Vol 32 issue 14

Volume 32, Issue 14 March 22,1996

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Maine South H.S. Park Ridge, IL

The trial (team) of the century

by Brian O'Neill "Well, it ain't no L.A. Law," is something you might hear a member of the Maine South Mock Trial team say when asked what exactly Mock Trial is. Another response might be, "Regional winners who are advancing to the State Championships on March 30, in Springfield."

Mock Trial does not, as some suggest, make fun of real trials, nor is it a drama activity. The Mock Trial Team is a group of eight students committed to presenting an actual case and learning about law.

After the try outs in November, the team began hours of work. Under the direction of Coach Rick Rosenberg, the team then started their grueling practice schedule of about ten hours per week, and more time on weekends.

Early in the season, the team received the :ase that they were going to present which leals with the Boston Massacre. The Boston 'Massacre occurred in 1775, when British soldiers opened fire on colonists of Boston.

The man on trial is Captain Thomas Preston, the coirananding officer that day.

The team had to prepare both the defense and prosecuting sides of the case. Each member was involved in both sides, and

worked with one another to formulate a winning strategy that would prove Captain Preston either guilty or not guilty.

The team sifted through hundreds of pages of facts, witness statements, diagrams, and maps. They selected everything that could help their case, and figured out ho w they could respond to questions that could hurt them.

Most difficult, however, is that the eight students have to agree on every aspect of the case. This is the tedious part.

Team member Pierre Roustan commented, "Even though we argued like rivals, we came through as a team."

After months of practice, Sunday nights at Barnes and Noble, and scrimmages against traditional powerhouses, the team was ready to compete at the regional competition Feb. 24, at the Richard J. Daley Center.

Their first regular-season meet was against East Leyden High School. The team had to defend Preston, which is the easier side, because many team members believe that it is almost impossible to find Preston guilty.

Buoyed by a strong opening statement from Dominika Smereczynski, the team laid the ground for their case.

Aside ft^om a few instances when the

judges seemed to be unaware of Mock Trial rules, the case went smoothly. Leyden witnesses were proved not believable by crossexaminers Brian Hutchinson and Roustan.

On South's side, Brandon Kelly and Bonnie Johnson portrayed witoesses very well.

They were questioned by Andy Schreiber and Hutchinson.

Finally, the case was summarized by Brian O'Neill, who deUvered the closing argument.

Although a verdict was not given. South certainly won, because although teams do not Mock Trial continued on page 6

Name that petrified rocl<

by Laura Batt The Maine South Science Olympiad team recently placed third at its regional meet, thereby advancing to the state meet. On March 9, the 15 team members, coaches Betsy Godwin and Jack Marino, and a small group of supporters traveled to the Illinois Math and Science Academy for a day of physics, geology, chemistry, biology, and other types of science fun.

Activities in which Science Olympiaders comf)ete include answering science questions, building structures, conducting experiments, and launching rockets.

One of the most intriguing events of the f:ompetition involves the building of a Rube Goldberg device, a compUcated mechanism that performs a simple task. This year, juniors Mike Delance and Laura Huber and senior Tum Tunthatakas directed the construction of

a three-level, multi-task structure that must simply tum a cup over and drop a golf ball into it. The process lasts about two minutes and more points are awarded for a greater number of energy transfers.

Another one of the most popular events is the Nature Quest. A pair of competitors must use a compass to help them pace a specified number of vector meters outdoors, sometimes through mud or snow. Along the way, the pair tries to identify natural entities such as pieces of petrified rock, pine tree cones, animal tracks, and bird skulls. South has performed well in this event over the years.

After a trip to the national finals held at Indiana University last year, the team has high hopes for this 1996 season. Even though four members of the 1995 team graduated and several present seniors are unable to compete due to conflicts with other activities, nine

Hawks medalled at the tough 15-team regional meet.

These award-winning students are Delance, Ben Lai, Ken Lai, Dustin Puckett, Barbara Rodecki, Tunthatakas, Rose Walczak, and Walter Walczak. Delance and Puckett brought the only first place medals back to Park Ridge by winning the Metric Mastery event. Forpartof this event, competitors must be able to estimate the temperature, mass, length, and width of various objects without using measuring tools. Puckett won the event at the state competition his freshman year.

The defending Dlinois champions hope to make a strong showing at the state meet to be held April 26 at the University of DUnois at Urbana-Champaign. Said coach Marino, "We need to be very prepared, and if we have some luck we can win state."

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The found generatiot^

by Laura Halt Touring Project BIG last Wednesday, my friend Zhaleh and I talked to some fascinating

by Lisa Klueppel people, acquired a variety of pencils, and Sociologists across the nation have been heard some interesting ideas.

When Zhaleh talked with the chemistry re- trying to slap a name to our generation for search representative, she asked how he uses quite some time now. We don't quite fit into the "X" generation, and we have not yet given what he learned in high school in his job.

"High school most importantly taught me ourselves a name. So where do we belong?

As senior Jeni Aris states, "we are the T' how to learn and how to better manage my generation... after 'X,' and also, Why?" Our time," he said. He went on to discuss nuclear reactions, but his answer to Zhaleh's first generation is undefined, and as of yet has no borders, philosophies, or meaning. Or does it? question nagged at me the whole night Our parents, "the Peace and Love" generaI agree that learning how to learn informa tion, stood for something. They had goals and tion is of an equal or greater importance than the material itself. People learn in many dif philosophical premises. Personally, I find it ferent ways. For example, when memorizing hard to picture my mom wearing a shirt that a list of Yoruba vocabulary words, one stu says "One in the oven," while holding a joint dent might need to copy each word 12 times in in one hand, and a sign that reads "Peace, a copy book. Another might record himself on Love, Save the Vegetables" in the other. It just tape saying the words one by one. Whichever doesn't go with her skirt suit and briefcase. way works is fine and high school should be a Then again, I find it harder to imagine how my time to experiment with what types of learn children will one day struggle to see me in my youth. Why? Because until this day, I have no ing work best for each individual.

The chemistry man said he learned almost idea what our generation stands for.

To some extent, we stand for openness and everything about the nuclear field he researches by reading books; he learned how to acceptance, or so we say. To another extent, we stand for freedom and choice, or so we say. better understand books in high school, The second effect high school had on this But what we say and do are two very different chemistry fellow is that it helped him learn to things. Sadly enough, it seems that we are to manage his time. All students have to hypocrites, saying that we acceptand wish the decide for themselves that which they wish to best for all, when in actuality, we do nothing but struggle for ourselves. do and that which they have time to do.

But can we be blamed? Look around. You If sample student Luigi has basketball practice after school, work for two hotu^s after hear about the gangs, and then you see them in that, and homework in each of his six classes, he has to either choose to skip something or miss out on sleep. Many teachers are sensitive to the hour-shortage of Earth days, but others expect a lengthy nightly effort from students If our sample student Luigi finds himself with no time to eat, sleep, or be merry, he should consider dropping something in order

by Alison Milnamow to keep alive. Yet teachers need to try and Last Wednesday the small catiiedral town understand their busy students too. of Dublane, Scofland was shocked with an act High schoolers, especially juniors and of violence that will haunt it for the next seniors, are old enough to be able to make century. The massacre of innocent children by decisions about their priorities. Schoolworkis a crazed killer is something a country does not important, but so are concerts, sports, jobs, easily forget. and social gatherings. If after writing Sixteen children were dead by the end of "Bawoni" (Yoruba for "HeUo") only four the massacre. Out of a class of 29, only one times, Luigi is confident he knows the word, child was unharmed. How could one man he should be able to stop copying and continue cause so much devestation? He did not have with another activity. If he blanks on the test an automatic weapon; he merely had four the next day, he should remember to try handguns, and yet an entire class has been something else nexttimesuch as studying his erased. list during breakfast.

Still, we do forget While the parents of the Hopefully, with help from teachers, those killed Nicky Corwin have not forgotten Lauwho successfully find how they can best learn rie Dann, who in 1989 walked intoaWinnetka and manage their time in high school will have grammar school and began shooting, many of a head start when thev enter the world bevond

school the next day. You read about AIDS, and then your best friend tells you he has it You see the movies glorifying drugs, and then you smell them at a party. We have no safe haven to fall back on. School, home, and gettogethers all produce numerous concerns. It seems as if the only place we can be safe in is our dreams, and even those can become nightmares.

How can we be expected to take a stand for the good of the world, when we ourselves need to be stood up for? Maybe instead of trying to stop hunger at 17 years old, we should try to stop the defamation of our peers.

Maybe we are a defined generation. We may not have cool, trendy, period-marking clothes, or twisted, sex-crazed idols, but we do have something: smarts. We are smart enough to know that we cannot dedicate our youth to healing the world when our youth is in danger. We are mature enough to slowly recognize that something needs to be done.

And we are old enough to do it.

If we are brave enough to open our eyes and ears every night to watch the news an<J hear about the messes being made for u; deal with, then we surely wUl be brave enougl ugn to deal with them. Struggling through on our own and growing up to face the future is the hardest thing we do as a generation. So maybe we can't be defined in a word or a phrase, but we sure do realize who we are as a generation.

When humanity dies us have. Winnetka is just a suburb away, yet we have managed to distance ourselves from the tragedy that took place there only seven years ago.

We make ourselves blind so that we do not have to face what we cannot comprehend.

Maybe this is a survival technique. Perhaps we block out the violence that goes on because we have seen too much of it. Having Chicago as our neighbor, we recognize that violence is a part of daily life. Or maybe we just think we are above all of this. After all, we are Park Ridge; we are Maine South; and we know that^ this craziness goes on only in large cities ti are rampant with violence like New York a* Chicago.

And Dublane, a tiny litUe town in the middle of Scotland.

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Left behind in the dust of progress

by Cyrus Wilson PARENTS. E)oes the word refer to some new government program designed to promote the virtue of the nation? Perhaps it is some new software technology that will prevent children from accessing pornography on the Internet. Could it be an amendment that will allow religion in schools to teach virtue to children? Maybe it's a new television chip that will keep kids from viewing TV violence.

Parents, the people themselves, can do a better job than these potentially costly methods of child care. However, parental nurturing has been partially ignored. Concern for children is good, but one should always remember that government programs and computer technology are not adequate substitutes for parents.

Internet pornography is one problem that requires parental intervention. The government has tried to solve the problem by initiating legislation to protect children from "adult" materials through Internet regulation.

Most Internet users object that government regulation will destroy the unrestricted flow f information that gives the Internet its wer. Software companies and Internet rvice providers are now restricting access to questionable material or allowing parents to choose what areas of the Internet their chil-

dren can explore. This solution, if successful, would protect children from "adult" material without the need for government regulation.

However, many of these efforts to protect children from the evils of the Internet are unnecessary. If a parent worries that a child will look at obscene material, he can supervise the child's Internet usage. Parents and children can explore the Internet together as time permits, and parents should make and enforce rules regarding what parts of the Internet their children can explore unsupervised. Technology can never replace discipline.

Television violence is also an issue that needs parent involvement To help parents control what their children see on television, new TVs are being equipped with V-chips that can be set to block out violent programs.

Parents should not have to rely on V-chips, though. Parents who feel that certain TV material is unsuitable should actively supervise their children's TV viewing.

In addition to supervising their children's exposure to Internet and television, parents are responsible for teaching their children morals. Recently, the Tennessee state legislature passed a bill that recommends that homes and public buildings post the Ten Commandments. This effort to revive rebgion relates to the religion in schools movement, whose

purpose is to bring religion, ethics, and virtue back to the American people. While there is nothing necessarily wrong with the idea itself, some justify it by stating that it is the only way children will learn virtue. This justification is not true; ethics and morals can be taught at home and at church. To ensure virtue in children, the nation should emphasize parents' duties and encourage them to teach ethics to their children.

According to the Supreme Court's decision in Prince v. Massachusetts, parents should be responsible for caring for their children, not the government. Fortunately, the actions that the government and corporations have taken have not completely ignored parents; many of the developments help parents protect their childrenfromexposure to unsuitable material. However, these programs and technologies are just supplementsextensions to the parents' role; they cannot replace parental supervision and discipline.

Similarly, virtue at school should be an outgrowth of the virtue that begins at home.

Perhaps people have forgotten the role of parents, or maybe some parents have been evading some of their responsibilities. Regardless of why they might be overlooked, one should never ignore the abilities and responsibilities of PARENTS.

The high price of excellence

by John Gawne I am writing this article for the sake of incomingfreshmenand teachers. My experience at Maine South has not led me to believe that it is truly a school of "excellence" or of higher standards. Being a below average student struggling through high school with low self-esteem and a concentration disorder, I cannot honestly say that this school is any different from any other except that we have more money because we come from a semirich suburb. The use of money to buy new computers for the writing lab or language lab does not mean that it will help us learn any better.

I have also found that some of the teachers _in this school may care about the individual Ident; however, most of them could care ss. In struggling with homework and in not being able to concentrate in class, 1 have heard angry remarks instead of encouraging ones.

From remarks like," I'd suggest that you drop this class and take lounge if you can't handle

the class," to, "I could care less if you stay or go." I find it hard to say that this truly is a school of excellence.

What extra help is given to students who struggle? Does the faculty only care about students that get good grades and not help anybody else? If they say that they help students, why is the math lab only open outside of lunch periods? Do they think all, or even a majority of the students have free periods besides their lunch periods? To seek help in English you must find a teacher that in most cases is not free when you are, and ignores your problems in class, and labels you a bad apple or a problem kid. How else are the students supposed to get help if the teacher isn't even willing to teach?

I found myself this year trying to get help with my concentration problem, but to this date not one soul has given me an ounce of help. My parents were confounded by this.

The school said that this problem should be handled by a doctor outside of school. What

would we do if we didn't have enough money for a tutor, psychologist, or doctor? Who would have helped me? Not this school of "excellence."

Varied teaching techniques are few and far between at Maine South. Kids that aren' t book learners or have trouble learning from lectures are forced out or failed out by their teachers.

This school of "excellence" is a crock. I am facing a life that is only going to get harder after high school. College is out of the question for me; a low-paying job or the military is what's ahead.

Thanks for all the help, Maine South, school of "excellence," a school where higher standards are kept amazingly high without any help for the stragglers.

I hope the administration feels good about what is going on here, because I know I'll never think of my school of "excellence" very highly, and I may never get help for my problems, my friends' problems, and my future kids' problems.

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March 22, l i a s :

AIDS awareness week: a chance

by Sushila Dalai and Kate Rowland A woman is infected with HIV every 30 seconds. At the beginning of 1995, there were 1.5 million children that were infected with AIDS. AIDS has been proclaimed the world's fastest spreading epidemic, taking thousands of lives every week. However, it can be stopped through education and awareness.

To recognize the magnitude of AIDS, March 18 through March 22 was designated as AIDS Awareness Week at Maine South.

Several AIDS awareness activities have occurred this week. The AIDS awareness ribbons have been sold so that Maine South can make a donation to the NAMES Project.

Freshmen held AIDS discussions in their biology classes on Monday, and seniors attended an assembly on Wednesday to hear HIV-infected people talk about their experiences. On Thursday, seniors had small-group discussions lead by residents and doctors from Lutheran General Hospital during their physical education classes.

Also, Maine South worked on creating its own AIDS quilt. Anyone who has had a loved one die as a result of AIDS is encouraged to pick up fabric from the nurse's office or from Mrs. Angioletti in the Personnel Office in order to make a panel. The home economics classes will then sew the panels together to create a Maine South AIDS quilt.

This effort stems from a project created by the NAMES organization. This quilt is a trib-

ute to people who have died of AIDS in recent places such as our schools, malls, churcb^^ years. The three-by-six-foot panels are cre- hospitals, and other community centerl^W ated by the loved ones of AIDS victims as a order to demonstrate the enormity and uniway of expressing their grief. The quilt, which versality of the AIDS epidemic. A piece of the covers 12 football fields when displayed in its AIDS memorial quilt was displayed in the entirety, also helps to make people aware of LRC as a part of this effort.

The AIDS epidemic is even more tragic bethe vast devastation that AIDS causes.

The quilt was chosen as a medium to con- cause the spread of the disease is so preventvey this message because of the traditional able. Education about the trasmission of HIV background of the quilt. People of all ages is of the utmost significance in protecting oneused to gather and work on creating a quilt self from this disease. It is also important for while they comforted one another. The AIDS people to get involved in the fight against quilt helps to comfort grieving individuals as AIDS through fundraising for AIDS foundathey work together on a tribute to loved ones tions, volunteering to help people with AIDS through NAMES or some other group, or to they have lost to the epidemic.

Anyone who has loved someone who has become a peer educator. Knowing how to died of AIDS is encouraged to make a panel protect oneself against HIV infections is the for the AIDS memorial quilt. The panel must main weapon against the spreading of this be three feet by six feet, should be made of a devastating disease. durable fabric like cotton, and should include Maine South is taking measures to make the person's name and some facts about his or sure that its students and faculty are wellher life. Momentos of the person can be sewn informed about AIDS and the transmission of onto the panel. Heirloom quilts. Barbie dolls, AIDS. Each year, new teachers are required to awards, stuffed animals, cremation ashes, car attend a seminar on blood-borne pathogens, keys, wedding rings, bubble wrap, sequins, including AIDS. The seminar teaches on-theand Legos are all materials that have been job AIDS transmission prevention as well as placed on the quilt. Panels may also be painted ways to deal with blood spills. Most teachers and photos may be attached. carry rubber gloves with them in case of an TTie NAMES project foundation, which injury. Also, to minimize the risk of t r a n s n ^ ^ organizes and maintains the AIDS quilt, re- sion, the custodians use a special clean-uj^^F ceives about 50 such panels every week. Eight when dealing with blood, according to head panels are then sewn into a 12-by-12 foot sec- custodian Mr. Bob Yoshioka.

"The kits have a substance to draw the tion. These sections are then displayed in

Focus on student excellence...

Name: Wes Crampton

Grade Level: Senior

Activities: Basketball, Soccer, Constitution Team, Choir, Class Council Teacher's Comment: "Wes is a perfect example of excellence here at Maine South. As captain of the soccer team and a basketball team member, he is a leader both verbally and by example. He never takes a day off. Wes is an outstanding senior leader and role model for his freshmen and senior students. He goes out of his way for both the physical education departJL ment and the students of Maine South."

-Mr. David Inserra

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to commemorate and to educate Dlood into a paste, as well as gloves, a mask, I smock and footies for big blood spills. It's a protection kit for the person who does [the cleanup]."

This method of cleaning up blood spills has been in effect since the custodial department received a recommendation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

While preventive measures are important to keep students healthy, more prominent are educational measures to keep the students informed.

"I think diat there's a high level of AIDS awareness, but none of us think it could happen to anyone we know," senior Beth McCabe said regarding student's attitudes about AIDS. It can. The following narrative is fictional but fact-based and demonstrates what a high school student with AIDS might experience.

Monday, 12 February 1996 The small white card was already covered in sweat from Dana's palms. The card held only three lines of writing—the clinic's address on top, a nine-digit ID number, and a sticker in the bottom right-hand comer with POS printed in bold capital letters.

Dana had just received the results of her test.

• ^ . Numbed by the cold but factual pronouncement, Dana walked home from the American Health Center clinic in Des Plaines, three miles from her house. She used the walk to think about what the three letters meant.

This isn 'tfair!

What will people think? I'm seventeen years old and have a death sentence.

What am I going to do ?

Dana's first worries were that she would have to tell some people—her parents and her boyfriend John for sure. But John probably already knew. Dana figured that the only way c? ADVENTURES

she could have gotten HIV was through sex with John—she hadn't been using FV drugs or contacting blood. She and John had had unprotected sex once or twice—maybe three times.

By choice, Dana told her mother first.

Mom's gonna help me, right? She knows I didn 't mean to get it. She can help. Okay. Okay.

Just tell her.

"Mom. I found out today...that something bad happened. And it will.. .make things different. I have HIV." Her mother was supportive of Dana's disclosure, letting her cry and encouraging her to talk about it.

"What had you thought you'd do about school, Dana?"

"The woman at the chnic said that I may not get sick for awhile—six or ten years, even. I'll graduate."

"Of coiu-se you'll graduate, but some people at school probably need to know. You know, for health and safety reasons."

"Mom, I don't want anyone to know! Certainly no one at school."

"Do you want other people to get sick, too?

Look, tomorrow morning, you and I will go talk to the nurse about this, okay?"

"Mom, no. I..."

"Dana, this is about everyone else's safety, too." / don't care. I'm the one who's got the stupid disease!

Dana reluctandy accompanied her mother to see Mrs. Mizwicki, letting her mom do most of the talking. Mrs. Mizwicki explained some of the rights that Dana had as an HIV-infected person, including the right to confidentiality.

Besides Mrs. Mizwicki, only Dr. Cachur would know about her positive test result. She explained that some people might take an uneducated attitude toward the person with AIDS.

Mrs. Mizwicki encouraged Dana to seek counseling, if not through Maine South, then through an outside cUnic or counselor.

What for? Are they gonna make me live any longer? Are they gonna change anything? What's the point?

Dana listened as Mrs. Mizwicki assured her mother that all of the teachers were educated in preventing the transmission of HFV, and that all students received lessons in sophomore health classes about HIV and AIDS. That won't make any difference to these kids. They'll know I'm HIV infected and ostracize me. I'll be an outcast.

Dana decided not to go to classes that day, or for the rest of the week, as she accostumed herself to being HIV-positive. By the following week, though, she felt strong enough to return to school.

In the weeks since then, Dana has gone through a series of emotions—denial, bargaining, all those associated with terminal illness. But at the same time, she has come to grips with being HIV-positive.

It's not gonna ruin the life I have left.

My doctor gave me a drug called AZT that's supposed to slow the virus down a little bit. I've been taking it for two weeks, and I haven't had any side effects or anything yet.

So right now, I'll just keep being a senior and going to physics in the morning and eating lunch with my friends. Iwill have to be careful, though.

I'll go to Prom and Celebration and have a great year. And I'll graduate on June 2.

Then I'll go to UIC and live at home—just in case I suddenly get sick.

For now, that's all the plans I've made or intend to make. I wish I had thought before John and I had sex. It's not fair. But fair or not, that's the way things are.

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by Jennie Palermo Recently, Maine South's Brotherhood members visited People's Church on Lawrence Avenue in Chicago.

People's Church is a homeless shelter which providesfi-eemeals and a place to sleep for those in need; Organizations like Brotherhood are in great demand to supply and prepare meals for the homeless to eat.

Twenty-four Maine South students spent an evening cutting cake, making lemonade, baking lasagna and mixing salad, and generally lending a helping hand.

Each student had a job to do, whether it was waiting on tables, working behind the scenes, or simply making friendly conversation.

This shelter beheves in hard work and motivation. It offers prayer services and many job opportunities.

was one of the top Mock Trial teams in Cook County, and would be advancing to Springfield.

What did the team have to say?

"Under the expert leadership of our lead counsel Brian O'Neill, we almost did everything, but Mr. Rosenberg really pulled us through," said Brandon Kelly.

Brian Hutchinson added, "We came, we competed, we conquered."

What did the team learn?

Comradery, respect, discipline, law knowledge, and some drama stuff.

The winning formula The Maine South Math Team, after an average showing in its regular season meets, took third place at the Regional competition.

The Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional competition was held on Saturday, Feb. 24.

The competition consists of various events including individual contests in areas ofAlgebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and Pre-Calculus, Freshman-Sophomore two-person and eightperson teams, Junior-Senior two-person and eight-person teams, a calculating competition, and an oral contest.

Of the team events, the Hawks placed first in the Pre-Calculus competition. The Senior team will be travehng to lUinois State University on May 4 to compete for the state title.

Member Adam Megacz will also be competing at ISU in the oral competition. Other teams that placed were the Algebra 1 team, the Geometry team and the Freshman-Sophomore eight-person team, each with a second

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win or lose solely on the case, they are also graded on knowledge of actual law and courtroom behavior.

In the second case. South routed Fenwick, achieving the impossible by convicting Captain Preston on two counts of murder, in a case that ended with a verdict. The case was anchored by Tom Berry's key direct examination.

After the competition was over, the team had to wait a week to find out if it was advancing to state. The wait was agonizing, but the verdict finally arrived. Maine South

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place finish.

The Algebra 11 team, calculating team, Freshman-Sophomore two-person team and the Junior-Senior eight-person team also did well, each placed third among competitors.

When total points for all events were tabulated, Maine South finished in third place, missing the first place title by only 16 points.

Individuals also finished well at the Regionals. Taking first place were Sim in the Pre-Calculus competiton and Megacz for his finish in the orals. Megacz also placed second in the Pre-Calculus competiton. Necker Liu took third in the Geometry contest, as did Ken Lai in the Pre-Calculus showdown.

Also placing well were freshmen Scot Kronenfeld and Ben Lai among Algebra I competitiors, and juniors Kristin Durianski and Anna Szybowski in the Algebra II contest. Kronenfeld, Ben Lai and Liu will also be competing at the state competition at Dlinois State University.

by J. Palermo and M. Elsesser Smdent Council has been busy with officer elections for the 19%-97 school yieSI' The election was a close contest, with eight people running for the four positions.

The winners are newly elected President Tom Repetto, Vice-president Michelle Dulski, Secretary April Gann and Treasurer Larry Logsden.

Some Student Council members and other interested students who chose not to mn for an officer position instead applied to be conmiittee chair, complex leader, or homeroom representative. All are being selected today, March, 22.

A coimnittee chair is responsible for acitivities such as Homecoming, V-Show and Food Drive. A complex leader is in charge of all homeroom representatives for his or her particular counselor.

A student elected to either of these posi tions automatically becomes a member of the Student Council Upper House. These positions are chosen by members of the current Council.

Homeroom representatives are elected by members of the student's homeroom.

Most of all, they learned how to v/i together. Rosenberg commented, "It wa completely inexperienced group of people that became a team. A team that I am truly proud of."

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Girls' track is flying liigher

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by Katie Katie Ryhak In the third meet of its season the girls' track team faced Loyola and Niles North. The Hawks came out victorious with a score of 69 (Loyola 38, Niles North 34).

Notable individual performances for this meet include those of Jenny Mozdren and Sara Payne in the quarter mile, (69.7 seconds, 70.9 seconds), Lesley Greenfield in the 220 yard dash (30.5 seconds), Katie Dupont in the 50 yard high hurdles (8.5 seconds), Johanna Zumer in the half-mile 2:42.3 and Laura Beckerdite in the mile (6:11.5). In the field events Sandy Mulligan high jumped a height of 4'8" and Deirdre Larsen threw a distance of 30'3" in the shotput.

As February 20 rolled around the Hawks squared off aginst Nazareth, Notre Dame, and Good Council. The Hawks once again proved their talents by wiiming with a whopping score of 122, (Nazareth 52, Notre Dame 9, Good Council 24).

This meet not only brought on improved scores but also revealed new talent. Nicole Wright, a freshman, impressed both her opponents and her teammates with a time of 6.6 seconds on the 50 yard dash, a score which is .1 seconds off the fieldhouse record. She also laced first in the JV long jump with a distance of 14'7". Many other good achievements accompanied these accomplishments. In the quarter mile Stephanie Chen and Zumer

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^ % placed well with times of 67.9 and 68.7(seconds). In the half mile Mozdren did well with a time of 2:41.7. The four lap relay team of Payne, Katie Rybak, Sheree Baccay, and Ines Tiu and the 880 yard relay team of Rybak, Katie Thompson, Baccay, and Tiu both placed first with times of 1:19.2 and 203.1 respectively.

The Hawk Relays which took place on February 23 gave the Hawks another chance to win big. Naturally the team did not let their fans down. Maine South placed second among the six teams competing with a score of 110 points.

Times and achievements were better than ever and the team proved they could win against tough competitors. Both the long jump team and the shotput teams placed second. In the triple jump Maureen Gunning placed third with a distance of 27'2" and the high jump team also placed third. In the 50 yard dash Maine South won on both levels, with Wright placing first (6.6 seconds) and tying the meet record and Thompson winning on the JV level. Dupont took third in the 50 high hurdles as did the four lap relay team of Payne, Rybak, Baccay and Tiu (1:17.8). The mile relay team of Payne, Wolf, Mozdren and Zumer placed second (4:40.8).

On the second of March the girls participated in the co-ed Wheehng meet. In combi-

^ ^ ^ nation with the boys' team scores South placed third. Significant wins include Wright's finish of second in the 55 dash which is equivalent to a 6.4 seconds in the 50 yard dash and Zumer's finish of fifth in the 800(2:36.0 seconds). Also the four lap relay of Wright, Chen, Baccay and Tiu finished third and the 2 mile relay team of Mozdren, Angela Janik, Gibbons, and Zumer finished fourth with a time of 10:46.

In the District 207 meet against Maine East and Maine West the Hawks took second to Maine West. Outstanding individual performers in the field events include Dupont in the triple jump with a distance of 29.25 feet and Mulligan with a height of 4'8" in the high jump. In the running events Wright ran a 6.5 second 50 yard dash, Gibbons accomplished a 5:55.9 mile, Zumer finished with a 2.33.6 in the 800, and Dupont ran a 8.5 second high hurdles.

"Overall we have some very good talent," says coach George Gabauer. "We have a team with very good competitiveness that will show up in the bigger meets. I think that the athletes have to think of trying for loftier goals because they are definitely attainable."

The girls' track team is running, jumping, and throwing better than ever before. Accomplishment by accomplishment the Hawks are proving that hard work does pav off.

Hawks ready for marvelous wins

by Katie Rybak After a glorious previous season of wins and great accomplishments, this year's girls' soccer team is eagerly waiting for a repeat performance. Although they lost seven players to graduation the Hawks still have a strong team.

Returning this year are seven starters that helped take the team to the final eight last season. These starters include the team's top three scorers: sophomore Krissy Seberhagen, senior Julie Green and junior Meghan Erwin.

The team members also have returning sophomore goalie Alice Gleason still among their ranks. Last year Gleason beat the team's record for shutouts (15) by three. Returning for midfield play are very experienced players senior Jenny Palermo and junior Laura James.

Key junior Julie Sapp will also return on the defensive end as the team's starting sweeper.

The Hawks, who were undefeated and unscored upon in conference last year, hope to epeat this and return downstate.

"I think we have a strong team this year and I am confident that we can meet or exceed last year's accomphshments," says coach Tom Kerth.

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Season ends with Regional los The Maine South basketball team lost to New Trier 71-51 in the Regional Championship. The loss ended the Hawks 1995-1996 season in which they compiled a record of 1413.

New Trier was the top seeded team in the regional and was favored to defeat the Hawks.

South was able to stay close to the Trevians in the first period behind soUd play from Brian Schmitz. But the Hawks could not stay close for long. New Trier pulled away and led at the half by a score of 30-17. The Trevians took advantage of some weak Maine South defense to take the lead at the break.

The Hawks were again able to keep the game close in the third quarter. In the fourth period New Trier put the Hawks to rest. The Trevians superior size allowed them to dominate the Hawks inside. New Trier went on to defeat the Deerfield Warriors to advance to the state competition in Peoria.

Track dominates opponents indoors

by Paul Pawola The boys' varsity track team headed into the conference invite with a full head of steam after finishing the indoor season unbeaten in dual meets and winning the Wheeling Invitational.

The Hawks ended the indoor season by crushing visiting Nazereth (96-24) and Gordon Tech. (96-29) in a triangle meet held on March 6. Maine South runners had many personal bests and they took 15 of 16 events at the meet.

Wiimers at the triangle meet included sen-

iors Paul Berke in the half mile and Tom Swidnicki in both the high and low hurdles.

Junior winners were Eric Kuever in the quarter mile and the long jump, J.P. Veron in the 50 yard dash and highjump, George Hartman in the two mile, Ted Gayford in the mile, and George Gardiakas in the triple jump. Sophomore John Fahrenbach won the pole vault. In addition, the Hawks won the two mile relay, mile relay and shotput relay.

At the Wheeling Invite, the Hawks placed first in a field of nine teams. Leading the Hawks to victory were Brian Marvucic and

Dave Darling, who were first and second in the shotput, Swidnicki (third in the high hurdles, second in the intermediate hurdles), Dino Gardiakas (second in the 55 meter dash), J.P. Veron (third in the high jump) and Fahrenbach (second in the pole vault). Also, the two mile relay team of Hartman, Tim Zei, Berke, and Gayford finished second.

The four lap relay team of Veron, Ben Wilson, Kuever, and Gardiakas claimed first place. Wilson, Scott Bosy, Eric Anders^L and Kuever teamed up to finish second i i ^ B mile relay.

Gymnastics is victorious in opener The Maine South varsity gymnastics team split its first two meets of the season.

At the first home meet of the season the Hawks beat Maine East by a score of 98 - 87.

Junior Brad Galvin had impressive performances on the vault and in the floor exercise.

Steve Madura also had a good meet against Maine East. The freshmen and junior varsity teams also were victorious against the Demons.

Against Highland Park, on March 5, the Hawks lost 103.5 - 113. The junior varsity team beat Highland Park, but the freshmen lost. The gymnastics team will be working hard over spring break to prepare for upcoming meets. Coach Hirsch has made great progress with the team this season. The Hawks have improved in many areas over the year. They now have several gymnasts performing well on the high bar. Joe Duca was awarded the "cross shirt" for performing the best Iron Cross on the team. The Hawks' next meet is April 11 against New Trier.