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South swings into Prom festivities The time has come for what is to most seniors the ultimate dance of their four years at Maine South. No doubt the majority of them are looking forward to the Senior Prom.

The theme for this year is "For Just a Moment," the song from the movie St. Elmo's Fire. The music will be provided by Mike Klansik, who has been the official disc jockey for many Maine South dances.

Senior Prom will once again be held in the Balboom of the Marriott Hotel, which will be decked out in the colors picked for the dance—black and white. The dinner will included a chicken entree.

Tickets, which were orginally $66 are going to be $13 dollars less due to the large amount of funds available in the Senior class treasury. They are now priced at $53 per couple.

After the dance, there will be the Celebration '92 festivities. Seniors who do not attend the dance are also invited to Celebration '92.

Included in the $18 ticket price is transportation, unlimited soft drinks and snacks, prizes, another disc jockey, dancing, a hypnotist, a caricaturist, a record-a-hit, electronic games, and a sunrise buffet. Celebration attenders are also eligible to win raffle prizes.

Celebration begins when the buses leave Maine South at 12:30 A.M. and ends when

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Senior Damon Harkey, in tiie spirit of Celebration '92, enjoys a non-alcoliolic beverage in front of the Prom display in the cafeteria.

they return at 6:30 A.M. Admittance is by bus only. Casual clothes are advised. If someone has to leave due to an emergency or illness, a parent or guardian will be called.

For both Senior Prom and Celebration '92, only seniors can purchase tickets. Senior

Prom tickets can be bought in the bookstore, and Celebration '92 tickets will be on sale May 5th-l3lh during lunch periods in the hall outside the cafeteria. They will also be available before school May 12th and 13th in the bookstore.

Scholastic Bowl flirts with 'Death' On May 2nd, the Maine South Scholastic Bowl team, for the first time in its history, won the state Sectional meet, and had the chance to advance to the state Finals in Springfield on May 9th. But, they did not go to Springfield.

The Varsity team consists of Dave Cook, Sean Denham, Nate Hultman, Marc Mazzuca, Hyun Jin Shin, and is captained by Imran Siddiqui. The coaches are Mr. Steve Lowry and Mrs. Marianne Gonzales.

The Scholastic Bowl team traveled to Maine West High School for the single-elimination state Sectional Touranment. They defeated their first round opponent, the home team, Maine West, in a close match. In the semi-final and final rounds, Maine South went on to easily defeat both Leyden and Lyons Township to win the Sectional crown.

The story does not end here. After being informed of the date of the state Finals, many members of the team informed the coaches that, due to scheduling conflicts with Advanced Placement testing, they could not attend the state tournament in Springfield.

The coaching staff was left with few options. They could cither take the Junior Varsity team down to Springfield, and conceivably be beaten in the first round, or forefeit altogether. The latter was the chosen course of action.

The Illinois High School Athletic Association [IHSA] may take disciplinary action against the Maine South team for their forefeiture. Among the harsh penalties that Maine South may receive, include a ban from competing in IHSA-sanctioned Scholastic Bowl

meets for one year. This is similar to the NCAA's version of the "Death Penalty" that was imposed upon LSU and threatened upon UNLV in recent years. The damage that was done to these basketball programs as far as development is concerned, would be along the same 1 ines as what would happen to the development of the Varsity Scholastic Bowl team.

The IHSA has come under fire in the last few seasons for their scheduling of Scholastic Bowl events over a period of seven months, unlike a regular sports season of two or three.

Perhaps the situation with Maine South this year will, ifnothing else, send a message to the IHSA that there is something wrong with how they spread out and schedule their meets. Regardless, SouthwordS will keep you posted as to the outcome of this situation.

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A scale to judge our freedom

by Nate Hultman The great Chairman Mao once said, "liberalism is extremely harmful. It is a corrosive which disrupts unity... it deprives the revolutionary ranks of organization and discipline."

Chairman Mao disliked very much the idea of nonconformity.

Chairman Mao was a wise man. Liberalism in its most general sense—free thinking and progressive ideas—is dangerous to the Order. In the United States, this liberal thinking has traditionally been most prevalent in the youth.

Thankfully, the colleges and universities of the United States are finally, after years of chaotic upheavals and disrupting ideas, imposing some needed unity and discipline into their diverse student population in the form of speech codes. These codes greatly promote unity of thinking without regard to race, color, sex, creed, sexual orientation, music preference, favorite species of insect, etc.

Many secondary schools as well are moving toward enlightenment. A school in the People's Province of Illinois recently enacted a ban on different articles of clothing, which will likely spread to other schools in the area, and which we hope will lead to revolution throughout the United States. Soon perhaps everyone will be wearing Chairman Mao's blue coat! Oh Boy! In addition, Americans are vigorously training their brightest students to continue the most honorable tradition of unity in the future.

Though they still cling to some of their socalled democratic ideals, many Americans have seen the folly of their previous days and are beginning to take steps to correct their mistakes. We thought that we had lost when the he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics fell to

capitalist running dogs. We have not lost.

Americans, take note. Wc are gaining ground, and soon revolution will sweep the face of the globe in the name of Chairman Mao! Long live Chairman Mao!

ON A SUBTLY DIFFERENT NOTE Hats off to Smoot and friends for their discovery of subtle temperature variations in the cosmic backround radiation. Their experiment with the Cosm ic Backround Experiment (COBE) provides a great example of how the scientific method should work. They ran the

experiment looking for evidence of a previously undiscovered phenomenon predicted by the big bang theory and found evidence of that occurrence. They made sure their results were correct before releasing the information (unlike our cold-fusion buddies) and then published a detailed paper. It's nice to once again see NASA in the spotlight as doing something right.

ONE FINAL NOTE We're nigh upon prom weekend. If you drink, don't drive.

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Tim Krahl '93: 'Til be in California doing something with the environment."

Bella Patel '95:"ni he in medical school."

Damon Harkey '92: Til be single and developing real estate in Hawaii."

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Summer lures students at South

by Brenda Saavedra

"Sunny and clear today, with a high of eighty-five degrees by the lake..."

"Clear skies and lots of sun today, with a high of eighty-eight degrees..."

As the days get longer and the sun shines brighter, the institution of school often seems to be unbearable, almost some type of purgatory-on-earth. Attention spans shorten and attendcnce rates drop, as daylong dentist appointments become amazingly common.

If this was September, I would have (and did) preached the wonderousness of learning, the immense opportunities to learn that Maine South offers. I would have recommended you to join the Southwords staff, to sing in the musical, participate in Student Council, to launch an air rocket and earnestly try to discover why it landed where it did. I would have told you to open your mind to new ideas, new insights, and new experiences.

But it's May. The month when the sky is almost always blue, the sun is almost always shining, and even when it rains, the fresh water is cool and inviting. The grass is a posh shade of green, and the bright tulips and golden daffodils are just starting to bloom.

With only fifteen days of school left, there is just one word in the minds of most: Summer. What a glorious word! Summer, Summer, Summer!

"No," the teachers cry, "do not think of summer. You have tests and finals. Remember," they warn and grin as they marvel at they power they hold in their red binders, "I haven't closed the gradebook yet." However, while this threat often works in December, one must also remember that in December, it's cold, it's icy and there aren't that many alternatives to homework around. But about May, grades and school seem to blur, in stark contrast to the ultimate absolute good: summer.

Realizing that, rather than using the last commentary page of this year to secure "A"s from my teachers by advocating bolting down and planning out a long term schedule for finals preparation, let's focus on everybody's favorite season.

We've spent the last eight months of our lives doing schoolwork doing homework, taking tests, taking quizzes, taking exams, producing long term projects, writing papers, and giving speeches.

Sure, we've complained incessantly about it, but we'vealsodonean enormous amount of work, given up way too much sleep, and done permanent damage to our health by ingesting all that caffeine. Butall in all, it has been worth it, for in these past months, Maine South has

contributed an enormous amount to our educations.

Yet summer is a time to take a break from academic learning. It's a time to expand our sights beyond the hallways of Maine South, to the immense world surrounding it.

Summer means three months of freedom: freedom from school and grades and homework and stress. It is time that is completely yours. Three months of free reign to do whatever you please. The choices are endless.

If you travel to other countries you will experience the richness of other cultures that is impossible to obtain from a mere textbook, or even Mr. Deger.

If you get a job with the goal of financing a new car, you will come away with much more than minimum wages. For unlike the cradle of Maine South, in the job world, you will be forced to learn responsibility. Unlike your teachers, your boss will not care about the excuses about why you didn't get something done; and if you didn't, you can expect to lose a lot more than a few extra credit points.

If you attend some sort of enrichment camp, you'll make friends from different parts of the state or maybe even the country, who will open you up to new perspectives.

Finally, if you choose to leave your days completely unstructured, you can take advantage of the pressure-free tones of the days.

Instead of always thinking of things you have to do, or haven't done, you can take the time to read a good book, to lounge in a park, to listen to the robins, or to watch the sun set.

You can luxuriate in freedom from a demanding schedule.

In these trying days, when school is often the last place you want to be, chances are, you're looking forward to summer. At the start of the school year, I recommended opening your mind to new ideas, new insights, and new experiences here at South. Happily, you won't be at school this summer, but take the opportunity to open your mind to new ideas, new insights and new experiences in the vast world outside of South. That way, maybe when you return in the fall, school will look a little different than when you left it.

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15, 1992

A legacy of rock 'n' roll royalty

by Dan Dace After the vim and vigor of Christmas, the day celebrated as the birth of Christ, came the birthday of a different kind of king. Elvis Presley celebrated, or at least would have celebrated his birthday on January 8th.

Elvis would have been fifty-seven years old - excuse me, fifty-seven years young - and no doubt would still have been kicking out those haunting, melodic, ever-so-sweet rock and roll tunes. The kind of tunes which, once heard, stick in your head and drive you crazy.

No matter how hard you try nothing will make them go away... but that's what we love him for, right?

The King originally came from Mississippi, and he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was fourteen. Graduating from high school in just four years with high expectations, he went on to do what every future sex symbol and great musical talent does. Yes, Elvis Presley, the King of rock n' roll, drove a truck. This was said to be where many of his early hits were inspired from.

In 1953, Sun Records' Sam Phillips signed Elvis on. Phillips discovered the boy when he was recording two songs as a birthday present for his mother Elvis was illiterate when it came to music.

It's true, the father of rock could not read a note. However, it was easy for the King to overcome this considering his strongest influences were hillbilly and "negro blues." These two categories of music are so rich with musical theory that merely exposing oneself for a prolonged length of time would render a

musical genius, hence Elvis Presley.

His early career as a recording/jxirforming artist took off right from the start. His first single, ever so poetically titled "That's All Right (Mama)," sold 6,000 copies in its first week.

In 1955, promoter Colonel Tom Parker signed him on as a client to RCA for S40,000.

Now playing in the big league, Elvis recorded many of his most famous songs, "Heartbreak Hotel," "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," "Hound Dog," and "Love Me Tender."

1955 also marked the beginning of Elvis's historical acting career. Love Me Tender, the first of many films (possibly too many) was released to a warm reception.

Alas, as all seemed too good to be true for the King, it was. On March 24. 1958. Elvis was inducted into the army. Unfortunately, this put a halt to his recording/acting career as he once again drove trucks, this time in Germany. His average of eight records a year was broken. It would be a while before Elvis would be able to record more deep thought on vinyl.

Despite all of this, Elvis Presley managed to meet his fifteen year old bride, Priscilla.

The two were married in 1967 and had their only child, Lisa Marie, in 1968. Priscilla took care of Lisa and left Elvis in 1972 for her karate instructor.

During the seventies, the rock 'n' roll train derailed. Recording only a few songs, Elvis sfxint most of his time in Graceland, eating.

The man that had captured America with his pulsating pelvis and World Wrestling Federation-like appearance now had a weight problem, hypertension, eye trouble, and a twisted colon. Some say he even used drugs! The King? Nah! On August 16,1977 Elvis was found dead on his toilet. Doctors said that he died of cardia arrhymia - a severely irregular heartbeat and not of drugs. The world had lost the greatest rock star it had ever seen.

What causes an irregular heartbeat, anyway?

A few rules for the road on prom night

by Jean Rowan and Cindy Rogacki Alcohol is the most widely used drug for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17. It is responsible for 40% of all fatal car accidents involving teenagers, making drunk-driving deaths the number one killer of those under twenty, according to a study put out by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Even at Maine South, drunk driving is a problem. In a recent study of the juniors and seniors, it was found that 66% drink in social situations at least once a month, with senior females drinking the least and senior males drinking the most. Of the 66% that do drink, 57% drink less than 10 times a month, 28% drink 11-15 limes a month, and 15% drink more than 15 times a month.

Why? The majority drink just to relax, get buzzed, or get drunk with a high number of girls, drinking to be part of the group.

58% of those polled have driven shortly after drinking alcohol. 30% of the females and

over 40% of the males have, at one lime or another, driven when they had considered themselves drunk. "For lack of other ways of getting home, or because 1 was just less drunk than my friends so I drove home," answered one senior male when asked why he drinks and drives.

Nationwide statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation report that 40% of teenagers have, at some time, driven with someone who was under the influence of alcohol. At Maine South, the results showed that 50% had done this.

In an effort to curb drunk driving habits among students, groups like Students Against Drunk Driving participate in many school events to persuade those who drink to refrain from driving. Among the juniors and seniors surveyed, 60% had taken the keys away from someone who was drinking and considered driving, and 85% said that they would.

SADD does many things throughout the school year to remind students of the perils that accompany drinking and driving. They distribute key chains and pencils, make posters, and hang banners. Last March, they hosted a SADD symposium, during which twenty-five other high schools came to discuss SADD activities.

Unlike other social problems, that most think do not effect Maine South students, drinking and driving is a definale epidemic here. "If you're going to have a party with alcohol," said Laura Wise, a Maine South senior, "be responsible and have a key holder."

Key holders, people who judge who can and can't drive home, are becoming more and more popular at parties where alcohol is served. Hopefully, by having key holders and programs such as SADD, students will continue to save lives by not letting others drink and drive.

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by Carolyn Chandler On May 15, 1978, people nationwide watched as heiress Patricia Campbell Hearst forced her way through crowds of reporters and into the Federal Correctional Institution of Pleasanton, California. She was returning to prison in order to serve the rest of her seven year sentence, to which she was sentenced for her participation in the Hibcmia Bank robbery in San Francisco.

The story of Patricia Hearst was a real-life drama, and proved to be one of the most controversial stories of the decade. The drama began on Friday, February 4, 1974. The nineteenyear-old girl was kidnapped from the aparunent she shared with her fiancee near Berkely University by a radical revolutionary group called the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA).

She was bound and gagged, and kept in a small closet for fiftyseven days. During this time, the members of the SLA came and constantly

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gan to go along with her captors, asking them questions about their ideology in the hope that she would be able to dissuade them from killing her later. When the SLA decided that they would not get what Ihcy wanted from her father, they gave her a choice; she could join them, or be set free. Knowing that choosing the latter would probably mean her death, she elected to become a member of the SLA. "I wanted to join them so that I would survive," she stated in her biography. Every Se-

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preached their ideolPatty Hearst in 1988 after the filming of a movie about her ogy, which included the overthrow of "fascist Amerikka" (spelled cret Thing. "...the thought of escaping from them later with three "k's" to symbolize its similarity to the Ku Klux Klan). The war against the United simply never entered my mind. I had become Stales would be led by the poor and oppressed convinced that there was no possibility of esminorities. Patty Hearst was told that she had cape."

After becoming a member of the SLA, been "arrested" by the SLA because she was the daughter of Randolph Hearst, a "corporate Patty Hearst found out that the group actually consisted of only three men and six women. enemy of the people."

The members of the SLA constantly The SLA had a great many military weapons, preached their ideology to their prisoner. and practiced combat techniques in their safeWhen she was left alone, a radio was blasted house. A little over three months after the in the closet to prevent her from overhearing kidnapping, on April 15, 1974, the SLA robbed the Hibcmia Bank. Pictures of the the conversations held outside.

After being threatened constantly with robbery taken by security cameras showed a execution, Patricia Hearst was told to make a shocked public that Patty Hearst was one of tape to her father requesting that he follow all the bank robbers. It also showed that she had of the demands of the SLA, which initially in- been placed in a frontal position during the cluded a S400 million dollar contribution to robbery, and could have been shot by a provide food for the poor. Randolph Hearst member of the SLA if she had attempted to informed them, over the television, that he betray her "comrades."

The robbery marked a turning point in could not come up with so large a sum.

During the negotiations, Patty Hearst be- Patty Hearst's career as an "urban guerrilla."

Although she did hot believe in the SLA's ideology, she had been instilled with a great fciir of the FBI during her captivity. Thinking of herself as a fugitive, the heiress believed that the only safe place for her was with the group that she had been forced to join. Over the next four years, Patricia Hearst went from city to city in an attempt to avoid the FBI. In the fall of 1977, she was tracked to 625 Morse Su^ect in San Francisco. At the lime of her arrest, the SLA had disbanded due to disagreements between the leader and ihc led. Of the original nine members, six had died in a shootout with the FBI. The controversy in the case was complex.

The one crime that Patty Hearst had been an obvious accomplice in was the Hibernia Bank robbery. Had she been brainwashed, or had she actually joined the SLA? She was examined by many doctors and psychiatrists, including an expert on coercive persuasion, a form of brainwashing that had been used on POW's in Korea and North Vietnam. This expert determined that Patty's situation had all

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the signs of being a case of coercive persuasion. Despite his testimony, she was sentenced to seven years in prison.

After her first year in prison, Pally made bail for her appeal. The appeal was denied, however, and she had to return to jail on May 15, 1978.

During her prison sentence, a campaign was begun to set her free. Patty made many appearances in order to tell her side of the story. Finally, on January 29,1979, President Carter gave her a Grant of Clemency, with the condition that she report to the probation deparunent regularly for a year. The grant stated that "...but for the... experiences that the petitioner suffered as a victim of the SLA she would not have become a participant in the criminal acts for which she stands convicted..."

On February 1, 1979, almost five years after she was kidnapped, Patricia Hearst was finally set free.

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United Way of America under fire In the wake of recent allegations against the president of the United Way of America, William Aramony, many donors in the metropolitan Chicago area are concerned about the use of their contributions.

United Way organizations, like that of Park Ridge and thousands of other communities across the country, are independent as well as autonomous. Local volunteers govern these organizations, raise funds and distribute them to local charities, make policy decisions, decide on staff hiring and wages, and control all aspects of the United Way operations. The United Way system in metropolitan Chicago, like that of Park Ridge, is accountable only to people in this area, not to the national organization.

Even though the Park Ridge United Way doesn't itself pay dues to the United Way of America, it is still provided with a variety of services. These services include government lobbying, national advertising and public relations, volunteer and staff training, as well as development, research, and the exchange of ideas between national United Way organizations. It does not help raise funds for the many services that the United Ways in local communities sponsor.

The United Way of America (UWA) does require funding. The Park Ridge United Way pays the United Way/Crusade of Mercy a small membership fee, yet little, if any, of this money ever reaches the UWA. Many allegations against William Aramony have brought about the question of what happens to the money after it reaches the UWA. Allegations included excessive use of perquisites, personal vacations, and poor judgement in the hiring of UWA staff. In addition, ther are further charges of conflicts of interest between UWA personnel and members of the staff's several "spinoff companies created by the UWA and Aramony to provide services to non-profit organizations.

At this time, the chairmen of the United Way/Crusade of Mercy, United Way of Chicago, and United Way of Surburban Chicago, claim to not have sufficient evidence to judge the truth of these allegations. They have however written to the chairman of the UWA Board of Governors with a request that it thoroughly investigate the charges, take appropriate action, and maintain complete open communication with the public. The local United way chapters do, however, have the option of suspending dues until the allegations are re-

solved by the UWA in a satisfactory manner.

Yet this will surely cut into the services that the UWA provides to the United Way organizations throughout the nation, so this option will be only exercised in the most serious instances.

Since the Park Ridge United Way, Inc., pays no dues to the UWA, the organization has no monetary bearing on the present investigation, yet if local United Ways like the United Way/Crusade of Mercy decide to withhold dues, the services provided by the UWA will definitely be missed.

Regardless of what may have happened at the UWA, the United Way system of metropolitan Chicago continues to be the most efficient, effective, and accountable means of helping people with various needs in the community. In October, 1991, Forbes magazine gave the United Way/Crusade of Mercy an efficiency rating of 95%, one of the highest in the nation. So regardless of what occunred in the UWA, donations made to branches such as the Park Ridge United Way, Inc. have, and will continue to go to helping the homeless, the hungry, the unemployed, and any others in need.

The right time to 'Read For a Lifetime' Thirty-nine students in Mr. Deines' English II Accelerated class have been recently recognized for their participation in the State of Illinois' "Read For a Lifetime" program.

To qualify for the program, Mr. Deines' students read three or four books from a list chosen by the Lieutenant Governor's office.

Among the notable titles read by Maine South's students are: The Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn, Fahrenheit 451, The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as Bury

My Heart at Wounded Knee.

The students recognized for reading three books from the hst are: Katie Beaumont, Laura Bellen, Nicole Berg, Jamie Brammeier, Scott Cameron, Meade Crampton, Mark DuBrock, Larissa Dudycz, Catherine Gurga, Vanessa Marcol, Pat O'Malley, Dave Palac, Laura Pawola, Tim Ryan, Kathy Sandrik, Trisha Stankiewicz, Joe Steinfels, Erica Swanson, Scott Wade, Brad Wiemerslage, and Amy Witek.

The students who read four books from the program are: Candac'e Abreu, Martha Bohm, Alison Burnett, Anne Butera, Ryan Carlino, Liz Carlson, Erika Cornelisen, Chrissy Dudlak, Jon Forsythe, Audrey Howard, Chuck Kaufman, Heather Kirschke, Elizabeth Kurtz, Megan Lenz, Alison O'Keefe, Erin O'Shea, Todd Ofenloch, Stephanie Poulos, Erin Shields, Dave Szwed, and Ginger Tosch.

In the wal<e of the news, one more time â&#x20AC;˘The Maine South Accounting Team, on April 3rd, travelled to a regional contest at the University of Wisconsin at Plattvilie. Of the sixty-three schools from Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, Maine South finished in First Place for the third year in a row. Individually, Mike Louizos finished in First Place in the Accounting II division, and Amber Kosmicki took Third Place in Accounting I. On May 1st, the Maine South team scored another First Place win, this time at a contest at Oakton Community College. This was the fourth year in a row that Maine South has won the Oakton competition. Under the direction

of Mr. Robert Marra, the Maine South Accounting Team had six individual finalists, including the Third Place individual winner, Ameber Kosmicki. â&#x20AC;˘As many of you know, the well-respected Fine Arts Department Chairman at Maine South, Mr. Gordon McLean, will be retiring at the end of this year. On May 4th, a replacement was named to fill the position he has served so well for so long.

The new Fine Arts Department Chairman will be Mr. Michael W. Pressler, the current Band Director at Lyons Township High School in LaGrange.

Mr. Pressler's prior experience includes serving as the Department Chairman for Performing Arts at Wichita High School East in Wichita, Kansas. For a period of time he was also the Band Director at Carlinville Community Unit Schools in Carlinville, Illinois.

Pressler's educational background includes a Master of Science in Music Education from the University of Illinois, as well as a Bachelor of Music degree from Fort Hayes State University in Hayes, Kansas.

Mr. Pressler's appointment to the new position will not take effect until August of this year.

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Track running hard to sectionals The girls' track and field season is coming to a close. The team's final dual meet was against Glenbrook North which the Hawks easily won. With that victory, the team brought their dual meet record, which dates back to February, to nine wins and two losses.

The freshmen had a chance to shine at the Freshmen Invite, held at Glenbrook South with eleven other schools. Julie Johnson performed outstandingly, placing first in the 100 meter hurdles, third in the 300 meter hurdles, and fifth in the long jump. Jenny Green was another standout, placing second in the 100 meter dash and first in the discus, as was

Gretchen Henrickson who placed first in the 200 meter dash and jumped to sixth in the long jump. Even though the team was small in number, they left an impressive impact on the other schools with a fifth place finish in the overall standings.

At the Glenbrook South and Elk Grove Invites the Varsity squad had impressive individual performances. However, against these top notch schools they were not able to earn a high finish in the final team standings. At Glenbrook South, Andrea Armour ran her best time of the season in the two mile with a 12:17.9, earning third place. She came back in

the mile to capture fifth.

At Elk Grove, the Hawks earned 42 points to place fifth out of twelve teams. The field events dominated, by earning 40 of these points. These included two second place finishes by Chris Sliwa in the shot put and discus, a third place by Meg Sheehan in the discus and a second in the high jump and first in the long jump for Sarah Wanat.

Each member's hard work will hopefully pay off at the Sectional meet today. The coaches are confident in having a couple state qualifcrs as they have in the past.

Soccer Strong in conference; looks to state As the Maine South girls' soccer team approaches the final third of the season, hopes of playing in the State Tournament are still very much alive. After a disappointing loss to Naperville North the Hawks improved in their playing style to show that defeating them will not be easy. Maine South has outscored their opponents 50-4 in seven games with goals from fifteen different players, showing that the team is very well-balanced. In addition to offensive scoring the defense led by Suzy Auge, Kate Reynolds, Brigid Brown, Darcy Smith, Tracy Ostrand, and Ginger Tosch has maintained pressure to provide the Hawks with confidence in all areas.

One highlight in the series of victories was

the 7-1 win over highly ranked Fremd. The Hawks surprised the opponents with goals from Angle Meyer, Katie Pavlik, Kate Reynolds, Brigid Brown, Trisha Mclendy, and Melissa Ponticelli. Also, in the continuation of the Hoffman Estates Tournament, the 4-2 victory over Stevenson placed Maine South second in the tournament. Victories over Highland Park, Maine East, Glenbrook North, Niles West, and Deerfield have kept the Hawks with a 7-0 undefeated record in Conference.

The soccer team is looking forward to a competitive conference game against Evanston as well as tough games against other state contending teams.

Softball winds down tough season The Maine South girls' softball team is doing well considering the challenging teams they have competed against.

The Hawks lost against the all time rival.

New Trier, with a score of 9-6. Even though the Hawks lost. Senior Karen Rioch, Junior Jennifer Koerber and Freshmen Sue Sroka all contributed to their team's score by swinging the bat outstandingly.

The team then traveled to Deerfield for a double-header. The Hawks won the first game 12 to 8. However, their luck ran out. The second game went to Deerfield with a score of 4tol.

The Hawks' next opponent was St. Viator.

St. Viators held the Hawks to a shut out, with a score of 2-0. Against Glenbrook South, the Varsity won by seven points with a score of 9 to 2.

There were some spectacular catches in ccnterfield made by Junior, Shelly Levatino.

On the pitcher's mound. Sophomore, Jenny McCormick is still doing a superb job pitching strikes. The Hawks are looking to a good finish to a tough season.

Badminton advances six to sectionals As the end of the season is quickly approaching, the Maine South varsity badminton team is still giving a strong effort. Although the doubles conference meet was cancelled for Maine South, the team chose to represent the school at the singles varsity sectional on Monday. All players performed well, but unfortunately did not place. Six of the top varsity players including: Katherine Gleason, Anna Nommensen, Debbie Anselmini, Sae Tsuhahara, and Peggy Lyons will advance to sectionals this weekend at Maine West with two doubles team and two singles teams.

Sophomore Brigid Brown goes hard to the ball as freshman Sarah Mitchell provides support.

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Continued from page <S' along wiih a defeat to the rackcls ol Glenbrook South by the same score.

The Hawks also defeated two other teams, while they tied a third. Against Waukegan, South defeated iheir opponent in all of their matches, wiiming 70. Then, South defeated York by the score of 3-2, Coming off those two wins, the squad lied Niles North at the score of 33.

Later, Maine South held its own qiiitdrilateral incct, in which they came out with a 1 -2 performance.

The team defeated Palatine 3-2, but followed that victory with two consecutive losses to Highland Park and Glenbrook South.

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Baseball team holds lead in CSL Forgotten and greatly underrated due to the state ranked girls soccer team and popular boys volleyball, the Maine South Baseball Team has been lost in the shuffle.

With an overall record of 9-7 the team does not sound like a contender, but their impressive 8-1 record in conference play is what counts. They are in first place, with a two game lead in the CSL South. But what this record doesn't show is the excitement that each game has with the talented team that coach Roames has established.

Seniors on the team include: Tom Asmar, Sean Collins, Karl Flencr, Chris Holbrook, Bucll Hudson, Andy Lunz, Mike Mazukelli,

Dan Mikos, Terry Mruk, Jeremy Paschke, and Jim Shopoff.

Supporting the seniors are a large group of growing and learningjuniors: Jeff Clark, John Giannini, Jeff Kilburg, Mike Kostrzewa, Jerry Scafa, and Tom Zmuda.

What has led to the team's success is their play. Though there are brief glimpses of power, this is primarily a team that pitches well (team ERA: 3.75). The Hawks have had strong baiting performances by their strarting lineup in addition to this pitching (average .310), not to mention winning by doing the "little things" like key defensive plays and advancing base runners. From that starting line-

up, six players would qualify for All-conference by balling over .300, while Chris Holbrook leads the team with an average over .400. Andy Lunz leads the team in runs batted in, with the team averaging over five runs a game The Hawks have had victories against five other members of the CSL South, as well as three cross-conference wins. Their only loss was a heartbreaker, an away game versus Maine West, losing late in the game. But their wins have been even more exciting, with a key 3-1 victory over long time rival Evanston topping the list.

Volleyball struggles to escape elusive .500 mark Boys' Volleyball continues to struggle to find itself in the latter stages of the season.

Thus far, they have managed lo play up or down to their competition for the entire season.

As the Hawks played against Glenbrook South and Stagg, they lost both of the matches, yet managed to regroup with an impressive showing against Richards, the number one team in the state.

The spikers finished in 14th out of the 24 team field of the tough Downers Grove South Tournament. Coach Sherman contributed both loses to coaching errors. "It was my fault, I feel bad for the guys, but they should not have let that team (Stagg) gel fourteen points.

Damon Harkey, Paul Harris, and Tom Hope once again led South through a tough weekend of competition.

The Hawks latest game was a victory against St. Viator, 10-15. 15-7, 15-8.

With an injury to starter Scan Watkins, Jim Lawson and Brian Mundt were force to step in.

Tennis defeats East In its annual match with cross-iown rival Maine East, ihe Boys Tennis Team look this year's meeting with a 5-2 victory.

The Hawks were helped to victory by two wins in the singles competition. Karl Meland won his match, playing in the number two position, while Ryan Sipkowski won playing number three.

All three of the Hawk doubles teams won as Eric Manzi and Vince Fisher (No. 1), Jim Lin and Karak Choski (No. 2), and Ray Cera with Harry Petroulias (No. 3) defeated their Demon opponents.

Earlier matches for the Hawks include a victory over Niles West, 5-2, along with a continued on page 7

When asked to comment on the improvement in his squad, which has compiled a record of 10-10, (3-3 in the CSL) coach Sherman replied, "All you've got to do lo be

successful in this game is do what your supposed to do. It's a simple game, but you can't play at the gym class level and expect to win."

Track team takes second place, again The Maine South Boys Track Team continued an annoying tradition for another year.

For the fiflh consecutive year the team placed second in the Morton Invitational, where the Hawks have each year taken second.

With this finish though, there did come many personal victories. The two mile relay team of Chris Brandenburg, Mike Palac, Paul Zurawski, and Mike Raida led from start to finish.

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