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Soccer Sauaws stun Sycamore
- 3- 7
I 1
by Paula Lyon
The varsity soccer Squaws
have taken a turn for the better.
Starting with a 4-6-1 record,
the Squaws went on a 5-2 run
after a thrilling victory at Syca-
more, 3-1.
Their 5-1 streak was halted
at the worst possible time by
Loveland, 4-2, in the opening
round of the EHL tournament
last Saturday. I t dashed their
hopes for a possible victory.
The Squaws led 2-0 at half-
time with goals by sophomore
Kathy Ott and freshman Kelly
Ovington, but the Tigers came
back to lead 3-2. The Squaws
hoped to tie the score, but with
50 seconds remaining the Tigers
were granted a penalty shot,
which goalie Cadi Cucinotta failed
to stop.
The win was a measure of
revenge for Loveland, for IH
defeated them 3-2 the game be-
fore. Goals were scored by
5 freshman Tricia Craig with two,
and Ott. Cucinotta played an ex-
cellent game at goal.
On September 20 the Squaws
beat Madeira in a tension-filled
contest that improved their re-
cord to 8-7-1. The long goal was
scored by Ovington. Cucinotta
had 11 saves to register the shut-
out.
JV netters oust Centerville for 7-0 record
by Tiffany Meyer
The JV tennis team continues
to do it again and again! They
defeated Centerville, 3-2, last
week to score their biggest win
of the season and remain unde-
feated with a 7-0 record.
Wins were achieved at singles
and doubles by freshman Wendy
Stratman, junior Sally Wilbur,
junior Adrianna Wahl, and fresh-
man Tiffany Meyer. The victory
halted Centerville's undefeated
record. Incidently, Centerville
clobbered IH last year 5-0.
Two days earlier, IH defeated
Fairmont 5-0. Sophomore Karen
Weiss, Stratman, and Wahl emerg-
ed victorious in singles, and Wil-
bur, junior Carin Chabut, fresh-
man Allison Richards, and
fresk,man Becky Flora did like-
wise in doubles.
The Squaws' rackets smashed
Sycamore 5-0 two weeks ago.
Weiss, Stratman and Wahl claimed
the singles victories while Wil-
bur, Chabut, Richards, and fresh-
CHIEFTAlN
IH scored an impressive up-
set over Walnut Hills, the fifth-
ranked team in the city. Craig
and junior Chris Hall each scored
in the 2-1 win.
The victory that started the
winning stretch was IH's 3-1 win
over Sycamore on September 13.
Goals were scored bv junior Lee
Baumes, Hall, and Craig.
JV kickers lose close one to 9-1-1
by Chris Kemczinski
The JV soccer Braves have
been playing some tremendous
soccer of late
In IH's most recent game
against the 9-1-1 Moeller Crusa-
ders, the JV lost 3-0 after a hard-
fought battle. That evened
their record at 5-5-1.
However, IH scored impres-
sive shutouts the week before,
amassing nine goals against
Mariemont, Madeira, and Wal-
nut Hills. The goals were scored
by freshmen Greg Long, and
Reagan Bransom, as well as
sophomore Chris Kem~crinski
who put in two each, and fresh-
men Charlie Gall and Lee Tucker,
who each scored one. Excellent
defensive play was provided by
freshman Scott Stertmeyer,
who has been the malnstay of
man Sara Beck were the victors
in doubles.
Princeton had no better luck
the day before. IH put them
away 5-0. Weiss, Stratman, and
Wahl collected the wins in singles,
' cult to win a grand championship
RIVALRY, from p. 10
that DE-or a low enrollment, at
least-was one of the major
reasons Sycamore defeated lndian
Hill the first seven, times they
played. In 1960-the seventh
time they played-the Aviators
handed the Braves the worst
defeat they have ever suffered,
blasting them 72-0. No lndian
Hlll team before or since has
given up that many points.
The next two years, 1961 and
1962, lndian Hill did not play
Sycamore.
Then-in 1964-Indian Hill
scored what ranks as the greatest
upset in Brave history. This was
the other game that Clark pointed
to in what he called "the two
most memorable games I've been
in."
"We were really psyched for
that game," commented soph-
omore Diana Greiner.
"It was the best I've seen them
play all season," commented
coach Gary Birney. "They really
played as a team."
Sycamore was ahead 1-0 until
the third quarter when the
Squaws came back strong to fin-
the Braves' defense at goalie.
As IH approaches the tail
end of their season, if "we
continue to play at the peak
;
far^
- as well as Ohio, and, as director
a 1
'P
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Freshmzr! Charlie Gall (14) defends against a Moeller player.
while Richards, Meyer, freshman
Dee Cutler, and junior Tracy Er-
vin earned the wins in doubles.
The day before, IH ousted
Walnut Hills 3-2. In singles,
Weiss and Stratman triumphed.
"Sycamore at that time had
just joined the EHL-I think that
was the first year they were in the
league," said Clark. "They had
the highest-scoring offense in
the city, and they were ranked
second or third in the local
polls. Well, we took them on and
won 6-0."
A shutout? Mighty big turn
of events in what amounts to
two games.
What I'm saying here is, given
the recent trend of lndian Hill-
Sycamore-a Biblical seven-year
string of losses-could a similar
turnaround happen? Remember,
in the early years, the 1950's,
lndian Hill had just been con-
solidated from several smaller
schools and had an even smaller
October 5,1984
the game.
The Squaws are ready t o do
battle against their remaining
opponents, but will have t o do so
without the coaching of Birney,
who leaves October 8 for a new
job in St. Louis. C.B. Craig,
father of team member Tricia
u a l g will take over Birney's
coaching position for the remain-
der of the season.
Moeller
level wh~ch we have exhibited
through our last five games, we
should end on a winning note,"
said coach Steve Thompson.
'
photo by Mariano Fernandez
Wahl and Chabut captured the
doubles wins.
In their third match of the
season, IH defeated Country Day
4-1. Singles were won by
Weiss, Stratman, and Wahl.
Chabut and Wilbur won in daub-
les.
enrollment than now. The enrol-
ment now i s dropping, but 60
new students enrolled this year,
drastically offsetting that down-
ward descent-the high school
only has nine less students than it
did last year. Could the enroll-
ment be picking up?
Granted, it would take several
years of increasing enrollment
to catch up to A A A Sycamore.
But it's food for thought.
At any rate, it's too late now.
This is it. The final chapter in the
I H-Sycamore rivalry -the oldest
one in lndian Hill history-will be
written tonight. It'll probably be
a happy ending for Sycamore, a
sad one for IH-but it'll be an
ending.
No more need be said.
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October 5,1984
lndian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
Band wins Roaer Bacon contest
b y Paul Monach
The marching band notched
perhaps i t s biggest victory in win-
ning the grand championship at
the prestigious Roger Bacon Band
Invitational on September 22.
The competition featured
bands from Kentucky and Indiana
Mr. Stephen Strider pointed out,
"There were some very fine bands
there." He added, "The most
gratifying thing is that our reputa-
tion as a fine performing organi-
zation is spreading."
IH's top competition came
from a Kentucky band, Dixie
Heights, which won the big band
(class AA) competition. IH
earned 339.7 points of a possible
400 in three categories: marching
and maneuvering (100 max.), mu-
sic (200 max.), and general effect
(100 max.); Dixie Heights re-
ceived 323.8 points for i t s show.
Strider noted that it i s diffi-
from the smaller division, compet-
ing against bands that can more
easily produce a big, full sound.
The I H musicians were not the
only members to do well. Senior
drum majors Scott Seward and
Ken Jones won the title of best
field commanders, and the color
guard finished a close second in
class A to Blue River.
Commenting on the band's re-
cent metamorphosis into a quality
competition group, Strider said,
"There was one judge who had
seen us four years ago, and he said
that the level of performance and
sophistication was markedly im-
proved."
The win was not only the first
taste of IH's recent success for the
many freshmen in the band, but
also for assistant director Mr. Joe
Gaudio, a veteran of many years
b
1
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I
everyc neec
Aagaz~ne
@hie ftain
V
only performed in exhibition at
its own contest.
I T T -
Commented Strider, "This
-"
1 4- [the Roger Bacon victory] is
wonderful, but now we're looking
to Reading; there will be many
fine bands there, and they'll be
waiting for us."
A t Reading as at Roger Bacon,
the I H band will perform i t s full
competition show, which it has
also performed at one home and
one away game, and will perform
at Sycamore tonight.
This show opens with a march-
ing band arrangement of "Take
photo by Tom Taylor
the A Train," followed by "Con-
versations," the first percussion
Drum majors Scott Seward and Ken Jones strain under the weight o f feature the band has played in
the four trophies won at the Roger Bacon Invitational.
several years, and the popular
in the IH system but a rookie in if we lost to a good band." "Malaguena." The show ends
high school marching band. "I
like this part about winning,"
The band will encounter many
such bands next Saturday at the
with "Softly As I Leave You,"
complete with an ironically loud
laughed Gaudio, adding more seri- Reading Invitational, including and powerful ending.
ously, "But I would accept losing, always-tough Roger Bacon, which
-
Cook, Monach win NCTE Writing Award
by James Anderson
Seniors David Cook and Paul
Monach were recently awarded
the National Council of Teachers
of English (NCTE) Achievement
- --
Award in Writing. Their honor 6.
marks the 13th consecutive year
that at least one I H student has
won the award.
Having two winners from the
same school is normally consid-
ered a rare occurence, but IH had
two last year as well, the winners
being John Bergman and Kitsa
Tassian.
NCTE sends nomination forms
to 18,400 high schools and ac-
cepts one to eight applicants from
each school depending on the size
of enrollment. Cook and Monach
were chosen to represent IH
through preliminary writing sam- photo by Tom Taylor
NCTE Award winners (and Chieftain editors) Paul Monach and David
see NCTE, p- 5 Cook continue a thirteen year tradition.
Page 2 CHIEFTAIN October 5,1984 October 5.1984 CHIEFTAIN - Page 11
editorial Glen Este won the meet with

aecaq @a a 6~d-nundedm u d m CC Braves dace fifth in league I

a score of 19, followed by Ham-
CAPE'S
One ofwhich
ilton, hadrunners
a scoredid
of not
58.

"What makes Indian Hill so good? Its emphasis on mark of Indian Hill education. by Matt Feltman finish, so they had no team
The boys' cross country team score.
a liberal education with a well-rounded curriculum Freedom to experience responsibility and room t o ran in the final EHL meet last Junior David Ahlert led the
that meets the needs of several levels of students (and grow inside oneself is also a key to liberal education. Tuesday, held at Glen Este. way for IH in ninth place
not just rich ones)." This quotation from the August However, in the past few years, restrictions and rules The Braves finished fifth, re- and a time of 18:OO.
issue of Cincinnati Magazine reflects the manner in taining their placement of last IH ran at Wyoming only to
have been created by the administration or by the find steep hills and their un-
year.
which the rest of the world views Indian Hill. state hierarchy. Mariemont just narrowed out conditioned selves on September
One phrase in particular which catches the reader's Rules created to protect students often are oppres- IH with a score of 132 to the 25. On the 3.4 mile course
eye is "liberal education." Upon reading the passage, sive and enforced simply for the purpose of "going by Braves' 138. The winners, Monach again placed first for
Glen Este, had a score of 40. the Braves with a time of 21 :26.
the students in us questioned what sort of education the book." Whether "the book" is right is of no con- Milford, the team predicted to A t the Ross Invitational the
we were receiving. Does liberal education really exist sequence, of course. The only people who question win, wound up second with 42 running Braves placed eighth out
at Indian Hill? "the book" are the students, but students have no points. of 11 teams with a combined
Among the student body, the opportunity for a IH's lead runner was senior score of 190. McNicholas won
say because many responsibilities that have given
Paul Monach with a time of the meet with 57 points. Again
liberal education is available, yet hard to obtain. In- them a say in the past have been taken away by con- 18:45, good for 2lst place. Not Ahlert was the pacesetter for IH,
teraction among all types of students is needed in a servative administrative restrictions. far behind was freshman Mark running in 15th place and a time
liberal education, so one can learn how to cope in a The teaching staff at Indian Hill is excellent and Young, who ran a 19:20 and of 19: 14. He was closely follow-
finished in 24th place. ed by Monach, who received
society which is racially and ideologically separated. does its best to offer a fine liberal education. The Coach Enid Redman summar- 22nd place and a time of 19:21.
The make-up of the student body at IH offers only a pressure exerted by the administration, though, is ized the meet by saying, "The With the season coming to a
limited social background. Integration is not a hall- harmful to the educational process. For example, the field was extremely tough but the close, IH only has two meets left
team did well against the fine on the regular schedule. The
editorial lesson plan system locks a teacher into a tiresome in- competition." New Richmond Invitational is on
doctrination which trains the pupil by rote. Heaven
Y@
On September 27 the Braves Monday, which should serve as a
forbid a teacher ever find an inspiration, and use an ran in a quadrangular meet with tune-up for sectionals, which will
photo by Mariano Fernandez
Glen Este, Hamilton, and CAPE. be held next Saturday, September
Last year a minor furor errupted over the manda- untried approach. After all, no student can acquire I H placed third with a score of
Junior David Ahlert (left) strains to stay ahead of his Glen Este oppon-
ent in last week's home quadrangular. 16.
tory inclusion of basic skills tests in all courses. Many anything from liberal teaching, except for maybe a 85.
teachers were understandably irked that their grading liberal education.
practices were deemed inadequate for determining The answer to the original question, therefore, is Hockey Squaws down Oakwood a second time
whether a student was passing a course. The grumb- yes, liberal education does exist at Indian Hill, but it
by Anne Richards on Talwanda's side of the 50-yard
ling died down quickly, though, because, as has been is laboring hard under the approach the administra- The varsity field hockey line for the vast part of the game,
noted many times, the practice was only begun at the tion takes toward instruction. The administration's Squaws, 5-3, are doing much bet- aiding junior goalie Linda Keller
insistence of those eminent public servants at the approach may win national "excellence" in education ter than their record would sug- in getting her first shutout.
gest. In their most recent game, The previous game the Squaws
Ohio Department of Education. awards, but it sacrifices liberal education in the they beat Oakwood, 2-0. Both travelled to Seven Hills and beat
No state edict has yet been quoted, however, to process. goals were scored by senior Gay them, 9-1. The scorers were
justify the most recent breach of faith in teachers' Stauft. The Squaws were excited Stauft (51, Wiatt, Kohls, Amy
about this victory especially be- Albl, and Anne Richards.
abilities, the required "course syllabus." This re- cause Oakwood i s the team they This win left IH 3-0 in the
quires each teacher to write and distribute a formal will play In the first round ot sec- league. Coach Carol Wehmann
outline of subject matter, textbooks, expectations, Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracur- tional~. IH defeated Oakwood is pleased with the overall perfor-
ricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake earlier in the season, 2-1. mance of tne teani, ~ l u she
t feels
and grading practices. Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 5 6 1 4 2 2 5 .
For the Oakwood game the that "they have a lot of work
The usefulness of the syllabus is dubious. As one Sponsor: Wm. P. Kincaid; Editors: Ken Jones, Paul Monach; News
Editors: Anna Batsakes, David Cook; Features Editors: Tracy Megi- Squaws were coming off a tough ahead of them in order to ad-
photo by Mariano Fernandez
Seniors Missy Milligan and Anne Richards (center) bring the ball up-
teacher pointed out, the collected syllabi could be son, Janet Nicolas; Sports Editors: Brian Rowe, Kevin Walzer; Maga- loss to Fairmont, 6-0. This i s the vance to state competition."
field in IH's 6-0 loss to Fairmont.
zine Editors: Ellen Alvord, Joel Ruff; Business Manager: Kelly Martin;
useful to a student new to the district; granted, but second time the Squaws have
isn't this process already taken care of by the Course
Circulation Manager: Davis Griffin; Production Managers: MaryBeth
Heidrich, Dan Rosenthal; Assistant Production Manager: Arianna New- been defeated by the state champ- Koulouris confident for Sycamore win Eagles thumped the Braves 26-8.
man; Typesetter: Karen Wiedemer; Photographers: T o m Taylor, Scott ions, who account for two of by Kevin Walzer their last three games. They won "They are a powerful team,"
Offerings Handbook and the Counseling Department? Blanchard, Mariano Fernandez; Contributors: Elizabeth Gorman, IH's three losses. It looks like "Tomorrow we win," said JV one, came an extra-point away said Koulouris. "They beat
James Gruskin, Peter Wilke, Kym Sollinger, Jeff Currier, Anne Rich-
Indeed, the syllabi appear only to be a glorified, ards, Jeff Gibson, Marci. Jacobson, James Anderson, Tiffany Meyer,
the Squaws will have t o defeat football coach Greg Koulouris. from winning another-and got Sycamore 36-0."
Fairmont in districts before they "Put that in there. Coach Kou- whaled on in the third. Does that give rise to hope
color-coded Course Offerings Handbook. Chris Kempczinski, Allison Claybon, Paula Lyon. Alissa Raleigh, Peter
against the Aviators tomorrow ?...
Batsakes, Matt Feltman; Production Staff: K y m Sollinger, Elizabeth can go to state. louris predicts that the Braves The game Koulouris described
Worse, the new policy serves not only no purpose Gorman, James Anderson, Jamie Winget, Marci Jacobson, Warren Hill, The game before that was a will beat Sycamore.' " as "the heartbreaker" was last They got shut out, IH did not ?...
but also a negative one. Teachers inevitably outline Rob Seal, Jenny Lippold, Barbara Hug, Angela Beattie, Suzanne Luns-
ford, Alex Overhoff.
win against Talwanda, 7-0. Five Who else would they be play- week, when Glen Este edged IH "Like I said, we will win,"
their grading policies at the beginning of school, goals were scored in the first ing? What other opponent lights 30-28. "So close...so close!" said Koulouris.
half by seniors Amy Wiatt, the fire in Koulouris' eyes? None he murmured. "See, we were Was this said before or after
and students discover academic and behaviorial
expectations early. Some teachers even hand out
Sophomores eligible for O'Brian Award Stauft (who had two) and but the arch-rival Aviators. down 22-8 at halftime, and came IH's 18-8 win over Deer Park
Missy Kohls (2). Stauft and "tt's a pretty strong predic- back to tie at 22-then they went three weeks ago? Well, after,
Applications are now avail- written questions and through
more complete and informative outlines of subject able to sophomores who want an interview with past Hugh
Kohls scored in the second half tion," conceded the coach of the ahead 30-22. Then we scored a actually, but the romt, over the
as we1I. 2-3 Braves. "But we have a pretty touchdown-and missed the extra Wildcats could have given cre-
matter. in fact, the mandatory course syllabus be- to attend the Hugh 0' Brian 0' Brian award winners, tea- The varsity used their ability strong team." point." dence t o Koulouris' kimilar pre-
trays a lack of confidence in the judgment of the seminar in Columbus this chers, and administrators. Ap-
and quickness to outwit the Tal- Indeed. So close, so close. diction three weeks ago. He said
spring. The Hugh 0' Brian plications must be turned in
teachers; we should treat them as what they are: wanda team for most of the six- Well, at least, the Braves have IH's loss to Milford two weeks the Braves would win that game,
delegate will be chosen on the by Friday, October 12. came close ro winning twice in
adult professionals. ty minutes. They kept the ball ago wasn't quite as close as the too.
basis of his responses to three
 Page 10
30 years of IH-Sycamore t o end tonight
3-2 Aviators fo hoSt 2- 3
by Kevin Walzer
The 30-year rivalry between
lndian Hill and Sycamore will
end tonight as the Aviators
host IH in what will be the last
league game between the two.
lndian Hill will be leaving
the EHL to join the newly-
formed Cincinnati Hills League
(CHL) after this year, making
this the last tour of duty for the
EHL schedule. Sycamore, being
an AAA school, i s not part of the
small school CHL.
The 3-2 Aviators would have
to be considered heavy favorites
over the 2-3 Braves. Sycamore,
in customary fashion,
has rolled over all league opposi-
tion on the way to a 3-0 EHL
record.
However, Sycamore did strug-
gle a bit earlier in the year, drop-
ping their first two contests
before winning their last three.
Sycamore 0-2?
"We did have a few problems
earlier this year," commented
Sycamore coach Joe Clark.
"But I hope we've worked them
out.''
Clark did note that he hoped
"tonight's game-it's probably the
SPORTSVI EW
with Kevin Walzer
Yes, it all ends tonight.
30 long years of lndian Hill-
Sycamore-three decades, inter-
upted only twice-comes to an
end tonight.
It's after this year that lndian
Hill jumps to the nine-school
Cincinnati Hills League, that
being formed of the rebelling AA
and A schools that broke from
EHL last year and four other
schools from the Cincinnati area.
However, the plans of the
small schools really don't include
such AAA schools as Sycamore.
So tonight's game amounts to a
lameduck farewell to 30 years of
memorable football between IH
and Sycamore.
"I think it's been one of the
CHIEFTAIN
last one we'll ever play-will be a
good one."
Both Sycamore and lndian
Hill are coming off easy wins last
week. Sycamore dominated
Loveland 30-0 while IH rolled to
an easy 20-7 win over the hope-
less Glen Este Trojans.
IH's win marked their first
league win this season, raising
them to 1-2.
Junior Kevin Viox
had a banner night, rolling up 150
years on 17 carries and two
touchdowns. One was an 81-
yarder which gave the Braves a
14-7 lead after senior Mike Wentz
scored the two-point canversion
on a two-yard run.
Wentz had a good night as
well, scoring IH's other touch-
down on a 45-yard return of an
interception.
Milford dropped IH's league
record to 0-2 when they came
behind from a 14-0 deficit to
win 25-14 two weeks ago.
Viox provided one touchdown
in gaining 103 yards, while
senior Pete Seremetis threw a 35-
yard pass to senior Jim Gruskin
for the other TD.
The general consensus after
New league, declining enrollment
term inate Brave-Ave
finest rivalries in the city," com-
mented Sycamore coach Joe
Clark.
Clark should know. In one
way or another, he's been a part
of that selfdescribed "best rival-
ry" for the last 24 years. For 17
of those years, he was at lndian
Hill as head football coach.
I asked Clark about what he
felt were the best games in the
last 30 years. The two he pointed
two were while he was here at
lndian Hill.
"There was one in 1969 that
was probably the most wild one
I've ever seen," he recalled. "ln-
dian Hill was absolutely domina-
ting in the first half, on offense
and defense-we were leading 27-
0 at halftime. Then Sycamore
came back and with about two
minutes to go (1: 48, to be exact),
they were leading 30-27. Then
we ran an interception back for a
Braves
the Braves' game with Deer Park,
which the Wildcats won 15-6, was
that it could have been much
more of a blowout. Indian Hill
survived two goal-line stands in
the first half which would have
Quarterback Pete Seremetis unleashes a pass under heavy pressun from
a Deer Park defender (55).
rivalry
touchdown to win 33-30."
That Bengals-Chargers-type
epic may have been especially
memorable to Clark as well be-
cause i t gave him his fourth EHL
title in six years.
What?
Yeah, you heard right. lndian
Hill in those days was the domin-
ating EHL power in football-
"There were three really good
schools in football then, lndian
Hill, Sycamore, Loveland," said
Clark-and IH was always one of
those teams to beat. And a game
with Sycamore was always eagerly
anticipated as what would proba-
bly decide the league champion-
ship. lndian Hill won more than
their share of those games.
lndian Hill beating Sycamore
often does seem a bit odd to
most, I'm sure, given the recent
poundings the Braves have suffer-
ed at their hands. We haven't
October 5, 1984
given Deer Park two more TDs.
The Wildcats jumped out to
an 8-0 lead on the strength of a
touchdown and a safety. made
when Viox was tackled in the
' ards will be living with five lndian
end zone. Deer Park scored once
more in the second half.
IH's only touchdown came on
a six-yard run by Viox in the
fourth quarter.
photo by Mariano Fernandez
beaten them since 1977-haven't
scored a point off them since
1981. Anyone commenting on
lndian Hill's football schedule
says, "We might win Greenhills-
we'll beat Glen Este-we'll lose to
Sycamore ...." And they're right.
The closest IH has come t o beat-
ing Sycamore in the last seven
years was in 1981, when the
Braves blew a 14-7 lead i n the
second half to lose 15-14.
Given this, playing Sycamore
would seem an exercise i n maso-
chism. Those who cry out against
this see the ending of the rivalry
as an act of mercy as much as
anything else.
But the recent beatings Syca-
more has inflicted upon lndian
Hill are merely the showcasing
of a trend of declining enrollment
that has plagued IH since 1977.
That ogre-DE, let's call it-is the
universal reason given for break-
ing off of the EHL, generally, and
the ending of IH-Sycamore specif-
ically.
The polnt I'm raising here i s
see RIVALRY, p. 12
October 5,1984
Visiting
Kym
Spaniards get taste
by sobnger - .
Five Spanish exchange stu-
; : ; ; ;U
; : ; ; ; ; : :of
dents and their two accompany-
ing teachers from Vigo, Spain ar-
rived September 23. The Spani-
Hill students during their stay in
Cincinnati, which will end Octo-
ber 14.
From the northwestern region
of Spain, Nieves Rodriguez, Mer-
cedes Santos, Victor Moreno,
Juan Mendez, and Elena Ramos
have come to the U.S. to experi-
ence American culture, home life,
and blue jeans.
The exchange program readily
makes this available through a
three-week period in which the
Spaniard leads the "typical teen-
age American lifestyle." Quite
different from the Galacian region
of Spain, lndian Hill provides an
excellent example of American
life.
During their visit here in the
U.S., the Spaniards will see several
sites of Cincinnati and surround-
ing cities. Excursions are planned
for a downtown tour, a visit to
Sharon Woods and the Interna-
student o~inion
lobacco leg islation
N ew
by Jeff Gibson
This week a new law took ef-
fect, a law which states that "it is
illegal for a person under 18 years
of age t o buy cigarettes and other
tobacco products i n Ohio." l am
opposed t o this new law because I
feel it invades the freedom of
choice of a minor.
I have three reasons for my
feelings: 1. If a minor wants a
pack of Marlboros or a tin of
Copenhagen bad enough, he will
have no problem obtaining it.
2. 1 do not think that it i s any
worse for a minor t o smoke or
"dip" than i t i s for an adult.
3. With all the anti-tobacco
campaigns and with parents put-
ting pressure on their children,
minors are just as informed about
the hazards of tobacco as adults
are.
The rationale for this new law,
which i s sponsored by Rep. Ike
Thompson (D-Cleveland), i s to
promote increased awareness on
the hazards of tobacco use. I
think that whether it i s bad for
you or not, this will only encour-
age the use of tobacco among mi-
nors.
"Those who want to smoke
will find a way," according to
Rep. Thompson, so if that is true,
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The Spanish exchange students and teachers, with IH Spanish teacher
Mrs. Linda Van Derbeck, show varying degrees o f enthusiasm for their
visit.
tional market, a tourof Cincinna-
ti's Fire Museum, a tour of the
Proctor and Gamble Plant, a visit
to Dayton's Wright Patterson Mu-
seum, a trip t o the zoo and the
Basilica Planetarium, a visit to
Live Oaks Vocational School, and
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which I t h i n k i t is, what i s the use
of spending the taxpayers' time
and money on a law that will do
no good?
1 would also like to ask Rep.
Thompson and his supporters
what the difference i s for an adult
to smoke or "dip" and for a mi-
nor to do the same. I think that
it i s a personal choice that one
makes, and trying a cigarette or
having a "dip" should certainly be
enough for one not to use tobac-
co.
Now you may ask the ques-
tion, why do some kids smoke or
chew? If one were t o ask me that
question, I would ask him why
adults do the same. The reasons
are obviously not because a per-
son wants to give himlherself can-
cer, but maybe because of pres-
sure or stress.
I am also of the opinion that
telling people what they can and
cannot do is not the correct way
to approach an issue. I think that
even more anti-tobacco cam-
paigns, more encouragement not
to smoke or chew i s the correct
way to go about this issue. Teen-
agers are the most rebellious
members of the population, and
creating more laws and regula-
tions only encourages one t o do
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a trip to the Kentucky Horse
Park. When asked what i s their
favorite excursion, an enthusiastic
"shopping!" is emitted.
The five host students, seniors
Sue Barry and Jenny Aitken and
sophomores Derek Ryan, James
criticized
what he is not supposed to.
However, I do not urge any
person t o go out and begin "dip-
ping" or smoking just because
they do not agree with the law.
Education by Department
Brian Rowe honors
tion, and currently
lndian Hill High School was
recently honored with the "Excel-
lence in Education" award from
the Federal Department of Edu-
cation.
Dr. Gary L. Bauer, repre-
senting the Department of Edu-
cation, visited the high school o n
September 19 and presented the
school formally with a plaque and
congratulatory speech to the
School Board, faculty, and par-
ents.
The occasion at which Bauer
spoke was also "Meet the Teach-
er" night. He cited a "dramatic
increase in the quality of our
schools as a whole" and praised
IH's achievements as important
contributions t o an "overall re-
newed confidence."
Bauer continued that "the
tide of mediocrity has been
quieted by schools such as lndian
Hill."
Bauer i s the third ranking o f -
ficial in the Department of Educa-
February or are considering parti-
cipating in the exchange this year.
Three of the five Spaniards are
here on their second trip to Cin-
cinnati; Moreno, Santos, and Rod-
riguez came last year when the ex-
change with the Vigo school was
new.
The most notorious Spaniard,
known affectionately as "Vic-
+
tor!", has returned with his say-
,. ing from last year, "What a pity,
what a party." (His English vo-
cabulary has grown since then.)
The most exciting event for
the Spaniards this year will be
Homecoming. For the last several
years, the other exchangers have
just missed the "fatal date." "Try
to explain the significance of
Homecoming t o one of them. I
donat even know it myself;
Aitken.
The Homecoming game with
floats and the Saturday night
dance will be new and very Amer-
ican t o them. The Spaniards plan
on attending the dance, with the
luck that someone will ask them.
There are even rumors of crown-
ing Victor Homecoming King.
.
I f you really want to take ac-
tion, write a senator or congress-
man. I think that anyone, no
matter what his age is, should be
able t o make his own decisions on
this issue without the legislation
of a governing body.
serves as IH
De-
puty Undersecretary for planning,
budget, and evaluation. He i s also
currently coordinating the Reagan
Administration's legislative and
budget response to the report of
the National Commission on Ex-
cellence.
Bauer concluded his speech
with an optimistic praise of Amer-
ica i n general, and gave credit to
the current system of schooling
for making strides toward excel-
lence.
High school Principal Dr. Karl
Feltman accepted the plaque
from Bauer and proceeded to
thank those whom he felt were
most responsible for the award.
Feltman equally praised the
community, PTA, administration,
faculty, and students for their ef-
forts in improving lndian Hill
High School. "The Best Becom-
ing Better," a theme Feltman has
used i n the past, summed up his
attitudes and goals for the school
year.

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by Jeff Currier
The Cincinnati Youth Sym-
phony Orchestra has selected
,twelve IH instrumentalists t o
participate in the 1984-85 con-
cert season.
The Youth Symphony Or-
chestra i s a highly select group
of high school musicians from
around the tri-state area and i s
a- division
- .
- of the Pre~aratorv
Department of Cincinnati's
College Conservatory of Music.
It i s sponsored by the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra (CSO).
Auditions are held each Sep-
tember and include excerpts from
standard, unedited CSO repetoire.
The audition selections usually
appear on the concert schedule
for that season.
Selected for the 1984-85
season are: junior Brad Adrien,
student opinion
Wins and losses, overemphasized in sports
by Anne Richards
As I was reading Kevin
Walzer's article in the last issue of
the Chieftain titled "Golf and
tennis-dominating in a sea of
glory ," I came across a statement
that made me stop and think.
(This i s not t o belittle the sucess
that the golf and tennis teams
have experienced-they are hard-
working teams and deserve all
the praise they have gotten.)
The statement read, "Last
year, golf and tennis were a
precious breath of fresh air amidst
a dismal fall sports season. In the
midst of slumps by football and
soccer, as well as poor seasons
from cross-country and field
hockey ..." At first I started to get
defensive, then I realized that I
couldn't even remember field
hockey's record last year. Then,
I Junior Steve Womack scored
letter from SG
Student Government forms committee plans
As the 1984 - 1985 school
year gets into full swing, we are
beginning to put some of our
plans for Student Government in-
to action. A t the retreat, SG
members were assigned to certain
committees, which focus on the
different aspects of the student
government picture.
The ForumIActivity commit-
tee i s concerned with planning the
four forums during the year, as
well as organizing each activity
period. The chairman of this
committee i s Ken Jones.
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oboe; senior Doug Backus, Per-
cussion; sophomore Bill Creedon,
percussion; junior Jeff Currier,
clarinet; senior Bill Haffner, trom-
bone; senior Barbara Hug, cello;
sophomore Stephanie Hug, violin;
sophomore Robert Nichols,
french horn; senior Janet Nic-
olas, viola; freshman Karen
Rhoad, violin; senior Scott Sew-
ard, trumpet; and sophomore
Jeff Tuckey , percussion.
"CYSO has been a great
experience. It has given me a
chance t o play professional music
and to have a good time too,"
said Barbara H U ~ , a five-year
member of CYSO.
The CYSO annually performs
i t s first concert at a local high
school. This year the concert
will be held at I H in early Nov-
ember.
more importantly, I realized that
maybe we have lost sight of the
real reason that we play sports.
With all the hubbub about
"the school of excellence" and so
forth, I have really been feeling
the pressure to succeed academ-
ically. Yet as I sit back and re-
member the times I have been
upset for doing poorly on a test, I
know that those grades make no
difference to me now. And I
remember all the times I have
been bummed out because we lost
a Same or I didn't play well, and
now those times seem so distant.
What I am trying t o say i s that
five years from now, a bad grade
or one less tick in the W column
will not make a hill of beans.
(That's what my dad always says.)
What you will remember i s the
good times You had, the growing
Anna Batsakes heads the Ser-
vice committee, which this year
promises to be one of the busi-
est in student government. Ser-
vice i s responsible for engineer-
ing such activities as the annual
food drive, involvement with the
Free Store, and the Elf Auction
and Elf Day, plus other services t o
the underprivileged and less fortu-
nate.
The Public Relations commit-
tee, led by Ellen Alvord, plays an
important role in keeping open
the pipeline of communication
CYSO members from IH: (1. to I.) Scott Seward, Bill Haffner, Bill
Creedon, Karen Rhoad, Doug Backus, Jeff Currier, Ken Jones (im-
poster), Stephanie Hug, Rob Nichols, Janet Nicolas; not present:
Barbara Hug, Jeff Tuckey, Brad Adrien-
Sher idsn CO-auth0rs French test
, The first and second singles
by Marci Jacobson
Mrs. Mary Sheridan has taken
part in the writing of the Ohio
State Scholastic Achievement
Test for French, levels one and
two. The test i s composed of
and learning you did, and the
lasting friendships that you made
-those are the things that matter.
So let's get out there and give
it our best-if we win, great, it
will give us the satisfaction and
sense of pride we deserve. If we
lose-we1 I, we learned something,
and better luck next time. In
school, study hard, and, even if
you do get a bad grade, what i s
important is whether or not you
learned the material. As Vincent
Price (or someone important like
that) said, "lt's not if you win or
lose, it's how you play the game."
(And I still think that field
hockey had a good season last
year. We won the league-if
...
that's a poor season, well not ev-
eryone can be a state champion.)
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between Student Government and
the Board of Education, PTA
Board, and most importantly, the
student body. This year, the
Public Relations committee will
also be in charge of the newly re-
vived Student Exchange program.
Jeff Gibson i s the chairman of
the Student Affairs Committee,
which deals with maintaining
rights of students as well as at-
tempting t o improve the commu-
nication between students and the
administration. Finally, Bob Tut-
tle heads the Musicfest Com-
October 5,1984
questions on grammar, culture,
vocabulary, and short reading se-
lections. The test is entirely mul-
tiple choice, containing over
80 questions.
Mrs. Sheridan, along with ten
other teachers chosen from the
state of Ohio. worked on this test.
They met three times during the
summer; on October 10, the
group will meet a final time t o
complete the test.
Although she has never taken
part in the writing of this test be-
fore, she has helped write other
tests, such as the National Oral
French Test.
The test she i s currently writ-
ing will be used during the month
of May. Participants will be taken
t o a nearby college during the
school day t o take the test.
I n the past, many students
have taken this test. Last year's
French II team composed of She-
ridan's students, sophomores Mar-
i a n ~ Fernandez, Helen Hwang,
and Michelle Brougher, won the
state championship, with Fernan-
dez placing third in the state as
an individual scorer. Sheridan
hopes t o achieve comparable re-
sults in this year's competition.
mittee.
On October 19, the year's se-
cond Open House has tentatively
been scheduled t o immediately
follow the home football game
with Madeira. Music for the
dance will be provided by the
v o u p , Down Boys, which in-
cludes several I H students.
We in student government are
excited about the upcoming
dance and the activities which
have been planned by the newly
formed committees.
Sincerely,
Jim Gruskin
SG Vice President
October 5. 1984
Netters down undefeated Centerville
by Ellen Alvord
The girls' varsity tennis team,
in a close, pressure-filled district
semifinal match, defeated the
reigning state champions, Center-
ville, on September 25.
Pending a judgement from
officials, the win may qualify
lndian Hill for state team compe-
tition.
The first doubles team of
Neely Mack and Debbie Horton
solidly beat their opponents
6-4, 6-2, while the second
doubles team of Beth Myers
and Sona Tipnis won as well,
6-2, 6-4.
matches, played by Tracy Barton
and Aubrey Abbott, were both
los't at the hands of extremely
tough opponents..
With the team match score
notched at 2-2 after four of
the matches had been com-
pleted, third singles player Mol-
ly Poffenberger was left on the
court down a set, 7-5. Poffen-
berger, however, hung in and
played tough to pull out the set-
Birdie Braves grab second in sectionals
by Brian Rowe
The "Birdie Braves" recently
earned a trip to Dayton for the
district golf tournament by finish-
ing runner-up to McNicholas. The
Braves shot 335, thirteen strokes
off the leaders.
However, the showing was un-
satisfactory t o the Braves, who
were heavily favored t o win the
A A sectional.
Des~ite a steadv 79 from
senior John Bishop, the team
posted a poor score, resulting
from the uncharacteristically high
scores by junior Jeff Yost and
senior Brian Rowe.
However, seniors Mike Theye
and Dave Matusow did come
through with an 85 and an 83, t o
ensure the second place finish.
Ironically, the Braves had
just posted their "best ever" nine
hole score, in beating Loveland at
O'Bannon.
Rowe was medalist with a
sparkling 36, and Yostand Theye
both contributed excellent rounds
of 38 and 39, to extend IH's E H L
record to 7-0. This win is espe-
cially promising because the up-
coming EH L tourney i s t o be held
at O'Bannon on Monday, Octo-
ber 7.
The Braves only obstacle en
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ond set 6-4. From there,
she sailed through the rest of the
match in winning the third set
6-0.
The Squaws' 3-2 win was Cen-
terville's first defeat in their last
34 matches. Coach Cindy Crilley
was extremely pleased with the
way everyone played.
"Last week was a test of how
we play under pressure, and the
players rose t o the occasion," she
commented.
The day before the Centerville
match, I H played another diffi-
cult match against Fairmont,
which they were able t o pull
out 3-2. Other recent matches
proved less strenuous for the
Squaws. Country Day, Marie-
mont, Madeira, Turpin, Deer
Park, and Princeton all fell 5-0,
as the Squaws remain undefeated
with an 18-0 record.
Poffenberger commented, "I
think it's great that we're unde-.
feated; we have a lot of team
spirit and it's a lot of fun."
Last Saturday Indian Hill
hosted the annual state invita-
route to the EH L championship
i s Milford, which shot 322 in their
A A A sectional match.
Last Saturday, the Braves re-
corded an impressive showing at
Weatherwax in gaining runner-up
honors at the Princeton Fall
Classic.
Loveland stuns soccer
by Anna Batsakes
and Peter Batsakes
The varsity soccer Braves were
defeated in the first round of the
EH L tournament by Loveland
4-3, last Saturday.
the only three goals the team had
in the first 22 minutes of the
game. "I was disappointed
with our performance after the
first three goals," said senior
Dave Schneider, "we just didn't
have it together."
On Thursday, September 27,
I H defeated Moeller 3-2. IH
goals were scored by senior
Curtis Ott, Schneider, and junior
Erich Metzger. This game ended
the Braves' regular season play
with a record of 10-2-1.
The Braves defeated the Love-
land Tigers 6-0 on Tuesday,
September 25. Wornack scored
tional for the fourth consecutive
year. Eight of the state's best
teems, including Centerville,
Worthington, Upper Arlington,
and Wyoming, each brought a
singles player and a doubles team.
With Barton in singles and Abbott
and Horton in doubles, IH placed
third in both competitions.
Tirey establishes
I
by Joy Rowe
For the first time ever there
will be an Ohio Girls Coaches
State Invitational Golf Tourna-
ment. The tournament was start-
ed by lndian Hill coach, Marc Ti-
rey, and the Centerville coach.
These coaches finally realized
the need for a state-wide tourna-
ment for girls. This year's invita-
tional i s not sponsored by the
state, but the hope i s t o get the
state t o understand that there are
enough teams t o hold a tourna-
ment.
" l t ' s a 'Catch-22' situation,"
remarked Tirey. "The state is
Matusow unleashed a 78 in
that tourney, and Yost fired a 76
t o pace the Braves t o a 319 score,
a number that the Braves could
win the district tourney with next
Thursday.
To win the districts, the
Braves will need a low round from
three of the six goals while
seniors Brad McCurdy and Schnei-
der and junior Metzger scored the
other three. Sophomore goalie
Ian Meyer made eight saves.
On Thursday September 20,
IH beat Madeira 6-3. Three I H
goals were scored by Womack.
The other three goals were scored
by Metzger, Ott, and junior
Matt Mueller. The Braves also
defeated Mariemont 3-1 on Sept-
ember 19. Metzger scored all
three goals for IH.
"I think if we play the way we
have been in the past," said
Schneider, "we should do really
well in the rest of the league
tournament. Erich Metzger and
Steve Womack have been putting
on a show lately."
. The Braves' only concern i s
that a few of the soccer players
have not been able t o play due
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Right now the team is think-
ing mainly about the in&vidual
state tournament. Last year, IH
sent five players t o state, a rare
accomplishment.
The opening round, districts,
began yesterday and will con-
clude today. The players who
advance to sectionals will play
next Thursday, Friday, and Satu-
day.
tournament
saying that the reasou there isn't
a tournament presently is because
of lack of interest in girls' golf."
Unfortunately, because of the
low budget, only the top 10
teams in Ohio will be able t o par-
ticipate. Possibly by next season,
all girls' teams will be able to
compete at Sectional, District,
and State levels, similar t o the
boys' teams.
The tournament will be held
at the Jack Nicklaus Sports Cen-
ter Regulation Course in Cin-
cinnati. I t will be one eighteen-
hole round on October 19.
Bishop, who has slacked off
somewhat recently, and solid
rounds from the four other play-
ers.
Coach Bob West still feels that
a state championship is very possi-
ble, and a good showing in the
districts i s the second step in that
direction.
EHL tournament
t o a new regulation by the ath-
letic department; fall sports
players are suspended from
playing if they have a failing
grade.
"lt's really tough to play
with different people in different
positions," said Schneider.
"This late in the season a player
i s used to playing with the same
guys, but if they're pulled out
because of a flunking grade
and a different player i s put in
it seems a little strange."
However, the team is still
very optimisitic about the post-
season play in the A A sectional
and district tournaments.
Observes senior Brian Rowe,
"From what I have seen of the
team, I feel they have an ex-
cellent chance of advancing in
sectional play."

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puzzle.
Cook takes time out from puzzles for paradoxes
by David Cook
In my column from last issue,
I posed a question which seems to
have been more difficult than I
had intended. Mark Ensley, Mari-
ano Fernandez, and Mr. Wessinger
all proposed reasonably correct
solutions to the problem.
If you will remember, I found
the area of triangle ABC to be
.04, but when adding the areas of
the three sections of the triangle,
I came up with -039. The reason
for this was that I incorrectly as-
sumed that the line rising from
,005 on the x-axis was an altitude
of the lower triangle and rectan-
gle, while in fact, i t comes off of
the axis at an angle of 89.9998
degrees (picky, huh?).
This issue, I would like to
move to a completely unrelated
topic, that of paradoxes. The
common conception of a paradox
i s something that seems false but
is actually true or something that
seems contradictory but i s actual-
ly meaningful.
A totally distinct definition
often used by logicians i s that a
paradox i s something which can
be neither true nor false without
contradiction. A famous example
i s the statement of Epimenides
the Cretan: "All Cretans are
liars."
I f we take this statement at
face value, then Epimenides, a
Cretan, i s a liar, and his claim
must be a lie. Therefore, Cretans
are not liars, so Epimenides was
not lying. But if he was not ly-
ing he was telling the truth, and
all Cretans are liars; therefore, he
i s lying; therefore, he is telling the
truth; therefore, he i s lying, etc.
No matter whether we take
this statement to be true or false,
we must conclude that the oppo-
coming events
Prince's reign continues in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Gardens
Jefferson Starship - October 10,
8:00 p.m.- Go ask Alice.
Scandal with Jon Waite - October
23,8:00 p.m. - Can't waite.
Billy Squier - November 3, 8:00
p.m. - A tight-jeaned generic.
Hall and Oates - November 9,
8:00 p.m. - Adult education
comes to Cincinnati.
Riverfront Coleseum
Prince - December ? - The antici-
pat ion builds ...
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site conclusion is correct; the sen-
tence can thus be neither true nor
false (This does, however, depend
on how we define liar and how we
interpret the statement.).
A simplified form of this para-
dox is the sentence, "This sen-
tence i s false." Think about it-if
it i s true, it i s false, and if i t i s
false, then it i s not false, so i t
must be true.
This logic literally goes on for-
ever. If this sentence were sym-
bolically fed into a computer, the
computer would enter an infinite
series of switches from true to
false and so on (I remember read-
ing that this was actually done
once, but 1 cannot recollect where
or when.).
You are probably thinking
that this has no practical applica-
tion and you will never come
across it in everyday life. Well,
you are probably right, but i t just
so happens that, unknown to me
at the time, I was once in the ha-
bit of employing a paradox simi-
lar t o those I have just discussed.
When I was very young and
immature (at least two years ago),
I would approach mV brother or
some other innocent, small child
and bet him that I could ask a
simple question which he would
not be able to answer.
The foolish victim having
agreed, I would slyly recite the
following: "Will your answer to
my question be no?" My flabber-
gasted sibling soon realized that
whether he responded with a yes
or a no, his answer would be in-
correct (There i s a loophole, how-
ever, which I later discovered-
one can avoid the paradox by us-
ing such phrases as "maybe" or
"definitely not").
A slightly more complicated
.
U.D. Arena
Rush - October 6, 8:00 p.m.
Geddy Lee: Hemingway's code
hero.
Crosby, Stills, and Nash - October
26, 8:00, p.m. - Crosby's out of
the pen and back on the road.
Market Square
Sammy Hagar - October 17, 8:00
P.m. - The King of Leather and
Lips returns.
instance of the paradox I have
been discussing involves the terms
"self-referent" and "non-self-rafe-
rent." A word is self-referent i f
the meaning of the word can be
applied to the word itself.
For instance, "short" is self-
referent because "short" is a
short word; "definable" i s self-
referent, because i t is a definable
word; and, in this case, "black"
i s self-referent, because unless we
decide to print this issue in a dif-
ferent color, "black" is currentlv
a black word.
All words that do not apply to
themselves, such as "long" or
"blue," are called nonself-refe-
rent. The paradox arises when we
try to classify the word "non-self-
referent.''
I s i t self-referent? If so, i;
must apply to itself; that is, "non-
self-referent" is a non self-referent
word. But if it is, then by defin-
ition i t does not apply t o itself;
that is, "non-self-referent" is not
a non-self-referent word. There-
fore, placing "non-self-referent"
in either of our two categories re-
sults in a contradiction.
Mickey retreats to water and cranks up tunes
MICKEY, from p. 7 ciates good jazz and classical mu-
side cabin in Rushville, New
York. While there, she enjoys the
lake to its fullest- waterskiing,
windsurfing, and sailing her heart
out. "I love going there. I love
anything that has to do with
water."
"It's so peaceful- it's a good
place to sit and think. I t helps me
keep things in perspective."
For further diversion, Mick
likes to "crank up some tunes."
Her wide range of musical tastes
allows her to enjoy many groups-
Yes, ZZ Top, Prince, and The
Time, among othera. .Of the last
two, she states, "I like funk,
."
'cause it's nasty She also appre-
Shaer would trade leaky roof for Coturnbian
I
SHAER, from p. 6 claims, "Now that I'm working,
preclate what you've got because
you can compare."
Even though she is far from
home and has adapted to the
"American way ," she still keeps
in touch with her family in Co-
lombia and likes to keep the "La-
tin American tradition" in her
own family.
"I like us to be close. We do
things together." The weekend
usually sends the family on some
sort of outing, but Shaer jokingly
October 5,1984
The paradoxes t have elabora-
ted on here are only a small sam-
pling of the many that have been
put forth. If you are interested
in reading more, I suggest the
book Aha! Gotcha by Martin
Gardner.
Just to wrap up, C.would like
to pose another problem for those
of you who are avid mathemati-
cians (who, I am sure, are the on-
ly ones who have read this far).
This was taken from the United
States of America Math Olympi-
ad, a fivequestion test given to
the 90 best high school math stu-
dents in the country (no, I was
not one of them).
The problem is the following:
The product of two of the
roots of the quartic equation
is -32. Find k.
For "extra credit," you may
also want to find what the four
roots of this equation are. The
solvers, if any, will be listed in the
next issue.
sic.
Looking forward t o the fu-
ture, Mickey quips, "Who knows
where 1'11 be ten years from
now?" She does have some ideas,
though. She hopes t o pursue a
degree at Cornell University,
possibly steering towards a career
in veterinary medicine, or a career
in, what else, hotel management.
So don't be surprised if one
day you walk into the Westin or
the Netherland Hilton, and the
smiling face of Mickey greets you
at the door saying, "Welcome to
my hotel. I hope you enjoy your
stay."
hills
- - - -
we clean the house."
The favorite activity is camp-
ing. "You are just with nature;
you don't have t o worry about
t.v. programs or anything."
Mrs. Shaer's love of travel il-
lustrates her ability t o adapt to
new people and. situations. With
such a ereat attitude. she should
be very >uccessful at .lndian Hill,
hopefully enjoying herself, de-
spite a leaky roof.
October 5,1984
disc review
Long dormant Rush springs to life with 'Grace'
by Peter Wilke
For nine long months, Cana-
da's spirit of radio, Rush, has lain
dormant within the passages of
their Northwoods camp.
Since August of 1983, a heat-
ed internal struggle to find a pro-
ducer to replace Terry Brown has
kept Rush out of the limelight.
Now that things have stabilized,
and Peter Henderson has settled
in as their new producer, Rush i s
working their way up the charts
with their latest release, Grace
Under Pressure.
Work on this LP began last
August, but did not hit the
shelves until April, nine months
later. This is the longest time that
Rush has ever spent incubating a
new album. From these long
months of work hatched Grace
Under Pressure, a timely rnaster-
piece.
Since the release of Signals
(1982), new Rush material has
been marked with the sound of
keyboards, synthesizers, and far-
out lyrics. The keyboards and
synthesizers do leave their im-
pression on the new album, but
much has changed as far as Lite
son's guitaring and Neil Peart's
lyrics.
NCTE, from p. 1
ples last spring.
Out of 35,000 applicants, only
850 students received the NCTE
Award. Cook and Monach were
thus placed in the top 2% of high
school writers in America, "Even
The National Merit Corporation has released the narres of the 1984-
85 Commended Students. They are: (back, 1. to r.) Joel Ruff, Eli-
zabeth Gorman, Mickey Karnfjord, David Steward, Brian Rowe;
CHIEFTAIN
The guitaring inGrace Under
Pressure is more aggressive in con-
trast to Signals, where the gui-
tar suffered, and was lower and
smaller in comparison to the rest
of the mix. This "aggressive"
sound reflects earlier Rush, where
Lifeson's guitar was dominant.
On Grace, Neil Peart proves
once again that he i s perhaps one
of the best rock percussionists in
the business today. As for Geddy
Lee, the group's bass player, a
sufficient but somewhat disap-
pointing performance character-
izes his work on the new album.
The album opens up with the
explosive "Distant Early Warn-
ing," which seems to be the focal
point of the group's work. This
song is flawless. It then leads into
"Afterimage," a slightly depress-
ing song about a friend killed in
an auto accident.
"Red Sector A" follows, de-
scribing life in a concentration
camp. I t is borderline monoto-
nous, and i s perhaps the weakest
song on the album, although i t
does get i t s point across.
"The Enemy Within" contin-
ues the fast-paced set as part one
of a fear trilogy by Peart, includ-
ing two songs from earlier al-
college math departments feel
that a strong English background
i s important," said Cook, who
wishes to major in mathematics
at MIT.
The nominees were required
photo by T o m Taylor
bums: "Witch Hunt," f r 0 m M 0 ~ -
ing Pictures (19811, and "The
Weapon," from Signals. This i s a
very well-written tune and shows
off much of the band's talent.
The second side begins with
"The
tune based
Bodyon Electric,"
Peart's unique
another
and
incredible style of drumming.
"Kid Gloves" follows, an en-
ergetic number about bearing the
stress and pressures of being i n a
band.
Then comes the most unique
song of all, "Red Lenses." This
song reveals a side of Rush never
to send in a prepared essay and a
timed extemporaneous essay t o
NCTE. Monach wrote about Er-
nest Hemingway's novel The Old
Man and the Sea for his prepared
essay. Cook also chose to write
about a Hemingway novel; his
prepared essay discussed The Sun
Also Rises.
Both Cook and Monach were
required to write their timed es-
say on the American Dream. "It
was a relief getting the American
Dream as a topic," said Monach.
"Junior English focuses on Amer-
news shorts
Continuing Education courses
will be offered to students after
school beginning October 31.
They will continue for two hours
a week until winter break.
Astronomy, Introduction to
Classical Greek, Future Problem
Solving, Study Skills for College-
Bound Students, and Aerobics
will definitely be offered-a Ger-
man class i s scheduled tentatively.
Registration forms will be
available to students by October
Page 5
seen before. It includes many
boggling licks by Peart, in addi-
tion to weird and commanding
keyboards and diverse lyrics.
"Between The Wheels" is the
last of the set, and in this perfec-
tion we see the angry side of
Rush, made obvious through the
lyrics.
Overall, this is an album that
should be included in any serious
collection, and may be some of
Rush's finest work to date.
Grace Under Pressure shows
yet more facets that the band
has t o offer.
ican literature and how it reflects
the NCTE
Americanis an
Dream."
organization that
includes members from all differ-
ent levels of instruction. I t exists
in order to improve the effective-
ness of English teachers.
NCTE grants the Awards in an
effort to recognize outstanding
high school writers. The recipi-
ents' names and addresses are sent
to over 3000 universities across
the nation. The winners are also
given a letter of recommendation
for college admission.
8. Bus transportation will be pro-
vided for those students taking
the courses.
*****
Key Club will be sponsoring a
tour of the Over-the-Rhine area
tomorrow. Any interested stud-
ents are welcome to come. Car-
pools t o Over-the-Rhine will be
leaving the school parking lot at
9:30 a.m. Any questions--call
Anna Batsakes at 561-0699 or
Kelly Martin at 984-0614.

Page 6
teacher feature - turned out to be pnysically ex-
Trilingual Shaer enloys world travei
by Elizabeth Gorman
Mrs. Graciela Shaer, a new
language teacher a t Indian Hill
has seen much more of our world
than most of us could ever hope
to see. Travel enthusiast, Mrs.
Shaer states, "I love everywhere I
go."
Originally from Colombia, she
came to the United States in 1968
on the Cordell Hall Fellowship.
The idea was for Mrs. Shaer to
learn our "culture and customs
and to teach Americans about
Colombia."
The exchange placed Mrs.
Shaer in the small town of Ponto-
tac, Mississippi. Luckily, the uni-
versity was only a short distance
away and Mrs. Shaer began to
study for her masters in French
and Spanish at night school. And
even luckier for her, it was here
that she met her husband Elias.
Her new marriage changed
her plans drastically. After two
years on the fellowship "you are
supposed to go back to your
country of origin, but since I got
married, I didn't."
Instead the couple moved to
Philadelphia after her husband
completed his masters. They
started a family with the birth of
their son John and later, daughter
Anna Maria.
movie review
'September' proves worthwhile
by Janet Nicolas
Until September i s a movie of
broken hearts and broken lives.
Filmed i n Paris, France, the film
fits the mold of a Harlequin 10-
mance. But for the romantic
moviegoer, Until September i s
more than a show, i t is an exper-
ience.
Karen Allen plays Mo Alexan-
der, a spunky, mid-western h e r -
ican woman who has just missed
her flight from Paris with her tour
group. Unable to arrange another
flight until the next week, she
goes to stay with an old college
buddy who lives nearby.
When she arrives at her
friend's apartment, she finds that
no one is home. Flustered and
confused, she sits down and pon-
ders what she should do. She
soon meets up with Xavier de
LaPeroux, played by Frenchman
Thierry Lhermitte, who takes the
distraught American under his
wmg. He also asks her out to
CHIEFTAIN
After a brief stay in Phila-
delphia, the couple returned again
to Mississippi where she comple-
ted her masters.
She then became a "One Wo-
man Spanish Department." She
was hired by Blue Mountain
College to teach every level of
Spanish offered.
Two years later, her husband
was offered a job in Cincinnati,
after completing his Ph.D. The
Shaers ended up in the Queen Ci-
Travel enthusiast her settles down at IH.'
-. - ..
dinner.
I n i t i d y , Xavier appears every
b i t the gentleman, but this illu-
sion is soon shattered when he
makes a pass at Mo. After refu-
sing his advances, Mo listens i n
disbelief as Xavier angrily yells at
her for excepting his dinner date
without expecting to spend the
night. He also discloses that he
i s married, further clouding the
situation.
The rest of the plot is very
basic: Xavier and Mo fall i n love,
and he asks her to stay "until Sep-
tember." Their relationship be-
gins to dwindle, however, when
Mo realizes that she i s only one of
Xavier's many mistresses. She de-
cides to leave him when his wife
returns from her vacation.
Xavier soon realizes that he
does not love his wife, but that
he loves Mo. In the final chase
scene, Xavim catches Mo at the
airport and dcclares his love.
The movie has several faults.
t y and characteristically are very
happy here. "I love Cincinnati;
.
it's clean and safe. .a good place
to raise a family."
Her only complaint is the wea-
ther, which is understandable
when one sees the leaks .in her
classroom when it storms.
Her first job here was with the
Cincinnati Schools' bilingual pro-
gram. Children were taught a se-
cond language starting in kinder-
garten. The young children
photo by T o m Taylor
I t could easily be labeled as a bor-
ing love story, because of the
movie's thoughtless dialogue. I n
addition, although Karen Allen i s
supposedly a "step up" from her
performance i n Raiders of the
Lost Ark, her acting is not espe-
cially spectacular.
While Thierry Lhermitte was
-well chosen to play the part o f
the upper-class Frenchman, the
character he portrays could have
been developed further.
Xavier de LaPeroux, as Lher-
mitte acted the part, was rude and
unfeeling throughout most o f the
movie, yet he changes drastically
at the end, becoming a caring and
loving man. The audience is left
at a loss as to why he has
changed, because his thoughts and
October 5,1984
hausting: "YOU have to play and
be a clown," in addition to teach-
ing, very slowly. "I prefer to
teach adults or younq adults."
So after two years away from
teaching, Shaer ended up at Indi-
an Hill, where she teaches French
in the Middle School and Spanish
I and II in the High School. Aside
from her leakv ceiling, she claims
to "love it here."
Having grown up in the Andes
mountains, where it is "71 de-
grees year round, very pretty with
lots of flowers,'' Shaer often gets
homesick for her native terrain.
"I have t o go t o the Smokey
Mountains every so often t o re-
juvenate myself."
Her love for travel has sent
her to 26 states, her favorite be-
ing Colorado, because "it's gor-
geous. The scenery is different,
and the sky is so blue; the air is
clean."
Last summer her travels took
her to Rome and the Middle
East. She was especially im-
pressed by the Italians' "carefree"
attitude. When she travels, she
enjoys "meeting new people and
talking to them."
Shaer feels most people enjoy
travel because "you want t o see
something different from what
you've got. That's how you ap-
see SHAER p. 8
emotions are rarely revealed. The
same criticism may be aimed at
Allen, except t o a lesser extent.
Until September can be criti-
cized for many reasons, but it
also has some better features.
The two characters are believable
only i n the sense that one wants
to believe that the relationship
could happen. After all, the
theme revolves around the adage
that, "Only once in your life w i l l
you meet that one person who
will change your life forever."
Fortunately, scattered throught-
out the film are bits and pieces o f
humor that add much needed
comic relief.
The f i l m does not boast a
complex plot, but it doesn't need
to. Until September exp rplores
human emotions, namely love;
. ~ itd is n o t meant to be the ac-
tion-packed adventure or enter-
taining comedy that many films
are. If you are willing to accept
the faults and experience the
movie for what it is, an emotional
romance, then you will enjoy this
worthwhile change o f pace.
October 5,1984
senior sketch
~achiavellianEric delights in absurd
by James M. Gruskin
'Why be serious?" asks Eric
Leugers. "It doesn't get you any-
where." Those words, perhaps
more than any others, are typical
of Eric, a uniquely witty person
who delights in the sarcastic, as
well as the bizarre. It is not unu-
sual to find Eric letting his crea-
tivity and welldeveloped sense of
humor run rampant.
Eric has expressed his affinity
for the absurd in a work, "Non-
Sequitur, " which he, and most
who have read it, terms "a veri-
table classic."
Several Leugersian proverbs
effectively satirize a world of
carefully formulated thought, and
defy logic by focusing on the
meaningless. One such statement,
"Rabbits to the left, beetles to
the right, Mohammed slipped on
some pork and beans," has al-
most no redeeming qualities, as
Eric intended.
Eric's interests, however,
stretch far beyond the bizarre. As
an avid cyclist, Eric can often be
found along the roads of Indian
Hill on his high-performance Peu-
geot twelve-speed.
In fact, Eric admits that "cy-
senior sketch
Fun-loving Valkyrie just waiting to hop out
by Tracy Megison
Most of us think we know
Mickey Kamfjord. American
through-and-through, right? Tall,
intelligent, with rosy cheeks-
everything Mom could want.
right? Wrong.
Lurking beneath that deceiv-
ingly American facade i s a fun-
loving Norwegian valkyrie just
waiting to hop out. So what does
a valkyrie do for fun?
For one thing, she appeases
her appetite for adventure by
overseas travel. Mickey has visit-
ed Norway, the land of the fjords,
several times over the years, keep-
ing in touch with all members of
the Kamfjord clan.
She also participated in the
Spanish Exchange her sophomore
year. Her adventures in Gandia,
which Mickey describes as "a
really good experience," left her
with "a sense of independence
that you just can't get anywhere
else. When you're in Europe, you
have to be self-reliant. To live in
another culture i s a really differ-
ent experience. I think even1-
CHIEFTAIN
-
cling is my life, while I'm on my
bicycle," and believes that "every-
one should strive t o have an aero-
dynamic bike."
Although Eric has lived in Cin-
cinnati for his entire life, he has
always been able t o look forward
to spending the summer at his
family's cottage in Leland, Michi-
gan, on the peninsula connecting
Lake Lelanau with Lake Michi-
gan.
While there, he takes time to
perform such tedious chores as
waterskiing, sailing, and, of
course, cycling. In Michigan,
Eric's bike assumes a role of in-
creased importance. He depends
on the Peugeot to take him over
twenty miles a day, ten miles of
which are the distance Eric faith-
fully rides to work at the River-
side Inn each day. And why
shouldn't he? In just three short
summers, he has climbed the lad-
der of success from dishwasher to
busboy to his present status as a
cook.
The Riverside Inn is not the
only place where Eric maintains a
busv schedule. He has soent-
-a
Years on both the Legend staff
and Student Government. Eric
one should go."
On the academic side of life,
Mickey enjoys her involvement
in her studies and in the champ-
ionship IH Band.
Mickey considers her parti-
cipation in Band her best ex-
:\
7FK4(
:'(
Mickey practices her veterinary techrlique on the family lion.
tends to spend his spare t i m e
quietly by dabbling in watercolor
painting and creative writing.
So what lies ahead for a self-
proclaimed Machiavellian and the
"sole member of the modern
Bull-Moose party"? "I plan t o
continue," Eric says dryly.
Before taking off on his daily trek, Eric conscientiously prepares for
his next English assignment.
perience in high school. "You
get to meet a lot of differ !nt
people. We work really hard, but
it pays off in the end- 'cause we
win a lot, too."
As a mallet player in the no-
toriously wild Drum Section,
* 3 " ;
%
t.
.
photo by Scott Blanchard
Page 7
.. - - - --
attend either Cornell or Lahigh,
.-
where he plans to study engineer-
ing "or basketweaving." In anti-
cipation of my next question,
Eric adds, "My post-college plans
are as follows: employment."
Wherever Eric goes in the
coming years, one thing is for cer-
tain: his sense of humor, and yes,
maybe even his bike, won't be far
behind.
photo by Torn Taylor
Mickey feels that the great out-
pouring of time, sweat, and ener-
gy i s definitely worth it. "When
the Band wins a competition, the
feeling is in-gredible. It's such a1
za, and the whole Band feels it."
Turnina to Mickev's
- other ac-
--
3 - - -
tivities, she is currently an Organi-
zations Editor for Legend. Of her
new position, Mickey simply
states,"ltls fun."
In addition to this time-con-
suming extracurricular, Mickey
holds down a job at the Holiday
Inn in Sharonville. She enjoys her
job admitting,"You get a whole
different perspective of the peo-
ple behind the counter."
As far as bizarre experiences
go, Mickey has certainly had her
share at "The Inn." She recalls
with a gleam in her eye, "You
really meet lots of interesting
people. Like there was this
Black Lesbian Convention once....
oh, never mind."
In order to escape the hustle
and bustle of her daily life, Mick-
ey retreats to her family's lake-
see MICKEY, p. 8

Page 6
teacher feature - turned out to be pnysically ex-
Trilingual Shaer enloys world travei
by Elizabeth Gorman
Mrs. Graciela Shaer, a new
language teacher a t Indian Hill
has seen much more of our world
than most of us could ever hope
to see. Travel enthusiast, Mrs.
Shaer states, "I love everywhere I
go."
Originally from Colombia, she
came to the United States in 1968
on the Cordell Hall Fellowship.
The idea was for Mrs. Shaer to
learn our "culture and customs
and to teach Americans about
Colombia."
The exchange placed Mrs.
Shaer in the small town of Ponto-
tac, Mississippi. Luckily, the uni-
versity was only a short distance
away and Mrs. Shaer began to
study for her masters in French
and Spanish at night school. And
even luckier for her, it was here
that she met her husband Elias.
Her new marriage changed
her plans drastically. After two
years on the fellowship "you are
supposed to go back to your
country of origin, but since I got
married, I didn't."
Instead the couple moved to
Philadelphia after her husband
completed his masters. They
started a family with the birth of
their son John and later, daughter
Anna Maria.
movie review
'September' proves worthwhile
by Janet Nicolas
Until September i s a movie of
broken hearts and broken lives.
Filmed i n Paris, France, the film
fits the mold of a Harlequin 10-
mance. But for the romantic
moviegoer, Until September i s
more than a show, i t is an exper-
ience.
Karen Allen plays Mo Alexan-
der, a spunky, mid-western h e r -
ican woman who has just missed
her flight from Paris with her tour
group. Unable to arrange another
flight until the next week, she
goes to stay with an old college
buddy who lives nearby.
When she arrives at her
friend's apartment, she finds that
no one is home. Flustered and
confused, she sits down and pon-
ders what she should do. She
soon meets up with Xavier de
LaPeroux, played by Frenchman
Thierry Lhermitte, who takes the
distraught American under his
wmg. He also asks her out to
CHIEFTAIN
After a brief stay in Phila-
delphia, the couple returned again
to Mississippi where she comple-
ted her masters.
She then became a "One Wo-
man Spanish Department." She
was hired by Blue Mountain
College to teach every level of
Spanish offered.
Two years later, her husband
was offered a job in Cincinnati,
after completing his Ph.D. The
Shaers ended up in the Queen Ci-
Travel enthusiast her settles down at IH.'
-. - ..
dinner.
I n i t i d y , Xavier appears every
b i t the gentleman, but this illu-
sion is soon shattered when he
makes a pass at Mo. After refu-
sing his advances, Mo listens i n
disbelief as Xavier angrily yells at
her for excepting his dinner date
without expecting to spend the
night. He also discloses that he
i s married, further clouding the
situation.
The rest of the plot is very
basic: Xavier and Mo fall i n love,
and he asks her to stay "until Sep-
tember." Their relationship be-
gins to dwindle, however, when
Mo realizes that she i s only one of
Xavier's many mistresses. She de-
cides to leave him when his wife
returns from her vacation.
Xavier soon realizes that he
does not love his wife, but that
he loves Mo. In the final chase
scene, Xavim catches Mo at the
airport and dcclares his love.
The movie has several faults.
t y and characteristically are very
happy here. "I love Cincinnati;
.
it's clean and safe. .a good place
to raise a family."
Her only complaint is the wea-
ther, which is understandable
when one sees the leaks .in her
classroom when it storms.
Her first job here was with the
Cincinnati Schools' bilingual pro-
gram. Children were taught a se-
cond language starting in kinder-
garten. The young children
photo by T o m Taylor
I t could easily be labeled as a bor-
ing love story, because of the
movie's thoughtless dialogue. I n
addition, although Karen Allen i s
supposedly a "step up" from her
performance i n Raiders of the
Lost Ark, her acting is not espe-
cially spectacular.
While Thierry Lhermitte was
-well chosen to play the part o f
the upper-class Frenchman, the
character he portrays could have
been developed further.
Xavier de LaPeroux, as Lher-
mitte acted the part, was rude and
unfeeling throughout most o f the
movie, yet he changes drastically
at the end, becoming a caring and
loving man. The audience is left
at a loss as to why he has
changed, because his thoughts and
October 5,1984
hausting: "YOU have to play and
be a clown," in addition to teach-
ing, very slowly. "I prefer to
teach adults or younq adults."
So after two years away from
teaching, Shaer ended up at Indi-
an Hill, where she teaches French
in the Middle School and Spanish
I and II in the High School. Aside
from her leakv ceiling, she claims
to "love it here."
Having grown up in the Andes
mountains, where it is "71 de-
grees year round, very pretty with
lots of flowers,'' Shaer often gets
homesick for her native terrain.
"I have t o go t o the Smokey
Mountains every so often t o re-
juvenate myself."
Her love for travel has sent
her to 26 states, her favorite be-
ing Colorado, because "it's gor-
geous. The scenery is different,
and the sky is so blue; the air is
clean."
Last summer her travels took
her to Rome and the Middle
East. She was especially im-
pressed by the Italians' "carefree"
attitude. When she travels, she
enjoys "meeting new people and
talking to them."
Shaer feels most people enjoy
travel because "you want t o see
something different from what
you've got. That's how you ap-
see SHAER p. 8
emotions are rarely revealed. The
same criticism may be aimed at
Allen, except t o a lesser extent.
Until September can be criti-
cized for many reasons, but it
also has some better features.
The two characters are believable
only i n the sense that one wants
to believe that the relationship
could happen. After all, the
theme revolves around the adage
that, "Only once in your life w i l l
you meet that one person who
will change your life forever."
Fortunately, scattered throught-
out the film are bits and pieces o f
humor that add much needed
comic relief.
The f i l m does not boast a
complex plot, but it doesn't need
to. Until September exp rplores
human emotions, namely love;
. ~ itd is n o t meant to be the ac-
tion-packed adventure or enter-
taining comedy that many films
are. If you are willing to accept
the faults and experience the
movie for what it is, an emotional
romance, then you will enjoy this
worthwhile change o f pace.
October 5,1984
senior sketch
~achiavellianEric delights in absurd
by James M. Gruskin
'Why be serious?" asks Eric
Leugers. "It doesn't get you any-
where." Those words, perhaps
more than any others, are typical
of Eric, a uniquely witty person
who delights in the sarcastic, as
well as the bizarre. It is not unu-
sual to find Eric letting his crea-
tivity and welldeveloped sense of
humor run rampant.
Eric has expressed his affinity
for the absurd in a work, "Non-
Sequitur, " which he, and most
who have read it, terms "a veri-
table classic."
Several Leugersian proverbs
effectively satirize a world of
carefully formulated thought, and
defy logic by focusing on the
meaningless. One such statement,
"Rabbits to the left, beetles to
the right, Mohammed slipped on
some pork and beans," has al-
most no redeeming qualities, as
Eric intended.
Eric's interests, however,
stretch far beyond the bizarre. As
an avid cyclist, Eric can often be
found along the roads of Indian
Hill on his high-performance Peu-
geot twelve-speed.
In fact, Eric admits that "cy-
senior sketch
Fun-loving Valkyrie just waiting to hop out
by Tracy Megison
Most of us think we know
Mickey Kamfjord. American
through-and-through, right? Tall,
intelligent, with rosy cheeks-
everything Mom could want.
right? Wrong.
Lurking beneath that deceiv-
ingly American facade i s a fun-
loving Norwegian valkyrie just
waiting to hop out. So what does
a valkyrie do for fun?
For one thing, she appeases
her appetite for adventure by
overseas travel. Mickey has visit-
ed Norway, the land of the fjords,
several times over the years, keep-
ing in touch with all members of
the Kamfjord clan.
She also participated in the
Spanish Exchange her sophomore
year. Her adventures in Gandia,
which Mickey describes as "a
really good experience," left her
with "a sense of independence
that you just can't get anywhere
else. When you're in Europe, you
have to be self-reliant. To live in
another culture i s a really differ-
ent experience. I think even1-
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-
cling is my life, while I'm on my
bicycle," and believes that "every-
one should strive t o have an aero-
dynamic bike."
Although Eric has lived in Cin-
cinnati for his entire life, he has
always been able t o look forward
to spending the summer at his
family's cottage in Leland, Michi-
gan, on the peninsula connecting
Lake Lelanau with Lake Michi-
gan.
While there, he takes time to
perform such tedious chores as
waterskiing, sailing, and, of
course, cycling. In Michigan,
Eric's bike assumes a role of in-
creased importance. He depends
on the Peugeot to take him over
twenty miles a day, ten miles of
which are the distance Eric faith-
fully rides to work at the River-
side Inn each day. And why
shouldn't he? In just three short
summers, he has climbed the lad-
der of success from dishwasher to
busboy to his present status as a
cook.
The Riverside Inn is not the
only place where Eric maintains a
busv schedule. He has soent-
-a
Years on both the Legend staff
and Student Government. Eric
one should go."
On the academic side of life,
Mickey enjoys her involvement
in her studies and in the champ-
ionship IH Band.
Mickey considers her parti-
cipation in Band her best ex-
:\
7FK4(
:'(
Mickey practices her veterinary techrlique on the family lion.
tends to spend his spare t i m e
quietly by dabbling in watercolor
painting and creative writing.
So what lies ahead for a self-
proclaimed Machiavellian and the
"sole member of the modern
Bull-Moose party"? "I plan t o
continue," Eric says dryly.
Before taking off on his daily trek, Eric conscientiously prepares for
his next English assignment.
perience in high school. "You
get to meet a lot of differ !nt
people. We work really hard, but
it pays off in the end- 'cause we
win a lot, too."
As a mallet player in the no-
toriously wild Drum Section,
* 3 " ;
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t.
.
photo by Scott Blanchard
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attend either Cornell or Lahigh,
.-
where he plans to study engineer-
ing "or basketweaving." In anti-
cipation of my next question,
Eric adds, "My post-college plans
are as follows: employment."
Wherever Eric goes in the
coming years, one thing is for cer-
tain: his sense of humor, and yes,
maybe even his bike, won't be far
behind.
photo by Torn Taylor
Mickey feels that the great out-
pouring of time, sweat, and ener-
gy i s definitely worth it. "When
the Band wins a competition, the
feeling is in-gredible. It's such a1
za, and the whole Band feels it."
Turnina to Mickev's
- other ac-
--
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tivities, she is currently an Organi-
zations Editor for Legend. Of her
new position, Mickey simply
states,"ltls fun."
In addition to this time-con-
suming extracurricular, Mickey
holds down a job at the Holiday
Inn in Sharonville. She enjoys her
job admitting,"You get a whole
different perspective of the peo-
ple behind the counter."
As far as bizarre experiences
go, Mickey has certainly had her
share at "The Inn." She recalls
with a gleam in her eye, "You
really meet lots of interesting
people. Like there was this
Black Lesbian Convention once....
oh, never mind."
In order to escape the hustle
and bustle of her daily life, Mick-
ey retreats to her family's lake-
see MICKEY, p. 8

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puzzle.
Cook takes time out from puzzles for paradoxes
by David Cook
In my column from last issue,
I posed a question which seems to
have been more difficult than I
had intended. Mark Ensley, Mari-
ano Fernandez, and Mr. Wessinger
all proposed reasonably correct
solutions to the problem.
If you will remember, I found
the area of triangle ABC to be
.04, but when adding the areas of
the three sections of the triangle,
I came up with -039. The reason
for this was that I incorrectly as-
sumed that the line rising from
,005 on the x-axis was an altitude
of the lower triangle and rectan-
gle, while in fact, i t comes off of
the axis at an angle of 89.9998
degrees (picky, huh?).
This issue, I would like to
move to a completely unrelated
topic, that of paradoxes. The
common conception of a paradox
i s something that seems false but
is actually true or something that
seems contradictory but i s actual-
ly meaningful.
A totally distinct definition
often used by logicians i s that a
paradox i s something which can
be neither true nor false without
contradiction. A famous example
i s the statement of Epimenides
the Cretan: "All Cretans are
liars."
I f we take this statement at
face value, then Epimenides, a
Cretan, i s a liar, and his claim
must be a lie. Therefore, Cretans
are not liars, so Epimenides was
not lying. But if he was not ly-
ing he was telling the truth, and
all Cretans are liars; therefore, he
i s lying; therefore, he is telling the
truth; therefore, he i s lying, etc.
No matter whether we take
this statement to be true or false,
we must conclude that the oppo-
coming events
Prince's reign continues in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Gardens
Jefferson Starship - October 10,
8:00 p.m.- Go ask Alice.
Scandal with Jon Waite - October
23,8:00 p.m. - Can't waite.
Billy Squier - November 3, 8:00
p.m. - A tight-jeaned generic.
Hall and Oates - November 9,
8:00 p.m. - Adult education
comes to Cincinnati.
Riverfront Coleseum
Prince - December ? - The antici-
pat ion builds ...
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site conclusion is correct; the sen-
tence can thus be neither true nor
false (This does, however, depend
on how we define liar and how we
interpret the statement.).
A simplified form of this para-
dox is the sentence, "This sen-
tence i s false." Think about it-if
it i s true, it i s false, and if i t i s
false, then it i s not false, so i t
must be true.
This logic literally goes on for-
ever. If this sentence were sym-
bolically fed into a computer, the
computer would enter an infinite
series of switches from true to
false and so on (I remember read-
ing that this was actually done
once, but 1 cannot recollect where
or when.).
You are probably thinking
that this has no practical applica-
tion and you will never come
across it in everyday life. Well,
you are probably right, but i t just
so happens that, unknown to me
at the time, I was once in the ha-
bit of employing a paradox simi-
lar t o those I have just discussed.
When I was very young and
immature (at least two years ago),
I would approach mV brother or
some other innocent, small child
and bet him that I could ask a
simple question which he would
not be able to answer.
The foolish victim having
agreed, I would slyly recite the
following: "Will your answer to
my question be no?" My flabber-
gasted sibling soon realized that
whether he responded with a yes
or a no, his answer would be in-
correct (There i s a loophole, how-
ever, which I later discovered-
one can avoid the paradox by us-
ing such phrases as "maybe" or
"definitely not").
A slightly more complicated
.
U.D. Arena
Rush - October 6, 8:00 p.m.
Geddy Lee: Hemingway's code
hero.
Crosby, Stills, and Nash - October
26, 8:00, p.m. - Crosby's out of
the pen and back on the road.
Market Square
Sammy Hagar - October 17, 8:00
P.m. - The King of Leather and
Lips returns.
instance of the paradox I have
been discussing involves the terms
"self-referent" and "non-self-rafe-
rent." A word is self-referent i f
the meaning of the word can be
applied to the word itself.
For instance, "short" is self-
referent because "short" is a
short word; "definable" i s self-
referent, because i t is a definable
word; and, in this case, "black"
i s self-referent, because unless we
decide to print this issue in a dif-
ferent color, "black" is currentlv
a black word.
All words that do not apply to
themselves, such as "long" or
"blue," are called nonself-refe-
rent. The paradox arises when we
try to classify the word "non-self-
referent.''
I s i t self-referent? If so, i;
must apply to itself; that is, "non-
self-referent" is a non self-referent
word. But if it is, then by defin-
ition i t does not apply t o itself;
that is, "non-self-referent" is not
a non-self-referent word. There-
fore, placing "non-self-referent"
in either of our two categories re-
sults in a contradiction.
Mickey retreats to water and cranks up tunes
MICKEY, from p. 7 ciates good jazz and classical mu-
side cabin in Rushville, New
York. While there, she enjoys the
lake to its fullest- waterskiing,
windsurfing, and sailing her heart
out. "I love going there. I love
anything that has to do with
water."
"It's so peaceful- it's a good
place to sit and think. I t helps me
keep things in perspective."
For further diversion, Mick
likes to "crank up some tunes."
Her wide range of musical tastes
allows her to enjoy many groups-
Yes, ZZ Top, Prince, and The
Time, among othera. .Of the last
two, she states, "I like funk,
."
'cause it's nasty She also appre-
Shaer would trade leaky roof for Coturnbian
I
SHAER, from p. 6 claims, "Now that I'm working,
preclate what you've got because
you can compare."
Even though she is far from
home and has adapted to the
"American way ," she still keeps
in touch with her family in Co-
lombia and likes to keep the "La-
tin American tradition" in her
own family.
"I like us to be close. We do
things together." The weekend
usually sends the family on some
sort of outing, but Shaer jokingly
October 5,1984
The paradoxes t have elabora-
ted on here are only a small sam-
pling of the many that have been
put forth. If you are interested
in reading more, I suggest the
book Aha! Gotcha by Martin
Gardner.
Just to wrap up, C.would like
to pose another problem for those
of you who are avid mathemati-
cians (who, I am sure, are the on-
ly ones who have read this far).
This was taken from the United
States of America Math Olympi-
ad, a fivequestion test given to
the 90 best high school math stu-
dents in the country (no, I was
not one of them).
The problem is the following:
The product of two of the
roots of the quartic equation
is -32. Find k.
For "extra credit," you may
also want to find what the four
roots of this equation are. The
solvers, if any, will be listed in the
next issue.
sic.
Looking forward t o the fu-
ture, Mickey quips, "Who knows
where 1'11 be ten years from
now?" She does have some ideas,
though. She hopes t o pursue a
degree at Cornell University,
possibly steering towards a career
in veterinary medicine, or a career
in, what else, hotel management.
So don't be surprised if one
day you walk into the Westin or
the Netherland Hilton, and the
smiling face of Mickey greets you
at the door saying, "Welcome to
my hotel. I hope you enjoy your
stay."
hills
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we clean the house."
The favorite activity is camp-
ing. "You are just with nature;
you don't have t o worry about
t.v. programs or anything."
Mrs. Shaer's love of travel il-
lustrates her ability t o adapt to
new people and. situations. With
such a ereat attitude. she should
be very >uccessful at .lndian Hill,
hopefully enjoying herself, de-
spite a leaky roof.
October 5,1984
disc review
Long dormant Rush springs to life with 'Grace'
by Peter Wilke
For nine long months, Cana-
da's spirit of radio, Rush, has lain
dormant within the passages of
their Northwoods camp.
Since August of 1983, a heat-
ed internal struggle to find a pro-
ducer to replace Terry Brown has
kept Rush out of the limelight.
Now that things have stabilized,
and Peter Henderson has settled
in as their new producer, Rush i s
working their way up the charts
with their latest release, Grace
Under Pressure.
Work on this LP began last
August, but did not hit the
shelves until April, nine months
later. This is the longest time that
Rush has ever spent incubating a
new album. From these long
months of work hatched Grace
Under Pressure, a timely rnaster-
piece.
Since the release of Signals
(1982), new Rush material has
been marked with the sound of
keyboards, synthesizers, and far-
out lyrics. The keyboards and
synthesizers do leave their im-
pression on the new album, but
much has changed as far as Lite
son's guitaring and Neil Peart's
lyrics.
NCTE, from p. 1
ples last spring.
Out of 35,000 applicants, only
850 students received the NCTE
Award. Cook and Monach were
thus placed in the top 2% of high
school writers in America, "Even
The National Merit Corporation has released the narres of the 1984-
85 Commended Students. They are: (back, 1. to r.) Joel Ruff, Eli-
zabeth Gorman, Mickey Karnfjord, David Steward, Brian Rowe;
CHIEFTAIN
The guitaring inGrace Under
Pressure is more aggressive in con-
trast to Signals, where the gui-
tar suffered, and was lower and
smaller in comparison to the rest
of the mix. This "aggressive"
sound reflects earlier Rush, where
Lifeson's guitar was dominant.
On Grace, Neil Peart proves
once again that he i s perhaps one
of the best rock percussionists in
the business today. As for Geddy
Lee, the group's bass player, a
sufficient but somewhat disap-
pointing performance character-
izes his work on the new album.
The album opens up with the
explosive "Distant Early Warn-
ing," which seems to be the focal
point of the group's work. This
song is flawless. It then leads into
"Afterimage," a slightly depress-
ing song about a friend killed in
an auto accident.
"Red Sector A" follows, de-
scribing life in a concentration
camp. I t is borderline monoto-
nous, and i s perhaps the weakest
song on the album, although i t
does get i t s point across.
"The Enemy Within" contin-
ues the fast-paced set as part one
of a fear trilogy by Peart, includ-
ing two songs from earlier al-
college math departments feel
that a strong English background
i s important," said Cook, who
wishes to major in mathematics
at MIT.
The nominees were required
photo by T o m Taylor
bums: "Witch Hunt," f r 0 m M 0 ~ -
ing Pictures (19811, and "The
Weapon," from Signals. This i s a
very well-written tune and shows
off much of the band's talent.
The second side begins with
"The
tune based
Bodyon Electric,"
Peart's unique
another
and
incredible style of drumming.
"Kid Gloves" follows, an en-
ergetic number about bearing the
stress and pressures of being i n a
band.
Then comes the most unique
song of all, "Red Lenses." This
song reveals a side of Rush never
to send in a prepared essay and a
timed extemporaneous essay t o
NCTE. Monach wrote about Er-
nest Hemingway's novel The Old
Man and the Sea for his prepared
essay. Cook also chose to write
about a Hemingway novel; his
prepared essay discussed The Sun
Also Rises.
Both Cook and Monach were
required to write their timed es-
say on the American Dream. "It
was a relief getting the American
Dream as a topic," said Monach.
"Junior English focuses on Amer-
news shorts
Continuing Education courses
will be offered to students after
school beginning October 31.
They will continue for two hours
a week until winter break.
Astronomy, Introduction to
Classical Greek, Future Problem
Solving, Study Skills for College-
Bound Students, and Aerobics
will definitely be offered-a Ger-
man class i s scheduled tentatively.
Registration forms will be
available to students by October
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seen before. It includes many
boggling licks by Peart, in addi-
tion to weird and commanding
keyboards and diverse lyrics.
"Between The Wheels" is the
last of the set, and in this perfec-
tion we see the angry side of
Rush, made obvious through the
lyrics.
Overall, this is an album that
should be included in any serious
collection, and may be some of
Rush's finest work to date.
Grace Under Pressure shows
yet more facets that the band
has t o offer.
ican literature and how it reflects
the NCTE
Americanis an
Dream."
organization that
includes members from all differ-
ent levels of instruction. I t exists
in order to improve the effective-
ness of English teachers.
NCTE grants the Awards in an
effort to recognize outstanding
high school writers. The recipi-
ents' names and addresses are sent
to over 3000 universities across
the nation. The winners are also
given a letter of recommendation
for college admission.
8. Bus transportation will be pro-
vided for those students taking
the courses.
*****
Key Club will be sponsoring a
tour of the Over-the-Rhine area
tomorrow. Any interested stud-
ents are welcome to come. Car-
pools t o Over-the-Rhine will be
leaving the school parking lot at
9:30 a.m. Any questions--call
Anna Batsakes at 561-0699 or
Kelly Martin at 984-0614.

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by Jeff Currier
The Cincinnati Youth Sym-
phony Orchestra has selected
,twelve IH instrumentalists t o
participate in the 1984-85 con-
cert season.
The Youth Symphony Or-
chestra i s a highly select group
of high school musicians from
around the tri-state area and i s
a- division
- .
- of the Pre~aratorv
Department of Cincinnati's
College Conservatory of Music.
It i s sponsored by the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra (CSO).
Auditions are held each Sep-
tember and include excerpts from
standard, unedited CSO repetoire.
The audition selections usually
appear on the concert schedule
for that season.
Selected for the 1984-85
season are: junior Brad Adrien,
student opinion
Wins and losses, overemphasized in sports
by Anne Richards
As I was reading Kevin
Walzer's article in the last issue of
the Chieftain titled "Golf and
tennis-dominating in a sea of
glory ," I came across a statement
that made me stop and think.
(This i s not t o belittle the sucess
that the golf and tennis teams
have experienced-they are hard-
working teams and deserve all
the praise they have gotten.)
The statement read, "Last
year, golf and tennis were a
precious breath of fresh air amidst
a dismal fall sports season. In the
midst of slumps by football and
soccer, as well as poor seasons
from cross-country and field
hockey ..." At first I started to get
defensive, then I realized that I
couldn't even remember field
hockey's record last year. Then,
I Junior Steve Womack scored
letter from SG
Student Government forms committee plans
As the 1984 - 1985 school
year gets into full swing, we are
beginning to put some of our
plans for Student Government in-
to action. A t the retreat, SG
members were assigned to certain
committees, which focus on the
different aspects of the student
government picture.
The ForumIActivity commit-
tee i s concerned with planning the
four forums during the year, as
well as organizing each activity
period. The chairman of this
committee i s Ken Jones.
CHIEFTAIN
oboe; senior Doug Backus, Per-
cussion; sophomore Bill Creedon,
percussion; junior Jeff Currier,
clarinet; senior Bill Haffner, trom-
bone; senior Barbara Hug, cello;
sophomore Stephanie Hug, violin;
sophomore Robert Nichols,
french horn; senior Janet Nic-
olas, viola; freshman Karen
Rhoad, violin; senior Scott Sew-
ard, trumpet; and sophomore
Jeff Tuckey , percussion.
"CYSO has been a great
experience. It has given me a
chance t o play professional music
and to have a good time too,"
said Barbara H U ~ , a five-year
member of CYSO.
The CYSO annually performs
i t s first concert at a local high
school. This year the concert
will be held at I H in early Nov-
ember.
more importantly, I realized that
maybe we have lost sight of the
real reason that we play sports.
With all the hubbub about
"the school of excellence" and so
forth, I have really been feeling
the pressure to succeed academ-
ically. Yet as I sit back and re-
member the times I have been
upset for doing poorly on a test, I
know that those grades make no
difference to me now. And I
remember all the times I have
been bummed out because we lost
a Same or I didn't play well, and
now those times seem so distant.
What I am trying t o say i s that
five years from now, a bad grade
or one less tick in the W column
will not make a hill of beans.
(That's what my dad always says.)
What you will remember i s the
good times You had, the growing
Anna Batsakes heads the Ser-
vice committee, which this year
promises to be one of the busi-
est in student government. Ser-
vice i s responsible for engineer-
ing such activities as the annual
food drive, involvement with the
Free Store, and the Elf Auction
and Elf Day, plus other services t o
the underprivileged and less fortu-
nate.
The Public Relations commit-
tee, led by Ellen Alvord, plays an
important role in keeping open
the pipeline of communication
CYSO members from IH: (1. to I.) Scott Seward, Bill Haffner, Bill
Creedon, Karen Rhoad, Doug Backus, Jeff Currier, Ken Jones (im-
poster), Stephanie Hug, Rob Nichols, Janet Nicolas; not present:
Barbara Hug, Jeff Tuckey, Brad Adrien-
Sher idsn CO-auth0rs French test
, The first and second singles
by Marci Jacobson
Mrs. Mary Sheridan has taken
part in the writing of the Ohio
State Scholastic Achievement
Test for French, levels one and
two. The test i s composed of
and learning you did, and the
lasting friendships that you made
-those are the things that matter.
So let's get out there and give
it our best-if we win, great, it
will give us the satisfaction and
sense of pride we deserve. If we
lose-we1 I, we learned something,
and better luck next time. In
school, study hard, and, even if
you do get a bad grade, what i s
important is whether or not you
learned the material. As Vincent
Price (or someone important like
that) said, "lt's not if you win or
lose, it's how you play the game."
(And I still think that field
hockey had a good season last
year. We won the league-if
...
that's a poor season, well not ev-
eryone can be a state champion.)
I
between Student Government and
the Board of Education, PTA
Board, and most importantly, the
student body. This year, the
Public Relations committee will
also be in charge of the newly re-
vived Student Exchange program.
Jeff Gibson i s the chairman of
the Student Affairs Committee,
which deals with maintaining
rights of students as well as at-
tempting t o improve the commu-
nication between students and the
administration. Finally, Bob Tut-
tle heads the Musicfest Com-
October 5,1984
questions on grammar, culture,
vocabulary, and short reading se-
lections. The test is entirely mul-
tiple choice, containing over
80 questions.
Mrs. Sheridan, along with ten
other teachers chosen from the
state of Ohio. worked on this test.
They met three times during the
summer; on October 10, the
group will meet a final time t o
complete the test.
Although she has never taken
part in the writing of this test be-
fore, she has helped write other
tests, such as the National Oral
French Test.
The test she i s currently writ-
ing will be used during the month
of May. Participants will be taken
t o a nearby college during the
school day t o take the test.
I n the past, many students
have taken this test. Last year's
French II team composed of She-
ridan's students, sophomores Mar-
i a n ~ Fernandez, Helen Hwang,
and Michelle Brougher, won the
state championship, with Fernan-
dez placing third in the state as
an individual scorer. Sheridan
hopes t o achieve comparable re-
sults in this year's competition.
mittee.
On October 19, the year's se-
cond Open House has tentatively
been scheduled t o immediately
follow the home football game
with Madeira. Music for the
dance will be provided by the
v o u p , Down Boys, which in-
cludes several I H students.
We in student government are
excited about the upcoming
dance and the activities which
have been planned by the newly
formed committees.
Sincerely,
Jim Gruskin
SG Vice President
October 5. 1984
Netters down undefeated Centerville
by Ellen Alvord
The girls' varsity tennis team,
in a close, pressure-filled district
semifinal match, defeated the
reigning state champions, Center-
ville, on September 25.
Pending a judgement from
officials, the win may qualify
lndian Hill for state team compe-
tition.
The first doubles team of
Neely Mack and Debbie Horton
solidly beat their opponents
6-4, 6-2, while the second
doubles team of Beth Myers
and Sona Tipnis won as well,
6-2, 6-4.
matches, played by Tracy Barton
and Aubrey Abbott, were both
los't at the hands of extremely
tough opponents..
With the team match score
notched at 2-2 after four of
the matches had been com-
pleted, third singles player Mol-
ly Poffenberger was left on the
court down a set, 7-5. Poffen-
berger, however, hung in and
played tough to pull out the set-
Birdie Braves grab second in sectionals
by Brian Rowe
The "Birdie Braves" recently
earned a trip to Dayton for the
district golf tournament by finish-
ing runner-up to McNicholas. The
Braves shot 335, thirteen strokes
off the leaders.
However, the showing was un-
satisfactory t o the Braves, who
were heavily favored t o win the
A A sectional.
Des~ite a steadv 79 from
senior John Bishop, the team
posted a poor score, resulting
from the uncharacteristically high
scores by junior Jeff Yost and
senior Brian Rowe.
However, seniors Mike Theye
and Dave Matusow did come
through with an 85 and an 83, t o
ensure the second place finish.
Ironically, the Braves had
just posted their "best ever" nine
hole score, in beating Loveland at
O'Bannon.
Rowe was medalist with a
sparkling 36, and Yostand Theye
both contributed excellent rounds
of 38 and 39, to extend IH's E H L
record to 7-0. This win is espe-
cially promising because the up-
coming EH L tourney i s t o be held
at O'Bannon on Monday, Octo-
ber 7.
The Braves only obstacle en
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ond set 6-4. From there,
she sailed through the rest of the
match in winning the third set
6-0.
The Squaws' 3-2 win was Cen-
terville's first defeat in their last
34 matches. Coach Cindy Crilley
was extremely pleased with the
way everyone played.
"Last week was a test of how
we play under pressure, and the
players rose t o the occasion," she
commented.
The day before the Centerville
match, I H played another diffi-
cult match against Fairmont,
which they were able t o pull
out 3-2. Other recent matches
proved less strenuous for the
Squaws. Country Day, Marie-
mont, Madeira, Turpin, Deer
Park, and Princeton all fell 5-0,
as the Squaws remain undefeated
with an 18-0 record.
Poffenberger commented, "I
think it's great that we're unde-.
feated; we have a lot of team
spirit and it's a lot of fun."
Last Saturday Indian Hill
hosted the annual state invita-
route to the EH L championship
i s Milford, which shot 322 in their
A A A sectional match.
Last Saturday, the Braves re-
corded an impressive showing at
Weatherwax in gaining runner-up
honors at the Princeton Fall
Classic.
Loveland stuns soccer
by Anna Batsakes
and Peter Batsakes
The varsity soccer Braves were
defeated in the first round of the
EH L tournament by Loveland
4-3, last Saturday.
the only three goals the team had
in the first 22 minutes of the
game. "I was disappointed
with our performance after the
first three goals," said senior
Dave Schneider, "we just didn't
have it together."
On Thursday, September 27,
I H defeated Moeller 3-2. IH
goals were scored by senior
Curtis Ott, Schneider, and junior
Erich Metzger. This game ended
the Braves' regular season play
with a record of 10-2-1.
The Braves defeated the Love-
land Tigers 6-0 on Tuesday,
September 25. Wornack scored
tional for the fourth consecutive
year. Eight of the state's best
teems, including Centerville,
Worthington, Upper Arlington,
and Wyoming, each brought a
singles player and a doubles team.
With Barton in singles and Abbott
and Horton in doubles, IH placed
third in both competitions.
Tirey establishes
I
by Joy Rowe
For the first time ever there
will be an Ohio Girls Coaches
State Invitational Golf Tourna-
ment. The tournament was start-
ed by lndian Hill coach, Marc Ti-
rey, and the Centerville coach.
These coaches finally realized
the need for a state-wide tourna-
ment for girls. This year's invita-
tional i s not sponsored by the
state, but the hope i s t o get the
state t o understand that there are
enough teams t o hold a tourna-
ment.
" l t ' s a 'Catch-22' situation,"
remarked Tirey. "The state is
Matusow unleashed a 78 in
that tourney, and Yost fired a 76
t o pace the Braves t o a 319 score,
a number that the Braves could
win the district tourney with next
Thursday.
To win the districts, the
Braves will need a low round from
three of the six goals while
seniors Brad McCurdy and Schnei-
der and junior Metzger scored the
other three. Sophomore goalie
Ian Meyer made eight saves.
On Thursday September 20,
IH beat Madeira 6-3. Three I H
goals were scored by Womack.
The other three goals were scored
by Metzger, Ott, and junior
Matt Mueller. The Braves also
defeated Mariemont 3-1 on Sept-
ember 19. Metzger scored all
three goals for IH.
"I think if we play the way we
have been in the past," said
Schneider, "we should do really
well in the rest of the league
tournament. Erich Metzger and
Steve Womack have been putting
on a show lately."
. The Braves' only concern i s
that a few of the soccer players
have not been able t o play due
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Right now the team is think-
ing mainly about the in&vidual
state tournament. Last year, IH
sent five players t o state, a rare
accomplishment.
The opening round, districts,
began yesterday and will con-
clude today. The players who
advance to sectionals will play
next Thursday, Friday, and Satu-
day.
tournament
saying that the reasou there isn't
a tournament presently is because
of lack of interest in girls' golf."
Unfortunately, because of the
low budget, only the top 10
teams in Ohio will be able t o par-
ticipate. Possibly by next season,
all girls' teams will be able to
compete at Sectional, District,
and State levels, similar t o the
boys' teams.
The tournament will be held
at the Jack Nicklaus Sports Cen-
ter Regulation Course in Cin-
cinnati. I t will be one eighteen-
hole round on October 19.
Bishop, who has slacked off
somewhat recently, and solid
rounds from the four other play-
ers.
Coach Bob West still feels that
a state championship is very possi-
ble, and a good showing in the
districts i s the second step in that
direction.
EHL tournament
t o a new regulation by the ath-
letic department; fall sports
players are suspended from
playing if they have a failing
grade.
"lt's really tough to play
with different people in different
positions," said Schneider.
"This late in the season a player
i s used to playing with the same
guys, but if they're pulled out
because of a flunking grade
and a different player i s put in
it seems a little strange."
However, the team is still
very optimisitic about the post-
season play in the A A sectional
and district tournaments.
Observes senior Brian Rowe,
"From what I have seen of the
team, I feel they have an ex-
cellent chance of advancing in
sectional play."
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30 years of IH-Sycamore t o end tonight
3-2 Aviators fo hoSt 2- 3
by Kevin Walzer
The 30-year rivalry between
lndian Hill and Sycamore will
end tonight as the Aviators
host IH in what will be the last
league game between the two.
lndian Hill will be leaving
the EHL to join the newly-
formed Cincinnati Hills League
(CHL) after this year, making
this the last tour of duty for the
EHL schedule. Sycamore, being
an AAA school, i s not part of the
small school CHL.
The 3-2 Aviators would have
to be considered heavy favorites
over the 2-3 Braves. Sycamore,
in customary fashion,
has rolled over all league opposi-
tion on the way to a 3-0 EHL
record.
However, Sycamore did strug-
gle a bit earlier in the year, drop-
ping their first two contests
before winning their last three.
Sycamore 0-2?
"We did have a few problems
earlier this year," commented
Sycamore coach Joe Clark.
"But I hope we've worked them
out.''
Clark did note that he hoped
"tonight's game-it's probably the
SPORTSVI EW
with Kevin Walzer
Yes, it all ends tonight.
30 long years of lndian Hill-
Sycamore-three decades, inter-
upted only twice-comes to an
end tonight.
It's after this year that lndian
Hill jumps to the nine-school
Cincinnati Hills League, that
being formed of the rebelling AA
and A schools that broke from
EHL last year and four other
schools from the Cincinnati area.
However, the plans of the
small schools really don't include
such AAA schools as Sycamore.
So tonight's game amounts to a
lameduck farewell to 30 years of
memorable football between IH
and Sycamore.
"I think it's been one of the
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last one we'll ever play-will be a
good one."
Both Sycamore and lndian
Hill are coming off easy wins last
week. Sycamore dominated
Loveland 30-0 while IH rolled to
an easy 20-7 win over the hope-
less Glen Este Trojans.
IH's win marked their first
league win this season, raising
them to 1-2.
Junior Kevin Viox
had a banner night, rolling up 150
years on 17 carries and two
touchdowns. One was an 81-
yarder which gave the Braves a
14-7 lead after senior Mike Wentz
scored the two-point canversion
on a two-yard run.
Wentz had a good night as
well, scoring IH's other touch-
down on a 45-yard return of an
interception.
Milford dropped IH's league
record to 0-2 when they came
behind from a 14-0 deficit to
win 25-14 two weeks ago.
Viox provided one touchdown
in gaining 103 yards, while
senior Pete Seremetis threw a 35-
yard pass to senior Jim Gruskin
for the other TD.
The general consensus after
New league, declining enrollment
term inate Brave-Ave
finest rivalries in the city," com-
mented Sycamore coach Joe
Clark.
Clark should know. In one
way or another, he's been a part
of that selfdescribed "best rival-
ry" for the last 24 years. For 17
of those years, he was at lndian
Hill as head football coach.
I asked Clark about what he
felt were the best games in the
last 30 years. The two he pointed
two were while he was here at
lndian Hill.
"There was one in 1969 that
was probably the most wild one
I've ever seen," he recalled. "ln-
dian Hill was absolutely domina-
ting in the first half, on offense
and defense-we were leading 27-
0 at halftime. Then Sycamore
came back and with about two
minutes to go (1: 48, to be exact),
they were leading 30-27. Then
we ran an interception back for a
Braves
the Braves' game with Deer Park,
which the Wildcats won 15-6, was
that it could have been much
more of a blowout. Indian Hill
survived two goal-line stands in
the first half which would have
Quarterback Pete Seremetis unleashes a pass under heavy pressun from
a Deer Park defender (55).
rivalry
touchdown to win 33-30."
That Bengals-Chargers-type
epic may have been especially
memorable to Clark as well be-
cause i t gave him his fourth EHL
title in six years.
What?
Yeah, you heard right. lndian
Hill in those days was the domin-
ating EHL power in football-
"There were three really good
schools in football then, lndian
Hill, Sycamore, Loveland," said
Clark-and IH was always one of
those teams to beat. And a game
with Sycamore was always eagerly
anticipated as what would proba-
bly decide the league champion-
ship. lndian Hill won more than
their share of those games.
lndian Hill beating Sycamore
often does seem a bit odd to
most, I'm sure, given the recent
poundings the Braves have suffer-
ed at their hands. We haven't
October 5, 1984
given Deer Park two more TDs.
The Wildcats jumped out to
an 8-0 lead on the strength of a
touchdown and a safety. made
when Viox was tackled in the
' ards will be living with five lndian
end zone. Deer Park scored once
more in the second half.
IH's only touchdown came on
a six-yard run by Viox in the
fourth quarter.
photo by Mariano Fernandez
beaten them since 1977-haven't
scored a point off them since
1981. Anyone commenting on
lndian Hill's football schedule
says, "We might win Greenhills-
we'll beat Glen Este-we'll lose to
Sycamore ...." And they're right.
The closest IH has come t o beat-
ing Sycamore in the last seven
years was in 1981, when the
Braves blew a 14-7 lead i n the
second half to lose 15-14.
Given this, playing Sycamore
would seem an exercise i n maso-
chism. Those who cry out against
this see the ending of the rivalry
as an act of mercy as much as
anything else.
But the recent beatings Syca-
more has inflicted upon lndian
Hill are merely the showcasing
of a trend of declining enrollment
that has plagued IH since 1977.
That ogre-DE, let's call it-is the
universal reason given for break-
ing off of the EHL, generally, and
the ending of IH-Sycamore specif-
ically.
The polnt I'm raising here i s
see RIVALRY, p. 12
October 5,1984
Visiting
Kym
Spaniards get taste
by sobnger - .
Five Spanish exchange stu-
; : ; ; ;U
; : ; ; ; ; : :of
dents and their two accompany-
ing teachers from Vigo, Spain ar-
rived September 23. The Spani-
Hill students during their stay in
Cincinnati, which will end Octo-
ber 14.
From the northwestern region
of Spain, Nieves Rodriguez, Mer-
cedes Santos, Victor Moreno,
Juan Mendez, and Elena Ramos
have come to the U.S. to experi-
ence American culture, home life,
and blue jeans.
The exchange program readily
makes this available through a
three-week period in which the
Spaniard leads the "typical teen-
age American lifestyle." Quite
different from the Galacian region
of Spain, lndian Hill provides an
excellent example of American
life.
During their visit here in the
U.S., the Spaniards will see several
sites of Cincinnati and surround-
ing cities. Excursions are planned
for a downtown tour, a visit to
Sharon Woods and the Interna-
student o~inion
lobacco leg islation
N ew
by Jeff Gibson
This week a new law took ef-
fect, a law which states that "it is
illegal for a person under 18 years
of age t o buy cigarettes and other
tobacco products i n Ohio." l am
opposed t o this new law because I
feel it invades the freedom of
choice of a minor.
I have three reasons for my
feelings: 1. If a minor wants a
pack of Marlboros or a tin of
Copenhagen bad enough, he will
have no problem obtaining it.
2. 1 do not think that it i s any
worse for a minor t o smoke or
"dip" than i t i s for an adult.
3. With all the anti-tobacco
campaigns and with parents put-
ting pressure on their children,
minors are just as informed about
the hazards of tobacco as adults
are.
The rationale for this new law,
which i s sponsored by Rep. Ike
Thompson (D-Cleveland), i s to
promote increased awareness on
the hazards of tobacco use. I
think that whether it i s bad for
you or not, this will only encour-
age the use of tobacco among mi-
nors.
"Those who want to smoke
will find a way," according to
Rep. Thompson, so if that is true,
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b<v
The Spanish exchange students and teachers, with IH Spanish teacher
Mrs. Linda Van Derbeck, show varying degrees o f enthusiasm for their
visit.
tional market, a tourof Cincinna-
ti's Fire Museum, a tour of the
Proctor and Gamble Plant, a visit
to Dayton's Wright Patterson Mu-
seum, a trip t o the zoo and the
Basilica Planetarium, a visit to
Live Oaks Vocational School, and
I I
which I t h i n k i t is, what i s the use
of spending the taxpayers' time
and money on a law that will do
no good?
1 would also like to ask Rep.
Thompson and his supporters
what the difference i s for an adult
to smoke or "dip" and for a mi-
nor to do the same. I think that
it i s a personal choice that one
makes, and trying a cigarette or
having a "dip" should certainly be
enough for one not to use tobac-
co.
Now you may ask the ques-
tion, why do some kids smoke or
chew? If one were t o ask me that
question, I would ask him why
adults do the same. The reasons
are obviously not because a per-
son wants to give himlherself can-
cer, but maybe because of pres-
sure or stress.
I am also of the opinion that
telling people what they can and
cannot do is not the correct way
to approach an issue. I think that
even more anti-tobacco cam-
paigns, more encouragement not
to smoke or chew i s the correct
way to go about this issue. Teen-
agers are the most rebellious
members of the population, and
creating more laws and regula-
tions only encourages one t o do
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photo by Tom Taylor
a trip to the Kentucky Horse
Park. When asked what i s their
favorite excursion, an enthusiastic
"shopping!" is emitted.
The five host students, seniors
Sue Barry and Jenny Aitken and
sophomores Derek Ryan, James
criticized
what he is not supposed to.
However, I do not urge any
person t o go out and begin "dip-
ping" or smoking just because
they do not agree with the law.
Education by Department
Brian Rowe honors
tion, and currently
lndian Hill High School was
recently honored with the "Excel-
lence in Education" award from
the Federal Department of Edu-
cation.
Dr. Gary L. Bauer, repre-
senting the Department of Edu-
cation, visited the high school o n
September 19 and presented the
school formally with a plaque and
congratulatory speech to the
School Board, faculty, and par-
ents.
The occasion at which Bauer
spoke was also "Meet the Teach-
er" night. He cited a "dramatic
increase in the quality of our
schools as a whole" and praised
IH's achievements as important
contributions t o an "overall re-
newed confidence."
Bauer continued that "the
tide of mediocrity has been
quieted by schools such as lndian
Hill."
Bauer i s the third ranking o f -
ficial in the Department of Educa-
February or are considering parti-
cipating in the exchange this year.
Three of the five Spaniards are
here on their second trip to Cin-
cinnati; Moreno, Santos, and Rod-
riguez came last year when the ex-
change with the Vigo school was
new.
The most notorious Spaniard,
known affectionately as "Vic-
+
tor!", has returned with his say-
,. ing from last year, "What a pity,
what a party." (His English vo-
cabulary has grown since then.)
The most exciting event for
the Spaniards this year will be
Homecoming. For the last several
years, the other exchangers have
just missed the "fatal date." "Try
to explain the significance of
Homecoming t o one of them. I
donat even know it myself;
Aitken.
The Homecoming game with
floats and the Saturday night
dance will be new and very Amer-
ican t o them. The Spaniards plan
on attending the dance, with the
luck that someone will ask them.
There are even rumors of crown-
ing Victor Homecoming King.
.
I f you really want to take ac-
tion, write a senator or congress-
man. I think that anyone, no
matter what his age is, should be
able t o make his own decisions on
this issue without the legislation
of a governing body.
serves as IH
De-
puty Undersecretary for planning,
budget, and evaluation. He i s also
currently coordinating the Reagan
Administration's legislative and
budget response to the report of
the National Commission on Ex-
cellence.
Bauer concluded his speech
with an optimistic praise of Amer-
ica i n general, and gave credit to
the current system of schooling
for making strides toward excel-
lence.
High school Principal Dr. Karl
Feltman accepted the plaque
from Bauer and proceeded to
thank those whom he felt were
most responsible for the award.
Feltman equally praised the
community, PTA, administration,
faculty, and students for their ef-
forts in improving lndian Hill
High School. "The Best Becom-
ing Better," a theme Feltman has
used i n the past, summed up his
attitudes and goals for the school
year.
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editorial Glen Este won the meet with

aecaq @a a 6~d-nundedm u d m CC Braves dace fifth in league I

a score of 19, followed by Ham-
CAPE'S
One ofwhich
ilton, hadrunners
a scoredid
of not
58.

"What makes Indian Hill so good? Its emphasis on mark of Indian Hill education. by Matt Feltman finish, so they had no team
The boys' cross country team score.
a liberal education with a well-rounded curriculum Freedom to experience responsibility and room t o ran in the final EHL meet last Junior David Ahlert led the
that meets the needs of several levels of students (and grow inside oneself is also a key to liberal education. Tuesday, held at Glen Este. way for IH in ninth place
not just rich ones)." This quotation from the August However, in the past few years, restrictions and rules The Braves finished fifth, re- and a time of 18:OO.
issue of Cincinnati Magazine reflects the manner in taining their placement of last IH ran at Wyoming only to
have been created by the administration or by the find steep hills and their un-
year.
which the rest of the world views Indian Hill. state hierarchy. Mariemont just narrowed out conditioned selves on September
One phrase in particular which catches the reader's Rules created to protect students often are oppres- IH with a score of 132 to the 25. On the 3.4 mile course
eye is "liberal education." Upon reading the passage, sive and enforced simply for the purpose of "going by Braves' 138. The winners, Monach again placed first for
Glen Este, had a score of 40. the Braves with a time of 21 :26.
the students in us questioned what sort of education the book." Whether "the book" is right is of no con- Milford, the team predicted to A t the Ross Invitational the
we were receiving. Does liberal education really exist sequence, of course. The only people who question win, wound up second with 42 running Braves placed eighth out
at Indian Hill? "the book" are the students, but students have no points. of 11 teams with a combined
Among the student body, the opportunity for a IH's lead runner was senior score of 190. McNicholas won
say because many responsibilities that have given
Paul Monach with a time of the meet with 57 points. Again
liberal education is available, yet hard to obtain. In- them a say in the past have been taken away by con- 18:45, good for 2lst place. Not Ahlert was the pacesetter for IH,
teraction among all types of students is needed in a servative administrative restrictions. far behind was freshman Mark running in 15th place and a time
liberal education, so one can learn how to cope in a The teaching staff at Indian Hill is excellent and Young, who ran a 19:20 and of 19: 14. He was closely follow-
finished in 24th place. ed by Monach, who received
society which is racially and ideologically separated. does its best to offer a fine liberal education. The Coach Enid Redman summar- 22nd place and a time of 19:21.
The make-up of the student body at IH offers only a pressure exerted by the administration, though, is ized the meet by saying, "The With the season coming to a
limited social background. Integration is not a hall- harmful to the educational process. For example, the field was extremely tough but the close, IH only has two meets left
team did well against the fine on the regular schedule. The
editorial lesson plan system locks a teacher into a tiresome in- competition." New Richmond Invitational is on
doctrination which trains the pupil by rote. Heaven
Y@
On September 27 the Braves Monday, which should serve as a
forbid a teacher ever find an inspiration, and use an ran in a quadrangular meet with tune-up for sectionals, which will
photo by Mariano Fernandez
Glen Este, Hamilton, and CAPE. be held next Saturday, September
Last year a minor furor errupted over the manda- untried approach. After all, no student can acquire I H placed third with a score of
Junior David Ahlert (left) strains to stay ahead of his Glen Este oppon-
ent in last week's home quadrangular. 16.
tory inclusion of basic skills tests in all courses. Many anything from liberal teaching, except for maybe a 85.
teachers were understandably irked that their grading liberal education.
practices were deemed inadequate for determining The answer to the original question, therefore, is Hockey Squaws down Oakwood a second time
whether a student was passing a course. The grumb- yes, liberal education does exist at Indian Hill, but it
by Anne Richards on Talwanda's side of the 50-yard
ling died down quickly, though, because, as has been is laboring hard under the approach the administra- The varsity field hockey line for the vast part of the game,
noted many times, the practice was only begun at the tion takes toward instruction. The administration's Squaws, 5-3, are doing much bet- aiding junior goalie Linda Keller
insistence of those eminent public servants at the approach may win national "excellence" in education ter than their record would sug- in getting her first shutout.
gest. In their most recent game, The previous game the Squaws
Ohio Department of Education. awards, but it sacrifices liberal education in the they beat Oakwood, 2-0. Both travelled to Seven Hills and beat
No state edict has yet been quoted, however, to process. goals were scored by senior Gay them, 9-1. The scorers were
justify the most recent breach of faith in teachers' Stauft. The Squaws were excited Stauft (51, Wiatt, Kohls, Amy
about this victory especially be- Albl, and Anne Richards.
abilities, the required "course syllabus." This re- cause Oakwood i s the team they This win left IH 3-0 in the
quires each teacher to write and distribute a formal will play In the first round ot sec- league. Coach Carol Wehmann
outline of subject matter, textbooks, expectations, Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracur- tional~. IH defeated Oakwood is pleased with the overall perfor-
ricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake earlier in the season, 2-1. mance of tne teani, ~ l u she
t feels
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For the Oakwood game the that "they have a lot of work
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teacher pointed out, the collected syllabi could be son, Janet Nicolas; Sports Editors: Brian Rowe, Kevin Walzer; Maga- loss to Fairmont, 6-0. This i s the vance to state competition."
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useful to a student new to the district; granted, but second time the Squaws have
isn't this process already taken care of by the Course
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Heidrich, Dan Rosenthal; Assistant Production Manager: Arianna New- been defeated by the state champ- Koulouris confident for Sycamore win Eagles thumped the Braves 26-8.
man; Typesetter: Karen Wiedemer; Photographers: T o m Taylor, Scott ions, who account for two of by Kevin Walzer their last three games. They won "They are a powerful team,"
Offerings Handbook and the Counseling Department? Blanchard, Mariano Fernandez; Contributors: Elizabeth Gorman, IH's three losses. It looks like "Tomorrow we win," said JV one, came an extra-point away said Koulouris. "They beat
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Indeed, the syllabi appear only to be a glorified, ards, Jeff Gibson, Marci. Jacobson, James Anderson, Tiffany Meyer,
the Squaws will have t o defeat football coach Greg Koulouris. from winning another-and got Sycamore 36-0."
Fairmont in districts before they "Put that in there. Coach Kou- whaled on in the third. Does that give rise to hope
color-coded Course Offerings Handbook. Chris Kempczinski, Allison Claybon, Paula Lyon. Alissa Raleigh, Peter
against the Aviators tomorrow ?...
Batsakes, Matt Feltman; Production Staff: K y m Sollinger, Elizabeth can go to state. louris predicts that the Braves The game Koulouris described
Worse, the new policy serves not only no purpose Gorman, James Anderson, Jamie Winget, Marci Jacobson, Warren Hill, The game before that was a will beat Sycamore.' " as "the heartbreaker" was last They got shut out, IH did not ?...
but also a negative one. Teachers inevitably outline Rob Seal, Jenny Lippold, Barbara Hug, Angela Beattie, Suzanne Luns-
ford, Alex Overhoff.
win against Talwanda, 7-0. Five Who else would they be play- week, when Glen Este edged IH "Like I said, we will win,"
their grading policies at the beginning of school, goals were scored in the first ing? What other opponent lights 30-28. "So close...so close!" said Koulouris.
half by seniors Amy Wiatt, the fire in Koulouris' eyes? None he murmured. "See, we were Was this said before or after
and students discover academic and behaviorial
expectations early. Some teachers even hand out
Sophomores eligible for O'Brian Award Stauft (who had two) and but the arch-rival Aviators. down 22-8 at halftime, and came IH's 18-8 win over Deer Park
Missy Kohls (2). Stauft and "tt's a pretty strong predic- back to tie at 22-then they went three weeks ago? Well, after,
Applications are now avail- written questions and through
more complete and informative outlines of subject able to sophomores who want an interview with past Hugh
Kohls scored in the second half tion," conceded the coach of the ahead 30-22. Then we scored a actually, but the romt, over the
as we1I. 2-3 Braves. "But we have a pretty touchdown-and missed the extra Wildcats could have given cre-
matter. in fact, the mandatory course syllabus be- to attend the Hugh 0' Brian 0' Brian award winners, tea- The varsity used their ability strong team." point." dence t o Koulouris' kimilar pre-
trays a lack of confidence in the judgment of the seminar in Columbus this chers, and administrators. Ap-
and quickness to outwit the Tal- Indeed. So close, so close. diction three weeks ago. He said
spring. The Hugh 0' Brian plications must be turned in
teachers; we should treat them as what they are: wanda team for most of the six- Well, at least, the Braves have IH's loss to Milford two weeks the Braves would win that game,
delegate will be chosen on the by Friday, October 12. came close ro winning twice in
adult professionals. ty minutes. They kept the ball ago wasn't quite as close as the too.
basis of his responses to three

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Soccer Sauaws stun Sycamore
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by Paula Lyon
The varsity soccer Squaws
have taken a turn for the better.
Starting with a 4-6-1 record,
the Squaws went on a 5-2 run
after a thrilling victory at Syca-
more, 3-1.
Their 5-1 streak was halted
at the worst possible time by
Loveland, 4-2, in the opening
round of the EHL tournament
last Saturday. I t dashed their
hopes for a possible victory.
The Squaws led 2-0 at half-
time with goals by sophomore
Kathy Ott and freshman Kelly
Ovington, but the Tigers came
back to lead 3-2. The Squaws
hoped to tie the score, but with
50 seconds remaining the Tigers
were granted a penalty shot,
which goalie Cadi Cucinotta failed
to stop.
The win was a measure of
revenge for Loveland, for IH
defeated them 3-2 the game be-
fore. Goals were scored by
5 freshman Tricia Craig with two,
and Ott. Cucinotta played an ex-
cellent game at goal.
On September 20 the Squaws
beat Madeira in a tension-filled
contest that improved their re-
cord to 8-7-1. The long goal was
scored by Ovington. Cucinotta
had 11 saves to register the shut-
out.
JV netters oust Centerville for 7-0 record
by Tiffany Meyer
The JV tennis team continues
to do it again and again! They
defeated Centerville, 3-2, last
week to score their biggest win
of the season and remain unde-
feated with a 7-0 record.
Wins were achieved at singles
and doubles by freshman Wendy
Stratman, junior Sally Wilbur,
junior Adrianna Wahl, and fresh-
man Tiffany Meyer. The victory
halted Centerville's undefeated
record. Incidently, Centerville
clobbered IH last year 5-0.
Two days earlier, IH defeated
Fairmont 5-0. Sophomore Karen
Weiss, Stratman, and Wahl emerg-
ed victorious in singles, and Wil-
bur, junior Carin Chabut, fresh-
man Allison Richards, and
fresk,man Becky Flora did like-
wise in doubles.
The Squaws' rackets smashed
Sycamore 5-0 two weeks ago.
Weiss, Stratman and Wahl claimed
the singles victories while Wil-
bur, Chabut, Richards, and fresh-
CHIEFTAlN
IH scored an impressive up-
set over Walnut Hills, the fifth-
ranked team in the city. Craig
and junior Chris Hall each scored
in the 2-1 win.
The victory that started the
winning stretch was IH's 3-1 win
over Sycamore on September 13.
Goals were scored bv junior Lee
Baumes, Hall, and Craig.
JV kickers lose close one to 9-1-1
by Chris Kemczinski
The JV soccer Braves have
been playing some tremendous
soccer of late
In IH's most recent game
against the 9-1-1 Moeller Crusa-
ders, the JV lost 3-0 after a hard-
fought battle. That evened
their record at 5-5-1.
However, IH scored impres-
sive shutouts the week before,
amassing nine goals against
Mariemont, Madeira, and Wal-
nut Hills. The goals were scored
by freshmen Greg Long, and
Reagan Bransom, as well as
sophomore Chris Kem~crinski
who put in two each, and fresh-
men Charlie Gall and Lee Tucker,
who each scored one. Excellent
defensive play was provided by
freshman Scott Stertmeyer,
who has been the malnstay of
man Sara Beck were the victors
in doubles.
Princeton had no better luck
the day before. IH put them
away 5-0. Weiss, Stratman, and
Wahl collected the wins in singles,
' cult to win a grand championship
RIVALRY, from p. 10
that DE-or a low enrollment, at
least-was one of the major
reasons Sycamore defeated lndian
Hill the first seven, times they
played. In 1960-the seventh
time they played-the Aviators
handed the Braves the worst
defeat they have ever suffered,
blasting them 72-0. No lndian
Hlll team before or since has
given up that many points.
The next two years, 1961 and
1962, lndian Hill did not play
Sycamore.
Then-in 1964-Indian Hill
scored what ranks as the greatest
upset in Brave history. This was
the other game that Clark pointed
to in what he called "the two
most memorable games I've been
in."
"We were really psyched for
that game," commented soph-
omore Diana Greiner.
"It was the best I've seen them
play all season," commented
coach Gary Birney. "They really
played as a team."
Sycamore was ahead 1-0 until
the third quarter when the
Squaws came back strong to fin-
the Braves' defense at goalie.
As IH approaches the tail
end of their season, if "we
continue to play at the peak
;
far^
- as well as Ohio, and, as director
a 1
'P
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Freshmzr! Charlie Gall (14) defends against a Moeller player.
while Richards, Meyer, freshman
Dee Cutler, and junior Tracy Er-
vin earned the wins in doubles.
The day before, IH ousted
Walnut Hills 3-2. In singles,
Weiss and Stratman triumphed.
"Sycamore at that time had
just joined the EHL-I think that
was the first year they were in the
league," said Clark. "They had
the highest-scoring offense in
the city, and they were ranked
second or third in the local
polls. Well, we took them on and
won 6-0."
A shutout? Mighty big turn
of events in what amounts to
two games.
What I'm saying here is, given
the recent trend of lndian Hill-
Sycamore-a Biblical seven-year
string of losses-could a similar
turnaround happen? Remember,
in the early years, the 1950's,
lndian Hill had just been con-
solidated from several smaller
schools and had an even smaller
October 5,1984
the game.
The Squaws are ready t o do
battle against their remaining
opponents, but will have t o do so
without the coaching of Birney,
who leaves October 8 for a new
job in St. Louis. C.B. Craig,
father of team member Tricia
u a l g will take over Birney's
coaching position for the remain-
der of the season.
Moeller
level wh~ch we have exhibited
through our last five games, we
should end on a winning note,"
said coach Steve Thompson.
'
photo by Mariano Fernandez
Wahl and Chabut captured the
doubles wins.
In their third match of the
season, IH defeated Country Day
4-1. Singles were won by
Weiss, Stratman, and Wahl.
Chabut and Wilbur won in daub-
les.
enrollment than now. The enrol-
ment now i s dropping, but 60
new students enrolled this year,
drastically offsetting that down-
ward descent-the high school
only has nine less students than it
did last year. Could the enroll-
ment be picking up?
Granted, it would take several
years of increasing enrollment
to catch up to A A A Sycamore.
But it's food for thought.
At any rate, it's too late now.
This is it. The final chapter in the
I H-Sycamore rivalry -the oldest
one in lndian Hill history-will be
written tonight. It'll probably be
a happy ending for Sycamore, a
sad one for IH-but it'll be an
ending.
No more need be said.
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October 5,1984
lndian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
Band wins Roaer Bacon contest
b y Paul Monach
The marching band notched
perhaps i t s biggest victory in win-
ning the grand championship at
the prestigious Roger Bacon Band
Invitational on September 22.
The competition featured
bands from Kentucky and Indiana
Mr. Stephen Strider pointed out,
"There were some very fine bands
there." He added, "The most
gratifying thing is that our reputa-
tion as a fine performing organi-
zation is spreading."
IH's top competition came
from a Kentucky band, Dixie
Heights, which won the big band
(class AA) competition. IH
earned 339.7 points of a possible
400 in three categories: marching
and maneuvering (100 max.), mu-
sic (200 max.), and general effect
(100 max.); Dixie Heights re-
ceived 323.8 points for i t s show.
Strider noted that it i s diffi-
from the smaller division, compet-
ing against bands that can more
easily produce a big, full sound.
The I H musicians were not the
only members to do well. Senior
drum majors Scott Seward and
Ken Jones won the title of best
field commanders, and the color
guard finished a close second in
class A to Blue River.
Commenting on the band's re-
cent metamorphosis into a quality
competition group, Strider said,
"There was one judge who had
seen us four years ago, and he said
that the level of performance and
sophistication was markedly im-
proved."
The win was not only the first
taste of IH's recent success for the
many freshmen in the band, but
also for assistant director Mr. Joe
Gaudio, a veteran of many years
b
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everyc neec
Aagaz~ne
@hie ftain
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only performed in exhibition at
its own contest.
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Commented Strider, "This
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1 4- [the Roger Bacon victory] is
wonderful, but now we're looking
to Reading; there will be many
fine bands there, and they'll be
waiting for us."
A t Reading as at Roger Bacon,
the I H band will perform i t s full
competition show, which it has
also performed at one home and
one away game, and will perform
at Sycamore tonight.
This show opens with a march-
ing band arrangement of "Take
photo by Tom Taylor
the A Train," followed by "Con-
versations," the first percussion
Drum majors Scott Seward and Ken Jones strain under the weight o f feature the band has played in
the four trophies won at the Roger Bacon Invitational.
several years, and the popular
in the IH system but a rookie in if we lost to a good band." "Malaguena." The show ends
high school marching band. "I
like this part about winning,"
The band will encounter many
such bands next Saturday at the
with "Softly As I Leave You,"
complete with an ironically loud
laughed Gaudio, adding more seri- Reading Invitational, including and powerful ending.
ously, "But I would accept losing, always-tough Roger Bacon, which
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Cook, Monach win NCTE Writing Award
by James Anderson
Seniors David Cook and Paul
Monach were recently awarded
the National Council of Teachers
of English (NCTE) Achievement
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Award in Writing. Their honor 6.
marks the 13th consecutive year
that at least one I H student has
won the award.
Having two winners from the
same school is normally consid-
ered a rare occurence, but IH had
two last year as well, the winners
being John Bergman and Kitsa
Tassian.
NCTE sends nomination forms
to 18,400 high schools and ac-
cepts one to eight applicants from
each school depending on the size
of enrollment. Cook and Monach
were chosen to represent IH
through preliminary writing sam- photo by Tom Taylor
NCTE Award winners (and Chieftain editors) Paul Monach and David
see NCTE, p- 5 Cook continue a thirteen year tradition.