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Students Earn National Merit Awards

NEWS-

Keeping South drug-free Red Ribbon Week winds up (p. 9)

Recognizing excellence Top musicians (p. 8) Students of the month (p. 9)

COMMENTARY

Food, food everywhere... The New Dominick's (p. 3)

...but not in Russia Responsible consumerism? (p. 2)

Maine South vs. the World How well-coached are we? (p. 4)

FEATURES

Focus on Faculty Mr. Craig Fallico (p. 7)

Too much money... and what to do with it? (p. 5)

Kids in the Hall What to do with the Prez? (p. 7)

Halloween Chicagoland ghost stories (p. 6)

SPORTS

Going for the cup State dreams hang on rim (p. 12)

Gearing up for playoffs Soccer (p. 11) and Football (p. 10) toughen up for postseason

Tennis窶馬et results Three qualify for state (p. 11)

Strong conference run Cross country finishes strong (p. 12)

Standing from left to right are Dr Cachur, Ms. Kelly and National Merit Semifinalists: Brian Pick, John Bang, Don Walsh, Carl Hughes and Anne Edison-Swift. Photo courtesy of Ms. Glunz by Maura Collins Over one milUon high school juniors tional Merit Commended Students. To earn took the PSAT/NMSQT last year. Earlier the honorable status of Commended Student, this month, a select few became National students must place in the top five percent Merit Semifinalists. These finalists repre- of the more than one million juniors who sent the top one half of one percent of the took the test in 1997. students tested in Illinois. The five seniors Only about 35,000 students in the from Maine South who qualified are John United States receive this honor each year. Bang, Anne Edison-Swift, Carl Hughes, The ten students who became National Merit Brian Pick and Don Walsh. Commended Students are Brian Dema, The next step for these National Merit Siobhan Dolan, Brooke Fillippo, Katherine Semifinalists is to apply for National Merit Greenslade, Jonathan Hilyard, Scott Finalist status. In order to become a final- Kronenfeld, Anna Kurtz, Jeff Lazzaro, Jane ist, the students must maintain superb stu- Optie and Dan Schwartz. dent records throughout high school, be recAs a result of the Commended Stuommended and endorsed by Dr. Cachur and dents' achievement. Dr. Cachur presented submit their SAT scores to confirm their them with letters of commendation from both PSAT/NMSQT performance and complete Maine South and the National Merit Schola scholarship application. arship Corporation. In addition to the five seniors who are Another student at Maine South, continued on page 8 Semifinalists, ten students were named Na-


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