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by Anne Edison-Swift 10 . . .9 . . . 8 . . . 7.. .enough already!

I spent New Years in lovely and exotic Northwestern Wisconsin. On our way to my uncle's house, I noticed one of the farmers had plowed a design into his field. Upon closer inspection, I realized it said, "2000." This bothered me greatly. Either Farmer Joe honestly doesn't know what year it is, or he too has bought into the millennium hype that has turned 1999 into nothing more than a countdown to 2000.

Poor 1999. Neglected, unloved. It's the year I'll graduate from high school.

It's the year I'll start college. But never mind that, 2000 is on its way!

The concept of the countdown is inherently flawed. What if 2000 comes, and it's a total disappointment? Even if it's as exciting and momentous as the advertising people promise, think of all that energy and time wasted just waiting for something. People are so busy looking forward they forget to notice what's going on in the here and now.

This issue has become a point of goodhumored contention in the Southwards office. In mid-December an editor started a countdown to winter break, and a separate countdown to Graduation day, on the blackboard. Many of us were disturbed by the sight of our dwindling senior year, spelled out clearly in chalk. Mr. Kerth said,"What are we counting for? Counting only makes it worse! It's like running with someone in a marathon who keeps saying 'Only twenty-four and a quarter miles to go.' You'd want to smack him."

And with that, Mr. Kerth erased the countdown. Mysteriously enough, the next morning the countdown was back again. An intense search for the "mad counter" ensued. Accusations flew. Mistakes were made. Even after break, the blackboard wars continue. "There are 66 school days until Spring Break," it announces; "85 days until Graduation."

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Oh, well. There will always be someone numbering down the days. I'm hoping that most of the countdown mania will end with 1999. So I'll only have to put up with this for 350 more days. Not that I'm ... um ... counting ....

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By Dana Barabas Summer vacation. Two magical words to new buildings or additions, it does not save schoolchildren everywhere. Three months of very much money. Because the school has playing games, traveling and other endless to be maintained year round instead of only possibilities; however, for some children, nine months, more money is spent on staff summer vacation is non-existent. For those and maintenance crew. who attend year round schools, the opportunities for vacation are much "The snow isn't going anywhere and people are more limited. going flaky. Becoming depressed. And more snow Year round is coming. Great" says Dave Hoekstra for the schools use Chicago Sun Times. shorter, more frequent vacations to "I've never seen camaraderie like I've seen it maximize here." says the driver of Mount Prospect Snow learning. AcPlow number 56, Steve Balogh. cording to Norman Brekke, superintendent With a year round school, especially! of Oxnard Elementary, a year round school the high school level, it becomes difficult to in California, has found that this type of participate in extra-curricular activities as learning has dramatically improved the stuwell.

Can a student be denied the privilege dents' test scores. "We exceeded the stateto play on a sports team because he or she wide average in test score improvement," will miss part of the season for a vacation? he said. Although the test scores may have Also, summer jobs and internships are ofimproved, they are still below California's ten not available for such short breaks. Famtotal average. According to a 1990 study ily vacations would be almost impossible if done by Phi Delta Kappa, an educational siblings are on different schedules. fraternity, "standardized testing shows that Vacations are a time to renew energy and year round programs have little impact on relax. With a little time to unwind, students scores one way or another."

According to Don Patterson, a member go back to school and need a little time to of the Albuquerque school board, the rate adjust. In a year round school, that adjustofabsenteeism and grade repetition are twice ment period is quickly met with another as great in year round schools as in tradi- break. In what way does this help students tional learning environments. Studies show learn more?

What about the teachers? Teaching all that the memory loss of students occurs in the first two to three weeks of vacation, year on and off can cause the morale level which is the approximate length of the "in- to go down. On a traditional school calentercessions" of year round schools. dar, teachers are given a chance to reenerPatterson believes that these schools are gize and improve their methods. According to Patterson, "the short breaks under a year "maximizing forgetting."

A second purpose of the year round round schedule never quite do that."

While the motive behind year round school system is to stop overcrowding in schools. Due to the fact that in this system schooling is good, the system has proven^^k there is always one "track" or group on va- be mostly ineffective. Part of l e a m i n g ^ ^ cation, there is always room for more stu- done through experiencing. How can students. The capacity of a school with a year dents experience life if they are always in round schedule can increase by fifty percent. the classroom?

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Taking the BS out of the BCS

By T. J. Jarosh Anyone who has paid attention to college football over the past decade knows that every year there is a huge controversy over who is "number one." On the other hand, anyone who enjoys division two and three college football knows that there is never any discussion of who the real national champion is.

The reason for the lack of controversy is that divisions two and three use a logical system that every other team sport, professional and amateur, uses...playoffs.

It seems so logical. Use the same system in division one football that is used in every other NCAA sport. Put teams in a tournament and the winner is the national champion. Bottom line. No discussion. Therefore, winning a tournament provides the true national champion.

At the center of the controversy for years has been the ranking system. A group of unknown people simply vote on a team withtput any standard. Years ago, a group of jourlalists who made up the Associated Press Poll (AP Poll) were deemed qualified to make the same conclusions about the supposed best team.

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In recent years, the USA Today Coach's Poll has also ranked and voted on the national champion. This lead to such ridiculous outcomes as the split national championship between Nebraska and Michigan state last year in which there was not a true national champion.

The new 'savior' of college football this year was supposed to be the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl came together in what was supposed to determine a true champion. They devised their own ranking system, the BCS Poll, which would face the top two teams in the nation at the end of the season.

While this was fairly effective, is it really a solution to the problem? The fact is that until they get a true playoff in college football the NCAA is just sidestepping the problem.

What would happen if Florida State beat the undefeated Tennessee Volunteers and became the national champions by virtue of winning the Fiesta Bowl? The large number of teams with only one loss and a legitimate claim to a number one title would cause an-

other season of college football debate.

Allowing the fairly accurate BCS Poll to determine the top sixteen college teams to enter the playoffs can solve the puzzle. Every team must also be scheduled for the same amount of games per season to decrease the possibility of certain teams having more rest time. In addition to determining a fair champion, this system would also prepare college players for the grind of their possible futures in the NFL by increasing the number of games ±at each team must play.

The NCAA must face the facts. Even if it is a struggle to establish a better system today, it will be worth it tomorrow. Increased fan appreciation and higher ticket sales for the NCAA would be benefits for everyone involved.

Eventually, a playoff must be incorporated. Putting such a system in place takes away the chance for even more controversy.

No one is complaining about the champions in Division II and III. The reason is because they gained their title in a way that cannot be refuted; they proved themselves to be the best by winning their respective playoffs.

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By Tim Knodel What is the first thought that comes to someone's mind when he or she reads about minorities? "More about racism? That topic is pretty old." Well, this is not a typical article about minorities. The differences between white people and black people will not even be discussed.

This article focuses on the differences between how people dress and how that affects what others think of them. Stopping racism is a good cause, but it is not the only kind of prejudice that is unjust.

Prejudice runs deeper than the skin and most people do not even realize it. While most people are conscientious about how they treat black people, they often shoot derogatory remarks at people who dress differently. This is something that happens often at our own school, but no one cares.

Specifically, the punk minority at our school is abused. Yes, we are a small group, but we exist. The thing is that nobody wants to acknowledge it.

It seems that most people have a problem with the way that we are. From the students there are constant remarks like "Freak!" or "Fag!" Most often this is said just to boost another student's own ego in front of their friends. When the same person is by himself, he simply looks at the ground as he walks past us and wishes that his friends were with him so they could make fun of us. His prejudice is nothing more than a popularity stunt that proves how little it

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treatment of students by their fellow smdents takes to sway his thoughts.

Sadly, students are not the only problem. and even teachers may just be favoritism, but it still is not right.

Many of the faculty and staff in this school feel the same way.

Since I started coming to this school, I sat by a wall until I But did I really want it for

by Britt Frederickson went to class. It On Christmas Eve, between Christmas? Gifts for Christmas, was never a dinner and midnight mass, my Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or even a problem until a family began our ritual of rip- birthday should come from the few of my ping open presents just wrapped heart. I remember over-hearing friends joined an hour before. I watched as my students in the hallway promisme. Now we are brother opened his present from ing to get each other "exactly constantly me, a picture frame that I picked what they wanted." I don't unkicked out and out with a picture that he loved. derstand how a gift can be so told to go else1 watched my mom discover the treasured if it wasn't at all crewhere. pillows I got her especially for ative or even thought about.

I can underour new living room. All of the So as I tore the red and green stand that blockshopping that I did paid off. Ev- paper off of my box, I hoped that ing the hallway eryone was all smiles and it my mother finally recognized is a problem, but made me feel good that I made something that I would really we are told to their Christmas at least a little like. Maybe a gift that she saw move even merrier. one day and thought, "Britt when nothing is I found my first specimen would love this." But instead, I blocked. The under the tree and tore it open got a sweater that I picked out other people in to find that my mom bought me myself. There was something the hallway just just what I had asked her for, yet missing there, the holiday spirit watch and never and the feeling of making some1 was less than pleased. are told to move Yes, I wanted the shirt that I one happy disappeared. It is, as themselves. circled in the J. Crew catalog. they say, the thought that counts.

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Trying to juggle two jobs

by Tim Knodel, Marie Papeck, and Meghan Sarran There are many different views on teenage employment. Some beheve that a job teaches teens responsibility and the value of money. However, others believe that teenage employment detracts from school and forces teens to grow up too fast. Whatever the case, teen employment rates continue to grow thus proving that part time jobs are appealing to the younger population.

Teenagers who work have more money, but they also have more problems. Several studies and interviews have shown that teenage employment creates health, school and family problems.

Gretchen Shepard, a McDonald's employee, said, "I catch myself faUing asleep a lot in class. I usually work until closing (12:00 a.m.) and I don't have enough time

to get rest and finish my homework."

Lack of sleep is one of the most common problems plaguing the teenage work force. Many have part-time jobs after school that run late into the evening.

Jim McNeil, who is also a McDonald's employee, said, "What I like least about work is having to work late at night, then getting up for school a few hours later."

Many teens agree that their jobs interfere with a good night's sleep, thus making school the next day a difficult task. One study showed that teens with late night jobs also miss breakfast as a result of sleep loss.

Both are said to be hazardous to the health of teenagers.

School is the biggest interference with having a part time job. Balancing the two can be a time consuming and often unmanageable task. Rich Paesani, a Shop N' Save employee, said, "I've had to miss work a couple of times when I have practices, academic team, or tests the next day."

Lower grades were reported to be a concern by both teens and parents alike. Many have said that having a job has made it difficult to keep up with daily schoolwork.

"I had some trouble with grades when I had to spend my free time at practice after school and then go straight to work," said Kelly Runyan, a Burger King employee.

A study done by Jerald Bachman from the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research (UMISR), showed that parents should also have a say in their teens' job choices. He believes that teens with jobs tend to become used to a lifestvle they will

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not be able to maintain later on in life. "Many teenagers enjoy a lifestyle while working that they will not be able to sustain later on their own. That should damp down a child's motivation to work a lot of hours," said Bachman.

An American Demographics study showed that teens who work 30 or more hours a week will show higher levels of aggression and violence.

"Adults often say that a good way to keep kids out of trouble is to keep them busy," said John Schulenberg also of UMISR. "These findings do little to support the notion that having students actively involved in part-time jobs will keep them out of trouble."

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"In twenty years of teaching, I have never met a young man of greater personal integrity and character. He is one of the most dependable people that 1 have ever had the pleasure to work with. He is willing to take on challenges and many of them, balancing his schedule without watering down his commitment.'; -Mr. Chris Deger

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by Susie Skaczylo Schools in the state of Indiana are required by a recent federal appeals court-ruling to be tested for drugs before joining any extracurricular activity.

This decision also allows student testing in Illinois as well.

This is to monitor the drug problem in the schools, but in reality all it is doing is making drug users outcasts.

It is true that most drug users choose not to be involved in after school activities anyway, but this decision actually forces them not to. Is this really

the answer?

Students who use drugs may not be the safest people, and it is understood that safety is an issue when it comes to the well-being of the school and the people in it, but should drug users be excluded from everything?

Will this help the problem? Communication is cut off, and that can't help a drug user to quit.

Another problem with the drug testing that has students concerned is that their rights are being violated. The fourth amendment of the Constitution, which states that a person is guaranteed protection from search of his person, house, papers and effects unless a warrant is supplied, is being violated.

The drug testing policy is assuming each student guilty of drug use until a search proves them drug free. Some parents have tried to sue the schools under Constitutional violations, but the courts remain indifferent.

Also the faculty is not required to be

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Juggling two jobs for the money. Teens are becoming increasingly interested in making money for themselves, thus being able to spent it however they like. "My mother loves the fact that I am working because now I can buy things on my own," said Shepard. Kelly Runyan said, "The best part is definitely the paycheck. It allows me to keep up my car and pay for the insurance."

Statistics show that only ten percent of teens save work money for college expenses to come, and six percent contribute money to their family expenses. This goes against the theory that having a job instills ± e value of money. The statistics show that most teens are spending money on everything but their future. "Parents should encourage their children to save for college or for a down payment on a house, rather than allow them to spend all of their money on discretionary purchases," said Bachman.

Other problems facing employed teens are social as well as personal ones. Many find that the hours they work are not always the most desirable ones. Amy Habbit, a Dairy Queen worker, said, "I've had some trouble with getting the hours I need from my manager, but besides that I really don't have many problems."

According to Jerald Bachman and John Schulenberg, the personal problems tend to be a bit more serious. Their study of 70,000 high school seniors showed that 42 percent work 20 hours or more per week. This resulted in an increase in drug use, drinking and smoking.

Despite all of the negative issues surrounding teen employment, many teens will continue to maintain and attempt to get parttime jobs. The need for money and financial independence will outweigh the negative issues in the long run.

tested. Aren't they an important part of the school too?

These tests are also costly. Since schools have so many extracurricular activities testing is extremely expensive. Also for schools with many students the price is almost unimaginable.

These schools in Indiana are trying to find ways to deal with the drug testing policy and Illinois schools may be the next to try. How would Maine South deal with this policy?

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by Erin Krukowski and Michelle Mendiola In a survey taken of 60 students at Maine South, 75 percent have a computer at home.

Out of that 75 percent of students, 65 percent have internet access at home. The majority of those students spend at least an average of 14 hours per week on the internet.

Out of the time used on the net, only 45 percent is spent finding out information for school work. The remainder of the time is spent on e-mail, chat rooms and just browsing the net. Surprisingly, 30 percent of the students admit to giving out their phone number and 10 percent admit to meeting someone in person after they met on-line.

There are decisions being made now for the technological future of Maine South. The goal is to get South up-to-date with the technology that some of its students don't have access to at home. When talking to Mr. Lonergan, he stated that there is currently discussion of obtaining student e-mail accounts. By the fall of 1999, Maine South is I hoping to have e-mail set up for every student. Of course, nothing is final yet. And while the e-mail accounts are going to be

set up, with this new program, comes other problems.

Mr. Lonergan mentioned his concern for accessibility. Since the school hbrary is only open until 4:00 and the writing lab only until 3:30, it will be difficult for some students, especially those with flap classes, to have

their time on the net or e-mail access. Keeping the library and writing lab open longer would be a solution, yet the expense to pay a librarian, computer assistant and teaching staff may be too high.

Maine East had the same problem, but

they decided to have one of their librarians start at 10:00 once a week so she could keep the library open until 6:00, and a teacher can do the same another day during the week.

This keeps the Maine East library open late two days a week. Maine South may adopt this idea, but they also have another plan. In order to try to make things easier, the school is discussing putting student e-mail, SIRS, and other school-related help on the internet so it can be accessed from home or the public library.

Other ideas are being thought out for the future of Maine South students in addition to the possibility of e-mail. One idea is to establish electrical outlets in classrooms for laptops to be connected to the internet through school for research, chat rooms for class discussions and word processing as a new form of note taking during class. Another possibility is that through the laptops, classes can be taught from outside of the state, which is similar to something done at Maine East. Who knows what the future holds for our school? Maybe the incoming freshman class will see a whole new change in teaching and classroom experience.

Community Beat Park Ridge survives the Blizzard of '99

by Dave Smith As the school's band was returning from Florida this week, they were introduced to what the rest of us have been living with

for sometimeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;snow. In fact so much snow fell that it is recorded to be the second worst storm in Chicago's recorded history. This gave the band another nice surprise, two extra days of vacation. However, the same reasons for the school's closing has attributed to some quite obvious problem around Park Ridge.

Rush hour is a hectic time for all commuters in Park Ridge, with the snow it has gotten a little worse over the last couple of days. The clean up effort took much longer than thought for other reasons than just the large amount of snow. The main reason for the delay is due to the fact that the strong winds kept blowing the snow back on the streets after being cleared. It slowed cleanup crews and extended the clean-up over the

span of several days, despite their aroundthe-clock efforts. However, the problem did not get much better after the streets did finally get cleared. It has left snow embankments that are up to five feet high.

One can drive down a random street and see cars totally covered. Also the plowed snow has been pushed onto uptown sidewalks. With most snow shovelers indisposed due to the high demand, some shop owners have resorted to using local kids to shovel their walks.

These harsh conditions have caught some of us off guard during an otherwise mild winter. However, Park Ridge is finally digging out and getting back on track.

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by Kathleen Dunne The Hawks have once again reached success - the A.P. Hawks, that is.

On December 18th the Constitution Team traveled into Chicago to the Dirksen Federal Building to compete in the We the People..the Citizen and the Constitution Competition.

The thirty member team competed against six different teams. Due to the dedication and hard work, the team placed first and won the right to travel to Washington, D.C. for five days to represent nhnois in the national competition.

The experience began the Thursday before during eighth period when the excitement of the students could be felt in the room. When the bell rang signaling the end of school, the students jumped on a coach bus which took the team to the Chicago Hilton and Towers. Once there, the students were given time to explore and grab something to eat.

The team decided to all check out the hotel when rumor began that the pool was the place to check out. Members of the team joined each other to take a quick swim and enjoy the sunset off the balcony outside of the pool.

After the swim, the team met in the lobby to walk a block and a half up to

A student-produced newspaper of: Bennigan's for a team dinner. Although the team was a bit overwhelming to the Bennigan's staff, the meal was enjoyed and new "dinner games" were taught.

The competition the next day was intense. Despite the hisses from other schools as Maine South walked by, the team members composed themselves and competed with style and confidence. The confidence worked and that was proven at the award ceremony. The team held hands in anxiety to the announcement and rejoiced when the verdict was read with Maine South as the winner.

The following Saturday, the team met for a victory celebration. The Hawks enjoyed a fun-filled dinner that contained laughter at jokes created during the two days. Following the dinner, the team took a road trip our to Elk Grove and Des Plaines to display their affection to their coaches, Mr. Patton Feichter and Mrs. Nancy Canova.

The trip was a complete success, despite an unresolved bill on a toothbrush in Sterling Chung's room. The team is looking forward to Washington, D.C. and relies on the motivational words of Brain Price: "This isn't just for a trip to Washington, but a trip to 141 Hastings."

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B a n d goes to Florida

by Maura Ccllins From the day after Christmas to an extended January 3, the Maine South Hawk Marching Band ventured off to Florida to show off their musical talents to crowds in MGM studios in Walt Disney World and at the Orange Bowl Parade in Miami. Here is a firsthand account of the trip.

12/26/98 At 9:00 the band met for a last minute rehearsal in the field house. Mr. Pressler handed out some souvenier pins and a T-shirt to everyone and went over some last minute trip instructions before everyone went home again for some last minute packing. Later that same day, everyone met back at school, loaded the busses and said their good byes. We were off to Florida.

12/27/98 One day (and zero hours of sleep) later, the entire band was gathered at a Cracker Barrel located somewhere along the route to Florida. Then we did some more driving, stopping at the University of Florida at Gainsville for one more rehearsal. We ^practiced marching to songs like Sweet home 'Chicago, Boogie Down and Shine Down, which we will play for the actual Orange Bowl Parade in Miami. Then we once again got back on the busses for some more driving (twenty-eight hours total, from Chicago to Orlando). We arrived at the Omni hotel in Orlando at around 7:00, where we were served a pizza dinner and had just enough time to take a short swim in the hotel pool before we collapsed into our beds for some much awaited sleep.

12/28/98 Disney world here we come!

Today the band went to Epcot Center. Besides just touring the usual attractions in the park—rides and especially the displays featuring various countries around the world-

The band wins the sand castle contesl. all instrumentalists attended a Disney workshop. At this workshop, we were shown how orchestral music is played and matched up to movies. We even got to take home a demo tape of the band playing an excerpt to Beauty and the Beast.

12/29/98 Today was another busy day.

In the moming we had a marching band rehearsal and we spent the rest of the day touring Disney's Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom. The color guard went to a workshop where they learned new dance moves.

They even got a chance to dance with Goofy!

12/30/98 Today the band performed in front of Little Italy in MGM studios. It was very exciting and there were a lot of people cheering for us. At night we packed our luggage because tomarrow we are goin' to Miami!

12/31/98 After the four hour drive to Miami, everyone was tired. However, a few suprizes in the hotel rooms in Miami quickly woke everyone up. The band gave a tremendous performance at the Orange Bowl Parade which was aired live on national television. After the parade there was a casual party in an airplane hanger for all ten of the marching bands involvd in the parade. New Year's Eve was fun, complete with an awesome fireworks display.

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Photo by Katie Dwyer the whole trip. There was a beach party in Miami at which Maine South won the sandcastle building contest. Maine South also won the tug of war (in the last trip to the Orange Bowl, Maine South was pathetic in this event). At night there was a formal dance in a deluxe hotel. There was a buffet, three D.J.'s and plenty of room to dance. I learned a really cool line dance from some people from Pennsylvania.

1/2/99 Today we left for Chicago. The original plan was to drive straight to Park Ridge but because of some extreme weather conditions, the band was stranded in a hotel in Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Pressler told everyone not to worry because, "It is experiences like these that great memories are made of."

The band also recieved word that Dr. Cachur was going to excuse all band members from school on Monday. Little did we know that both Monday and Tuesday would be cancelled for everyone.

1/3/99 At about 12:00 we left again for Park Ridge. We were told it would be an eleven hour drive because the buses would have to drive really slowly.

1/4/99 They were right. The buses didn't get back to Maine South until about 2:30 early this moming. By the time uniforms and equipment were put away and everyone was home, in was nearly 4:(X). What a trip!

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by Mike Chor Hey. I don't know about you, but I was really getting worried before this NBA lockout ended. It's not that big a deal to lose all of those games. I just feel sorry for those poor players.

They're practically broke, and I only wish there was something I coul do. It's the Nevv Year, and some 6'10" temple of talent is reduced to driving a two-door 1997 BMW on his way to visit his third child with his third girlfriend in the third penthouse she took from him in court.

And he just got arrested for buying crack. Again.

There seems to be a growing problem in our world today, and it goes by the name professional sports. For whatever reason, there are more contract negotiations and excessive celebrations than there is fan appreciation and congratulations. The purpose of professional sports is to entertain the public, and the behavior of many professional athletes is less than flattering to all of sports.

Sure, there is truth to the opinion that not all professional athletes have bad attitudes.

Maybe even most of them don't. This is probably true.

There are plenty of good role models out there. People like Eric Davis, Michael Jordan and John Elway are inspirational to us all. There is no getting around what they have done for their sports. It's just too bad that that is not what we focus on. These he-

roes are unfortunately overshadowed by bad news.

In the not too distant future, you will hear the name J.D. Drew quite often. He's a very good baseball player, but he'll never be re-

Mike Tyson. Mmmmmm. Enough said.

Steve Finley, formerly of the pennantwinning Padres, signed a $6 million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks who happen to be pretty bad. Turns out, so is he. Batting .248 used to get you a train ticket back to the coal mines, but now if you're 97th in the National League in hitting, you're hot! He needs to buy a tee.

A long time ago, way back in the 1940's, Johnny Mize played for the St. Louis Cardinals.

He was one of the best players on the team, back when teams were teams, for ten years straight.

There was no free agency. You wanted t a | ^ wm with the guys y c ^ ^ had. and if you wanted to leave, you were instructed to shut your mouth. After one season, Mize did fairly well, and the Cardinals offered him a new, big, $100,000 contract. He said he couldn't accept that much money because he didn't feel he had a good enough year. This man should have been canonized as well as given a raise.

Professional athletes are not going to change. Chris Webber will still be a pot-head no matter what anyone says. Today's generation needs a solid foundation of morals and values. Everyone can do their part by trying to be a positive role model to someone else. Someday, professional athletes will realize that guts are more important than style. Hustle is more impor-^ tant than speed. Pride is more important t h ^ ^ ^ money. It is more rewarding to inspire c h i l ^ ^ dren than to impress them.

We should all learn that earning respect is better than earning a paycheck.

illijiiiiinii membered for that. He will always be remembered as the college kid who turned down a $3 million contract with the Phillies.

He said it wasn't enough money. What a role model.

Then there's Andy Katzenmoyer. He is one of the top college football players in the country, and he almost couldn't play because he barely passed his finals in Music Appreciation and Golf In fact, he has openly admitted he cares nothing for academics and is only using college as a stepping stone to the milUons of the NFL. Inspirational.

Maine South Gymnastics team works hard over break wrestling making history For the first time in the history of the Maine South wrestling program, the Hawks were able to win both the Holy Cross and Prospect Tournaments. The wrestlers also have an impressive ten dual dual-meet wins to their credit with only four losses.

Leading the Hawks have been their senior tri-captains, Bret Harman, Luke Murchie and Brad Shemluck. Harman, with a perfect 20-0 record, is in position to repeat his state tournament appearance and go even further. Shemluck, who is currently 19-2, is showing signs that he is ready to take it to the state meet as well.

Luke Murchie also was showing statemeet quality skills before his season prematurely ended when he dislocated his elbow. The team will greatly miss both his fine leadership and his 13-3 record. With continued hard work, the team is confident that they can reach their goal of a conference title.

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Boys' Basketball

by Anna Kurtz While the majority of Maine South students were snowed in Monday Jan. 4th the gymnastics team proved just how dedicated they could be. Traveling to Niles West for the freshman invite, Maine South brought home proof of this dedication and commitment, evident in their excellent individual scores and overall third place finish. Liz Izzo came up with excellent performances. Her score of 7.1 in the floor routine brought her a first place victory in that event. She also received fourth place for her 7.8 in vault, fifth place in beam and a sixth place finish on the bars. Sylvia Ranalli took fifth place in floor routine while Peggy McCollum finished in seventh place.

On Dec. 14th the team hosted a meet against Deerfield. Although the varsity team lost to the Deerfield Warriors, the lady Hawks had several strong performances.

Scores for the vault competition were high.

Danielle McCollum finished with 8.9, Sarah Jindoyan with 8.1 while Elena Beladakis scored 7.9. McCollum and Jindoyan were top performers for their floor routines, with 8.4 and 8.2, while Maureen Fallon received 7.7.

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Over the holiday break the gymnastics team continued to fine tune their performances. The 1999 season lasts until the end of February. In the coming months Maine South girls' gymnastics will work harder than ever in preparation for the state series.

One of the schools they face on their route is New Trier. The junior varsity will travel to New Trier tomorrow morning for an invite at noon, while the varsity faces their team on January 25th.

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Basketball dunks Maine West

by Eric Schmidt As the boys' basketball season carries on, the Hawks are looking forward to and preparing for their conference schedule which began with a big win over arch-rival Maine West. Although the Hawks dropped their game against Highland Park, the conference is tightly packed, allowing the Hawks to have hopes of winning a conference championship for the first time in a decade.

Before the Hawks left for the Wheeling Christmas tournament, in which they went 2-2, they took on the Maine West Warriors in Des Plaines. The game was one of the Chicago Tribune Preps Plus games of the week, which helped draw a large contingent of Maine South's Red Scare in support of their team. As underdogs, the Hawks felt they had something to prove. Todd Gierke led the Hawks with twenty-one points, and Brendan Smaha brought down the house with his dunk halfway through the overtime period. The Hawks 9-0 run to start the overtime period sealed the victory as well as a top twenty ranking in both the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times.

Upcoming conference games include Niles North, Glenbrook North and Deerfield as well as non-conference contests against Rolling Meadows and Fremd. The Hawks have plenty of home games coming up, so come out and support your team.

Boys' swimming The Maine South swim team opened the new year with JV and Varsity victories at Maine East. Digging themselves out of two feet of snow on Tuesday, January 5, they were able to have many significant drops in times. These drops came after two weeks of grueling winter holiday practices.

Just before the break, the team faced Evanston in a Central Suburban League crossover for the first time in many years.

This rare meeting took place on account of South's second place finish in the CSL North the year before. Brian Pick led the Hawks with a second place finish.

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Girls' Basketball competes with state's best teams 4 three-pointers for a total of 12 points.

by Anna Mieszaniec Though the Hawks showed a strong Though most students were on winter break, the girls' varsity basketball team was performance, the Loyola Ramblers were hard at work at the Chicagoland High School a tough team to beat. Led by Colletti with Basketball Classic (CHBC). The girls be- 10 points, the Hawks lost to the #3 stateranked gan the tourRamblers nament with 34-59. The three grueling last game consecutive of the games. The Chicagc^and Hawks' first H i g h opponent was School Lake Forest.

Basketball In a win over Classic the Scouts w a s (63-46), the against the Hawks were Maria lead by high Mystic for scorers Colthird place leen Van in the tourHoesen (14 nament. pts.), Lauren T h e Colletti (11 Hawks depts.), and feated the Krissy Vonesh Mystics, (10 pts.). led by Van Though the H oesen Hawks pracwith 20 ticed dilipoints and gently before Colletti their next with 14 game, the points, 62girls' fell to '':sm^~ " ' --• 48. The the #2 stateMaureen Mulvihill praciices her free-throws.

Hawks' ranked Lake Photo by Megan Price hot freeZurich team t hrow 38-62. Led by shooting also helped; they were 16 for Van Hoesen (13 pts.) and Colletti (10 pts.), 20 from the free-throw line.

The Hawks the Hawks worked hard and think that the experience was helpful in sharpening their are happy to have won third place at basketball skills. The third CHBC game was CHBC but know that there is a lot of against the Fenton Bison. Led by Laume work still to do before the playoffs. Come Colletti (16 pts), the girls" defeated the Bi- out and see the girls' varsity at the next son 56-48. Laura Paine's hot three-point home game on January 22nd when the shooting also helped the Hawks to slaugh- Hawks take on the Glenbrook North ter the Bison. Paine sponed her talent with Spartans.

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