Vol 25 issue 7

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Food drive '88 best ever This year's Thanksgiving food drive brought in a total of 6,418 cans, almost doubling last year's 3,375 cans. An additional donation of over one thousand dollars was collected. The food and money will be distributed through the Little Sisters of the Poor and Marillac House foundations.

The students at Maine S outh went all out to bring in food, from freshmen to seniors, for a just cause. "The thing that made it great was everyone working as a whole," said Max Ranft, complex leader of the winning Band, Southwords, Orchestra, and Eyrie complex.

"I'm so happy that the students put in such a great effort to make this food drive successful. It will make all of our Thanksgivings a more joyful experience knowing that we helped needy people," said Mr. Feichter, who, along with Ms. Finneran, sponsors the Student Council.

Another reason for the success of this year's drive was the publicity it had. Student j ^ ^cuncil, who sponsored the food drive, put up osters, had homeroom representatives speak daily to the homerooms, had students dressed as giant cans running around the school, and offered a free breakfast for the winning complex.

Jennifer Burkhardt and Kathryn Oberheide organized the drive.

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Portrait of a super seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Surrounded by some of their trophies, fall sport captains include (J'ront row) Krista Heitzman and Laurie Anderson (cross co\tntry);(middle row) Mike Tworek and Mike Nugent (soccer), Karen Walker (cross country), Cheryl Roma (volleyball), Kristen Kimura (swimming); (back row) Kevin O'Leary and Keith Sciarra (soccer), John Cecchin (football), Kris Pugliani (tennis), Denise Dohr (volleyball), and Anders Thorson (football.). For a story on fall sports, see page 8.

September, October students of month named September students of the month; Industrial Education: James Robbins, Chris Adamski, Joseph Wohrstein, Andrew Shadinger, Business Education: William Biegler, Caroline Guzaldo, Ann Kenyeri, Julie Lomax, Spilios Venetsanoj)oulos, Elana Zakoff; Music/Drama: Dean Weslman, Ehyun Kim, Cheryl Roma, Mike Robinson; Art: Julie Rhoton, Nathan Hultman, Karen Strack, Julie Brady; Mathematics: Lauren Alwicker, Grant Bode, Frank Demarinis, Lisa DiMartino, Debbie Eckberg, Margaret Mctzinger, Eiji Sakala, Rita Sell, Michael Szwed, Yoshikuni Tsukahara; Science: P^a Win Chin, Andrew Hammar, Andrew Hovland, Adam Kasper, Angelo Kazanis, James Saisakom, Imran Siddiqui, Christopher Szczelina, Yoshikuni Tsukahara, Jacqueline Urquhart, Christopher Walton; Health: Andrew Hovland; Driver Education: Shaimon ^";)uffy, Mary Ellen Ford, Sarah Hess; Girls' PhyslPkiil Education: Caroline Hodur, Kelly McGarry, Jennifer Hallerud, Jeaime Beach, Vicki Skoczylas, Boys' Physical Education: Ken Carlson, Bob Giotakis, Mark Dupke, Mike Smith; English: Susan Crawford, Eric DeWitl, Joan Grzesinski, Andrew Hovland, Jessica James, Catherine Kna-

ness Education: Thomas Auer, Debbie Dean, Denise Dohr, Nancy Graham, Michael Palac, Mary Sheridan; Science: Brady Bowen, Daniel Chan, Brenden Cyze, Eric DeWitt, Chris Johnson, Dana Lockwood, David Maly, Cindy Rogacki, Mark Schaetzlein, Beth Schroeder, Kristi Sigg, Todd Sigg, Annette Siwiec, Chris Walton; Mathematics: Paul Astorino, Amy Berka, Chacko Mammen, Katie Pavlik, Paige Preston, Karen Rolsing, Jill Romund, Tera Siwicki, Jessica Stack, George Vlachogiannis, Tracy Wiitek; Girls' Physical Education: Suzaime Auge, Nancy Graham, Nancy Green, Katherine Kougias, Stephanie Regas; Home Economics: Cynthia Harrity, JeanOctober Students of the Month: English: Michelle Cole, Krystyna Lenart, ine Kocik, Paul Mulvaney, SeanO'Leary, Carolina Richard Martwick, Mark Strefner, Maria Canfora, Todas, MichelleTrevino; Health: AmandaOgnar; Jcnn Oschger, Rita Scardino, Colleen Hynes, Chris Boys' Physical Education: William Maloney, White, Chris Johnson, Adriane Anile, Kathryn Todd Sigg, PeterChristian, Paddy DriscoU; Driver Oberheide, Dawn Julitz, Anastasios Vlachogian- Education: David Desalvo, Linda Swalla, Renis; Foreign Language: Kaiherine Kougias, becca Foster; Arts: Karen Thon, Melissa BrumSosamma Mammen, Elizabeth Cole, Michael mitt, Daran Puffer, Vida Gosrisirikul; Industrial Wieland, Paul Astorino, Chris Johnson, Margaret Education: Jeffrey Martin, Mark Hermann, Rita Corr, Joelle Busby; Social Science: Debbie Eck- Scardino, Mike Cimilluca; Speech/Drama: Brad berg, Christine Albright, Craig Coleman, Navine Pawlowski, Lynn Lutzer; Concert Band: Chris Karim, Chris Dosenbach, Michelle Viane; Busi- Johnson jjek, Martha Muhlena, Christopher Szczelina, Georgia Vlachogiaimis, Diane Worobec; Foreign Language: Wendy Burgess, Jean Dalesandro, Racheal Drzewicki, Debbie Eckberg, Christopher HoUbrook, George Lamar, Jenny Miller, Colette Sedivy, Margaret Zimmermann; Social Science: Christopher Bostic, Guido Cortez, Natasha Siddiqui, Imran Siddiqui, Victoria Skoczylas; Home Economics: Dawn Julitz, Sarah Vourhees, Jennifer Braun, Tanya Fallon, Cheryl Hanson, Geriaim Galas.

Q ommentary

Paradise found here on earth

by Kevin O'Leary Hey you.

Yeah you.

The one who'sflippingthrough the pages, looking at the pictures, but not reading the articles.

Stop for a second and read this article, it has relevance to your life. Did you ever think about what Heaven is really like? I always picture myself in a foggy, golden place surrounded by all of my dead relatives. I see myself hstening to God's infinite wisdom and picture a palace where everything is the same everyday. Everyone is just and fair and...Yuck. I like things to get out of hand once in a while. I Hke to loosen up and have some variety. Heaven sounds like a really lonely place, and besides, I don't think that anyone really likes family reunions, especially under the omniscient eye of God. I can just see myself thinking "I'd like to get the — —out of here," and God looking down on me and saying "Now Leary, do not use the name of the Lord in vain."

Now think about Hell. I see a crowded place with ugly, sweaty people bumping into

me. I picture violence, sex, and drugs. It's a place where anything goes; there's no control over anything in a savage, wild place. I picture myself turning around to see the grammar school bully who beat me up grinning in my face and exploding with diabolical laughter.

After that outburst, he becomes enraged and says that classic buUy line "What are you lookin' at?"

I don't like to have to pick Heaven or Hell.

So what kind of place would I like? I guess some place in between. Hey wait, that sounds like earth. If you received SI million dollars on your income tax return, what would you do? Everybody hkes goodness and justice, but tell me you would declare the mistake. If you would, I'd laugh. We need conu-ol and order in our lives. If everyone ran around murdering people, the world would be in chaos. We do need someone (in this case God) teUing us not to have sex before marriage. Otherwise, the world would be overflowing with kids. ' HeU is the absence of control. There are some good points to being bad too. Noone can be perfect. People have to loosen up once in a while. Alcohol is bad when it's used too often, but tell me that at the end of a long, hard week

M-Club initiation defended

by Ro Wietecha I was asked the other day,"Why have MClub initiations?" Now as president of this organization, I guess it falls on me to answer this question.

The charge has been made that the initiation processes of M-Club are unnecessary, that most other letterman's clubs no longer have them at neighboring schools, and most of all that the dresses the guys wear are degrading to women.

Now I can appreciate these arguments, especially in light of the lack of constructive activities of the club in the past few years.It might seem unnecessary to have an extensive initiation process if those participating do nothing for the school in return, but 1 think those who feel the dresses are degrading are a minority, and since when have minorities openly made the decisions in America?

Furthermore, the act of cross-dressing dates back to before Shakespeare, when men played women on stage. Are you going to say that Shakespeare degraded women in every female character he wrote just because women weren't allowed on stage by society?

Just as he was not a misogynist (womanhater), we aren't trying to degrade women by dressing guys up in skirts to have a tew laughs.

Well, in defense, I would like to point out a few of the "good" aspects of initiation as well as point out why Maine South should have it First, all of the people 1 have talked to about it have expressed that they like it, mostly because there is nothing else like it anywhere in the school, and because of tradition. Everyone likes tradition, and while new traditions can be started, in this case, an absence of initiation wouldn't really be a tradition, but a lack of tradition.

Talking to other students, I have met with overwhelming support, even from students involved in other disciplines in the school, which means that it is not just enjoyed by the athletes participating in it The purpose of tlie M-Club as written in its constitution are as follows: To encourage good sportsmanship To create a better relationship between athletes To promote self-initiative To increase student interest and school spirit Initiation certainly encourages good sportsmanship, for you must have a lot of good humor to go through it, but it also shows the rest of the school that athletes are truly continued on page 3

you've never felt like getting bombed out of your skull. Tell me you've felt any remorse for beating up your brother or sister after they had been bugging you all day. Tell me you've never thought of engaging in a long, wild, savage moment of passion with the sexiest girl/guy on earth. Violence, drugs, sex and all other vices do need to be controlled, but you need evil once in a while to keep your sanity.

Religion is a means of answering natural phenomena (such as thunder, earthquakes, etc.), but more importantly it is a way to keep people under control. Heaven and piety have a lot to offer, but so does hell. You get the best of both worlds right here on earth. You can work your butt off and do well in school, but still loosen up and party on the weekends. You can lend a friend money but still copy their homework. Everybody hates getting in fights with their parents and friends, but wouldn't life be boring witliout a little conflict? So don't always feel guilty about others' feelings.

You've got a long way to go before you get to Heaven or Hell, so enjoy your time here on earth. You just might realize you're akeady in paradise. s^^

Letter to editor I really enjoy Southwards. It's usually well-written, informative, and creative, but I must take exception with the article written by Bill Zoellner critiquing the movie "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Meyers."

The movie received scathing reviews from every credible critic across the nation. Someone who praises a movie of such quality, or should I say lack of it, has no business questioning the intelligence of "any sophomore."

—Amy Huser '91 Southwords welcomes letters to the editor on any subject and invites the student body and staffofMaine South to use this newspaper as a forum for public opinion. Alt letters must be signed; no anonymous submission will be consideredfor publication. Letters may be delivered to the Southwords office (V130) or given to any of the editors.

The opinions expressed on thecommentarypages o/Southwords belong to the writer alone, and are not necessarily those of the editors or staff.

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Setting the feminist record straight

by Steve DeCherrie In the beginning there was nothing. Then God created man. He soon realized, however, that there was too much work to do around the houseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so then he created woman. She was not a separate creation though, but a subcreation, coming from the rib of man. As we can see, the order was established right from the beginning by God himself: men are totally and undeniably superior to women.

Throughout history, the role of woman has been very obvious. Their place was always in the kitchen, with the main purpose in their Uves being to have children. The man was like the sunâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the woman but a planet in his orbit.

One day, however, some female got the idea that she really wasn't happy with her role in society, and decided she wanted to change.

How did she change, one might ask? She became more like man, of course. Soon women were wearing pants, smoking cigarettes, and even trying to earn money, all of which were supposed to be reserved for men.

What these changes served to accomplish though, was to help women wreak further havoc on earth. Looking through history, we see females like Joan of Arc, a heretic who was burned at the stake, or Imelda Marcos, who wasted millions of poor Filipinos' dollars to buy shoes. There was Ethel Rosenburg, who passed American atomic secrets to the Soviets, and Eve, who unleashed all the evil that there is onto the earth. The women's movement went so far as to call for "history" to be changed to "herstory," just to make life a little more fair.

Acts such as this have prompted sayings to

surface like,'The only good feminist is a dead feminist," and "The only women's movement should be in the kitchen or in bed." Women's rights advocates even went so far as to demand the right to vote, thus increasing the number of good-looking men holding pubUc office dramatically.

This inherent female inferiority is not just apparent when looking at the past, however.

Observing today's society, we can see countless examples of just how this inferiority is manifested. In most "modem" careers, one can see a definite trend in "male" jobs as opposed to "female" jobs. For example, doctors are male and nurses are female. When it comes to being a waitress, women may be talented, but when it comes to leading society, they just don't have what it takes. Women even think they deserve the same pay as men, but if women can't perform as well, why should they receive as much. The only thing women have been doing longer and better than men is pnx}stitution.

Taking a closer look, the physical shortcomings of women become evident, too. First of all, it's obvious that women were not built for physical prowess, made only to be protected and^ watched. It follows that women should reserve sports, especially professional sports, to the male. Women playing basketball? A famous Maine South runningback once said, appropriately,"Women are for weaving baskets, not shooting them."

Even though it seems that many women have had trouble recognizing their limits, most men see it right away (Alan Alda not withstanding). Gregg Coomer, a Maine South senior, perceptively noted this.

"I think we all know deep down inside that the only ability women have to contribute to society is in their domestic roles. This is due to the fact that they lack the intellectual ability of men, and even though they are able to acquire many of the same educational titles as men, the science, literature, and art produced by women will forever lack true genius."

Another senior, Aaron Butcher, wisely commented that, "The only good woman is the one who accepts her inferiority and the fact that she is only a tool for a man's whims."

Such wisdom is not just present here within our own walls though, for many geniuses of our worid have come to the same conclusions.

The renowned philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau once said: "Woman was designed so that she would submit to men." In the play Othello, William Shakespeare perhaps put it best when, through the female role of Emilia, he said: "Tis not a year or two shows us a man: They are all but stomaches and we all but food; They eat us hungerly, and when they are full They belch us.

Since the debate about superiority is relatively recent comi)ared to the amount of time mankind has been around, there's no reason to believe that this discrepancy will soon end.

Women can be very stubborn. Only once the natural order of things is again accepted will men and women get along as before.

This article will certainly provoke letters from half-witted feminists, so until the time that you are able to read this, I'll reserve my opinionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and just stick to telling it like it is.

Defense for M-club initiation, continued continued from page 2

good sports about most things. Not only are the various athletes closer (yes, even football and soccer...well, maybe not that much closer), but the whole school gets a kick out of seeing that the "jocks" do have senses of humor and humility.

Initiation by its very name inplies the presence of self-initiative, and besides the fact that going for M-Club takes initiative, those already in M-Club need to have creativity to think of things to put the incoming members through. ^ As to why not have M-Club like other P^;hools' letterman's clubs, I think that the initiation helps make MS unique and helps make the school better. In response to what MClub will do for the school, over and above the school spirit, this year M-Club is co-hosting.

with the Varsity Club, a dance on Da;ember 9th after the badcetball game, that I urge all of you to attend to show your support for MClub, especially its initiation.

All proceeds from the dance will be donated to charity (student council isn't the only one who can do that). In addition, the annual M-Club/faculty games are a good promotion of school spirit, even though in past years a lack of support from the M-Club members (which I hope to change) resulted in less spirit and more spit I also plan to work for more acdvities in school, such as an inu'amural-like Olympiad later in the year, a volunteer Hawk Spirit committee (a.k.a. the "Rowdies") to support all sports, especially the ones the cheerleaders attend, and more fundraisers, Uke car washes, etc. (no, no candy sales, sorry).

There is even talk of cooperation between students and administration for planning the drug/alcohol program for athletes, and I would advocate M-Club assistance to the administration, seeing as we are the athletes for whom these programs are supposed to help stay drug free.

Initiation is important for these ideas because they require motivated people, and initiation would weed out unmotivated people and get more involved the people in the school who would work for these activities.

I would just like to reemphasize that I think the uniqueness of initiation is why it should be preserved. The intangibles are what make a school better than other schools, not just ACT and SAT scores, but the total environment, creating a friendly aunosphere in the school, through activities such as M-Club initiations.

Fantasy is only a di^ljaway byjenn Ohchger "1-900-202-0202," chimes a young girl.

This jingle belongs to just one of many everpopular party lines which have found their place in the eighties.

The reason for their success? Phones have become an answer for AIDS-free, safe sex, stay-at-home "dating." It gives those who don't feel quite attractive or popular enough a chance to become anything they want with guaranteed anonymity. They cater to people who are desperate to talk, joke, flirt, vent, and even shock. According to Glamour magazine, party lines have become a modem day marketplace for human exchange.

The whole thing is really simple. You dial an eleven-digit number, listen to a recorded message describing the rules and costs, and before you know it you have spent one hour and sixty dollars with total strangers.

Party lines started popping up in 1984 shortly after the first American party line was introduced on Long Island. Soon after, ads were found in newspapers, late night TV, Spanish-language comic books, and even better matchbook covers, according to Rolling Stone.

Each line has a "monitor," usually female, who acts as a host/hostess. They have the power to eliminate obscene callers, switch bored callers to a new group, and, upon request, switch two interested people to a private line. Some services now even hire a woman who "hangs out on the phone, posing

•-•c.gyas aripe-for-the-pickingparty liner. There is simply no better way to keep the male callers . . . hanging on," says Charles Leerhsen of Rolling Stone.

Since their introduction, the party lines have spawned about twelve marriages and thousands of thank-you letters. Some of the larger, more popular lines have even held caller picnics and get-togethers.

The fees for party lines vary as much as the types of lines. The tolls can range anywhere from twelve to thirty cents for thefirstminute, according to Newsweek, to two dollars a minute for thefirstthree minutes. The variety of lines is just as broad.

"Across the country, the conversational options include Gab line, Phone-A-Friend,' Teen line. Date line. Sports talk. Rock and Roll line, Santa Claus talk line, and TeleFriend to name a few. In Washington D.C., there is even a Bitch Une," says Michael Small of People magazine. There are lines to pique everyone's interest: GABB, BLAB, DATE, GOGO, SOUL, Rapline, and more. There are even lines aimed toward gays, blacks, and soap and trivia fans.

The biggest problem facing party lines is overpopularity. Although the phone companies have no qualms about this idea, not everyone on the receiving end is thrilled. Many parents object to the soft-core party lines in which callers share their sexual fantasies, according to People magazine.

The lines are beginning to replace shopping malls as a hangout for teenagers. Teens find this a way to meet new people; parents of these costly kids see otherwise. Some parents have gone so far as to install pay telephones in their homes for their children to use, to see to it that phone bills won't get out of hand.

Thanks to Luis Bravo, the inventor of the party line concept, addicted callers receive bills up to five and six thousand dollars a month. Because of the outrageous phone bills teens unconsciously rack up while gabbing for hours, many phone companies will now "forgive" thefirstbill. "In response to parental complaints, some states now also block

. . . addicted callers receive bills up to five and six thousand dollars a month.

access to the lines upon request without charge," states Jean Seligmann oiNewsweek.

Within a three-month period, Cincinatti Bell forgave $274,000 in charges. Hill of Cincinatti Bell has petitioned the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for the termination of "group bridging services" as the phone companies call them. "We were one of the first companies to get into this, and we want to be one of the first to get out," says Hill.

America isn't the only country with party lines. Many countries have introduced this idea. In France, this concept of party line relationships has really caught on.

France alone has more than five thousand services similar to our 900 services. They range from the familiar shop-at-home lines, selling used cars, wines, and even houses, to their unique version of the party line.

In 1981, the French government began distributing Minitel Computer Terminals to three million homes in France. These terminals are free of charge. The public was given a choice of a printed phone book or a Minitel which accesses the French National Directory System containing twenty-six million listings. It is through these terminals that the French communicate on their party lines.

The chat lines are very popular, especially among older men in France. Advertising is a key to these talk lines. The ratherrisqueads, which can be found hanging on buildings in the larger cities in France, really pique interest in the predominately female-named services.

However, not all lines are aimed toward males.

Unlike our usual ten people, 250 people can be connected to one line. One big difference is that yourfingersdo the talking; all the talking is done through the terminal. Only one message can be viewed, replied to, and sent at e time. Although this sounds expensive, # : fcause it is more time-consuming, a oneTiour conversation totals only six dollars.

If all circuits are filled, each circuit can peak at $1,500 an hour. On the average, one line could bring in close to $2,555,000 a year.

Conversations on the Minitel are a little more obscene than those on the party lines in the U.S. This happens because there is no way to control the conversations, and no one can be terminated until they sign themselves off. But each individual can eliminate an obscene "caller" simply by not replying.

American party lines may not be as advanced as those in France, but with America's III Paris, the sexy nature of French party lines is constantly advancing technology, someday evident from the type of advertising found on the U.S. might have a similar version. most busy streets.

BOY: You sound pretty. Do you want to get a private line?

GIRL: Okay . . . Operator, we want a private line.

Welcome to the worid of "push-button pleasures and dial-tone dreams."

A smorgasbord of 1-900 numbers The numbers listed below are just a few of the many which are offered for anywhere from 85 cents to two dollars for the first minute.

Other lines include adult literature or conversation, and even a confession line allowing callers to confess sins or crimes anonymously or even to listen to the confessions of others.

210-2695—NFL Property 720-0050—Recording Sports 410-7627—Soap Opera Update 660-6666—Woody Woodpecker 490-3000—Play Pic Phone Sports 660-4257—Lady Wrestlers 660-3733—Freddy Krueger 660-4386—Children's Fairy Tales 909-2233—Tooth Fairy 490-2732—Horror Stories

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F r e s h G y e S I the chronicles of Derek Frapp ^ Episode five—the dance

by Frank Stokes I laid on my bed and stared at my alarm clock. It was 6:15. In forty-five minutes the most hellish night of my life would begin. In forty-five minutes I was going to my first high school dance.

With my biology teacher.

Miss Candi Coted. What a stupid name! I leaned over and kicked the wall in anger. That didn't help much. Things couldn't be worse.

"I bought your suit!" my mother said, coming in. I looked at it Okay, maybe they could.

The suit was striped lime-green and pink with ten-inch wide lapels and bell bottoms. It looked like a giant watermelon stick.

That did it. Now I was sure to be the laughingstock of the school. There was no use complaining about the suit to my mom. I would get fiuther calling up a number at random on the phone and complaining to whoever answers.

Just as I got out of the bathroom, the doorbell rang. I opened it In the doorway stood Miss Candi Coted in the most hideous dress I've ever seen. It was chartruese with stupid little salmon bows running down the sides. It was also about four sizes too small.

"Hello Miss Coted."

"Call me Candi," she said, tipping her bonnet a little to one side. "How do I look?"

I wanted to throw up. "Fine, Miss Coted."

"Thanks," she said, batting her eye lashes.

She's always doing that. The whole world must look like one long 1920's film to her.

When we arrived at the dance there were already a lot of people there. Scab walked by with a girl in a black dress. Scab had on his jean jacket.

Then I saw the girl I wanted to go with to the dance with. I couldn't believe it! She was with Hank Vandespeer, my partner in Gym class!

"Derek, lovely to see you," he said, giggling through his nose. He was grinning disgustingly from ear to ear. "This is Amanda.

Where's your date, ya big hunk?"

"Oh...uh..."

"Right here!" Miss Coted exclaimed joyfully.

"Oh...uh...ril see ya..." said Hank, not really trying not to laugh. As he walked away with Amanda I could hear him break out in loud nasal guffaws.

"Aim right, quiet down!"

Mr. Crinkley stood on the band stage in front of the mike in a mustard-colored suit "AIUII right.." he was screaming.

There was no change in the noise level.

"Uh...the band is coming ouL..uh...okay, thank you." Hestepped down off the platform.

Then the dance floor became silent as three of the strangest looking men I have ever seen came out on stage. They were all dressed in leather and chains with massive amouts if hair sticking out in all directions, except for the lead singer. He was bald.

"Good evening," he said into the mike.

"We're the Barfing Cheeseheads!" The students all whistled and clapped. Somewhere, I could hear Scab screaming, "YEAH! YEAH!!!!" Then they began to play a song called "Beat Me With a Dead Fish."

"Oooh! Let's dance!" cried Miss Coted.

"Uh...sure..." I said. I'd given up. There was no way out We went out into the crowd and she started to do some pathetic version of the twist. I just sort of stood there. Then I saw Scab dancing, if that's what you'd call it, a few feet away. "Uh, could you excuse me for a second?"

"Oh, sure," she said.

I walked over to Scab and looked back to make sure she wasn't watching. "Scab, you've gotta help me."

"What is it, dude?" Scab asked without stopping the bizarre dance he was doing.

"I'm stuck here with my biology teacher.

She thought I sent a note to her that was to

someone else, and she said yes, and—oh, is there anything you can do to help me?"

"Done," he said, beating his head with his fist. I stood there for a few seconds, but he didn't say anything else. A bit confused, I walked back to Miss Coted.

"C'mon, dance!" she squealed at me. I began to move my feet back and forth a bit, thoroughly humiliated. Miss Coted bounced around like Tinkerbell at a hard rock concert.

Just then, I heard Scab's voice from behind me.

"SLAMDANCE!!!" The next thing I knew I was knocked six feet throught the air by what felt like a Mack truck. It was Scab. Just as I gained my senses, he threw himself at me again. The impact sent me flying at least ten feet away.

Some other kids began to do it, too. Soon everyone was jumping up and colliding with each other. I made my way through the crowd to the side wall. Five minutes later, I broke through and sat down on a bench, exhausted.

Miss Coted was nowhere in sight.

Then I noticed who was sitting next to me.

It was Amanda. She looked at me and smiled.

"Where's Miss Coted?" she asked. I shrugged.

"Where's Hank?" «|^ She frowned. "I'm not sure....The first ^ r minute I was dancing with him, and then some huge kid in a jean jacket ran into him and I never saw him again."

"Oh...."

"Yeah...." She paused and looked away.

"I, uh...." I tried to brace myself for the response. "Do you want to dance with me?"

She looked up. "Sure," she said and smiled.

"Uh, great!" I said, somewhat surprised.

I didn't see Miss Coted again for the rest of the evening. Or Hank, or Scab. I danced the rest of the night with Amanda.

That was one of the best times of my life.

From then on, every time I heard a song with an air of romance to it, I felt a deep sense of gratitude for Scab. Or, at least every lime 1 heard "Beat Me With a Dead Fish." ; i I f I I I \

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The hottest non-sport at South Saved by Jasek! Jasek slides it out to Drogoz...Drogoz skates across the blue line...pass to Thein...Thein centers it to Lesnweski...slapshot...GOAL!!!

For over half of the time Maine South has existed there has been a hockey team calling itself the "Maine South" hockey team. This year's team, coached by Maine South alumni Mike Siffermann and assistant Bob Berleth, is no exception. The 1988-1989 varsity hockey team is led by captains Tom Thein and Craig Drogoz. Other key players who have helped the varsity get off to a sensational 4-01 start include Mike Lesnewski, Tim Connor, goalie Jasek and Anderson.

Leading the successful J V team are Auggie Bergemon, Mike Steinhauser, and Jason Blelzinger. The Junior Varsity is also coached by a pair of Maine South alumni, Dave Hadawi and Bob Berleth. All four hockey coaches played hockey for Maine South, and Mike Siffermann went on to play for the UIC team.

Due to the hockey players' efforts to publicize their sport, fans have been coming out to support the hockey team, whose home games held almost every Sunday at Oakton Ice Arena, 8:00 p.m. The hockey team would like to see more fans. After all, hockey is "the fastest moving, most action-packed sport at Maine South," according to one player.

Not only has hockey been a popular sport, but hockey has also been a controversial sport at Maine South. The hockey team is just as dedicated as any other team at Maine South, but hockey is not officially recognized as a Maine South sport. Maine South does not even recognize the players as the "Maine South hockey club."

"We reviewed the situation last year...after that review we determined it was not in our best interest to recognize them," slated Dr. Cachur when asked about the hockey team.

Dr. Cachur went on to explain that major concerns of the district regarding hockey included supervision, liability, and cost.

"Hockey is a very expensive sport, ice time is expensive," Dr. Cachur added.

However, the hockey team does not want to be recognized as a Maine South sport. Mike Siffermann, varsity head coach, summed up the team's feelings when he said, "We don't want money, or even to be recognized as a We would like to be recognized as the ^ p sport. oi fP>ckey club of Maine South. But most of all, we want the respect we deserve."

Coach Siffermann agreed that hockey is an unusually expensive sport Ice time is S110 an hour, equipment can run up to one thousand dollars a player, and insurance is incredibly

Shrouded in controversy, the 'Maine South Hockey Club' has long been a favorite of fans, yet has not received the official recognition it would like.

high. But the team doesn't want money for ice time, insurance, or equipment. The team wants to be recognized, to be respected, and to be publicized by Maine South.

Senior captain Tom Thein speaks for the team when he said, "Right now, all we want is to be in the yearbook, the sports report, things like that. We want to be known as 'Maine South hockey.'"

Dr. Cachur stated that their legal counsel told the district that once the district recog-

-Faculty 25 years ago

Who is it?

This issue's mystery faculty member was just a baby when Maine South opened 25 years ago. Although bom in Chicago, he later moved and attended Ramsey High School in West Chester, New Jersey.

He is active with the Science Olympiad, which gives him something to think about during those long cross country meets.

Now in his third year at Maine South, he was awarded tenure this year.

Hintâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;His famous cousin Dan is a runner, too.

Last issue's mystery faculty member was Mrs. Pat Schrciber.

nizes the team, even as a club, then insurance, expense, and liability might be incurred. For this reason, and "a number of other isssues," the administrators feel recognizing the hockey team would not be in the best interest of Maine South.

The hockey leiim can do little to improve their chances of school recognition, but can only wait until the administration decides recognizing hockey is in the school's best interest.

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The fall of '88—a classic season In the annals of Maine South sports, there have been good seasons and seasons which were not so good. But by any measuring stick, the fall of 1988 was a classic, with several sports capturing conference and regional titles, featuring some of the most talented individual athletes ever to compete at South.

Cecchin, Matt Duda, Doug Briles, Mark Hageli, and Sean Barry. Coach Hopkins is obviously proud of his team, saying, "Our seniors showed remarkable character in achieving not only a conference championship, but in turning in their first winning season. With great support from the junior class, this team was a wonderful and talented Girls' cross country group of young men."

The girls' cross country team ended their Tennis successful season with a first place finish in conference, a first in regionals, a fifth in The girls' tennis team had a tough season sectionals, and a tenth in state. The team was against some of the best teams in the state. led by co-captains Laurie Anderson, Krista Coach Les Kent led the team to a 5-8 record, Heitzman, and Karen Walker. Along with the and winning the Maine West triangular. With co-captains, Rachel Kelleher, Sue Crawford, Emina Zvizdich, Kelly Gill, Kris Pugliani, and Mary Michal were named all-conference. and Jen Kaleta, the team steadily improved Laurie Anderson also received all-state hon- throughout the season. According to Coach ors.

Kent, "Having lost several key seniors from the 87-88 year, this was a building year. We Boys' cross country Paced by MVP Todd Lilleberg, the boys' accompUshed this beyond my expectations. cross-country team had a good season. The Even with some key injuries, the girls' tennis season was highlighted by a third place team team was very competitive." finish at the Homewood/Flossmoor Invitational, as well as the individual success of Swimming Lilleberg who was first in conference and Swimming coach Dawn Butler has comundefeated all season. Coach Bill Drennan is pleted her last season as coach of the girls' optimistic of the team's future: "Our varsity varsity team. After 25 years. Coach Butler conference champion Todd Lilleberg along will be leaving Maine South. Her team did with sophomore conference champion Pete their best to make her last year here her best.

Gayford, and second place frosh individual The team placed first at the six-team Maine Mark Wynne along with several other return- South Invitational for the first time in six ers make next year look very promising." years, and had many medalists in both conference and sectional meets. Cathy Bilson won Football Coach Phil Hopkins and the football team three medals in each of the two meets and was completed their winning season with a record named all-conference. Tahira Alag won a of 8-3 and a share of the conference title. High medal at conference and three at sectionals, points for the team were the defeats against including third place in the 50-yard freestyle.

Deerfield, New Trier, and Glenbrook South. 'The team is the most dedicated group of The team also advanced to the second round swimmers I have coached in my 15-year caof state play-offs with support from George reer at Maine South," said Coach Butler.

At the sectional meet at Schaumburg, the Ogorek, Anders Thorson, Bob Milka, John

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medley relay team of Lee Kuehn, Mary Hannah, Tanya Dayton, and Beth DuB rock placed third. Cathy Bilson placed third in the 200 yard freestyle, Greta Malten came in fifth in the 200 yard IM, Kristina Algminas placed fifth in the 100 yard backstroke, and Tahira Alag placed third andfifthin the 50 yard and 100 yard freestyle, respectively. Tahira Alag, Greta Malten, Kristina Algminas, and Cathy Bilson came in fifth in the 400 yard freetyle relay.

Volleyball The girls' volleyball team won both conference and regional championships for the first time in nearly a decade. With a record of 26-12, the team led by coach George Sherman greatly improved last year's 2-8 conference record to 9-1 this year. Co-captains Janet Johnson, Denise Dohr, and Cheryl Roma, all three named all-conference, showed great leadership to the team. "The kids finally blended to become a true team," said Coach Sherman, "coming back time and time again to win matches."

All in all, it was a fall season to be remembered, a season which began Maine South's 25th anniversary year on a positive note ^"(.^j^ set the pace for seasons to come. ^^

Wrestling set to go Over recent weeks, the wrestling team has been preparing for the upcoming 1988-1989 season.

The team is unsure, due to his indefinite leave of absense, whether head coach Tom Ziemek will return to coach the team this year.

Last year's freshman coach. Bob Coniglio, will not return to coach, due to his recent job change. Mr. Kolar, an experienced wrestling coach, will be taking over as coach of the freshman wrestlers.

The team has a mixed outlook for the 19881989 season, according to coach Dennis McCann. As Mr McCann put it, "We have some really good individuals, but I'm concerned about the numbers of people on the team."

The problem is not a new one for Maine South wrestling. Over the past several years, the Hawks lost several meets due to forfeits, while those who wrestled were winning their matches.

Outstanding senior Jim Jacobucci, a three year varsity letterman for the Hawks, shou^^j^ lead the team this year. Other returning wre.^^ tiers for the varsity squad are heavyweight Mark Hageli, middle weights Chris Komo and Malt Golliet, and the Morandi brothers in the lower weights.