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"Baby, baby it looks like it's gonna hail" because in this year's variety show, swing is back! The cast and crew have been jumpin' and jivin' their tails offto make Ain't Misbehavin' the best show ever. This year tradition is out and variety is in. Ain't Misbehavin' focuses on exposing the differnt types of talent at Maine South. From 'dancing to magic to cross-dressing German singers, the V-Show cast members "wail away" into the new age of variety.

One unique aspect of this year's show is

that Orchesis, Maine South's dance company, is featured in Footiighters, the singing/dancing act at the beginning of the show.

Many of the acts this year involve dancing or swing music because that is what the theme ofthis year's show is all about. Other changes are being made to the show by the Student Directors in order to make it more swingin' than ever.

Ain't Misbehavin' is a student produced show, which means that it is up to the Junior and Senior Directors, Music Directors, TrunkAVriting Staff Heads and Crew Heads to put it all together. The Junior and Senior

Directors are in charge of directing the acts and Footiighters. The Music Directors are in charge of arranging the music that will be played by stage band. The Trunk/Writing Staff Heads are responsible for holding auditions for trunk and creating the skits that are performed on the side stages between the acts. The Crew Heads are in charge of lighting, sound, designing, painting the set and helping out the rest of crew. Student organizations at South are also getting involved in the show.

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by Margaret Byrne About a year ago a friend was telling me about his girl problems. He informed me, as I helped him with his science paper, that he had feelings for a new girl, but was still struggling and battling with another relationship. The battles that occurred within the relationship he hoped to escape were ones of guilt; strategic attacks on the softest side of my friend. These snaps of "you said you cared," and "how could you" almost led my Coke guzzling friend down a path he didn't want to venture. She had almost convinced him that he wanted to stay with her instead of moving on to another. The real clincher was when she informed him of her love for him.

Love? How could it be that someone could be so hasty as to decide that the feelings she had were love? Love is the big one, the positive of hate, the Kahuna of feelings. I was astonished.

We had to define love in English the other day in Salathiel Time, about 15 minutes, and we did a fairly good job at it. As a class we decided that love has to be unconditional, honest and passionate. It didn't scare me at first, but the conversation makes me nervous as I look back on it. I am scared to think I could ever be capable of loving anyone but my mom. It makes me feel so old and mature and I don't like it. The responsibihty of loving someone is too much for me to handle. Even though it scares me, I am not denying that it exists. I believe that there is a love shared by high school students and though it may be elementary compared to the love shared by newly weds, it is still there.

Maybe I am just too scared to use "it."

Maybe I take it, like so many other things, too seriously. But shouldn't I? I don't know.

After much convincing and gentle good-byes, my friend did escape the first relationship and moved on to another. He went on to date her for about two months only to realize that the previous relationship was "better in every respect."

It seems to me that love isn't what is quick to judge; we are. There isn't anything that I should be afraid of. Love isn't a revolutionary, new feeling of mine or of any other high school student. I realize that I learned to love the day I learned to hate.

Spreading good cheer

by Dan Schwartz A few Saturdays ago I spent my afternoon at the football playoff game. I went as a member of the marching band, so I was there to pterform at halftime and to cheer for the team. Cheering, after all, is the second function of the band; we are there as a pep organization, providing moral support for the team. This can be done in two ways: performing songs and short cheers to encourage the players and fans, and screaming and yelling like the rest of the fans. In the stands, I do everything I can do to help pump up the team and enjoy doing so.

There are always people present who seem to be working to spoil the experience, though, and these people come in two distinct forms.

The first is people in the band who refuse to cheer and therefore sit in the stands for the duration of the game, moping. The second is people in the student cheering section who think themselves to be higher on the evolutionary ladder than the members of the band.

A definite case can be made for the people in the band who don't like to cheer. Not everybody likes football, and we can't expect people to start doing so just because they're in the band.

After all, forcing people to cheer goes against the whole principle of cheering, which, as I understand it, is to show one's enthusiasm for a group or organization, usually in a loud and energetic, but constructive manner. That means rioting, while loud and energetic, is not a good form of cheering. But I digress...

Just as rioting is not a good way to cheer, neither is sitting and looking forlorn and world-weary. But some people do this, and they do it because they just don't like football, and they don't particularly care whether the team wins or loses. That's valid; it's their personal opinion, and Maine South, in the interest of creating a better learning environment, accepts students' various beliefs and creeds.

Maybe if they tried getting involved in the cheering, they would begin to enjoy it, and have a good time at games. But maybe not.

Because of these kids, it's hard to build

the energy of the p)eople who do care to as high a level as it could be, so the ideal fix would be to have a small, volunteer pep band. It would be comprised of kids who wanted to be at the games and would lay their lives on the line to make noise for the team. That's not logistically possible, however, so there really is no good solution to this problem.

A problem that should be solvable is the problem of the kids in the student cheering section who seem to look on the band as being a kind of vermin or plague which infests the stands they inhabit. For these children I have a few questions, the fu^t of which is "If you don't like what we're doing, why are you standing right next to us?" The bleachers are really big, and the band stays off in the comer, so if we offend you, just move down fifty feet or so.

Another question is "Do you realize how hard we work to prepare the performance we give?" A whole lot of people put in a whole lot of hours making the band look and sound good. Do you think we enjoy seeing the snide looks you throw us?

My final question is "Do you think the football players feel the same way you do?"

I don't, and I've taken the liberty of speaking to a friend on the team who affirmed rri belief that the band is a wonderful presen * to have at games. You people seem to look up to the team and scorn us, but if the team loves us, why can't you?

Comineiitary 3

The best years of your life

by Cam Cordaro To some people high school is a waste of time. These are the people who don't show up for class or leave school halfway through the day. Everyday for four years they sit and see every negative thing in the world surrounding them.

Conversely, there are the people who make high school what is known to be the best four years of their lives. They are at every party, football game, basketball game, every dance, etc. They are the people that don't just sit and watch the world around them, because they are in that world. They are that world.

They are the people that sit around freshman year and discuss what their Senior Prom dresses are going to look like. They are the football players whose number one goal in high school is to play at state.

They are the people that you see everyday walking down the hall. They are the best friends, the girlfriends, the boyfhends, the ex's, the enemies, the person that threw up on your brand new shoes in the first grade, the little girl or boy that gave you your first kiss and made you cry, the person that gave you yoiu- first broken heart, the heart that you broke and that shoulder that you always go to cry on.

Within these four years you see these people every single day of your life. Whether

it be in class, in the hallway, or at a game or dance, you see them every day. Perhaps you have seen some of these people everyday since you were in kindergarten.

Then after twelve years senior year rolls around and still you see these same people who have become your best friends, girlfriends, boyfriends and enemies. Twelve years and still you've taken all these people you know so well, these people you have seen everyday, for granted.

What people don't reahze, though, is that in six months those same five-hundred people are not going to be there anymore.

You may never again speak to that person

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we anticipate graduation day, walking off that stage with our diplomas in our hands, no longer students at Maine South.

But I sit and think about it and it scares me to death. I'm afraid of the thought of packing up my room in nine months and going two-thousand miles away from home.

I have this life that I have molded in the past eighteen years which has included my fivehundred classmates. Whether I hate them or love them, they have been some part of my life and in six months I am saying goodbye.

I don't think of high school as the best four years of my life because once senior year does roll around, it is as if this life I created for myself is a life I have to say good-bye to, never knowing if I will return to it again. Does this make me part of that negative percentage of the school? Maybe, but I know for a fact that I have not made the most of each day.

Senior year as I see it is a time of moving on. It's the time I need to figure out what I am ready to leave behind and what I am ready to take with me for the rest of my life.

What it all comes down to is this: senior year is where we get to make the most of each day, to do the things we never thought we would do, to take those chances that we never thought we'd take. In a matter of nine months we are about to leave all of that behind us and it will all be just a memory.

Talk to Katie or Dan about writing for the commentary section!

that was your best friend when you were five years old, who you have known so well for thirteen years.

There is not a day that goes by that I don't hear someone say, "I can't wait to get out of here." I admit I say and think it everyday along with five-hundred other people. And

A Blast from the Past There was a time when Maine South proudly sported leggings, slouch socks and spiral curlsthe new principal in 1986. He described

What was our school like in the eighties? Is the Breakfast Club really an accurate portrayal of life in Maine Township? BeUeve it or not, our school has definitly seen its share of amusing headlines throughout the eighties and early nineties. Delving into the Southwards files of the past, the editors have uncovered the following stories that were honestly printed in the paper.

"Co-Ed had definitely gone too far" Written by two girls in a 1990 issue of Southwards, this article expresses the students' distress about having a co-ed gym and weight room. The girls go on to argue that they've seen enough interaction between the sexes in the "steamy halls of Maine South."

"Teacher not guilty in assault case" In the early nineties, a student mis-identified one of her teachers for a creepy guy she saw in a forest preserve.

"New library seems...uni...promising" Our current Ubrary was described in 1991 as being a "Florida-style, quasi new-age, post 80's library."

"AP Government/Democracy class begins" It was definitely newsworthy in 1986

when Maine South proudly named itself "one of the few high schools across the nation to be offering this class."

"Army chopper visits MS" Dr. Cachur had to get clearance from the city of Park Ridge to have an army helicopter land on Wilson Field to teach the students in an auto class about the craft's inner workings.

"New Golf Mill recently unveiled" In 1986, the mall made its official switch to being a completely indoor complex. The change was noted as being "just like Woodfield, with decorative trees and benches."

"The controversy continues" Students express unrest for being "locked" into an eight period day. Complaints rose about the school day being too long.

"Deines-ty:...the saga continues.."

This clever headline refers to the continued success of the 1987 girls' basketball team.

"Principal adapts to new surroundings" Maine South welcomed Dr. Cachur as

the students as being "curious and friendly."

"Hmm..a Homecoming king...nah!"

In 1987, students were suggesting the idea of having a homecoming king nomination to accompany the traditional queen nominations. The Student Council decided not to extend this honor to the guys.

"Affection ruling cleans up halls" The staff introduced a new policy designed to curb the "excessive displays of affection" in the hall of Maine South. One student of the class of '88 admitted, "they're putting adolescent sex where it belongs...in the back seat of a Chevy."

"Fitness Center open to all" The school invested $35,000 in improvements for the fitness center. To work out, however, students were required to pass an aptitude test, attend a training session, and pay fifty cents per use.

"A shocking exhibition: the disturbiiu^ upsurge of indecent exposure in P a i ^ ^ p Ridge" In 1990, students focused on the excess of inappropriate behavior in Park Ridge.

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Focus on faculty Would you let someone else's opinion influence your choice of careers? Well, Miss Harrison almost did when she was discouraged from teaching, which was something she wanted to do throughout grammar school. People told her that there were too many teachers, and they did not make much money. So during high school, she considered becoming a lawyer or a psychologist.

But Miss Harrison was not that easily influenced. She wanted to teach and was determined to. She says, "Do what's right for you; don't let other people discourage you.

Don't let the money influence your choice of careers, but find a way to support yourself."

She wanted to teach to surround herself with people with different interests. She is very thankful to have the opportunity to work with such great people, both her co-workers and students.

As a student at Elk Grove High School, Miss Harrison was involved in debate, swimming, badminton, concert choir and jazz choir, among other things.

After that, she went to Harper Junior College. She spent a semester in Canterbury, England through the Study Abroad Program at Harper. She transferred to the University oflllinois in Chicago, where she got her masters degree this past May in the Science of Teaching Math.

In her spare time. Miss Harrison is the

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junior coach for mathletes and helps out with Footlighters. Outside of school, she is a youth group moderator at her church. She also enjoys reading, small scale arts and crafts, singing, playing the piano, and working on her fiancee's house with him. She's getting married May 22nd, and her fiancee is a mechanical engineer for a company in Park Ridge. During her summer vacation, she works for a caterer.

As far as the reason she chose a career in

Julie Harrison beautiful." She learns new things all the time and looks forward to continuing teaching it.

Miss Harrison has taught several different math classes, but she likes the classes she is teaching now. She likes her classes of Algebra I because it is usually students' first experience with high school math and she wants them to enjoy it. She enjoys teaching her junior classes of Accelerated Math Analysis because pre-calculus and trigonometry are her favorite parts of math to teach.

She likes teaching Computer Science because it's a very different way of teaching and thinking. It teaches you a different way to use the logical part of your brain.

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math, it was not because it was something she always really loved. She felt that it was practical, and she knew she could always find a job. She also wants to decrease the number of people saying that they hate math.

She's very glad she chose math because she says. "I can see why people say math is

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she learned in college is, "You don't go to math class to learn how to solve the quadratic equation. It's learning how to think and analyze.

It helps develop your brain. History class helps develop your whole world concept. Enghsh and foreign languages help your conmiunication. Going to math class is doing for your brain what going to gym class does for your body."

Miss Harrison has a very basic, but still important, belief about life. Her philosophy is, "Love God and love your neighbor.

Be responsible for yourself and take care of each other."

Christy S t e v e n s Focus on Student Excellence

Activities:

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•Class Council •Student Council •Peers Reaching Out •Tri-M •Thespians •Choir

"As a student in my U.S. History class last year, Christy went the extra mile in regards to her performance in class. Christy also exhibits a caring and mature attitude towards life in general."

-Mrs. Kathleen Durkin

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Recogonizing America's veterans

by Karen Wenya Today marks the sixteenth anniversary of the dedication of the Vietaam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C, By the dedication of the memorial, the war, referred to often as the Vietnam Conflict, was officially over for seven years; however, it was far from the American people. The idea that ". . .Vietnam was a war that asked everything of a few and nothing of most in America," as Myra MacPherson claimed in her 1993 book, Vietnam and the Haunted Generation, is not entirely true.

The war, which spanned three decades and lasted for nineteen years, changed the way most Americans viewed their government and transformed a whole generation from mostly conservative to mostly not. Our nation's power in the world was no longer absolute; our President was no longer infallible.

In recognition of the sacrifice of those who gave their lives for their country, a commission to create today's Vietnam Veterans Memorial was granted. A twenty-one year-old undergraduate student of architec-

ture at Yale, Maya Lin, won the commission in 1981.

The monimient in Washington, D.C, is a symbol of America's acknowledgment of the courage and bravery of those who served in the armed forces. The Vshaped, 493-foot black granite wall contains the inscribed names of the 58,000 or so Americans who lost their lives in the conflict or remain missing in action.

Finally dedicated on November 13, 1982, the memorial has become America's most visited piece of cntemporary art.

Since its dedication, the memorial has gained two more sculptures: Frederick Hart's sculpture "Three Servicemen"and Gienna Goodacre's "Vietnam Women's Memorial Project," dedicated in 1984 and 1993, respectively. rial

Although the war in Vietnam is not _ hearlded by many, our nation has attemptec^^k to rectify its mistakes by erecting a m e m o ^ ^ honoring those involved.

Community Beat Fall falls upon Park Ridge

by Dave Smith

Fall, to some, is thought to be one of the best seasons of the year. It brings a crisp chill to the air, preparing Park Ridge for the winter.

Because of this, and the fact that Park Ridge is the tree city of America, Park Ridge is becoming flooded with falling leaves. However, people are improperly disposing the over abundance of leaves, causing the city to take action.

The correct way to deal with the leaves is not too surprising. After raking them, they must be put into brown paper bags that one can purchase from a hardware store. The bags are left on the curb to be collected by city services.

Despite the simplicity of the process, many people have not been following this procedure. Instead of leaving the leaves in the bags on the curb, residents are sweeping

them past the curb and into the streets The city is stressing its policy of a minimum S50 fine for violators. It is not too serious of a threat, but hopefully it will deter future violators.

It does not take too much time or effort to avoid the problem of a fine, just folioA ^ ^ ^ the city's ordinance. Also costs less then ^W dollar to buy a bag than to pay the city's $50 fine.

A look at what's happening at area schools

Safety vs. Privacy

by Susie Skaczylo Safety is a wonderful feeling. We all want to feel safe in our homes, in our neighborhoods, at work, and in our schools. At Antioch Community High Schoolin Antioch, Illinois, safety is the number one concern this year. They are going to extremes to promote it by placing cameras in high theft areas throughout the school.

The students appreciate the extra safety precautions taken for their protection, and the new precautions are proving to be effective. However, the main issue that the students are finding difficult to deal with is the placement of the cameras. Since some of the cameras are placed in the hallway that leads to the boys' locker room.

students feel that their right to privacy is being violated. Cameras are also placed near the bathroom entrances where privacy is also a concern. Although the school administration claims that the cameras are just safety devices and are essential to limiting crime, students say "a student should not have to feel uncomfortable in school."

Another problem with the cameras near the locker room is that only the boys' locker room has them. The girls' locker room is camera free, yet they also have a history of theft that occurs each year. The administration has said that it is considered an illegal action to put cameras in the girl's locker room. This is severely upsetting the males

of the school because they are wondering why it is illegal to monitor the girls and not the guys. They believe that "we all deserve equal respect," and neither sex should have to deal with an invasion of privacy.

It is hard to believe a school so similar to Maine South is taking such major safety precautions. They are using high tech security devices to monitor their students and apparently are taking away their right of privacy as well. Aren't you glad that all we have to do is wear little plastic I.D. cards?

Information for the article wasfromTom Tom, a publication of Antioch Community High School.

If you can't eat your friends, who can you eat?

by Anne Edison-Swift There is life in Southwards.

It is a manylegged hold over from dinosaur days called Triops longicauddatus.

We call it Leviathan (or Zippy for short.)

We were supposed to have a whole colony of these creatures, but Leviathan grew up faster then his triops friends. And then proceeded to eat his friends.

A triops (also known as a Planet Dexter Instant Creature) is a fascinating pet for kmany reasons. They are called Instant Crea'tures because they seem to come out of nowhere. Their natural habitat is dry lake beds in Africa. After a night of heavy rain, the lake beds fill, the Instant Creatures hatch.

and their dramatic ninety day life cycle begins.

The creatures grow, swim around like maniacs, lay eggs, and then,finally,eat each other until there's not a creature left.

When Leviathan dies (oh sad, sad day,) Mr. Kerth (Triops Papa) will let the remaining water evaporate, wash the sand with distilled water, let the sand dry, wait a couple of weeks, add water, and enjoy the next generation of critters. Leviathan can reproduce all by his (well, technically, its) self So really, he never needed friends in the first place, except as tasty midday snacks.

Despite this, we can't help but think it would be more fun for us Creature-watchers if we could raise a colony of critters instead of just one monster cannibal critter.

We are rather fond of Leviathan, and spend

a good deal of time just watching him. It's really hypnotic.

But Leviathan represents something far more interesting than just a back-stroke proficient crustacean. Scientists aren't really certain how the Creatures are able to figure out when to hatch. The eggs remain in embryonic diapause, a period when growth and development temporarily stop, for years.

The rains come, and growth resumes.

Life in the desert. Or in Southwards. Life that adapts perfectly to an otherwise inhospitable habitat.

What a wonderful world!

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(cont. from page 1) posters to promote the show. Student Council also provides the funds for the entire show, including the annual pizza party that is held during a dress rehersal.

V-Show wouldn't be possible if these dedicated students weren't willing to put forth the countless hours it takes to make this show great. Tickets to the show can be purchased ahead of time, or at the perfor-

mance. V-Show is known to sell out, so it is recommended to buy the tickets in ad-i vance. The dates of the three performances^ are Nov. 19,20,21 at 7:30 p.m. and the cost is $4 per ticket.

Here are just a few of the many people who have contributed to V-show's success.

Trunk/Writing Staff Heads Margaret Byrne, Ryan Oboza. Jenny Sherman

Lighting Head and Deck Electritian Ryan McKenna

Senior Directors Lee Adlaf, Julie Lucchesi, Christy Stevens

Stage Manager Christina Trahanas

Junior Directors Antonell DiBenedetto, Tracy Froltz, Kevin Goss Music Directors Andy Douglass, Dan Schwartz, Pete Wojtowicz

Stage Design Michael Tomassi AssL Technical Director Brenden Hennigan Scenic Artist Lily Corcoran

German Club celebrates Oktoberfest

by Jorie Walsh and Niclole Penn Oktoberfest enthralled Maine South's German Club this past month.

Fifty Maine South students boarded a bus on October 14th for the Chicago Brauhaus.

Joining them were students from Maine East and Maine West for the festivities downtown.

After arriving, students took their seats

Photo by Dayna Cronin and Emily Gallagher

and waited for their meal. Before the waitstaff could serve it, couples were already crowding the dance floor with polkas, waltzes and the chicken dance.

By the time dinner was served everyone was ready to eat. The German cooks served traditional German food such as bratwurst and chicken schnitzel.

Following the dinner many more contests and activities developed. One of the Brauhaus band members lingered around the restraurant with a tuba. Still playing tunes, people in the restraurant took turns throwing coins down the large opening of the tuba.

However, the yodeling contest was yet to come.

"Yodel-la-he-yodel-la-he-ho!" was this year's yodel. Thirty Maine South students yodeled their loudest while trying to stay on beat. This year's yodeling king was Phil "Sasha" Elsesser.

Full of food, worn out from dancing and throats aching from yodeling, German Club members all agreed it was a fantastic way to end the month long celebration of Oktoberfest.

Construction Foreman Kevin Johnson Sound and Operation Supervisors Jodie Kupsco, Scott Braun Student Council Representative Ellen Crawford Faculty Sponsors Mr. Muszynski, Mr. Sanchez, Ms. Harrison. Mr. Davis

SOUTH\VORDS A student-produced newspaper of:

Maine South Hign Scbbol 1111 South Dee R o ^ . / Park Ridge, IL 60068^1 Letters to the editor shoiild be delivered to room V-131 orj^ven-to aÂŤiember of the editorial stafffSOUTHWORDS^reserves the right to edit materia] for clarity and brevity and to reject abiceiie or/libelous submissions. "" ' -Tâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;r^^^'^^)/: ; i\) Anne Edison-Swift Anna Mieszaniec Kathleen Dunne News Editors Maura Collins Commentary Editors Dan Schwartz Katie Thompson Lindsey Krukowski Features Editors Katie Marcucci Sports Editors Brian Price Anna Kurtz Chris Buckely Production Editors Som Dalai Ted Kocher Core Cartoonist Julie Motala Core Photographer Nora B u m ^ ^ ^ Core Staff Artist Ho-Chen Liu^^F Staff Heads Margaret Byrne Susan Wilson Advisor T R. Kerth Editors-in-Chief

Musicians earn spot in IMEA

by Ted Kocher Results are in! 15 Maine South choral and orchestra students made the IMEA ensembles. These are the highly competitive students who made the group: Orchestra: Balija, Ayn Fisher, Gwen Futris, Francis Futris, Mary Gartner, Ellen

Kite, Andrea Wojotowizc, Pete

Chorus: Bang, John Skiba, Tared Chen, Garrett Wagoner, Ali Church, Kristen Douglas, Martha Huxtable, Courtney Knoblauch, Emily

Student starts Key club

by Maura Collins Monica Haak, a sophomore at Maine South was reading a newspaper article last year about Key Club, a community service club at Maine East. At the time, that club, I which is part of a high school chapter of Kiwanis International, was lead by East student Dania Stachiv. Monica liked what she read and decided to start a chapter of the community service club here at Maine South.

"I called Dania and she told me about Key Club and what I would have to do to start one at Maine South. She said that I needed to find local organizations that could use the help of Key Club and then find someone to sponsor the club at Maine South," said Haak.

"There was a chapter of the club at Maine South awhile ago," explained Monica, "and there still are Key Clubs at both Maine East and Maine West."

Last year Monica attended a Regional Training Conference, RTC, sponsored by Kiwanis. At the conference, Monica learned all about starting a chapter of Key Club from learning simple leadership skills to finding organizations in need of a club's service.

Now, a year later. Key Club is formed at Maine South. The club's sponsors are Mr. kCobb, Miss Kamberos and Mr. Kerr. Stu'dent leaders of the club are President Monica Haak, vice-president Chris Rieder, treasurer Pat Gibbons and secretary Chrissy DelMedico.

Key Club is widely recognized because it is an international organization. Through the club, students can complete community service projects on not only the local level, but an international and national level as well. Also, members of Key Club can participate in many leadership forums and national conventions.

This year. Key Club has a busy agenda.

Already, monthly visits to the Resurrection

Nursing Home for birthday parties, visits to the children's ward at Lutheran General Hospital, Northwest suburban area 24 Special Olympics and a children's tutoring program are planned for the club.

Over eighty people have expressed interest in Key Club and fifty people have paid their dues in the bookstore. To become a member you must pay 9.00$ in the bookstore by November 15.

Pictured from left to right are sponsors Miss Kamberos and Mr Cobb, President Monica Haak, Vice-president Chris Rieder, Treasurer Pat Gibbons. Not pictured are sponsor Mr Kerr and Secretary Chrissy DelMedico.

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lO Sports Boys' Cross Country ft)' Crcdg StarUdewicz Competing at the Aurora East Sectional Saturday. October 31 si proved to be as challenging and exciting as the boys' varsity cross coimtry team thought it was going to be. On a beautiful day the varsity squad looked to become the first boys' cross country team to qualify for the state meet in school history. At 11303X11 the gun sounded and about one hundred and fifty runners took off with the Hawks starting very strong. However, the Hawks did not finish as well as ttey started, and this left them wondering if they had advanced downstate. After being forced to wait over an hour for r^aults because of computer difficulties, the awards ceremony began. The top ten finishers and individual state qualifiers were announced, and then the top ten teams were atmounced. Unfortunately, the Hawks placed eighth with the top five teams heading to the state meet in Peoria.

The varsity team was upset because they had put together one of the best seasons in school history, and they hÂŤped to top it off vnth a trip to state. However, with the marvelous assistance of Coach Drennan and Coach Marino, Tim Seiwert, Brian Dickey, Tom Hastings, Liam Hickey, Matt Madura, Brian Wells and Mike Begich led the hawks throughout the entire season. A championship at the Downer's Grove South Invite along with a second place finish at the Niles West Invite and a third place finish at the Addison Trail Invite by a combined total of six points, proved that the Hawks were one of the states best teams.

Varsity also placed second in conference to one of the top ten teams in the stale. After being dubbed as "A Team To Watch'* by Illinois Prep Top Times Magazine, the boys' cross country team lived up to the billing until the final meet of the season in the toughest sectional in the state.

Hie cross country program now says good-bye to Paul McGuire, Craig Stankiewicz, Madura and Dickey, the only four people crazy enough to run cross country ÂŁresfmian through senior year.

With these four runners departing along with seniors Mike Santoro, Hastings and Wells, the Hawks will look to Seiwert, Hickey and Begich for leadership next year.

The team of the 90's: Football clinches seventh straight CSL North title I Szramek scored on a 56 yard run. At the

by John Moran Thirty-Five: that is the amazing number end of the third quarter, the Hawks were back of consecutive conference wins the Maine on top, 20-17.

They continued to gain momentum into South football team has amassed in winning seven straight CSL North titles. However, their fourth quarter. After some key defenen route to this feat many teams have come sive stops, Eric Novak plowed his way into close to dethroning the Hawks. This year's the endzone on a twelve yard score. This Deerfield Warriors may have come the clos- completed the Hawks' amazing run of 26 unanswered f)oints. est of any team over the past seven years.

Deerfield rallied late to pull within two at With the conference championship and a Deerfield playoff berth on the line in the last 26-24, but their chances of salvaging the regular season game, the Warriors jumped upset were slashed when senior end Kevin all over the Hawks in the first half. Taking Geist deflected a pass and junior linebacker advantage ofsome early Hawk miscues, the Dushan Pavichevich intercepted it to seal the Warriors felt that an upset was coming. Hawk victory.

Leading 17-0 at halftime, Deerfield and its In first round playoff action, the Hawks fans had reason to be optimistic. lost to the tough Thorton Wildcats. QuarterThe Hawks stormed back in the second back Dontrell Jackson led their offense with half. On the first two offensive possessions over two hundred all-purpose yards as thj of the half, senior fullback Nick Norman Hawks were defeated 50-10. It was only thl scored on runs of 36 and 83 yards. Marc Hawks' second loss this season.

Hawk swimming races into season's finai stretchi

by Emily Smythe Dukes with five golds and seven silvers for The Hawk swimmers captured their fourth the 20 point margin. straight Hawk Relays Championship on the In the dual season finale, the swimmers 17th of October. In the meet this year the defeated a spirited Highland Park team by a team captured medals in 11 of 13 events, score of 135-52. The Hawks swept 9 firsts taking gold in 6 events, silver in 3 and bronze in that meet to close the season with a 7-3 in 2. In order to take the 24th annual Hawk overall record and a 3-2 record in conferRelays Maine South defeated a surging Ley- ence dual meets placing them in third going den team, coming away happy. in to the conference meet last Friday. The In the following weeks the Hawks swam results of the meet should be interesting as through three opponents to rack up three the team faces rivals Glenbrook North and straight victories, two of them boosting their Deerfield. conference status. The Hawks defeated Junior Varsity ended the season with a crosstown rival Maine West to upset the highly respectable 8-2 overall record. LeadWarrior Homecoming with a score of 104- ing up to conference they maintained a 4-1 82. Maine South totaled six firsts and six record and hope to finish off the season with second places in the victory. On the 27th of a bang. It was a strong closing for the squad.

October, the Hawks defeated long time ri- JV also said their goodbyes to their c o a c l ^ ^ val York with a 103-83 surprise win against Ms. Phyllis Goll will be retiring this y e a ^ ^ a team that has taken Maine South to task from being one of the mainstays of the for the past four years. In that victory the Maine South girls' swimming program. She team relied upon their depth to defeat the will be sorely missed.

Five Soccer players given CSL honors

by Eric Schmidt The Hawks may be disappointed that they are not playing downstate this year, but their season did end on a decent note. The 3-2 loss to RoUing Meadows last Thursday night was the hardest fought game that they played all year. After falling behind 2-0 and 3-1, the Hawks never gave up and kept themselves in the game. The Hawks may have won the game if not for two questionable offsides calls that led to two Mustang goals.

Despite the loss, assistant coach J.J. Crawford was extremely proud of the Hawks saying, "I have never seen a team put forth that much effort and heart into a game! They have nothing to be disappointed about." The goals that Barrett Kalinowski and Erich jTotsch scored during the second half were anly the second and third goals scored on Rolling Meadows in their last fifteen games.

Scorers in previous games include Charlie Zei's goal in a 1-0 victory over Oak Park and Drew Moffat's goal in the seniors' final game on Wilson Field, a 1-0 playoff victory over Prospect.

The Hawks also received good news last week in the form of five all-conference players. Eric Schmidt, Brian Price, Mario DiLorenzo, Paul Johnson and Charlie Zei were all given the conference's top honors.

Johnson and Zei also joined the ranks of the all-section team while DiLorenzo and Schmidt were named to the Sun-Times allarea team.

The '98 Hawks finished with an overall record of 15-5-4, a drastic improvement over last year's 9-8-9 record. They also brought home the fu-st place trophy of the Barrington Tournament and a co-champions trophy of the CSL North. Victories over current number one New Trier, Geneva, Barrington and Highland Park illustrate their successful sea^son, which ended with them winning nine |if their last eleven games. The seniors would "like to wish the underclassmen luck and the whole team would like to thank all the fans who showed their support throughout the year.

Nakamura finds success despite obstacles

by Maura Collins Sports have always been something that sophomore Meg Nakamura enjoyed. Growing up, Meg participated in basketball, soccer and Softball. Now, at Maine South, Meg plays basketball, Softball and golf, where she is the most successful female on Maine South's golf team. Actually, Meg is the only female golfer on the Maine South golf team.

Nonetheless, Meg had a very successful golf season and placed eighth in the IHSA girls' state golf tournament earning herself an allstate title.

Meg's dad was the one who got her hooked on golf. "I started playing in sixth or seventh grade," said Nakamura, "My dad is a really good golfer and he taught me a lot."

She kept on improving and by the dme Meg was a fireshman at Maine South, she was good enough to play on the boys' golf team.

While there is no girls' golf team at Maine South, there is intramural golf for girls and Mr. Scott is looking into starting up a girls' team from Maine Township. That team would consist of female golfers from Maine South, East and West.

One of the many differences between girls' and boys' golf is the fact that the boys are much more competitive while the girls are more calm and friendly during the competition.

"Golf is such an individual sport so it isn't really an advantage or a disadvantage to compete on a boys' team during the season and then compete against other girls," Meg explains. "Still, I like the way the girls talk to each other during the actual competition, which can last for several hours."

Anyone involved in extra-curricular activities knows that it is hard to balance them with school. "On some days it's hard because I might not get home from a meet until five thirty, eight, or even nine o'clock and then I have to do my homework," said Meg. One of the hardest things about playing an individual sport like golf isfindingsomeone to practice with. "Over the summer I played some golf with some of my teammates and on the weekends I usually play golf with some of the girls that I've met at various meets," explained Meg. Next year, Meg hopes to do even better than she did this year. She would not expect any less from herself

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Volleyball "Dunne"

by Kathleen Dunne All good things must come to an end, as must the 1998 volleyball season. On Thursday, October 29th the varsity team was defeated by Hersey in the first round of Regionals.

The team had progressed further than the past year and had a great deal more dedication. The girls worked hard for all their accompUshments.

This year the seniors on the team have contributed greatly to the Hawks' success.

The team co-captains, Lisa Calenda and Amy Angarone, continuously supported the team. Mary Megan Anderson and Kathleen Dunne added to the success their devotion and hard work in practice and games. Ellen Crawford changed positions to help her team out and was a huge success in her weakside position. Andrea Urbaszewski was the team's vital setter throughout the season as she put up perfect sets.

The team is proud of their accomplishments and next year's upcoming players promise even more success. The upcoming sophomores should compliment the returning Varsity players. So while this present season is complete, next season brings more success and talent.

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Photo by Coach Gabauer

Varsity volleyball (from left: Kathleen Dunne, Lisa Calenda, Andrea Urbaszewski) warms up before taking on a visiting team.

Photo Courtesty of Eyrie

Runners relax during post season A mere week later the team drove to East

by Anna Kurtz Aurora to compete in the sectionals meet on Looking back on the 1998 season for Halloween morning. Maine South is in the girls' cross country, it is unlikely that the runsectional that has at least five of the top ners have many regrets. Instead they retain teams in the state; thus the meet is of almost the knowledge of their numerous accomthe same caliber as the state competition. plishments as well as the hard work and This thought sobered the group in the van dedication that made the team one of the on the way to the most important meet of its most successful in recent years. season.

Of 20 teams the Hawks finished the The season culminated in the state finals' race in 16th place; however, they did manseries. On October 24th the Hawks ran at Fenton high school in the regional meet, age to place better than Niles West to recompeting against top schools such as York verse the results of the week before. As the and Niles West. Maine South finished in team left the course the emotions were third place, only seven points behind sec- mixed. Of the top seven runners four will ond place Niles West. First into the chute return next year; on their minds were for the team was senior Cara Cordaro in 11 th thoughts of the season to come and new place. The rest of the team also performed goals to set. The three seniors— Cai well with the scoring runners finishing in Cordaro, Gina Kremer and Anna Ku;% the top 30. Although somewhat disap- realize that for them high school cross couiT pointed in not obtaining a fu-st place finish, try is over. Instead they, along with the mathe girls were still pleased with the meet re- jority of the rest of the team, are now focusing on the start of track in a few months. sults.