconsistency plagued the Braves in subsequent scrimmages against Cincinnati Country Day and Columbus Bishop Ready, in which walks were the Braves' downfall. The Braves, however, overcame those weaknesses last Saturday t o notch what undoubtedly was the highlight of the young season. The Braves swept a doubleheader from Bethel4

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second contest, recording a 6-0 shutout. Bethel-Tate batters were frustrated for most of the afternoon by Cohen's pitching. The Braves could not maintain that momentum in contests earlier this week, losing by identical 15-6 scores to Loveland and Finneytown. The Braves did a good job shutting down Finneytown's formidble Todd

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who, despite her inexperience, has jumped off to a great start. Coach Dooley, while losing

the opener, commented, "the girls have a lot of potential and it should be a great year!''

gie Kerr, who hit two triples and scored two of the eight runs, the squad staged a* impressive contest. However, faced with an explosive Tiger squad, the Squaws' eight runs fell short and lost 12-8. photo by Stratton Moraites An important addition to the team is freshman lenny ~ ~ t h J ,e m y Bath has done well this year as a SV softball pitcher. -

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Varsity tennis awaits crucial matches by Chris Kempczinski The varsity boys tennis team is barnstorming into the 86' season with the sort of assuredness which is characteristic of state champions. After early predictions of perhaps a 22-0 or 22-1 season, the the team's play has done little to assuage such optimism. Against league foe Reading, the Braves smashed their opponents for a humiliating 60 game "Basically (we) knew victory. that we were going to win," said junior Bruno Darre, so the margin wasn't really any big surprise. However, the squad faced a much more formidable test against Cincinnati Country Day. As the first round in the state qualification process, the match was a pivotal clash between two tennis titans. Said James Granger, "We knew that they had Vijay Sud and Scott Stearn (as no. 1 and no. 2 singles respectively)" and to win it really "came down to how well Richard (Kassar) played." Fortunately for the Braves, the promising young freshman performed with the poise reminiscent of an Andy Tucker, and won quite handily, 6-2, 6-1. However, the team's path to victory was shrouded by two considerable obstacles. Senior Tucker, acknowledged by some to be the premier player in the city, dropped a heartbreaker in the third set to Sud. "Andy's match really could have gone either way, at one time he was within a point of winning the match," comment-

ed younger brother Lee, however, his inability to convert ultimately spelled his doom. Lee was another unfortunate victim of the strong Country Day team, losing 4-6, 6-2, 6-0. "In the first set my approach was good (but as the match wore on) ... my serve became inconsistent and (Stearn) started to pass me." The decisive play of doubles teams, Matt Santen-Mark Wishard and Bruno Darre-James Granger save, what at one point, was a questionable victory. "I thought that we'd win," said an enthusiastic Darre, and a 6-0, 6-1 win by Santen-Wishard sealed the Indian's fate. The team enjoyed a much more comfortable encounter with Moeller following the tough 3-2 victory over Country Day. Viewed as just another preparatory match, the team had little trouble disposing of the hapless Crusaders 5-0. Coach Dave Swisher exercised the team's depth and cast Neely Mack and Matt Steward in the unaccustomed doubles role of no. 1 and no. 2 respectively against Loveland. Obviously one af the team's easier opponents, the elder Tucker was the only plyaer "really pushed." Against an impressive Mark Teiss, Tucker received a beneficial tune-up for some of the more critical matches in the upcoming season. For while Tucker "was expected to win," Teiss lost a close 6-4, 7-6 match which highlighted Tucker's "experience."

Commented Granger, "Most of our really tough matches don't come until the end of April and the beginning of May so these are matches which are (really just)

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by Jamie Winget Finishing off a quite memorable marching season, the award-winning IHHS marching Braves took to the astroturf Monday, with their involvement in the Opening Day ceremonies. Since the Cincinnati Reds open the entire baseball season, this performance was the band's second nationwide TV broadcast this year, and their first appearance in Riverfront Stadium since Earl Snapp led the band through Bengals' games. The day started off with the traditional Opening Day Parade starting at Findlay Market. The Braves were the second of five bands in the lineup including Elder, Belleview, and East Central from Indiana. The mile and a half route ended at the stadium where the band prepared for its performance inside. The Braves had the honor of being

Band opens for Reds

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Reds' owner Marge Schott (center) dropped by on the band during a practice session prior to the Opening Day Parade. Drum Majors Rob Nichols and Teni Wayne (far left and right) led the band through the parade. Teachers Joe Gaudio and Steve Strider (left and right of Schott) were pleased with the performance. form and played for the crowd the only band performing. After warming up the band "Take the 'A' Train," "Malamarched out on the field in top guena," "This Is My Country,"

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The Squaws' next meet is the perhaps the most encouraging aspect of the meet, said Paula ever important Reading InvitaLyon, "Was that so many people placed close to their all-time bests." by Ben Nemo One sour note for the Squaws, The JV boys tennis team, unhas been the injuries which have struck down three key runners. der Coach Kathy Barton, has beSprinter Lee Baumes has been gun their season with an unusualplagued with a nagging muscle ly slow start. Falling to Elder, strain while Kathy Ott and Marin Country Day, and Sycamore, the Schinn are both out with leg in- team hopes to put an end to this losing skid. juries. Last Tuesday, the team openHowever, with their expected return, Garwood anticipates even ed the season with their first loss bigger and better finishes. "Track to Elder, 0-5 and showed slight is not something that just hap- improvement the next day depens, you have t o build upon it," spite losing to Country Day 2-3. Victors in the Cou.ntry Day a task which the Squaws seem match were no. 2 singles player . well-equipped to tackle.

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Sauaws lookina u f o r w a r d to upcoming meets by Chris Kempczinski The girls track team is already showing signs of a strong contender within the league. Said Coach Garwood, "We should be in the top three or four" which would be a marked improvement from last year. In Tuesday's CHL relay, the team posted several strong finishes, highlighted by the first place showing in the high jump. Junior Molly Higgins, regarded as the team's best high jumper, combined several strong contributions. Against Deer Park in the first meet of the season, the team rated to an 84-44 finish behind the performance of Lynn Stanforth, who was first in the mile, and Karina Baldwin in the 800. But

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by Benjy Cook For too long a period of time, there has been one department of this school that has gone thankless. It is a department which has brought 1ndia; Hill city-wide, state-wide, and even nation-wide prestige. Its nearly undefeated record over 'the past few years overshadows the accomplishments of nearly every sports team at Indian Hill, yet its success is merely scoffed at by most of the student body and practically ignored by the administration. "The Indian Hill band is the best in Ohio," remarked Marge Schott in reference to the band's then-fu ture performance at Riverfront Stadium Monday, April 7, yet unfortunately it is the Indian Hill school itself that has not recognized this. When Mr. Steve Strider took over the band in 1982, it was in a rather pitiful state. But this only makes the band's rise even more spectacular. Mr. Strider gave the band a goal, a definition, and taught its members to work together, in the same sense as a football team. Since October of 1983, the Indian Hill Marching Band has won the Grand Championship of 4 out of 5 competitions, each

of which included at least a dozen other bands, some twice as large as our own. Both the Marching and Symphonic Bands have received superior ratings in District and State competitions, while also putting on highly sucessful concerts, as has the Jazz Band also. To top things off, last November the Marching Band was one of only twelve bands selected to participate in the highly prestigious Macy's Thanksgiving Day

Parade in New York City in front of an estimated audience of 30 million people nationwide. A certain lack of recognition is t o be expected, of course, because ours is a sports-oriented society. Most people understandably find the football team a more glamorous organization. Yet an occurrence has taken place which forces the band t o no longer take this treatment placidly with a half-hearted smile. .

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Student urges aid for contras by Jay Fitton On April 15, the U.S. House of Representatives will again begin debating President Reagan's proposed $100 million aid program for the Nicaraguan contras fighting the Communist Sandanista regime. This is the second time in less than a month that the members of the House have considered the plan. This is due to the fact that on March 20, they rejected the aid program on the basis that they felt we hadn't yet exhausted our negotiating capabilities. The following week,

two important events occurred. First the issue moved on to the Senate where it won approval. Then, the Sandanistas invaded neighboring Honduras in an attempt to attack contra camps there. Hopefully, the House will learn from both of these events and approve the bill. The opponents of the bilI (most notably Representative Jim Sassan, a Democrat from Tennessee) charge that the aid package is premature. They feel that we

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andthetraditiona14T,eMeout t o the Ball Game." The sellout crowd was "the mos: people we have been able t o see while playing," commented Mr. Steve Strider, the band's director. The band then stayed and watched the rest of the game from the stadium club. The Opening Day game brings back memories for Mr. Strider since he played in a band at Pete Rose's first game. He responded to the experience as being "fun and educational," as it was for the band. He called the band's playing a "contribution to the tradition of the Cincinnati community on behalf of the school." On the band's schedule in the future are a Jazz festival on April 26 that the Jazz band will be performing in and another spring concert with special guest Vinnic DiMartino on May 13.

For years, the Roger Bacon High School Marching Band has been the band in Cincinnati. They were invited to be the featured band in the Reds' Opening Day Parade almost as consistently as the Reds themselves every year. But this year, the Indian Hill Band has unseated them and was invited to lead the Parade and perform before the game inside Riverfront Stadium, to a capacity crowd of 60,000,

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news shorts Sophomore Margie Brice has had a piece of artwork accepted into the Blue Chip Art Show downtown. Brice's piece was a montage reflecting various aspects of the city of Cincinnati. H p work is on display at the Central Trust Tower.

Indian Hill's production of "A Little Something for the Ducks" has been selected t o represent the Ohio Theater Alliance (OTA) in the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education "Information Exchange" on April 26. The program is held annually t o present outstanding examples from each of the artistic fields t o educatorssJrom all over the state. r - - . ,,I

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3 b elect~onsupcoming A few changes have taken place in Student Government in the past two weeks. Mr. Schneider has taken over Mr. Dowlings's position of advisor, and I am filling in for Brad Smith, president, and Scott Voss, vice-president since they are on Senior Search. During the last week Mr. Gellert, Mr. Schneider, and I have discussed the spring events and have set the dates for SG elections and the student-teacher blood drive. Here are the events for April: 15-SG president and vice-president petitions available. 21 petitions due. 29 Class officers petitions available. May events: 2 SG president and vice-president elections. 5 Class officer petitions due. 13 Class officer election. 14 Student-teacher blood drive. 15 SG representative petitions available. 20 SG representative petitions due. 23 SG representative elections. Remember everyone is eligible . .to participate in SG, and we en-

courage more people to run for an office. Other important dates this spring are May 2, Music Fest, and May 17, Prom. Prom will be held at the Westin and dinner will be

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movie review

Hanks, Long get lemon in 'Money Pit' by Kevin Walzer Any time a $1 million house is on sale for $200,000, questions should rise. Why is the owner willing to lose 415 of the house's value? In the case of The Money Pit, the owner needs capital to, support her Nazi husband, who is being extradited to Israel for war crimes. Or so stars Tom Hanks and Shelley Long are told. Actually, the house is falling apart-in every way possible. It's a pure "lemon"; Hanks says halfway through the film, "This will be a great house-once we peel the rind off." The combination of two superb comics as Hanks and Long offers great possibilities, but The Money Pit disappoints. The humor in this comedy is strictly

sight-oriented, relying on extended sequences of slapstick. The result is a film that is only tediously amusing, and totally lacking in depth. That's too bad, too, because director Richard Benjamin had such a good premise to work with. All the elements for a classy, funny film were therea romantic triangle involving Hanks, Long and dancer Alexander Goudenov, playing an egotistical music conductor; a crackerjack comic duo in Long and the obvious and Hanks; humor involved in the fallingapart house. Unfortunately, the romance is underdeveloped, Long is never allowed to showcase her witty comedic style, and the slapstick is overdone. Long is simply excellent on

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"Cheers," but there she has far -better writers. Here she is not given sufficient material to make her character, a Yuppie cohabitating with Hanks, properly sophisticated and intelligent. We are merely given hints: she is a talented violinist, and a fairly passionate one. But that's all we learn; she has a hint of a character. Hanks is a good physical comedian, and does well in some of the film's funnier slapstick scenes (a collapsing, staircase is one example). But he is totally incongruous with the more subdued Long, and the result is a lack of unity which undermines their romantic relationship.

see PIT, p. 6

disc review by Dave Foy Being a student at a school that is musically lead by Led Zepplin and Genesis, I was somewhat skeptical about writing ?is review. The Pretty inPlnk soundrack offers something very different from Led and Phil Collins. I t offers a heavily English-influenced "New Music." The album opens with "If You Leave," a heavily synthesized tune from Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD). This duo blends a disco new-wave rhythm with an electronic melody to produce a technological love song, revolving around the lead singer's plea for his love not to leave him. A striking contrast to OMD, Suzanne Vega, a new folk singer akin to Rickie Lee Jones, cuts "Left of Center." "Left'' is a great song about being different frorii everyone else. This is a catchy tune with an impressive piano solo from Joe Jackson ("Is She Really Going Out With Him? '7 Next is "Get to Know Yawby Jesse Johnson. The former guitarist from The Time adds his brand of funk to the album featuring a heavy drum beat and a strong bass line. INXS adds to this funky aura with "Do Wot You Do," a typical INXS song with funky drumming and banging guitar riffs. Very popular, and very danceable. Ending side one is the title track from the movie, "Pretty in Pink," sung by the English band The Psychedelic Furs. Richard Butler's scruffy voice is appealing, his strong English accent very apparent. By combining a strong drum line with a guitar and an ever-present horn section, the Furs have scored a hit. Opening dde two is one of my favorite new wave bands, New Order. New Order uses a strong disco beat with a multi-synthesized melody in "Shell-Shock." New Order adds another taste of electric new wave to this record. Very danceable and lovers of keyboards will like this one. Following New Order is a new group called Belouis Some. "Round Round" is from the INXS genre, with funky drums and electric guitars mixing with keyboards. Although relatively

band, add to the positive side of this album with "Bring On the Dancing Horse." With their tremendous vocals and their own style of music, Echo proves to be very effective with this song. Ending side two is The Smiths, probably my favorite band. "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want," a previously released song, is a beautifully depressing song about a man who is down on his luck. Morrisey's voice emotionally whines out the lyrics to a beautifuly 12-string 'The guitar accompaniment. lucks I've had can make a good

a new band, Belouis Some v a y find a place in the hearts of teens who like the funk-rock sound they produce. The following song is from another new, unheard of band. The Danny Hutton Hitters do a remake of the Nick Kreshaw song called "Wouldn't it be Good.'' The Hitters use synthesizers to replace Kershaw's guitars. I find the vocals annoyingly high pitched, but this might stem from my liking, of Kershaw's voice in the original. Echo and the Bunnymen, a French-based English speaking

man turn bad." This line represents the tone of the final song. All in all, Pretty in Pink scores high on teens' lists. The album introduces teens to "New Music," while also containing a funky-bop style that any kid can dance to. So the next time you play to buy Led Zepplfn 4, think again, and try something different; you might be glad that you did.

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Dori's summer spent modeling in Paris a b r o a d by Davis Griffin During third period at 10:00, Dori Sanders can be seen modeling on the Sally Raphael show on channel 5. The St. Louis program provided Dori with $25 0 for only three hours work. How has this exotic blonde usually dressed in jet black found her way into a modeling career? Before we answer that question, let's look at how she made her way to Indian Hill. Dori used to live near Honolulu prior to second grade. She then moved from paradise to Cincinnati. Here she remained until the sixth grade when she moved back to Haiwaii to live with her father. She described the atmosphere as "laid back. During surf season everybody skipped school and headed for the beach." Truancy was so widespread that they had to make a special surf season law for students on the beach. In ninth grade, Dori once again parted from Hawaii's beaches and came back to chilly Cincinnati. A family friend who

was also an amateur photographer took a few pictures of Dori and urged her to take some modeling classes downtown. Her first job is ironically similar to her latest. Dori's hair dresser, Terry Carr, asked her to model her Hair Surgeons haircut. "They still. have my picture on the wall at Hair Surgeons," recalls Dori as her eyes glance upward. Dori soon had avertisements in Seventeen's local inserts. She also modeled back-to-school clothes with Austinbussy Photography for local companies such as McAlpin's and Shillito's. Then one day, Dori was a$ed by the John Casablanca Agency to drive to Louisville to meet with two agents, one from Paris and one from New York. When she reached the place another model came out of the building door saying she was going to Paris. Dori entered the building where inside sat a mumbling Frenchman named Claude and a domineering New Yorker named Doug. "Doug took control as always," says Dori.

photo by Patrick Rouchon

Dori daydreams about the upcoming evening in the city of lights. "He made me take off my lipient for Dori to go to Paris. An stick. When I came out of the astonished Sanders was on her dressing room Claude said 'tres way. bonne.' " The agents then see DOR 1, p. 6 asked if it would be inconven-

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by Tom Taylor "Rush, Rush, Rush." These words are Babak Kadivat's reaction when asked about what he wants to say in his sketch. The Canadian rock group is Babak's first and most notable interest. "They're about the only group I listen to, " he explains. "They make sense. There's so much meaning in their songs. "They don't put on make-up like Boy George does to get attention. They don't need to because their music is good." Indeed, Babak may have somewhat of a preoccupation with the group. He explains that other people may become angry with him because of it. "People will tell me, 'Oh shut-up, you talk so much about Rush." Even Babak's English journal is filled primarily with entries about the group and its songs. Babak recently attended the group's concert here in Cincinnati. "It was great," is all he can seem to say about the event. "They're cool," he speaks softly

photo by Stratton Moraites

Besides Rush, one of Babak's main interests is raiding the refrigerator. to himself. Iran and Iraq. Their parents are Babak is originally from Iran. still living in Iran, as they must do He first visited the United States so, and can only visit the US ocfor a short time in 1976, and then casionally. again in 1978. He and his broBabak claims he experienced a ther, Ramin, came back to Amer- great deal of culture shock when ica again in 1983, and stayed here he first began to live here. Languin Indian Hill permanently with age probleins, the losing of old their aunt and uncle. Babak and friends, and the making of new friends were some of the most obRamin cannot return to Iran because they would be sent into bat- vious difficulties he faced. tle in the current war between "Everything was 'uncool,' "

Babak comments. His peers certai~ydidtakeadvantageofhis . lanmape For exam" difficulties. 'ple, they would coax him into asking people embarrassing questions which he did not understand the meaning of. In addition, Babak was often pestered by others who asked him demeaning questions. "People would ask me stupid questions like, 'Does your dad own a camel?' " he states. "There isn't that much difference [between the US and Iran]. Of course, you have to expect some differences between the US and a 'third-world country,' but it's not like everyone is shooting each other or we own a camel. "It bothers me that people think I'm an 'Arab.' Iranians are Persians. I am not an Arab," he says semi-seriously. "It also bugs me," he continues, "when people call me 'that foreign guy' or that 'Iranian.' I'd rather that people would call me by my name." Despite the difficulties, Babak has still managed t o adapt to his new home. "Things were better u

see BABAK, p. 6

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~ o m o k o ' snever seen beaches like Siesta Key beyond the rising sun

all of you know about the famous cherry trees sent by Japan to Boston. Japanese high school students' vacation (or break) isn't as much fun as here. Most of the sports activities have practices during vacation (and break). Many kids go to a private cram school called "jyuku." I haven't been there; they go there all morning or evening (sometimes both) for 10 days or so. There are varjous courses available. And they go there either to make up for and catch up with the other kids, or to prepare for college entrance examination. Of course many kids go on trips, find a job and work, but it's kind of different from here. Last spring, I went skiing with six of my good friends, but since it costs a lot of money to go on trips, not so many kids go by themselves. Summer jobs are naru, roo. For example, I was a waitress at a restaraunt the summer before, but they paid only $2.00 per hour. In addition, there's no custom to tip in Japan. So I had to keep moving from table to table, carry all those heavy plates, water, walk around with coffee, and still, photo courtesy Tomoko pauses before hitting the Siesta beaches. I got only $2.00 an hour..

with Tomoko Yamabe Hi! How was your spring break? Mine was great. I went to Siesta Key, Florida. There, I saw the beautiful long beach and white sand. I had never been to a beach like that before. There is a famous beach called "Sho-nan" near Tokyo. I went there every summer, but that's awful. The beach is too small and there are too many people. There's no space. The beach is filled with people in the summer time. The sand isn't white like the one in Florida. Oh, I noticed one thing in Florida. The shoes, so-called "Zoris" came from Japan. "Zori" is a Japanese word. Did you know that? On the way back, we went to Disney World and Epcot Center. Since I've been t o Tokyo Disney Land, I was excited to compare them. And I found out the fact that the Tokyo Disney Land is a little bigger than Disney World. Basically, the places of every single pavillion are the same. The only major difference is language. In Disney World, everything was in English and Spanish, but it's in Japanese and English in Japan. And there are lots of Mexicans there: In Tokyo, there are a lot of Korean people or maybe Chinese-I can't really tell-instead. Epcot Center was good. I especially liked the World Showcase. It has been nice weather recently and the flowers started blooming. In Japan, school year starts in April, and there are cherry blossoms everywhere. I saw some beautiful cherry blossoms in North Carolina. That reminded me of the beautiful street which is full of cherry blossoms every spring near my house. In Japan, cherry blossoms are the symbol of spring and freshmen (since it's the season of the new year). It's the Japanese national flower. I believe

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by junior year, and senior year, almost everything is 'peachy,' " Babak says in a characteristic bubbly fashion. "Especially after I saw Rush in concert." As for school: "School is easier here than in Iran," he claims, "but the language makes it more difficult for me. Courses that don't involve a lot of language are

much easier for me, math, for example." Government is undoubtedly Babak's weakest class. "I hate government," he comments. Babak is currently working at Kings Island where he sells beer. "They made me shave my beard. I t was a pain t o shave. I had to shave three times," he mutters. "It was painful" For the future, Babak will

PIT, from p. 4 Goudenov is cast well as Long's conceited ex-husband, but he, too, is let down by the script; he is not made sufficiently arrogant to create tension between himself and the other too. What should have been a serious storyline relieved by humor is shirked and forced, and totally unconvincing. In previews of The Money Pit, the classical music score and Long's name suggest that this is an elegant spoof of Yuppie home renovation, but the product is

one very much like the house Long and Hanks encounter: it's a lemon.

DORI, from p. 5 Dori moved into a Paris apartment with four girls and a "booker," who made appointments for the models. Even though the other models were "out for blood," Dori had a great time. Dori" photos were in Elle, Votre Beaute, Janlent, and 100 Ideas.

probably go to California for preoptometry college and then optometry college. He claims he basically wants t o do this for the money. "If I wasn't going into optometry for the money, I probably would have wanted to be a veterinarian," he comments. "I like all kinds of pets except snakes. They scare me." Aside from modeling, Dori frequented nightclubs, meeting many Frenchmen. Her most memorable was an older man who drove a black Porsche. "We used to go out to dinner, go dancing, and once we even went rowing. The French know every line in the book," says Don. Last October, the Paris rues were left behind for the streets of Cincinnati. Today Dori goes to night school for U.S. Government and, as I said, continues t o modeL If you haven't talked t o her before, do. Don is an ex tremely independent person with many fascinating stories to tell.

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courage more people to run for an office. Other important dates this spring are May 2, Music Fest, and May 17, Prom. Prom will be held at the Westin and dinner will be

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movie review

Hanks, Long get lemon in 'Money Pit' by Kevin Walzer Any time a $1 million house is on sale for $200,000, questions should rise. Why is the owner willing to lose 415 of the house's value? In the case of The Money Pit, the owner needs capital to, support her Nazi husband, who is being extradited to Israel for war crimes. Or so stars Tom Hanks and Shelley Long are told. Actually, the house is falling apart-in every way possible. It's a pure "lemon"; Hanks says halfway through the film, "This will be a great house-once we peel the rind off." The combination of two superb comics as Hanks and Long offers great possibilities, but The Money Pit disappoints. The humor in this comedy is strictly

sight-oriented, relying on extended sequences of slapstick. The result is a film that is only tediously amusing, and totally lacking in depth. That's too bad, too, because director Richard Benjamin had such a good premise to work with. All the elements for a classy, funny film were therea romantic triangle involving Hanks, Long and dancer Alexander Goudenov, playing an egotistical music conductor; a crackerjack comic duo in Long and the obvious and Hanks; humor involved in the fallingapart house. Unfortunately, the romance is underdeveloped, Long is never allowed to showcase her witty comedic style, and the slapstick is overdone. Long is simply excellent on

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"Cheers," but there she has far -better writers. Here she is not given sufficient material to make her character, a Yuppie cohabitating with Hanks, properly sophisticated and intelligent. We are merely given hints: she is a talented violinist, and a fairly passionate one. But that's all we learn; she has a hint of a character. Hanks is a good physical comedian, and does well in some of the film's funnier slapstick scenes (a collapsing, staircase is one example). But he is totally incongruous with the more subdued Long, and the result is a lack of unity which undermines their romantic relationship.

see PIT, p. 6

disc review by Dave Foy Being a student at a school that is musically lead by Led Zepplin and Genesis, I was somewhat skeptical about writing ?is review. The Pretty inPlnk soundrack offers something very different from Led and Phil Collins. I t offers a heavily English-influenced "New Music." The album opens with "If You Leave," a heavily synthesized tune from Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD). This duo blends a disco new-wave rhythm with an electronic melody to produce a technological love song, revolving around the lead singer's plea for his love not to leave him. A striking contrast to OMD, Suzanne Vega, a new folk singer akin to Rickie Lee Jones, cuts "Left of Center." "Left'' is a great song about being different frorii everyone else. This is a catchy tune with an impressive piano solo from Joe Jackson ("Is She Really Going Out With Him? '7 Next is "Get to Know Yawby Jesse Johnson. The former guitarist from The Time adds his brand of funk to the album featuring a heavy drum beat and a strong bass line. INXS adds to this funky aura with "Do Wot You Do," a typical INXS song with funky drumming and banging guitar riffs. Very popular, and very danceable. Ending side one is the title track from the movie, "Pretty in Pink," sung by the English band The Psychedelic Furs. Richard Butler's scruffy voice is appealing, his strong English accent very apparent. By combining a strong drum line with a guitar and an ever-present horn section, the Furs have scored a hit. Opening dde two is one of my favorite new wave bands, New Order. New Order uses a strong disco beat with a multi-synthesized melody in "Shell-Shock." New Order adds another taste of electric new wave to this record. Very danceable and lovers of keyboards will like this one. Following New Order is a new group called Belouis Some. "Round Round" is from the INXS genre, with funky drums and electric guitars mixing with keyboards. Although relatively

band, add to the positive side of this album with "Bring On the Dancing Horse." With their tremendous vocals and their own style of music, Echo proves to be very effective with this song. Ending side two is The Smiths, probably my favorite band. "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want," a previously released song, is a beautifully depressing song about a man who is down on his luck. Morrisey's voice emotionally whines out the lyrics to a beautifuly 12-string 'The guitar accompaniment. lucks I've had can make a good

a new band, Belouis Some v a y find a place in the hearts of teens who like the funk-rock sound they produce. The following song is from another new, unheard of band. The Danny Hutton Hitters do a remake of the Nick Kreshaw song called "Wouldn't it be Good.'' The Hitters use synthesizers to replace Kershaw's guitars. I find the vocals annoyingly high pitched, but this might stem from my liking, of Kershaw's voice in the original. Echo and the Bunnymen, a French-based English speaking

man turn bad." This line represents the tone of the final song. All in all, Pretty in Pink scores high on teens' lists. The album introduces teens to "New Music," while also containing a funky-bop style that any kid can dance to. So the next time you play to buy Led Zepplfn 4, think again, and try something different; you might be glad that you did.

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Varsity tennis awaits crucial matches by Chris Kempczinski The varsity boys tennis team is barnstorming into the 86' season with the sort of assuredness which is characteristic of state champions. After early predictions of perhaps a 22-0 or 22-1 season, the the team's play has done little to assuage such optimism. Against league foe Reading, the Braves smashed their opponents for a humiliating 60 game "Basically (we) knew victory. that we were going to win," said junior Bruno Darre, so the margin wasn't really any big surprise. However, the squad faced a much more formidable test against Cincinnati Country Day. As the first round in the state qualification process, the match was a pivotal clash between two tennis titans. Said James Granger, "We knew that they had Vijay Sud and Scott Stearn (as no. 1 and no. 2 singles respectively)" and to win it really "came down to how well Richard (Kassar) played." Fortunately for the Braves, the promising young freshman performed with the poise reminiscent of an Andy Tucker, and won quite handily, 6-2, 6-1. However, the team's path to victory was shrouded by two considerable obstacles. Senior Tucker, acknowledged by some to be the premier player in the city, dropped a heartbreaker in the third set to Sud. "Andy's match really could have gone either way, at one time he was within a point of winning the match," comment-

ed younger brother Lee, however, his inability to convert ultimately spelled his doom. Lee was another unfortunate victim of the strong Country Day team, losing 4-6, 6-2, 6-0. "In the first set my approach was good (but as the match wore on) ... my serve became inconsistent and (Stearn) started to pass me." The decisive play of doubles teams, Matt Santen-Mark Wishard and Bruno Darre-James Granger save, what at one point, was a questionable victory. "I thought that we'd win," said an enthusiastic Darre, and a 6-0, 6-1 win by Santen-Wishard sealed the Indian's fate. The team enjoyed a much more comfortable encounter with Moeller following the tough 3-2 victory over Country Day. Viewed as just another preparatory match, the team had little trouble disposing of the hapless Crusaders 5-0. Coach Dave Swisher exercised the team's depth and cast Neely Mack and Matt Steward in the unaccustomed doubles role of no. 1 and no. 2 respectively against Loveland. Obviously one af the team's easier opponents, the elder Tucker was the only plyaer "really pushed." Against an impressive Mark Teiss, Tucker received a beneficial tune-up for some of the more critical matches in the upcoming season. For while Tucker "was expected to win," Teiss lost a close 6-4, 7-6 match which highlighted Tucker's "experience."

Commented Granger, "Most of our really tough matches don't come until the end of April and the beginning of May so these are matches which are (really just)

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by Jamie Winget Finishing off a quite memorable marching season, the award-winning IHHS marching Braves took to the astroturf Monday, with their involvement in the Opening Day ceremonies. Since the Cincinnati Reds open the entire baseball season, this performance was the band's second nationwide TV broadcast this year, and their first appearance in Riverfront Stadium since Earl Snapp led the band through Bengals' games. The day started off with the traditional Opening Day Parade starting at Findlay Market. The Braves were the second of five bands in the lineup including Elder, Belleview, and East Central from Indiana. The mile and a half route ended at the stadium where the band prepared for its performance inside. The Braves had the honor of being

Band opens for Reds

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Reds' owner Marge Schott (center) dropped by on the band during a practice session prior to the Opening Day Parade. Drum Majors Rob Nichols and Teni Wayne (far left and right) led the band through the parade. Teachers Joe Gaudio and Steve Strider (left and right of Schott) were pleased with the performance. form and played for the crowd the only band performing. After warming up the band "Take the 'A' Train," "Malamarched out on the field in top guena," "This Is My Country,"

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Matt Santen is about to unleash his winning serve during a recent tennis practice.

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Sauaws lookina u f o r w a r d to upcoming meets by Chris Kempczinski The girls track team is already showing signs of a strong contender within the league. Said Coach Garwood, "We should be in the top three or four" which would be a marked improvement from last year. In Tuesday's CHL relay, the team posted several strong finishes, highlighted by the first place showing in the high jump. Junior Molly Higgins, regarded as the team's best high jumper, combined several strong contributions. Against Deer Park in the first meet of the season, the team rated to an 84-44 finish behind the performance of Lynn Stanforth, who was first in the mile, and Karina Baldwin in the 800. But

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by Benjy Cook For too long a period of time, there has been one department of this school that has gone thankless. It is a department which has brought 1ndia; Hill city-wide, state-wide, and even nation-wide prestige. Its nearly undefeated record over 'the past few years overshadows the accomplishments of nearly every sports team at Indian Hill, yet its success is merely scoffed at by most of the student body and practically ignored by the administration. "The Indian Hill band is the best in Ohio," remarked Marge Schott in reference to the band's then-fu ture performance at Riverfront Stadium Monday, April 7, yet unfortunately it is the Indian Hill school itself that has not recognized this. When Mr. Steve Strider took over the band in 1982, it was in a rather pitiful state. But this only makes the band's rise even more spectacular. Mr. Strider gave the band a goal, a definition, and taught its members to work together, in the same sense as a football team. Since October of 1983, the Indian Hill Marching Band has won the Grand Championship of 4 out of 5 competitions, each

of which included at least a dozen other bands, some twice as large as our own. Both the Marching and Symphonic Bands have received superior ratings in District and State competitions, while also putting on highly sucessful concerts, as has the Jazz Band also. To top things off, last November the Marching Band was one of only twelve bands selected to participate in the highly prestigious Macy's Thanksgiving Day

Parade in New York City in front of an estimated audience of 30 million people nationwide. A certain lack of recognition is t o be expected, of course, because ours is a sports-oriented society. Most people understandably find the football team a more glamorous organization. Yet an occurrence has taken place which forces the band t o no longer take this treatment placidly with a half-hearted smile. .

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Student urges aid for contras by Jay Fitton On April 15, the U.S. House of Representatives will again begin debating President Reagan's proposed $100 million aid program for the Nicaraguan contras fighting the Communist Sandanista regime. This is the second time in less than a month that the members of the House have considered the plan. This is due to the fact that on March 20, they rejected the aid program on the basis that they felt we hadn't yet exhausted our negotiating capabilities. The following week,

two important events occurred. First the issue moved on to the Senate where it won approval. Then, the Sandanistas invaded neighboring Honduras in an attempt to attack contra camps there. Hopefully, the House will learn from both of these events and approve the bill. The opponents of the bilI (most notably Representative Jim Sassan, a Democrat from Tennessee) charge that the aid package is premature. They feel that we

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andthetraditiona14T,eMeout t o the Ball Game." The sellout crowd was "the mos: people we have been able t o see while playing," commented Mr. Steve Strider, the band's director. The band then stayed and watched the rest of the game from the stadium club. The Opening Day game brings back memories for Mr. Strider since he played in a band at Pete Rose's first game. He responded to the experience as being "fun and educational," as it was for the band. He called the band's playing a "contribution to the tradition of the Cincinnati community on behalf of the school." On the band's schedule in the future are a Jazz festival on April 26 that the Jazz band will be performing in and another spring concert with special guest Vinnic DiMartino on May 13.

For years, the Roger Bacon High School Marching Band has been the band in Cincinnati. They were invited to be the featured band in the Reds' Opening Day Parade almost as consistently as the Reds themselves every year. But this year, the Indian Hill Band has unseated them and was invited to lead the Parade and perform before the game inside Riverfront Stadium, to a capacity crowd of 60,000,

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news shorts Sophomore Margie Brice has had a piece of artwork accepted into the Blue Chip Art Show downtown. Brice's piece was a montage reflecting various aspects of the city of Cincinnati. H p work is on display at the Central Trust Tower.

Indian Hill's production of "A Little Something for the Ducks" has been selected t o represent the Ohio Theater Alliance (OTA) in the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education "Information Exchange" on April 26. The program is held annually t o present outstanding examples from each of the artistic fields t o educatorssJrom all over the state. r - - . ,,I

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On the other hand, Gellert said, "I think kids should .take pride in their school, and not destroy it. Kids need to care about their school.'' A positive attitude as opposed to a negative attitude? "Yes. There are many different ways to look at something, and positively is better than negatively.'' Is that attitude possible to entirely achieve? Perhaps not, but as Gellert himself said, "Kids need to realiie that we [the administration, the usual target of vandalism] care about them and support them." As for the future? Gellert said, "Are we planning on doing anything special [about future vandalism attacks] ? No." The option of increasing security further by hiring night time guards was brought up, but Gellert quickly dismissed it. "we don't want to do that; we're not here to make the school a prison." -

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not think 1986 is comparatively worse in terms of vandalism. "I wouldn't say it's worse, at least not yet. You tend t o forget [vandalism incidents] as time goes on." He referred to an attack last year when windows in the commons building were destroyed, and three years ago when a student splattered paint all over the boys restroom, as two examples. However, he aaded, "There are some you'll never forget-like in 1981," when students cut down all the trees in the flagpole circle. Why must vandalism exist? There are no easy answers to that question, Gellert feels. "Obviously vandalism is a sign of a negative attitude, and you're going to have that attitude at most school^." But venting it in such a deshuctive manner? Gellert does not feel vandalism at IH is widespread, but isolated. ' y e don't Our have grafitti On

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The school will be holding Educational Records tial. Bureau (ERB) tests next week for students grades Chieftain realizes that no standardized test is 9-1 1. These tests are the ones that show whether a perfect measure of the person taking it, and we do each student is achieving up to academic potential. not agree with the district's pompous trumpeting of ERB's are almost universally unpopular, but how many students achieve at potential. The ERB students need to understand that they do serve a statistics are vastly overrated by IH, but they do purpose. Essentially, they contain sections which serve a practical purpose. Students taking ERB's test the mathematical and verbal aptitude of a stu- next week should overlook "excellence," and simply dent (these portions are very similar to the SAT). understand that the tests are measures of how much The achievement portions are tests of what the they have learned in their various subjects; if stustudent is studying that year (i.e., algebra, geometry). dents are not learning, changes are made. Ideally, The aptitude and achievement scores are compared, this would ensure them an improved education. and if the achievement score is similar to the aptiVandalism is usually the work of tude, the student is said to be achieving at poten- VANDALS, from p. 1 .,iust - - -a- -few." -

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by Amy Burroughs The softball season is now in full swing and the girls varsity has gotten off to an excellent start. Under coach Robert Wessinger, these "Wally-Wompers" have posted an impressive' record of 3-0 and Wessinger says he is "very pleased." Their season opened at home last Friday against Withrow. Indian Hill led throughout the game and finished with an 8-1 victory. Leading hitters were Traci Finklemeier, Shore Beacham, Amy Burroughs, and Cadi Cucinotta went 3 for 3. Freshman Stacey Anderson contributed significantly in the game and was the winning pitcher allowing no walks. On Tuesday, the Lady Braves battled Loveland in their first league game of the season. Trailing 4-0 after the first inning, the team staged an impressive comeback in the sixth, when they scored eight runs. The squad then went on to win 11-6 behind the pitching of Stacey Anderson who again permitted no one to walk.

The defeat of Loveland was a tack to Reading on Monto improve their already imprescritical victory for the Lady day, when they hope @verecord. Braves because the Tigers are regarded as a viable contender in the league championships. Commented Wessinger, "The girls have worked very hard and win have to continue this work with determination in order to secure another victory against Loveland. The mental aspect of the game was handled very well and the physical errors that have been made will soon be eliminated with practice." On Wednesday the team traveled to Finnytown to crush the Wildcats in their second league victory of the season. The final score was 15-2 and the opponent seemed overwhelmed by the Lady Braves. Sophmore Kelly Ovington had a grand . slam and the winning pitcher was Stacey Anderson. photo by Stratton Moraites Riding on their string Senior Diane Hancher is just one of many seniors providing leadership of victories, Coach Westhis year for Coach Wessinger's varsity softball team. Here she awaits singer and the team bring an oncoming pitch in league play against Loveland. their potent hitting at-

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second contest, recording a 6-0 shutout. Bethel-Tate batters were frustrated for most of the afternoon by Cohen's pitching. The Braves could not maintain that momentum in contests earlier this week, losing by identical 15-6 scores to Loveland and Finneytown. The Braves did a good job shutting down Finneytown's formidble Todd

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who, despite her inexperience, has jumped off to a great start. Coach Dooley, while losing

the opener, commented, "the girls have a lot of potential and it should be a great year!''

gie Kerr, who hit two triples and scored two of the eight runs, the squad staged a* impressive contest. However, faced with an explosive Tiger squad, the Squaws' eight runs fell short and lost 12-8. photo by Stratton Moraites An important addition to the team is freshman lenny ~ ~ t h J ,e m y Bath has done well this year as a SV softball pitcher. -

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by Steve Innis es. Starter Andy Schwab went portant game to Loveland, the league matchups against Finneytown and Wyoming later in the Braves are encouraged by their This year JV baseball is mark- the distance to pick up the win. weeked by a very strong showing from Although dropping an im2-1 record and eagerly await underclassmen who are forming the groundwork for future championships. In the season opener, the Braves defeated Glen Este by an impressive 11-10 score. Keying the victory was strong and balanced hitting complemented by starter Jim Thornton, who pitched well, and Chuck Yellig who came in to pick up the win. On Monday, the Braves opened league play against Loveland by losing 10-7. Greg Long hit a homerun and a stroqg late effort still wasn't enough to bounce back from a few weak innings. Despite this loss the Braves bounced back after their defeat 'C . -. . ,* ., I i,a?*si; ,&;w. .3-.-.%A*::.,*. ..d -Q'ww.4.*.e y , :*?%<*.. to crush Lloyd High in Erlanger . ,: * . by an incredible 2543 margin. &.-Y* '". . '. ., - ,-., .a -: **. ., --.The Braves rattled the opposing photo by Stratton Moraites pitchers with several hits, forcing Lloyd to make six pitching chang- Freshmen Steve Innis has been a welcome addition on the mound this year for Coach Argentati.

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the "unanticipated strength of this year's team once again surfaced at the CHL relays." This meet took place last Tuesday and was inclusive to the team aspects of track. In field events, two members of each team competed and the best distances of each member were combined for a total distance. Matt Feltman and Tony Hoffman placed first in the pole vault while Eric Edwards and Kevin Love placed third and fourth in the shot and disc respectively. The strength of the middle and long distance runners was highlighted by the performance of the distance medley, the 3200 relay, and the mile relay. John Yeager competed in four

events that evening and placed in three. 0ther multiple winners were George Heynen, Dave Miller, Clyde Brant, Rob Nichols, and Dave Ahlert.

With these strong finishes now firmly tucked under the team's belt, they can look confidently ahead towards the always competive Mariemont Invitational.

by Kevin Walzer With the chopping down of two trees o n the school grounds, the total of major acts of vandalism against the school has

been brought t o two in five weeks. But the administration is not currently planning any more stringent security procedures, said assistant principal Gar-

BAND, from p. 3 as Roger Bacon had always done before. Unfortunately, our administration decided that unlike any other school who would have jumped at our chance, attending two extra morning classes was more worthy a cause than participating in the Parade. It took a petition signed by a large portion of the student body to sway the administration's thoughtless verdict. I find it quite interesting that

some teachers were appalled and angered at the mere prospect of losing a handful of students to a once-in-a-lifetime event such as a performance a t Riverfront Stadium, and I am quite firm in the belief that the same teachers would have an opposite reaction concerning the absence of students for a State sports championship. I ask, are the students' best interests really in mind here?

spread their control, not contain it. And they proved it two weeks ago with the Honduran invasion. The timing of that incursion was almost as if to say, "Hey -the Americans don't care what we are up to! Let's try something else!" Another argument of the bill's opponents is that they fear it will eventually lead to American troops being sent to Nicaragua. They obviously can't comprehend that it is only if we let it-get out

of hand that troops will be needed. If we stop the Sandanistas now, we will prevent another Vietnam. I liken the situation to someone who sees a small fire in their basement and sits back quietly (negotiates with it), until the fire has spread throughout the entire house requiring the fire department; rather than stopping the fire at its inception. We effectively demonstrated recently with Libya that a tough retaliatory action can show overag-

gressive nations that we won't accept their ambitious claims. The same can and should be done with Nicaragua. The upcoming vote is an important one, made more important by the fact that it has brought out a frightening, underlying attitude in this country. This is the pacifist, wait-and-see hesitant attitude that, if left unchallenged, will eventually mean the victorv of Communism over Democracy.

A tree and nearthethetree cornin provesmons building, the concrete sitting area near the middle school, were found destroyed on the morning of March 20. Gellert termed the vandalism "horrible," saying that the damage to the trees is irreparable. "We [the administration] don't want to overreact, but it's bad. You should never have vandalism." Although this year's attacks have had more publicity than those in past years, Gellert does

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DECA to attend nationals by James Anderson While most students are slaving 23, away seniorin Julie a classroom, Packer April and

CONTRAS, from p. 3 should attempt more negotiations with Daniel Ortega, Marxist leader of the Sandanistas. That sounds very nice; however, we must remember two things. First, we have attempted negotiations with Ortega's government numerous times in the past, each time with no resolution. Second, it isn't possible to think that the Communist Sandanistas would participate in peaceful, productive negotiations. Face it, that's just not their style. They want to

y Gellert. "Right now we're not planning on really changing anything," said Gellert. "We don't want to make the school a prison." The administration reacted t o vandalism five weeks ago involving glue in door locks by implementing an early closing of t h e school, at 5:00 instead of 11:00, except for students involved in extracurricular activities. "But that's something we should have done a long time ago. The school had been too accessible." But closing the school early will not prevent vandalism outside, as the most recent incident

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junior Carla Ferguson will accompany faculty advisor Mr. Jim Benken to Atlanta, Georgia for the National Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) Convention. Ferguson was appointed as an Ohio delegate at the state convention that the club attended in March. Commenting on the upcoming Atlanta trip, she said simply,"I am looking forward to Parker earned the privlege

of going by becoming a finalist i n the category of Apparells and Accesories. At the state convention she competed in four events, taking two tests and competing in two retailing competitions. Commented Packer on the trip, get the "I chance am gladtoIgo won to because Atlanta."I She added hopefully, "Winning in Atlanta could lead to many employment oppurtunities." Benken commented, "I think Packer and Ferguson will do fairly well. They are up against the top competition in the country, though."