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FALL SPORTS AWARD WINNERS
ARSITY T E N N l S
MVP: Tracy Barton, Molly
Poffenberger, Aubrey Abbott,
Debbie Horton
EWL All Stars: Tracy Barton,
Molly Poffsnberger, Aubrey
Abbott, Debbie Horton
E H L Player of the Year:
Tracy Barton
Cincinnati Player of the Year:
Tracy Barton
Cincinnati All Star: Tracy
Barton, Molly Peffenbsrger,
Aubrey Abbott,
Debbi ljorton
E H L and Cincinnati Coach of
the Year: Cindy Crilley
Team won league and state tltlea.
F I E L D HOCKEY
MVB: Amy Wiatt, Jenny
Logernan
Southwest Ohio League All-
Stars: Amy Wlatt, Gay
Stauft, Jenny Logeman
Team was league champlon.
I West
MONACH, from p. 9
do not get into team effort or in-
dividual performance.
Andy Tucker in his article
makes a more rational complaint.
He does not attack Sportsview,
but instead the recent varsity bas-
ketball article referred t o by Wal-
zer. He has a good point; the on-
ly way to have truly presented
summaries of players would have
been direct quotations from the
coach. Naturally, Coach McKib-
ben did not want t o publicize
such judgments.
However, I feel that Brian
Rowe's summaries were opinion-
ated because they were all posi-
tive, not, as Tucker feels, biased
to favor the author. Rowe may
have said Erich Metzger had been
performing erratically, but he also
voiced surprise at this occurrence.
Also, for whatever it is worth, at
the time the article was published,
Rowe was starting in scrimmages.
Tucker feels performance
should not be judged, because all
the athletes try hard. Does he ob-
ject when athletes and teams are
incessantly praised, despite medi-
ocre or poor performance? Of
course not, but on principle he
should, because such writing is
just as heinous in its editorializing
as negative writing.
I suspect Tucker and others re-
CHIEFTAIN
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The boys' golf team listens with varying degrees of enthusiasm as
coach Bob West gives his annual award discourse at the sports banquet.
BOYS' GOLF
MVP: John Bishop
EHL Player of the Year:
John Bishop
B H L Coach of the Year: Bob
Team was league champlon.
sent the "pomposity" of Walzer
because he is not active in sports
at school. The fact that Walzer is
not as good a basketball playa as
Tucker should not prevent him
from stating, with appropriate evi-
dence, that Tucker had an especi-
ally good or bad game.
WALZER, from p. 9
To me, that seemed ridiculous.
From that ridiculousness came
the phrases "playing Sycamore is
an exercise in masochism" and
"ending the rivalry is an act of
mercy", which were the ones that
inspired such rage from the foot-
ball team.
Granted, the statements were
harsh and might have been too
strong, but the plain truth of t h t
matter is that I was reporting the
truth. Or at least, the truth as I
saw it. And in my eyes, that
string of losses t o Sycamore was
not pretty.
That idea is a key one for ath-
letes who are reported on in
Chieftain to remember: we are
journalists and we're trying t o re-
port objectively. I think a lot of
what Tucker interpreted as "op-
inion" in the article he disliked,
Brian Rowe's "personnel" article'
last issue, was simply Rowe's
frank evaluation of the truth.
Tucker said that it really was
pnoto by Tom Taylor
CROSSCOUNTRY
MVP: Paul Monach
MIP: Brian Meyers
Walzer is knowledgeable
enough about sports t o make such
comments, and he also empha-
sizes the good games more than
the bad ones.
As a respectable athlete, I per-
sonally feel qualified to comment
on the performance of members
not right for Rowe to give himself
a fairly positive evaluation
("Rowe appears to be back in the
starting lineup...'') while criticiz-
ing other players (such as Erich
Metzger, whom he called an "en-
igma" while mentioning that he
had been "erratic" in scrimma-
ges).
I really fail to see what is
wrong with that. It was not
Rowe the basketball player sim-
ply stroking his ego and putting
down the other players in the
hopes of putting himself in the
starting lineup; it was Rowe the
journalist stepping back and de-
tachedly evaluating his own per-
formance and the performance of
the other players on the team.
As both an optimistic athlete
and an objective journalist, Rowe
treads a fine line. But he does a
good job in not overstepping his
bounds. The fact that those
criticized are "trying their best"
has nothing to do with the re-
December 7,1984
BOYS* SOCCER:
MVP: Steve Womack
EHL AII Stars: Curtis ~ t t ,
Scott Selbert, Steve Womack
All City: Curtis Ott, Steve
Womack
All State: Steve Womack
FOOTBALL
MVP: Kevin Viox, Gary Hal-
lam
EHL All Stars: First team-
Kevin Viox. Brian Jehle: Sec-
ond team-Jim Gruskln. Erlc
Edwards, Steve Misall, Gary
Hallam
GIRLS' G O L F
MVP: Vera McVicker
VOLLEYBALL
MVP: Anna Cuclnotta
E H L All Star: Jenny Malloy
GIRLS' SOCCER
MVP: Tricla Craig, Julle Pack-
er
EHL All Star: Trlcia Craig,
Sharl Zesch, Julle Packer
of a team, especially of a team I
am on; I feel that Rowe is justi-
fied in commenting on players'
performances for the same reason,
as long as his comments have
some basis and do not unnecessar-
ily favor certain players.
sponsible journalist; a responsible
journalist does not question the
effort of athletes unless he can
back it up with facts. And those
facts are to be found only if what
the journalist says is true.
That's why I feel I'm right in
most cases, and why I feel Brian
Rowe is right in this particular
case. He didn't get t o be sports
editor of Chieftain without being
a responsible journalist. He may
be frank and controversial in his
articles, but h e can back it up.
And that's the mark of a good
journalist-even though it might
not make him a popular one.
Chieftain would like to thank
Andy Tucker for his contribution
to this opinion forum.
We realize that other students
or coaches may have views differ-
ent from those presented here. If
you wish to have such an opinion
published, please be sure it says
something completely new, and
please turn it in b y next Tuesday.
Vol. 34 No. 7
December 7,1984
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
by Paul Monach
The Board of ]Education out-
Lined a proposal to sell Wyandot
School to Sycamore Schools at a
commuriity meeting last night,
Sycamore has offered to buy
the wesent IH elementarv school
-
o n a "lease-purchase" agreement;
the school would be leased for
two years for $800,000, with a
final payment of $1.6 million
needed to purchase the school the
third year (a cost of $2.4 million
total).
The sale would include several
important conditions. Indian Hill
would retain the right to repur-
chase Wyandot for 7 years after
the final sale (9 after the original
leasing), provided the district
could come up with the necessary
Indian Hill sends 20 to EHL Honors Band
by Jeff Currier
In its final year of existence,
the Eastern Hills League held its
Honors Band Concert last Sun-
day, December 2, thus ending a
ten-year tradition for the league.
Indian Hill contributed greatly
to the Honors Band this year,
with 20 participants, seven of
which were ~ . r i n c i ~chairs.
al
Participating in this year's
band were Kim Doran (lst), Lau-
ra Harmon, Andrea Hatfield, and
Mary Ballard, flutes; Brad Adrien
(lst), oboe; Jeff Currier (lst), Mi-
chelle Brougher, Benjy Cook, and
Jim Carson, clarinets; Dominic
Pesce (lst), alto saxophone; Rob
Seal (lst), Scott Seward, Tom
Luckey, trumpets; David Epstein,
trombone; Matt Feltman, bari-
tone; Gregg Devanna (1st) and
John Stubbers, tubas; Jeff Tuckey
(1st) and Duncan Chalmers, per-
cussion; and Doug Backus, play-
ing tympani.
Each year, open auditions are
held for all interested wind and
percussion players in the EHL
schools. Judges for these audi-
tions consist of the band directors
from the eight schools in the
league.
The guest conductors for this
money within 30 days of an-
nouncing this intention.
Zoning would not change be-
k-
'
,S e 7
, ,
Will these be Sycamore buses next year?
year's bands were Mr. David
Keener for the high school and
Mr. Norman Parr for the junior
high.
Keener graduated from the
University of Cincinnati College
Conservatory of Music, where
he studied clarinet, voice, piano,
and organ. He has since taught at
Meyers deems Dayton Conference success
by James Anderson
The Model United Nations
Club attended a Dayton Universi-
ty-sponsored conference two
weeks ago Thursday. The MUN
did not win any awards as it has
in past years, but many members
were instrumental in passing reso-
lutions on chemical warfare,
world overpopulation, environ-
mental crises, space weaponry,
etc.
Co-president Brian Meyers re-
garded the trip as a success; "Al-
though we didn't win any awards,
everyone who went gained a great
deal of experience."
Club faculty sponsor John
Nellis also stressed the unimpor-
tance of official recognitions. "It
really isn't the awards that are im-
portant. The participants in these
cause of the sale, and the play-
ground and tennis courts will be
available for use during non-
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photo by Mariano Fernandez
Dixie Heights High School, Indian
Hill, Twin Valley North, and
Miamisburg Schools.
Parr is a junior high band di-
rector from Mariemont. His
bands have consistently received
straight "I" ratings in competi-
tions for many years. Parr also
works very closely with the
conferences should come away
with a better understanding of the
real United Nations and the dif-
ficulties of political negotiation."
Countries representcd by IH
include Spain, Israel, Bolivia, So-
malia, and several less well-known
nations. Delegates were encou-
raged to initiate resolutions and
amendments by obtaining en-
dorsements from 30 countries,
and then to defend their views in
front of their respective assem-
blies.
The MUN is presently looking
toward its February trip t o
Georgetown University and a
more sophisticated simulation.
Co-presidents Hugh Geier and Me-
yers agree that the experience
gained at Dayton will help IH t o
school hours; this should al-
leviate some of the concerns of
local residents.
Under the agreement, which
the Board is expected to sign
soon, Indian Hill would vacate the
school by July 1.
- ----
-- The only problem would be
where to put the 3rd, 4th, and
5th graders who would normally
; , have attended school at Wyandot.
As Superintendent Dr. Robert
E. Boston said, "Housing of stu-
$-3 m!h
, dents is my responsibility." Al-
1
; though he must make the final de-
\IS, W W cision on this issue, he plans t o
-;--. form a committee of community
members, teachers, and admini-
cision. to help him make his de-
strators
Said Boston, "I hope that I
can make a recommendation t o
the Board by March or April."
brass section of IH's marching
and concert bands.
Thcre is a possibility of a new
league band nest year. It would
consist of 15 schools, eight of
which will be from the present
EHL, joined by seven other
schools from around the city. Al-
though many plans have been sug-
gested, the future of the band re-
mains uncertain.
make a good showing in Washing-
ton.
The club has been very fortu-
nate in its country assignments;
~nemberswill represent the con-
troversial nations of Poland, in
the General Assembly, and Nica-
ragua, in the Security Council. In
addition, IHers will play the roles
of the President of the United
States, the director of the FBI,
and other important U.S. figures
in
U.S.S.R.
a simulated forum with the
Another activity in which
MUN recently participated is the
Oxfam collection. In its joint
venture with Student Government
the club collected over $700,
which will go to feed Ethiopia's
starving masses.
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CHI E FTAIN December 7,1984
editorial rebutta1
'Catcher' said nothing new -
GeIIert 'not pleased' with
by Kevin Walzer
a
Gellert described IH's 52-
JV start
as "our best game," despite t h e
i s b ~ ~"Considering

well."
a the caliber
of Forest Park, we played very

by Kenneth N. Jones
It appears that Wyandot School is going to be sold. After reading last issue's stu-
Aside from the fact that many students may have to dent opinion written by Catcher
travel farther to school, the sale will have no pro- in the Rye, I formed an image of
the anonymous Mr. Catcher.
found negative effect on the district or its students. Frankly, I am dying to find out
Rumors, however, have run rampant in the past who he is, just for the-sake of hav-
few weeks. Parents expressed fears that the Indian ing a conversation with him.
Catcher is obviously a great writer
Hill and Sycamore Districts would have to be re- presenting a responsible and re-
zoned, sending many Kenwood students to Syca- spectable opinion, but judging
more. Some people also acquired the odd notion that from the content, he is out of
touch with the realities of drugs
the students would have to change buildings in the and somewhat hypocritical in his
middle of the year. The rumors became so common writing.
and so distorted that some community members said To begin with, the anonymity
they had heard that Indian Hill was planning to be- of Catcher I find questionable. In
the editorial explaining Catcher's
come semi-private or private. anonymity, defense is given as fol-
All of these rumors are ridiculous if a little logical lows: "The student desired to
thought is employed. Can IH afford to lose students? keep his name hidden because he
would not normally be thought of
No. Does Sycamore want more? No. Would anyone as an authority on drugs; he was
consider trying to transfer 300 students to another concerned that his opinion would
school building in the middle of a school year? No. not be taken seriously ."
press the futility of textbook
learning.
Personally, I agree totally. I
cannot remember a single fact or
piece of information from Health
class that would stop me from
turning to drug use if I chose to.
The only problem with Catcher's
opinion is that he simply reverses
positions and gives another text-
book attack on drug use.
The only effective stopping
agent to drug use is first-hand ex-
perience, experience Catcher does
not express in his opinion.
Catcher seems to be sitting on his
moral high horse judging everyone
who has ever had contact with
drugs. Judging from his analogies
and the depth of experience as
expressed in his writings, Catcher
has little insight into the problems
of a drug user.
If Catcher wanted to scare
Often -knes one hears of an
IH basketball team being hurt
by a lack of inside rebounding.
But how many times have you
heard of one being hurt by a
lack of consistent perimeter
shooting?
Comments the coach of just
that team, Gary Gellert, 'We
are having some problems with
our leadership and our outside
shooting."
The JV Braves have lost three
of four games this season, and
Gellert attributes that losing
largely to the Braves' inconsis-
tency t o put the games on ice
in the closing minutes.
"Every one of our games has
been lost late in the game," said
Gellert. "We've had chances to
win every one, but then we
have a lack of poise. We have f a
too many fouls and turnovers."
The Braves lost their EHL
49 loss to %rest Park last week
fact that it was a defeat for the The game was a close one
from the onset, as Forest Park
was never able t o get out by more
than four. They led 26-22 at half,
and 37-34 after the third quarter.
Freshman Jason Kincaid put in 1 4
to lead the Braves as Eaton added
13.
Sophomore Ron Jones had 21
in the Braves' only win this
season, against Finneytown,
which IH won, 46-43.
Free throws in the closing
minutes were IH's downfall as
Northwest won, 62-55, in IH's
season opener. Eaton had 16
points, while Kincaid had ten.
Gellert at this point is "not
pleased" with his team, but
but feels that their errors are
not permanent. "We have some
work to do, but I'm confident
that we'll improve."
Although he is optimistic for
a turnaround, though, Gellert
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Would the IH Schools sacrifice alreadydeclining state I think everyone is entitled to someone away from drinking, opener to Mariemont last said, "Ten of our games are be-
an opinion, and furthermore, I why didn't he advise the reader to /&+ fore Christmas. They better
money to become more selective? No. Could they week, 47-42. Freshman Mike -">
. b
think everyone should take pride visit the Alcoholic Drop-in Center Eaton had 1 3 points for the photo by Brad Wllkinson start turning around soon."
even if they wanted to? Again, no. in his opinion. The opinion pre- and see the hundreds of people Braves in the losing effort. Mike Eaton drives toward the basket against Forest Park.
The district strives, through various channels, to sented by Catcher is excellent, with ruined lives, who need help? in the future. Coach Heizman did
keep its residents informed. People who stir up trou-
and Catcher should be proud to
have his name attached to it.
A dose of reality is desperately
needed for anyone with a drug '
Three make Enquirer all-city football team a great job."
He added, "I thought the way
ble, either intentionally or unintentionally,- by- start- Whoever the anonvmous writ- problem, but it does not hurt bv Kevin Walzer 100% and was a great member of has begun. Eric played, he should have at
ing such irrational rumors undermine this communi- er is, I cannot and would not those without a problem, either. There was one pleasant sur- the team." "There was a lot of optimism least gotten first team EHL [Ed-
cation and confuse everyone involved. judge the opinion on what I know Catcher's writing needs a dose of prise after another with this Jehle is very optimistic about ...
this year I don't think anyone wards made second team]. I
of that person, for that is an ad reality. year's varsity football team. The this year's first step in the rebuil- expected us to go 4-6. We have a think he only missed it by one
hominem fallacy. I find fault In his closing paragraph, ding process coach Mike Heizman lot of talent, and we can do well vote."
Mack planning exchange to Australia with Catcher's credulity because Catcher speaks of "younger chil-
most recent one came last week
when three Braves found them-
Junior Neely Mack will be go-
ing on an American Field Service
June to August with a family
from Switzerland.
of his seeming lack of authority
on drugs as presented in the
dren, self-satisfied and blissfully
ignorant, who are still running
selves honored by the Cincinnati
Enquirer as allcity selections.
Varsity girls come close to tough opponents
(AFS) exchange to Australia on She took many side trips to opinion. straight." I propose that Catcher Senior Brian Jehle headed the by Tiffany Meyer team is playing, coach Dick Pfir- players that are young."
January 15. She will find out spe- France, Germany, and Italy and The first portion of his article is not a Catcher at all, but "self- list as he wound up on the fust The varsity girls' basketball man comments, "The team is Pfhman also says he is
cifics about her Australian host spent weekends hiking in the implies that many of the facts we satisfied and blissfully ignorant." team at tackle. Juniors Kevin team traveled to Norwood and playing well but they lack that pleased with his senior starters,
family three weeks before her de- Swiss Alps. learn about drugs in textbooks are The anonymous writer should be Viox and Eric Edwards captured lost in a close game, 4743, last little extra intensity to win the expedally Kindel, and the devel-
parture. Anyone interested in partici- useless; they do not retard drug thankful that he is ignorant, but honorable mentions at running Friday. close game. This is possl'bly opment of Mains and Craig.
Junior Ghia Euskirchen parti- pating in an AFS activity should use in any way. He uses phrases please leave the catching to the back and defensive line, respect- Junior Cadi Cucinotta was the due to the inexperience of the
cipated in an AFS German lan- contact either Mr. Larry Bernard like "shocked into obedience by real catchers, who have come ively. leading scorer with a total of
guage study program from last or junior Matt Santen. propagandistic horror stories and close to the edge, or at least had a "I was really surprised. I did- nine points, followed by junior
pseudo-scientific statistics" to ex- - - of it.
nlimpse n't expect this at all," admitted Kristin Mains with seven. Senior
Jehle. Amy Wiatt was the leading re-
But he also smiled, "It was a bounder.
in STAFF PRESS ASSOCIATION ,
SCHOLASTIC
nice way to'end a very fun year."
Jehle was hard pressed to ex-
Before this difficult battle,
the Squaws lost in overtime 49-
Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracur- plain why he felt he was con- 46 to North College Hill. Cucin-
ricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake ferred the most prestigious post- otta was again the leading scorer
Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 5 6 1 4 2 2 5 .
Sponsor: Wm. P. Kincaid; Editors: Ken Jones, Paul Monach; News season honor that an IH football with sixteen points. Mains was
Editors: Anna Batsakes, David Cook; Features Editors: Tracy Megi- player has received in several the leading rebounder.
son, Janet Nlcolas; Sports Editors: Brian Rowe, Kevin Walzer; Maga- ytars. "I think a big part of it Indian Hill was victorious in
zine Editors: Ellen Aivord, Joel Ruff; Business Manager: Kelly Martin; was that I'd improved a lot over their first encounter agianst St.
Circulation Manager: Davis Griffin; Production Managers: MaryBeth
Heidrich, Dan Rosenthal; Assistant Production Manager: Arianna New- last year. I thought I did a good Ursula, winning 49-3 8. Freshman
man; Typesetter: Karen Wiedemer; Photographers: Tom Taylor, Davis job opening up holes for Kevin Trida Craig was the leading scorer
.
Griffin. Mariano Fernandez. Brad Wilkinson. Scott Blanchard: Contri- [Viox] on the running plays." with twelve points. Senior
I ~nseia- eatteyer;
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New National Honor SafieW Members:

photo by Mariano Fernandez
t o 13 Bill Haffner,
Mark Ensley, Andy Tucker, Mindy Grindstaff, Peggy Cutler, Sha-
Tiffany
tie.
butors: Eilzabeth Gorman, James Anderson, Hugh Geier, Jeff Currier,
Sam Green. Jennifer ~ o b b Davld
. Miller. Peter 8atsakes.
Andy Tucker; ~roductio" Staff: ~ i e Overhoff,
x Rob
Jehle had some high words of
praise far both Viox and Edwards
Gretchen Kindel scored eleven
points, and Cucinotta racked up
, .

ri Zesch, Kristen Mains, Carin Chabut, Kevin Walzer, Chris Hall, Seal, Laura Schwartz. and their contributions to the 4-6 ten. photo by Tom Taylor
MaryBeth Heidrich, Laura Harmon, Mark Weiss, Beth Wingerter, As its editorial poiicy, Chieftain strlves both to commend what is Braves. During this game Mains again WHO CAN STOP THAT WOMAN?: Senior Birdie Mrnzler c e
Tricia Schaefer, Patty Westhofen, Shawna Hornsby, Jeff Currier, good and encourage correction of what is not. Editorlals reflect the "Kewin had a really good sea- earned the most rebounds with a liea around endl in the Powderpuff game held two weeks ago.
opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are
David Kilday. Not shown: Dave Steward. strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and responsibly son this year...he got o m 1000 total of eight.
written. yaids rushing. He always gave When asked how he feels his
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3-7 Braves to face Trojans tonight
by Brian Rowe
The boys' varsity basketball
team is off to its best start in sev-
eral years this season, entering to-
night's game with EHL foe Glen
Este with an impressive 3-1 rec-
ord.
Last Friday the Braves opened
their EHL season with a 53-51
win over Mariemont. The Braves,
playing in front of a hostile Marie-
mont crowd, found themselves
behiid at the halftime intermis-
sion, 24-22.
Mariemont forced the team
out of its usual offense with a box
and .one defense that used a cha-
ser on senior Rick Abrams, which
hindered his scoring output in the
first half.
In the second half, senior Dave
Stanforth asserted himself with
five long-range jumpers to keep
the Braves in the game through
the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the two
teams exchanged technicals, and
the battle became more heated.
Luckily for IH, the Braves had
outstanding free-throw . shooting
in the final stanza, led by Abrams,
who was eight'for eight, and sen-
ior Curtis Ott, who upped his
foul shot percentage to 73.1 with
a four-for-four performance in the
fourth quarter.
The final score really did not
indicate the closeness of the ball
game, however, because the
Braves were up by six with ten
seconds to play and allowed two
Braves s p
by Peter Batsakes
The freshman basketball team
split their first week of play in
the 1984-85 season with a win
and a loss.
The one loss came on Novem-
ber 29 to Colerain, 44-38.
Although Colerain emerged
victorious, play was mostly dom-
inated by the Braves until a late
fourth period rally projected
Colerain into a lead they never
relinquished. "We should have
won, we just lost our intensity,"
said center Mexico Hayden. Hay-
den led the Braves in scoring with
16 points and nine rebounds.
Rick Decker added 10 points
and 10 rebounds.
"It was probably one of the
best games any of us have ever
played. It was the free throws
that killed us," said Decker, who
CHIEFTAIN
quick baskets t o let the Warriors
pull within two for the first time
with one second remaining.
Two days earlier, on Wednes-
day, November 28, the Braves
dropped their first contest, to vis-
iting Forest Park. The Chargers
were an especially quick and
strong rebounding team and simp-
ly out-muscled the Braves on the
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Jeff Yost stretches to shoot over his taller Forest Park opponent.
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also added that he was impressed
with Colerain's size and vertical
jump capabilities. Scott Stert-
meyer contributed six points
while Tom Kindle, Greg Long,
and Steve Wachs eached scored
two,
The Braves' first victory of the
season came against Lockland.
The Braves jumped out to a mar-
ginal lead and then never let up.
The final score was 60-30.
Wachs led the Braves' scoring
with twelve points. Decker's
nine points and Hayden's eight
aslo led the Braves.
Decker led the Braves' reboun-
ding with five while Mexico Hay-
den came down with four. A
good game by Lee Tucker also
contributed to the Braves'
strong win.
defensive boards.
Ott kept the team in the game
singlehandedly in the second half,
scoring 12 of his seasonhigh 23
points in the third and fourth
quarters.
With Abrams fouling out in
the early part of the fourth quar-
ter, the Braves had to rely on the
leadership of Ott and junior Andy
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photo by Brad Wllkinson
WRESTLERS BEGIN SEASON: Senior Ken Slazyk will be an
important force for the wrestlers this season. The grapplers
open their season today in a quadrangular meet at Loveland.
December 7,1984
Tucker in the last quarter to force
a 6 4 6 4 tie at the end of regula-
tion play.
The Braves allowed too many
second and third shots in the
overtime period, and found them-
selves on the losing side of a 73-
70 decision. Ott led all scorers,
and Abrams managed 1 8 points
before fouling out. ' al motto, "a time t o share."
The Braves' two previous wins
were both hard-fought contests
that featured a team effort that
resulted in victories over two
tough non-league opponents.
The Finneytown game was a
showdown between two of the
' tion to sharing per se, but the idea
city's best guards, Abrams and
Chris Spencer. Abrams won the
personal battle with 28 points to
Spencer's 25, and the Braves
pulled out a tight 58-57 decision.
Stanforth and junior Mike Cohen
each had eight points to round
out IH's attack.
The season opener was anoth-
er victory for the team, beating
visiting Northwest, 58-51, a team
that destroyed IH by twenty
points only one year earlier.
Tucker was "lights out" hi this
contest, burying all five of his
longdistance dedications to en-
sure the IH victory.. Abrams be-
gan his season with 17 points, and
a very balanced attack from the
rest of the starters was also evi-
dent.
The Braves enter tonight's
game in a four-way tie for f i s t
place with Sycamore, Loveland,
and Milford, and a win tonight at
home would be another step to-
ward the final EHL crown.
--
,
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h on true incidents leading to the
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photo by Brad Wllklnson
December 7,1984
student opinion
Giving should occur year-round
by ~ a n e t ~ i c o l a s
With Thanksgiving past and
Christmas and Chanukah on their
way, many students have been or
will be confronted by the season-
It may seem that charity or
sharing as a necessity is a belea-
guered point, but it seems that
most students have misunder-
stood or have overlooked the rea-
sons for charity. 'I have no objec-
that sharing, and usually mone-
tary sharing, occurs mainly during
the holiday seasons seems ludi-
crous at best.
These past few weeks at Indi-
an Hill, the Student Government,
Model U.N., and Key Club all
worked diligently to collect food
for the Freestore and money for
Oxfam. I applaud their efforts
Movie te
Mr. Brad Wigor is an Indian Hill
graduate and the Executive Pro-
ducer of4%ontract For Life: The
S.A.D.D. Story."
News release from Helios Produc-
tions:
Over 120,000 young people
are injured each year in alcohol-
related traffic accidents-some
.
4,000 fatally.
In fact, drunk driving acci-
dents are the no. 1 cause of death
among Americans under the age
of 30. Reaching young people
with a message about the dangers
of driving drunk is vital in the ef-
fort to reduce the frequency of
these accidents.
President Reagan has declared
this December 9-15 as "National
Drunk and Drugged Driving
Awaxeness Week." To help
launch the week, the CBS net-
work will air "Contract For Life:
The S.A.D.D. Story" on the after-
noon of Tuesday, December 11as
part of the Schoolbreak Special
series.
The one-hour drama is based
formation of S.A.D.D.-Students
Against Driving Drunk, an organ-
ization devoted to educating
young people about the great haz-
ards involved in drinking and
driving.
"Contract For Life: The
S.A.D.D. Story" stars Stephen
Macht as Bob Anastas, a Massa-
chusetts school teacher and hock-
CHIEFTAIN
and the students' response tre-
mendously but am disconcerted
by the fact that this sharing has
taken place almost solely on a
monetary level.
Granted, donating money for
Ethiopia was probably the best
way for our school as a collective
force to help, but concerning
food students brought and donat-
ed to the Freestore, who ever sug-
gested that poorer people only eat
on Thanksgiving?
Furthermore, how many peo-
ple are aware that roughly thirty
million Americans currently live
below the poverty level-not just
on holidays, but every day of the
year? And how many people rea-
lize that in Cincinnati, poverty ex-
ists-or have even made an effort
to alleviate it?
The point is that, though mon-
S.A.D.D. S
e sistance should they become in-
ey coach who founded the group
after two of his young athletes
died in separate c a ~crashes.
Macht has starred in a great
number of television movies, in-
cluding "The Immigrants," "Ring
of Passion," and "Raid on Enteb-
be." Recently, he played Gen.
Benedict Arnold in the mini-series
"George Washington." Macht has
also appeared in several feature
motion pictures including "The
Choir Boys" and "Nightwing."
Also starring in the drama are
Robert Chestnut; Timothy Gibbs,
best known for his part in the te-
levision series "Father Murphy ;"
and William Zabka, who co-
starred in "The Karate Kid."
The production was directed
by veteran director Joe Pevney
and written by Peter Silverman, a
recent Humanitas Award winner
and Emmy nominee for his work
on "Hill Street Blues."
The real-life Anastas, now Ex-
ecutive Director of S.A.D.D.,
spends most- of his time travelling
across the United States and Can-
ada spreading the word and en-
couraging the formation of new
chapters.
The number of teenage traffic
deaths from alcohol-related acci-
dents has been steadily decreas-
ing thanks, in part, to the efforts
of S.A.D.D., whose nationwide
program initiated in 1981 has
promoted concern and awareness
about the problem to the people
it affects so severly.
ey is necessary, the need goes be-
yond simple dollar signs, and
more importantly, the need exists
year-round.
If money is not the only need,
then the next quesition is, "What
else can be done?" Actually, the
answer is quite simple: labor, bet-
ter known as volunteer work. As
students, we cannot generally do-
nate a tithe of our allowance, be-
cause the amount would seem
negligible; we can, however, make
some type of effort.
I am not pleading for students
to begin checking off "good deeds
for the day" in an effort to
achieve sainthood; what I am sug-
gesting is that people make an at-
tempt to improve their sunound-
ings and community, and in es-
sence, aid the people living there.
Perhaps I should clarify what
" 'Contract For Life' will help
to unify all the S.A.D.D. chapters
and communicate to the public
on a very large scale the true
meaning of what S.A.D.D. is all
about," says Anastas.
A key element of the S.A.D.D.
program is the "Contract For
Life," a document which is signed
by parents and their children,
SG
letter from
SG donates 3,000 pounds
Fellow students,
I must thank you for support-
ing Student Government's two
November service projects. Be-
cause of your efforts, our Canned
Food Drive proved to be one of
the most successful in recent SG
history.
We managed to raise over
3,000 pounds in canned goods for
the Free Store. Congratulations
to Mrs. Edgecomb's second period
class for bringing in the most
ounces of food-you will be ap-
propriately rewarded for your ef-
forts.
SG, in conjunction with the
Model U.N. club, managed t o
raise over $600 for Oxfam,
through both direct contributions
and the Hot Legs contest.
As school winds down before
Christmas vacation, SG will be
even more active than in Novem-
ber. On December 12, we will be
holding a Holiday Music Forum,
featuring Indian Hill's band, or-
Page 3
this type of charity entails. It is
more than dollar donations; it is
also the sharing of time, energy,
and effort.
I hope that students and
adults alike are aware of and sen-
sitive to the seriousness of the re-
ality behind such generalizations
as "poverty ," "hunger," and
L'hornelessness," in addition t o
"loneliness," "despair," and "re-
jection." These problems will
probably continue indefinitely,
but I agree with a more complete,
year-round motto:
We believe all people have bas-
ic human rights to shelter.
Those we serve are among the
most unfortunate and most
neglected in our community
. . . YET we believe that where
there is community concern
there is HOPE.
who each promise to call for as-
volved in a situation where either
they or the person driving them
has been drinking.
Schools, Libraries, and civic or-
ganizations can acquire a print of
the film from Churchill Films of
Los Angeles following the Decem-
ber 1 1 airdate.
"Contract For Life: The
S.A.D.D. Story" is a Helios pro-
duction.
chestra, and the Premiers. It
should be an enjoyable, student-
oriented activity.
On December 18, SG will be
holding our annual Elf Auction.
Please participate as either an
"elf" or an "elf-master" in the
auction and on Elf Day, Decem-
ber 19. The auction proceeds
will benefit the Heart Associa-
tion.
Finally, I would just like to
remind students once again to
come to Winterfest. Music will be
by IH's very own Downboys,
featuring Peter Wilke, Scott Voss,
and Rob Reese. Anyone who
wears clothes or ornaments sug-
gesting the "Christmas spirit" will
get into the basketball game for
$1.00 and the dance for $1.00.
So come and support the Braves
and get into the swing of Christ-
mas with the Downboys.
Thank You,
Hugh Geier
SG President
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senior sketch \
Scientific Stan pursues last !HI championship
by Brian Rowe
"The Forth is with us."
That simple statement is an
assurance to Indian Hill's bas-
ketball team members and fans
that not too many losses will be
registered in the near future.
"The Forth," of course, refers
to the captain of this year's varsi-
ty team, Dave Stanforth. An ath-
CHIEFTAIN
letic person with a desire to excel
only partially describes Dave,
however, because he is also a lead-
er in the classroom as well as on
the court.
When talking to Dave, one
quickly becomes acquainted with
what could be called "The Teach-
ings of Chairman Stan" due to his
strong personal convictions on
many topics.
When the subject of music
came up, Dave quickly asserted
that "U2 is the best because they
have a fresh and distinct sound."
When confronted with Tracy
Megison's now famous reverb
complaints, Dave agrees that
"they should ignore reverb (when
making studio albums) and go
back to their own sound - they
tuned down their guitars and sub-
sequently their performance."
~ a i ecould be consideGd 6
expert on such matters because
' then be able to dedicate his ef-
he himself is an accomplished
pianist and is often heard giving
his own renditions of famous hits
by his favorite groups, The Cars,
December 7.1984
',,
demics, Dave is often asked what
changes could "excellentize" the
Academy further. Dave contem-
plates, and states that "the stu-
dents should be placed in charge
of all disciplinary actions, as is the
case, for example, at the Univer $-
ty of Virginia."
Upon completion of this
thought, Dave soon realized that
his mentor, Mr. Gellert, would
have to be assigned a new func-
tion at IH. "Mr. Gellert would
forts toward the Public Relations
department and toward his JV
basketball team."
On a more personal note, Dave
is a member of the prestigious 13-
Decamber 7 . 1 9 ~ .
*opinionforum
Chieftain's sports--arrogant or objective?
Throughout the year Chieftain's spdrts section has been criticized for its-reporting o f Indian Hill's sports
, scene. The criticism focuses on a percieved "arrogance" that pervades its writing. With the most recent incident,
a backlash over sports editor Brian Ro we 3 "basketball personnel" article last issue, Chieftain has prepared this
open debate over the sports section's writing.
In the first article, junior Andy Tucker lambasts the '%rime o f arrogance and patronizing" that he feels is
rampant in the sports section. In the second, sports editor Kevin Walzer attempts to show the thinking that
he believes is behind "the responsible journalism o f the sports section." In the third, Chieftain editor Paul Mon-
ach presents his views on what constitutes.good, objective sports journalism.
Tucker--writing far too opinionated
by Andy Tucker sport's season, some writers have enemies. Because of its antagonis-
I always used to enjoy reading chosen to criticize the players and tic content, the student body win.
the sports section in Chieflain on suggest possible solutions to prob- find no reason in reading it.
I think the sports writers

Queen, and as mentioned, U2.
But right now most of Dave's
spare time is spent in quest of the
last EHL championship in basket-
ball. When the subject comes up,
Captain Dave's eyes glisten with
confidence: "Our last game will
be March 30," which happens to
be the finals of the state Jturna-
ment. He then predicted that,
"The Braves will win the EHL,
photo by Marlano Femandez mark my words." They have
Dave gives his version of tundra basketball. been marked.
year club and has lived in Cincin-
nati all his life. He is planning to
continue his schooling at Cornell
-U4versi,t2 where his sister Shelly
presentlyattends. -- - --
Should he decide not to at-
tend Cornell, Dartmouth, Wil-
liams, and Stanford are other
schools that are high on Dave's
list.
-.
When -.the topic of a - career
Gose, Dave speculated that,'? will
a Friday morning. I use the word
"used ton because the writing of
the section has definitely taken a
turn for the worse.
The writers (not all) have ex-
pressed their own opinion in re-
porting their subjects. Their own
view of a participant in that sport
spoils the article's objectiveness.
Writing obout sports does not in-
clude one's own personal opinion.
Instead of writing about the
lems. This overshadows the
whole intent of the article.
What right does a journalist
have to criticize players who are
trying their best? It's easy for the
writer because the only thing he
has to do is write it on paper.
The article then becomes a
bone of contention causing strife
between the writer and his sub-
ject. The paper will then become
battleground for a myriad of
-
should stop acting condescending
i /
and arrogant towards their sub- I,
a XW
-I)-
jects. I will not mention writers
who have committed this crime
because that's not ~ertinint.The
intent of my article is to stop the
interpretation of sports by the Chleftaln flle photo
writers. I hope now I can start Andy Tucker is disturbed by the
enjoying the sports section of the sports section's '60pinionated
Chieftain. - writing."
there was the recent trend of loss-
es to Sycamore. Indian Hill had

senior sketch
heads for Dartmouth without skirts
by Paul Monach Actually, a visit to a city dur-
Gretchen Kindel does not like ing such a convention is a Kindel
to wear skirts. tradition of sorts; "It goes way
Why not? "I look completely back." Sister Susan went to Chi-
ridiculous in a skirt." Perhaps it's cago to visit Northwestern at the
those knobby little knees formed same time as the convention
through repeated athletic activity; there, and the idea stuck. Bro-
but we'll get to that later. thers Jim and Bob visited Dallas
Poor Gretchen had to buy sev- and San Francisco, respectively.
eral versions of the terrible appar- Missing three days of school
rel, however, for her recent trip to for educational sight-seeing had
Washington, D.C., with Daddy the its drawbacks, though. Said
dermatologist. She saw "all the "Gretch," "The only thing bad
fun places in Washington," like about it is that I missed two
the Smithsonian, the White games, and I'm being threatened
House, and a tour of interesting by a freshman [for a starting po-
local houses, in addition to at- sition] ."
tending a national dermatologists' Gretch is referring, of course,
convention. to her beloved girls' varsity bas-
Gretchen found several aspects ketball team. She commented
of the chaotic convention inte- about her coach, Mr. Pfirman,
resting. She described "a long "He's neat; he's short;" she, of
table of all this candy, and a choc- course, expects future insults
olate sculpture; it's pretty funny from "Pfirdog" for that one.
to see all these welldressed peo- Gretchen has also been an im-
ple pull pieces off this statue and portant member of the field hock-
just sit around and eat." She did ey and softball teams, helping to
not indicate why dermatologists sculpt those war-torn legs. She
were eating all that poreclogging also joined in the 6-0 senior Pow-
chocolate. - derpuff rout, using the nickname
Being a class leader in aca-
"Grendel," inspired by her name
and possibly also by her vicious-
ness on the field of battle.
She remarked about her love
of sports, "I wasn't influenced
by the women in mv famdy [Su-
Gretchen dreams of chasing Jeff Wesselkarnper up and down the m
valleys of Dartmouth.
-
..
- - - STAN. D. 5
see Section reflects good journaIism
by Kevin Walzer
This debate is appearing be-
cause I want a chance to present
both sides of a controversy that
san is nine years older]. I didn't has caused me personany a lot of
have girlish desires like knitting grief this past year. You've al-
and cooking." ready read Andy Tucker's point
Perhaps this explains Gretch's of view, from the perspective of
an athlete criti*ed by a reporter.
;.
see GRETCH, p. 5 Now let me present the journal-
ist's side. There's a lot more to
it than most people think.
First of all, as for Tucker's
complaint-mirroring that of the
football team before him and
Anne Richards before them (Oct-
ober 5 issue of Chieftain, "Wins
,and losses overemphasized in
' sportsw)-of "arrogance and a
condescending attitude", all I
can say is,"guilty as charged."
I admit that a number of
articles I've written this year
(let's keep this focused on my
articlestbecause they account for
99% of the anger among the ath-
letes) have made harsh, contro-
versial statementa, often times
very critical of their subjects.
And I also admit that in some
cases I was wrong, as Richards
pointed out. Her particular o p
photo by Tom Taylor,
inion dealt with the "Golf and
- en tennis-sea of glory" column I
-
wrote back in September-and in
it I said that field hockey had a
poor season last year, because
they didn't make state. I was
wrong there; I admit it. That
time I put my foot in my mouth.
But in every other situation I
refuse to accept the objections of
those involved. In those cases the
anger erupted over similar pro-
nouncements made, such as the
day the football team "reacted"
to my column on the history of
the Sycamore-IH rivalry, which
appeared in the October 5 issue
of Chieftain.
The details, I'm sure, are leg-
end by now; I was confronted by
no less than nine or ten players in
the space of the day, and some of
the comments I recieved aren't
fit for print. That was one of Rhe
worst days of my life.
The background surrounding
the work I did on that column is a
case in point when I say I feel
I'm right in most cases, because
that background reflects good
journalistic practices.
I started with a simple prem-
ise: that Friday was going to be
the last football game IH would
ever play with Sycamore, and it
was the end of an ,excellent rival-
ry; I thought an article on t11e
history of the rivalry would be
inter?-sting.
The research I did revealed
some facts that to me simply ap-
peared ridiculous. First of all,
opin ion both integra 1 parts
of responsible journalism
by Paul Monach
In this issue of Chiefain, the
concern over the supposedly-
opinionated nature of the sports
section has come to a
written, point-counterpoint for-
mat.
Many people claim that the
sports section's writing in many
cases is not objective. Their point
is well taken, but they neglect a
key fact: this opinknated wrting
comes, with almost no excep-
tions, under the heading of
"Sportsview-with Kevin Walzer."
With this heading, the reader is
told, "The following is the opin-
ion of one of the sports editors."
Journalistic writing takes two
general forms, fact and opinion,
both of which have their place in
any paper or magazine. Opinion,
though, must be presented as
such.
not beaten them in seven years.
IH had not scored off them in
three. Those shutouts were not
7-0 defensive struggles, they were
routs on the scale of 4 1 4 and 35-
0,
see WALZER, p. 12
-
Many people seem to feel that
all sports news in a high school
newspaper has to be positive.
This notion is ridiculous.
If the football team was hurt
by fumbles, the basketball team
by poor shooting, or the baseball
team by errors, an objective a o
count of the game must include
these facts or be false. To be
good journalism, such statements
must be grounded in fact, of
course, and in Chieftain, they a l ~
most always are.
Some people want a positive
approach to pervade even Sports-
view. Walzer is a respona%lejour-
nalist; he presents his opinions as
such. He holds no grudge against
athletes; on the contrary, h e dish-
es out far more praise than criti-
cism,and his "negative" remarks
seeMONACW,p. 12
pase 8-
puzzle,
Look goes Insane over domrno-covered board
by David Cook
Of the two puzzles I offered
last issue, Janet Nicolas was the
only one to solve both. Kevin
Walzer was able to answer the
first, the solution to which fol-
lows. The problem was to Simpli-
fy:
In this series, each fraction,
'IAXB, can be expressed as the
difference of two fractions, 1IA-
1/B. Therefore, the series can be
rewritten:
The last fraction of each pair
cancels with the fust fraction of
the next; thus, all the fractions
except the fnrst and last cancel, so
the answer is 111 - 11100, or
991100.
Last issue's second problem
can be interpreted as either a
trick question or a joke. The
reader was asked to fmd the
volume and d a c e area of the
figure reproduced at far right.
The figure, strangely enough,
is not redly threedimensional-
given the lengths shown, the fl-
gure must be flat. Therefore, the
surface area is 12, and the volume
is, of course, 0.
Have you ever tried to fill a
small checkerboard with domi-
noes? Probably not, it's fairly ea-
sy, because, assuming each domi-
no fits over two squares, exactly
four dominoes can be placed over
each row.
What would happen, however,
if you couldn't fill the whole
row? Suppose a checkerboard
were nine squares long instead of
.
eight
Could you still cover the en-
tire board? Try it on drawing A
below using a pen to fill in domi-
noes.
If you did try it (or if you
were smart enough not to try),
you know that since the board
contains an odd number of
squares while each domino covers
an even number, one square must
always be left uncovered.
From this demonstration, one
might conclude that covering a
board containing an even number
of cells is always possible, while
covering an odd numba never
works. To test this thmry, try
CHIEFTAIN
covering. checkerboard B. Two
squares have been removed from a
normal board-one from each of
two opposite corners-leaving 62,
an even number.
How about it? Frustrated?
Now that many of you have
learned the hard way, notice that
the two squares that were r e
moved would have both been
white-there are 32 black squares,
but only 30 white ones left.
Each domino covers one black
and one white square. After the
30 white squares have been co-
vered, two blacks will remain.
Since there is no way of making
a domino cover two blacks,
the problem is impossible.
humor colu
by J u n e Anderaon and
Ihvid Miller
Recently, a state of emergen-
cy was declared by the school
board at the Academy of Excel-
lence. The school board was con-
cerned with the outragtous de-
mands by the teachers for higher
wages. There was nothing to do
but to call a meeting.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I
would like to call this meeting to
order. As incredible as this may
seem, the Academy of Excellence
has been plagued by teacher de-
mands for an increase in salary.
"If we don't do something
about this, then where will our
beloved Academy be?
"We could change the name to
the Academy of Mediocrity, . ..'*
"Get serious! This is h p o r t -
ant! I have a tennis match at
3:OO. The teachers are claiming
that since they were recognized as
being the best in the state, they
d~ouldhave salaries that reflect
that fact."
To my IcnowIdp, thb is the
fast surprise-any board w t h the
same number of white squares as
blacks can be covered, and all
others cannot. I would be interes-
ted if anyone can show otherwise
by finding a counterexample.
Readers may wish to exp&ri-
ment with longer or differently
shaped dominoes. Or for an even
greater challenge, try the problem
in three dimensions-attempt to
fltl differently shaped boxes with
solid dominoes.
Roblem for next ime: How
many edges and corners do each
of the five regular solids (pictured
at right) have? Can you fmd a
simple-look.@ formula showing
B.
domino: K
I enough to reform any charac-
declares emergency
"HOW PREPOSTEROUS! We
wouldn't be reelected if we raised
taxes."
"The uneducated babysitters
think that maybe we could do
without the Cognac at the meet-
ing. They also think that they
should have one of the top hun-
dred salaries in the state. They
claim that - - - - - is too low
."
of a starting salary
"How utterly ridiculous! Why
should we pay them more than
our chauffeurs? All they do is
directly influence the bture of
this nation. Our chauffeurs driva
US around."
"We do all the decision-malt-
ing anyway. Let them eat cake."
"Some of them are claiming
that they could make more in the
private sector, and that the only
thing that keeps them here is that
they enjoy their jobs."
"If they enjoy their jobs so
much, why don't they pay us for
them? Can you imagine enjoy-
ing teaching?"
December 7,1984
tne relationship between the num-
ber of sides, edges, and corners of
a regular solid?
@KQ
2Wded
"One example they incessant-
ly quote is one teacher who
makes more money being a tennis
instructor during the summer
than he does here at the Academy
of Medioc - - 1 mean, Excel-
lence."
"That's appropriate. Tennis is
more important than education,
h ' t it? What are you doing
tomorrow anyway?"
In order to get both sides of
the story, we sent a Cltiepoin r e
porter to an anonymous represen-
tative. We called the teacher to
protect his Menttty.
"How do you feel about the
salary situation at the Academy?"
"I feel that we should
std-AHH!! Union Busters!"
"Hello? Hello?"
"Your associate is indispomd
at the moment, if you would
leave your name and address, we
will get back to you!"
Finally, I heard faintly in the
background, "Anyone for ten-
nis?"
Doamber 7,1984
movie review
Clark Kent's cousin flies
by Janet Nicolaa
For the feminist who has been
wdting, movieland has fmally
come out with the complement.
to the Man of Steel, none other
than Supergirl, America's latest
supetheroine.
The plot is very neat and tidy
as Supergirl, also known as Kara
(Helen Slater) from Argo City,
happens to be Clark Kent's
younger cousin. When she is not
parading sound in her red cape
and miniskirt, Kara dons a prep-
pie uniform and becomes Linda
Lee, the schoolgirl wimp in Mid-
vale, U.S.A.
Kara's main objective is to r e
turn the Omega Hedron, a power
source, back to Argo City, lest her
people die without it. Of course,
a criminal element appears as the
evil Selena (Faye Dunaway) plans
to use the power to take over the
STAN, from p. 4
probably either be a surgeon, a
chemical engineer, or maybe a
biological researcher."
Science has always been a
major interest of Dave's, and the
teachers that have influenced him
are Mr. Fricke and Mr. Wman.
He adds that, "Mrs. Connelly is
ter."
"Yes, I donated to Oxfam" is
the annoyed response this inter-
viewer received when Dave was
questioned on the subject of
charity. When further pursued as
to the amount of his donation, he
brusquely replied, "No com-
ment!"
Dave is only one of a handful
of IH students this year who had
the pridege of voting in the 1984
Presidential election. When asked
to make his choice public, Dave
loftily replied, "As an American, I
reserve that knowledge to my pri-
vate person," but it is not too
difficult to conjecture whom the
the c o n ~ t i v esenior wearing
penny loafers may have given the
presidential nod.
"Ever since I was a little boy
I've had the fantasy to play in a
rock band." Headbangers take
note, because Stan's proficiency
at the keyboard could add ambi-
ence to even the "motleyist crew"
of electric guitarists.
Dave Stanforth could well go
on to be the only chemical engi-
neer to double as Molly Hatchet's
keyboardist, but right now he has
his sights set on winning the last
EHL championship in basketball.
CHIEFTAIN
world. Qelenrt is every bit the
malevolent witch, for she uses her
knowlege of sorcery to conjure up
various "shadows of darkness"
to destroy Supergirl.
Supergirl climaxes with the
confrontation between two very
powerful women, one obviously
good and one obviously evil. The
outcome need not be stated.
GRETCH, from p. 4
unpretentious manner of dressing.
"Too many people in the school
put too much emphasis on how
well you dress. If you don't do
certain things, you won't be part
of the group. That's why I dress
the way I do."
Gretchen has played a role in
coming events
Prince saturates, satiates the Tri-State
Riverfront Weeurn
Harlem Globetrotters - December
26, 7:30 p.m. -
Will face off
against the Braves at State.
Prince and Sheila E - January 22
and 23, 8:OOp.m.-He'sfmally
..
here .and completely sold out..
Cincinnati Gardens
mumph - December 28, 8:00
p.m. - Good rocK from across the
border (Canada, that is).
Iron Maiden with Twisted Sister
Sponsored by Maybelline.
- girl named Nikki .
BoSarts
First Class Male Revue with
-
Mudulators December 7, 7:00
p.m. - The Chippendales ... in
the flesh.
John Cafffett.3' and the Beaver
-
Brown Band December 8, 8:00
Still, watching this beauty, brain,
and brawn fight for truth, justice,
and the American way may well
prove to be pure DC comic fun.
But wait. What good is a love-
ly Californiagirl heroine without
an elderly mentor? Another fam-
iliar face Peter O'Toole plays
Kara's father Zaltar who, like Obi-
Wan in Star Wars, dies before
another insidious revolt against
convention and conformity in her
four years in the band, in which
she plays saxophone. "I like to
play in the band, but I don't like
thk overlycompetitive spirit,
where we don't just want a Super-
ior rating - we want the grand
championship."
p.m. - On the dark side.
Dazz Band - December 9 , 8:00
and 11:OO p.m. - Let it whip,
whip me good.
Jazz Fusion Explosion Decem- - or death." After reconsidering
ber 1 5 , 8 : 0 0 a n d l l : O O p ~ n . - A
must for jazz lovers.
Rupp Arena
Bnrce Sprlngsteen - December 11
-Sold out.
Prince - December 15 I knew a -
..
Ham Arena
Kiss - December 13 - Bhagwan
says, "Use rubber gloves."
UJJ. Arena
-
Chicago December .9 It's hard -
..
for them to say .goodbye1
Page 5
Kara is able to complete her task.
Supergirl could easily earn a B
rating, but the charms of the
movie go beyond the comic-strip
plot. Slater appears as the ideal
Supergirl, both strong and grace
ful; O'Toole is teacher and father
to an immature Kara, helping her
to grow up; and Dunaway pro-
vides some comic-relief with her
anitcs as the amusement park
palm reader gone mad.
This fantasy film, despite it8
interstellar origins, does not dwell
upon special effects. The ghost-
like demons attacking Kara look
much like spirits straight from
Poltergeist and the airborne
Supergirl seems real enough, but
the emphasis here lies not in how
easily Slater can fly from city to
city but in her ability to portray a
convincing Supergirl-and this she
does.
When asked what the band
will be like after the graduation of
herself and the other senior troub-
'
lemakers, Gretch said, "It's going
to be a mess, a total dictatorship.
We are the last class to have ex-
perienced Merv [Snider, the for-
mer band director] and anarchy.
The freshmen seem to love the
dictatorship system."
Gretchen has spent all 13 of
her school years contributing to
the excellence of the Indian Hill
Schools. She commented, "Well,
I wouldn't have changed it. I've
liked meeting new people but also
keeping the same friends."
After 13 years of succeeding
academically at IH, Gretchen is
more than ready, even eager, to
move on. Concerning her college
plans, she said, "It's Dartmouth
that ultimatum, she rephrased it
to say that she would be "deeply
depressed" if not accepted. She
also claimed her interest in the
college was not brought about
by the presence of one Jeff We*
selkamper (IH '82) at the Ivy
League school.
But what about life in general?
The only response was a laugh
well-known to many teachers and
students at IH: the happy little
machinegun that periodically
opens fire from the back of the
classroom. Only one more com-
ment could apply, a sarcastic (one
hopes) shout of "I'm so neat!"
 Page 6
di8c review
The Who saves career best for 'Whok Last'
by Brian Rowe
The Who, one of the most en-
during and prolific rock bands in
history, recently released their
final album, titled appropriately
enough, Who's Last.
Who's Last is not an album of
new, studio material, but rather
a live double album consisiting
of The Who's greatest hits, taped
live on their 1982 North Ameri-
can Farewell Tour.
The album is the third album
The Who have released in the
eighties, the first two being Face
' Dances and It's Hard. Neither
of those albums sold particularly
well nor received many positive
reviews, and by 1980 the general
consensus in rock was that The
Who's studio sound had become
dull and uninspired.
The cause of this turn of
events is probably the fact that
the band's leader and songwriter,
Pete Townshend, has been dedica-
ting most of his time and energy
to his solo career, in which he has
released three albums in three
years - all of them becoming
pretty big sellers.
Also, in an interview, the
group's lead singer Roger Daltrey
8 explained that, "Since our mana-
ger Kit Lambert died we have had
really never had anyone who
could help us channel our energies
in a positive way."
Nevqtheless, the live sound of
The Who is as powerful as ever,
and Who's Last is a truly enjoy-
able album. The album is a col-
lection of older material - the
only song recorded after 1975 on
the album is 1978's "Who Are
You" - and it opens with intense
renditions of "My Generation"
and "Can't Explain."
Side one continues with a
1967 song, "Substitute," and rolls
into a weak version of "Behind
Blue Eyes," a live track that does
not do the studio version justice,
due to the lack of an acoustic gui-
tar and Daltrey's out-of-key
vocals.
Closing side one is a thunder-
ous version of one of the band's
biggest hits, "Baba O'Riley."
Luckily, most of the crowd
noises and applause have been fd-
tered out of Who's Last, but
enough has been left to retain
the feeling of a concert album.
"Who Are You" follows on
side two with Townshend provid-
ing impressive guitar playing.
The band then races through
CHIEFTAIN
their two-song "Tommy" set,
which suffers only from the fact
that they have played it in nearly
every concert since 1970. "Pin-
ball Wizard" and "See Me, Feel
Me" are the two songs featured
from the famous rock opera.
The Who's songs from Qwdro-
phenia have always been diffi-
cult for them to perform in con-
cert, because that particular LP
relied so heavily on backing tracks
and synthesizer tapes. The live
version of "Love, Reign O'er Me"
still fits in well with the concert,
although that rendition is a far
cry from the Quad version.
The heart of the album fol-
lows, with heated and energetic
playings of two timeless Who
The Who runs out of steam.
-
Dave Schneihr My nose, be-
cause I don't wear glasses and
cocaine is out of the question.
-
Jeff Currier My right thumb,
because it's the only one I
don't need to play my instru-
ments; it just gets in the way.
Ken Sirzyk - My little toe on
I my left foot. It's broken any-
way; I could do without it.
anthems, "Long Live Rock" and
"Won't Get Fooled Again.'"
The pace of "Long Live
Rock" is much faster than the
studio version, and "Won't Get
Fooled Again," a song that has al-
ways sounded better in concert,
is sensational, from Da1trey"s
commanding vocals to John Ent-
wistle's bass licks.
This ten minute song would be
a good finale for the album, and is
misplaced in the middle of side
three - especially with Town-
shend saluting,"This was our last
show in the USA, we're glad it
was here - goodnight, thank
you very much."
The album loses its continuity
at this point, the band jumping
Matt Gibson (St. X exchange) - family experience that one can
December 7,1984
from "Doctor Jimmy" to "Magic
Bus" to "Summertime Blues."
All of these songs were hits at one
time for the group and were per-
formed fairly well in concert,
"Summertime Blues" following
most closely to the LP sound and
"Magic Bus" being the most
different and interesting of the
three.
"Doctor Jimmy" is another
number from Quadrophenia
that simply didn't translate very
well fiom the studio to the live
mode.
To finish the album on a posi-
tive note is the unfamiliar voice
of "Thunderfingers" Entwistle
singing the Beatles' smash," Twist
and Shout." The song is really
energetic and is a fitting tribute
by The Who to the group that
started the entire genre two dec-
ades ago, the Fab Four.
All things considered, Who's
Last is a very enjoyable concert
album essential to completing any
Who collection.
I would not suggest buying the
album if you already have a copy
of the Toronto concert because
the material and sound is really
not that different on Who's Last
to merit the ten dolla~price.
But a record collection is not
truly complete without one tape
capturing The Who live, and
Who's Last does that better than
any of their previous concert
albums.
Brad Adrien - My biceps, be-
Mrs. Connelley - My left hand,
because I know from personal
December 7,1984
teacher feature
Clifton discovers
loitery and Skyline
by Angela Beattie
The last time Mrs. Margaret
Clifton was in print was when, in
junior high, she was recognized
for her great potential as a future
Catholic nun.
Surprised? This was indeed
her career goal while she attended
high schml and St. Mary of the
Woods College. But sometime
while while she was working for
her masters in mathematics and
sociology from Indiana State
University, she gave up the reli-
gious pursuit and decided instead
to teach algebra.
She also teaches computers,
since she received her certifica-
tion from Raymond Walters Col-
lege last year.
movie review
Moore beats out Norris anytime
by Samuel Green
The first thing that must be
discussed here is that I was origi-
nally planning to review Chuck
Norris' Missing in Action.
To sum that movie up is very
easy. Do you like watching
countless clean deaths? Do you
like Chuck Norris? Do you like
watching Chuck Norris do everyi
thing but walk on water? If the
answer to these questions is yes,
then I recommend you go to see
Missing in Action.
Now for the moviegoer who
enjoys a more tasteful, light, and
absolutely enjoyable movie.
Go to your local theatre and
see Dudley Moore's Micki and
Maude. As to characters, Amy Ir-
ving plays Maude, Moore's second
wife. Ann Reinking plays Micki,
Moore's first wife.
A point to be made here is
that Moore is married to these
women at the same time.
The movie begins at an elec-
tion celebration party in Califor-
nia, where Micki played an impor-
tant part in the election of the
new governor. The governor,
showing his gratitude to Micki,
wants to make her a judge. But
this creates a problem, because
Moore wants to have a child, and
if Micki goes to work, this will be-
come virtually impossible.
When Micki travels to Cincin-
nati on business, Moore meets
Maude, whom he is interviewing
CHIEFTAIN
Two years ago, Clifton and her
husband left their Terre Haute,
Indiana, home and moved to Cin-
cinnati. She left a school of 2500
students, which was apparently
very different from Indian Hill.
"Kids would get out of class to
buy basketball tickets. There's
nothing like Indiana basketball,"
she explains. "It's a disease."
As far as Indian Hill is con-
cerned, Clifton confirms the phil-
osophy of excellence. "Achieve-
ment is much more important
here than anywhere else I've
taught." She also thinks "it's
great that they sell doughnuts in
the morning." Her only com-
plaint is that there should be a va-
cation before Thanksgiving break.
for a job; later, he goes to a con-
cert in which she is performing.
She is a cellist (solely for clarifi-
cation). Maude and Moore wind
up at Maude's apartment and,
well, nature takes its course.
As Moore's luck would have it,
both women become pregnant,
and totally devoted to him. Re-
alizing Maude is pregnant, Moore
marries her he has divorced his
wife (which he hasn't).
The movie's scenes at this time
are incredibly fumy and very
fast, and there are far too many
to tell here.
Well, it all finally explodes as
the women find out about each
other. They both end up in the
same hospital to have their babies.
After the births, Moore is
forced to divorce them and never
sees the babies.
The two actresses, Amy Irving
and Ann Reinking, were never
outacted by Moore. Both are wit-
ty and extremely intelligent, not
to mention very beautiful.
As for Moore, he has not been
this enjoyable since Arthur.
Moore's part was made for him.
He plays the clutzy, bumbling,
loving character so well that it is
hard not to feel for him.
Micki and Maude is delightful
and not seeing it is a crime. The
movie has good acting, comedy,
and style that make it one of the
best movies in a long time.
Clifton is the eighth of 11 chil-
dren, with five brothers and five
sisters. They grew up sharing
three bedrooms and one bath-
room; she modestly describes the
experience as "crowded."
Perhaps Clifton's family back-
ground has influenced her phil-
osophy on young children: "I
don't like ankle-biters," she said.
Instead, she prefers her dogs-
Molly, a yellow cocker spaniel,
and Chevas, a black scottie dog.
She will gladly expound upon the
history and newfound popularity
of scotties, her favorite canine
breed.
Clifton's Indiana roots reveal
themselves in her love of Indiana
football. Notre Dame memorabi-
lia fill her office; even her direc-
tor's chair displays the blue and
yellow logo.
"Mr. Wessinger's a real fan,
f "
'Wake up the echoes.. ."
the space
Felicite
m e . hues of life
Captured in one fleeting moment
Dusk comes in a bright array
o f colors,
Does it not?
Savoring the joy o f living
Until...
Until it must give way
to darkness,
Night comes suddenly,
without warning,
Dimming the eight o f
The Sunset.
lBeauti.1 as a Sunset is,
How can anything
Page 7
though,'' she comments. She
plans to make him a needlepoint
N.D. cushion, applying the tech-
nique she has recently borrowed
from fellow teacher Mrs. Lough-
ran.
When she is not busy cross-
stitching, Clifton spends her time
shooting darts (the rubber-suc-
tion-cup kind, from a plastic gun)
or dreaming about winning the
lottery. "I fantacize about how
I'm going to spend all that mon-
ey. It's the cheapest form of en-
tertainment I have."
Those who know her may
speculate that she would spend it
on Skyline. "The best thing
about Cincinnati is Skyline Chili."
Hopefully, the allure of a
three-way will retain Mrs. Clifton
as a pleasant addition to IH's
teaching staff.
photo by Davis Griffin
1
this warm become sowething
so cold?
Never will anything seem
So dear to me
As the shades o f
an evening sky.
0 rainbow from grey,
Take me to the Moon -
as far as you go
For always will I follow you.
I live,
love,
I die for you for,
I am yours.
A bientot, mon ami,
I miss you until
We shall meet Again
-Jennifer E. Cobb
 Page 6
di8c review
The Who saves career best for 'Whok Last'
by Brian Rowe
The Who, one of the most en-
during and prolific rock bands in
history, recently released their
final album, titled appropriately
enough, Who's Last.
Who's Last is not an album of
new, studio material, but rather
a live double album consisiting
of The Who's greatest hits, taped
live on their 1982 North Ameri-
can Farewell Tour.
The album is the third album
The Who have released in the
eighties, the first two being Face
' Dances and It's Hard. Neither
of those albums sold particularly
well nor received many positive
reviews, and by 1980 the general
consensus in rock was that The
Who's studio sound had become
dull and uninspired.
The cause of this turn of
events is probably the fact that
the band's leader and songwriter,
Pete Townshend, has been dedica-
ting most of his time and energy
to his solo career, in which he has
released three albums in three
years - all of them becoming
pretty big sellers.
Also, in an interview, the
group's lead singer Roger Daltrey
8 explained that, "Since our mana-
ger Kit Lambert died we have had
really never had anyone who
could help us channel our energies
in a positive way."
Nevqtheless, the live sound of
The Who is as powerful as ever,
and Who's Last is a truly enjoy-
able album. The album is a col-
lection of older material - the
only song recorded after 1975 on
the album is 1978's "Who Are
You" - and it opens with intense
renditions of "My Generation"
and "Can't Explain."
Side one continues with a
1967 song, "Substitute," and rolls
into a weak version of "Behind
Blue Eyes," a live track that does
not do the studio version justice,
due to the lack of an acoustic gui-
tar and Daltrey's out-of-key
vocals.
Closing side one is a thunder-
ous version of one of the band's
biggest hits, "Baba O'Riley."
Luckily, most of the crowd
noises and applause have been fd-
tered out of Who's Last, but
enough has been left to retain
the feeling of a concert album.
"Who Are You" follows on
side two with Townshend provid-
ing impressive guitar playing.
The band then races through
CHIEFTAIN
their two-song "Tommy" set,
which suffers only from the fact
that they have played it in nearly
every concert since 1970. "Pin-
ball Wizard" and "See Me, Feel
Me" are the two songs featured
from the famous rock opera.
The Who's songs from Qwdro-
phenia have always been diffi-
cult for them to perform in con-
cert, because that particular LP
relied so heavily on backing tracks
and synthesizer tapes. The live
version of "Love, Reign O'er Me"
still fits in well with the concert,
although that rendition is a far
cry from the Quad version.
The heart of the album fol-
lows, with heated and energetic
playings of two timeless Who
The Who runs out of steam.
-
Dave Schneihr My nose, be-
cause I don't wear glasses and
cocaine is out of the question.
-
Jeff Currier My right thumb,
because it's the only one I
don't need to play my instru-
ments; it just gets in the way.
Ken Sirzyk - My little toe on
I my left foot. It's broken any-
way; I could do without it.
anthems, "Long Live Rock" and
"Won't Get Fooled Again.'"
The pace of "Long Live
Rock" is much faster than the
studio version, and "Won't Get
Fooled Again," a song that has al-
ways sounded better in concert,
is sensational, from Da1trey"s
commanding vocals to John Ent-
wistle's bass licks.
This ten minute song would be
a good finale for the album, and is
misplaced in the middle of side
three - especially with Town-
shend saluting,"This was our last
show in the USA, we're glad it
was here - goodnight, thank
you very much."
The album loses its continuity
at this point, the band jumping
Matt Gibson (St. X exchange) - family experience that one can
December 7,1984
from "Doctor Jimmy" to "Magic
Bus" to "Summertime Blues."
All of these songs were hits at one
time for the group and were per-
formed fairly well in concert,
"Summertime Blues" following
most closely to the LP sound and
"Magic Bus" being the most
different and interesting of the
three.
"Doctor Jimmy" is another
number from Quadrophenia
that simply didn't translate very
well fiom the studio to the live
mode.
To finish the album on a posi-
tive note is the unfamiliar voice
of "Thunderfingers" Entwistle
singing the Beatles' smash," Twist
and Shout." The song is really
energetic and is a fitting tribute
by The Who to the group that
started the entire genre two dec-
ades ago, the Fab Four.
All things considered, Who's
Last is a very enjoyable concert
album essential to completing any
Who collection.
I would not suggest buying the
album if you already have a copy
of the Toronto concert because
the material and sound is really
not that different on Who's Last
to merit the ten dolla~price.
But a record collection is not
truly complete without one tape
capturing The Who live, and
Who's Last does that better than
any of their previous concert
albums.
Brad Adrien - My biceps, be-
Mrs. Connelley - My left hand,
because I know from personal
December 7,1984
teacher feature
Clifton discovers
loitery and Skyline
by Angela Beattie
The last time Mrs. Margaret
Clifton was in print was when, in
junior high, she was recognized
for her great potential as a future
Catholic nun.
Surprised? This was indeed
her career goal while she attended
high schml and St. Mary of the
Woods College. But sometime
while while she was working for
her masters in mathematics and
sociology from Indiana State
University, she gave up the reli-
gious pursuit and decided instead
to teach algebra.
She also teaches computers,
since she received her certifica-
tion from Raymond Walters Col-
lege last year.
movie review
Moore beats out Norris anytime
by Samuel Green
The first thing that must be
discussed here is that I was origi-
nally planning to review Chuck
Norris' Missing in Action.
To sum that movie up is very
easy. Do you like watching
countless clean deaths? Do you
like Chuck Norris? Do you like
watching Chuck Norris do everyi
thing but walk on water? If the
answer to these questions is yes,
then I recommend you go to see
Missing in Action.
Now for the moviegoer who
enjoys a more tasteful, light, and
absolutely enjoyable movie.
Go to your local theatre and
see Dudley Moore's Micki and
Maude. As to characters, Amy Ir-
ving plays Maude, Moore's second
wife. Ann Reinking plays Micki,
Moore's first wife.
A point to be made here is
that Moore is married to these
women at the same time.
The movie begins at an elec-
tion celebration party in Califor-
nia, where Micki played an impor-
tant part in the election of the
new governor. The governor,
showing his gratitude to Micki,
wants to make her a judge. But
this creates a problem, because
Moore wants to have a child, and
if Micki goes to work, this will be-
come virtually impossible.
When Micki travels to Cincin-
nati on business, Moore meets
Maude, whom he is interviewing
CHIEFTAIN
Two years ago, Clifton and her
husband left their Terre Haute,
Indiana, home and moved to Cin-
cinnati. She left a school of 2500
students, which was apparently
very different from Indian Hill.
"Kids would get out of class to
buy basketball tickets. There's
nothing like Indiana basketball,"
she explains. "It's a disease."
As far as Indian Hill is con-
cerned, Clifton confirms the phil-
osophy of excellence. "Achieve-
ment is much more important
here than anywhere else I've
taught." She also thinks "it's
great that they sell doughnuts in
the morning." Her only com-
plaint is that there should be a va-
cation before Thanksgiving break.
for a job; later, he goes to a con-
cert in which she is performing.
She is a cellist (solely for clarifi-
cation). Maude and Moore wind
up at Maude's apartment and,
well, nature takes its course.
As Moore's luck would have it,
both women become pregnant,
and totally devoted to him. Re-
alizing Maude is pregnant, Moore
marries her he has divorced his
wife (which he hasn't).
The movie's scenes at this time
are incredibly fumy and very
fast, and there are far too many
to tell here.
Well, it all finally explodes as
the women find out about each
other. They both end up in the
same hospital to have their babies.
After the births, Moore is
forced to divorce them and never
sees the babies.
The two actresses, Amy Irving
and Ann Reinking, were never
outacted by Moore. Both are wit-
ty and extremely intelligent, not
to mention very beautiful.
As for Moore, he has not been
this enjoyable since Arthur.
Moore's part was made for him.
He plays the clutzy, bumbling,
loving character so well that it is
hard not to feel for him.
Micki and Maude is delightful
and not seeing it is a crime. The
movie has good acting, comedy,
and style that make it one of the
best movies in a long time.
Clifton is the eighth of 11 chil-
dren, with five brothers and five
sisters. They grew up sharing
three bedrooms and one bath-
room; she modestly describes the
experience as "crowded."
Perhaps Clifton's family back-
ground has influenced her phil-
osophy on young children: "I
don't like ankle-biters," she said.
Instead, she prefers her dogs-
Molly, a yellow cocker spaniel,
and Chevas, a black scottie dog.
She will gladly expound upon the
history and newfound popularity
of scotties, her favorite canine
breed.
Clifton's Indiana roots reveal
themselves in her love of Indiana
football. Notre Dame memorabi-
lia fill her office; even her direc-
tor's chair displays the blue and
yellow logo.
"Mr. Wessinger's a real fan,
f "
'Wake up the echoes.. ."
the space
Felicite
m e . hues of life
Captured in one fleeting moment
Dusk comes in a bright array
o f colors,
Does it not?
Savoring the joy o f living
Until...
Until it must give way
to darkness,
Night comes suddenly,
without warning,
Dimming the eight o f
The Sunset.
lBeauti.1 as a Sunset is,
How can anything
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though,'' she comments. She
plans to make him a needlepoint
N.D. cushion, applying the tech-
nique she has recently borrowed
from fellow teacher Mrs. Lough-
ran.
When she is not busy cross-
stitching, Clifton spends her time
shooting darts (the rubber-suc-
tion-cup kind, from a plastic gun)
or dreaming about winning the
lottery. "I fantacize about how
I'm going to spend all that mon-
ey. It's the cheapest form of en-
tertainment I have."
Those who know her may
speculate that she would spend it
on Skyline. "The best thing
about Cincinnati is Skyline Chili."
Hopefully, the allure of a
three-way will retain Mrs. Clifton
as a pleasant addition to IH's
teaching staff.
photo by Davis Griffin
1
this warm become sowething
so cold?
Never will anything seem
So dear to me
As the shades o f
an evening sky.
0 rainbow from grey,
Take me to the Moon -
as far as you go
For always will I follow you.
I live,
love,
I die for you for,
I am yours.
A bientot, mon ami,
I miss you until
We shall meet Again
-Jennifer E. Cobb
pase 8-
puzzle,
Look goes Insane over domrno-covered board
by David Cook
Of the two puzzles I offered
last issue, Janet Nicolas was the
only one to solve both. Kevin
Walzer was able to answer the
first, the solution to which fol-
lows. The problem was to Simpli-
fy:
In this series, each fraction,
'IAXB, can be expressed as the
difference of two fractions, 1IA-
1/B. Therefore, the series can be
rewritten:
The last fraction of each pair
cancels with the fust fraction of
the next; thus, all the fractions
except the fnrst and last cancel, so
the answer is 111 - 11100, or
991100.
Last issue's second problem
can be interpreted as either a
trick question or a joke. The
reader was asked to fmd the
volume and d a c e area of the
figure reproduced at far right.
The figure, strangely enough,
is not redly threedimensional-
given the lengths shown, the fl-
gure must be flat. Therefore, the
surface area is 12, and the volume
is, of course, 0.
Have you ever tried to fill a
small checkerboard with domi-
noes? Probably not, it's fairly ea-
sy, because, assuming each domi-
no fits over two squares, exactly
four dominoes can be placed over
each row.
What would happen, however,
if you couldn't fill the whole
row? Suppose a checkerboard
were nine squares long instead of
.
eight
Could you still cover the en-
tire board? Try it on drawing A
below using a pen to fill in domi-
noes.
If you did try it (or if you
were smart enough not to try),
you know that since the board
contains an odd number of
squares while each domino covers
an even number, one square must
always be left uncovered.
From this demonstration, one
might conclude that covering a
board containing an even number
of cells is always possible, while
covering an odd numba never
works. To test this thmry, try
CHIEFTAIN
covering. checkerboard B. Two
squares have been removed from a
normal board-one from each of
two opposite corners-leaving 62,
an even number.
How about it? Frustrated?
Now that many of you have
learned the hard way, notice that
the two squares that were r e
moved would have both been
white-there are 32 black squares,
but only 30 white ones left.
Each domino covers one black
and one white square. After the
30 white squares have been co-
vered, two blacks will remain.
Since there is no way of making
a domino cover two blacks,
the problem is impossible.
humor colu
by J u n e Anderaon and
Ihvid Miller
Recently, a state of emergen-
cy was declared by the school
board at the Academy of Excel-
lence. The school board was con-
cerned with the outragtous de-
mands by the teachers for higher
wages. There was nothing to do
but to call a meeting.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I
would like to call this meeting to
order. As incredible as this may
seem, the Academy of Excellence
has been plagued by teacher de-
mands for an increase in salary.
"If we don't do something
about this, then where will our
beloved Academy be?
"We could change the name to
the Academy of Mediocrity, . ..'*
"Get serious! This is h p o r t -
ant! I have a tennis match at
3:OO. The teachers are claiming
that since they were recognized as
being the best in the state, they
d~ouldhave salaries that reflect
that fact."
To my IcnowIdp, thb is the
fast surprise-any board w t h the
same number of white squares as
blacks can be covered, and all
others cannot. I would be interes-
ted if anyone can show otherwise
by finding a counterexample.
Readers may wish to exp&ri-
ment with longer or differently
shaped dominoes. Or for an even
greater challenge, try the problem
in three dimensions-attempt to
fltl differently shaped boxes with
solid dominoes.
Roblem for next ime: How
many edges and corners do each
of the five regular solids (pictured
at right) have? Can you fmd a
simple-look.@ formula showing
B.
domino: K
I enough to reform any charac-
declares emergency
"HOW PREPOSTEROUS! We
wouldn't be reelected if we raised
taxes."
"The uneducated babysitters
think that maybe we could do
without the Cognac at the meet-
ing. They also think that they
should have one of the top hun-
dred salaries in the state. They
claim that - - - - - is too low
."
of a starting salary
"How utterly ridiculous! Why
should we pay them more than
our chauffeurs? All they do is
directly influence the bture of
this nation. Our chauffeurs driva
US around."
"We do all the decision-malt-
ing anyway. Let them eat cake."
"Some of them are claiming
that they could make more in the
private sector, and that the only
thing that keeps them here is that
they enjoy their jobs."
"If they enjoy their jobs so
much, why don't they pay us for
them? Can you imagine enjoy-
ing teaching?"
December 7,1984
tne relationship between the num-
ber of sides, edges, and corners of
a regular solid?
@KQ
2Wded
"One example they incessant-
ly quote is one teacher who
makes more money being a tennis
instructor during the summer
than he does here at the Academy
of Medioc - - 1 mean, Excel-
lence."
"That's appropriate. Tennis is
more important than education,
h ' t it? What are you doing
tomorrow anyway?"
In order to get both sides of
the story, we sent a Cltiepoin r e
porter to an anonymous represen-
tative. We called the teacher to
protect his Menttty.
"How do you feel about the
salary situation at the Academy?"
"I feel that we should
std-AHH!! Union Busters!"
"Hello? Hello?"
"Your associate is indispomd
at the moment, if you would
leave your name and address, we
will get back to you!"
Finally, I heard faintly in the
background, "Anyone for ten-
nis?"
Doamber 7,1984
movie review
Clark Kent's cousin flies
by Janet Nicolaa
For the feminist who has been
wdting, movieland has fmally
come out with the complement.
to the Man of Steel, none other
than Supergirl, America's latest
supetheroine.
The plot is very neat and tidy
as Supergirl, also known as Kara
(Helen Slater) from Argo City,
happens to be Clark Kent's
younger cousin. When she is not
parading sound in her red cape
and miniskirt, Kara dons a prep-
pie uniform and becomes Linda
Lee, the schoolgirl wimp in Mid-
vale, U.S.A.
Kara's main objective is to r e
turn the Omega Hedron, a power
source, back to Argo City, lest her
people die without it. Of course,
a criminal element appears as the
evil Selena (Faye Dunaway) plans
to use the power to take over the
STAN, from p. 4
probably either be a surgeon, a
chemical engineer, or maybe a
biological researcher."
Science has always been a
major interest of Dave's, and the
teachers that have influenced him
are Mr. Fricke and Mr. Wman.
He adds that, "Mrs. Connelly is
ter."
"Yes, I donated to Oxfam" is
the annoyed response this inter-
viewer received when Dave was
questioned on the subject of
charity. When further pursued as
to the amount of his donation, he
brusquely replied, "No com-
ment!"
Dave is only one of a handful
of IH students this year who had
the pridege of voting in the 1984
Presidential election. When asked
to make his choice public, Dave
loftily replied, "As an American, I
reserve that knowledge to my pri-
vate person," but it is not too
difficult to conjecture whom the
the c o n ~ t i v esenior wearing
penny loafers may have given the
presidential nod.
"Ever since I was a little boy
I've had the fantasy to play in a
rock band." Headbangers take
note, because Stan's proficiency
at the keyboard could add ambi-
ence to even the "motleyist crew"
of electric guitarists.
Dave Stanforth could well go
on to be the only chemical engi-
neer to double as Molly Hatchet's
keyboardist, but right now he has
his sights set on winning the last
EHL championship in basketball.
CHIEFTAIN
world. Qelenrt is every bit the
malevolent witch, for she uses her
knowlege of sorcery to conjure up
various "shadows of darkness"
to destroy Supergirl.
Supergirl climaxes with the
confrontation between two very
powerful women, one obviously
good and one obviously evil. The
outcome need not be stated.
GRETCH, from p. 4
unpretentious manner of dressing.
"Too many people in the school
put too much emphasis on how
well you dress. If you don't do
certain things, you won't be part
of the group. That's why I dress
the way I do."
Gretchen has played a role in
coming events
Prince saturates, satiates the Tri-State
Riverfront Weeurn
Harlem Globetrotters - December
26, 7:30 p.m. -
Will face off
against the Braves at State.
Prince and Sheila E - January 22
and 23, 8:OOp.m.-He'sfmally
..
here .and completely sold out..
Cincinnati Gardens
mumph - December 28, 8:00
p.m. - Good rocK from across the
border (Canada, that is).
Iron Maiden with Twisted Sister
Sponsored by Maybelline.
- girl named Nikki .
BoSarts
First Class Male Revue with
-
Mudulators December 7, 7:00
p.m. - The Chippendales ... in
the flesh.
John Cafffett.3' and the Beaver
-
Brown Band December 8, 8:00
Still, watching this beauty, brain,
and brawn fight for truth, justice,
and the American way may well
prove to be pure DC comic fun.
But wait. What good is a love-
ly Californiagirl heroine without
an elderly mentor? Another fam-
iliar face Peter O'Toole plays
Kara's father Zaltar who, like Obi-
Wan in Star Wars, dies before
another insidious revolt against
convention and conformity in her
four years in the band, in which
she plays saxophone. "I like to
play in the band, but I don't like
thk overlycompetitive spirit,
where we don't just want a Super-
ior rating - we want the grand
championship."
p.m. - On the dark side.
Dazz Band - December 9 , 8:00
and 11:OO p.m. - Let it whip,
whip me good.
Jazz Fusion Explosion Decem- - or death." After reconsidering
ber 1 5 , 8 : 0 0 a n d l l : O O p ~ n . - A
must for jazz lovers.
Rupp Arena
Bnrce Sprlngsteen - December 11
-Sold out.
Prince - December 15 I knew a -
..
Ham Arena
Kiss - December 13 - Bhagwan
says, "Use rubber gloves."
UJJ. Arena
-
Chicago December .9 It's hard -
..
for them to say .goodbye1
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Kara is able to complete her task.
Supergirl could easily earn a B
rating, but the charms of the
movie go beyond the comic-strip
plot. Slater appears as the ideal
Supergirl, both strong and grace
ful; O'Toole is teacher and father
to an immature Kara, helping her
to grow up; and Dunaway pro-
vides some comic-relief with her
anitcs as the amusement park
palm reader gone mad.
This fantasy film, despite it8
interstellar origins, does not dwell
upon special effects. The ghost-
like demons attacking Kara look
much like spirits straight from
Poltergeist and the airborne
Supergirl seems real enough, but
the emphasis here lies not in how
easily Slater can fly from city to
city but in her ability to portray a
convincing Supergirl-and this she
does.
When asked what the band
will be like after the graduation of
herself and the other senior troub-
'
lemakers, Gretch said, "It's going
to be a mess, a total dictatorship.
We are the last class to have ex-
perienced Merv [Snider, the for-
mer band director] and anarchy.
The freshmen seem to love the
dictatorship system."
Gretchen has spent all 13 of
her school years contributing to
the excellence of the Indian Hill
Schools. She commented, "Well,
I wouldn't have changed it. I've
liked meeting new people but also
keeping the same friends."
After 13 years of succeeding
academically at IH, Gretchen is
more than ready, even eager, to
move on. Concerning her college
plans, she said, "It's Dartmouth
that ultimatum, she rephrased it
to say that she would be "deeply
depressed" if not accepted. She
also claimed her interest in the
college was not brought about
by the presence of one Jeff We*
selkamper (IH '82) at the Ivy
League school.
But what about life in general?
The only response was a laugh
well-known to many teachers and
students at IH: the happy little
machinegun that periodically
opens fire from the back of the
classroom. Only one more com-
ment could apply, a sarcastic (one
hopes) shout of "I'm so neat!"
 Page 4
senior sketch \
Scientific Stan pursues last !HI championship
by Brian Rowe
"The Forth is with us."
That simple statement is an
assurance to Indian Hill's bas-
ketball team members and fans
that not too many losses will be
registered in the near future.
"The Forth," of course, refers
to the captain of this year's varsi-
ty team, Dave Stanforth. An ath-
CHIEFTAIN
letic person with a desire to excel
only partially describes Dave,
however, because he is also a lead-
er in the classroom as well as on
the court.
When talking to Dave, one
quickly becomes acquainted with
what could be called "The Teach-
ings of Chairman Stan" due to his
strong personal convictions on
many topics.
When the subject of music
came up, Dave quickly asserted
that "U2 is the best because they
have a fresh and distinct sound."
When confronted with Tracy
Megison's now famous reverb
complaints, Dave agrees that
"they should ignore reverb (when
making studio albums) and go
back to their own sound - they
tuned down their guitars and sub-
sequently their performance."
~ a i ecould be consideGd 6
expert on such matters because
' then be able to dedicate his ef-
he himself is an accomplished
pianist and is often heard giving
his own renditions of famous hits
by his favorite groups, The Cars,
December 7.1984
',,
demics, Dave is often asked what
changes could "excellentize" the
Academy further. Dave contem-
plates, and states that "the stu-
dents should be placed in charge
of all disciplinary actions, as is the
case, for example, at the Univer $-
ty of Virginia."
Upon completion of this
thought, Dave soon realized that
his mentor, Mr. Gellert, would
have to be assigned a new func-
tion at IH. "Mr. Gellert would
forts toward the Public Relations
department and toward his JV
basketball team."
On a more personal note, Dave
is a member of the prestigious 13-
Decamber 7 . 1 9 ~ .
*opinionforum
Chieftain's sports--arrogant or objective?
Throughout the year Chieftain's spdrts section has been criticized for its-reporting o f Indian Hill's sports
, scene. The criticism focuses on a percieved "arrogance" that pervades its writing. With the most recent incident,
a backlash over sports editor Brian Ro we 3 "basketball personnel" article last issue, Chieftain has prepared this
open debate over the sports section's writing.
In the first article, junior Andy Tucker lambasts the '%rime o f arrogance and patronizing" that he feels is
rampant in the sports section. In the second, sports editor Kevin Walzer attempts to show the thinking that
he believes is behind "the responsible journalism o f the sports section." In the third, Chieftain editor Paul Mon-
ach presents his views on what constitutes.good, objective sports journalism.
Tucker--writing far too opinionated
by Andy Tucker sport's season, some writers have enemies. Because of its antagonis-
I always used to enjoy reading chosen to criticize the players and tic content, the student body win.
the sports section in Chieflain on suggest possible solutions to prob- find no reason in reading it.
I think the sports writers

Queen, and as mentioned, U2.
But right now most of Dave's
spare time is spent in quest of the
last EHL championship in basket-
ball. When the subject comes up,
Captain Dave's eyes glisten with
confidence: "Our last game will
be March 30," which happens to
be the finals of the state Jturna-
ment. He then predicted that,
"The Braves will win the EHL,
photo by Marlano Femandez mark my words." They have
Dave gives his version of tundra basketball. been marked.
year club and has lived in Cincin-
nati all his life. He is planning to
continue his schooling at Cornell
-U4versi,t2 where his sister Shelly
presentlyattends. -- - --
Should he decide not to at-
tend Cornell, Dartmouth, Wil-
liams, and Stanford are other
schools that are high on Dave's
list.
-.
When -.the topic of a - career
Gose, Dave speculated that,'? will
a Friday morning. I use the word
"used ton because the writing of
the section has definitely taken a
turn for the worse.
The writers (not all) have ex-
pressed their own opinion in re-
porting their subjects. Their own
view of a participant in that sport
spoils the article's objectiveness.
Writing obout sports does not in-
clude one's own personal opinion.
Instead of writing about the
lems. This overshadows the
whole intent of the article.
What right does a journalist
have to criticize players who are
trying their best? It's easy for the
writer because the only thing he
has to do is write it on paper.
The article then becomes a
bone of contention causing strife
between the writer and his sub-
ject. The paper will then become
battleground for a myriad of
-
should stop acting condescending
i /
and arrogant towards their sub- I,
a XW
-I)-
jects. I will not mention writers
who have committed this crime
because that's not ~ertinint.The
intent of my article is to stop the
interpretation of sports by the Chleftaln flle photo
writers. I hope now I can start Andy Tucker is disturbed by the
enjoying the sports section of the sports section's '60pinionated
Chieftain. - writing."
there was the recent trend of loss-
es to Sycamore. Indian Hill had

senior sketch
heads for Dartmouth without skirts
by Paul Monach Actually, a visit to a city dur-
Gretchen Kindel does not like ing such a convention is a Kindel
to wear skirts. tradition of sorts; "It goes way
Why not? "I look completely back." Sister Susan went to Chi-
ridiculous in a skirt." Perhaps it's cago to visit Northwestern at the
those knobby little knees formed same time as the convention
through repeated athletic activity; there, and the idea stuck. Bro-
but we'll get to that later. thers Jim and Bob visited Dallas
Poor Gretchen had to buy sev- and San Francisco, respectively.
eral versions of the terrible appar- Missing three days of school
rel, however, for her recent trip to for educational sight-seeing had
Washington, D.C., with Daddy the its drawbacks, though. Said
dermatologist. She saw "all the "Gretch," "The only thing bad
fun places in Washington," like about it is that I missed two
the Smithsonian, the White games, and I'm being threatened
House, and a tour of interesting by a freshman [for a starting po-
local houses, in addition to at- sition] ."
tending a national dermatologists' Gretch is referring, of course,
convention. to her beloved girls' varsity bas-
Gretchen found several aspects ketball team. She commented
of the chaotic convention inte- about her coach, Mr. Pfirman,
resting. She described "a long "He's neat; he's short;" she, of
table of all this candy, and a choc- course, expects future insults
olate sculpture; it's pretty funny from "Pfirdog" for that one.
to see all these welldressed peo- Gretchen has also been an im-
ple pull pieces off this statue and portant member of the field hock-
just sit around and eat." She did ey and softball teams, helping to
not indicate why dermatologists sculpt those war-torn legs. She
were eating all that poreclogging also joined in the 6-0 senior Pow-
chocolate. - derpuff rout, using the nickname
Being a class leader in aca-
"Grendel," inspired by her name
and possibly also by her vicious-
ness on the field of battle.
She remarked about her love
of sports, "I wasn't influenced
by the women in mv famdy [Su-
Gretchen dreams of chasing Jeff Wesselkarnper up and down the m
valleys of Dartmouth.
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..
- - - STAN. D. 5
see Section reflects good journaIism
by Kevin Walzer
This debate is appearing be-
cause I want a chance to present
both sides of a controversy that
san is nine years older]. I didn't has caused me personany a lot of
have girlish desires like knitting grief this past year. You've al-
and cooking." ready read Andy Tucker's point
Perhaps this explains Gretch's of view, from the perspective of
an athlete criti*ed by a reporter.
;.
see GRETCH, p. 5 Now let me present the journal-
ist's side. There's a lot more to
it than most people think.
First of all, as for Tucker's
complaint-mirroring that of the
football team before him and
Anne Richards before them (Oct-
ober 5 issue of Chieftain, "Wins
,and losses overemphasized in
' sportsw)-of "arrogance and a
condescending attitude", all I
can say is,"guilty as charged."
I admit that a number of
articles I've written this year
(let's keep this focused on my
articlestbecause they account for
99% of the anger among the ath-
letes) have made harsh, contro-
versial statementa, often times
very critical of their subjects.
And I also admit that in some
cases I was wrong, as Richards
pointed out. Her particular o p
photo by Tom Taylor,
inion dealt with the "Golf and
- en tennis-sea of glory" column I
-
wrote back in September-and in
it I said that field hockey had a
poor season last year, because
they didn't make state. I was
wrong there; I admit it. That
time I put my foot in my mouth.
But in every other situation I
refuse to accept the objections of
those involved. In those cases the
anger erupted over similar pro-
nouncements made, such as the
day the football team "reacted"
to my column on the history of
the Sycamore-IH rivalry, which
appeared in the October 5 issue
of Chieftain.
The details, I'm sure, are leg-
end by now; I was confronted by
no less than nine or ten players in
the space of the day, and some of
the comments I recieved aren't
fit for print. That was one of Rhe
worst days of my life.
The background surrounding
the work I did on that column is a
case in point when I say I feel
I'm right in most cases, because
that background reflects good
journalistic practices.
I started with a simple prem-
ise: that Friday was going to be
the last football game IH would
ever play with Sycamore, and it
was the end of an ,excellent rival-
ry; I thought an article on t11e
history of the rivalry would be
inter?-sting.
The research I did revealed
some facts that to me simply ap-
peared ridiculous. First of all,
opin ion both integra 1 parts
of responsible journalism
by Paul Monach
In this issue of Chiefain, the
concern over the supposedly-
opinionated nature of the sports
section has come to a
written, point-counterpoint for-
mat.
Many people claim that the
sports section's writing in many
cases is not objective. Their point
is well taken, but they neglect a
key fact: this opinknated wrting
comes, with almost no excep-
tions, under the heading of
"Sportsview-with Kevin Walzer."
With this heading, the reader is
told, "The following is the opin-
ion of one of the sports editors."
Journalistic writing takes two
general forms, fact and opinion,
both of which have their place in
any paper or magazine. Opinion,
though, must be presented as
such.
not beaten them in seven years.
IH had not scored off them in
three. Those shutouts were not
7-0 defensive struggles, they were
routs on the scale of 4 1 4 and 35-
0,
see WALZER, p. 12
-
Many people seem to feel that
all sports news in a high school
newspaper has to be positive.
This notion is ridiculous.
If the football team was hurt
by fumbles, the basketball team
by poor shooting, or the baseball
team by errors, an objective a o
count of the game must include
these facts or be false. To be
good journalism, such statements
must be grounded in fact, of
course, and in Chieftain, they a l ~
most always are.
Some people want a positive
approach to pervade even Sports-
view. Walzer is a respona%lejour-
nalist; he presents his opinions as
such. He holds no grudge against
athletes; on the contrary, h e dish-
es out far more praise than criti-
cism,and his "negative" remarks
seeMONACW,p. 12
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3-7 Braves to face Trojans tonight
by Brian Rowe
The boys' varsity basketball
team is off to its best start in sev-
eral years this season, entering to-
night's game with EHL foe Glen
Este with an impressive 3-1 rec-
ord.
Last Friday the Braves opened
their EHL season with a 53-51
win over Mariemont. The Braves,
playing in front of a hostile Marie-
mont crowd, found themselves
behiid at the halftime intermis-
sion, 24-22.
Mariemont forced the team
out of its usual offense with a box
and .one defense that used a cha-
ser on senior Rick Abrams, which
hindered his scoring output in the
first half.
In the second half, senior Dave
Stanforth asserted himself with
five long-range jumpers to keep
the Braves in the game through
the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the two
teams exchanged technicals, and
the battle became more heated.
Luckily for IH, the Braves had
outstanding free-throw . shooting
in the final stanza, led by Abrams,
who was eight'for eight, and sen-
ior Curtis Ott, who upped his
foul shot percentage to 73.1 with
a four-for-four performance in the
fourth quarter.
The final score really did not
indicate the closeness of the ball
game, however, because the
Braves were up by six with ten
seconds to play and allowed two
Braves s p
by Peter Batsakes
The freshman basketball team
split their first week of play in
the 1984-85 season with a win
and a loss.
The one loss came on Novem-
ber 29 to Colerain, 44-38.
Although Colerain emerged
victorious, play was mostly dom-
inated by the Braves until a late
fourth period rally projected
Colerain into a lead they never
relinquished. "We should have
won, we just lost our intensity,"
said center Mexico Hayden. Hay-
den led the Braves in scoring with
16 points and nine rebounds.
Rick Decker added 10 points
and 10 rebounds.
"It was probably one of the
best games any of us have ever
played. It was the free throws
that killed us," said Decker, who
CHIEFTAIN
quick baskets t o let the Warriors
pull within two for the first time
with one second remaining.
Two days earlier, on Wednes-
day, November 28, the Braves
dropped their first contest, to vis-
iting Forest Park. The Chargers
were an especially quick and
strong rebounding team and simp-
ly out-muscled the Braves on the
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Jeff Yost stretches to shoot over his taller Forest Park opponent.
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also added that he was impressed
with Colerain's size and vertical
jump capabilities. Scott Stert-
meyer contributed six points
while Tom Kindle, Greg Long,
and Steve Wachs eached scored
two,
The Braves' first victory of the
season came against Lockland.
The Braves jumped out to a mar-
ginal lead and then never let up.
The final score was 60-30.
Wachs led the Braves' scoring
with twelve points. Decker's
nine points and Hayden's eight
aslo led the Braves.
Decker led the Braves' reboun-
ding with five while Mexico Hay-
den came down with four. A
good game by Lee Tucker also
contributed to the Braves'
strong win.
defensive boards.
Ott kept the team in the game
singlehandedly in the second half,
scoring 12 of his seasonhigh 23
points in the third and fourth
quarters.
With Abrams fouling out in
the early part of the fourth quar-
ter, the Braves had to rely on the
leadership of Ott and junior Andy
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photo by Brad Wllkinson
WRESTLERS BEGIN SEASON: Senior Ken Slazyk will be an
important force for the wrestlers this season. The grapplers
open their season today in a quadrangular meet at Loveland.
December 7,1984
Tucker in the last quarter to force
a 6 4 6 4 tie at the end of regula-
tion play.
The Braves allowed too many
second and third shots in the
overtime period, and found them-
selves on the losing side of a 73-
70 decision. Ott led all scorers,
and Abrams managed 1 8 points
before fouling out. ' al motto, "a time t o share."
The Braves' two previous wins
were both hard-fought contests
that featured a team effort that
resulted in victories over two
tough non-league opponents.
The Finneytown game was a
showdown between two of the
' tion to sharing per se, but the idea
city's best guards, Abrams and
Chris Spencer. Abrams won the
personal battle with 28 points to
Spencer's 25, and the Braves
pulled out a tight 58-57 decision.
Stanforth and junior Mike Cohen
each had eight points to round
out IH's attack.
The season opener was anoth-
er victory for the team, beating
visiting Northwest, 58-51, a team
that destroyed IH by twenty
points only one year earlier.
Tucker was "lights out" hi this
contest, burying all five of his
longdistance dedications to en-
sure the IH victory.. Abrams be-
gan his season with 17 points, and
a very balanced attack from the
rest of the starters was also evi-
dent.
The Braves enter tonight's
game in a four-way tie for f i s t
place with Sycamore, Loveland,
and Milford, and a win tonight at
home would be another step to-
ward the final EHL crown.
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photo by Brad Wllklnson
December 7,1984
student opinion
Giving should occur year-round
by ~ a n e t ~ i c o l a s
With Thanksgiving past and
Christmas and Chanukah on their
way, many students have been or
will be confronted by the season-
It may seem that charity or
sharing as a necessity is a belea-
guered point, but it seems that
most students have misunder-
stood or have overlooked the rea-
sons for charity. 'I have no objec-
that sharing, and usually mone-
tary sharing, occurs mainly during
the holiday seasons seems ludi-
crous at best.
These past few weeks at Indi-
an Hill, the Student Government,
Model U.N., and Key Club all
worked diligently to collect food
for the Freestore and money for
Oxfam. I applaud their efforts
Movie te
Mr. Brad Wigor is an Indian Hill
graduate and the Executive Pro-
ducer of4%ontract For Life: The
S.A.D.D. Story."
News release from Helios Produc-
tions:
Over 120,000 young people
are injured each year in alcohol-
related traffic accidents-some
.
4,000 fatally.
In fact, drunk driving acci-
dents are the no. 1 cause of death
among Americans under the age
of 30. Reaching young people
with a message about the dangers
of driving drunk is vital in the ef-
fort to reduce the frequency of
these accidents.
President Reagan has declared
this December 9-15 as "National
Drunk and Drugged Driving
Awaxeness Week." To help
launch the week, the CBS net-
work will air "Contract For Life:
The S.A.D.D. Story" on the after-
noon of Tuesday, December 11as
part of the Schoolbreak Special
series.
The one-hour drama is based
formation of S.A.D.D.-Students
Against Driving Drunk, an organ-
ization devoted to educating
young people about the great haz-
ards involved in drinking and
driving.
"Contract For Life: The
S.A.D.D. Story" stars Stephen
Macht as Bob Anastas, a Massa-
chusetts school teacher and hock-
CHIEFTAIN
and the students' response tre-
mendously but am disconcerted
by the fact that this sharing has
taken place almost solely on a
monetary level.
Granted, donating money for
Ethiopia was probably the best
way for our school as a collective
force to help, but concerning
food students brought and donat-
ed to the Freestore, who ever sug-
gested that poorer people only eat
on Thanksgiving?
Furthermore, how many peo-
ple are aware that roughly thirty
million Americans currently live
below the poverty level-not just
on holidays, but every day of the
year? And how many people rea-
lize that in Cincinnati, poverty ex-
ists-or have even made an effort
to alleviate it?
The point is that, though mon-
S.A.D.D. S
e sistance should they become in-
ey coach who founded the group
after two of his young athletes
died in separate c a ~crashes.
Macht has starred in a great
number of television movies, in-
cluding "The Immigrants," "Ring
of Passion," and "Raid on Enteb-
be." Recently, he played Gen.
Benedict Arnold in the mini-series
"George Washington." Macht has
also appeared in several feature
motion pictures including "The
Choir Boys" and "Nightwing."
Also starring in the drama are
Robert Chestnut; Timothy Gibbs,
best known for his part in the te-
levision series "Father Murphy ;"
and William Zabka, who co-
starred in "The Karate Kid."
The production was directed
by veteran director Joe Pevney
and written by Peter Silverman, a
recent Humanitas Award winner
and Emmy nominee for his work
on "Hill Street Blues."
The real-life Anastas, now Ex-
ecutive Director of S.A.D.D.,
spends most- of his time travelling
across the United States and Can-
ada spreading the word and en-
couraging the formation of new
chapters.
The number of teenage traffic
deaths from alcohol-related acci-
dents has been steadily decreas-
ing thanks, in part, to the efforts
of S.A.D.D., whose nationwide
program initiated in 1981 has
promoted concern and awareness
about the problem to the people
it affects so severly.
ey is necessary, the need goes be-
yond simple dollar signs, and
more importantly, the need exists
year-round.
If money is not the only need,
then the next quesition is, "What
else can be done?" Actually, the
answer is quite simple: labor, bet-
ter known as volunteer work. As
students, we cannot generally do-
nate a tithe of our allowance, be-
cause the amount would seem
negligible; we can, however, make
some type of effort.
I am not pleading for students
to begin checking off "good deeds
for the day" in an effort to
achieve sainthood; what I am sug-
gesting is that people make an at-
tempt to improve their sunound-
ings and community, and in es-
sence, aid the people living there.
Perhaps I should clarify what
" 'Contract For Life' will help
to unify all the S.A.D.D. chapters
and communicate to the public
on a very large scale the true
meaning of what S.A.D.D. is all
about," says Anastas.
A key element of the S.A.D.D.
program is the "Contract For
Life," a document which is signed
by parents and their children,
SG
letter from
SG donates 3,000 pounds
Fellow students,
I must thank you for support-
ing Student Government's two
November service projects. Be-
cause of your efforts, our Canned
Food Drive proved to be one of
the most successful in recent SG
history.
We managed to raise over
3,000 pounds in canned goods for
the Free Store. Congratulations
to Mrs. Edgecomb's second period
class for bringing in the most
ounces of food-you will be ap-
propriately rewarded for your ef-
forts.
SG, in conjunction with the
Model U.N. club, managed t o
raise over $600 for Oxfam,
through both direct contributions
and the Hot Legs contest.
As school winds down before
Christmas vacation, SG will be
even more active than in Novem-
ber. On December 12, we will be
holding a Holiday Music Forum,
featuring Indian Hill's band, or-
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this type of charity entails. It is
more than dollar donations; it is
also the sharing of time, energy,
and effort.
I hope that students and
adults alike are aware of and sen-
sitive to the seriousness of the re-
ality behind such generalizations
as "poverty ," "hunger," and
L'hornelessness," in addition t o
"loneliness," "despair," and "re-
jection." These problems will
probably continue indefinitely,
but I agree with a more complete,
year-round motto:
We believe all people have bas-
ic human rights to shelter.
Those we serve are among the
most unfortunate and most
neglected in our community
. . . YET we believe that where
there is community concern
there is HOPE.
who each promise to call for as-
volved in a situation where either
they or the person driving them
has been drinking.
Schools, Libraries, and civic or-
ganizations can acquire a print of
the film from Churchill Films of
Los Angeles following the Decem-
ber 1 1 airdate.
"Contract For Life: The
S.A.D.D. Story" is a Helios pro-
duction.
chestra, and the Premiers. It
should be an enjoyable, student-
oriented activity.
On December 18, SG will be
holding our annual Elf Auction.
Please participate as either an
"elf" or an "elf-master" in the
auction and on Elf Day, Decem-
ber 19. The auction proceeds
will benefit the Heart Associa-
tion.
Finally, I would just like to
remind students once again to
come to Winterfest. Music will be
by IH's very own Downboys,
featuring Peter Wilke, Scott Voss,
and Rob Reese. Anyone who
wears clothes or ornaments sug-
gesting the "Christmas spirit" will
get into the basketball game for
$1.00 and the dance for $1.00.
So come and support the Braves
and get into the swing of Christ-
mas with the Downboys.
Thank You,
Hugh Geier
SG President
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CHI E FTAIN December 7,1984
editorial rebutta1
'Catcher' said nothing new -
GeIIert 'not pleased' with
by Kevin Walzer
a
Gellert described IH's 52-
JV start
as "our best game," despite t h e
i s b ~ ~"Considering

well."
a the caliber
of Forest Park, we played very

by Kenneth N. Jones
It appears that Wyandot School is going to be sold. After reading last issue's stu-
Aside from the fact that many students may have to dent opinion written by Catcher
travel farther to school, the sale will have no pro- in the Rye, I formed an image of
the anonymous Mr. Catcher.
found negative effect on the district or its students. Frankly, I am dying to find out
Rumors, however, have run rampant in the past who he is, just for the-sake of hav-
few weeks. Parents expressed fears that the Indian ing a conversation with him.
Catcher is obviously a great writer
Hill and Sycamore Districts would have to be re- presenting a responsible and re-
zoned, sending many Kenwood students to Syca- spectable opinion, but judging
more. Some people also acquired the odd notion that from the content, he is out of
touch with the realities of drugs
the students would have to change buildings in the and somewhat hypocritical in his
middle of the year. The rumors became so common writing.
and so distorted that some community members said To begin with, the anonymity
they had heard that Indian Hill was planning to be- of Catcher I find questionable. In
the editorial explaining Catcher's
come semi-private or private. anonymity, defense is given as fol-
All of these rumors are ridiculous if a little logical lows: "The student desired to
thought is employed. Can IH afford to lose students? keep his name hidden because he
would not normally be thought of
No. Does Sycamore want more? No. Would anyone as an authority on drugs; he was
consider trying to transfer 300 students to another concerned that his opinion would
school building in the middle of a school year? No. not be taken seriously ."
press the futility of textbook
learning.
Personally, I agree totally. I
cannot remember a single fact or
piece of information from Health
class that would stop me from
turning to drug use if I chose to.
The only problem with Catcher's
opinion is that he simply reverses
positions and gives another text-
book attack on drug use.
The only effective stopping
agent to drug use is first-hand ex-
perience, experience Catcher does
not express in his opinion.
Catcher seems to be sitting on his
moral high horse judging everyone
who has ever had contact with
drugs. Judging from his analogies
and the depth of experience as
expressed in his writings, Catcher
has little insight into the problems
of a drug user.
If Catcher wanted to scare
Often -knes one hears of an
IH basketball team being hurt
by a lack of inside rebounding.
But how many times have you
heard of one being hurt by a
lack of consistent perimeter
shooting?
Comments the coach of just
that team, Gary Gellert, 'We
are having some problems with
our leadership and our outside
shooting."
The JV Braves have lost three
of four games this season, and
Gellert attributes that losing
largely to the Braves' inconsis-
tency t o put the games on ice
in the closing minutes.
"Every one of our games has
been lost late in the game," said
Gellert. "We've had chances to
win every one, but then we
have a lack of poise. We have f a
too many fouls and turnovers."
The Braves lost their EHL
49 loss to %rest Park last week
fact that it was a defeat for the The game was a close one
from the onset, as Forest Park
was never able t o get out by more
than four. They led 26-22 at half,
and 37-34 after the third quarter.
Freshman Jason Kincaid put in 1 4
to lead the Braves as Eaton added
13.
Sophomore Ron Jones had 21
in the Braves' only win this
season, against Finneytown,
which IH won, 46-43.
Free throws in the closing
minutes were IH's downfall as
Northwest won, 62-55, in IH's
season opener. Eaton had 16
points, while Kincaid had ten.
Gellert at this point is "not
pleased" with his team, but
but feels that their errors are
not permanent. "We have some
work to do, but I'm confident
that we'll improve."
Although he is optimistic for
a turnaround, though, Gellert
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Would the IH Schools sacrifice alreadydeclining state I think everyone is entitled to someone away from drinking, opener to Mariemont last said, "Ten of our games are be-
an opinion, and furthermore, I why didn't he advise the reader to /&+ fore Christmas. They better
money to become more selective? No. Could they week, 47-42. Freshman Mike -">
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think everyone should take pride visit the Alcoholic Drop-in Center Eaton had 1 3 points for the photo by Brad Wllkinson start turning around soon."
even if they wanted to? Again, no. in his opinion. The opinion pre- and see the hundreds of people Braves in the losing effort. Mike Eaton drives toward the basket against Forest Park.
The district strives, through various channels, to sented by Catcher is excellent, with ruined lives, who need help? in the future. Coach Heizman did
keep its residents informed. People who stir up trou-
and Catcher should be proud to
have his name attached to it.
A dose of reality is desperately
needed for anyone with a drug '
Three make Enquirer all-city football team a great job."
He added, "I thought the way
ble, either intentionally or unintentionally,- by- start- Whoever the anonvmous writ- problem, but it does not hurt bv Kevin Walzer 100% and was a great member of has begun. Eric played, he should have at
ing such irrational rumors undermine this communi- er is, I cannot and would not those without a problem, either. There was one pleasant sur- the team." "There was a lot of optimism least gotten first team EHL [Ed-
cation and confuse everyone involved. judge the opinion on what I know Catcher's writing needs a dose of prise after another with this Jehle is very optimistic about ...
this year I don't think anyone wards made second team]. I
of that person, for that is an ad reality. year's varsity football team. The this year's first step in the rebuil- expected us to go 4-6. We have a think he only missed it by one
hominem fallacy. I find fault In his closing paragraph, ding process coach Mike Heizman lot of talent, and we can do well vote."
Mack planning exchange to Australia with Catcher's credulity because Catcher speaks of "younger chil-
most recent one came last week
when three Braves found them-
Junior Neely Mack will be go-
ing on an American Field Service
June to August with a family
from Switzerland.
of his seeming lack of authority
on drugs as presented in the
dren, self-satisfied and blissfully
ignorant, who are still running
selves honored by the Cincinnati
Enquirer as allcity selections.
Varsity girls come close to tough opponents
(AFS) exchange to Australia on She took many side trips to opinion. straight." I propose that Catcher Senior Brian Jehle headed the by Tiffany Meyer team is playing, coach Dick Pfir- players that are young."
January 15. She will find out spe- France, Germany, and Italy and The first portion of his article is not a Catcher at all, but "self- list as he wound up on the fust The varsity girls' basketball man comments, "The team is Pfhman also says he is
cifics about her Australian host spent weekends hiking in the implies that many of the facts we satisfied and blissfully ignorant." team at tackle. Juniors Kevin team traveled to Norwood and playing well but they lack that pleased with his senior starters,
family three weeks before her de- Swiss Alps. learn about drugs in textbooks are The anonymous writer should be Viox and Eric Edwards captured lost in a close game, 4743, last little extra intensity to win the expedally Kindel, and the devel-
parture. Anyone interested in partici- useless; they do not retard drug thankful that he is ignorant, but honorable mentions at running Friday. close game. This is possl'bly opment of Mains and Craig.
Junior Ghia Euskirchen parti- pating in an AFS activity should use in any way. He uses phrases please leave the catching to the back and defensive line, respect- Junior Cadi Cucinotta was the due to the inexperience of the
cipated in an AFS German lan- contact either Mr. Larry Bernard like "shocked into obedience by real catchers, who have come ively. leading scorer with a total of
guage study program from last or junior Matt Santen. propagandistic horror stories and close to the edge, or at least had a "I was really surprised. I did- nine points, followed by junior
pseudo-scientific statistics" to ex- - - of it.
nlimpse n't expect this at all," admitted Kristin Mains with seven. Senior
Jehle. Amy Wiatt was the leading re-
But he also smiled, "It was a bounder.
in STAFF PRESS ASSOCIATION ,
SCHOLASTIC
nice way to'end a very fun year."
Jehle was hard pressed to ex-
Before this difficult battle,
the Squaws lost in overtime 49-
Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracur- plain why he felt he was con- 46 to North College Hill. Cucin-
ricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake ferred the most prestigious post- otta was again the leading scorer
Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 5 6 1 4 2 2 5 .
Sponsor: Wm. P. Kincaid; Editors: Ken Jones, Paul Monach; News season honor that an IH football with sixteen points. Mains was
Editors: Anna Batsakes, David Cook; Features Editors: Tracy Megi- player has received in several the leading rebounder.
son, Janet Nlcolas; Sports Editors: Brian Rowe, Kevin Walzer; Maga- ytars. "I think a big part of it Indian Hill was victorious in
zine Editors: Ellen Aivord, Joel Ruff; Business Manager: Kelly Martin; was that I'd improved a lot over their first encounter agianst St.
Circulation Manager: Davis Griffin; Production Managers: MaryBeth
Heidrich, Dan Rosenthal; Assistant Production Manager: Arianna New- last year. I thought I did a good Ursula, winning 49-3 8. Freshman
man; Typesetter: Karen Wiedemer; Photographers: Tom Taylor, Davis job opening up holes for Kevin Trida Craig was the leading scorer
.
Griffin. Mariano Fernandez. Brad Wilkinson. Scott Blanchard: Contri- [Viox] on the running plays." with twelve points. Senior
I ~nseia- eatteyer;
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New National Honor SafieW Members:

photo by Mariano Fernandez
t o 13 Bill Haffner,
Mark Ensley, Andy Tucker, Mindy Grindstaff, Peggy Cutler, Sha-
Tiffany
tie.
butors: Eilzabeth Gorman, James Anderson, Hugh Geier, Jeff Currier,
Sam Green. Jennifer ~ o b b Davld
. Miller. Peter 8atsakes.
Andy Tucker; ~roductio" Staff: ~ i e Overhoff,
x Rob
Jehle had some high words of
praise far both Viox and Edwards
Gretchen Kindel scored eleven
points, and Cucinotta racked up
, .

ri Zesch, Kristen Mains, Carin Chabut, Kevin Walzer, Chris Hall, Seal, Laura Schwartz. and their contributions to the 4-6 ten. photo by Tom Taylor
MaryBeth Heidrich, Laura Harmon, Mark Weiss, Beth Wingerter, As its editorial poiicy, Chieftain strlves both to commend what is Braves. During this game Mains again WHO CAN STOP THAT WOMAN?: Senior Birdie Mrnzler c e
Tricia Schaefer, Patty Westhofen, Shawna Hornsby, Jeff Currier, good and encourage correction of what is not. Editorlals reflect the "Kewin had a really good sea- earned the most rebounds with a liea around endl in the Powderpuff game held two weeks ago.
opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are
David Kilday. Not shown: Dave Steward. strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and responsibly son this year...he got o m 1000 total of eight.
written. yaids rushing. He always gave When asked how he feels his
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FALL SPORTS AWARD WINNERS
ARSITY T E N N l S
MVP: Tracy Barton, Molly
Poffenberger, Aubrey Abbott,
Debbie Horton
EWL All Stars: Tracy Barton,
Molly Poffsnberger, Aubrey
Abbott, Debbie Horton
E H L Player of the Year:
Tracy Barton
Cincinnati Player of the Year:
Tracy Barton
Cincinnati All Star: Tracy
Barton, Molly Peffenbsrger,
Aubrey Abbott,
Debbi ljorton
E H L and Cincinnati Coach of
the Year: Cindy Crilley
Team won league and state tltlea.
F I E L D HOCKEY
MVB: Amy Wiatt, Jenny
Logernan
Southwest Ohio League All-
Stars: Amy Wlatt, Gay
Stauft, Jenny Logeman
Team was league champlon.
I West
MONACH, from p. 9
do not get into team effort or in-
dividual performance.
Andy Tucker in his article
makes a more rational complaint.
He does not attack Sportsview,
but instead the recent varsity bas-
ketball article referred t o by Wal-
zer. He has a good point; the on-
ly way to have truly presented
summaries of players would have
been direct quotations from the
coach. Naturally, Coach McKib-
ben did not want t o publicize
such judgments.
However, I feel that Brian
Rowe's summaries were opinion-
ated because they were all posi-
tive, not, as Tucker feels, biased
to favor the author. Rowe may
have said Erich Metzger had been
performing erratically, but he also
voiced surprise at this occurrence.
Also, for whatever it is worth, at
the time the article was published,
Rowe was starting in scrimmages.
Tucker feels performance
should not be judged, because all
the athletes try hard. Does he ob-
ject when athletes and teams are
incessantly praised, despite medi-
ocre or poor performance? Of
course not, but on principle he
should, because such writing is
just as heinous in its editorializing
as negative writing.
I suspect Tucker and others re-
CHIEFTAIN
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The boys' golf team listens with varying degrees of enthusiasm as
coach Bob West gives his annual award discourse at the sports banquet.
BOYS' GOLF
MVP: John Bishop
EHL Player of the Year:
John Bishop
B H L Coach of the Year: Bob
Team was league champlon.
sent the "pomposity" of Walzer
because he is not active in sports
at school. The fact that Walzer is
not as good a basketball playa as
Tucker should not prevent him
from stating, with appropriate evi-
dence, that Tucker had an especi-
ally good or bad game.
WALZER, from p. 9
To me, that seemed ridiculous.
From that ridiculousness came
the phrases "playing Sycamore is
an exercise in masochism" and
"ending the rivalry is an act of
mercy", which were the ones that
inspired such rage from the foot-
ball team.
Granted, the statements were
harsh and might have been too
strong, but the plain truth of t h t
matter is that I was reporting the
truth. Or at least, the truth as I
saw it. And in my eyes, that
string of losses t o Sycamore was
not pretty.
That idea is a key one for ath-
letes who are reported on in
Chieftain to remember: we are
journalists and we're trying t o re-
port objectively. I think a lot of
what Tucker interpreted as "op-
inion" in the article he disliked,
Brian Rowe's "personnel" article'
last issue, was simply Rowe's
frank evaluation of the truth.
Tucker said that it really was
pnoto by Tom Taylor
CROSSCOUNTRY
MVP: Paul Monach
MIP: Brian Meyers
Walzer is knowledgeable
enough about sports t o make such
comments, and he also empha-
sizes the good games more than
the bad ones.
As a respectable athlete, I per-
sonally feel qualified to comment
on the performance of members
not right for Rowe to give himself
a fairly positive evaluation
("Rowe appears to be back in the
starting lineup...'') while criticiz-
ing other players (such as Erich
Metzger, whom he called an "en-
igma" while mentioning that he
had been "erratic" in scrimma-
ges).
I really fail to see what is
wrong with that. It was not
Rowe the basketball player sim-
ply stroking his ego and putting
down the other players in the
hopes of putting himself in the
starting lineup; it was Rowe the
journalist stepping back and de-
tachedly evaluating his own per-
formance and the performance of
the other players on the team.
As both an optimistic athlete
and an objective journalist, Rowe
treads a fine line. But he does a
good job in not overstepping his
bounds. The fact that those
criticized are "trying their best"
has nothing to do with the re-
December 7,1984
BOYS* SOCCER:
MVP: Steve Womack
EHL AII Stars: Curtis ~ t t ,
Scott Selbert, Steve Womack
All City: Curtis Ott, Steve
Womack
All State: Steve Womack
FOOTBALL
MVP: Kevin Viox, Gary Hal-
lam
EHL All Stars: First team-
Kevin Viox. Brian Jehle: Sec-
ond team-Jim Gruskln. Erlc
Edwards, Steve Misall, Gary
Hallam
GIRLS' G O L F
MVP: Vera McVicker
VOLLEYBALL
MVP: Anna Cuclnotta
E H L All Star: Jenny Malloy
GIRLS' SOCCER
MVP: Tricla Craig, Julle Pack-
er
EHL All Star: Trlcia Craig,
Sharl Zesch, Julle Packer
of a team, especially of a team I
am on; I feel that Rowe is justi-
fied in commenting on players'
performances for the same reason,
as long as his comments have
some basis and do not unnecessar-
ily favor certain players.
sponsible journalist; a responsible
journalist does not question the
effort of athletes unless he can
back it up with facts. And those
facts are to be found only if what
the journalist says is true.
That's why I feel I'm right in
most cases, and why I feel Brian
Rowe is right in this particular
case. He didn't get t o be sports
editor of Chieftain without being
a responsible journalist. He may
be frank and controversial in his
articles, but h e can back it up.
And that's the mark of a good
journalist-even though it might
not make him a popular one.
Chieftain would like to thank
Andy Tucker for his contribution
to this opinion forum.
We realize that other students
or coaches may have views differ-
ent from those presented here. If
you wish to have such an opinion
published, please be sure it says
something completely new, and
please turn it in b y next Tuesday.
Vol. 34 No. 7
December 7,1984
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
by Paul Monach
The Board of ]Education out-
Lined a proposal to sell Wyandot
School to Sycamore Schools at a
commuriity meeting last night,
Sycamore has offered to buy
the wesent IH elementarv school
-
o n a "lease-purchase" agreement;
the school would be leased for
two years for $800,000, with a
final payment of $1.6 million
needed to purchase the school the
third year (a cost of $2.4 million
total).
The sale would include several
important conditions. Indian Hill
would retain the right to repur-
chase Wyandot for 7 years after
the final sale (9 after the original
leasing), provided the district
could come up with the necessary
Indian Hill sends 20 to EHL Honors Band
by Jeff Currier
In its final year of existence,
the Eastern Hills League held its
Honors Band Concert last Sun-
day, December 2, thus ending a
ten-year tradition for the league.
Indian Hill contributed greatly
to the Honors Band this year,
with 20 participants, seven of
which were ~ . r i n c i ~chairs.
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Participating in this year's
band were Kim Doran (lst), Lau-
ra Harmon, Andrea Hatfield, and
Mary Ballard, flutes; Brad Adrien
(lst), oboe; Jeff Currier (lst), Mi-
chelle Brougher, Benjy Cook, and
Jim Carson, clarinets; Dominic
Pesce (lst), alto saxophone; Rob
Seal (lst), Scott Seward, Tom
Luckey, trumpets; David Epstein,
trombone; Matt Feltman, bari-
tone; Gregg Devanna (1st) and
John Stubbers, tubas; Jeff Tuckey
(1st) and Duncan Chalmers, per-
cussion; and Doug Backus, play-
ing tympani.
Each year, open auditions are
held for all interested wind and
percussion players in the EHL
schools. Judges for these audi-
tions consist of the band directors
from the eight schools in the
league.
The guest conductors for this
money within 30 days of an-
nouncing this intention.
Zoning would not change be-
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Will these be Sycamore buses next year?
year's bands were Mr. David
Keener for the high school and
Mr. Norman Parr for the junior
high.
Keener graduated from the
University of Cincinnati College
Conservatory of Music, where
he studied clarinet, voice, piano,
and organ. He has since taught at
Meyers deems Dayton Conference success
by James Anderson
The Model United Nations
Club attended a Dayton Universi-
ty-sponsored conference two
weeks ago Thursday. The MUN
did not win any awards as it has
in past years, but many members
were instrumental in passing reso-
lutions on chemical warfare,
world overpopulation, environ-
mental crises, space weaponry,
etc.
Co-president Brian Meyers re-
garded the trip as a success; "Al-
though we didn't win any awards,
everyone who went gained a great
deal of experience."
Club faculty sponsor John
Nellis also stressed the unimpor-
tance of official recognitions. "It
really isn't the awards that are im-
portant. The participants in these
cause of the sale, and the play-
ground and tennis courts will be
available for use during non-
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Dixie Heights High School, Indian
Hill, Twin Valley North, and
Miamisburg Schools.
Parr is a junior high band di-
rector from Mariemont. His
bands have consistently received
straight "I" ratings in competi-
tions for many years. Parr also
works very closely with the
conferences should come away
with a better understanding of the
real United Nations and the dif-
ficulties of political negotiation."
Countries representcd by IH
include Spain, Israel, Bolivia, So-
malia, and several less well-known
nations. Delegates were encou-
raged to initiate resolutions and
amendments by obtaining en-
dorsements from 30 countries,
and then to defend their views in
front of their respective assem-
blies.
The MUN is presently looking
toward its February trip t o
Georgetown University and a
more sophisticated simulation.
Co-presidents Hugh Geier and Me-
yers agree that the experience
gained at Dayton will help IH t o
school hours; this should al-
leviate some of the concerns of
local residents.
Under the agreement, which
the Board is expected to sign
soon, Indian Hill would vacate the
school by July 1.
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-- The only problem would be
where to put the 3rd, 4th, and
5th graders who would normally
; , have attended school at Wyandot.
As Superintendent Dr. Robert
E. Boston said, "Housing of stu-
$-3 m!h
, dents is my responsibility." Al-
1
; though he must make the final de-
\IS, W W cision on this issue, he plans t o
-;--. form a committee of community
members, teachers, and admini-
cision. to help him make his de-
strators
Said Boston, "I hope that I
can make a recommendation t o
the Board by March or April."
brass section of IH's marching
and concert bands.
Thcre is a possibility of a new
league band nest year. It would
consist of 15 schools, eight of
which will be from the present
EHL, joined by seven other
schools from around the city. Al-
though many plans have been sug-
gested, the future of the band re-
mains uncertain.
make a good showing in Washing-
ton.
The club has been very fortu-
nate in its country assignments;
~nemberswill represent the con-
troversial nations of Poland, in
the General Assembly, and Nica-
ragua, in the Security Council. In
addition, IHers will play the roles
of the President of the United
States, the director of the FBI,
and other important U.S. figures
in
U.S.S.R.
a simulated forum with the
Another activity in which
MUN recently participated is the
Oxfam collection. In its joint
venture with Student Government
the club collected over $700,
which will go to feed Ethiopia's
starving masses.