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Inside this issue Names of National Merit Scholar Governmental art critics? Semifinalists to be announced today -Commentary, page 2 Maine South teaciier becomes Oxford student -Features, page 4 Denmark welcomes two MS students through AFS -Features, page 5 Some important dates for upcoming college tests -News, page 6 'it went away, but now It's back-~Coed PE class -Sports, page 8
Today the name of the National Merit Semifinalists will be released, ending the year-long process of selecting the best academic students from around the country. They all took the 1988 PSAT/NMSQTas juniors last year, and out of the more than one million students who took it, only fifteen thousand students were selected. That figure represents only one-half of one percent of the senior class! To make it as semifinalists, the students must have had a total score of aboutl95 or above on the PS AT, which is two times the verbal score plus the math score. The semifinalists at Maine South, the number of which usually stays around four orfive,are all recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program. The names of the semifinalist are sent to four-year U.S. universities and colleges which helps to expand the educational opportunities for the semifinalists. However, before the semifinalists can be considered for any scholarships from the Merit Program, they will receive an application stating the requirements needed to make it asfinalists.The names of thefinalistsare released in February, and all of them will receive a Certificate of Merit.
Of the ninety percent of the semifinalists who make it to finalists about forty percent of the them will receive some kind of scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Program and their sponsors. The finalists must send in a self-description and a list of academic and extracurricular accomplishments. Along with that, the scholarships will be offered on a state representational basis. That is, the Program will see what percent of the country's PSAT's were taken in Illinois and will award scholarships in Illinois accordingly. The scholarships come in many different forms, one of which is the $2000 National Merit Scholarship which will be considered for about 1,800 of the finalists. The other scholarships are in the form of corporatesponsored scholarships or scholarships provided by colleges and universities. The students may only be offered one of the different scholarships, and all money received must be used on undergraduate educational expenses in a United States college or university. All in all, over twenty-three million dollars worth of scholarships will be offered to the potential college students.
LLC.A. comes to Maine South As one walks down the back hallway and C-129 comes into view, the initials L.l.C.A.popup.L.I.C.A.? Yes, L.I.C.A. It stands for Low Incidence Cooperative Agreement and is a cooperative which is under contract to the Northern Suburban Special Education District, and provides the Regional Hearing Impau-ed Program for all children within the forty-eight districts it encompasses. Incidentally, L.I.C.A, a federally funded program which provides classes for hearing impaired youths, is not an employee of the district, so they must rent the rooms at Maine South. The headquarters of L.I.C.A., which have been stationed at Maine West for ^hree years, have just recently moved into Pv^aine South and will begin testing heanng impaired youths very soon. The L.I.C.A. offices contain two rooms of equipment which the two audiologists use to test how badly a student's hearing is impaired. If a
heiiring aid could be helpful, the audiologists recommend one, and later on they check to see how well the hearing aids are working. The audiologists also test how the students hear sounds because many times the input a hearing impaired student hears is garbled. Also working in the L.I.C.A. offices are psychologists and social workers. These people, all of whom know how to use sign language, work with the hearing impaired students, hoping to help the students with any problems they may encounter. Afterfindingout that a student is hearing impaired, the workers test to see if the child needs special classes, otherwise they can stay in their regular classes. If a student can function in a regular class, they may be allowed to lake the regular classes while an interpreter, provided free of charge by the state, interprets whatever is being said in the class, and interprets any of the student's questions for the teachers. However, if any of the
children can not productively work in a normal class with an interpreter, they are placed in special classes for the hearing impaired. However, only about one student in a thousand needs to take these special classes, giving the name Low Incidence Cooperative Agreement to this public service. The classes for the hearing impaired, placed in schools in Highland Park, Mt. Prospect, and Arlington Heights, cover the basic subjects but are taught in a way that makes it a lot easier for the students to understand what is being discussed. The classes, which consist of no more than two hundred children, are taught by teachers who are trained in teaching hearing impaired youths. These classes, taught by about thirty teachers, emphasize speech and language skills while teaching the students their normal subjects. Therefore, while the name L.I.C.A. is not commonly recognized throughout this district, they provide essential services for many students.
Q ommentary
Art critics in tiie government? by Matt Krause My average Sunday consists of going to church, reading the Sunday comics, resting(for Sabbath, of course), and doing the homework that has been waiting on my desk all weekend. The last two items don't quite fit together well, but nothing can be compared to homework. Come to think of it, HELL comes pretty close. My favorite of these Sunday rituals is reading the S unday comics, which fill me in on the major news stories contained in the rest of the paper. A particular strip, "Shoe", broke my funny bone and brought up a good point. The setting is a press conference with a politician who is wearing a very tacky suit. He is complaining about a painting someone made of him wearing lingerie, and how this "so-called art" should be heavily discour-
aged. One reporter remarks to Shoe that "Guys in suits like this are deciding what's good art". Well,...! guess you had to be there. In response to "artwork" made by some students in the past year, such as the display of the flag lying on the ground, many politicians and artists have been quarreling among themselves over the issue of passing a law to restrict these unpatriotic activities. When I heard of this, it sounded to me like a law to abolish the first amendment. I'm not saying that I agree with whatever crazy ideas these artists have on their minds, but they have a right to express their opinions freely. If I see some Americans burning a flag on the news, I get upset because I have SOME pride in this country, but I still disagree with the idea of prosecuting people because they
Preparing for homecoming by Joelle Busby Well, the third week of school is over! We've gotten through the initial stages of starting school: denial, anger, and (sigh) acceptance, which, oddly enough, are the same stages of accepting death. This is the time when the homework is at full swing, the tan fades, and the social life is put on hold. You may be wondering,"Now what? Is there life after studying?" I'm talking about those of you who actually study at the library, not those who use it as an excuse to hang out atTCBY. Have no fear, because before you know it, it's time for Homecoming, a nice break from the everyday routine at school! Unfortunately , the problem of asking or being asked to
Homecoming is always there, and, along with this, is the ever-feared thought of REJECTION!! I' ve compiled a list of some helpful hints to keep in mind when asking that special guy or girl, for some of the new, unexperienced students (otherwise known as Freshman). 1 .Be subtle. For example: mabye a rose by his or her locker, a note, or a simple phone call. (IMPORTANT: Even if his or her father answers, DO NOT hang up! He cannot physically harm you over the phone!) 2.Never ask him or her while standing in the cafeteria line. People don't find this particularly romantic.."Could you please pass methebeefsticks,and...uh...doyouwanttogo
speak up for or against something. That sounds like China; a man speaks out against the Communist government on the ABC News, and the next day he is thrown in prison. When it comes down to evaluating the quality of some of these art pieces, I can't say much. I may see a "modern art" painting that is considered to be a masterpiece, but it looks to me as if the artist ran out of tissue and used the canvas instead. But I do know that a painting of Harold Washington in women's underwear doesn't rank up there with the Mona Lisa on the Hst of favorite paintings. It's simply the way people wish to express their feelings, however demented they may be. I think that the United States government has more important things to do than judge the moral value of paintings. Areas such as banning Brady Bunch reruns have been lacking the attention they truly deserve, and then, if they have time, there's always the ever-expanding national debt. Butfirstthings first!
The Uptown scene by Natalie Kuehn and Elizabeth Buckley Yes, we know there is "oh so much to do^ in Action Ridge, and frequenters of the police infested uptown area are proof. Let's just think about that for a second. The excitmcnt, the tension, the thrills, the ecstasy, the elation, the pure reveky of hanging out behind Pickwick in the euphemism for a back alley— "The Uptown Court." (Ooooh!) And for those of you under the age of 17, the streeUights being turned on means "lights out" for you. Bedtime for the Park Ridgian youth is 9:30. Yes, I can legally drive a car, continued on page 3
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Two great crimes for one low price by Dave Saavedra Crime in America—Some of it's pretty funny, "as long as it doesn't happen to me." Some of the biggest laughs I get are from our own Park Ridge Herald and Advocate. No, this isn't the Comic section. It'scalled "Police Reports", and is usually located near the front of both papers. Go see for yourself. Do it! Do it now! One article about "theft" involved two "Domino's Pizza delivery men."(PORTIONS QUOTED ARE USED WITHout PERMISSION). The first victim was delivering pizza to a rather dark home. As the driver, who never carries more than S20, approached the home's shrub-shrouded staircase via "the walk", two unidentified men SPRANG from under the hedges and ambushed the guy. He made out with some chick, and also made out with not one, but TWO— count 'em—dos pizzas! It just goes without saying that it goes without saying that the customers were furious and vowed to forever boycott all pizzas that tasted like rubbery plastic. This is not to say, however, that the family boycotted Domino's [Pizza] specifically. This is to say that the family boycotted Domino's [Pizza]
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drop out ofschool, and work for a living, but I can't get TCBY after 9:30 PM without breaking the law. And then there's the pickwick theatre, which is now showing, we think, the first running of Star Wars. By the time a movie gets to the Pickwick, Blockbuster has had it for about a year. Whatever happened to Officer Friend[y ? I think nowadays every man and woman on the police force has it out for the devious and delinquent youth who wanders, or should we say loiters, heaven forbid, in this unauthorized pinnacle of action. Our favorite is watching the groups of girls hide their smokes while smiling innocently at their parents friends who just walked out after seeing Star Wars. Aren't you cool? Yeah, man! Anyway, you dudes uptown who come out like the Maine South cockroaches after the sun goes down "have a BALL!" Have two. We're sure sorry we'll miss seeing you Uplowners tonight in that little foyer of the Pickwick making that vital phone call with a group of friends helping you. Let's hope they don't card you for smokes at the Pickwick, again. Oh no! Later with that, we know what's upand its not Uptown.
specifically. Now, let me tell you, my friend, this second driver dude was in a totally different scenario since he actually "exchanged words with the felons." (Notice how quotes make the story so much more seemingly real?) But because the event was soooo sly, soooo complex, and soooo silly, I am going to walk with you—talk with you—step by step and inch by inch (em's in Canada) so that you will completely understand. Comprehension guaranteed or no money back! Aren't you LUCKY? Okay, here's how it went: Envision, if you will—and you belter, another shrub-encased house with noooo lights on, noooo patrol cars patrolling, noooo watchful neighbors watching, no chirping crickets chirping, and noooo howling dogs howling, "Nooooooo!" Just a shadowy, dark, and enigmatic outline of a residence. A lone car with just two innocent
lights flickering out of the front end (a bumper in layman's terms) and a dimly lit "Domino's Pizza Delivers" sign strapped novicely to the warped mind—er, I mean roof. No, I don't. Yes I do! I'm schizophrenic. So am I! But as I was saying, as the lone auto pulls up to the curb, the lone auto pulls up to the curb. The driver, carrying a little more than $20-bul this time in American Express Travellers Cheques, mind you—slams the car door shut and proceeds up the "walk" again. Suddenly, he is confronted by two burlesque (ber lesk') men in lumberjack outfits. "Give us the pizza," they demanded, "we've got an axe in the bush!" "I've got an axe in my car, " the driver replied. And he gets in the car and drives away unmolested. It is not known whether or not the car was banged up from the huge blade, because axedents do happen.
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to Homecoming?" 3.Never have your best friend ask him or her, because he or she will end up with your date by the end of the night, and you'll end up with the bill. As you probably have noticed, these lips are NOTresu^icted to guys. So girls, I think it's time some of us made our move. We always make the guys do the asking. Come on, it's almost the 90's! No, brothers and second cousins do not count. I'm talking about the
6'3" blond-haired, blue-eyed, SINGLE babe who sits next to you in homeroom. Even the 5'3", brown-haired,"Gee, what a great personality" guy who stares at you in study. So you don't wear heels, at least your feet will be blister-free! I'm hoping that some of you girls will build up your confidence, and do the asking for a change. Oh,...by the way! For those 6'3", blondhaired, blue-eyed guys out there, I'm free October 2Ist!
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Teacher becomes Oxford s by Patton Feichter, Social Science teacher For three weeks this past summer, I was a student at Oxford University in England studying the British Monarchy since the time of Queen Victoria. I attended class and lived at Christ Church, one of the 35 colleges making up Oxford University. Christ Church is a college founded in the 16th century by Cardinal Wolsey and King Henry VIII. My dormitory room was a large damp room in the basement of the Old Library built in 1542. It is said to have been inhabited by a ghost. Fortunately, this ghost never appeared to me. My classes met five days a week from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. My instructor was a senior Oxford Don from Worcester College. He had been teaching at Oxford since the early 1950's and has written numerous books on British government and history. One of his specialties is Winston Churchill. He is one of the world's foremost experts on the subject. Classes are very small. My class had only six students. During the regular school year, my instructor will work with no more than two students per class. Instruction is by the tutorial method which is traditional with Oxford. The instructor is called a tutor. Students must prepare written essays on a regular basis, present them in class, and then be subjected to criticism by other students and the tutor. All classes meet in the sitting room of the tutor. Students and their instructors develop a very close relationship. My tutor had taught quite a few famous persons in British society and many foreign students. Benizir Ali Bhutto, the current Prime Minister of Pakistan, is a former student of my tutor. In fact, while I was at Oxford, Mrs. Bhutto visited Oxford and had a private lunch with my tutor. While at Oxford, Prime Minister Bhutto was known as "Pinkie". To Prepare research papers for the class, we were given special permission to use the famous Bodleian Library. It is one of the largest libraries in the world possessing more than six million volumes. It is only a reading library—no books may be taken out. It has an extensive collection of rare manuscripts. To receive a special library card, the students in my class had to be sponsored by a tutor, attend an orientation, and swear an oath in front of four robed scholars not to damage any books. Christ Church is the best known of all Oxford colleges. At the entrance is the great Tom bell which rings 101 times every night to commemorate the 101 students who had to be back in their rooms by 9:00 PM every night.
The list of persons connected with Christ Church is impressive. Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, was a mathematics professor, and Alice was a real little girl who lived at Christ Church. ChristChurch has produced graduates such as John Locke, the great political philosopher; William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania; and John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist religion; as well as prime ministers of England and future kings such as Edward VII. The food at Christ Church was very typically British—bacon, eggs and sausage for breakfast, potatoes and more potatoes for lunch and dinner every day. Fish such as mackerel and salmon was common. There was very little beef. Pork and lamb were much more common. High cholesterol, high fat, and salty meals were the rule. Britain has one of the highest heart attack rates in the world. The pubs were a frequent gathering place in the evenings for students. A pint of lager, similar to American beer, or a pint of bitter, which is British beer, will be purchased and sipped slowly as students engage in great philosophical discussions. Just about everything in Oxford is very old by American standards. A pub isn't worth much unless it is 600 years old. New College ui Oxford was built in 1280. The Carfax
Tower in town was built in 1032. There axl older Roman ruins only a short distance from town. Religious controversy also has affected Oxford. In the reign of the Catholic monarchy, three well-known bishops were brought to Oxford and told to renounce their faith in the Angllican Church founded by Henry VIII. The three bishops refused and were burned at the stake in the center of town. There is a monument to this event in Oxford. Today, there is considerable anti-Catholic sentiment in England. In fact. Prince Charles could not become king if he had married a Catholic. All of our meals were eaten in the Great Hall of Christ Church. It is a most impressive place and a major tourist atu-action. Throughout the hall are huge portraits of famous people in history associated with Christ Church. At the far end in a place of honor are the portraits of Henry VIII, Cardinal Wolsey, and Queen Elizabeth I. This same hall was used by both King Charles I and Charles II for official duties. The summer program provided a variety of field trips. There were trips arranged to B a t h ^ the location of the ancient Roman baths, p l ^ ) ^ ^ to attend at Stratford upon Avon by the Royai^ Shakespearean Theater, or u-ips through quaint villages in the Cotswolds. Many of the students would catch a bus in the evening for the one-hour trip to London to see Les Miserables or Dustin Hoffman in Merchant of Venice. If this wasn't enough, there were several excellent museums in Oxford that had outstanding collections of everything from prehistory to modem paintings by such masters as Picasso or Monet. There were almost nightly concerts usually featuring music by Handel. Classic films were shown in the eveningsat the Ashmoleum Museum. There were also outstanding lectures given several afternoons at Christ Church. This experience was one of the most enjoyable and educational of my lifetime. If anyone is interested, I recommend Oxford for people of all ages. It has so much to offer. Certainly it will profit me for the rest of my life.
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Denmark visited by AFS students barriers in Denmark did not ex'It really was an expe- ist.Language ...nothing lilie living in Everybody spoke or at least understood because it's mandatory for at least a different culture..." rience of a lifetime..." English four years in school—either that or because
by Thadd Bringas "Roseanne" and "L.A. Law" are on every "Beg, borrow, steal, do anything you have Tuesday night with danish subtitles. to, just TRAVEL." For those of you who had The danes love to eat—especially their Enghsh III Ace, you know what I mean. widely known danish pasteries. some danish Those are famous last words of knowledge- customs for meals are very different than able English teacher Mrs. Johnson—and she ours—aquavite in the morning, black bread couldn't be more right! Who would think that for lunch, and a lot offish. Otherwise the food in the middle of Denmark you'd learn some- was mostly the same—cornflakes, hamburgthing about William Shakespeare? Just north ers, potato chips—although they 'ould not of Copenhagen in a city 20 minutes away comprehend the word marshmallow. They from Sweden, called Helsing0r, there lies the don't have chocolate chips, Jell-0, or peanut Kronborg castle where Shakespeare lived for butter, either. several years and wrote the play HamleL The I met a lot of friends there, not only the stage and scenery in the play are the actual other AFSers, but also the kids who lived rooms of this castle. (Maybe teachers' repeti- around my nieghborhood. They'd introduce tive comments do actually mean some- themselves—mostly to test out their Engthing...) lish—and later that week we'd go to the discoThis past summer Amy Biedron and I spent teques (kind of like their version of Medusa's, two months in Denmark along with 45 other only better for reasons I'm not allowed to American students and four other Icelandic print). girls. I think the two days of traveling was the Anyway, I know I had the lime of my life worst part. Orientation/Language camp was there, even though I did manage to pick up a ^nn—we learned to hold a knife and fork couple bits of trivia. Bits that I'd beable to talk ^Piropean style, to speak minimal Danish, and about for hours upon end. I did learn a lot even near all about Danish liberalism. July 1st we when I didn't expect to—hke when I'd go out left our camp to meet our host families. with my friends there. It really was an experiI lived on the southernmost tip of Sealland, ence of a lifetime that nothing could ever take the same island as Copenhagen in the city of away. Kalvehave. My host family was great—my mom, Olga, my dad, Paul Anton, my sister, Herdis, my brother, Finn, and their Dachsund, Aso. They took me everywhere! We went waterskiing at the harbor and sailing along the coast. We went to our summerhouse in Copenhagen for a week and camping on Bomh0lm for four days. They took me to see Germany for a day, Sweden for just under a week, and Italy for six and a half hours. The best part was going to Copenhagen on ihe Eurotrain since it was only an hour away. I'd usually meet the other american AFSers there and we'd spend the whole day there. The light show in Disneyland isn't comparable to tliat at the Ti voli Gardens. Walking streets and open markets were the main attraction of the city. We saw the changing of the guard in the Palace Courtyard and of course we saw the city from above in the Town Hall and Parliament buildings. And, despite the many tourists' complaints, we three AFSers climbed ^ e r to the Little Mermaid's Rock. And then Wre's the ever-famous Istedgade, the Rush Street of Copenhagen, only there prostitution and pornography are legal at any age. Friends Thadd Bringas and Amy Biedron meet Well, 1 could go on about Copenhagen, but in Denmark for their AFS orientation before they depart for their host families. I have to condense.
by Amy Biedron
This past summer was one of the best I ever had because, through AFS, I spent it in Denmark. My first real taste of Danish life was at an orientation camp during the first four days of my stay. There I learned how to speak Danish, eat like the Danes, and fit into Danish culture and their way of thinking. From there, it was on to my host family, the Rasmussens, which consisted of my mom, Vivi; my dad, Ebbe; my fourteen-year-old sister, Marianne; my ten year-old brother, Johnny; and my two-year-old sister, Jeannette. The first week was difficult, considering only my mom and sister spoke English, but in a matter of days we all learned how to communicate and felt very comfortable with one another. My town, Langeskov, is a small farming village of 2500 people and is about ten minutes from Demark's third largestcity, Odense. It is also located on Fyn, one of the many islands Denmark is made up of. As a family, we traveled from island to island visiting many of Denmark's historical landmarks such as Hans Christian Andersen's house, Kronborg, the Queen's palace, Roskilde Domkirke (burial place for Danish kings and queens,) and much more. We also vacationed for one week just outside of Copenhagen where we did most of our sightseeing. In August, I attended school with Marianne and found that it was very different from American schools in that there was much less discipline and student/teacher involvement in schoolwork and afterschool activities. Also, the students' schedules are more like those of college students' rather than high school. For example, on Tuesday, we had class from ten to one but on Wednesday, class was from eight to three. I talked about the U.S. in some English classes and even received homework from the Danish teacher! Before I knew it, my summer had come and gone and it was time for me to go home. It was very hard leaving my family and it was surprising that I could become so attached to them and their country in such a short period of lime. I will never forget the time I spent in Denmark and I hope to return someday soon. I highly recommend an AFS experience to anyone who is interested because there is nothing like living in a totally different culture and being exposed to so many new ideas and people to change your life!
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Fall means time for college plans Even though it seems like school just started, college boards are just around the comer. College application deadlines are approaching at an ever rapid pace, and post high school plans must be established soon. There are several important events to aid in the college application process, and deadlines for registering for college tests. Seniors should already have reviewed credits for graduation, started filling out the application forms, and visited universities and college admissions counselors. Full time employment and talking to military representatives should be considered, too. College nights should be taken advantage of since they supply information about colleges around the U.S. College representatives are available to answer any questions and get students in contact with the admissions counselors at their universities. Juniors and sophomores should also visit the college nights to get an idea of the many possible college choices and to get their name on the mailing list of any college. The College Board SAT's and ACT's have registration deadlines coming up soon, so be sure to take a look at those dates. Seniors needing to take the SAT should register for the offering on November 4ih to send the results to colleges they're applying to. The Achievemcnt tests will also be given on that day.
Important first semester test dates October 14 (Sat.) SAT for Seniors 8:00-12:00 (Not given at South) ^ O c t o b e r 21 (Sat.) P S A T / N M S Q T for Juniors 8:00-10:30 October 28 (Sat.) ACT for Seniors 8:00-12:00 November 4 (Sat.) S A T - A C H for Juniors and Seniors 8:0012:00
D e c e m b e r 2 (Sat.) SAT-ACH for Juniors and Seniors 8:0012:00 D e c e m b e r 9 (Sat.) ACT for Juniors and Seniors 8:00-12:00 (Not given at South) Available here at Maine South is the Guidance Information System (GIS) which is a computer system designed to introduce students to various colleges with specific qualities. The GIS limits college choices down from national and a few international insiitu-
V'Show deadlines approaching . V-Show is swiftly approaching, so please make note of these important deadhnes:
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College hotline number offered On September 23 and September 24, a tollfree hotline telephone number will be available to all students from 9am-5pm for the purpose of answering questions about college and career planning. The toll-free number is 1-800-942-7404 and is sponsored by the Illinois Association of College Admission Counselors and the First National Bank of Chicago.
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Hawks topple York in double-OT have believed. He thought the team "played their hearts out" in an extremely long and gruelling game. No matter what thescore was, it stillposted a win for the Hawks as a stepping-stone toward the dream. Graham Vandenbrink sprinted for the first touchdown to open the scoring of the game. Friday September 1,1989, began a journey He was bound for a fabulous performance as that the varsity football team has been looking he rushed for 147 yards and yet another three forward to for nine months of off-season touchdowns, one of which came in the first training and three weeks of opening practices. overtime to tie the score again, sending the That damp evening game against the York game into its final period. Quarterback Bill Vrbancic completed Dukes of Elmhurst began the journey of a repeat as Central Suburban league South eight of 16 passes for the night as well as taking on the kicking, punting, and exu-aChamps. Though it was a non-conference matchup, point responsibilities. Also contributing to the Hawks' attack it was a pivotal game in the season because it was the first and as nerve-wracking as any were fullback Mike Lawrence, the receivers Tim Gatz, Jeff Chupich, Mike Forte and Mike game could have gotten. The Hawks opened with a squeaker in a 31 - Kallas, tight end Steve Mendo, and the offen28 double overtime victory over the Dukes. sive line consisting of Doug Winter, Chip Coach Phil Hopkins, though, was not as Dunn, Chris Wojtowicz, Nate Paulson, Brian disappointed in the final score as many might Fennelly, and J. J. Buckman.
Football embarks on dream to repeat as conference champs
Lilliberg, Gay ford pace Hawk runners
The defense was also strong in toppling York with two sacks from Winter and outside linebacker Brad Pawlowski, and an interception by inside linebacker Bob Scafa. Also contributing on the defensive side were other two-way players Vrbancic, Lawrence, Gatz, Forte, Mendo, Buckman, Kallas, Paulson, Dunn, and Fennelly, as well as Erich Haller and juniors Bill Schmitz and Paul Mulvaney, who also happened to snap the ball for the winning field goal by Vrbancic. All in all, it was a good opening game, but much must be learned from it if the Hawks want to retain their championship status. The Hawks' home opener is scheduled for Saturday, September 16, against Waukegan West, but the game will be played at Maine East due to the newly-surfaced field at Maine South, which must be given time to become established.
Varsity returners raise tennis team's hopes
It was quite evident that the Maine South girls' tennis team made tennis a big part of The first cross country invitational of the fifth place only twenty-eight seconds behind their schedule last summer. With returning season took place at La Grange. Although the Todd. In addition, Andy Hovland made an varsity players Emina Zvizdich, Linda impressive showing, being the third Hawk Hawk Varsity team concluded the meet in Swalla, Lara Assaf, Jackie Howe, Chris runner to finish the Varsity course. only seventh place out of the twelve particiJohnson, Julienne Britz, Julie Yadgar and The sophomore team looks as though they pating teams, they finished the day with two newly ranked varsity players Karen Komosa, also can compete for the conference title, with runners in the top five. Holly Frances, Melissa Lentz and Elizabeth four of their five runners placing in the top Todd Lilliberg captured first place out of Meyer. the seventy-five runners competing with a twenty-five. Mike Raida led the team by placThe varsity team has a tough singles and time of 14:50 for the three mile course. The ingfifteenthin the sophomore competition. doubles line-up. The jv team also has a line-up other topfinisher,Pete Gayford, finished in that will bring promising results in upcoming meets this season. This year, the team has an average of three meets a week, so each practice is beneficial to each team member. But varsity coach Les Kent believes playing in meets is truly the best practice for his girls. The team's main goals are to play better The boys' soccer team continued its win- tournament. The victories over Crystal Lake ning tradition by starung this season with a4- South 2-1 and over Crystal Lake Central 3-0 and more consistently in each meet. They led to a championship showdown versus hope to place first again in the Maine Quad as 0 record. Barrington. With strong desire and determi- they did last year. Also,their goal is to place The Hawks played the first game of the nation, the Hawks triumphed with a 4-1 win. high in the Hawk Invitational, which occurs v'ason against Waukegan West. Mike Dcfort Captian Derek Niepomnik referred to the every season. This year, they will face Annotched the first goal of the season for the Waukegan West game as "preparation" and drew, Shepard, Wheaton Cental, Warren, Hawks to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead, enroute said that the reason for victory during the Niles North, St. Viator, and Thornwood at the to a 4-1 win. Despite the impressive score, Barrington Tournament was that "We played invitational. Of course, another goal is to do varsity member Graham Salemme slated "We as a team." well in Conference,and for the top players on didn't play well. We could ha\c beaten them the team,Sectionals. Maine South tennis has I 10-0." The Hawks will be a team to contend with set high goals,which they will undoubtedly Next up for the Hawks was the Barrmgton this season. "We're going to surprise a lot of reach this season. tournament. Despite injuries to Defort, goalie people." said varsity member Marty The Maine South girls tennis team has a Nate Melendy, and other key players, the Maloney. very competitive,yet promising season ahead. Hawks were victorious in the three-game
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It's ba-a-a-ck—Coed PE Mandated by federal law "Title 9", Maine South has joined other schools by leaching coed gym classes. Dr. Jane Allen, the new girls athletic director, quoted the law as, "Boys and girls will not be seperated or denied on the basis of sex." This law is not aimed solely toward physical education classes, but also toward academic classes. According to Dr. Allen, this law is what allows "boys to take cooking and girls to take drafting." We have had co-ed gym classes in the past but nobody seems to know why ihey were terminated. "We've now put co-ed physical education back into our curriculum because it does more than promote social and physical growth," said Dr. Allen. All sophomores this year are required to take co-ed gym classes. Juniors and seniors were given a choice though many were drafted due to lack of enrollment. There are no
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freshmen enrolled in co-ed programs since some activities in their program are not suitable under "Title 9." Some of these unsuitable activities include wrestling and football. "There are constraints on the physical education component," said Dr. Allen. The law does not allow boys and girls to participate together in activities involving contact. Therefore, the co-ed classes generally take swimming, tennis and soflball. The main purpose of a co-ed class is to
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teach social interaction in athletics within a controlled environment. For example, girls aren't always going to play tennis with other girls. Sometime they are going to play tennis with boys, which will fulfill the purpose of the co-ed gyms, to prepare students for that type of interaction. According to Dr. Allen, "It's like teaching someone how to drive a car but never letting them do the real thing, then expecting them to go out on the Edens expressway."
Wagner leads Hawk volleyball to top Volleyball is a team sport. Senior Laura commented, "Because I was in the same posiWagner is a team player. The two go together tion [as the new players] ,1 can understand how well. they get nervous when the game stans.so I try Laura has been playing volleyball for six to remember how I felt." years, and this is her third year on varsity. "I try to help them out and let them know Junior teammate Emmy Pasier describes when they do things right." Laura as a "Motivator-she's always talking on Says new varsity member Laura Potter of the court-encouraging us." Wagner, "She wants to help us to be part of the Sometimes with new members of a team team and she seems to treat us as equals." there is a division between the veterans and A player like Laura Wagner has a great the new players, but not on this team. Laura future ahead of her. "I'd like to play in college because I really enjoy the game,but I don't have the height,"she says, adding with a
modesty which many observers feel is unwarranted, "and I really don't think I'm that good." Just as everyone has a prediction for the remainder of the season ahead, Laura is no exception. "Originally I thought we would be just average, but after playing together I saw that our aggressiveness and attitude will help us to win a lot of games." And after September 5, when the Hawks beat 15th-ranked Libertyville for their sixth win in eight sUirts, perhaps the rest of the state is starting to see the truth of Laura's words.
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Fri. 10/15
Senior Laura Wagner, in her third year of varsity play, has provided the leadership the Hawks have needed for early victories.
Vollevball
Wed. 10/20
Lane V/S/F- 4:30
Maine West V/S—3:30
Ev./Schaum. V/S—3:30 LibM (at SWW) V/S—10:30
Soccer
Tennis
Tue. 10/19
Wauk W (at ME) V/S—1:00
Golf
Swimming
Mon. 10/18
DGS Inv. V/S—10:00A.M
Cross Country Football
Sat. 10/16
home contest
-Maine East V/JV—5:30 St Viator JV-4:00 t:.v,in-.'.. 1: V/J\MT-5 '
Deerficld JV/Fr-—4:30
DGN V/JV- -11:00 HAV.-; V_', JV Quad J V—9:00
Deeifieid V/S—1:30
Maine East
rvl/jV^t:30 Line Tech V/JV.'Fr—4:30
.New Trier V/jV/Fr~5:30