Volume 28ÂŤ issue 7 December 20,1991
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South swings into holiday spirit by Rich Stasiek Maine South is preparing for the rapidly approaching Yuletide season by organizing activities in the spirit of Christmas. Included on this seasonal agenda are the Christmas Concert and the Christmas Card exchange, along with the letters to Santa and the upcoming Holly Hop Dance. The annual Christmas Concert, which was held on Sunday, December 15, proved to be a favorite once again with its multi-faceted array of musical entertainment. There were two performances in the auditorium, one at 2:00 and another at 4:30, with both being followed by a Bake Sale in the lobby. The baked goods, donated by Music Boosters, will help to support the band's trip to California in the spring. The concert itself consisted of the Concert Choir, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Men's Choir, Mixed Chorus, and Girls' Glee, all of which were directed by Mr. David Danckwart. In addition, the Brass choir, directed by Mr. Gordon McLean, and the Symphony Orchestra, directed by Mr Michael McDonough., also performed. The vocal groups, such as the Jazz Ensemble, bolstered the Christmas spirit by singing many traditional Christmas carols. The stage in the auditorium was adorned with white and red poinsettias, which were formed into a pleasing Christmas tree design. The poinsettias were then sold after the concert, with proceeds going to the Music Department. Also, individual donations were collected during the concert, which will help to support the band's trip fund. "The concert seemed to add a certain flair to the holiday atmosphere at South," said
Maine South principal Dr. Thomas Cachur gets into the holiday spirit by adding a finishing touch to a Christmas Tree. Frank Frigo, member of Jazz Ensemble and Men's Choir. Another seasonal activity at Maine South was the Christmas Card exchange. Supported by Student Council, Christmas Cards were collected from last Wednesday to this Tuesday. The cards were distributed in homeroom this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday . In addition, answering letters written to Santa Claus was a Christmas activity in which
Mrs. LindaHiggins' English classes tookpart this year. More information on the letters can be found on page six of this issue of Southwords. Another annual enterprise is the Holly Hop Dance. The dance, held tonight at 9:15 p.m., will take place after the varsity basketball game. The dance will be located in the cafeteria and includes food and music performed by the V-Show bands. The admission is $2.00.
Card exchange spreads cheer This year's Christmas Card Exchange once again provided a convenient and festive way to send holiday greetings to our friends at Maine South. Collection boxes for the cards were located in the bookstore and the library from Thursday, December 12th to Tuesday, December 17th. The cards were distributed to students and faculty during homeroom throughout the rest of this week.
This service is provided each year, for free, by the Student Council. Sponsor Ann Finneran commented, "This is a wonderful service we render to the student body, especially with today's postal rates". With a mountain of cards distributed, it seems hundreds of students took advantage of this chance to spread the holiday cheer. In addition. Student Council sponsor Pat Feichter chuckled, "It was a good opportunity
for a guy who might have been too shy to approach a girl, to maybe send her a nice card". Junior Ann Gormer agreed. "It's really nice when you're sitting there in homeroom and a card comes that reminds you of all your friends that you see every day." "It puts me in the Christmas spirit," junior Katherine Nelson added. "It's like you just received an early Christmas present."
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A look inside Santa's workshop by Nate Hultman By now, no doubt everyone knows of the huge weather balloon which crashed into the A-Wing after being shot down by the Park Ridge police, who mistook the craft for either an alien spacecraft or a renegade Macy's Parade balloon (versions of the story differ), so there's no point in rehashing old news. What is probably not known is the contents of the balloon, six pages of notes from a professor ObediahA. Farquhart, who apparently has been conducting atmospheric tests and has uncovered some rather startling discoveries. A portion of his notes is printed here. A few days ago, whilst doing stratospheric ozone studies at the North Pole, I bumped into the old jolly red fellow himself and he invited me over to his house for a visit. I made one final check on my instruments, recorded the data to the proper number of significant figures, and jumped into his snowmobile. It was quite a piece of equipment, suitable for the harshest arctic conditions. When asked where his sleigh and reindeer were, he replied that the Honda was usually a bit faster, and added that I needn't worry about its environmental impact because the elves had figured out how to run it off dilithium crystals instead of gasoline. Good chap, that Santa. We rode on for several minutes, and soon we came to a red and white pole, with a sign nailed to the side. Large friendly letters spelled out "Welcome to the North Pole." We drove past. We approached another. We drove past. Several more of these decoy poles whipped by us before we finally stopped at an unmarked place and the old knave whipped out some kind of remote-controlling device. He fiddled with the buttons for a while. He
threw it down on the ice and stepped on it. "Blast!" He pulled out another one like it and pressed some more buttons. Before my eyes appeared his humble residence, resolving out of thin air in much the opposite way that a sugar cube dissolves in water. As we took off our boots before the warm fire inside, I asked him about his ingenious disguising device. "Well," he replied, "I picked that little trick up from some visitors a while back." He brushed off some snow that was clinging on his cloak. "They were rather repulsive characters, but overall they were pretty nice." He said no more, so one can only speculate on their identities. The house was much as I expected, with a cottage-like feel to it. Warmth seemed to radiate from the walls. "I just had this place redone. Put new insulation and new windows in, great R-values." He pointed out one of his many-paned windows. "Look at this. This holds heat better than a parking lot on the Fourth of July." I replied that I was impressed. "Yep. We're 100 percent energy self-sufficient here. Had the elves rig up a solar and wind system to give us our juice. I'll be damned if Edison gets another penny firom me. Ho ho ho!" He slapped me on the back. Mrs. Claus walked in from the kitchen carrying a load of freshly baked cookies. "Don't swear, dear. And don't bore your friend with all those energy things." She turned to me. "Sometimes he gets going on that and he just won't stop. You just have to tell him firmly, 'Santa, shut up,' and he will." She turned back to him. "Who's your friend, dear?" Santa introduced us, and we continued our tour of his facilities. First he showed me his marvelous collection of reindeer. Noble creatures they were. One particularly interesting one named
Ralph, I believe, had a nose that appeared to glow. When asked about this, honest Claus replied that Ralph's nose was in a state of sustained nuclear fusion, but added that the amount of energy released was not significant enough to tap. We also visited the elves' workshop. It was perhaps the most chaotic operation I have ever witnessed. A loud, plump, red elf whom I took to be the foreman kept shouting obscenities at everyone and fretting over everything. Elves whirled around the production floor like mad. Curses erupted from all over. As I watched, one poor chap nearly electrocuted himself and three others stapled their hands to their workstations. Two elves came to blows over some point and soon most of the elves were brawling, throwing chairs, toys, screwdrivers, other elves or whatever else they could find. Santa briefly talked with the loud elf and then returned. "This happens about once an hour. They 're under a lot of pressure. It'll die down in a few minutes." He eyed the thunderous altercation. "They're good elves. But I just wish they wouldn't procrastinate so much. If only they'd start right after Christmas and work diligently and cooperatively throughout the year like they're supposed to,it wouldn'tbe so bad. But no-o-o-o, they have to wait until midDecember to start working. Gives me such a headache." The spat soon died down and after administering first aid to a few, we left the intensity of the workroom. I stayed a few more minutes and chatted with Santa and the Mrs, but, as my research plane was about to depart, I was forced to leave sooner than I wished. All in all, though, I was glad to have met the old bearded red fellow. Frankly, I didn't even believe in the gent until I met him. Well, a good scientist always knows when to admit that he was wrong.
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Not the same without presents? by Brenda Saavedra
A little red Miata. Tan leather interior. The car you've always wanted. A brown brushed suede jacket. Removable lining. Very warm. Very hip. Girbaud jeans. Faded just the right shade of pale blue. Bent in just the right places. Frayed at just the right edges. Add to the list a CD player. Make it Bang and Olufsen. Throw in shoes that you can pump yourself and add a few Nintendo games. As stated in the classic. Little Women, "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents." And today's Christinas lists have become longer, more elaborate, and very obviously, more expensive. And what better time to ask for things than now? Today's Christmas season is a season of wants and of things. Material possessions dubbed "gifts" characterize Christmas as much as jolly old Saint Nick. In fact, this trend has even gotten Santa Claus. With commercials portraying the plump old man in superstores, picking up refrigerators and VCR's at bargain prices, it's evident that gone is the workshop that once happily employed his elves. Today's cherished gifts are mass-produced in France and Taiwan, then purchased on credit, not hand-made. After all, what you have is what you are. In order to prove you're someone, someone powerful, someone going places, you acquire as much as possible. Things show the world how important you are. Yet this blatant show of materialism does bother our consciences, leading to a search forrationales. Some say buying will help our currently recessed economy; in past years retailers have rung up as much as 40 percent of their annual receipts between Thanksgiving (what's that?) and Christmas. Others attempt to justify that things are important— when attached to memories or people. You want to look back on that Miata as your first car. The Girbaud jeans become you. They're not just things—they're an extension or vehicle of emotion. "Consider Christmas," wrote Upton Sinclair. "Could Satan in his most malignant mood have devised a worse combination of graft plus buncombe than the system whereby several hundred million people get a billion or so gifts for which they have no use, and some thousands of shop clerks die of exhaustion while selling them... all in the name of Jesus?" The fact is, the season, or rather practice, of Christmas these days is a rather sad one.
Granted, there are adorable Girl Scout carolers who, as tradition deems, travel from door to door, spreading joy in the form of music; our mothers are more likely to bake homemade sugar cookies during this holiday season; there are numerous children who continue to have faith in the midnight arrival of Santa Claus; and the bright lights do add a festive aura. Yet, with the decorations getting put up earlier each year it seems that the Christmas season now starts sometime in October. It used to be that Christmas celebrations started on the first of December, or at least after Thanksgiving. Today, even Thanksgiving's importance has diminished under the overbearing shadow of Christmas galloping backwards toward Halloween. It's not a sudden surge of religious or humanitarian fervor, either. Consider shopping malls, demonstrating their sincerity in the true Christmas spirit, with their majestic lighting schemes and Christmas sales, that bar Salvation Army collectors and bell ringers from their premises. The Salvation Army every year aids millions of people during the Christmas season. They give food, shelter, rent assistance and
even toys to the needy. Their kettles account for approximately one third of the $110 million the Army collects about this time of year. The first Salvation Army kettle, set up on a San Francisco street in 1891, really was a kettle, taken from a Salvation Army soup kitchen struggling to feed the hungry. In an age where charity often means answering a form letter, the men and women who clad themselves in red velvet costumes, white cotton beards, and even add pillows for more convincing profiles seem to have arrived from another age. They sacrifice Americans' most valuable commodity—their time—in an attempt to better the lives of others. Today, most of us would benefit from an examination of the admirable example these Santas set forth. They are a reminder of the true meaning of the Christmas spirit. The best Christmas gift anyone can give is a helping hand. Things are just that: things. The longer you carry a shopping bag, the heavier it feels, and if a shopping bag is all you have to give, feelings of shallowness, stupidity, and emptiness are, or should be, inevitable. Almost as the more you collected, the less you had. Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents. Just be sure they're the right ones.
Just to clear the air by Lynn Lutzer and Sue Swanson In response to the negative feelings toward the new smoking policy. Student Council would like to express its reasoning for proposing these new rules. Please read the story of poor, poor Gertrude.... Gertrude sat, legs crossed, in one of her less stimulating classes of the day, and counted the endless seconds before that bell of freedom would sound. The nervous tapping of her foot drew spiteful glares from the teacher and her fellow peers. The bell announced its long-expected chimes, and Gertrude sprang from her seat toward the nearest bathroom. Upon swinging the citrus-orange door open, she stood blinded by the thick cloud of smoke before her. She glanced nervously at her watch, noticing that she had exactly 3.62 minutes before her next class. As she stumbled over the mass of bodies on the floor having lunch, she cautiously made her way over to the looming row of stalls encased in a gray billow of smoke. She thought it strange to find seven feet under one stall door. She had to think fast (which was hard because the second-hand smoke had already made its fatal journey toward her virgin lungs.) Fortunately, one of
the stall doors swung open; she threw her body into the small cubicle, and slammed the door behind her. She breathed a smoky sigh of relief. One glance at the toilet seat was all she needed to decide that she really didn't have to go to the bathroom all that badly. The already black toilet seat was peppered in a bouquet of ashes, and the toilet paper was aflame. Through the mist, she heard the distant sound of the bell. She was late again, and knew she would be harassed for a hall pass .. Though this is a slight exaggeration, it points out the perils of smoking. Students shouldn't have to wait for the bathroom, smell like smoke the rest of the day, and breathe second-hand smoke that has been proven to be detrimental to one's health. The teachers don't enjoy camping out in the bathroom, but they're doing it in order to maintain a healthy, sanitary environment for every student. For this. Student Council is grateful, and we publicly thank those teachers who are trying to enforce this new policy. Please be courteous to your fellow students, and use the washroom for its intend^ purposes.
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The most memorable Christmas gift by Laura Wise Every year Christmas is the same in my family. We spend the holidays in my living room, with the same people. It has never been spent with relatives other than my two grandparents and the six members of my family. However, one year my Christmas changed, and if it weren't for the Chrisunas of '87,1 don't think that I would have the same realization of the value of Christmas as I do today. One Sunday, approximately two weeks before Christmas, 1 answered the phone very early in the morning. It was my uncle calling for my dad. I handed the phone over, thinking nothing of it. However, there was a little more to that phone call. My uncle had a serious recurring problem with his alcoholic daughter. He was calling to see if my dad would be willing to take care of his daughter's son while she admitted herself into a rehabilitation program. My uncle thought that it would be much better to have the child spend a few months with a family with kids rather than trying to tackle the task himself. My dad, being the considerate man he is, said he would return the call as soon as he talked it over with us. Without much hesita-
tion, we all agreed that we would be happy to welcome the seven-year-old second cousin, Scott, into our home. After going to church, we waited out the day until five o'clock when his mother dropped him off. It didn't happen just hke that—it took over an hour for him to let her go. He told me later on that day that he knew what was going on with his mother, and that he hoped he would never have to come home from school only to find her lying drunk on the kitchen floor again. With time he came to know our family and became comfortable around us. Actually, he must have gotten a little bit too comfortable because he started to argue and fight with me and my brothers. Although this experience was not always fun, I was glad he was there because 1 had someone younger that I could fight with and stand a chance. By Christmas day, Scott grew a bit sad. He was lonesome inside, but regretted to show it. His mother stopped by with a present or two, but nothing that began to compare with the presents that we had stocked under the tree for him. In return, my mom had taken him out to Golf Mill days before, and he picked out various presents for us as well. To this day 1 still have the smurf stuffed animal he gave me.
There were good times as well as the bad spent with Scott over those three long months, by the end of his stay, both my family and Scott were thoroughly frustrated. I suppose it was a long time for him to be away from his friends, school, and mother at such a young age. As I look back at all my Christmases, I can remember all the special gifts that I have received, as special as my favorite doll or as spectacular as a new stereo system. On the other hand, I have also been a part of some very special giving. I have spent hours coloring pictures and designing various needlepoint pieces. But one gift that will always stick out clearly in my mind is the gift that I gave to Scott over his three month stay at my house. That is the gift of love, support, and a comfortable place to stay during a hard period of his life. Even if he did not appreciate the days he spent with us at the time, I am sure that one day he will. And even if he never verbally thanks our family, we will know in our hearts that we did a good deed. I can only hope that if something ever happens to me or my family, that someone will offer the same caring Christmas gift to us.
The pleasure—and pain—of Christmas
by Monica Zemaier Like most families, mine has its own tradition for the holidays. Every year we go to see the Christmas lights downtown, and it's something we all look forward to. It's a time when we all get on each other's nerves, but we still want to do it year after year so that we can be together over the Christmas season. This past year, my family and visiting relatives piled into our mini-van and set off on our excursion. It was a tight fit with ten people, and it seemed as if it would never end. My younger sisters and cousin insisted on supplying the music, and entertained us by singing "Jingle Bells" at least 27 times. What had appeared to be three innocent girls turned out to be screeching cows by the time they started on "Frosty the Snowman." As if that weren't enough, the heater in our car was broken, so we sat there shivering. At least we were thankful that the sound of our chattering teeth drowned out some of the singing. Once we found a parking space, after nearly getting sideswiped by several crazy downtown drivers, we tumbled out of the car. We walked toward the windows of Marshall Fields. 1 wandered through the crowds with my cousin, Mike, and we talked about what
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had been going on in our lives. We were enjoying each other's company, since it's one of the few times a year that we are together. My mom came running up to us, asking if we'd seen my youngest sister, Annie. We told her we hadn't, and the search was on. After about 15 minutes and one policeman later, we discovered her crying and being swept along with the crowd from window to window. It was decided we'd had enough of the windows for one year, and we moved on to a different activity.
We walked toward the Daley Plaza where children were sliding up and down on the Picasso sculpture, and wanted to join in on the fun. Stepping around the pigeons that are there day and night, we made our way up one slippery side, and slid down the other. While all of us kids were inventing different ways to get down the fastest, our parents stood by taking pictures, but probably jealous of the fun we were having. Or the fun we had until my brother dove head first down one side and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting the cement at the base. He got up with a few grunts and unfavorable words, only to give my mother another heart attack as she saw blood pouring from his mouth. At a closer inspection it turned out he'd chipped his front tooth, and that decided that the night was over for us. We drove home in a quieter atmosphere, everyone worn out from the things we had done. There were a couple of attempts at Jingle Bells, but the excitement was gone. We just talked about what we had seen, and realized it would be another year before we had that much fun again. Even though there had been one mishap after another, it's one of the few times we're all together and I can't wait until next year.
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A few last-minute shopping ideas by Carolyn Chandler
Well, it's getting to be that time of the year when two paths are open to the Christmas shopper: shop now or put it off. Those who are lucky enough to have the willpower to get all their shopping done before the last week are the chosen of the earth. But the rest of us have to face the horrible trials of LAST MINUTE SHOPPING!!! Now you're stuck without a present for anyone in your family. Unfortunately, you are past the age when macaroni pencil holders did the trick. Your task: brave the jungle of the mall, choked with shopping savages who viciously rip the last tasteful gift out of your hands and run to the checkout clerk, giggling insanely. You bandage your wounds, only to find that the last day-glo desk set has been taken as well. If you are shopping at Golf Mill, your next stop may be Spencer Gifts...but be careful. If you find yourself in the more risque section of the store you may be persuaded to buy something, and Christmas morning you'll find yourself explaining to your mom that "body whipped cream" is just dessert topping that can also be used as skin cream, really, heheheh. Luckily, Spencer's Gifts tends to have pretty little floral stationary packages (blech)
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that your mother would just love. So that's one down and, (in the average family, say) two to go - father and sibling. No, you can't get your brother or sister a gift certificate to Medieval Torture World. Even though those thumb screws look inviting, ChrisUnas is the season to be "nice." So, for the younger brother or sister, just duck into Happy Toy World and get one of those cute squirt balls with a screaming, bloody face on it. The Httle tykes'U love it, and hey, nightmares make sleeping more interesting, right? For an older brother or sister, just give them a few bucks and tell them that you're contributing to Iheir college education. You'll probably be paying for about 1/2,000 of their
A brutal legacy
by Erick Fritsch While the world gazes in awe at the crumbling of the Soviet Union, very few realize that tomorrow, December 21, is the anniversary of the birth of the brutal soviet leader who reportedly killed as many as 15 million of his own citizens, Joseph Stahn. S talin was bom 112 years ago in Georgia, Russia, the son of an unsuccessful alcoholic shoemaker and a maid. He trained to become an Orthodox priest before becoming the head of a secret Marxist group at 15 and later leaving his job to join the Marxist underground. In 1902 Stalin was arrested and sent to Siberia, from which he escaped in 1904 after the Russian social democratic party split into two groups, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. Stalin followed the revolutionary Bolsheviks, led by Nikolai Lenin, and edited PRAVDA, a communist newspaper, until his 1913 arrest for writing the article, "The national question of social democracy."Following his arrest, he returned to Petrograd,
tuition. How generous of you. The last person on your list is good old Dad. There are about three choices for Dad every year: a watch, a tie, or cologne. As ties are usually pretty safe (and cheap) that's a good choice. Of course, he never did wear the hot pink and chartreuse paisley tie you bought him last year., .but it is the thought that counts, anyway. In fact, that's the motto of all last minute shoppers. Even if you get everyone a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Power Pizza, it's the thought that counts. It's just too bad that thoughtcame two days before Christmas.
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later named Leningrad. As Stalin rose in power, Lenin tried to warn the Bolsheviks of Stalin's greed for power before Lenin's death in 1924. The warnings fell on deaf ears, however, and Stalin took the reins of soviet leadership. In 1928 Stalin established a crash program to modernize the Soviet Union by diverting an economy of agriculture to one of heavy industry. "We are 50 to 1(X) years behind the advanced countries," he said. "We must make this up in ten years or our enemies will crush us." By 1939 the Soviet Union had taken over part of Poland, and the Baltic States followed a year later. Communist governments were established, forcing the citizens to the Soviet way of life. In 1949, fearing continued Sovietaggression, the free nations formed NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) as a defense against communism. When Stalin died of abrain hemmorhage on March 5,1953,and was entombed nextto
Lenin, those outside of the Soviet Union could only guess at the methods Stalin used to gain and maintain power. Lately, however, the horror of some of those methods has come to hght. In 1988, workers digging a trench for a soviet gas pipeline found the unearthly sight of thousands of bones with bullet fractures in the skull. A few months later, in Kirov, another burial site was found containing the remains of 80,000 people. Since 1988, the remains of as many as 200,000 soviet citizens have been unearthed, only a small fraction of the 15 million estimated to have been killed by Stalin. Under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, novelists, poets and filmmakers are finally able to tell Uie truth about the bloody Stalin years. According to Fred Bratman of Scholastic Update, "Today Soviet citizens are lining up to buy books and see films that are filled with harrowing tales of the bloody Stalin purges."
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MS 'Santas' keep dreams alive byLizzWilk For the second year, Maine South students will be participating in "Project: Santa." Set up by the English department, "Project: Santa" has Composition class students and possibly English 1 and 2 students (depending on the number of letters received) answering children's letters to Santa. Last year over 250 letters were answered, with each student responding to two letters. This year, the English department is hoping for more letters since two special Santa
mailboxes were located in both north and south areas of Park Ridge. The letters will also be spread out more so students will have one letter each. "The kids are very willing to do this." says English department teacher Linda Higgins. "They like to decorate the letters with stickers and other things." Although lots of the kids ask for toys, clothes, or games, many needy children write Santa asking fornecessities. Students are told to write to the children saying that Santa will
"try" to bring the toys and not promise them anything so they won't be upset come Christmas Day. "It's important for little kids to believe in Santa Claus," said one Maine South 'Santa'. "It gives them something to look forward to and lets them see the world as a place where someone cares about them." While Santa may not be living in the hearts of some, "Project: Santa" is helping him come to life for others.
Students of month of November named The Students of the Month for November are: Social Science: Erin Fitzgerald, Mike Kostrzewa, James Lawson, Jr., Michio Murakishi, Jenny Rhee, Michael Roth, Tobi Shane. English: Ray Albin, Amy Balija, John Borucki, Gretchen Henrickson, Nate Hultman, Jennifer Johnson, Georgina Karas, Spiros Katerinis, Karen Kietzer, Michael La Cerra, Vanessa Marcol, Carrie Morris, Maria Poulos, Diana Rodio, Natalie Rzepka, Brian Walsh, Daren Wagner, Chris Semel. Foreign Language: William Dicks, Melanie Mc Vey, Andrew Mottilwalla, Carmen Pulice, Jenny Rhee, Paul Russell, Lidia Sabljic, Trisha Stankiewicz, Alyssa Vassos, Brad Wiemerslage. Driver Education: Rebecca Marinau, Kristen Cassin, Erika Bondarowicz, Michael Laughlin. Science: Trina Andersen, Sarah Benedict, Jennifer Bode, Desiree Boyks, Cheryl Bratu, Gerard Fogarty, Nathan Hultman, Martin Kulak, Andrew liu, Robert Perry, Brant Palmquist, Jeremy Paschke, Jennifer Sass, Erin Shields, Kira Simonian, Jessica Talaga, Thomas Udvance. Physical Education: Sarah Benedict, Thomas Udvance, Robert Griffith, Caroline Prucnal, Craig Schaefer, Michelle Levatino, Andrew Liu, Anthony Cincinelli, John Sitarz. Mathematics: Julie Asmar, Norbert Bielski, Rachel Castellanos, Karla Diestel, Angela Grippo, Kathy Karaboyas, Vicki Katradis, Heather Lurie, Kristen Reardon, Tim Ryan, Natalia Rzepka. Business: Robert Griffith, Vickie Katradis, Barbara Lomax, Henry Petruleas, Jennifer Pope, Kyung Yoo. Health: Jodi Rozovics, Chris Harris. Home Economics: Karen Buettner, Michael Raida, Carrie Schwemin, Holly Francis, Dina Pappas, Amy Musial. Industrial Education/Applied Technol-
ogy: Jared Jacobson, Ted Renaghan, Patrick Krzyzak, Trent Vensas, Matthew Nunziata, Thomas Hammar. Speech/Drama: Marlene Meier, Matthew McGuire.
Music: Megan O'Donnell, Paul Kim. Art/Photo: Miles Maniaci, Paul Kozak, Aleksandra Merchut, Karen Neuman, Angelo Gianakopoulos.
ISAC scholars announced The Illinois Student Assistance Commission recently announced the 1992-93 Illinois State Scholars. Of this year's Scholars, 74 are students from Maine South. Although program participation by high schools is voluntary, nearly all high schools in Illinois do. In order to enter the competition, high school students must take the ACT and/ or SAT examinations between September 1st and June 30th of their junior year to have their scores sent to and considered by the ISAC program. Selection of Scholars, in general, is determined by a combination of test scores and class ranking at the end of their junior year. About 10% of Illinois' high school seniors are designated State Scholars. This year's Maine South Illinois State Scholars are: Cheryl Alexander, Lida Aris, Suzanne Auge, Jennifer Black, Erik Brandenburger, Colleen Brennan, Michael Brudzinski, Heather Cannon, Jack Casaccio, Carolyn Chandler, David Cook, Christen Coomer, Daniel Corkill, Susan Crawford, Brian Dahl, Kristina DeCleene, Kari Detloff, Phillip DiMartino, Oksana Dudycz, Thomas Dula, Marina Dumit, Joy Duncan, Mindy Edidin, Jennifer Edlund, Mark Enderle, Jennifer English, Katherine Gleason, Caroline Hodur, Christopher Holbrook, Shannon Hominick, Alex Hrynewych, Buell Hudson, Nate Hultman, Robert Hyde, Colleen Hynes, Robert Janas, Matthew Kadzie, Susan Kerber, Thomas Kiepura, Anna Kotsakis, James Lawson, Jessica Levas, James Lin, Lynn Lutzer, Chacko Mammen, Jeff Martin, Michael Mazukelli, Kelly McGarry, Michael Miller, Jeffrey Morris, Andrew Motiwalla,
Karen Neuman, Michael Palac, Jeremy Paschke, Kelli Perkins, Joseph Pintz, Peggy Provis, Jill Romund, Irene Scardino, Elizabeth Schroeder, Imran Siddiqui, Paul Signorino, Tara Sindt, Sophia Stokes, Annamaria Uliassi, Anastasio Vlachogiannis, Georgia Vlachogiannis, Martin Voss, Sarah Wanat, Matthew Williams, Mark Wynne, James Yoo, Walter Zegers, Anne Zoellner.
Writing lab says 'over 100,000 served' Going 10 the wriiing lab may nolยง\M cause for cclobraiion in most people's minds, but soph<imorc Sara Wilhclm discovered differeiuly recently. Sara was honored as the writmg lab's 100,000th student to work in ihe lab since ik inception in 1989. On the day before Thanksgiving, as she entered the lab, she was greeted with banners and a certificate commemorating the occasion. 'Ttic writing lab has been a great success," said lab coordinator Mike Deincs. "Name another place in the school that students visit so often that wc encourage iheni to visit." The first year it was open, 32,000 students used its ser\'ices. The following year the lab was moved to the A-wing to accomodate the renovation of the library, yet despite problems and closures related to the move, the lab was used by 48,(XX) students.
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Disheartening start to season The girls' Varsity basketball team is having a tough season. Their conference record is 0-2. All together they have one win and six losses. In the Buffalo Grove Tournament the Hawks faced Buffalo Grove and Streamwood. On their home court, Buffalo Grove was a challenging team to beat. It just wasn't the Hawks' day. The Hawks ended up losing to the Buffalo Grove. The Hawks then went on to play Streamwood. In this game the Hawks showed themselves that there is still hope. Angle Meyer and Katie Zimmerman led their team to victory. Their first of the season. Angle Meyer had a superb game with 18 points. Katie Zimmerman rebounded the ball 11 times and
added to the Hawks' score with 12 points. The Hawks defeated Streamwood by 13 points. The score was Maine South 46, Streamwood 33. Adding to the Hawks' happiness in winning their first game, senior Holly Francis was named to the all-Tournament team. On Tuesday the Hawks faced Oak Park. The Hawks put up a good fight but Oak Park won by ISpoints. The score was Oak Park 65, Maine South 50. On Friday, the Hawks went on the road again, for their first conference game, to face Glenbrook S outh. No matter what the Hawks did Glenbrook managed to stop them. The Hawks were held to a dissappointing 27 points. Thefinalscore was Hawks 27, Glenbrook South 45.
Boys' BB shooting to form The Maine South Basketball team has started its season with a succession of close games, all of which seem to shed light on victories to come. In the Schaumberg Thanksgiving Classic, the Hawks saw their first action of the year, losing two out of three games. The Hawks lost in the opening game against St. Edwards with a close score of 7275. Following their disappointing opener, the Hawks then lost their next game against Weber with 61-64, before capturing its first victory of the season with a 74-41 victory over Holy Cross. Although they came out 1-2, the Hawks seemed content with their performance.
Coach Scott commented, "I am not as concerned with wins and losses right now as much as I am with getting the team on track". During the tournament, Roy Johnson played exceptionally well, scoring 38,25, and 22 points for an average of 28 points. As a resultof his performance, he was named to the all-tournament team.. Karl Meland, Dan Lanno, Sean Collins, and Buell Hudson also contributed to Hawk play. In their first conference game, the Hawks met rival school New Trier on December 6. In a good game, the Hawks were overcome by the fantastic New Trier defensive and offensive play, 46-62. Roy Johnson led the team with 21 points.
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After their defeat with Glenbrook South the Hawks traveled to New Trier. The Trevians are always a challenging team to beat. The Hawks knew it would take a lot to win. The Hawks tried their best but once again they came up short. At the end of the fourth quarter the score was Maine South 43, New Trier 61. Even though the Hawks did not have a good week over all, some team players were at their best. Holly Francis and Angle Meyer led the Hawks in total points scored duimg the week. Lisette Mroz and Cara Roames were the leading rebounders, at the end of the dissappointing week. The JV squad are having a somewhat better season then the Varsity team. The squad's record in conference is 1-1. Overall the J V team has three wins and three losses.
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Off to an exceptional season The girls' gymnastics team has been having a great season. Their record so far is four wins and one loss. The Hawks tried to continue their winning streak in their match against Regina and Niles West. At the end of the match the Hawks had two more wins to add to their winning record. The final score was Maine South 121.3, Regina 116.4, and Niles West 109.8. The Hawks then wented on to face Maine East. The Hawks had the advantage from the start, because their meet took place on their home court. On the uneven bars Michelle Marrese received a 7.3, Kristen Neisler got scored an
8.1, and Monica Huettinger was awarded a 7.9. On the vault the Hawks were awarded good scores; Nancy Green(7.5), Tamara Borck(7.7), Heather Hameder(7.8), and Monica Huettinger(8.8). On the balance beam Neisler received an 7.2 and Huettinger pulled off a 7.5. On the floor exercise Borck had an 7.2, Neisler received a 7.7, and Huettinger danced her way to a great score of 8.7. Huettinger and Hameder competed in die all-around competition as well. Huettinger aU together received a 32.9 and Hameder got a 27.2. Even though the Hawks had the home field advantage it was not good enough to
Wrestlers start strong The Hawks wrestling team has opened the season with several strong performances. in the first dual meet of year, the Hawks met a strong St. Joseph squad. In a very close match, the Hawks pulled out a slim victory by the score of 36-29. Following their opening night success, the Hawks entered the eight team Holy Cross Tournament. Leading the way to the Hawks 5th place finish was junior Clint Faldetta, who won the 189-lb. championship against a York opponent. Damen Federighi captured second place in the 152-lb. division following a forced withdrawl from the match as a result of an
injured ankle. Federighi was ahead in the match at the time. Mark Valkanet picked up 3rd at the 145-lb. level while John Caliendo (125 lb) and Marc Helma (130 lb) picked up 4th place honors. In its next meet against rival Glenbrook Nordi, the Hawks destroyed the much weaker opponent (52-18) with ten wins by Mike Komo, Trent Vensas, Tony Feiter, John Caliendo, Marc Helma, Sam Amirante, Tony Catullo, Mark Valkanet, Damen Federighi, and Clint Faldetta. The wresding team has started its season off strong and hopes to continue its impressive play into the post-season.
Swim team's record 1-1 The swim team entered this season filled with high hopes, yet following a narrow loss in the first meet of die year, dieir victory over Leyden gives the swim team the confidence diey need to continue on the path to victory throughout the year. Despite eight first place finishes, die Hawks were narrowly defeated by Schaumburg in Uieir first match of die season, 84-82. The Hawkfirstplace finishes were compiled by Kurt Kuever in the 200 and 500 meter freestyles, Jamie Mills in die 200 and 100 meter butterfly, Karl Steinke in die 200 meter freestyle competifion, and Karl Flener in die 100 meter freestyle. Besides these individual first place finishes, two Hawk relay squads captured first place honors: the 200 m medley relay team of Steinke, Matt Malten, Mills, and Flener, and the 200 m freestyle relay team of Mills, Kuever, Steinke, and Flener.
In the second meet of the season, die Hawks tallied dieir up their first victory of the year by defeating die squad from Leyden, 4937. Although the Hawks were defeated in their first meet, the Hawk victory over Leyden as well as their eight first place finishes in die first meet shed hope for the many remaining meets diis season. Dan Berko, a varsity swim team member, commented on the team's performance: "Prior commitments to V-show and odier activides added to the short preparadontimeled to our loss to Schaumburg, yet our times are always dropping and die team's talent is sure to give us victories later." ^Hf» »i^^»i» mm
defeat Maine East. At the end of the meet Maine Soudi's score was a strong 119.5, however Maine East received a 130.9. Their loss to Maine East was theirfirstof the season. In the same meet the JV did not do much belter. On the uneven bars Amy Lyons(6.9) and Colleen Matchen(5.5) was die best the JV could do. On the vault Amy Lyons received a 6.9, and CoUen Matchen pulled off an 7.0. On the balance beam Jane Quavar was awarded a 5.1. On the floor exercise Jenny Bartee was given a 6.1. At the end of the night the JV came up on the short end but only by a narrow margin. The final score was Maine South 45.4 and Maine East 46.5.
Sports Shorts BOYS' BASKETBALL
MS vs St. Edwards V 72-77 MS vs Weber V 61-64 MS vs Holy Cross V 71-42 MS vs New Trier V 46-62 GIRLS' BASKETBALL
MS vs Lake Park JV 36-35 MS vs St. Charles JV 42-45 MS vs Oak Park V 50-65 JV 37-55 MS vs Glenbrook South V 27-45 JV 28-22 MS vs New Trier V 43-61 JV 23-45 MS vs Conant JV 45-25 MS vs Streamwood V 46-33 GYMNASTICS
MS vs Glenbrook North V 112.6-109.3 MS vs Maine East V 119.5-130.9 JV 45.4-46.5 MS vs Niles West V 121.3-109.8
JV 37.9-31.6 F 46.1-22.8 MS vs Regina V 121.3116.4 j y 37.9-15 F 46.1-0 SWIMMING
MS vs Schaumburg V 82-104 F/S 52-122 : • MS vs Leyden V 49-37 JV 31-52 F 29-50 WRESTLING
Holy Cross Tourn. V 5th Place MS vs St. Joseph V 36-29 JV 45-24 F 54-12 MS vs Glenbrook North V 54-18 JV 52-26 F 42-39 MS vs Deerfield V 57-11 MS vs Amundsen V 53-18