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Brigadoon opens at MS tonight

By Katie Burns The long awaited and long prepared for musical,BWgadoort, opens tonightat 8 p.m. in the familiarClyde K.Watson Auditorium. As the numerous cast, crew, and pit members, or any of the plaid signs around Park Ridge could inform the public, there will be six public shows. The other evening performances arc scheduled for 8 p.m. tomorrow, April 30, and May 1. Matinees will be held at 3 p.m. this Sunday and next Sunday.

Ticket sales have been on for weeks in the school halls. Early on, many involved in the musical expressed wishes for the performances to be sold out. The past has set the precedent, musicals being lauded events at Maine South for years, that have included all types of students.

Two special shows are also part of the traditional musical run. Yesterday, the first performance took place for a group of senior ^ M z e n s at 2 p.m. Next week, on April 29th, ^^m other show will be presented to students of Lincoln Junior High during school hours.

The T^\oloiBrigadoon is centered on one of the most basic, but most moving, themes ever created, the theme of love and the power of love. The plot twist is the town of Brigadoon itself, which seems to be strangely outdated to the two American strangers. Tommy and Jeff.

The mystery ofBrigadoon is disclosed later in the play, after Tommy has fallen in love with a Scottish maid named Fiona. Sadly, the "miracle" of Brigadoon may become for them a curse.

A sideUne to the love of the two young people is the interrelationship of cynical Jeff and flirting Meg. Jeff has resolved not to care about the world, while Meg has decided she needs a man to be happy, and her eye is on Jeff.

Though partly comic relief, the characters have a deeper side to their nature.

A third facet of the story line is the wedding of Jean MacLaren, Fiona's sister, to Charlie Dalrymple. This event is the focus of the day during which the play takes place.

To correctly represent an entire town, the cast is huge. There are sixteen clans with three to five members each, not to mention those ^ ^ r a c t e r s without clans. Tommy, the fore^ l o s t non-Scottish character, is portrayed by Brad Haak while the female lead of Fiona is performed by Ann Gormer. Jeff is played by

"Brigadoon" painting crew nienil)er Lara Andersen worlis diligently to finisli tlie set on time.

Photo by Yasmine Kiss Mark Hohimer and Meg by Ann Etheridge. involved musical- -all walks of life are repreThe sage Mr. Lundie is Gregory Peter while senting themselves splendidly, in this our the bride, Jean, is Angle Watral. The new truly arduous musical of the decade." groom, Charlie Dalrymple, is Paul Kim and Tim McAlee, in the part of Darby the rival Harry Beaton is played by Sean Ferguson, says, "This has been a great expeDenham. Jane, Tommy's fiancee in the U.S., rience for me as a freshamn and I hope that all is portrayed by Jenny Kostelansky. other drama programs in my coming years at Concerning the show, female lead Ann Maine South will be just as good. I've been Gortner comments, "The spring musical has amazed that with over 180 people working always been a very exciting and uplifting ex- together on the musical that it is pulling off perience for me, but especially this year. Bri- this well." gadoon is a fantastic show, and I'm glad I can Actors and actresses weren't the only ones perform in it for my very last musical at who put a good deal ofwork into the show. So South." did both the pit orchestra and the crew. The Ann Etheridge, who portrays Meg, is also pit, not seen, but definitely heard, has been optimistic. "It will be Maine South's most See Brigadoon on page 6

South to hold Blood Drive on May 4th Tuesday, May 4 will mark the 7th annual President's Club Blood Drive. Last year, the Drive collected 100 pints, a large amount considering that the first Drive in 1987 collected a mere 20 pints.

The Drive will be held in the Auditorium Lobby from 8:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. Permission slips will be available on Monday, April

26. Only students who submit a signed permission form to the Personnel Office by Monday, May 3 will be allowed to donate.

Blood can be donated only during free periods and the donators must be 17 years of age by May 4,1993, weighinga minimum of 110 pounds. Faculty and staff members are also encouraged to donate blood.

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Bob pulls up a chair and joins in. He starts complaining about the day's events. Pretty soon, your friends start complaining about things that happened last week. Eventually, you join in. The longer the conversation goes on, the longer and older the complaining becomes.

Eventually, you run out of things to complain about. But, by that time, you have verbalized all the things that were silently ticking you off, and you feel better. This is the essence of a "bitch session."

I feel this to be a theraputic exercise. So, without further delay, it is time to commence the bitching.

•On Monday, April 5, the Maine South Marching B and played at Wrigley Field. There were some less-than-flattering reports about the Bleacher Bums' response to the band. I have no problem with the Bleacher Bums; their behavior is to be expected when the beer line opens three hours before game time. What I do have a problem with is the fact that after playing in the Opening Day ceremonies, the band was not allowed to stay and watch the game. Yet another benevolent move on the part of the Chicago Cubs organization and the Tribune Companies. I think Bill Veeck would have given them a few seats to the game. If the Cubs organization were really a first-class operation, they would rectify this little injustice and give the band some free tickets to another game in the summer.

•The Maine South Student Council right now has a proposal on its way to District 207 Superintendant James Elliot that would allow seniors with good grades to be exempted from their second semester finals, if they want to be exempted. Great idea. Teachers usually do not enjoy giving final exams, and I know students do not enjoy taking them. It seems fair that, instead of risking your current hard-earned grade on a 90-minute exam, you could take what you have and go home. In my opinion, this program should be extended to all classes, not just seniors. But this, like many other innovative proposals made by Student Council, will likely be ignored before it is even given a chance. TTie only way the proposal could possibly come to pass is if the students and parents apply a little pressure to Superintendant Elliot, hint, hint.

•How about a window for the Southwards' office? All we are asking for is a little daylight.

•Can you believe the fact that fashions from the 1970's are back in? I though that bell-bottoms and platform shoes died when Reagan took office.

•Can we do something about the soccer fields?

I was just walking across it on Satuday, and I almost twisted my ankle. Imagine running on something like that for a few hours a day.

•Speaking of nasty things to walk in, what's the deal with all the damn geese out here! It's bad enough walking through an obstacle course on a grass field, let alone on a cement sidewalk.

But I digress.

Yes, I do believe I feel much better now.

by Sean Denham When I wrote last issue's article about giving Bill Clinton a chance to do his job before criticizing him, it had slipped my mind that many of those reading the commentary would be teenagers who proudly refuse to accept the opinions of others. In other words, I received quite a bit of criticism for my views. So, I've decided to share some of the reasons that our fellow classmates have for bashing Clinton.

First and foremost, this guy is from Arkansas. Evidently nothing good ever came out of Arkansas, and this precludes that state from producing smart, capable people. Of course, Illinois is in the right position to be making judgements like this. After all, Ronald Reagan was bom here.

Another area of discontent is Hillary Clinton. One complaint is that the shortened version of her first name just happens to rhyme with the shortened form of her husband's first name. Another fellow complained that she actually had a law degree and was a practicing lawyer. It seemed as

though he was afraid of the effect that the presence of a smart person might have on Clinton. So, I mentioned Clinton's cabinet, and he shrugged and muttered something about them being "guys".

But, by far, the strongest and most logical complaint I heard was that our new president owns a cat. I suppose the source of this comment is afraid that under the new administration, there will be increased funding for training dog catchers and arming them with the tools of destruction. This would of course lead to the complete eradication of dogs, a regression to the ancientEgyptian worship of cats, and therefore a violation of the separation of church and state.

I admit, it is very difficult to argue with such strong logic. But the fact is, many people had Clinton condemned in their minds from the beginning just for being a Democrat. Maybe instead of spending their time looking for reasons to make fun of our new president, they should start trying to solve the complex problems he is grappling with.

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Bring your blankets, it's school naptime!

by Charity Trelease Any Maine South student who attended the enlightening freshman orientation and decided to heed Dr. Cachur's wise advice of "Get involved!" has also experienced the lack of time which extra-curricular activities bring. Along with Uttle time, comes little sleep. In fact, after conducting a survey of fifty of my closest buddies, I found that a good majority of them get six hours of sleep or less on the average school night. Unfortunatley, this is not a sufficient amount to keep one healthy, or awake during the day. Yes, many have experienced this predicament sometime during their high school career - the embarrassment of jerking awake in the middle of class to discover a rather vile river of drool sluggishly flowing down the chin, forming a puddle of slobber below. This is by no means a pretty sight and can be especially damaging to one's reputation.

GUY #1: So, do ya think I should ask Cindy to Prom?

GUY:#2 No way, man, she drools like Granny Toothrott!

Not only is it embarrassing to doze off uring class, but it completely destroys conntration, makes one groggy, grumpy, and isoriented. (It should be noted that a person

must never operate machinery when disoriented, nor should he or she add water to acid).

Yet another negative effect of fatigue is sickness, including such dreaded afflictions as Mono.

Several factors contribute to this lack of time. First off, teachers have a silly notion that their specific subjects are by far the most intriguing, and therefore assign hours of homework for students to drown in.

Then there are part time jobs. Contrary to popular belief, not every teenager in Park Ridge is spoiled so many woric to earn a little spending cash. This requires many hours and leaves less time to complete excess homework. Finally, as mentioned earlier, extracurricular activities can keep a student at school well into the evening. It's no wonder that students have Uttle sleep - many are forced to stay up half of the night just to keep up with homework.

With the pile of problems brought on by the current system, it's odd that nothing has been done to remedy it. So, I, your wacky commentator, shall take the initiative and propose a solution of my own. Brace yourselves, for this idea may seem a bit outlandish.

My plan is to implement a nap-time program right here in high school. Why stop after

preschool? Just imagine being able to go into the "dormitory" and lie down for forty minutes. Students wouldn't necessarily have to sleep, but instead just relax and take a break from the hectic daily activities of the bustling high school atmosphere.

This period of rest would replace the useless study halls which weary students presently attend. And they are useless, for little homework can be doen when having grumpy study hall monitor with a thirst for power and a taste for punishments yelling at students for each and every minute of the p&hod. Granted, many students do not even have study periods in their schedules. This is because there are only eight periods in the school day. Perhaps the school should resume the nine period time system. It would decrease each class by only five minutes, and each student could enjoy forty minutes of peaceful, refreshing downtime.

Finally, the study hall teachers/naptime supervisors could relax as well- their students would now be asleep and thus incapable of disruption.

In closing: next time you catch yourself fighting to stay awake during a class, think about how nice it would be to just let fatigue consume for you for a period. Sweet dreams.

Misconduct decreases activities

by Nicole Berg When I was a freshman, Maine South always seemed to sponsor a lot of creative activities and projects. I can remember reading the Senior Wills and wondering what I would write when I was a senior. I remember reading the Valentine Messages and wishing I would have known about it so I could have written one of my own. Most of all, I remember the Lip Sync Contest, and how many of my friends and I looked forward to participat-

Each year, student misconduct causes Maine Southi to become stricter witfi its rules and regulations. ing in the next year's.

Maine South, it seemed, was full of spirit, and kids were just waiting for a chance to participate in all of its pride and splendor. ith such creative school activities, who # ' Id avoid engaging in the fun?

But as time has gone by, these events have come to an end. Maine South offered to its students the chance to have some fun and of course, the students took it too far. They could

not keep their messages clean or follow the rules they were given. Instead, they took advantage of their privileges and proved they weren't mature enough to have them in the first place.

The Senior Wills, the Valentine Messages, and the Lip Sync Contest are only a few examples of events students have exploited over the years. Each year, student misconduct causes Maine South to become stricter with its rules and regulations.

The apathy towards Maine South's outreach for fun and interesting activites is also quite impuning. Southfest, an event which an impressive amount of work goes into, is barely appreciated by the students and will become another event of the past i f attendence does not improve.

It is unfortunate that the lack of respect and maturity of some Maine South students must ruin these events for others.

When I am a senior I hope the students at our school will have proved themselves mature enough to have theSenior Wills, the Valentine Messages, the Lip Sync Contest, and a fun four years of high school. If we can respect the school's programs, we'll all have a much more fun-filled stay here at South, and

a Senior year filled with good times, not memories we will regret.

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Brigadoon""a history revealecl^

by Ann Gartner Contradictory to what many people believe, many American musicals have quite a bit of history to base themselves upon. Plays such as "Miss Saigon," "The Will Rogers Follies," and "The Phantom of the Opera" are all fairly obvious in their origins. Maine South Theatre is working on a production of another play rich in history and culture, "Brigadoon."

Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, the team who also created such successful shows as "My Fair Lady," "Gigi," and "Camelot," made "Brigadoon" their first truly successful theatrical effort.

Alan Jay Lerner, who wrote the book and lyrics, began his career very early by writing rhymes and jingles. He began working seriously at Harvard, where he wrote quite a few Hasty Pudding shows. After graduation, he turned his efforts to radio, where he wrote over 500 scripts in the two years he was employed there, before he became Loewe's partner.

Frederick I^ewe, music composer, was born in Austria unto at famous European actor. Loewe was a child piano prodigy at the age of four, and by the age of 13 made his concert debut, in addition to receiving umpteen coveted music awards for his youthful genius. Frederick came to America with his father, who had been castas a lead in "Tonight of Never." Two months after they arrived, Frederick's father died; Frederick elected to stay in the states. He established himself as a concert pianist and then concentrated his efforts on composing.

The partnership was bom in 1942. Loewe approached Lerner at the Lambs Club in New York after learning of Lemer's talent for composing lyrics.

Soon "Lerner and Loewe" shows were popping up everywhere, but it was not until 1947 that the two men created theirfirstsmash hit, "Brigadoon." Their most famous show, "My Fair Lady," based on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," opened in March of 1956. In 1958, their highly acclaimed musical film "Gigi" became the most honored film in history, winning nine Academy awards. This success was followed by the Broadway hit "Camelot."

Unfortunately, the rest of the Lerner and Loewe partnership was filled with Broadway disasters, illness, and personal problems. The team separated in the 1970's, and they both passed away in the mid-1980's. the show Brigadoon opened on March 13, 1947 in New York at the Ziegfield Theatre as a production of Cheryl Crawford. Surprisingly,

Lerner and Loewe had a very difficult time lands, and the minister prayed to God to let the finding a producer for the show. But, upon village exist for only one day of each century, opening, it won rave reviews from nearly all of so as to not let it be touched by any of the New York's critics, especially for songs like troubles of the era.

Although Alan Jay Lerner never revealed Almost Like Being In Love. if he was or was not influenced by this German Alan Jay Lerner did receive some criticism rary_ about his story: an accusation by George Jean tale, he did admit to one very subtly litera Nathan that the story was developed directly allusion.

The town square of Brigadoon, MacCoH :oW from the German tale "Germelhausen." Lerner nachy Square, was not named generically. contradicts this and state that Nathan was merely jealous, for Alan was having an affair Lerner uses the name as a hint to forewarn us with the beautiful Marion Bell, who was play- of the fantastical elements in the story. One of ing a romantic lead, Fiona MacLaren, in "Briga- Scotland's finest authors. Sir James Barrie of Peter Pan fame, gave the name to his "unruly doon."

When LemerandLoewe's"Brigadoon" first halfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the writing half." Sir James revealed appeared on stage in 1947, audience members this through a famous baccaluareate address, of all types applauded loudly for the original saying that he pictured himself as "dour, pracstory. But, it was not long until learned critics tical, and canny" and his elfin side, MacCon(notably George Jean Nathan) began to accuse nachy, as "fanciful."

"My desire is to be a solid man with a legal the lyricist and storywriter of plagiarising the practice, surrounded by the harsh realities of story from "Germelshausen."

The two stories do seem similar; "Briga- office furniture, while MacConnachy prefers doon" and "Germelshausen" both deal with a to fly about on one wing."

As it turned out, Alan Jay Ixmer's and mythical town which appears once every cenMarion Bell's relationship ended merely six tury, and both tell a love story involving a girl from the phantom town and a man from outside months after the end of "Brigadoon." As the village. However, critical differences are Lemer's attentions tumed to another show, he began to neglect Bell, and they finally grew abundant between these two tales.

"Germelshausen" is set in the German apart. hills.An artist stumbles into the village one day "Brigadoon" won the New York Critic's while on a sketching trip. This hero falls in love Circle Award, as well as unblemished praise with a girl of this German village, but she self- of the London production. The show was sacrificingly sets him back on his road home revived ten years later in 1957 and received after learning that, should he not return home, again much approval and appreciation even after the years. The 1954 film version, starring his mother's heart would break.

"Brigadoon," on the other hand, deals with a Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, and Cyd Chari^^k ^ ^ phantom village in the Highlands of Scotland. was also a great success.

Two American hunters lose their way and find Even today, in our very own Maine South, this village on the second day of its "blessing." the success of this highly acclaimed show The story reveals exactly how this blessing lives on, and surely will still live on through came about: witches plagued the Scottish High- the years to come.

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Chernobyl: Six years and one half-life later

by Geogia Lymber 'It was only six years ago that unit number four of the Chernobyl power plant exploded, releasing radioactive material, which could endanger all of our lives, into the atmosphere, the exact time was 1:23 a.m. on Saturday, April 26. It was only supposed to be a routine maintenance check and the reactor was being prepared. The generator was turned off, causing a dangerous drop in the coolant level in the system. This rapidly turned into steam and the power output of the reator began to rise quickly.

Although operators attempted to shut down the plant, it couldn't be done in time. At 1:24, an enormous explosion ripped apart the reactor and part of the building above it. A second explosion did even further damage and over thirty fires started in and around the building.

It was four days later, on April 29, when, with advice from Western Germany and Sweden, the Soviet officials were able to extinguish the fires.

"Although only about 4 % of the radiation in the reactor reached the atmosphere, this was more than what was released from the two atomic bombs dropped on japan at the end of WWII," says Laurence Pringle, author of ^^uclear Energy." ^ B All of this radiation, which spread throughout parts of the world, could cause serious side

effects such as cancer, birth defects, and premature aging.

Scientists estimated that cancer deaths in Russia would incresase by 40,000, and a study released by the Department of Energy estimated that twice as many Europeans as Soviets would die as a result of Chernobyl.

Are other nuclear power plants, including the ones in the United States, as vulnerable to disasters as Chernobyl?

Anthony V. Nero, a nuclear physicist, states that, "Reactors are carefully designed with numerous basic features and safety systems that serve to contain radioactivity, especially in an accident. With vigorous safety regulation, accidents will be highly improb-

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able and reactors will be safe enough... even safer than most of the alternatives."

On the other hand, another scientist states that, "It is probably impossible to build a containment barrier to protect against all nuclear accident possibilities. Like the Chernobyl power plant, reactorsin United States are deisgned to withstand the pressure created when a pipe breaks within a reactor and large amounts of high temperature steam are released. They, too, can fail in a severe accident."

Although there are many different views and theories, one question remains: Is the efficiency of nuclear power worth risking human lives?

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Freedom rings loud and clear at MS

by Kevin Byrne I don't know how I happened to find the monolith structure. I was just wandering around in a "technology haze" that seems to strike many an unwary student in the library, looking for help on a downed computer when I took a wrong turn and happened to end up standing in front of it: The Freedom Shrine.

Not many students, or faculty members I suppose, know what it is. There is no booth at Freshmen Orientation night labeled "Freedom Shrine." "Check out die amazing Shrine of Freedom" has never appeared in the daily bul-

letin. There isn' t even a plaque stating which senior class donated it. People browsing through the library won't see it for the Shrine is hidden from view behind rows of books.

But, if you happen to find it, (the next time I tried to go back to the Freedom Shrine it took me a good fifteen minutes to retrace my steps), the Shrine can be interesting.

I will give you the lowdown on this patriotic stain that has crusted itself to a wall at the library. The Shrine consists of various historical documents reprinted from their original form and mounted on blocks of wood.

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Most are American, but some, like the Magna Carta, come from abroad. All of the documents deal with the freedom of this great country of ours. Several documents, like the Constitution and Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you" speech are to be expected. Others, like Theodore Roosevelt's letter on Cuba and Ben Franklin's epitaph are famous works I never knew existed. And yet, they were strangely inspiring.

A sense of pride welled up in my gut.

Something I had not felt since I saw that first yellow ribbon adorning an oak tree... a feeling that died when I saw thatribbonswere being sold by everyone from Venture to McDonald's.

I shed a tear... a tear just like the one I shed the first time I saw Kennedy's head go back and to the left, back... and to the left. And right then and there I set to work writing a paper that would enlighten the masses to the grace and beauty of the Freedom Shrine. Now I will start a school wide campaign. Posters will start popping up in the halls, messages will be written in the daily bulletin, and maybe, just maybe, a table will appear at Fresman Orientation in honor of the shrine. Before long everyone at Maine South will know the motto: Take time for the Freedom Shrine!

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Science Olympiad scores at Stat%

By Debbie Chan On Saturday, April 3, the Maine South Science Olympiad Team made an even better showing at the state final, held in Normal, Illinois, than their impressive finish in the regional competiton. After school on Friday, April 2, the team took a three-hour bus ride, arriving at the competition site around 7:00 P.M. After waking up early the next day, the team began both a nine-hour competition and a very memorable experience. They received

6lh out of 21 places, one place higher than last year.

"I'm very happy about the result," said coach Mr. Jack Marino, 'This is the best we've ever done."

Once again, more than half of Science Olympiad members received medals. Two first place medals went to Walter Walczak and Tum Tunthatakas in the Scrambler, and Scott Schwemin and Dustin Puckett in Metric Estimation. Megan Lennon, Charity Trelease

and Martha Bohm won second place in Sound and Music; Megan Lennon and Brian Hameder also took second place in Physics Lab. In Cell Biology, Erika Bondarwicz and Martha Bohm took third, while Laura Batt took third in Get Your Bearing.

After gaining many insights in the regional competitions. Science Olympiad team members were better prepared and determined for the state finals, and their good performance showed this.

Math Team members heading to State The Maine South Math Team recently completed a stellar season of competition in the North Suburban Mathematics League which consists of 50 suburban and Chicago schools who compete against each other in five contests at five different levels.

The freshman level finished first in their division and second in the entire 50 school league, putting them ahead of the Math-Science Academy, Evanston, New Trier, and othertop schools in the league. In addition, the

Brigadoon^ polishing their music for weeks. Crew has been constructing the set and working out the technical aspects for an even longer period.

Costume crew, in particular, has had a rough time with various plaids, kilts, scarfs, blouses, hats, dresses, and sporans(Scottish mens' purses). Lauri McCleneghan, who

sophomores were second in their division, while the entire teamfinishedin first place for their division.

On Saturday, March 13, the Maine South Math Team competed in the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Mathematics contests in Truman College in Chicago. The freshman team of Scott Schwemin, Ken Tsukahara, Adam Megacz, Brian Shields, Cyrus Wilson, and Bryan Dayton finished infirstplace and automatically quali-

fied for the state finals to be held at Illinois State University on April 24. In addition, Scott Schwemin had the highest score for all freshmen at the regional, and Ken Tsukahara had the second highest score.

Other levels receiving awards were the juniors and the freshman-sophomore 8-person team. In addition, sophomore Nicole Baier had the fourth highest score at the regional in Geometry, and Marc Mazucca finished second in the oral presentation.

Continued from Page One oversees costuming, laughs, "Well, with seventy-plus kids in the cast, costuming has been a challenge... but with the excellent student help, a talented group of Music Booster seamstresses, plus the random actor or actress who came in and sewed on a button, to the best of our knowledge, there are no naked persons in

Brigadoon!"

The spring musical exravaganza is just that, once again. With the contributions of so many, it could hardly be less. As Ann Gortner says of Brigadoon, "It will always be a reminder of the theatre I hold so close to my heart- the Maine South stage."

March Students of the Month named

English: Alex Barton, Scott De Cherrie, Brian Harrity, Dina Hukic, Marc Mazzuca, Mike Miglore, Tim Mulvihill, Justin Myers, Tim Nelson, Erin Sloan, Erica Swanson.

Social Science: Andrea Berthold, Marc Gach, Steven Chiagouris, Chris Labno, Lisa La Cerra, Dave Palac, Tracy Stankiewicz.

Driver's Education: Elizabeth Fisher, Mike Nakis, Adriana Rago, Stacy Wynne.

Home Economics: Melissa Hagenauer, Kathleen Lyons, Laura Bang, Sharon Tucker, Kelly Erwin, Anneliese Lamken.

Health: Bella Patel, Derek Lenard.

Physical Education: Donald Kara, Michael Janas, Eric Manzi, Christin Nuzzo, Brian Shields, Michelle Troyk, Benjamin Wilson, John Arbis.

Math: Brandon Bisek, Spiros Katerinis, Kathy Alexander, Janis Vaca, Erin O'Shea, Matthew Eatherton, Valerie Vucenovic, Dave Makula, Maria Maniatis, David James, Thomas Marcotte, Hyun Kim.

Science: Nicole Baier, Charles Kaufman, Tracy Stankiewicz, Martha Bohm, Tanja Jukic, Dana Wade, Matthew Bialko, Sandy Thompson, Bradley Thompson, Elizabeth Schutt, Chris Labno, Erik Adams, Tom Sianis.

Foreign Language: Candice Abreu, Amy Balija, Chris Harris, Anne Hildebrandt, Michael Ploog, Jack Reynolds, Kathleen Rowland.

Business: Kevin Wielgus, Deborah Stoltz, Stan Kasiarz, Stephanie Rouse, Samantha Kaderabek, Christene Thomas, Scott Smith.

Speech and Drama: Christopher Labno, Devon Dillenbeck, Megan Tucker.

Music: ChristaPoskozim, John Fredericksen, Andrea Runblad.

Art and Photo: Angelo Giannakopoilos, Douglas McDowell, Stevo Kotur.

Industrial Education: Geoffrey Gallinger, Alan Eicker, Thomas Carlson, Tony Cincinelli, Debbie Chan.

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girls' soccer team finds the rhythm

by Katherine Nelson captain Maureen Nugent injured her knee, The girls' soccer team is off to rocky start. adding to the growing injuries on the team.

With three games under their belts their record With fewer than half of the players is two losses and one victory. healthy in early April, each game reveals a "It has been a very frustrating season so different lineup, as players are shuttied far," commented Mr. Kerth, head coach of the around to fill gaps."We'll be an excellent team. "Between the weather and the injuries, team once we heal. It just takes time." we're having trouble finding a rhythm." ^ The team has a lot of depth and has perThe Hawks' first competition was against a formed well on defense and in the midfield, strong Oak Park team. Despite taking nearly but "we are still waiting for someone to take twice as many shots as Oak Park, Maine South charge up front," commented Coach Kerth. lost the game 1-0.

This wish came true in last Tuesday's On April 10th the Hawks traveled to game. The team found their long lost rhythm Hoffman Estates. After allowing two early when they hosted a game against the Glengoals, the Hawks applied heavy pressure in the brook North Spartans. Maine South defeated second half, but couldn't find the back of the Glenbrook North, 4-0. net. During the game senior all-conference co"We had good passing, and were able to

find the back of the net. We corrected some of those early-season problems that were holding us back in our first few games," commented Coach Kerth.

Junior Brigid Brown scored the first goal of the season for the Hawks. Following a masterful sequence of six passes working the ball through midfield, to the right comer, and back out again, junior Trisha Melendy sent a perfect cross to Brown, who beat a defender to the ball and volleyed it in.

Senior Monica Huettinger answered with two goals in the second half, including a rocket from long range that beat the Spartan keeper to the far post. Senior Andrea Berthold closed out the scoring as the Hawks downed the previously unbeaten Glenbrook North.

Badminton performs well vs. Deerfield

by Debbie Chan The '92-'93 season for the girls' badminton team has had several ups and downs. Recently the team barely lost to cross-town rival Maine East 7-8.

Although the Hawks set a goal for themves to improve on the next game against omton Fractional North, the outcome was an upsetting, 1-14.

However, in Maine South's latest game they hosted Deerfield. South performed re-

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spectably. Having won four matches and many close games, the team broke the winless record against Deerfield last year.

There were several highlights of the game. In doubles, victories came from the number one spot senior Debbie Chan and senior Debbie Anselmini, and the number two team senior Anna Nomennson and senior Sae Tsukahara. Anselmini and Tsukahara contributed to the score with their singles wins also.

While the team is struggling through the season, head coach Pat McGuigan was excitied about it. "I'm very happy because of the returning varsity players and the positive attitude of the girls,"commented Coach McGuigan. "We're taking steps forward in our conference."

The team only has three more games of their regular season to go. Hopefully the team can muster up a couple more victories, so they may improve their record.

Girls' Softball team off to a winning start

by Katherine Nelson The girls' Softball team is having a great season. Even though the weather has not been coorperating nicely, the team has managed to get in four games.

The Lady Hawks traveled to York High School for their first game of the season.

Maine South was victorious, 7-5.

The Hawks won this game with out the help of one out of two pitchers on the team. Junior Jenny McCormick came down with mono, and

was not able to help her team out. However, Senior Kate Glamer came through for the team.

The Hawks' next game was against Good Counsel. Once again Maine South defeated their opponents. This time they won by thirteen runs, 14-1.

On April 10th the Hawks hosted a doubleheader against Hoffman Estates. Due to previous bad weather the game had to be held on the grassy area adjacent to the softball field.

Since the grass was wet,both teams were slipping quite a bit, which made playing difficult.

Even though the field was not what they wanted, the Hawks still defeated Hoffman Estates in the first game, 12-2. A half an hour later the two teams went at it once again. The Hawks were once again victorious, 12-0.

With a record of four wins and zero losses, the girls' softball team proceeds confidently into their mid season games with high hopes for success in conference games.

Girls' Track begins outdoor season

by Katherine Nelson The girls' track and field season has begun its outdoor season. However, due to bad wheather their first outdoor meet was cancelled.

So on April 6th the team had its first outdoor et. South hosted Resurrection and Notre me. On both the varsity and junior varsity levels the Hawks finished in first place overall.

Followed by Resurrection and finally in third place, Notre Dame.

There were some highlights of the meet.

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The two mile relay team which consists of senior Katy Michal, junior Candi Abreu, and sophomores Brooke Swanson and Mary Lindgren placed first. The 400 meter relay team also finished in first. Freshman Meredith Swanson finished first place in the two mile run.

In the field events a few athletes received first place for their efforts. Senior Meg Sheehan in the discus competition. Sophomore Jenny Green in the shot put. Sophomore Gretchen Henrickson in the long jump.

The Hawks' next competition was the District 207 meet. This year the Hawks hosted the meet against Maine East and Maine West.

E vm though the wheather was not the best, the Lady Hawks still managed to perform well. Michal placed second in the half mile run. Junior Andrea Armour placed second in the two mile run and the one mile run. In field events Sheehan finished in first place in the discus compeution.

Maine South's next competition is this Saturday at the Glenbrook South Invite.

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V-ball strong contender in CS

by Joe Zacharias Volleyball season has once highly ranked Huskies to three again returned to Maine South. games before falling.

With only three returning varAfter the match coach George sity members, the Hawks look to Sherman continued to believe their leadership from eight new that the team had put in the effort, members of the team. but insisted that there was plenty The team will depend on its of time to learn from their misquickness and defense this year takes. due to the lack of height.

As the Hawks entered the Also an advantage to the team Evanston Invite, they appeared a is its heavy hitting and serving to little sluggish. But in the end win matches. quickness and good defensive Dave Gregg, Stevo Kotur, play led by Ted Pappas, Vince Sean Watkins, and Brad Wiemer- Fisher, Dave Blumberg, and slage produce solid hitting from Gerald Leonard gave Maine all angles of the court.

South the needed edge to take the Most of the setting is carried third place pool at the highly out by Joe Zacharius, while Chris competitive tournament.

Rufo fills in as the big blocker in The real challenge for the year the middle. is yet to come. The beginning of The season began on a good/ the season has given the team bad note. The Hawks dropped much needed practice as they go their season opener to number into conference play. one ranked Oak Park.

The team has its best shot at But South proved that they winning the highly competitive [ Seniors Sean Watkins and Joe Zacharius go up for the block while juni were contenders, taking the CSL since its last crown in 1991. [ Gerald Leonard readies himself for the dig. Photo by Tom Carlson.

Baseball opens 1993 season at 1-2-1

by Chris Robbins another loss, this time to the hands of Lake The game ended in a tie, 4-4, since darkThis year's baseball team has already Forest, ness led to the blockade of extra-innings. opened its 1993 season, and as of this point in the year, has established a 1-2-1 record.

1 • • • J m m^m In their contest with Shaumburg, the team Li^tut picked up a disappointing loss. hMkm home contest The Hawks were defeated handily by the Saxons 6-1, only accomplishing one hit with Sport Fri.4/23 Sat. 4/24 Mon.4/26 Tue.41327 Wed. 4128 ten su^ike-outs.

Evanston Maine West Stevenson The team was down early only 1-0 when a Badminton V/JV 4:30 V/JV 5:00 V 8:30 a.m. throwing error by catcher Joe Rodino led to Buffalo Gr.^^ Maine West Evanston two additional runs for Schaumburg.

Baseball V/FrA 10:30 V/FrA 4:30 V/FrA 4:30 The Hawks brought in third baseman Jeff Niles N. Inv. Glnbrk.

S. Clark to relieve starting pitcher Mike KosGymnastics V/JV 6:30 V 7:00 p.m. trewza, and later Joe Kain relieved him.

Neither was effective, and three more runs Deerfield New Trier Soccer were given up to the opposition.

V/JV 4:30 Fr, 4:30 The no-hitter for the Saxon pitcher was Maine East Lake Park Waukegan Softball douced late in the game by Marty Dula, who V/JV 4:30 V/JV 4:30 V/JV 4:30 was at the DH position.

M.S. Quad ; Elmwood Pk. Tennis Earlier, the team split a pair of games with V 4:30 p.m. 1 V 9;00a.iii. two other MSL teams.

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Against Rolling Meadows, South captured V/S 10:00 Track V/S/F4:30 their single victory of the year thus far 5-3, GBSInv. GBS, Res. Girls' only to come back and get defeated by PalaV/JV 4:30 V 10:00 Track tine 9-4.

New Trier Rolling Mds. In their latest game, Maine South rallied Volleyball V/JV 5:00 Inv. V 9 a.m. with three runs in the sixth inning to avoid

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