Bears play all-stars for charity P Members of the Chicago Bears football team will be playing former Maine South basketball players in a charity basketball game Fri., April 15. Nine of the Bears will be playing the "Maine South All-Stars,'* featuring Dave Butz, a Maine South graduate in 1969. Butz was a member os the AllState football and basketball teams in 1969 and is now defensive captain of the World Champion Washington Redskins. Other Maine South All-Stars include: Pete Boesen, who graduated in 1975, was a member of tne All-State
Band to play in Dixie by Dan Gayford The Maine South marching band, under the direction of Mr. Gordon McLean, will be attending and participating in the Cotton Bowl Festival in Dallas, Texas, next year. Mr. McLean had originally applied to the Cotton Bowl Festival Committee to attend last year's festival, but the application arrived too late for judging. The band's application was held over to this year's competition and the band was invited to next year's festival Along with the application, pictures of the band from the 1981 Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C., a tape of last year's band and a letter of recommendation were also sent to the committee. No specific information on the festival is available now^ except that the band will be televised in the Cotton Bowl parad on Jan. 2 on CBS. Complementary tickets will also be given to band members for the football game Jan. 2. Funding for the trip will be done in various froms. Part of the fund-raising will be done through donations and through activities in which the community can participate. The other part of the trip's cost will be paid by band members and their families. Mr. McLean commented about the band's trip. "1 fell that it's an honor to the school, the band and the community. They've supported us so much over the years." He added that this is the first Maine Township band to participate in a bowl game. Music Chairman Mr. Lloyd Spear commented, "1 am enthusiastic about it and think it's jusi marvelous."
teams in 1974 and 1975 and was named Sun-Times Player of the Year in 1975; Pete Harbeck, who was AllConference in his graduating year of 1973; Greg Schmelzer, an All-State player in 1970, Bob Nattinga, Class of '69, Gary Possehl, Class of '69 and Ralph Remus, Class of '69, Mike Masoncup, Class of 1968, Mike Andrews, Class of 1965 and currently Maine South's J.V. basketball coach. The All-Stars will be coached by Boys' Athletic Director Bernie Brady, who served as the basketball team's head coach from 1965-74.
The charity game will be held in the Maine South Spectator Gym at 8 p.m. Tickets of five dollars for adults and three dollars for children under 12. Tickets are available in the Maine South bookstore, from Mr. Tom Holsen at Maine East, the Countryside Inn, Scharringhausen's Pharmacy and the Edison Park Children's Home. The Hawkettes will be performing at halftime at the game. They will be performing their "Physical" routine. Proceeds from the game will benefit the Edison Park Home.
southwords Vol. 19, No. 13 Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL
March 25, 1983
Project Big to be held Project Big, District 207's career night, will be held April 13 in the Maine South Spectator Gym from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Over 200 different careers will be represented at Project Big. They range from social work and journalism to truck driving and cosmetology. New exhibits this year will be robotics and computer-aided design. The purpose of Project Big, according to Mr. Joseph Bonadonna, is to show students the vast career opportunities available to them. Mr. Bonadonna advises students to come prepared with questions to "get the most out of Project Big." He advises students that are interested in a career presented at Project Big to see their counselors or Mr. Reese in the Career Resource Center for more information
concerning those careers. Project Big is being organized by the Career Education Advisory Council, which consists of local business leaders and District 207 personrÂťel. Maine South Career Counselor Ken Reese is coordinator. Many Maine South groups are involved in the preparation for Project Big, making posters and aiding in the setting-up of the gym. Art Club, Business Club, CWT Club, Food Qub, Child Care Occupations and the Girls' Recreation Association are all helping out with Project Big. Mr. Reese commented, "The success of Project Big is not valued by the number of students that attend, but rather by those that come to the CRC with questions about new careers ideas discovered at Project Big."
10 guess Super Sleuth This week's Super Slueth is a senior girl. She is very Irish, despite her percentage of Indian blood. She is an officer in a newly-chartered club, and in the fall she participates in one of the following: swimming, volleyball or cross country. She wears the same outfit every Friday. Her sister is in Orchesis, and her brother was awarded Best Laugh when he graduated. She attended Mary, Scat of Wisdom junior high.
It you know who she it, submit your name to the Southwords of/ice, V-106, in the next week. The response to last week's Super Slueth was overwhelming. Dave Habetler '86, Julie Karhusicky '85, Chris Kraco '84, Laura Dean '86, Teak Barton '84, George Chemers '84, Len Kaztner '85, Ken Holier '85, Lynne Harris '83 and Paul Walker '85 all guessed that last issue's mystery victim was John Ciprian '85.
D.E. students place at state Eight Maine South Distributive Education students won awards at the state competition and two are eligible for national competition this spring. The Illinois Distributive Education Development Conference was held recently, with over 1000 students from Illinois attending. They were tested for competancy in three of ten career areas. Students received awards if they maintained minimum competancy in all three areas, if they received a first, second or third place in any of the three areas, or if they won a first, second or third place in overall competition. Pat Zartler placed third overall in the Apparel and Accessories division. Pat is now eligible to attend the National Distributive Education Conference in New Orleans June 26-30. Peggy MacDonald placed third overall in the Food Management division. She is also eligible to attend the national conference. Jim Rendazzo placed in the top eight in state for his division. Marie Weiller placed in the top eight in state in the General Marketing division. Doug Zirkel placed second in the Economic division, and received a certificate for his finish. Renee Pearson placed third in Owner/Manager Human Relations for the Apparel and Accessories Division. Leah Noble received an award for competancy in General Marketing.
Pictured above are the Maine South students who received awards at the Illinois Distributive Education Career Development Conference. The students are being congratulated by Distributive Education sponsor Mr. Wallace Hommerding and Principal Robert Barker. They are: Marie Weiller, Jean Mulvaney, Pag MacDonald, Leah Noble, 13oug Zirkel, Pat Zartler and Jim Rendazzo. Not pictured is Renee Pearson/
P.E. leaders named Junior Leaders for the 1983-84 school year were announced March 8 by Miss Kaye Pierce, Girls' Physical Education Department Chairperson. They are: Audra Algiminas, Bonnie An, Julie Burgess, Jill Carlson, Kris Denzel, Beth Doherty, Diane Ebner, Pam Eskra, Cathy Flynn, Heather Francis, Linda Gillick, Lisa Gonnella, Lorie Haase, Patti Hogan, Liz Isbaner, Becky Knueppel, Sandy Krueger, Michelle Kuta, Sarah Langdon, Patty Laverty, Kathy Lindh, Tassie McLennan, Melissa Mau. Other Leaders include: Sue Nesbit, Jenny Nowak, Kim Padavano, Teresa Raish, Mary Beth Reilly, Claudia Schmidt, Julie Schniedwing, Karen Sebastian, Michelle Sebastian, Kim Spychala, Karen Thorson, Jean Wallace, Lisa Warder, Barb Yaniz, Kathie Yoo, Sue Zachary, Jill Zajac, Lisa Zembowski and Katherine Zobel. The leaders were chosen by ability and leadership qualities. They will help the physical education teachers conduct class and will aid students. Boys' Physical Education Leaders for the 1983-84 school year were announced recently by Mr. Bernard Brady, Boys' P.E. Department Chairman. page 2
They include: Peter Astorino, Grag Bochat, Joseph Carroll, Dennis Delig, Jeff Devlin Joseph Etchinghamm, Robert Giannini, Partick Grage, Kenneth Haller, David Inserra, Scott Kingstom, Samuel Kitchell, James McCarthy. Other leaders are: Scott Niswander, James Nowak, Kevin O'Hagen, Grag Pelzer, Kevin Pettersen, Craig Porazinski, Don Rigali, Michael Ryan, Sean Slocum, Donald Swanson, Scott Tritthardt and Michael Viola. These are the first boys' physical education leaders chosen at South. They will help the physical education teachers with classes, and aid students in gym class. They were chosen by ability and leadership qualities. The winners of the Foreign Language Department's Poster Contest were announced recently by Mr. Donald Anderson, Language Department Chairman They are: first prize, Sarah Nelson; second prize, Cathi White; third prize, Patti Zartler. The first place winner receives 20 dollars, second prize receives 15 dollars and third prize receives ten dollars. The prizes will be awarded at the Department's Honors Night May 11, Mr. Anderson said.
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Q@\\umny% luuJii/lhiiKnif Im Flbrrildl® Point—Spring break is a time of fun-in-thesun on a tropical island somewhere in the Caribbean for most of Maine South's student body. Counterpoint— If you have never been privileged enough to actually bear spring break here in Action Ridge, you are definately missing an "experience." The chances of running into a friend while in Florida during spring break is extremely high. It seems as though the whole town of Park Ridge migrates to Florida or some other tropical paradise from the end of March to the beginning of April. But while you are all sunning on the beaches, swimming in the ocean, or whatever you do, there are still some of us who get stuck in Action Ridge all week. I'm sure you've already guessed that 1 am one of those fortunate few who have to stay home during break, and you are right. While
many of you are at O'Hare catching your planes to Florida and the like, I am watching the weather forecasts and praying that Florida has hurricane conditions all week. Uptown Park Ridge becomes a total ghost town, and the people who are fortunate enough to have to stay home all have looks of dismay on their faces. It really is an awful experience trying to figure out who is still home so you can get out of the house. Action Ridge really lives up to its name during spring break, and the town might as well close down for a week. Another problem is that Maine Township has the worst spring break ever. Wouldn't you think that the executive board could decide on a date for spring break that coincides with other schools and colleges? When we go back to school, everyone else is just getting out. After the first three days of break when have
mmMmm^ watched all that you can bear of the game shows, worn a permanent soft spot in the sofa, caught up on all the latest smut on your favorite soaps, you being to have fantasies about hijacking a 747 to the Bahamas. Just when you think you have survived another thrilling spring break you have to go to school and see all your friends. Nothing makes you feel worse then to walk into school with winter-white skin when it looks like the Great American Tan Convention. Of course, right now most of you are already on your merry way to the latest sun spot, but when you're sitting on the beach almost out of suntan lotion, think about all of us who had to stay home during break. And when you begin to brag about your "totally awesome" vacation, remember that we could care less who was the most gorgeous guy on the beach or which girl had the skimpiest bikini. We just don't want to hear about it, okay?
Editor looks for end to reassignment Reasssignment, in-school suspension, is a practiced policy at Maine South that must end. Under the reassignment system, the student kis taken out of his regular classes and put into Pone room for a day. He is allowed two washroom passes and a lunch period for the entire day. Generally, a student can take five detentions or one day reassignment. Some students have signed their live away to reassignment. I don't like making this broad generalization, but for the most part there are good and bad students in reassignment. I would like to refer to myself as one of the good kids. I recently had the pleasure of attending one day of this reassignment. I was locked up for trying to leave school after forgetting a book at home. My day began as I received assignment from my regular teachers that would last me about two periods.
The rest of the day was spent writing notes to my friends and writing this article. It was great! 1 loved it! What a perfect time to catch up on homework, and get some sleep when the moniter isn't looking. The responsible me says, "You're missing out on an education. Never let this happen again." The irresponsible me says, "If they want to take me out of class; fine, I'll enjoy it. If I ever get the chance at reassignment again, count me in." Reassignment might almost work if all students wanted to get a great education. Everyone would be good because tahey didn't want to miss class. What really upsets me is that to my left is a freshman who I know. I guess he is lucky because he has found out that if you cut a bunch of classes, the deans call you in and send you to a place where you can miss some more. This kid needs one-on-one contact with
teachers the most, but he is in here. The crime is the freshman or sophomore that doesn't know enough to care about his education. He figures "why not?" and the deans play along with the game. "In local parentis" is a phrase that means school officials take the place of the parent in school. That means even though the student says "I want to mess around and forget about learning," the school officials say, "You're all wrong! You need an education and we are going to give it to you." Well, they are giving us an education alright. The fact of the matter is that there isn't a real discipline problem at Maine South. Everyday only ten or twelve kids have to be locked up so that they won't interfere with the educative process. One important factor to keep in mind at Maine South is the quality of Continued on page 6
Maine South Past
Past grads succeed after life at South practice and is now one of the successful! den- ships and speaking at assemblies and award by Kersten Mclain Throughout Maine South's history, many tists in Park Ridge. ceremonies. graduates have later pursued intersting emd John Pani(au,Class of '73—John took his skill successful careeers. These careers range from Bob DeYoung.Class of '76—Despite being in acting at Maine South to the professional acting to accounthng. On many cases it seems blind. Bob still managed to letter in both stage. John has just received rave reviews for as if their years at Maine South were the first wrestling and cross counto' at Maine South. his performance as Mozart in Peter Sheffer's on their raods to success. He went on to become a star wrestler at "Amadeus." Sharon Beckman, Class of '76; From Augustana College and is currently working becominng the first girl president of Student his way through the Medical School at the Roberta Piccoli,Class of '73 —Roberta graduated in the top one percent of her class. Council and a member of Maine South's swim University of Illinois. team, Sharon went on to attend Harvard Jim Gregory,Class of '76—While in high She went on to earn her masters degree in University studying law. Just recently, Sharon school, Jim participated in Los Amigos Pro- library science at Rosary College. In her preswam the English Channel. gram where he went to Guatamala. During his sent position, Roberta researches companies' Pete Boesen, Class of '75: During high stay there, Jim had the opportunity of giving advertising histories and helps Governor school, Pete was an All-American basketball shots to some natives there. Presently, Jim is a Thompson's ad writers and artists. player ranked among the top fifteen in the junior medical student majoring in traumatic Carta Oleclt Skiba.Class of '68—During her years at Maine South, Carla was very active in country. After graduating, he went on to play medicine at Loyala University. for Northwestern while also studying engineer- Bill Meil>erg,whose year of graduation could the drama department becoming president of ing. Pete Boesen is mow working for P.E. not be found, has had many different jobs, Thespian Society and being voted Best ThesMedical Systems in Milwaukee in a fast grow- rangingfrom selling airplane parts to business jMan her senior year. In 1978 and 1980, her perto his present occupation, a professional come- formances in "Hello Dolly" and "Funny ing division. John Davis, Class of '68: His success as dian. Bill travels all over the U.S. making peo- Girl" have won her rave reviews and president of Student Council parallels the suc- ple laugh with his political satire. Bill has also prestigious Jeff nominations. She has also starcess he now experiences in his career as a den- kept a close contact with Maine South helping red in the Candlelight productions of the tist. He has just recently bought out a local raise money for the Mother's Club scholar- "King and I" and "Mame."
Revolt changes dress code to lenient rules by Kathy Humm Take a good, long look at yourself. What are you wearing today? If you happen to be wearing a pair of blue jeans, be glad you're not going to Maine South in 1964 because you'd be violating the school dress code. Fortunately, that code has been buried for a long time and all boys and girls can now wear jeans to school. Ever since Maine South opened in 1964, the administration has seen fit to regulate what the students wear to school. Mr. R. Simonsen, Assistant Principle, believes that the purpose of the dress code is to "maintain a decorum in the school building which is condusive to education." According to Mr. Simonsen, the dress code relates to society's current philosophy on fashion. Throughout Maine South's existance, the dress code has become more and more liberal. For example, from the school year '64-'65 to the school year '67-'68, all boys had to wear a belt and their shirts had to be tucked into their pants. Well, preppy's, it's a good thing you weren't attending Maine South then. During those same years, all girls had to wear suits, dresses or skirts. In the school year '70-'71, the dress code was revised and permitted all boys and girls to wear jeans and pants. Presently, the dress code states that students "must be clothed from the shoulders to approximately mid-thigh. A decent coverage of the body is expected." This code may seem very lenient. However, board policy states that "students shall dress and groom themselves in
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an appropriate manner. At all times their dress and grooming shall reflect good taste." This clause allows the administration to evaluate each case separatly. During Maine South's history, several students have become upset with the dress code and protested. According to Mr. Simonsen, in the late '60's approximately twnety girls believes that culottes (now known as split skirts) were perfectly acceptable to wear to school and did so. Because these girls had never been in trouble before, the administra-
tion took this event as a sign that the dress code should be changed. In the past ten to twelve years, there have been very few dress code problems. If a student were to wear a piece of clothing which was offensive, the student would be sent to the dean, and then the student's parents would be called and a new set of clothes would have to be sent to school. No further disciplinary acation would be taken according to Mr. Simonsen, because very often a students does not realize that he is wearing something against the dress code.
Senior pranl(s have turned sour Senior Prank Night years ago used to be a night at the end of the year when senior students would decorate the school and display the pride they had for their class. As the years went by, the senior classes decided to try and out-do what the graduating class before them did. Seniors turned the innocent prank night into a contest where they could release their agressions by damaging school property. When the tradition started years ago, kids would display signs that said something like "Class of '69, the best class Maine South ever had." Banners of the same sort were placed along the pond. The class of '70 put a flag that said "Class of "70" on a drum and placed the drum in the pond. Mr. Bitta said that the pranks "used to be non-harmful and amusing things."
In the past few years, spraying shaving CTeam around the school and TPing the building have been popular pranks. Many graduating classes placed fioating objects such as a car, out houses, a Santa Claus, and even a paper machie duck. One year the pond was filled with beach balls and in another year, the kids signed their names to balls and threw them into the pond. One class decided to dye the pond, but did not think of the consequences. The dye killed the fish which destroyed the ecological balance. ^ Prank Night will not be forgotten by those W who attended school the year that the students let a pit loose in the school. The most original prank was probably when a senior class attempted to sell the school. Students gathered numerous real estate signs and placed them
Where have they all gone ? by Clarine Balla What really amazed me was that only. 7 perNow that the third quarter slump is in full cent of the 1982 graduates neither work nor go As far as two year colleges were concerned, swing, most of us spend a few minutes a day to school. That's a mere five students out of Oakton predictably led the pack with 94 dreaming of June. June is a fun month, but 689 that probably aren't doing anything but students; Triton had 26. Three guys (no girls) for the class of '83, June also means saying vegetating. Almost 60 percent of the picked the military life. One graduate is travelgoodbye to Maine South and hello to Real graduates went to a four year college or univer- ing abroad, one is involved in AFS, and one is playing amateur hockey. It just goes to show Life. Seniors have to make decisions that will sity. Of the 245 that chose to attend a universi- you there are many diverse options to choose affect the rest of their lives: will it be college orty in Illinois, 52 students picked the University from. It's important for seniors {and juniors) a job are Just two of the many options. of Illinois and 37 chose Northern. Of the 157 to examine all opportunities. Any decision you students that elected to get out of Illinois, 18 Some seniors, however, are still a little un- went to Indiana University and 19 went to the make is bound to influence the rest of your sure of their plans. Some of my friends are University of Iowa. No one went to Harvard of life. I sometimes regret my decision: how can I ever watch "All My Children" if I go to colhaving ugly fights with iheir parents because Yale. lege? Junior wants to join the Peace Corps and his parents want him to be a nuclear physicist. I thought it would be interesting to look at what the class of '82 did with themselves. Mr. Reese, Maine South's career counselor has compiled all sorts of statistics on last year's Maine South graduates. I was surprised by some of the statistics, like the fact that 85 3 percent of the students sought some type of post-high school training—college, special trade schools, etc. Another 12.6 percent work full time, leaving only 3.] percent that fall somewhere in between working part time, traveling, etc.
Past sports achievers of South Many Maine South athletes have gone on to achieve success after graduation. Dave Bergman and Joe Zdeb went on to play major league baseball. Dave Butz was captain of this year's NFL Super Bowl champs. David Santee and Nancy Swider starred in world skating. But one team left its mark on Maine South—the 1979 basketball team, the state champs. We decided to take a look at that team and
see where its members are now. Jeff Baker, an all state player on the championship team, attended Texas Christian University on a full scholarship. Baker was a starter on this year's team which received an NIT tourney bid until he broke his hand at the end of February. John Crowl, a starting point guard for the '79 Hawks, attended the University of Mississippi and will graduate with a degree in continued on page 7
,Fashion springs back to the fifties by Kris Falzone The outlook on teen fashion for spring of '83 seems to be full of color, vitality and comfort. Older, outdated styles, especially from the 1950's. are making a big comeback. The old stand-by's, denim, t-shirts and cottons, are making an even bigger fashion statement this year. Of course, the miniskirt remains one of the most popular fashion articles. Ranging in new lengths from very short to just above the knee, miiiiskirts are now found in dozens of fabrics
and colors to match almost anything. In cotton, denim, linen or other materials, miniskirts can be worn with t-shirts. polo shirts or sweatshirts for a casual look and can be dressed up with a ruffled top and pretty accessories. The niffty fifties look has definitely returned. Not only is the miniskirt a descendant of this era, but pants that look like floods—ending two or three inches above the ankle—are again worn with sneakers or high heels, just like mom did in her teens. Capri pants, which taper and end just below the knee, bowling shirts, flared skirts and saddle shoes all take on new looks in the rainbow of colors of the '80's. Brand-new looks with one of the most favored fabrics in the world—denim— are also on this spring's fashion scene. Striped jeans are along the football fields. However, students began to vandalistic the most popular, worn with absolutely any things. A few years ago, the kids spray painted kind of tops and shoes for either a casual or the walls and the school was forced to go to dressy look. Stone-washed denim is a new look court. The walls had to be sandblasted and which is faded and softened to be comfortable there still is evidence of the paint. Another graduating class took a privately owned sign which was valued at $1200 and threw it in the pond. Kids would also take dumpsters and by Maria Caporate dump the recycled paper around the school. "Do guys gossip?" Many girls ofter wonder The cost of cleaning the school every year ^was too large for the school and taxpayers at times if they do. Girls, if you want the vould not tolerate it. The police felt that it was answer, ask yourself this—is the world round? The funny part about it is that most guys 'irresponsible and dangerous for parents to allow their kids to do such vandalism. Restric- don't think that they gossip—all they do is tions were placed on prank night because it got "swap stories" and "fill each other in" with out of hand. It only takes a few students to just a touch of exaggeration added. Gossiping between guys? Oh no. They think that only ruin the fun by abusing privileges.
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as well as classy and fashionable.. Denim takes on updated colors like purple, red. pink or turquoise by many methods of dyeing. The ever fashionable denim jacket, especially oversized, completes any outfit with style. The biggest word in spring fashion this year is color! Bright pinks, purples, blues, greens, reds, oranges, yellows—indeed, every color of the rainbow can be mixed- and-matched this season for a vibrant, youthful appearance— pastels, too. in pinks, yellows, purples and blues especially. Patterns are also mixed—plaids, stripes, argyles and polka-dots are all blended to make outstanding outfits. Those who prefer classic, casual comfort are equally as fashionable because basic jeans are still a number-one favorite. Other old clothes, especially t-shirts, can be layered, cut or worn with colorful vests, jackets and sweatshirts for an updated look.
Guys conceal gossip tendency happens with female voices. Here's the scoop: guys do gossip, and for the same reason girls do. They find excitement and self-satisfaction in "breaking the big story." Also, like girls, guys feel they can chatter away freely and later blame the false information on the "just a rumor" line. Here is what some girls said about guys Continued on page 7
Fili|» drives at parking lots Despite numerous requests in the past few weeks to dedicate a column to an interesting senior, I must regrettably pass up the opportunity to write something along the order of "Bob Philips—wrestling Legend/Fashion phenomenon" or "Bud Kulusic—On Top with the Land Down Under" to address a problem that simply need not exist at our school. The problem, the parking at Maine South, is one I'm sure most of you are familiar with. The parking lots in the morning around here are frighteningly crowded (Do you remember the slave ship on Roots?) making parking here before school an irritating hassle, and what makes the situation particularly intolerable is the waste of the perfectly good parking space that we have.
While students Tight and scrape like rats in a cage to get a parking space, the back lot by the bike racks sits conspicuously empty. Why was this lot closed in the first place? Ciood question. Apparently our school decided this lot was no longer needed, and they said they would make a change, close the back lot, and turn the area into a "gym area." Well, the "gym area" has never realized itself. (Maybe they're waiting for all the spow to melt) and the change is causing nothing but problems. Our physical education program functioned for years without this eagerly anticipated "back lot health spa," and there's no reason to believe ending its planned life would severely impair any educational efforts.
Class Struggles Mark Filip
The gym area may have been a good idea, but it is a luxury we simply cannot afford if it means people who drive to school will be unable to get parking spaces.Thus, for everyone's peace of mind, please open the back lot parking by the bike racks. It's closing creates many problems that need not exist and that can be simply solved overnight by liberating this dormant parking lot at no cost to anyone. Editor's note: The back parking lot has for years been a severe problem in controlling unauthorized visiters to the school. It has also been a problem—costly—to supervise during lunch hours. We are certain this is one of the major reasons the lot was closed.
Rock and roll hits the dance by Mike Murphy Are you tired of some of the songs that are repeated hour after hour on every rock station in Chicago? Does Billy Joel seem to lose his appeal after three thousand plays? If you are constantly changing the station on your radio in search of something new, you have only two choices: become an avid fan of Liberace and Frank Sinatra and make them the staple of your record collection or, if you want to stay with rock, you can explore come alternative avenues of the current music scene. One of those avenues is dance-oriented rock. Dance-oriented rock places its emphasis on the sound and style of the music rather than the lyrics of the song. Bands that play this music tend to avoid political and moral preaching in their lyrics, concentrating more on creating a tune with a catchy beat. ABC is probably the best-known dance band, their popularity stemming from a remake of a I%7 Dusty Springfield song called "The Look of Love." Like two other successful dance bands. Heaven 17 and the
Human League, the members of ABC come from the dirty, industrial English city of Sheffield, which may account for the "forget your problems for a while" mood of their music. Funky bass and drums, balanced with crystalline piano and string interludes give ABC a sound that strikes a listener as an odd yet enjoyable mix of soul, rock and classical music. A Birmingham, England, band, Duran Duran also incorporates a danceable beat into their music. Using a unique and creative blend of traditional rock sound with a synthesized beat, Duran Duran's music alwayi gets a listener's attention. Ahhough they were second in sales in England last year, they have just begun to break onto America's FM airwaves. They have achieved fame with the song "Hungry Like the Wolf" from their third album "Rio." Other successful English dance bands that have smaller foUowings in the U.S. include the Thompson Twins, the Psychedchc Furs and
Aw, you guys do too gossip Continued from page 5 gossiping: Karen Golevicz '83: "1 think guys gossip as much as girls do, maybe even more." Christy Scheldt '83: "I'm sure everyone gossips to some extent, although with some people it can get out of hand." Lisa Wagner, '83: "I'm sure they do! They brag to boost their fragile egos." Beth Burnson '83: "I've gossiped with guys. I've overheard guys gossiping. I've seen that their gossip is ruder and more graphic than girls'. That's how most rumors get started." The fact is that some people don't realize that this kind of talk can be harmful to the perpage6
son being gossiped about. They have to make themselves look good, so they ignore the truth and tell things their way. How many times have you overheard a guy talking about his weekend romance?? Sometimes it's almost funny to listen to, especially when you hear the girl's side and you find out that most of his story wasn't true. Some girls (and guys) suffer embarrassment because of gossip. If you ever become a victim of false gossip, here are some tips: try to laugh it off. Just tell the truth and be patient. Most people will eventually realize that there's iK)thing to talk about. At that point, the gossiper will be the one who is embarrassed!
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Haircut 100. Unlike their American counterparts, apparently British musicians do not have to be dead or almost ready for Social Security to get a fair amount of airplay. The average age of most of the musicians is 20. Unfortunately, youth and quality music arc not the most important reasons bands get played on ^ B ^ American radio stations. More important is ^ being able to produce good music year in and year out. Until some of these bands from the U.K. demostrate this kind of consistency, the American radio public is going to miss out on some really good music. To close this week's column is a trivia question for you sixties buffs. Can you name all 20 bands that played at Woodstock? The first person to correctly name all the bands will win the album of his or her choice (no Triple Live Gonzos, please). Answers are due in the Southwards office by Tuesday, April 6 by the end of first period.
Reassignment Continued from page 3 the teachers. We have the best—grade A, number one. They can keep their classrooms under control. The teachers could teach if the deans would let them. Some students unjustly lose a day of education for making a dumb mistake. They know enough not to let it happen again. The crime is the freshman or sophomore that doesn't know enough to care about his education. ^ ^ So this system is ineffective and wrong. ^ What are you going to do? I don't know, do something. Call, write a letter, form a commitee Leo Smith, Editor-in-Chief
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by Dan Gayford The girls' track team is planning to face challenging teams in their outdoor season. Coach Schultze stated, "I'm really looking toward a productive and exciting season." In the coed Wheeling Invitational on March 11, the girls' placed third along with the boys' track team. They followed Fenton and Wheeling respectfully. Karen Krajcir finished third in the high jump. The four lap relay, composed of Beth Raidil, Monica Borucki, Marianne Lahart and Arlene Heskin took fourth place. In boys' competition, Mike Olsen was named MVP for the entire meet. He won first place for the low and high hurdles and took part in the winning twelve lap relay along with Kevin Kingston, Larry Maigler and Dave Greenburg. Coach Mahon commented, "I was pleased with the job Olsen did, and 1 liked the chance to represent the school with the girls' team. administration. Dan Fiddler, a starter for the Hawks, started for four years on the Wheaton Basketball team earning all CCIW awards the past two seasons. Fiddler has been accepted into the University if North Carolina medical school. He also was irried last May. Dave Hoelscher, a guard for the '79 Hawks, moved with his family to Michigan in 1980. Hoelscher, however, has attended Loyola, majoring in Business Administration. He has also held an internship with IBM. Jay Huyler, a starting guard, attended USC and is majoring in broadcasting. Huyler, who played on the USC JV team, had an internship with CBS sports last summer. Tim Loeffler, a center for the Hawks, attended Illinois State. Loeffler is majoring in Business Management. Brian Sir, a guard in *79, graduated this past December with a degree in accounting. Sir played varsity basketball for one year. He also played varsity baseball for three years and was named to the NIA all-district team in 1981. He has been accepted to Notre Dame's Law school. , , Chris Theodore, Hawk forward, attended the University of Dubuque on a basketball scholarship. He transferred to Triton (where he led the team in scoring). He now is attending Loyola and working for his father's accounting firm. Todd Vukovich attended New Mexico on a baseball scholarship and is now pitching for Eckerd College in Florida. He is majoring m accounting. . \ Coach Quitman Sullins retired from Joaching and was transferred to Maine West. Sullins is now an assistant at Northwestern University. Assistant coach Geoi^e Verber became head coach at Maine West and won the conference championship before leaving coaching after the 1981-82 season.
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by Bob McKune The girls badminton teams have their second meet of the season today at Gollenbrook North at 4:30 p.m. Many talented lettermen are returning, including the duo of Mary Beth Wilkas and Stephanie Sullivan. As first doubles last year they placed in the top 12 in the state. They will lead the team again this year as first varsity doubles. Judi Franz and Julie Loeffier will play second doubles with Missy Passaneau and Kathy Kay playing third doubles on varsity. In varsity singles, the Hawks have Alison
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Franz playing first, Suzanne Stenholt playing second, Daniela Moreno playing third and Connie Jurgenson playing fourth singles. Seniors Franz and Stenholt return with a great deal of varsity experience. Playing JV at first singles is Laura Hanning and at first doubles are Samantha Sasenick and Anne Sebastian. At second doubles are Kim Wilk and Paula Piepho. f HfM. I rot" VowTH*T '*o\r\ I U)S«e Fi.V(«i<» TOO I.OWI
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Spring sports relaxing b) Brian Humm After the wave of excitement caused by the basketball season, I personally am glad to see the beginning of the spring sports for one simple reason. They are relaxing to watch. Football, now there is a sport that is hard on the spectator. You sit on the wonderfully cushioned seats of Wilson Field praying that the Tuba section of the band will sit behind you to block the wind (Unless of course you are in the band, in which case you sit perspiring and silently cursing the yo-yo who chose black wool uniforms). Of course the people in front of you keep bobbing up and down on every play, necessitating that you do likewise. Each trip up results in a new experince in chills. Also, there is the extreme difficulty in seeing who is who, who has the ball, or what is going on. It just is not the same without Dandy Don calling the plays. Then there is Soccer. At a soccer game temperature is not such a great factor. It is hard to sit in the stands wearing 3 sweatshirts and a parka and feel cold, while there are 22 maniacs racing around on the field in gym shorts and a t-shirt. If they can take it so can the fans. The true problem with a soccer game is frustration. Here in America, football has trained us to expect some kind of a score whenever you get fairly close to the goal line. Not
so in Soccer. The ball bounces and skips and squirms around in front of the goal, with fans fainting every secoond, until either it is slammed home, or more likely, it is scooped up by the goalie. Basketball, too, puts a great deal of mental strain on the spectator. First of all the atmosphere at 'good games' are always conducive to a migraine. The gym is hot, the fans are loud, and even your seat shakes. When the score is dose, the tension in the stands grows rapidly (at least the players can do something besides yelling). Just sitting in on a basketall game is hard work. But then, Hallelujah, comes baseball season. Baseball was meant to be watched in a lawn chair with a coke in one hand and a Hy swatter in the other. There is no need to yell and scream on every play. Baseball is one of the few sports where the players and coaches do that for you (Let's go Johnny old boy, bear down on him, or haaaayyyyy batter). Also, at least for most of the season, the weather is nice. Softball's the same way. Both have their exciting moments, but you do not have to kill yourselves in between. Even the baseball players can relax; who has ever seen a sweaty baseball player? That's probably why they call it the great American pass time. page 7
B - ball season ends at 18 - 1 0 by Tom Tully
Our Maine South Hawks truly know how to this and more, pounding the Wiidkits 77-63 in a grudge match to see who the better team realturn it on at the end of the season. They took the Rolling Meadows Regional, ly was. The Hawks were. but lost in a Sectional battle March 11 to highly ranked Arlington High School. Norm Lajewski, who was recently named to Nobody predicted the Hawks to go that far, the All-Area team, led the Hawks with 24 except, of course, the players themselves. points. Forward Mike Sir netted a season-high "We knew that we could beat any team as 15 points while Marc Mazzeri tossed in 14. long as we played with intensity. That Friday the Hawks were in the Sectional final. Arlington, rated as high as si.xth in state, Against Maine West, Elk Grove and stood in the way of a "sweet si.xteen" season. Evanston we played good, solid ball for a full thirty-two minutes; no mental lapses. At the start of the game the Haw ks took it to However, when we played Arlington, the Arlington's big men, scoring on two easy crowd played a big factor and we had moments passes from Sir to Djonlich. of mental lapse. Those lapses are what killed Throughout the first quarter and five us," said Tom Fiddler. minutes into the second the Hawk defense and In the first Sectional game, the Hawks were offense seemed to be working with some sucmatched against Evanston. Maine South won cess. But just before the half, the Cardinals the first conference game in a close contest but struck with some outside shooting to 0{>en up a was blown out in the rematch. It was just a 10 point lead. matter of maintaining the momentum the Maine South's comeback attempt in the Hawks generated in the Regionals. They did third and fourth quarters was just not to be.
The last game of the season ended in a 85-75( defeat, but the team proved they had much more talent than was e.xpected. Not enough can be said about playmakerassist man Tom Fiddler. The senior point guard directed the Hawk's offense and provided stability in the back court. It was also the last game for Sir, Lajewski and Thorsen who will graduate in June. Hopefully this year's juniors will continue to [xovide winning basketball just as our seniors did this year.
Track runs into shape by Nick Roder The boys' track team will participate in its first meet following spring break Tues., April 12 at Niks North. Before spring break assistant coach Scott Sutschek commented that the members of the team were training hard to improve times and distances. He said, "We've lost a lot of younger runners to baseball. Hopefully we can pick up some runners from winter sports to pick up the slack." Major improvements, Mr. Sutschek said, are coming from senior hurdler Mike Olson and sophomore Dave Greenberg. Olson won the 50 yard high and low hurdle competition at the ten-team Wheeling Invitational
Wildcat Relays March 11. He and Greenberg also anchored the mile relay team, which piacd first at the meet. Senior Mike Vukovich won the long jump competition and place third in the triple jump. He did not place in the high jump. "I've had a tough time at Wheeling, but I'D be back. I'm gearing up for the outdoor season," Vukovich commented. Sutschek summed up the team's feeling for the outdoor season when he said, "It'll be interesting to see how the team performs with the good outdoor surfaces, like Evanston's. When they get outside, everyone should improve."
Hawk Norin Lajewski scores two against Maine West in regional action. Hawks ended season 18-10, losing to Arlington.
Conference rotation in effect next year by Maureen Smith Central Suburban League teams will be reahgned for conference play next year. Niles West will leave and Glenbrook North will enter. Motive for the change is to place all the bigger schools in direct competition. Since Glenbrook North has been athletically a strong school, we asked coaches and athletes the effect the reahgnment will have on their teams. Tennis and swimming coach John Doherty said, "Our tennis and swimming will be good no matter what." "This won't change things a lot. Niles West has a strong basketball program, and Glenbrook North will have a competitive team next year," said Mr. Mike Deines,
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girls' basketball coach. In contrast, girls' swimming coach Etewn Butler remarked, "We are concerned because Niles West was very poor, and Glenbrook North is very strong. Wc will like the better competition." Varsity diver Julie Pence agrees, "It will be good for us because we will have more competition." Phyllis Goll, girls' gymnastics coach, said, "It will be an even exchange." Michele Ryan, gymnast, added, "It might make the competition tougher but I think we can beat them." Phil Hopkins, varsity football coach. said, "Glenbrook North is a very tough team with strong coaches. They are former state champions and are replacing a team we beat with regularity. We hope to beat
them both. "We've beaten both Glenbrook North and Niles West. I think it's good to rotate the schools so we play a variety of teams," believes Jerry Nelson, basketball coach. Mike Sir, basketball player, feels, "It will make the conference more competitive. Bui I think next year's team will win the conference regardless of what Central Suburban teams are in their di\ision." Varisty soccer player Mike Lane said, "The change will be positive because of the big rivalry we have with Glenbrook North. We will have to pass them to win conference." As can be seen by the varying viewpoints of the coaches and players, the effect of the conference changes will be different in all sports.