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by Katie Burns This winter's all-school play. The Miracle Worjk^r, is due to premier next week. Opening night is Thursday, February 18, at 8:00 P.M. in the Clyde K. Watson Auditorium. A second show will be held the following night at the same time and place. Tickets for both performances are available at the door for S3.00 per person.

At 6 P.M. Saturday evening, the unique Maine South dinner theater will take place. A catered dinner will be served in the cafeteria with a raffle directly after. Then the audience will take reserved seats in the auditorium for the evening's entertainment. Tickets for this showing are $10.00 each, or S8.00 for seniors and children under twelve years of age. Payment must be sent to Connie Chiagouris at 613 N. Dee Road or Mary Pat Fontaine at 2311 W. Edna no later than February 15. More inforation can be obtained from Mrs. Chiagouris 'at at 823-0089, or from Mrs. Fontaine at 8233484. Proceeds from the dinner theatre will benefit the scholarship fund.

The Miracle Worker is based on the true story of Helen Keller's struggle to communicate, and her teacher's determined efforts to help her to learn. The teacher, Annie Sullivan, is as much a focal point of the play as Helen.

The story follows both characters as they work diligently to understand one another.

As a backdrop to the central plot are the interactions between Helen's family members as they try to deal with Helen's and their

Melanie Keller and Mr. Muszynski discuss a scene.

own problems.

The dual themes of determination and fair treatment are very visible in the work through Annie's refusal to give up or to treat Helen differently from a normal child and in the actions of the other characters.

"It's an incredibly challenging play and we're really excited our students are getting a chance to present it. We hope everybody gets a chance to see it," said Mr. Muszynski, director of The Miracle Worker.

He continued,"The fact that the play deals with disabilities doesn't hurt.... It has a wonderful moral."

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Melanie Keller, who portrays Annie Sullivan, pointed out, "Unless you've been in a hole all your life, you've heard of Helen Keller. She is a symbol of what a person can become with knowledge. Annie represents exactly what determination can bring. I mean she was determined!"

Commenting on her part and the rest of the play, she went on, "And personally, I admire Annie Sullivan, so it's especially challenging to play her part. And because this play is so famous, a lot of well- known people have done it, and it's hard to live up to that reputation." continued on page 6

Reardon wins DAR; SAR to Verisario The 1992-93 winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution Award is Kristin Reardon. The winner of this year's Sons of the American Revolution Award is Keith Verisario.

Both Kristin and Keith have been active in athletics, class and student council. Brotherhood, V-Show, Spanish Club, Presidents Club, and several other activities.

Every year, the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution each present awards to a distinguished Maine South senior, based on leadership abilities and their contributions both to the senior class and to the school in general.

The Maine South faculty recently voted on this year's recipients.

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Living in a cynical world?

I've got that spirit here somewhere

by Dan Berko Every athletic season since I've been here we have had an activities assembly.

Each time it has consisted of the same thing: representatives from each sport taking place during that season talk about the team's accomplishments and goals for that season.

This is followed by a screaming contest.

Usually, people either pay attention to the speakers, or they sleep or talk quietly with each other. This year, I noticed that the volume of the conversations got to the point that the speaker couldn't be heard anymore.

I'll admit, not all of the speakers were dynamic. Some had canned speeches while others were just plain scared. Not much different from the past, but in the past, for the most part, people kept quiet.

I could just say that the audience was completely and utterly rude, ill-mannered, and abusive, but I won't. I will say that mandatory attendance activities assemblies are a waste of time and completely unnecessary.

I have yet to learn anything about the teams that I couldn't learn from another source. I can appreciate the desire to administer a big dose of school spirit, but I think making this a voluntary assembly is a better alternative. This way, only interested people would attend, and the disruption would be eliminated.

Cuirently, the attempt to increase interest seems to have been through the three-point competition and the previous lip synch contests. To me, the three point contest was a waste of time. It only involved eight people, all basketball players. This kept the 99.5% of the student body out of it. The lip synch contest allowed more people, and different people to get involved. Another, perhaps more exciting alternative could be to bring back demonstrations of various sports.

During the day, uncouth classmates cruelly and unnecessarily humiliated the shooters. This would have happened regardless of the number of baskets made. That's just the inherent nature of us teens.

I can't blame the organizers completely; they did put in a lot of effort for the assembly. I wish I could show them the way to conduct a successful and enjoyable assembly for all, but I can't. I'm sure they would appreciate suggestions. All I can do is offer them luck.

How about nude, co-ed Clean and Jerk weight lifting held in a tub of iguanas?

by Charity Trelease with crime, war, natural disasters, and anyAs a member of the Maine South Marching thing else that quahfies as horrifying.

Band, I was lucky enough to journey to This is not limited to the news broadcastWashington D.C. As an unsuspecting subur- ers. People, too, tend to focus on the negative, banite, I was gullible enough to give my taking a "glass is half empty" attitude on life. money to some Hare Krishna. These equivoWhat's more, when stories actually have cators told my friends and me that they were happy endings, they are mocked and dubbed collecting money to buy educational text- corny. For instance, if I were to conclude this books for African children when, in fact, the commentary advising you to view happiness books were a collection of Hare Krishna lit- and innocence kindly, or to be less cynical and erature. more optimistic, the general response would I was later approached by a group of men be "Whatever."

The rationale for adhering to this sort of bearing museum pamphlets. Oddly, they requested donations to help the homeless, pessimism is this: a cynic is prepared for the which has nothing to do with museums. One worst, whereas a naive person would be devman in this group pointed out rather confi- astated by any sort of tragedy. But a cynic also dently, that we "live in nice houses, so c'mon, shoots down all positive events before he you got the money." Now I have nothing experiences anything resembling happiness. against charity, but it was clear that both of Basically, laughing in the face of decency these groups intended to take advantage of our is a defense mechanism. Once a person diskindness and naivete. covers how easily he can be hurt, he hides This occurred again when Hard Copy behind a shield of pessimism and with a cynicame to Maine South, apparently looking for cal sword, cuts innocence into pieces. Even something scandalous with which to blemish though everyone remembers their childhood, our trip to Washington. Upon finding nothing, when the world seemed sweet, as time prothey instead ridiculed our town and went as far gresses, the amountof pain we experience acas to play The Andy Griffith Show theme song cumulates. Eventually, we build a psychoduring the segment. Is this to say that all things logical wall so that nothing can hurt us. ^ ^ decent must be mocked?

The problem with this strategy is that i ^ ^ To watch the news, it seems that society keeps the good in the world out, too. I think it would prefer to have a world full of bad is better to remain optimistic, even at the neighborhoods, stricken with crime and cor- expense of occasionally being duped by a ruption. The majority of stories reported deal Hare Krishna.

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Beneath the rubble, is music the cause?

by Sean Denham I was listening to a commentary on the radio a few days ago. It began with an intelligent man calmly discussing his dislike of modem forms of entertainment This man gradually raised his voice until he was frantically raving about how today's rock music is guaranteed to bring about the downfall of society. The fact that he thought this way scared me.

Could it be that listening to certain types of music will cause us to regress into barbarians?

Will we end up killing each other just because some guy with long hair and a distorted C chord behind his voice screams at us that we should commit some sD^ange act of violence?

Are Americans such vegetables that they will blindly follow whatever they are told?

The radio announcer went on to talk about how these various affronts to society were caused by a decline in values in the home. So I stopped to consider the values he grew up with in the late 1950s and early 1960s. When I think of the the '50s, I think of Happy Days.

Back in the good ol' times, rock music was clean, and talked about nice values... or so this kman seemed to believe.

But his generation also listened to "Bobby's Girl", a song in which the female singer wails about the fact that her goal in hfe, her reason for living, the focal point of her entire existence in this vast universe, is to be, you guessed it, Bobby's girl.

Then there is the song, "No Particular Place To Go," by Chuck Berry. In this gem the narrator sings about driving his girlfriend to some secluded hilltop, and bemoans the fact that he can't get her seatbelt off. What they were going to do once they had gotten the seat belt off is anyone's guess.

There is also "The Wanderer" by Dion, which is about a guy who sleeps with as many women as he can. Personally, I have nothing against these songs, but I would like to see this radio sage, who is so worried about the moral fiber of today's generation, to take these songs at the same face value as he does with today's music.

Yet this man didn't see anything wrong with these lyrics. I'd think it would be more likely that a girl would take cues from a song hke this, than to begin eating Hve animals just because Ozzy Osboume does it on stage.

Perhaps the commentator just doesn't re-

member how his parents reacted when these songs came out, because he was just a teenager.

But at that time, rock music was seen as bordering on heretical. My grandfather said, "This is the end of civilization," upon first hearing rock music. Yet somehow over the years, we have survived despite those who would destroy us: musicians and record companies.

Two thousand years from now, archaeologists might be digging up what remains of the United States. What will their findings tell them? Will they find people under massive amounts of stone, curled in fetal positons, wearing walkmans that still contain Megadeth tapes? Probably not.

They would most likely discover that we perished because we spent too much time complaining about meaningless subjects, while ignoring the more important realities of our world, such as the destruction of the environment, the homeless, and the plague of the AIDS virus.

This radio commentator would better serve humanity by discussing subjects that really matter. Besides, if he's so offended by what he's hearing, he can always turn the radio off, just like I did.

Love or hate Hillary for right reasons

by Brenda Saavedra Recently, our new first lady has made it known that she prefers her maiden name included in her full name. In other words, she prefers to be called Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Shortly after this announcement, a national poll was taken by The Wall Street Journal and NBC asking, "Should the first lady be known as Hillary Clinton or Hillary Rodham Clinton?"

Actually, Hillary's name and appearance are not new issues. After Bill lost his reelection bid for governor of Arkansas in 1980, the Clinton team seemed to believe that Hillary's image was a part of the problem. So, a new Hillary emerged, complete with contacts, blonder hair, and more importantly, her husband's last name.

The controversy now brewing over her middle name is accompanied by virtually unanimous criticism of the hat she sported during her husband's inaugeration. There were also widespread complaints over her headbands during the earlier stages of the jlection. Once again, during election year, a lew Hillary was forced to appear, this time topped with a softer haircut and dressed in pastel clothing.

Of course, the only reason most of us are even aware of these superficial changes is due to the disproportionate amount of newspaf)er.

television, and radio coverage that has been spent criticizing Hillary's appearance.

Perhaps this treatment of the first lady was appropriate during Jackie Kennedy's reign, or maybe even during Nancy Reagan's time, when the official duties of the president's wife were limited to the East Wing of the White House. But the first lady of 1993 has a job of much more significant and far reaching consequences than merely appearing in stylish pillbox hats.

As chairperson of the task force dedicated to the reform of health care in this country, one of the most highly stressed goals of the Clinton campaign, Hillary has been given a chance to prove her intellect, her organizational ability, and her right to an office in the West Wing.

Hopefully, Hillary Rodham Clinton will live up to the hopes of the twenty-eight percent who, in response to the Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, replied that Hillary's name really doesn't matter and perhaps she will even change the minds of the sixty-eight percent that say it does matter.

But if she does fail, if a plan to make health care in America affordable for all citizens is not produced within the one hundred day time limit, at least Hillary will not have wasted her skills, experience and

talents.

And if she does fail, at least the committed Hillary Rodham Clinton bashers will have something to comment on other than her middle name.

Letter to the Editor On Thursday, January 21, Brian Barry, a Loyola student, was killed in a car accident. It was a sad day and night for many, but as his girlfriend, I was especially affected.

Anyone who knew Brian could attest that he was very special. He al ways wore a smile and helped anyone in need. I know he touched many lives here at Maine South. If anyone needs a shoulder to cry on, thereare many people here you can count oa, including myself.

Never be embarassed to express your feelings toward friends and loved ones.

They might be taken as suddenly as Brian was. I learned this the hard way.

I feel it is my duly to plead to everyone that friendships are precious and to warn you not to take them for granted. Many people from South attended his wake and funeral. Thank you. 1 know we all loved Brian. —Kristen McGrath

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ARC: V-Wing's most well-kept secret

by Heather Humbert, Cheryl Bratu, and Elizabeth Steinfels "ARC? ARC? What's that?" questioned one Maine South junior.

"Isn't that, like, the recycling program?" inquired a senior.

"No, no, no!" exclaimed an exasperated senior, "It's the area in the library where you can go to get help for math and other classes!"

Wrong! An astounding 80% of Maine South's students claimed to know what the ARC is, but do they really? ARC stands for Alternative Resource Center, which, incidentally, is not in the library. ARC is located in the Vocational Wing where the machine shop and electronic lab used to be.

Contrary to popular belief, ARC students are not hardened criminals, and they are not insane.

"Every school he's gone to they didn't know how to deal with his learning disabilities, so they assumed he was stupid. But he's pot. He's been bounced around so much he thinks he's dumb," stated one ARC student's sister. "Here he gets the attention he needs."

"These kids just have a history of school failure," said Steve Zullo, head teacher of the ARC program. "They're the ones that get dropped off at the front door and walk out of the back. They have a tendency to cut classes or just never show up."

ARC provides a more structured atmosphere which is necessary for most of these students. With only five classrooms, each classroom containing a mere eight students, personal attention is easily provided.

The classrooms resemble those typically found in Maine South, except that they are only half the size. Posters discouraging drugs, smoking, and alcohol abuse line the walls.

Messages such as "If Susie jumps off abridge, are you going to follow?" stress the importance of staying substance free and avoiding peer pressure.

ARC also houses its own cafeteria and the time-out room, similar to C-147. A separate entrance and exit are provided along with individual lockers for the students. However, Maine South's P.E. facilities are shared by the ARC program.

Dr. Cachur believes that this program incorporating students from Maine South, East, and West is a separate entity. "The only two limes these kids come out is for P.E. and to go to the nurse's office," says Cachur.

Of course, as with all programs, there have been problems. ARC students have, on occasion, been known to wander into the halls.

However, Dr. Cachur says it has been a fairly smooth transition with few difficulties.

The ARC program was originally located

along with the Maine Alternative Program (MAP) at Maine North until the building was sold. ARC was then moved to West Elementary in Des Plaines. However, when the building was sold to the city, ARC was once again forced to find a new location. According to Ken Kaczynski, president of the advisory council of the Elgin based Unit School DisU-ict 46, "Special classes are generally housed in any school that has space."

Ideally, the program would be located off campus, but due to the cost of renting facilities it would be impossible to maintain a stable location. As it stood, Maine South had the available space; the machine shop and electronic lab were lying dormant with decreasing enrollment in these classes. According to Zullo, the ARC program will be a permanent addition to Maine South unless "funding is discontinued."

"What we're really trying to do is keep these kids in school," says Zullo. The main thrust of the program is to prevent drop-outs and try to mainstream them back to their home school. "These kids are only here temporarily. Some of the students are showing progress and are allowed to attend regular classes for part of the day."

The students are graded by a point system as opposed to the letter system Maine South students are accustomed to. "Each student has a goal for the day, for instance, no foul language," explains Zullo.

Each day the students receive a "point sheet" and are awarded points for such things

as being punctual and prepared. At the end of the day the points are tallied, and as they accumalate, the students slowly work their way back into their original school.

Since students are constantly returning to their original schools and others are admitted into ARC, the student population fluctuates.

"Right now we have about 32 students," stated Zullo.

So what happens to these kids after they are out of ARC? "Last year we had five kids graduate,"remarked Zullo, "but not all of them are success stories." Some of these kids will never graduate from high school.

"A lot of students end up going to night school because they have to work during the day," continued Zullo. Two of the students in the program are working right now to support their families.

Many of these students are considered "at risk" students and labeled "dangerous" by many Maine South students. Fifty-four percent of Maine South students surveyed who were aware of the ARC program were "uncomfortable" having ARC students in their school.

"I have friends in the ARC program,"^^ explains Maine South senior Kris Timmer. " l ^ V know that some of the kids don't care about school, but even if it only helps a couple people I think it's an important program.

They just need a little more attention than we do, but they still deserve a chance. A lot of them are really nice, and I don't think they deserve the bad reputation they've gotten."

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A big, wet, juicy, Valentine i<iss

by Renata Kesala

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If you find yourself in the mood to smooch your loved ones this St. Valentine's Day, you might want to consider this: a kiss is most definitely not just a kiss, despite what the lyrics say. Kisses are not just simple displays of affection. Their methods and meanings vary among individuals and cultures. It can actually mean just about anything.

Kissing plays many roles in human affairs.

Our traditions, ceremonies, and everyday behavior carry examples: gamblers kiss their cards, patriots kiss their native land, and princesses kiss frogs to turn them into princes.

Kissing can have less to do with romance or friendship than with cultural and historical units. For example, the French greet you with two kisses, one on each cheek; the Belgians kiss three times. The Chinese forbid any kind of kissing in public, and Nigerians don't kiss at all. Austrians kiss the hand, while Indonesians kiss only the cheek. In Latin and South American, men traditionally kiss each other in salutationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;quite the opposite of that in the United States.

A theory on the origins of kissing is that it Fbegan when primitive humans licked each other's faces for salt. Another, more romantic, explanation is that ancient lovers believed a kiss would unite their souls, literally, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath.

The romantic kiss, as we know it, was first popularized by the ancient Romans. They kissed one another on just about any occasion, and even scented their mouths with Oriental spices to enhance the pleasure. Casual public kissine grew to such huge dimensions in those

In ancient Persia, people didn't simply kiss forpleasure. Instead, manners of kissing reflected class distinctions. Equals could kiss each other on the lips, but anyone of different status must kiss on the cheek.

Those of the lowest classes had to kiss their superiors on the foot.

Though in America we take an extreme liking to kissing, die pleasure does not seem to be universal. Other cultures express their feelings in other ways. For example, at Cambodian weddings, the groom will touch his nose against the bride's cheek. In Korea, the

bride and groom bow to each other to represent their new bond.

Since a kiss can mean just about anything, the final step in kissing scintillatingly is understanding the variety of kisses and practicing them in the proper situations.

Saint Valentine was a Roman, martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died February 14,270, and that day has since been devoted to love and friendships. According to legend, he left a good-bye note for a jailer's daughter who befriended him in prison, and signed it "from your Valentine."

y years of disarmament? treaty agreeing not to use the actual ocean floor as a test area, but the testing continued.

In August and September of 1990, the U.N. spoke on the future of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). This treaty was created to limit nuclear testing and to protect smaller countries from nuclear threat. The talks inspired hopes of extending the treaty past 1995, and created the possibility for more amendments.

The main topic of this conference was the comprehensive test ban. The U.S. and its allies were dealing with non-alhes and nonnuclear states. Ambassador Carl-Magnus Hyltenius of Sweden brought up 135 paragraphs of the NPT that had to do with disar-

mament and the test ban. Unfortunately, no agreement was reached. The Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze said, "As a matter of the utmost urgency, nuclear tests have to be stopped. If testing is stopped.we have a chance to survive; otherwise the world will perish."

The U.N. agreement also sought to promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy, to strengthen the NPT, and to negotiate in good faith at the test ban amendment conference in January.

The world can only hope that someday the U.N. will resolve the conflicts in regard to nuclear testing. Until then, the lives of this and future generations are in danger.

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Students participate In music festival A couple of weeks ago, seven very talented musicians from Maine South attended the 1993 Illinois Music Educator's Association (IMEA) festival in Peoria.

The festival lasted until Saturday, January 30, and was filled with rehearsal and performances. Five musical areas: Band, Jazz Band, Choir, Jazz Choir, and Orchestra, were represented in the festival.

The Maine South students who earned the right to attend the festival were Alison Begor (Honors Orchestra), Karyn Blake (Honors Orchestra), Erika Comelisen (Honors Orchesta), Ann Gortner (Honors Choir), Brad Haak (All-State Choir), Paul Kim (Honor Choir), and Chika Saeki (Honors Jazz Choir).

The qualification process began back in October at the District 7 tryouts. This was a one-day audition, and the best students were named All-State.

These students were then able to try to qualify for Honors. The All-State orchestra members, for instance, were given the chance

to qualify for Honors thefirstday they were in Peoria.

The purpose of the festival is many fold.

First, it is to further emphasize and preserve musical education in schools. Many schools have diminishing music programs because of lack of funds and the IMEA wishes to raise awareness of the importance of musical education, and hopefully raise more money for musical education. Also, music teachers and educators are able to meet and commiserate, along with attending seminars and clinics.

Finally, it gives talented students a chance to put on a really good show.

The students traveled to Peoria by van, with Maine South choir director Mr. David Danckwart behind the wheel. They arrived on Thursday, January 28 at the Continental Regency hotel, and few of the students went right off to rehearsal.

Over the the weekend, students practiced up to 19 hours, and some had the opportunity to attend a workshop or two, and to catch the

performances of the other groups.

On Friday evening, at the Peoria Civic Center the Jazz Groups performed. The AllState Choir, Band, and Orchestra held their performances at 1:00 P.M. on Staturday, and they were followed by the Honors Choir, Band, and Orchesu-a.

Over 1200 students along with parents and others atteneded and saw the IMEA performances.

Senior Ann Gortner, an Honors Choir member, described the festival: 'The sheer size of the performing groups was enough to impress anyone, and when coupled with such an incredible amountoftalent, this experience made me realize exactly why I want to dedicate my life to music. I had chills running up and down my spine throughout the whole performance."

Honors Jazz Choir member Chika Saeki agreed, "The festival was a wonderful experience, which was not only a lot of fun, but inspirational and delightful as well."

Celebration '93 plans taking shape byLizzWilk Although thoughts of Prom may be far off, planning for the annual post-Prom party.

Celebration '93, is already under way. Most plans are only tentative right now, but word is that Celebration '93, held in restaurants in the past, will be held at the Park Ridge Community Center. Popular activities from

the past, such as Record-A-Hit and a D.J. for those who didn't dance enough at the actual Prom, and other possible entertainment, such as a magician, promise to make this event a success. Tickets, which will include entertainment, catered food, and transportation to and from the event, are projected to cost between S16 and SIS per person. As always.

couples aren't required and students can attend Celebration '93 without going to Prom itself. Meetings will be held about once a month and more frequently as the Celebration '93 date approaches. Students are urged to attend the meetings to help plan the event. For those who can't attend the meetings and would like to offer suggestions or comments can contact one of the Celebration co-chairs Mrs. Colette Hohimer (698-0555) or Mrs. Barbara Stasica (823-7498).

Miracle Worker, continued

Kristen Schaefer, who plays Kate, Helen's continued from page 1 mother, was optimistic. "For a very difficult play to present, I believe the original meaning of each character is correctly portrayed by the actors."

Joe Pindelski, who plays the sarcastic character of Jimmy Keller, Captain Keller's son by another marriage, said simply, "The Miracle Worker is a great experience that shouldn't be missed."

Brad Haak is student director for the play.

Molly Kilmer portrays Helen, Tom Carlson is Captain Keller, Alison O'Keefeplays the servant and family confidante, Beth McCabe is Aunt Ev; and Kevin B>Tne is Anagnos.

Though rehearsals have been irregular due to the normal chaotic rush of Chrisunas break, fmals, and musical try-outs, the cast members have their lines memorized and scenes worked out.

Students involved in crew have also been pressed for time. As Crissy Mytko, the stage manager for this production, remarked early

on, "Due tofinalsand the winter band concert, we have basically three weeks to pull the set together, which is rather extensive with an eight foot second floor and working water pump."

Mr. Pat Sanchez, the technical director, commented on the set. "It's a two level set of a house in the lale 1800's, interior and exterior. No walls are being used in the set because of the action that takes place in the house."

The work of the crew members is appreciatedby many oftheactors and actresses. Kristen Schaefer expressed her gratitude for one of the hard working groups: "I would like to personally thank the costume crew for the effort they put into making the costumes in period."

The many people working on the play will bring it together to present the touching story of Helen Keller and her devoted teacher and family to Maine South next week. They seem enthusiastic about the play's run and determined to see it through.

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Girls' gymnastics peaks at end

by Kalherine Nelson As the girls' gymnastics team nears the close of the season, the team seems to be improving with each meet.

"The team just keeps getting better. As I have said before this is the right time for the team to be at their peak," commented Ms. Cain, head coach of the girls' gymnastics team.

The last regular meet of the season for the gymnastics team was against Schaumburg on January 26th. The Varsity squad lost to Schaumburg, 134.9-131.2. Even though the Lady Hawks lost, it was one of their highest final scores of a match for the season. The Hawks were helped out by several good efforts by many members.

On the uneven bars, senior Kristen Neisler received an 8.6, junior Amy Lyons received

an 8.1, and sophomores Joanne DiCola and Holly Hameder received an 8.4 and an 8.0.

On the vault, Neisler was awared an 8.6, junior Tamara Borck was awarded an 8.4, and Hameder was awarded an 8.5.

The return of senior Monica Huettinger, was greatly appreciated, when she jumped her way to a 9.0 on the vault.

On the floor exercise, Huettinger danced her way to an 8.5. Neisler was awarded 9.1, and sophomore Heather Anichini received an 8.3.

On the all-around competition Neisler's average score was an 8.55.

The JV squad lost to Schaumburg, 61.150.8.

After finishing their regular season, the Hawks were well practiced for the conference meet on January 29th at Glenbrook

South. The team as a whole placed third in conference with a total of 126.4 points.

Neisler placed fifth in the uneven bars competition with a score of 8.65. Hameder placed tenth on the uneven bars with a score of 8.1. In the vault competition, Hameder placed tenth with a score of 8.4.

Neisler placed eighth in the floor exercise competition with an 8.7.

Neisler placed fifth on the balance beam with a score of 8.65.

In the all-around competition Neisler finished in fifth place with an all-around average score of 8.59.

"If the team keeps this good streak going Regionals will go well for the team. Hop)efully, after a good performance at Regionals a few members will advance to the Sectional competition," commented Coach Cain.

Girls'B-ball puts best foot forward

by Katherine Nelson The past couple weeks have shown an improvement in the girls' basketball season.

This improvement is due to the fact that the Hawks' shooting percentage has increased greatly.

The Hawks first step to a better shooting percentage was on January 26 against Prospect. The game was close. The Lady Hawks racked up a total of 39 points to defeat Prospect, 39-36. Junior Trisha Melendy was the high scorer of the game with 13 points.

The Hawks then hosted cross-town rivals, Maine East on January 29. At the end of the fourth quarter Maine South had the lead by 20 points. South scored victory for the second time that week against Maine East, 53-39.

Once again Melendy was the high scorer for the game with a total of 15 points. Other players that helped the team to victory were senior Maureen Nugent with 10 points, and junior Ginger Tosch with 10 points.

After winning two games in a row the Lady Hawks were pumped for a third victory.

However, the teams' luck ran out on January 30 against Niles West. The Hawks had the chance to win but failed to get the last shot in.

Niles West defeated the Hawks, 41-39.

Sophomore Sue Sroka racked up 10 points in the first half and by the end of the fourth quarter she had a total of 13 points. Nugent ored a total of nine points, all in the fourth 'quarter. nil The team has four games left until the state competition begins. "Trisha Melendy had a nice week if she could keep that up as well as the other players the team should do well in the Regional competition," commented Mr.

Deines, head coach of the girls' basketball team.

The Hawks are scheduled to go up against Regina in Regionals next week. Coach Deines commented on the Hawks match-up

for Regionals: "Regina is a good match for the Hawks, both in size and talent. Both teams have similar records. The goal for the team is to be better then Regina so they then can advance on to the Sectional competition."

Girls' track and field begins season

by Katherine Nelson Even though the girls' track andfieldteam had no state qualifiers at the end of the '91'92 season, their indoor track record was 7-1, and the outdoor track record was 6-2. Since Tuesday, January 19 this year's team has been working hard towards success at their first meet.

This year's team looks strong and ready to handle the obstacles ahead of them in both track and field events.

In the track events there are many returning varsity members. Senior Katy Michal, and junior Candice Abreu look strong in the half mile race. Junior Andrea Armour(AllConference honors for the '91-'92 season) looks promising in the half, one, and two mile races.

In the sprinting events, senior Liz Kuehn and sophomore Gretchen Henrickson will put their best foot forward.

Henrickson is also looking forward to a good season in the long jump. sophomores Julie Johnson and Kara Vormittag are ready for the hurdles, senior Margie Wasiak, and juniors Lauren Rolsing and Carrie Schwemin will also help out in the track events.

In the field events, returning varsity member senior Meg Sheehan will give her best

effort in the shot put.

With the loss of assistant coach, Mrs. Lownsberry, the team will have to try even harder to achieve their goals.

However, with the help of head coach Mr. Gabauer and Ms. Doer the future of the girls' track and field team looks bright.

"The team is full of good returning varsity members this season as well as new members with a lot of potential. This season the team has a strong two mile relay," commented Coach Gabauer.

The teams first meet was against New trier and Glenbrook South on Thrusday, February 4th. The Hawks finished in second place. New Trier finished in first and Glenbrook South finished in third. Even though the meet was only an exhibition meet the Hawks had an impressive beginning to their season.

The two mile relay composed of Michal, Abreu, Armour, and junior Trisha Stankiewicz finished in second. Freshman Jenny Green finished second in the 50 meter sprint with a time of seven seconds flat. Senior Melissa Ponticelli ran the quarter mile in 70 seconds flat.

If the good performances from Ponticelli and Green are a picture of what is going to happen in future meets, the girls' ffack and field teamhas a promising future.

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Swim team ends '93 season 3-6

by Jamie Mills The Hawks three-meet winning streak came to an end last Friday with a 121-65 loss to conference rival New Trier.

Maine South got individual victories from co-captains Kurt Kuever and Jamie Mills.

Sophomore backstroker Steve Chiagouris swam a personal best time to capture second place.

At the three-level Conant Invitational, the Hawks placed fourth overall, narrowly losing third place to Glenbrook South. The lone victory came from Kurt Kuever, who set a meet

record in the class B 200 yard freestyle.

Maine South also got a good performance from Jamie Mills, who captured second and third places the class A 200 free and 100 fly respectively.

Against Glenbrook South, Maine South did not fare as well as they would have liked.

Quite a few swimmers went into the meet very sick, and one swimmer was missing because of the musical tryouts. Even coach Deger was ill.

The Hawks still got many good performances from their swimmers. In the 50 frees-

tyle, Brian Hamcdcr broke the 25-sccond barrier, swimming a 24.96, a personal best time.

Steve Chiagouris dropped two seconds in the 200 I.M., even with an injured back.

Kevin Gillespie swam a personal best 59.77 in the 100 fly. Kuever and Mills both won their respective individual events.

With the regular season over and a final record of 3-6, Maine South heads into the championship meets with a positive attitude.

In the end, the team hopes to qualify several swimmers for the state meet at Evanston.

Seniors lead track into indoor season

by Paul Zurawski The Maine South track team is looking forward to another successful season.

Led by twenty returning experienced seniors, in addition to twenty-two juniors, this year's varsity team hopes to improve on the accomplishments of last year's team, whose season was highlighted by the two mile relay team qualifying for state.

This year the team hopes to qualify for the state meet in more than one event.

With such a high turnout this season of

runners, the team looks to have started on the right note.

Also giving this year's team the opportunity to improve on last year's accomplishments is the much greater amount of seniors.

This year's squad of twenty is significantly larger than last year's total of only five seniors.

The seniors this year consist of the same athletes that, as sophomores, defeated Evanston at the Indoor Conference Meet.

With this strong nucleus, in addition to a

steady group of juniors, the team possesses all of the components necessary to be a dominating force in the conference.

Varsity Coach Bill Drennan is looking forward to having another successful season on all levels.

Coach Drennan says that right now the team is "looking for leadership to match their experience."

He believes if this leadership is acheived, that the team could perhaps be very successful.

Basketball team falls to cross-town rival Demons

by Tim Richards In the boys' basketball team's latest game, the Hawks (5-11,1-6) went up against crosstown rival Maine East, whose team has compiled a 10-8,4-3 record this season.

The game was a low scoring one, which was up for either team's taking the entire game.

In the end, the Demons defeated the visiting Hawks 32-27.

In the first quarter, the Demons jumped out to take an 18-10 lead. It appeared as if the conference match-up would be a high scoring one.

From that point on though, scoring on both sides stalled. The game's low score can be attributed to a game marked by possession style offenses and steady defenses.

At the half, the Demons led by the score of 20-16, but the Hawks came back and led 2422 going into the final eight minutes.

The Demons regained the lead, and although South did have opportunities to take it back, poor free throw shooting cost the team the victory.

Steve Johnson missed on the one and one, and later in the game senior Mike Kosu^zewa naissed three straight free throws.

In their next game, the Hawks rebounded to beat non-conference rival Fremd, in a game

that featured numerous Hawk players in double figures for scoring.

This strong overall team performance gave Maine South the victory by the margin of 6659.

Kosffzewa led the Hawks in scoring, followed by Brad Wiemerslage with 13 points, Johnson with 12 points, and Mark Kufnerand

Chris Semel with 10 points.

The Hawks led the game at the half 35-25, but the squad from Fremd came back with numerous outside shots to bring the score to 4746.

The game was in jeopardy, but South went on a 20-12 run to put the Vikings away and preserve the victory.

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