Vol 37 issue 3

SOUTHWORDS Vol. 37b. Issue 3

Maine South Hiah School • 11II S. Dee Road • Park Ridiie. IL 60068

NEWS Preparing for Homecoming -p. 2

September 22. 2000

Bulldogs Beware.

Coaches' Hall of Fame -p. 3 COACH Update -p.3 Park Ridge Teen Center -p.3

COMMENTARY Property of the editors -p. 4 Path of life -p.4 Parents leading the way? -p.5 Voices in my head -p. 5 You've got real mail -p.6 FEATURES New teachers -p.7 Fashions throughout the ages -p.8 Spirit days -p.9 SPORTS Girls' volleyball. Girls' swimming, A word from a fan -p. 10 Boys' cross country. Girls' tennis -p. 11 Football, Boys' Soccer -p. 12

photo by Rachael Kalom From left to right: Kira Ho, Martha Douglass, Jac Jemc, Dan Smart, and Kate Hogan paint a sign to help get the school ready for Homecoming.

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B a c k off,Bulldogs.

by Brenda Christopher

by Brenda Christopher It is that time of year again— the time for football games, parades, dances, queens, and school spirit— the time of homecoming. This year, the football game is Maine South versus the Waukegan Bulldogs, and the theme, appropriately, is "Back Off Bulldogs."

Preparation for homecoming is scheduled to begin today when the Homecoming Queen Nominations will be held in homeroom. Teachers of every sophomore, junior, and senior homerooms will receive a nomination ballot for each homeroom. The homeroom will then agree on three senior girls to nominate for Homecoming Queen candidates.

Monday, September 25, pictures of the candidates, as well as a list of their activities, will be displayed on the wall in the cafeteria.

Next week, Monday, Sptember 23, through Friday, September 29, the tradition of window-painting will take place. All the windows in the front glass hallway (facing Dee Rd.) and the windows in the back Cwing hallway will be painted by various clubs and organizations of Maine South.

The windows absolutely must be finished

^^^^ ^ ^ Clash Day, Wednesday is School Colors Day, Thursday is Hawaiian Day, and Friday is, as always, Dress-up Day. During Dress-up Week, other activities are also planned. On Tuesday, October 3, the windows will be judged. Homecoming assembly will be on Wednesday, October A— not Thursday as it has traditionally been. Students should report to the Spectator gym directly after their first period class, and sit in their homeroom's designated area.

The last activity of the week will be voting for the Homecoming Queen. All students will be able to vote on Friday, October 6, outside the cafeteria from 7:30 drawing by Monica Hook to 8:00 a.m. and in lunc'J periods.

The winning Queen will be an' for the Homecoming Court. Voting will take nounced at the football game Saturday, Ocplace in booths outside the cafeteria from tober 7.

7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and during all lunch periMonica Haak, student council president, ods. Although freshmen were not allowed speaks of Maine South's high hopes for to nominate Homecoming Queen candidates, Homecoming.'This year student council they will be able to vote on Friday. All stuaspires to achieve greater student participadents will need their ID to vote. tion in all the Homecoming Spirit week acDress-up Week, from Monday, October tivities.

It is a unique opportunity for stu2, until Friday, October 6, is a chance for dents to demonstrate their enthusiasm and Maine South students to show their school embody the essence of Hawk Pride." spirit. Monday is Pajama Day, Tuesday is

by Friday.

As a culmination of the week, on Friday, September 29, students will be able to vote

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bOACH update ^ B

by Tracy Schmidt

The COACH Tutoring Center is up and running. This progam allows students in need of academic assistance to drop by the center and receive assistance from peer tutors— students who have been trained in current tutoring practices.

The main objective of COACH is for peer tutors to encourage the students to uncover the answers by themselves rather than the peer tutor covering the material.

The Center is located in the library classroom and will be open 7:00-7:30 a.m.

Tuesday-Friday and 3:00-4:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. It will be staffed with one faculty mentor and approximately 8-10 student tutors. A variety of subjects will be covered, including math, science, social science, Spanish, French, German, English, fine arts, and health.

Questions can be directed to Mrs. Heidi BowbininA-309.

Southwords regrets the following error in the Septembers issue: Over the summer, approximately 800 seat cushions were removed from the chairs in the auditorium. These seat cushions were the originals, dating thirty-seven years old. They were replaced with new brown cushions, a tedious task considering the various sizes of ach chair.

Also over the summer, new carpeting was installed in the auditorium.

Park Ridge Teen Center

by Tracy Schmidt Games at the Teen Center include four Area teens looking for something safe pool tables, basketball "Hot Shot" , arcade and fun to do on the weekends need not games, championship darts, and a computer look any longer. The Park Ridge Teen Cenwith Internet access. Theme nights are ter is welcoming all young people to drop planned freby and see what quently. the Center is all Each night the about.

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Center is currently fiinded by Hours for the the City of Park center are Thursdays from 7:00-10 p.m., and Fridays and Ridge, Maine Tovwiship, United Way, and Saturdays from 7:00-11:00 p.m. KateKerin, other community organizations. Due to director of the Teen Center welcomes all this endowment, there is no entrance fee for teens to "drop in and have a safe, fim time." teenagers and all games are free.

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Oct. 6— Wiio wants to be a IVIillionare Prizes Oct. 14— • Pizza Night Oct. 21 —• Halloween Dance Nov. 10— Pool Journament Nov. l s — Movie Night Nov. 30— Pizza Niglit Dec. 2— D.J.

The Coaches' Hall of Fame

by Meghan McCall On Saturday, September 23, the "Booster Barbecue" football game will take place. At half-time of the game, the coaches who will be inducted into the Maine South Coaches' Hall of Fame will be introduced.

The coaches to be inducted are Bob Beauprez and Jackie Schultze. The other category in the hall of fame is "Friends of Maine South Athletics?" inductees to this category are Barb Bobrich and Darrell Dickey.

Bob Beauprez has spent almost 30 years coaching baseball on the freshman and sophomore levels.

Jackie Schultze has coached track and swimming in which she holds state and national records.

Darrell Dickey has spent 36 years as a timer and scorer for wrestling, swimming, track, and football. He also has the outstanding record of scoring and timing for 2000 basketball games over these years.

Barb Bobrich has been the director of the very successful Hawkettes since 1979.

Throughout this time, she and her team have captured 15 state championships.

After the football game these dedicated and respected people of Maine South Athletics will be officially inducted into the Coaches' Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in the cafeteria. All are invited to come and support them.

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by Sam Fuller

the roads of life

by Emily Haak Recently, I was sitting in my geometry As I proceed in my journey through life, class and we began the period as we always I have realized that it is very simple. It is do, with a short and sweet motivational made up of events, acquaintances, and disquote of the day.

Normally I am the skeptic appointments. However, it is based on what of such attempts at motivation, but these you perceive and believe. I remember my quotes have proven to be a cheery way to junior varsity Volleyball coach handed out start the period.

As it turns out, the quote of a piece of paper with bold lettCTS on it, saythe day ended up being a longer, less sugary ing, " Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to i t " Thaeafter, I have story about a man named Jerry who manused that concept in my life for important aged a restaurant. problems, and even for meaningless Jerry was very successful with his resthoughts. Indeed, your very own thoughts taurant, mainly because he was an optimisand beliefs can be significant if you believe tic and cheerful person. When asked by a in them. I have found that this quote can friend how he stayed in such a state, Jerry relate to almost any event or problem. responded by saying that every morning he A reaction to something makes me who woke up and told himself that he had two I am. Anxiety, happiness, and pleasure make choices: He my simplistic life more entertaining. Emo- could be in a tions, actions, and even "healthy confusion" good mood, or emphasize certain occurrences and dull out he could be in a others. Take for example the Homecom- bad mood. He ing dance that is soon approaching. I know chose to be in a three people who swore a secret oath that good mood. they would not ask the guy they all want to Once day, accompany. Another friend of mine has Jerry accidennever been to a dance because he refuses to tally left the back participate in any school-run events, which door of the resI respect. In these examples, it is clear that taurant unlocked, and someone entered the the reactions of individuals make them or restaurant and held him at gunpoint. Jerry's break them. They are defined not only by hands slipped off the register for an instant what happens to them, but also by what and he was shot. they do in response.

As he lay there, the first thought that ran through his head was that he wished he had One seemingly meaningless theory I locked the back door. The second thought, have is that everyone who is eating food however, was that he had two choices: he while driving is relatively happy. If you could live, or he could die. He chose to live. think about it, catching a red light is not so After a long and laborious recovery, Jerry bad. The extra ten minutes due to a freight eventually went back to his life of managtrain allow you to chow on your hamburger. ing a restaurant.

Maybe it should be mandatory that everyone who is driving must also be eating food.

I listened to the story with moderate inMaybe not. Either way, it is a conclusion I terest, but mainly wallowed in my own cynihave drawn and freely profess. cism, questioning whether or not this story In an overall view, I hope that this quote was in fact genuine, or merely someone's has some effect on you just like it has had fiction, written for the explicit purpose of on me. I feel each person needs to recog- motivating adolescents such as myself. If nize that he is defined by his reactions. His that were the case, as I suspected it was, then overall class and personality depends on his I refused to be motivated.

The day went on, and I really did not give views. Whether it be eating food while driving, ignoring the upcoming dance, or just Jerry or his choices much more thought. looking at the simplicity of life, the choice After school, however, Jerry played an inteis yours. Remember that "healthy confu- gral part in my judgement. sion" may be beneficial to you. Be aware I had a swim meet that day, the first of of the little things in life as well as the large the season. I was slightly nervous. I told events. myself that I would probably be stuck in all

relays, so there was no pressure involved.

When I saw what I was supposed to swim, however, I completely lost it. I had to swim the one hundred butterfly.

This made me terrified for several reasons. The first was that I had not practiced the butterfly at all, and had, in fact, not swum four laps of it since last November.

The second reason I was terrified was that at the conference meet last year, I nearly drowned. This is not an exaggeration - I was breathing in my own wake by taking in water instead of air.

I told my coach what had happened at last year's conference meet, and so she took me out of the butterfly for the meet. I was extremely relieved.

She could not, however, find anyone else on the team to take my place. As a result, I felt horrible because I was letting my entire team down, and I was showing her a poor work ethic, one which I normally did not have.

Then I remembered Jerry. I had two choices: I could swim the race, or I could bow out and let my team down. I chose to swim the race. I told my coach that I insisted that she put me back in the race. After many pep talks from friends, I was ready to swim the race.

I am not the most valuable swimmer, but rather far from it. I swim on junior varsity and am not the star swimmer. Unfortunately, I cannot give a fairy tale ending that I broke the varsity record or something extraordinary like that, because I did not. I did, however, swim the race well. That is, I did not drown.

Everyone has two choices: a positive one, and a negative one. Whichever one you choose is solely up to you.

If you choose the positive one, you will feel a sense of pride and accomplishment.

You will gain the respect of others. Negative choices leave you with nothing but a few simple regrets for the things you wished you had done. The next time that you are faced with two choices, think of Jerry.

Everyone has two choices: a postive one and a negative one. Whichever one you choose is solely up to you.

Commentary

Parents leading the way?

by Megan Gibbons Clean up your toys! Do the dishes! Finish your homework! These are all catch phrases eight-year-olds should find common coming from their parents. It is very apparent today, however, that far too many eight-year-olds are hearing these conunents from themselves. A recent study conducted

by Westat Inc. of Rockville, Maryland, showed that far too many young children are being left home alone after school on a daily basis. These can be the most important hours of a young child's day, yet children are left to spend them alone.

It has been found that one out of every five children heads home to an empty house after school. Perhaps you have an eight-yearold neighbor. Imagine the amazing responsibility he now has to take on. From the minute he walks through that door every day, he is responsible not only for himself, but for the home too. He has no one else to rely on. When your neighbor is hungry, he makes himself a snack, and he does the dishes and makes sure the house is clean. These are all iportant skills to learn, but these skills lould not be taught in this maimer. The little guy next door has to take watching out for himself to a whole new level - there is no

one to back him up.

Another aspect of the disturbing situation is the potential for the children to fall far behind in their learning. As an eight-yearold child, imagine telling yourself to get right to your studies when Tom and Jerry is on, or ignoring the call of the video games and settling right down to social studies. In an empty home, there is not another force pulling for the child to succeed, and therefore, he sees no reason to. Why should he have to worry about homework when he already has to worry about what he will make for dinner if mom does not make it home on time?

By leaving children at home to fend for themselves, where exactly are we leading them?

Child supervision is truly an expensive thing. Parents must have jobs to finance growing costs of basic needs and schooling.

When there is no other answer, children are left at home, and some still succeed. It was some of the numbers of the survey that were bothersome, however. The majority of the children left at home are the children of nonminority parents who work well-paying nine-to-five jobs. In this case, money is no longer an excuse. It might put a hamper on

by Lauren Hurley Ah yes, a brand spanking new year for more Voices. Back by popular demand (or at least that is what the voices tell me), this year's ongoing fictitious article shall face new feats, new fears, and definitely new follies. With the backdrop of preparation for one of the biggest separations of our lives, the next nine months will be quite turbulent for us seniors. And I have every intention of revealing how soap-opera-y day-to-day life has come to be. Thus, in true melodramatic tradition, a new year begins.

We last saw our beloved characters dancing the night away at a crashed Thespian party: Delia Evergreen: my best friend since the dawn of time. Literally. She totally believes reincarnation and dream interpretation. e also believes in herself, which is a good thing because she's looking into a career as an actress, a career counselor's nightmare.

To an outsider, she appears studious and serious. She is, but come the 2:50 bell, she has

been known to bite a few ankles.

Guy Preston: my best male fiiend. He comes complete with soundtrack: "Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk that I'm a ladies' man...no time to talk..." He is suave, smart, and a tad schizoid. He has bipolar tendencies: one minute he will be outgoing, laughing, picking up stools shouting, "I'm a cow! Milk me! Milk me!" and the next minute he will be a wallflower staring off into what can only seem to be interesting crevices in the wall. If he were a god ("and I am not"), I would say he has the strength of Hercules, the build of Adonis, and the mirror-wielding skills of Narcissus.

Celeste Knight: the most intelligent conversations I have ever had have been with her. She is the sweetest, most talented, and least conceited person in the world. She has actually perfected the art of being perfect.

Her tastes range from ABBA to RENT, from Dickens to Rowlings, and from the "Simpsons" to the WWF's "Smackdown."

We agree on just about everything includ-

the budget, this is true, but if a parent knew his presence might enhance the child's chances for success, as he should, why would they choose anything else? When there are options such as a high school sitter, and even a nanny, this choice baffles me.

If those who have far less can find a way, then why is it that those with far more look past it?

There are many levels of this situation, and the circumstances are apparent. My question remains: when there are no circumstances to be found, why does my eight-yearold neighbor approach his door alone everyday with his key around his neck? I am also well aware that the parents of these children are often the best of their kind, yet they are overlooking this detail. It is something that cannot be looked past any more.

It is now time for parents to stand up and take full, not partial, responsibility for their children, and let their children live for fun and success without having to worry about the dishes in the sink. A parent can give a child everything, encourage him, and give him nothing but praise, but all of this is worth nothing if there is no one there to guide him when he needs it most.

Voices in my head: Here it is, your moment of Zen. ing an underlying love for Conan O'Brien.

Jake Montana: my drama guy bud.

Maybe it was his sununer in the sweltering heat of "SoCal" that has increased the size of his egotistical noggin, or maybe all the self-help tapes we bought him for his birthday finally backfired. Either way, now he has the personality of a killer bee. He is still as furmy as a trunk full of monkeys, but if it came down to it, we would vote him out of Maine South.

Mae Stone: cleaned up her image while struggling to suppress her bad seed instincts.

She has become the poster girl for reform.

It is refreshing to know that some people can change.

Todd Remington: the social butterfly, recently delved into religion. He and Delia have been fighting lately because he thinks that dreams are a tool of the devil.

So another year begins. More characters will appear as they arise in my life. "This is crazy...rm not even writing anymore! And...

I'm spent!"

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You've got rea/mail

Britt Frederiksen Being aby member of Generation X (or Y, or whatever it is we are called), I did not "grow-up" with e-mail, I learned about it. I obtained an e-mail address in seventh grade, and can now navigate the World Wide Web with ease. Because I wrote letters on real paper before the internet revolution, I was pleased with this new found ability to converse through writing at faster speeds, and was familiar with what one writes in a letter. E-mail seemed flawless when I scripted my first notes to long distance acquaintances, yet soon I discovered that e-mail is not quite the same as its slower counterpart.

My early letters were to a pen pal in Canada, friends from my summer camp, or my brother away at school. In grade school, I wrote simple, fast-paced, loose-leaf quality letters describing my week or month and how I felt about it. I received the same type of chatty, inside-joke ridden letters back, and enjoyed being able to keep in touch with my firiends and relatives far away at little cost.

With the onset of e-mail, I could exchange information at twice, three times the speed, depending on when my correspondent was available to read my letters. Email was easy and fast. Yet, I was still writing letters in eighth grade, as not everyone had e-mail, and these letters were now growing more intellectual and in-depth.

I no longer simply recounted significant events, but delved into what I had been thinking about or what books I had been reading. In short, I had realized that what my every day life was like was not of utmost importance to my friends afar, but they still cared about what ideas flew through my head.

My e-mails however, had yet to evolve. I found that as my friends close by got their own e-mail addresses, I could alert them to pertinent information online rather than calling them. My e-mail was pointless and uninteresting because it only dealt with Friday

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This great invention, electronic mail, that was supposed to cormect the world, create peace, love and understanding, find a cure for the common cold and solve all the mysteries of today's modem world, in reality did none of this. I was supposed to have access to thousands upon thousands of cultures, ideas, and beliefs and have the opportunity to study them in-depth through electronic conversation and correspondence. I do not, unfortunately, have this ability. I can, however, find out what my best friend is doing tonight. Wasn't this what the telephone was for?

My letters have continued to grow more intense and in-depth. Today, I write letters densely packed with the thoughts running through my head on a kdaily basis to people near and far that I have met over time. Most letters I receive back, however, are similar to the chatty material I found myself writing in sixth grade.

Once in a while, I receive a letter that speaks on the same level on which I wrote. I rarely, however, receive an email that can be deemed intellectual. I seldom write one myself. In fact, I try to avoid writing e-mail to people I do not see every day. No one wants to hear about my day-to-day life if they are not a part of it. And e-mail never seems to be able to reach what I am really thinking, beneath my math homework and club meetings. There is a sharp difference between typed letters and hand-written ones, and this is most apparent in an electronic letter.

As we hand-write, different muscles are being used than those that allow us to type, and different signals are sent to and fi"om our brains to allow us to script word after

word. Hand-writing anything requires more time than does typing, and a different type of thought. As we type e-mail, we rush through it, in a hurry to finish and get on with our lives.

As we take the time to hand-write a letter, however, we allow ourselves to slow down and truly concentrate on the words in front of us. Even now, as I drag my pen across the page, I spend more time choosing my words than I would typing.

The rhythm of a hand-written letter is different, the words are different, and the overall meaning is different. How much more exciting is it to receive a hand-written letter than an e-mail? Handwriting means the correspondent took time and effort. The handwritten letter is the most successful in sharing intellectual and meaningful thought. Email is still useful, but for a different purpose.

Today, I will receive at least ten e-mails.

Seven will be forwarded chain letters or advertisements. The remaining three that I actually read will be small notes from my friends at home and away, reminding me to write them letters or call them in the near future. I will respond with the same type of quick note that is so common today.

Will I take the time to write a real letter?

Of course. If the only correspondence today were through e-mail, modem intellectual society would decline rapidly. Even at today's fast pace, we still need to take time to think, and take time to share our ideas in order to make progress. Unfortunately, our brains have not caught up to technology, and this is hard to realize. Although I can physically talk to someone in Australia in split seconds, my mind may not be able to form coherent thoughts as fast. Until it can, I will sit at my desk and use my pen to write.

HEY Y O U !

If you are interested in writing for Southwards, or want to comment on past issues, submit your articles and letters to the editor to V131 or talk to Megan or Britt.

Features 7

MORE NEW TEACHERS! Jannon Kirley

by Eileen Collins As one of our new Physical Education teachers, Ms. Kirley takes a high interest in fitness. She does triatholons and kayaks for fun.

Ever since finishing a Red Cross swimming program at age four, Ms. Kirley has loved aquatics.

She is the third of nine children, so she is used to kids. "I love being around people, so I wanted to spend my days surrounded by people. Teaching is the perfect job for me."

Ms. Kirley attended University of Wisconsin- Whitewater. However, she is not a rookie to teaching. She has taught at six chools in the last eight years. Teaching lalth and Physical Ed. in Wisconsin at Waukesha West and South, was a great experience for her. For the last three years, she has substitute taught in the Northwest suburbs.

Besides teaching her classes, Ms. Kirley is the Maine South Girls' JV swim coach.

She wants to spend her time trying to organize more activities for students.

Christine Pokuta

by Eileen Collins "The one thing I love most about Maine South is all the school spirit here," says Christine Pokuta, a new math teacher. 'The experiences I have had so far reassure me that I have made the right decision."

After attending Augustana, i"6 s.

Pokuta ght dancing. love dancing and I love math, now I can do both." Although she has never taught math

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before, her background gives her plenty of experiences with kids. Ms. Pokuta comes from a large family and her older sister is also a teacher.

Ms. Pokuta has nothing but good things to say about Maine South. She likes to see all her fellow teachers and students participating in various activities. She has attended the football games and plans to support all her students' athletic games. Ms. Pokuta is involved in sports herself. She likes to run and just started kick boxing. To sum up her feelings about teaching, Ms. Pokuta says, "I went into teaching because, although it's the same thing, it's never the same thing."

Kendra Anderson

by Anna Jablonowski This year Maine South is proud to welcome Ms. Anderson, a new chemistry 2 teacher Ms. Anderson teaches juniors four times during the day. She says her students are friendly and polite, as are the teachers. The previous school that she taught at was Neugua Valley High School in Naperville for two years. This is Ms. Anderson's third year of teaching, and she is really enjoying it.

Ms. Anderson transferred to teach at Maine South because the teachers are nice and a pleasure to work with, and there is a wider range of experiences. She also adds that she chose to teach at Maine South because it has a good reputation.

Ms. Anderson decided in high school that she wanted to major in and teach chemistry. She notes that she had a crazy chemistry teacher that made learning fun and interesting when she attended Carl Sandburg High School. After high school, she went to college at the University of Illinois in Champaign.

We hope Ms. Anderson feels at home in our home, Maine South.

Katherine Sequino

by Anna Jablonowski Mrs. Sequino is a great new addition to the science department. She teaches juniors and seniors in chemistry and physics 2.

She explains that her high school chemistry teacher, Lee Marek (who has made appearances on The Late Night Show with David Letterman), made everyone really love science. It was in college when she really considered teaching chemistry and physics.

Mrs. Sequino received her bachelors degree at Benedictine University and then earned her masters degree at U of I in Champaign.

Mrs. Sequino taught at West Aurora H.S. for two years, Waubonsie H.S. for six years, and is now sharing her knowledge at Maine South. She came to teach at Maine South because it is a school that is more academically competitive and has a department that is more experienced.

When asked of her opinion of Maine South, she states, "I love it so far. It's an awesome school and everyone is very kind."

HEY YOU! We still need short stories and poems. Send your work to Nicole and Eileen, the Features Editors, in the Southwards room!

Also nominate your favorite teachers for Focus on Faculty!

Anyone interested in writing any features articles should talk to Eileen or Nicole.

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They weren't allow to wear what?!

by Nicole Perm Imagine not being able to wear blue jeans to school. Girls had to wear skirts and boys had to wear slacks with a belt and a buttonup shirt. It appears that not being able to wear spaghetti straps, hats, and jackets is not all that bad.

Thirty years ago, the dress code was drastically different. Since then, Maine South has changed a lot of the rules pertaining to what students are allowed to wear.

When the school first opened in the sixties, students had "not a lot of of)tions of what they could wear," said Mr. Andrews, a former student and now a teacher of Maine South.

"The girls could not wear pants, they wore skirts and dresses. And the boys had to wear plain pants no jeans, we could never wear jeans and belts were mandatory," he said.

Unfortunately, the rule did not stop there.

"Everyone had to wear socks. Students were not allowed to wear sandals or open-toed shoes," said Mr. Andrews. "'A' line dresses were the thing when I went to school," said Mrs. Olmstead, another former student of Maine South.

"Along with pleated skirts, princess collared blouses, sweaters and cardigans, that was what we wore and that was basically the whole fashion," she said.

Mrs. Sapp, another student who went to Maine South when the 'no pants' rule was in effect, also remembers wearing 'A' line dresses and pleated skirts.

"We also wore 'poor boy' sweaters with wool empire waist dresses. Most girls carried around panty hose in our folders, in case we had a run in our nylons and had nothing to change into," Mrs. Sapp said.

"I remember the Dean always went around and asked the girls to kneel down to see if their skirts touched the ground. If the skirt didn't touch, we were sent home," said Mrs. Olmstead.

"People say how strict the rules are now, but in reality they're a lot less tough than they use to be," said Mr. Dickey, who has taught here since the school opened.

said Mrs. Olmstead. "They wore only black and the girls wore a lot of black mascara."

"The greasers were the ones who were different. Only black socks, black shoes, and they slicked their hair back," said Mrs. Sapp.

However, most people were just the middle of the road. The greasers were the only ones that really stuck out, and there weren't that many of them, according to Mrs. Olmstead.

From 1969 to 1970 the rules of fashion completely changed. Campaigns and protests

Unlike the protests of the LD.'s in past years, the fashion protest in the seventies worked because not only was the world changing, but there were also so many students protesting that the dean could not punish them all.

"They were simply forced to change the rules," he said.

Then, in 1970 the student handbook's rules on fashion were changed from "no jeans and skirts for girls" into something less strtict: "Student are expected to maintain a manner of dress appropriate to proper school atmosphere. Any article of dress, any manner of hair style, make up, that is determined by school authorities to be a disturbing influence, to be contrary to good taste or good public relations, or likely to damage school property, is subject to immediate correction."

With the new rule in effect, students were allowed to dress more freely than before.

One incident that caused a disturbance with \ the school board was when the student council president came back from Christmas break with a beard. The matter was settled, however, and things continued to run smoothly.

Mrs. Jane Barre, who went to school after the rule change was made, said, "We wore jeans, it was the greatest. Bell bottoms, hot pants, knits, cuffs anything with jeans.

We also wore chug-a-boots with the jeans.

For tops we wore smocks that were big and loose and almost never tucked in." Clothes

were held outside the school for changes in the rules.

"Students just wanted to wear what they wanted to wear," Mr. Andrews said.

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As there are always people who dress differently, back then there were some who stretched the rules.

"There was the fringe group who always dressed differendy but they stayed within the perameter of the dress codes," said Mr. Andrews.

"The greasers were definitely different,"

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From looking at yearbooks from the seventies, it appeared that girls never wore skirts and the guys all wore plaid pants. The flip hair style was what all the girls wore, and for the guys, the bigger the collar, the better.

As for any outsiders, there were still the greasers and their slicked-back hair. They, however, conformed to tight jeans and white tees, according to Mrs. Barret.

"There was a group of girls that decided to rip holes in their pants. They called themselves 'the hoods.' It was their form of rebellion. But later, it seemed everyone had holes in their pants," recalled Mr. Dickey.

As Maine South slid into the eighties, the rules pretty much stayed the same. They were made longer and stated,"Numerals, slogans, and drawings (not morally offensive or profane) on buttons, pins, arm bands or ing are acceptable." As more freedom ;iven to the students, more changes took

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"Retro was totally normal for us," said Mrs. Oravec, a student of the eighties. "What you kids wear today is what we wore back then."

"In high school I was five foot-seven because of the platforms I used to wear. Now I'm five foot-two," she joked.

The only thing students didn't like were the designer shirts. Polo shirts and the Izod shirts were considered weird.

"But the girls all wore tube tops and halter tops. We got in trouble for them sometimes, but for the most part, we were okay.

Scarves were big as well. Those started to come in and we all had many scarves," said Mrs. Oravec.

Kenny Kittrige, another former student who graduated in the late eighties, said the guys "all wore hats and our letter jackets around school because we were allowed to.

There were a couple of preppies that wore only collared shirts, but for the most part we all just wore plain tee-shirts," he said.

I ^ k b e 'eighties greasers' were called punks BIc wore twelve to thirteen earrings in each ear and dyed their hair. However, there were only three or four of them," said Mr. Kittrige.

As yearbooks of the eighties showed, peoDl^l^oi^om^vp^^ear^lothins.

Jackets, vests, pants, anything in denim. But they were not the typical blue color; all jeans were stone washed.

Kids also had big hair.

"It was amazing, it was like the more hair the better," said Mrs. Glunz, a teacher who remembers the eighties.

"All the girls teased their hair so that it was so big and poofed up, it was unbelievable."

The guys even had big hair. The long, shag hair style was in at the time for young Maine South students at the time.

Even into the early nineties, students still dressed like it was the eighties. Not until 1994 did Maine South squeeze out of the eighties and into the nineties.

Because students have few restrictions of what they can wear (no hats or spaghetti straps), today's styles of fashion vary from preppy to the salvation army to jock.

"For the jocks, they prefer to be comfortable," said Megan Gibbons.

"I like Gap and The Limited," she said.

"Yeah, I like comfortable clothes but sometimes it's better to look good than feel good," said Sam Fuller, who likes to shop at Structure and thrift stores.

For the most part it appears that jocks like to wear just jeans and a plain tee-shirt.

Walking down the hall with print teeshirts with things like, 'Once I thought I was wrong...but I was mistaken,' Anna Lau prefers to get her clothes from thrift shops and catalogs.

"I like to wear interesting things," she said.

Anna, who also likes to wear comfortable clothes, says anything she likes, she'll buy for herself.

"I like to shop," said Anna, who goes shopping once a week.

Britt Frederiksen, who considers herself a prep, says she likes to shop at J Crew, Brooks Brothers, and Ralph Lauren. For preppies the fashion seems to be nice jeans, khakis, and a shirt tucked in.

"I like to shop at these stores because it gives me a refined look," Britt commented about her 'preppy style.'

For some Maine South students, they just "wear what they like," as Eileen Collins does when shopping for her outfits.

For Maine South, fashion continues to be as diverse as the students.

Spirit d a y s at S o u t h For everyone who does not know on what day they should wear what, here is a little helpful calender for spirit week. Therefore, there are no excuses for not dressing up!

Monday October 2- PJ. Day Tuesday October 3-CIash Day Wednesday October 4-School Colors Thursday October 5-Hawaiian Day Friday October 6-Dress-up Day Be sure to show your school spirit. Support the Hawks during the Homecoming week. Get involved with the parade, the game or the dance (October 7 for all three events). Contact student council or Mr. Feichter for information regarding the week or the upcoming festivities.

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10 Sports Diving into competition

by Anna Tomczyk The MS Girls' swim team is at it again, doing great things in the water. At the meet against Maine East, many swimmers had some great drops in time. Natalie Kruk achieved first place honors in the 200 freestyle, Beth Spitelli in the 200IM and 100 breastroke, Amanda Fallico in the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle, Juhe Szramek in the 100 freestyle, and Liz Niemczyk in the 100 backstroke. All three relays also earned first place. The relays were the 200 medley with Liz Niemczyk, Amanda Fallico, Beth Spitelli and Laura Bender, the 200 freestyle relay with Beth Spitelli, Laura Bender, Julie Szramek and Natalie Kruk and the 400 freestyle relay with Anna Tomczyk, Kate Paine, Julie Szramek and Natalie Kruk.

The divers also performed well with some outstanding dives made by both Amanda

Lounsbury and Natalie Rubino. Both the varsity and JV teams beat Maine East by a large margin. The next morning, the varsity team traveled to Hoffman Estates for the Hoffman Invite. Medals were won by the 200 medley relay (Niemczyk, Fallico, B. Spitelli and Bender), Amanda Fallico in the 200 IM, all three 50 freestylers (Szramek, Bender and Kruk), Natalie Kruk in the 100 butterfly, Juhe Szramek in the 100 freestyle and the 400 free relay (J. Spitelli, Paine, Szramek, Kruk). First place honors were achieved by the 200 freestyle relay of Beth Spitelli, Kate Paine, Julie Szramek and Natalie Kruk and Amanda Fallico in the 100 breastroke. Maine South placed third out of six competitive teams, narrowly missing second place by a mere three points. The team's next meet is at Highland Park and then at the Downer's Grove North invite.

Volleyball to face tough competition

by Krissy Vonesh Maine South's Grirls' volleyball team is off to a great start. The Hawks are coming together very well as a team and have high hopes of being a top competitor in the CSL Conference. Coming up are big games against conference opponents New Trier and Evanston. After sweeping the Maine schools

and a strong win against Deerfield on September eighth, the girls are not intimidated at all by the challenges that they will soon face. The team beat Maine East and Maine West in three games each and dominated Deerfield throughout the whole match. The Hawks are playing tough and will only get better as the season progresses.

Commentary: a word from a fan

by Meghan McCall After seeing the football games for the last two Saturdays, I have to say the team is looking a little bit shabby.

Granted, anyone spending a couple minutes in the stands could give witness to the dominance the team displayed over their challengers. These two blowout Hawk victories were clear evidence of the hard work and dedication that the boys have to their team and their sport. As a supporter of the team, I look forward to seeing how far they will go this year and my hopes are high. Obviously, the team's play has been anything but shabby thus far.

However, it is literally how the team looks, that is shabby. One of the fundamental defining signs of a team that is truly a unit is the uniform. That sea of black

and red charging down the field at the other team has to be an intimidating sight. However, if the other team wishes to relieve themselves of this fright, I suggest a quick glance at the football team's socks. It seems like a very simple thing, and it is, but while at the game I counted six different types of socks worn by our football players, ranging from knee-high red socks, to white ankle socks and everything in between. Deerfield was clearly an inferior team in terms f skill, but honestly they looked better: more unified with their completely coordinated uniforms, as opposed to our randomlysocked Hawks. To be a great team, you must have individual skill and be able to work together, as a unit that is dressed as one.

South Stats 90 The weight (in pounds) of the lightest soccer player on the Boys' varsity soccer team, Steffen Mirsky.

42 Margin of victory against Deerfield in the football blow out

4.57143 Average number of coaches per team for this year's Fall sports.

Number of girls unable to play for the Hawks' tennis team.

Number of Boys'cross country members with strange rashes on their bodies.

Number of different types of socks worn by the Boys' varsity football team against Deerfield.

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Girls' tennis stays strong

by Ellen Gartner The Lady Hawks are still swinging strong. The team has an undefeated record except for one unfortunate loss to Deerfield on September 12. Liz Bondi and Caroline Brzozowski took their opponents to three sets in the most exciting match of the season. Unfortunately, they lost in a tie breaker in the third set: 7-5,2-6,6-7.

The girls played well yet again at the Buffalo Grove Invite on Saturday, September 9, when the team placed second overall.

Coach Bondi continues to have high expectations for the season, and hopes that the loss against Deerfield will prepare the girls for yet another tough match on the following Thursday, September 13 against Evanston.

The Hawk Invite took place Saturday the fifteenth, and the team had hopes to take home a ribbon at their invitational.

There are a number of girls unable to play at the moment, but all are looking to come back strong for the rest of the season.

Blazing down the trail

Liz Bondi cranks a winner down the line.

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by Scott Fullman Maine South Boys' cross country team is doing a phenomenal job at keeping their poise and domination achieved earlier in the season. After defeating Fenwick, Jones, and St. Benedict, the Hawks suffered their first loss of the season against state-ranked powerhouse Evanston.

But the cross country team would not let the loss affect their confidence as senior cocaptain Sean Hill claims, "Oh Man! This business is crazy! We definitely have the skills to pay the bills." Metaphorically speaking of course, and with that said, the Hawks once again showed a bold, intimi-

dating presence at the Downer's Grove South Invitational and their recent meet against New Trier. Also, the team would like to congratulate senior co-captain Mike Begich for achieving one of the school's top ten times on the three-mile Maine South cross country course. "His time was awesome," sophomore Chris Mitchell stated, "I hope he keeps it up and makes it downstate."

Fan support is crucial, and the next meet is against Niles West as the Hawks take on the Indians. On a final note, keep an eye out for the runner profiles coming soon to the cafeteria.

Hawk Highlights 9/22

Football

9/23

9/25

9/26

9/27

vs. Niles West 9:30 AM

Girls' Volleyball ^ @ Lake Park Quad 9AM

Girls' Tennis Boys' Golf

@ Conant 4 PM

@ Waukegan 4:30 PM vs. Evanston 4 PM

@GBN 3:30 PM

@ Maine East/West 4:00 PM

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Girls' Swimming * jys' Soccer Cross country

@ Downers Grove SAM

vs. Highland Park 4:30 PM

vs. Niles West 5:00 PM @ Niles West 4:30 PM

SOUTHWORDS Fall Football • Golf • Crosscountry •Soccer • Girls" Tennis • Girls" Volleyball

Defense comes up big as Hawks roll

by Kevin Sherlock The Hawks continued their winning streak as they rolled over Lake Park 31-0 and Deerfield 42-0. In both games, the defense proved to be the winning factor. Anchored by defensive linemen Pat Stritzel, Jeremy Arbuthnot, Ken Triptow, Jim Magiera, and Rafal Kopycynski, few plays ended in big gains. Linebackers Jeff Kuempel and Kevin Sherlock stepped up to stop anybody leaking through the line. In

the secondary Anthony Schittino, Jason Derec, and Mark On accumulated interceptions, while Josh Gelula provided help in containing the miming game. Also making a statement with huge plays were Blake Fiorito, with a fumble recovery, and Chris Ratajczyk at linebacker.

Shawn Kain amassed over 320 yards passing in the two games behind enormous blocks by the Hawk offensive line. Corey Norman and Chris Fosco scored touchdowns

of forty yards and fifty yards, respectively.

Providing the running backs with huge holes and plenty of room to run were Joe Madden, Stritzel, Kopycinski, Arbuthnot, and Magiera. The offense took advantage of turnovers forced by the defense wi± ten touchdowns in the two games.

As always, Jeremy Arbuthnot added these words: "We won simply because we scored 31 and 42 points, when Lake Park and Deerfield had 0."

If you can't keep up with the big dogs, then get off the porch

by John Jacobsen Romeo muttered to Juliet, "What's in a name?" The answer to this is quite simple, says junior forward Eric Schmidt: "Nicknames are who you are. They define your personality, character, and separate you from the rest."

Hawks' soccer over the years has been known for being "Giant Killers," a reputation that the players look to enhance this year. Young-blooded forty-kilo sophomore Steffen Mirsky claims, "We have by far one of the toughest schedules in the state. I would say it is comparable to my bus> schedule here at Maine South which is loaded with accelerated courses, and even an AP class; at least soccer doesn't give you homework." The good news for the Hawks (leading up to some of their toughest games of the season) is that all of the major distractions are over with; the cleats have been broken in with the scent of Hawks' soccer, the substitution patterns are set, and Mirsky's youth extra-small jersey finally arrived from the retailer.

Although to all the Hawk fans and the Steffen Mirsky fan club it appears as though boys' soccer is always on the road, not to fear, they still have four home games remaining. Will the "Giant Killers" reputation remain prominant? "Only time will tell," states assistant head coach Ken Sorensen, "But rest assured, these dogs will be barking for eighty minutes."

Corey "Stormin"'Norman, Shawn "Wu-Tang" Kain, and Kevin "Ham" Sherlock look to guide the Hawks deep into the state playoffs. photo by Sam Fuller

Crossin' the finish line

by Eileen Collins At the Resurection Invite last Saturday, the Maine South Girls' cross country team did exceptionally well. The varsity level took fourth place out of fourteen teams, while both the freshmen and junior varsity took first. Senior Claire Sharkey led the Hawks in tenth place. Morgan Sokes followed closely in 14th. Mary Payne(22nd), Lauren Cordaro(23rd), Kim Talaga(24th), Briana Dolan(25th), and Karen

Malcolm(27th) ran as a pack to score some extra points.

The Hawks had a dual meet against Evanston in which there were some exceptional performances. Claire Sharkey le Maine South, followed by Coppin, TalagaT Cordaro, Payne, Sarah Marous, and Kelly Haas. Although Evanston came out on top, many girls had great runs. The Hawks look to their next races with hopes of victory.