News Briefs
souihwoRcIs Vol. 22, No. 8
Maine Township High School South
January 31,1986
Blood drive held
Health club sponsors The Health Unlimited Club is sponsoring the sixth annual Health Fair on Feb. 6 in the cafeteria. The fair will be held all day so students may go during their lunch or study periods. "This fair is a unique experience because it combines learning, evaluating, and fun all at one time. The whole purpose is to teach people how to be healthier," said Ms. Purdy, sponsor. There will be many booths at the fair, including a blood test for Diabetes provided by Resurrection Hospital; a test for carbon monoxide in the air by the Chicago Lung Association; and the Cancer Society will provide posters and pamphletes on Cancer. The Park Ridge YMCA and Maine South Ecology Club will do fitness tests while the March of Dimes and Cook County Health Department will provide information on birth defects, nutrition, and diseases. The Heart Association and Lutheran Center for Substance Abuse will also set up booths. Health Unlimited, headed by junior Michelle Drzewicki, will also have booths set up to test reaction time, vision, and knowledge about skin care.
The American Red Cross will also be holding a blood drive in the auditorium. Students wishing to participate must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, and must have a permission slip signed by a parent. Students with a history of yellow jaundice or hepatitis. Diabetes, heart problems, or cancer, except for skin cancer are not eligible. Athletes are requested to ask their coach first. All tests are free to students. For the staff there will be blood cholesterol tests by Lutheran General Hospital at a reduced price. All students are welcome to attend the Health Fair during their free periods but are asked to obtain a pass from their study hall teachers.
Seniors register for draft The Selective Service is attempting to spread the word on the federal requirement to register for the draft. By law, men are required to register within 30 days of their eighteenth birthday. In order to certify registration, students may register up to 120 days prior to their eighteenth birthday.
Recognition program pianned Second semester construction will begin on dent leaders. All club officers and editors will five new showcases in the Dean's hallway. The have their 3'5 pictures taken at the beginning showcases are part of a new Student Recogni- of the school year and will be displayed tion Program set up to acknowledge students throughout the year. successes with plaques and students pictures in One of the aspects of the program that will the various showcases along the hallway. There go into effect this year is the Student of the are five major components of the display. Month. Each faculty member who teaches one A committee of —^i—•^—•——^—• or more classes will voluntary staff "We simply want to choose one student members as well as Mr. recognize students for posltve from all his or her Reczkiewicz have been classes to be Student working on this since oCllOns of the Month. The the start of the school —Mr. Ken Reczkiewicz, basis for selection will year. Hopefully, the Asst. Principal be leadership ability, displays will enmiiraec academic strength, students to do their q>ecial effort, etc. For best and get their names up in one of the example, a straight " C " student may do an various cases. A main reason for making the "A" job on a class project, and therefore be Dean's hallway the sight of the displays was so awarded Student of the Month for special efthat out of school visitors could have an idea fort. The student's names will be posted along of the many activities students are involved in with those of the teacher and the class subject. at Maine South. Another plan the committee hopes to begin A Leader Board will be constructed over the by the end of this year is the Quarterly Departsummer which will display Maine South's stu conlinued on page 6...
Today is the last day to submit Valentine's Day messages to be printed in the Feb. 14 issue of Southwards. The ACT will be administered to seniors on Sat., Feb. 8 at 8:00 a.m. There will be no classes on Wed., Feb. 12 in observation of President's Day. The Maine South Music Department will be hosting the Winter Band Concert featuring the Concert Band and Cadet Band on Sun., Feb. 2 at 3:00 p.m.
Award given to South senior The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a patriotic organization whose members trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War. DAR was formed in 1890 and the Park Ridge chapter in 1930. Each state is separated into divisions and the divisions are divided into chapters. Each year DAR offers a scholarship to an outstanding student who shows leadership, dependability, service, partiotism, and is a United States citizen. The senior class nominates students for the award in their individual homerooms. Each homeroom nominates three seniors. The top three seniors from all the homerooms are then submitted to the faculty who decide the most deserving student. This year's recipiant was Sharon Pankus. Her essay " O u r American Heritage and My Responsibility to Preserve It" helped her earn this prestigious award. Sharon will compete in the division contest. The winner of the division will compete with all other state division winners to be one of the seven division candidates going to state. The winner of the state competition will go to nationals. Each division winner will receive a savings bond with a maturity value of $75. The state winner will receive a $100 educational award and a state Good Citizen pin. The national contest winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship. When asked about the award, Sharon said "I was really surprised to receive it. It's a big honor."
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Commentary
January 31, 1986
Stormy Weather
Post season thoughts for Bear fans by Steve Slaughter The Bears! It only seems appropriate that I should take this opportunity to talk about the hysteria that is everywhere now. But I am going to try to refrain from just the humdrum "isn't it awesome" approach. I'll try to discuss other less popular aspects of this Superbowl Shuffle phenomenon.
Column The first thing that occurs to me when I converse with different people about (what else) the Bears is that the particular person speaks as if he/she has always been undyingly faithful to every Chicago sports team. But then I think back to those very same people who, a few years ago, despised the Bears, Cubs, etc. because they were unsuccessful. So what's with the change in attitude, I thought? It is very simple. It's what they scientifically refer to as a "fair weather fan." Someone who likes a team when they're doing well and then rejects them when their luck is down. There are so many people who do this; I don't know, it just seems kind of silly. I don't remember what I ever saw in the Cubs, they were awful, but for some reason I stayed faithful. I was never a die-hard baseball
fan, but the Cubs were sort of a part, a representation of Chicago. People in other cities would say to me, "so, how 'bout those Cubs?" with a little snicker. And to think of the abuse I got whenever I wore my Cubs teeshirt. It was incredible, the things the guys would say to me. "Don't you know anything?! the box are great!" That must have been a good year for the White Sox. I admire people that are still faithful to the Sox, even when they aren't doing so hot. It shows team spirit, regardless of the record. Basically Mario Polkowski summed it up when he quoted from George Patton so elequently, "Everybody loves a winner." It is so true. Another feeling I have about football is this: Astroturf is evil! It takes away the true spirit of the game. When I see a guy slide across the field and not get the least bit dirty, something is wrong. It is wrong to play football in a dimate-controUed indoor dome. No snow, no rain, no sleet, no wind, no mud. Everything is too comfortable. Real football was played by men who got muddy. Men who played, play after play, without going out. Today there is no mua or dirt on a football field. Today the guy goes in for 25 seconds and then drinks Gatorade on the sideline for 10 minutes.
It is also getting too space-aged, too technological. With a whole staff of coaches, trainers, analyzers, and athletic computer operators, the players are basically just robots and pawns in the coaches' chess game. They follow orders and obey strict laws of probability. Whatever happened to taking a chance and trying something unexpected? It just seems like the real football of many years ago was so much less comercialized. It was a rugged, hard-nosed, risk-taking, excit ng game. It wasn't so comfortable. Have you ever thought, I mean really thought, about professional sports. We are paying these men incredible sums of money to dress up in colorful uniforms, throw and/or catch a ball, and hurt each other. It is perfectly fine for high school and college students because it promotes school spirit and a real sense of pride in one's accomplishments and those of the team. But to pay a thirty year old man a million dollars a year to do this just doesn't make sense. I can't figure it out. Well, anyway, those are just a few of the things I thought about during the Superbowl. If you didn't, I won't be offended, but if you, also think (for example) that astroturf is evil, give me a call. I am making it my life's ambition, my quest, to destroy all astroturf in America. If we don't, before you know it, we will all have astroturf in our front yards. Imagine it. Kids will play "mall ball" without skinning their knees and getting all muddy. Instead they'll just have rug burns.
Needs are served at PR Campus by Krystyna Kazmierczak
The kids are there because they have trouble "functioning according to the rules of the family or community" according to John Irwin, executive director. The place? The Park Ridge Youth Campus. Park Ridge Youth Campus is designed to help troubled teens learn how to handle their problems more effectively. The teens live in six dormitories and have access to facilities, including a bathhouse which contains a swinuning pool and a recreation building complete with video games, pool, and ping-pong tables. Fifteen "family teachers" live in the dorms with the kids and serve as counselors, teaching them skills needed to be an effective participating member of a family. In addition, four staff members work with the parents of the teens. Irwin noted, "The parents usually have to make as many changes as the child." Therefore, parents are required to complete a parent education program. There are meetings one or two nights a week for about eight to 10 weeks. To enter the Youth Campus program, a teen must be referred, usually by the high school
they had been attending and only after a staffing which includes the school psychologist ana a member of the District administration. Parental consent is required. Once the teen is on campus, he or she takes part in a special program. If the teen had fffeviously resorted to alcohol or drug use, their program will include alcoholism counseling or drug rehabilitation. The teen remains on campus, attending classes taught by six teachers who are employed by District 207. The teens may also be mainstreamed to Maine East or South. They remain at the campus until they can cfcmonstrate that they can handle their problems more effectively, a period of about 11 months. Fifty five percent of PRYC's funding is provided by each high school district that sends a student there. The rest is raised by direct mail requests for money from residents and local corporations, a golf outing, and admission charged to tour the PRYC "Designer Showcase," a house in the Uke Forest/WiniKtka area which a designer has remodled at the Youth Campus' request.
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January 31,1986
Features
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South's hockey team-is it really ours? by Nancy Humm Leafing through a yearbook, walking through the gym foyer, or paying attention at a sports assembly can be confusing experiences these days. The number of teams represented by trophies and team pictures and the number of teams represented by members wearing jackets or jerseys differs by one. Namely, the Maine South Hockey team.
Feature The reason is simple. The Maine South Hockey team is not a school sponsored team. It is not officially financed, coached, or recognized by the administration. The Hockey Team lost its club status several years ago when, according to Principal Bob Barker, "we were given strict legal advice not to touch it. We cannot recognize the Hockey team." That meant not announcing game times or giving it the recognition other sports and clubs enjoy. But, unfortunately, that's exactly what the teams wants. Senior team member Mark Mikol said, "We're not asking for anything but announcements. All we want is to be recognized. Our team could be the best in the state and no one will know about it." Not surprisingly. Head Coach and former Maine South Hockey team member Bob Berleth mirrored Mikol's views. "The team should at least be recognized as a dub. I realize they can't help out with money but I do feel the boys should be recognized. " Because of the fact that there are no announcements about the team, they have developed their own method of publicity. Members draw up flyers and pass them out in school, without any kind of permission, the day of a game. Mikol said, "We don't want to have to do that [pass out flyers) but it's the only way to get people to the games. It's our only means of communicating." The situation at Maine South is certainly not unique; most area teams, including all District 207 schools, get little or no recognition either. The administration's hands-off policy is the product of
rising insurance costs and increased law suits. According to Mr. Barker, "insurance companies just don't want high schools anymore." Sponsoring a hockey team invites higher rates, not only because of the physicl nature of the game but also because it is not recognized as a sport by the IHSA (Ulinios High School Association). It is also argued that it might actually be better for the team to remain a non-school related sport. Mr. Barker said, "The hockey team enjoys the freedom to do what they want to do." Freedom in the sense that their coaches need not be faculty members, their practices are not restricted, etc. The politics involved with the hockey team often cloud the issue; the hockey team is composed of 16 Maine South students who play hockey well. The team is undefeated in league play, with its only two losses coming during the Thanksgiving Tournament. Not only is being a member of the team time consuming, with two three-hour practices a week, but at a cost of $400 a year it is also a financial burden. The backbone of the team is composed of seven open players, players who also belong to other teams which travel across the United States and Canada, who
The Maine South Hockey team is undefeated in conference play and will wove into the playoffs on Feb. 5.
are willing to give their spare time to the Maine South Hockey Team. Coach Berleth said that this poses a problem in that often the players effort and dedication to the team are waived because of other commitments. The team plays their games at the Oakton Ice Rink and admittance is one dollar. The team's next game will be the playoffs on
Feb. 5. The members of the Maine South Hockey team are; Chris Slagg, Mark Mikol, Rick McFarland, Tom Auge, Jim Keefe, Tony Sinda, Todd Schowalter, Bob Otto, Tim Machaj, Sean Lundin, Steve Lo Sacco, Tom HoUeb, Gene Sheedy, Tom Thein, and George Chaconas.
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News
January 31, 1986
Suicide prevention week begins at South by Samantha Malten and Maura Scott Every year suicide takes the lives of many people of all ages and types in the U.S. Whether they be popular straight-A students or lonely maniac depressives they all have the same thing in common. They can find no way out of their problems; no reason to live. Sheila (a fictitious character), was one of these not-so-obvious victims. A cheerleader, she was an honor student and had a nice, close group of friends. Her parents were happily married and along with her two brothers they were a loving family. For Sheila, her family was not enough reason to live. In the beginning of her junior year Sheila began to withdraw from her friends and became moody. When asked what was wrong, she would reply, "Oh, just leave me alone." She spent a lot of time locked away in her once neat room which was now littered with candy bar wrappers and dirty clothes. Her parents thought it was just a stage she was going through. Sadly, they were right. At 7:30 one Tuesday morning her mother went to wake her
up for school only to find her lying with an empty bottle of pills in her hand. What could have been done to prevent this tragedy from happening? Sheila's pleas to be left alone was actually a plea for some attention and understanding. What she needed was a friend to listen to her problems, give her sympathy, and, if possible, get her some professional help. Her parents should have been aware that there was a problem when she was acting so out of character. In truth her being alone was an open invitation to be with people. This is only an example of one suicide. Each one committed is different and tragic in its own way. What can be done by friends and classmates to prevent suicide? The first step is to recognize the symptoms before it is too late. Some of the most common symptoms of suicidal people are severe depression; giving away prized possessions; loss of interested in appearance; severe changes in eating habits; talking of death frequently; and spending a lot of time alone. In the meantime, though, something is being
done to help. The week of Feb. 3-7 is Suicide Prevention Week at Maine South. According to Mr. George Krueger, head psychologist for the district and chairman of the committee on adolescent tragedy, these prevention weeks are part of an on going effort to increase awareness of suicidal signs and promote intevention tactics to stop suicides before they happen. Members of crisis teams will conduct 64 mini-work •''ops in each school to work with students ho might be at risk. "The workshops will actively involve every student in suicide prevention," Mr. Krueger said. Along with the workshops there will also be a voluntary open forum that will be after school for student who wish to participate in further discussions. These assemblies will be conducted by Rev. Dan Stuffacher and Tom Butero. "If they [students] know the warning signs of suicide, they will be more likely to seek help for themselves or their friends," stated Mr. Krueger.
Faces of Beach Party... This year's Beach Party sponsored by the senior class marked the fourth year of this winter singles dance at Maine South. Six hundred tickets were sold and amoung the students attending were at right Tom Gatz '86, Mike Eaker '86, and at right Oeana Curcio '86, and Erin Arrison '86.
Southfest planned Plans for the second annual Southfest are now well under way. This year's cultural event will be kicked off at 7:30 p.m. on Wed., March 19 by an evening performance featuring "Mr. Sound Effects" Wes Harrison, Psychic Ross Johnson, and the women's barbershop chorus "The Melodeers. The following day regular classes will be canceled and instead there will be four 50-minute sessions interupted by a lunch period. All students will be dismissed at 1:50. Presentations will vary from ice sculpture to belly dancing and students will be selecting their choices in mid-February.
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Sports
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Girls' basketball to host the Maine East Demons Highlights Maine South, 51 Glenbrook North, 22 Top scorers-Mary Carroll with 12 points and Pam Juckett with 10 points. Key players-Lisa Hennessy made eight points and 12 rebounds. Maine South, 58 Evanslon, 44 Top scorers-Mary Carroll with 16 points and four assists. Liz Ciprian with 13 points and eight assists. by Meredith Brammeier The girls' basketball team will take on Maine East in tonight's home game. The junior varsity team is scheduled to meet the Demons at 6 p.m., and varsity is expected to play at about 7:30 p.m. The game tonight will be the first match in the second round of conference play, a round which will determine who will win the
conference championship. Maine South beat Maine East 48-19 in their first game. However, the Demons have shown a great deal of improvement in their play, especially in their offense, which can be seen in their consistant scoring of 45 to 50 points per game in the past few weeks. Tomorrow the Hawks will be competing in the York Tournament, which began yesterday with Maine South playing Hoffman Estates. The Hawks will play at 2:30 p.m. and, if they win this match, again at 8:30 p.m. The York Tournament is considered to be one of the top tournaments in the state this year and about one-fourth of the teams listed in the top 20 are expected to attend. Coach Mike Deines believes this will be "one of our toughest weekends of the year," referring not only to the large number of games which the team will have to play, but also to the very high quality of competition. At deadline, the team's record stood at 10-1 overall and 3-0 in conference, thus far a very proThe girls' varsity basketball mising record for the season. team beat the Glenbrook
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their record to 10-1 and are ranked second by the Chicago North Spartans, 51-22 to move Tribune.
Ups and downs of living a double life Karen Davlin Let me tell you a story. It has to do with this guy 1 once knew. This guy was always worried about being too ordinary, being only one of a crowd of slurred faces. All he was ever concerned about was making himself separate from the whole. Sounds pretty harmless so far, right? After all, shouldn't everyone try to be his or her own person rather than be swept along into the behavior of the crowds? But this particular guy got carried away. Instead of developing who he really was, he tried to be someone-somer/img-he simply wasn't. He would do anything to be different: he would perform for, amuse, and even try to shock his audience in order to be accepted as a imique individual. He "changed." Maybe not deep inside, but
certainly on the surface. He began to wear different clothes, in an attempt to impress his audience; he had his hair cut differently for the sole purpose of proving to his buddies that he could be cool like them, too; he claimed that he now believed in radical new ideas about life, just to stump his listeners. These were among his outward changes. Who knows what he was like on the inside? Could he really live with himself and himseip. I guess he actually thought that his goal was reached when he could separate himself from the average, but what kind of success was that when he was living a lie, only playing a role in a senseless movie? But day after day passed, and he continued to feel that he was really himself now. His parents and little brother looked at him
strangely and his friends really didn't know him anymore, but he took their concern for challenges to his identity. No one really knows exactly how it happened, but I guess one day he really saw himself. Not the silly character he had become, but his own personal and true self. He looked in the mirror and saw somebody else: a masked label, not a person. Then he searched inside himself and discovered that in this desperate attempt to find out who he was and express it, he had buried that true self even deeper. Now he is back to "normal," which for people like him, isn't at all average or boring. In a world where others may try to play games to "be their own person" he has the guts to be himself.
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Sports
January 31, 1986
Hawks ready to play Maine East • Cross town rivalry heats up Tonight the varsity boys' basketball team will take Maine East away with the sophomore game beginning at 6 p.m. In a game earlier this season the Hawks won by 14 points. Coach Jerry Nelson does not forsee the game tonight to be that easy, especially due to the fact that will be played at Maine East. The crosstown rivalry is always a very emotional game and this year's game promises to be very physical, too. Senior Demon Poulich, averaging 20 points a game will be the major force of the Demon offense. Maine East has had a season of peaks and valleys, and when they are playing well they are a team to contend with. The Hawks are also coming off of a series of ups and downs. The East Aurora Tournament was a dissappointment because the team did
Schedule WRESTLING Feb. 7 away 7 p.m. Deerfield Feb. 8 away 9 a.m. CSL Tourney Feb. 14 away Regionals
BASKETBALL Jan. 31 away 6 p.m. Maine East Feb 1 home 6 p.m. Hersey SWIMMING Jan. 31 away 7 p.m. New Trier Feb, , 7 away 7 p.m. Conference Feb. 15 away Sectionals GIRLS' BASKETBALL Jan. 31 home 6 p.m. Maine East Feb. 1 away York Feb. 7 home 6 p.m. Highland Prk. GYMNASTICS Conference Jan. 31 away Regionals Feb. 3-9 away
not play up to their expectations. They underestimated the opponets and played down to their level, said Coach Nelson. The team committed about twice as many fouls as the opposition and "wÂŤ. were not ready to play our type of game," added Coach Nelson. Then against Glenbrook North the team played an exciting game with the outcome being a last minute shot by Mark Kubow. He made the shot, giving him a total of 19 points for the evening. Gary Francis added 12, and Paul Leongas also played a good game. Next came Oak Park, a good ball club, and a loss. Though the team lost they played well for most of the game, but 21 turnovers proved to be their downfall. The next weekend the Hawks took on Evanston and played very well the first half. They led 30-27 in the third quarter but the next two minutes proved to be disasterous. Too many turn overs caused the lead to disintigrate and poor foul shooting added to the loss. Consistency has been the downfall of the Junior Jimmy Sellergren goes in (or a Hawks all season. There had been great expec- Isasket during a recent JV basketball tations going into the season but many of the game. The team's record is 5-1 and will veteran players have been making vital take on Maine East tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. mistakes.
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Gymnasts host conference meet The girls' varsity gymnastics team is hosting the Central Suburban League meet tonight at 6 p.m. in the field house. Tomorrow at 2 p.m. the junior varsity conference meet will also be held here at Maine South. The varsity team will be shooting for a second place finish which, according to Coach Phyllis Goll, is a high and difficult goal, but is also acheivable. Having the "home field advantage" will definately help the team in its quest for second place. Maine East and Evanston, who both
beat Maine SOuth in dual meets this year, are also in contention for second place. Therefore the Hawks will have to hit their routines in order to acheive their goal. The conference meet is a good warm up for State, and everything should be put together by then, according to Coach Goll. Monday the State series begin at Prospect. The Hawks hope to qualify as many individuals as possible for the state tournament, the main emphasis, however, will be on the team finish in the conference meet.
South continues to recognize students ...continued from page 1 ment Award. Much like the yearly winner, the quarterly recipient will be judged on academic performance and overall contribution to a certain department. These winners will have their 8M0 pictures posted along with their teacher's names and department. The Honor Roll display case will consist of all the names of quarterly high honor roll members. The names will be posted by class.
The final stage of the student recognition program deals with Maine South alumni as well as current students. The Alumni Display will feature pictures and news clippings of ^ ^ alumni who have been successful in their M various fields. Mr. Reczkiewicz well summarized the program's goal by saying, "We simply want to recognize students for positive actions.