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SPORTSVIEW
...THE NEW PICTURE!!!
Seriously, I hate doing col-
umns like this. "It's that time of
year" is the obvious theme; that
time of year is the New Year, that
time when New Year's reso-
lutions are made.
That's trite; in a column de-
voted to sports, obviously reso-
lutions pertaining to the new year
must deal with sports. But the
question rears its ugly head:
what types of resolutions are to
be made?
I mean, this really isn't the
proper time for Walzer to deliver
a discourse on what he views as
unjust in the sports w d d . New
Year's resolutions? I mean,
God!
To be frank, I'm in no mood
to be controversial this issue.
New Year's resolutions aren't
really worthy of controversy.
Still, I have to write some-
thing.. .
So., on with it.
I think I'll do this month by
month so I only have to make
twelve resolutions. With that
in mind, let us begin ...
January: that's simple. I want
the Super Bowl to live up to the
hype it's going to get. It pits
two of the best teams in NFL his-
tory-San Francisco with its rec-
ord 15-1 mark, Miami with its
record QB, Dan Mariano-against
one another, and the game could
be the best Super Bowl ever. I
expect a hell of a contest.
February: Marge Schott, new
owner of the Reds, better hit it
off with the team once they get
to spring training. No way can
the Reds afford a hostile, med-
dling front office, like the Yank-
ees.
March: Indian Hill basketball
teams, boys' and girls', hope-
fully will advance in post-season
play. To quote Dave Stanforth
in a recent article, "Our last
game will be March 30"-the
finals of state.
CHIEFTAIN
Humor, hatred head
New Year's resolutions
April: I hope that the spring
sports season here at IH isn't
rained out, as it is every year in
April...it makes coverage sooo
hard ...
May: I hope that Boss Kincaid's
filly, 53 G's, wins the Kentucky
Derby and goes on to win the
Triple Crown.
June: May the Reds retain any
improvement they take out of
spring training...invariably they
win a few games and are in con-
tention in May, only to have the
bottom drop out in June ...
ABRAMS, from p. 11
(25.6 P P ~and
) we advance a
few games in the tourney, I
should get it." Then he added,
"But I really don't think about it
when I'm playing."
'"'ABRAMS
I
SC,I,ING CHA
Career iScoring Leaders
Player
1. Gary Freytag
2. Eppa Rixey
3. Scott Rogers
4. RICK ABRAMS
5. Dan Murphy
6. Rick Brand
Abram s is already in fourth place among IH's
all-time leading sc:orers; if he maintains his
current LJ.QL swring average, he shau'" ----
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Gary Freytag in thle final game of the sel
Freshman Braves destroy Mustangs,
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54-31
The freshman basketball team
raised their record to 5-2 by des-
troying the Madeira Mustangs 54-
31 on Wednesday.
The Braves took off with the
lead early on by outscoring the
Mustangs 14-8 in the first period;
however, they didn't blow it wide
open until the second quarter
when the Braves started causing
July: May John McEnroe win
Wimbledon with nary the drop of
a tantrum.
August: May August wither away
and cease to exist as a month ...
no way should any sports be
played in that sticky, sweaty,
gnatty jungle that seems to
settle in during the dog days of
that time of year...
September: Should the Reds still
be in contention for the division
title, the race really should start
heating up around now ...here's
hoping that they can stay cool.
~ u itt is something to think
about, and Abrams appears to
have established himself as one of
the premier players in not only
Indian Hiu histroy, but in EHL
history as well.
Yoints scored
982
843
786
751
726
678
turnovers and picking up the tem-
po of the game. IH led at half
30-16.
IH continued its domination
in the third and fourth periods
as coach Steve Thompson rotated
many of the non-starting players
into the game.
IH's leading scorer was Richie
Decker with 16 points. Decker,
January 11,1985
October: May the Reds be play-
ing in the World Series, and may
the Bengals have at least one win
under their belts ...
November: Football, football
and more football... coach Heiz-
man's team should wind down
their season at the start of the
month... here's hoping that it ends
with a CHL title.
December: May the basketball
Braves get out to an early lead
in the CHL.
It is going to be really inter-
esting to see how many of these
resolutions come true. I, for one,
am hoping that all twelve do;
how about you?
BRAVES, from p. 11
to 3-1 in handing the Loveland
Tigers a 9264 defeat on Decem-
ber 21.
The win came on the heels of
a disappointing 20-point loss to
Greenhills, 69-49, and made the
Braves' overall record 6-4.
Aside from Abrarns' heroics
in the Loveland contest, the
Braves were led with many time-
ly baskets by unheralded junior
Jared Davis, who came through
with 13 points in relief of the in-
jured Seremetis. Seremetis has
since been reinstated, but it
is reassuring for IH to know that
they have a double-digit relief
man on the bench in Davis.
The Braves, however, need
production from the other guards
to win the league title. Abrarns is
sure to see several "gimmick" de-
fenses in the next ten games, and
the teams other shooters, Dave
Stanforth, Andy Tucker, Brian
Rowe, and Jeff Yost must be
able to hit the outside jumpers.
The confidence level remains
high, though, and the last EHL
title is not only a hope but an ex-
pectation as the players enter the
secondhalf of the season.
- crisis, and seniorcitizen years,
-
who started slowly in the first
quarter, led the Braves in their
second- and thirdquarter surges.
Mexico Hayden also had a
good game with ten points. Lee
Tuckei, Jim Thornton, Steve
Wachs *.and Brandon Schneider
each scored six. Eddie Tepe and
Rolf Schorr each scored two to
help the Braves to victory.
(chieftai
Vol. 34 No. 9
January 11,1985
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
All-State Orchestra selects four
by Jeff Currier
The Ohio All-State Orchestra
has selected four Indian Hill in-
strumentalists to participate in
the 1985 convention, to be held
February 6,7, and 8 in Cleveland.
The four 1985 members are:
junior Brad Adrien, oboe; sopho-
more Stephanie Hug, violin; sen-
ior Janet Nicolas, viola; and senior
Scott Seward, trumpet. The se-
lection process varied for each
person, depending on what instru-
ment he played.
The first step in being selected
for the All-State Orchestra for all
four players was participation in
the Southwestern Ohio Regional
Orchestra last October. Each mu-
sician auditioned privately before
a judge in order to be selected for
this orchestra. which is one of
five regional orchestras from
around the state.
The selection process then di-
Drama Club to compete in regional contest
by Kym Sollinger
The Drama Club will perform
a one-act play entitled 'Why Do
We Laugh?" at the Ohio Theatre
Association competition, to be
held January 19 at Edgecliffe Col-
lege of Xavier University.
This competition could quali-
fy Indian Hill for the state compe-
tition in March, provided that the
play receives straight superior
ratings.
'Why Do We Laugh?" was one
of the four plays presented at this
year's Dessert Theatre. The origi-
nal cast will perform at the dis-
trict competition, with the excep-
tion of senior Ken Jones, who is
replacing junior Jeff Currier in the
role of "Andrew at 66."
The story is a heartwarming
recollection of the life of 66-year-
old Andrew Powers. His memor-
ies are touching and at times sur-
prising. 'When your memories
talk back to you, it's harsh!"
comments senior actress Anna
Batsakes. 'The whole play really
versifies Sepenamg upon the in-
strument. Both Adrien and Sew-
ard play wind instruments; thus,
they followed a similar process
into the State Orchestxa. While
All-State Orchestra members: .I(
Janet Nicolas, Scott Seward.
to I.) Stephanie Hug, Brad Adrien,
makes you wonder about growing
old."
Aging is a large factor in the
success of the play. Because a dif-
ferent person portrays Andrew
and his wife Meredith at various
ages, there must be a likeness
among the characters representing
the different ages.
"Play ensemble," says Miss
Mary Lou Berwanger, adviser and
director of Drama productions.
'The actors must portray their
mutual character. Although An-
drew and Meredith are shown in
their childhood years, middleage
they must convince the audience
that they are the same couple.
The unity is critical. The judges
will be looking for it at Edgecliff.
'We selected this play for the
contest because of the skill with
which the cast members are able
to portray different ages and the
great timing and close interplay
between characters. This pro-
duces a remarkable ensemble
at Regionals, Seward and Adrien
recorded another audition o n cas-
sette, which was sent to the di-
rector of the All-State Orchestra
for his review and final selection.
photo by Tom Taylor
effect.'"
Members of the cast include
seniors Anna Batsakes (Meredith
at 4 3 , Duff Woodside (Andrew
at 44), Kym Sollinger (Meredith
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The cast of 'Why Do We Laugh?" will portray Meredith and An-
drew Powers at various ages o n January 19 for regional judges
This audition required the utmost
in preparation on the part of the
musicians, as only four players
on each instrument are selected.
String players Hug and Nicolas
auditioned only once, last Octo-
ber, and were then placed in both
-
Regional and State Orchestras.
From each region, the top six vio-
lin players and top two viola play-
ers went to state automatically.
This ensured an equal representa-
tion from all regions in the string
section. Both Hug and Nicolas
will audition again February 6 for
seating in their respective sec-
tions.
Two years ago, Fred Goos-
man, trumpet, and Tom Cmmp-
ler, tuba, were IH's representa-
tives at the convention. Last
year, IH sent no representatives.
The music that the orchestra
performs is a top-level reperto3e.
This vear's program includes
Shostakovitch's 5th Symphony
and Rossini's Overture to 'The
Barber of Seville."
at 67), and Ken Jones (Andrew
at 661, sophomores Diana Grei-
ner (Meredith at 6), Charlie Schiff
(Andrew at 5), and Susan Robin-
son (Meredith at 16), and fresh-
man Rob Warfel (Andrew at 15).
The student director is senior
Elizabeth Gorman.
photo by Tom Taylor
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editorial
In the recently published Annual Report of the In-
dian Hill School District, the principals of the various
district schools present their general "predictions"
about life, and especially education, in the 21st cen-
tury. Many of the comments, and also the discus-
sions of the schools' progress and new programs, fo-
cus on computer awareness, preparing students for an
age supposedly to be dominated by computers.
These predictions are typical of those who tend to
overrate computers and their usefulness. Many people
forsee computers infusing themselves in to every facet
of future life. This future is highly improbable, be-
cause it is highly impractical.
Computers are useful-indeed, invaluable-in situa-
tions that require speed, massive storage of data,
and/or impeccable accuracy. In some situations, as
with large-scale word processing, computers also pro-
vide convenience to a degree that they are worth their
steep cost.
Most people, though, have no practical use for
home computers beyond minimal word processing
and game playing. The machines' appropriate uses
are generally confined to larger-scale operations like
business, science, industry, and communications,
where they are prevalent and effective.
Even in their element, though, computers are
editorial
Exams are quickly approaching, and students, ot
course, are anticipating the strain of the thorough
testing. This year, however, the school has been
forced to adopt a new exam policy of keeping pupils
in school all day.
In previous years, students took the exams offered
on a certain day, then left. Consequently, a mini-
mum of time was spent at school and the remainder
was left to the student. Hopefully, the time would be
put to use studying in any way possible for the next
exam. The system worked well. No problems. No
hitches.
The first day of school this year the students were
informed that the state wanted students at school
:.tien during exam time. Although no formal instruc-
tion is offered, the students must be present at school
for 2 certain amount of time for the exam days to be
cou: *ed as full-fledged "school days."
TIie students and the administration worked out a
schedule for exam days acceptable to the state. The
result is an exam at the beginning of the day and one
at the end. i n between, there is a study hall long
January 11, 1986
blown out of proportion by the uninformed. Many
people will indeed have contact with computers in
their work, but not beyond a necessary skill level that
can be learned in a five-minute instruction program or
a short manual.
Worst, however, many people see the possibilities
for computerization as infinite. The idea of even the
simplest "artificial intelligence," computers that can
add to their capabilities or efficiency through exper-
ience, is so far in the future that experts do not truly
know if such electronic manipulation is even possible
or economically feasible.
Also, computers must function through programs,
which are created by error-prone humans; computers
thus do not generate infallible results.
Regarding education and "computer awareness,"
the insistence that all people be at least familiar and
comfortable with computers is unnecessary; some of
the greatest advances in the technology are designed
to make the machines more and more "user-friend-
ly."
If society ever reaches a state of mass-computeriza-
tion, the machines will be "friendly" enough that an
individual's instruction need only be: "This is an in-
animate object, here to assist you in your work like
any other machine--and this is how you turn it on ..."
enough to make one's rear end hurt just looking at
the schedule.
These study halls will include an incredible amount
of clock-staring, moans, groans, and anxiety by the
time the second exam rolls around (not to mention
sore buns). Time might be better spent in the seclu-
sion of one's home amidst a pile of books or with
friends in a gro.up study. Study halls do not present
the optimum study environment despite what claims
are.
If any person's grades suffer because of the new
policy, the state is totally to blame. Please complain.
They might say, "Well, it's only an exam grade. It's
not that important." In response, how about, "It was
only an exam day. Was it that important t o change
it?"
After exams, the actual results will become appa-
rent. If students are dissatisfied, they will complain,
although sometimes it is difficult to catch the state's
ear. Student Government's responsibility is either t o
accept an inferior state plan or attempt to change it
by fighting "city hall."
11,1985
Cradle Rob
by Brian Rowe
The 16-e intramural bas-
ketball season's first weekend of
action is approaching quickly and
should prove to provide some
great basketball action.
League commissioner Gary
Gellert is optimistic about the
abundance of talent in this year's
field. To help the casual intra-
mural fan become acquainted
with the teams in the league, we
have written this team-by-team
preview article' complete with
player profiles and predictions.
THE BEST
The Coaches: An experienced
team that features a multi-talen-
ted backcourt in Gary Argentati
and Bob Huester. Both these
guards can fill it up from the out-
side and are quick enough to
. force steals on D.
The big question mark, how-
ever, is if the front line of Greg
Koulouris, Steve Thompson, and
Mike Owens possesses the physi-
cal stamina to run with the
younger players in the league for
the full 40 minutes. But this
front line has a combined weight
of over 700 pounds, and they
should dominate the offensive
and defensive boards. Prediction:
14-2
The Cradle Robbers: An all-
senior team that could form a dy -
nasty this year. Combined, this
team has 19 years of organized
high school basketball experience,
and team mainstays Mike Theye,
Dave Steward, and John Bishop
were all varsity Braves at one
point who were lured to the intra-
mural league by the high salaries
and the liberal training rules that
are "enforced."
This team has the tallest front
line in Bishop, Brian Jehle, and
Nick Stergiopoulos, and they will
be triggering the awesome "Cradle
Robber" fast break this year.
Pound for pound, Mike Theye
is one of the deadliest scorers in
the league, and Steward is a streak
shooter who, when he gets hot,
could pour in 30 in one game.
"Our problem is that we don't
have a true point guard," says
player-coach Theye, "but we have
been trying to lure (Paul) Kalo-
meres from the Bamfs by placing
Bishop, (Brian) More, and (Bill)
Croskey on the trading block."
Prediction: 14-2.
CHIEFTAIN
The Cradle Robbers, considered one of the most promising teams of
the season, demonstrate the origin of their name.
THE CONTENDERS
The Snow Flakes: This junior-
oriented team could prove to be
the sleeper of the league. This
club has two talented forwards in
Dominic Britton and senior Lem
Davis. Britton has good moves to
the basket, and Davis is a physical
leaper who can get well above the
rim to block shots.
Brian Vonderbrink and Steve
Womack are two talented and
confident guards, and Vonder-
brink warns, "Anybody who
thinks they are going to out-mus-
cle us is in for a big, big surprise."
The "if" on the Snow Flakes
is whether Kevin Viox can make a
smooth transition from the grid-
iron to the hardwood, because he
is the mainstay underneath, and
one of the best players in the
league. Senior Bill Poffenberger,
who was red-shirted last year, is
the spiritual leader of this team.
Prediction: 13-3.
The Bamfs: What this team lacks
in basketball talent, it makes up
for in athletic ability: just about
everybody on this large squad has
lettered in at least one or two var-
sity sports in high school. The
Bamfs have a solid backcourt in
Kalomeres and Paul Monach, Kal-
omeres being a heady playmaker
and Monach a long-range bombar-
dier who will average in double
digits this season.
At power forward they have
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photo by Tom Taylor
Scott Seward, a good shooter and
rebounder, and musclebound
Dave Schneider, who isn't shy
about dishing out elbows.
The enigma here is if 6'2",
180-pound Tom Wilson can hold
his own at the pivot. Wilson is a
decent rebounder but is not
known for his shooting touch.
Gary Hallam summed up his
team's philosophy in saying, "We
party hard, then we play hard."
Prediction: 12-5.
The Players: This team's chances
all revolve around Mike Ander-
son's capacity to handle the point
guard duties. Steward of the Cra-
dle Robbers states, "I know we,
for one, will try to exploit the
Playen' weaknesses on defense."
That is where this club's trou-
bles lie; Tony Hoffman and James
Johnson will be left underneath
to battle the league's giants. Jun-
ior Grey Freudenberg will be de-
pended upon to keep the Players
in most of their contests with his
scoring. Prediction: 8-8.
THE REST
The Handymen: A team of seven
juniors who are as aggressive as
any team in the league. You
know Matt Mueller, the team's
starting guard, is sound funda-
mentally because he played for a
year under Gellert before being
placed on waivers by coach Dale
McKibben.
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Scott Voss and Steve Misali
are tough forwards who rebound
and pass well, but this team really
has no pure shooters, and the
Handymen's games will most like-
ly be hard, tough defensive strug-
gles. Kevin McClorey will have to
assert himself as a scorer for this
team to go anywhere. Prediction:
6-10.
The Anarchists: An inexperi-
enced team of juniors that simply
can't compete with the cream of
the league. With Tad Pape start-
ing in the pivot, coach Chuck La-
Macchia knows he has serious
problems. He states, "This is def-
initely a rebuilding year for us,
but we should win a few games."
Senior Brad McCurdy is the
leader and defensive enforcer of
this club, but his outside shot has
been suspect of late. Jeff Busch
and Dave Kilday could help some,
but the jury is still out on the An-
archists. Prediction: 3-13.
The Fighting Platypuses: A mot-
ley group of sophomores who
could surprise some people this
year. . . probably will win some
games by sheer virtue of being
overlooked by their opponents.
Mark Wishard is the ball guard
who didn't exactly see eye to eye
with JV coach Gellert and thus
went the intramural route. Guard
Chris Kempczinski explains, "It
all revolves around Jerome Fix-
he's our little Rick Abrams, and
if he comes through for us, we'll
win a lot of games this year."
That may be overstating it a
little, but with Chris DeMaio's
court sense and overbearing confi-
dence and Mike Goldman's out-
side touch, this team may win a
few. Prediction: 3-13.
The Yardbirds: The Cleveland
Cavaliers of the intramural league;
this team is not talented and not
deep (only five roster players a t
press time). Ingo Lies almost
made the West German Olympic
team in 1976 (as a ten-yezr~ld),
and he is the team's all-purpose
forward.
Matt Feltman must be able t o
make a transition from the wrest-
ling mats to the basketball court
for this team to have any chance
at all. Brian Meyers illustrates the
team's optimism in saying,
"We're hoping that a few teams
will not have enough players to
play us and will have to forfeit."
Prediction: 0-16.
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by Kevin Walzer
After faring well with "equal
or slightly better competition" at
the Indian Hill Invitational, senior
Ken Slazyk figures that the wrest-
lers will meet "tougher teams" at
the Madeira tournament this
weekend.
At Madeira the Braves will
face some difficult competition,
said Slazyk. "Compared to the
Indian Hill tournament, I'd say
it71 be a lot tougher. Well have a
harder time there."
Do the Braves have any special
plans to spring on the fourteen-
team field, wliich includes such
varied teams as Deer Park, Lock-
land, Country Day and Batavia?
"I'd just say that we plan to work
hard and go for it."
That strategy is sounder than
it may look, said Slazyk; he attri-
buted it as the main reason for
IH's best mark in the Indian Hill
Invitational in several years.
IH placed fifth in the eight-
team field, which may be mislead-
ing; the Braves, with 88% points,
more than doubled their score of
Squaws stun Amazons in
'biggest win' in many years
by Tiffany Meyer
For the first time in over a
decade the girls' basketball team
defeated Madeira, in a tight
47-42 decision in double over-
time on December 20.
Commented coach Dick Pfir-
man, "This has to the biggest
win for us since I've been here.
It was a great team effort; every-
body chipped in."
Senior Gretchen Kindel pul-
led the Squaws through with
15 points to lead the Squaws.
Junior Kristin Mains added nine.
The leading rebounder was sen-
ior Amy Wiatt.
Said Pfirman, "Kristin and
Gretchen really played welt.
They came through when we
needed them ."
Two days earlier, the Squaws
routed Mariemont 50-22. The
leading scorer was junior Cadi
Cucinotta with 16 points,
followed by another junior, Chris
Hall, with eleven. Mains grabbed
six rebounds.
On December 13 the girls
travelled to Loveland to once
again reign victorious, 50-39. The
team came back in the second
half to win.
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1 our finish; we put in lots of hours
Ken Slazyk whispers to his Clermont Northeast opponent, "Eat the
mat, sucker" at the Indian Hill Invitational last Saturday.
a year earlier (32 points).
Clermont Northeast won the points. Western Brown finished
meet with 179% points, twenty third with 119%, just ahead of
ahead of second place finisher New Richmond with 119. IH was
The leading scorer was Cuci-
notta, with 15 points. Wiatt was
the leading rebounder with eight.
With these wins, the Squaws
are 4-1 in the league and 6-3 over-
all. Pfirman comments, "I am
really pleased with the way the
seniors and the juniors
are playing. I am especially
happy with the leadership and the
way the seniors have pulled the
team together. It seems if we
need something, like a basket
or rebound, Wiatt, Kindel, Cuc-
inotta 01 Mains will come for-
ward and get what we need. I
am also overall pleased with the
effort the whole team has
shown."
JV Braves winning well after slow start
by Alissa Raleigh
The JV basketball Braves had
several weeks to rest and prepare
for the remaining games in the
season, the first of which is
tonight against Deer Park.
The JV notched what was
probably their most. confidence-
building victory of the Fason
in defeating Loveland 62-47 on
December 21.
photo by Brad Wilkinsonwere really ready. We wanted to
Bethel-Tate, which had 158
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joy Rowe protects the ball from Cadi Cucinotta in a recent pmc-
tice.
The team attributed this vic-
tory to "teamwork" such as corn-
munication on the court and
strategy.
The boys also agreed that they
had a "wicked" offense and a
hard-working defense that has
imyioved greatly throughout the
course of the season. They are -
hoping that they can maintain
this improvement, especially in
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Summit Country Day (5).
The major reason for 1H's
strong finish was that three Braves
were champions in their respec-
tive weight classes. Junior Matt
Feltman placed first in the 126-
pound class, while Slazyk and
senior Dave Kindle won at 145
lbs. and heavyweight, respective-
ly.
Slazyk sees the individual suc-
cess and the team results as very
encouraging. "It's a really good
achievement," he said. "It picked
us up; last year we had no
champions and only 32 points.
It's really good."
He feels the improvement is
indicative of the attitide of the
team as a whole. "The team
overall was really picked up by
before the tournament, and we
do
In fact, Slazyk said, the fifth-
place finish fell short of his ex-
pectations. "Actually, I thought
we wouldget fourth."
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photo by Brad Wllkinson
tonight's game.
Sophomore Ron Jones com
mented of the Loveland game,
"We dominated them so bad."
Added sophomore Greg Rogers,
"Yeah, their defense just could-
n't stand up toour offense."
The team credited their recent
success to hard work and good
coaching by Gary Gellert.
by Anna Batsakes
The Colgate Thirteen, an all-
male singing group, returned for
the annual Student Government
music forum on January 6.
The group consists of 13 mem-
ber, who are currently students at
CoJgate University in Hamilton,
New York.
Their tour began on January 3
afld will continue through the
first week of February. The sing-
ers are taking off Colgate's Janu-
ary term in order to travel
throughout the United States to
places such as Chicago, Dallas,
and New Orleans.
Besides Indian Hill, the Col-
gate Thirteen have sung at such
prestigious events as the Winter
Olympics, Super Bowl XIII, and
the Tonight Show. They have al-
so toured in Mexico, Hawaii, and
the Bahamas.
The Colgate singers consist of
24 members. 0n6 the 13 mem-
bers with the most seniority are
able to tour with the group. Each
weekend the group tours colleges,
high schools, and. alumni gather-
ings.
The singers have a repertoire
of $0 songs, which they sing in a
rotating formation for their audi-
ences. "Since we are on a non-
Slow month of January
leaves little for
Fellow Students,
January has traditionally been
a "lull month" for SG, and this
year is no exception. I certainly
hope that every one of you had
plenty of rest and relaxation over
the holiday break.
You may find yourselves need-
W much more in the upcoming
-
week, unfortunately. Yes, it's
exam time-and that means stress,
pressure, and little sleep. Hope-
fully, IH's new exam poltep. will
add only a minimal amount of
inconvenience for students during
the exam period.
Student Government did its
best to overcome the absurd ml-
ing by the state Board of Educa-
tion requiring students to stay in
school a l l day during exam week
Osrr overriding concern now is
drum- up student interest in
our exchange promam. Our next
h d e n t exchange, with Sycamore
High School, will be held on Jan-
CHlE
serenade IH
profit tour, we provide good en-
tertainment for a low cost," said
one member of the ensemble.
'We charge only enough to pay
for travelling expenses."
Colgate Thirteen is a non-
profit group that runs indepen-
dently of university funding. All
travelling arrangements, music,
public relations, and other ar-
rangements are run by members
of the group.
The Colgate singers formed in
1942 as a group of friends who
gathered in the pub of the Colgate
Inn to sing a few songs. These
days, the group will occasionally
practice in the same basement
room of the inn in which they
photo by Tom Taylor
started. A member of the Cdgate Thirteen makes the moves on senior Missy
Milligan at the last Tunday.
To join the ensemble, oue
must audition along with about
50 other hopeful singers. Only
a t a d o n are accepted in
each highly-competitive annual
Mackto ioumey down under
try-out. by Elizabeth Gorman
The group will be cutting their Junior Neely Mack will begin a ceive credit for her studies there,
second album this spring. Works year-long stay in Australia to- yet she must meet some Indian
in Progress, their album, is morrow. She is participating in Hill requirements.
available for $6.00. To order an the AFS Americans Abroad pro- "I have t o make up a semester
album or send fan mail, write to: gram and will return ~ a n u a1.2
Colgate 13 of her senior year.
of junior [U.S.] history and a
semester of U.S. Government, but
P.O. Box 13 The first week of her stay will it should be worth it."
Colgate University
Hamilton, N.Y. 13346
be spent exploring the city of
Sydney with other AFSers from
During the year, Mack hopes
to find time for her favorite
all over the world. After visiting sport, tennis. Since the weather
this major Australian city, she will stays in the mid-seventies
go on to Brisbane, where her host throughout the year, the climate
family, the Watermeyers, live.
Brisbane is the thitd largest
should be perfect. "I'm not tak-
ing any winter clothes," she com-
SG activities city in the country and is famous mented.
for its beautiful beaches. Mack does not have many
The Watermeyers have two fears about the trip. "1 don't
uary 23 and 24. older sons and a 15-year-old think any problems witl hit me
daughter, with whom Mack will until I'm there. I do know I'm
for sign-up. Only f ~ students
e attend Sommerville House Bris- going to miss my friends,
from IH win be able to participate bane High School. She will r e though."
ge a-
in the two-day program, and final
judgments on an individual stu-
dent's participation will be made
with reference to the student's STAFF EZkE&m
academic and disciplinary stand-
ings. Good luck, prospective
Chieftain Is written and composed, prinma and sold as an extracur-
exchangers! ricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake
From the look of things, the Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 5614225.
student body seems to have en- Sponsor: Wm. P. Kincaid; Editors: Ken Jones, Paul Monach; N e m
joyed the Colgate Thirteen forum
held on January 8. Our next for-
Editors: Anna Batsakes, David Cook; Features Editors: Tracy Magi-
son, Janet Nicolas; Sports Editors: Brian Rowe, Kevin Waizer; Maga-
zine Editors: Ellen Alvord, Joel Ruff; Business Manager: Kelly Martin;
um will be held in February and Circulation Manager: Davis Griffin; Production Managers: MaryBath
will feature IH's Drama Club. We Heidrich, Dan Rosenthal; Assistant Production Manager: Arianna New-
man; Phatographers: Tom Taylor. Davis Griffin, Brad Wllkinson;Con-
have yet to schedule any event for
tributors: Elizabeth Converse, Elizabeth Gorman, Jeff Currler, Hugh
the March forum. We need ideas! Geier, Kym Sollinger, Suzanne Lunsford. Pster Batsakes. Tifanny Msy-
Please put any suggestions in the er, Alissa Raleigh, Joy Rowe, Tom Taylor; Production Staff: Alex
SG suggestion box located under Overhoff, Rob Seal, Laura Schwartz, James Anderson, Kym Sollinger,
the SG bulletin board. Angela Beattie, Jeff Currier.
As its edltorIal policy, Chieftain Strives both to commend what is
Thank You,
good and encourage cormctlon of what is not. Editorials reflect the
Hugh Geier opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are
SG President strongly encouraged as long as they a m relevant and respPnslbly
written.
 Page 4 CHIEFTAIN January 11,1986 January 11,1985 CHIEFTAIN Page 11

ivingston crashed
perceptions
with Tom Taylor
1985 ushers in the official
start of my column, "Percep-
tions." This column may be any-
thing from a demented distortion
of a concept to a serious state-
ment about human. emotions. I
do not intend for my column to
be an attack on any person or in-
stitution, but merely for it to be a
catalyst for a deeper meaning
which the reader, particularly the
student of excellence, may per-
ceive.
I welcome anyone's comments
or suggestions and hope this col-
umn proves to be enjoyable.
A private party held at Living-
ston Lodge on New Year's Eve
was stormed by local superheroes
in what was described as "an zt-
tempt to preserve the decency of
mankind." The story now un-
folds as witnessed by the author.
The two personnel carriers
found their way determinedly
down the hill toward the lodge.
They were an ominous sight: al-
legedly a Volkswagon Jetta and a
Cadillac Eldorado, the two vehi-
cles were adorned with "Excel-
lence in Education" logos and
quotations from the Student-
Parent Handbook.
An alarmed student declared a
dismaying warning to the partiers:
"OH MY GOD! The death mo-
biles are coming! The car bombs
didn't work! They 're coming!
They're . . ."
The panic spread quickly
through Livingston as people be-
, .I to faint out of fright, and
~ i e s of dismay shattered the
once-f, stive atmosphere.
ments of instruction. "stay calm,
get out the milk and cookies, and
act excellent" were futile orders
as the real moment of fright be-
gan to occur.
The four superheroes, or gods
of terror, stood outside their vehi-
cles in the nowcold, mystical
wind the dreaded P.P., frightful
V-squared, abominable Doc Harsh
and the infamous X-Gorgon stood
armed with handbooks and blue
and yellow slips of paper while
their true identities were kept
concealed behind masks and
capes.
The four figures sternly
walked toward the doors of the
lodge, the only sound being their
heavy leather boots scraping the
stoce pavement below them.
The sight of the four silhouet-
ted profiles in the lighted door-
/
"The dreaded P.P, fright-
ful V-squared, abomin-
able Doc Harsh, and the
infamous X-Gorgon
stood armed with hand-
books and blue and yel-
low slips o f paper while
their true identities were
concealed. . . "
way rivaled the most awe-inspir-
ing scenes of Close Encounters.
The eyes of these superhumans
moved mechanically, as if to Io-
cate the next victim scheduled
- - - for
..- -- - .-
Midterm schedule requires six-hour attendance
by David Cook
Due to increasingly stringent
state regulations, a new midterm
examination schedule will be im-
plemented next week.
The main difference between
the 1985 exam policy and that of
previous years is that exam days
will be full-length school days.
Even if a student has no exam
scheduled, he must be in atten-
dance from 7:35 to at least 1:35
to complete a state-required six-
hour day. Buses will not run until
the normal time of 2:35.
Classes will be held Wednesday
morning. 9:45 to 1 2 ~ 0 5 Thurs-
, The administration is generally
day and Friday, students will at-
tend study hall in their fifth pe-
riod classroom, with lunchtimes
termination.
eroes
X-Gorgon was the first to act.
Her eyes became fixed upon her
archenemy, who was onstage
reading announcements. A young
lad named Ross was speaking into
the public address system when
X-Gorgon screamed, "Oh my
God! Get that child away from
the microphone!"
She began to run frantically
toward the stage, pointing her fin-
ger blindly as her cape flapped
violently behind her.
"Back off, X-Gorgon! I'm in
charge of the airwaves here!" the
undaunted Ross replied as five
Student Liberation Army mem-
bers carried the heroine out of the
lodge.
P.P. rebutted in support of her
comrade, "You're a sick one,
you . . . you pollution of the air-
waves! Humor is forbidden! "
The frightful V-squared had
been patrolling among the partiers
issuing breathalizer tests when he
stumbled upon one of the stu-
dents who had fainted due to
fright. "What's this person been
taking?" he immediately demand-
ed to know.
It was at that moment that
arch-enemy Bobby N. strutted in
through the back door, apparent-
ly unaware of what was now tak-
ing place. He was apparently car-
rying several cases of what ap-
peared to be a malt beverage.
"So-0-0 !" exclaimed a not-so-
surprised V-squared. "You're the
0
the Student Service Center; no
one is allowed in the halls during
testing.
No student is required to take
three exams on a day. It is the
student's responsibility to resche-
dule exams with his teachers if
conflicts arise.
If school is canceled, all remai-
ning exams will be moved forward
one school day. In the event of a
90-minute delay on Thursday or
Friday, morning exams will be
moved up to 9~05-11:05 a.m.,
and the midday study hall will be
shortened.
disappointed by the state rules
that necessitated the change in
exam policy. Principal Dr. Karl
:;ec;;z;t;;;h;;~t~;;;:
stances!"
"It's only Near Beer, V-
squared," Bobby N. replied
quickly. "it's non-alcoholic."
"Counterfeit controlled sub-
stance!" V-squared snapped tri-
umphantly. "I'lI have you put be-
hind bars. you demented fiend."
"V, V! I've found it! I've
found it!" the elated Doc ex-
claimed as he ran through the
crowd. "My beautiful simulated
walnut veneer 'Excellence in Edu-
cation' sign that was stolen from
outside the school. It was in that
rascal Billy P.'s car. The little
demon stole my livelihood!"
"I didn't steal anything!" pro-
tested a flustered Billy P. "That
sign is mine. I had one made for
my room so I could display it as
a symbol of pride."
"You ripped it right off its
post!" screamed Doc Harsh. "We
all love this sign, and you just had
to go and take it for yourself!"
The incidents continued in
like manner until all illegitimate
behavior was corrected. The su-
perheroes called the parents of all
the "deliquent partiers," congra-
tulated themselves on a mission
well accomplished, then went off
to give a lecture on "corrective in-
tervention." This writer then laid
down his pen, and the nightmare
was over.
This article is, of course, fic-
ticious. Any similarities to per-
sons living or dead is, o f course,
purely coincidental.
The purpose of the recently crea-
ted state legislation was to ensure
that students were actually in
school for the required number of
full days. While previously, the
half-length or shorter exam days
could be used towards the fulfill-
ment of the state quota, this year,
half days no longer may be coun-
ted in this respect. Therefore, if
exam days had not been leng-
thened, the school year might
have had to be extended.
Feltman considers next week's
schedule "a pilot to make judg-
ments about the future" and not
necessarily permanent. According
to Assistant Principal Sharon
Smith, there are "other possibili-
ties" even for this year's final
Deer Par
by Brian Rowe
The basketball Braves now en-
ter the heart of the EHL season,
with nine games remaining, all of
them league contests.
Coach Dale McKiiben feels
that the Braves can afford t o lose
none of these games to be assured
of the championship, but that a
12-2 league record will most like-
ly be a good enough mark to
bring home the trophy.
Commentea McKibben, "I
think that we have the best team
in the league right now; I'm
confident that we'll win the
championship."
B league game, we will still
7-
Erich Mebger shoots for one of his 18 points against Madeira.
ime scoring mar
by Brian Rowe
45 points later, Rick Abrams
is taking steps towards history.
Not only did he break Gary Frey-
tag's singlegame scoring record
of 43 points, but he is also chas-
ign Freytag's career mark of 982
points.
"It was just one of those
nights where everything fell" is
the summary Abrams gave of his
performance. To be exact, 14 of
his 18 attempted field goals fell,
and he made 1 7 of 1 9 from the
free throw line.
When asked if he tried any-
thing new o n that pasticular Fri-
day, Abrams just shrugged, ''I re-
laxed and played my game; it was
a once-inacareer night."
om on Braves' title road
He pointed to IH's "easier"
second half schedule as a fac-
ton that will have a great
bearing on the race.
'We've played all the
contenders up t o this point
on the road, and once we
play Milford next week, all
the tougher teams are
going t o come here to play,"
said McKibben. "In other words,
they are going to have to beat
us here to win the title. Frank-
ly, I think that we are in con-
trol of the second half schedule."
McKibben is optimistic that
the team will be able to win
photo by Brad Wilkinson
-
tests. "You have to play differ-
ently when you're getting double-
teamed, because you know you're
not going t o get your points; you
just have t o concentrate on win-
ning the game."
And winning is something all
the Braves are concentrating on
right now. When asked of the
Braves' championship hopes, Ab-
rams said, "Realistically, I thhk
we will be cochamps with Syca-
more, both of us ending up 13-1
. . . Milford (co-leaders thus far)
really hasn't played anyone tough
yet (in the EHL)."
Abrams was asked if he
thought he could score fifty in a
game. He paused, and then re-
plied, ''NO, I don't think so."
,
consistently through the rest of
the games.
"We're just taking it one game
at a time; the players are work-
ing hard. Right now we're not
changing much from game t o
game in terms of our prepara-
tion."
Accordingly, the Braves
will prepare for Milford next
week in much the same way
they prepared for Deer Park,
whom they play tonight.
"Well, with Deer Park
we'll be working t o shut
down their scorers; even
though they haven't won a
have to be up."
The same thing could, be
said for Milford, although
the first-place Eagles present
their own special problems.
"They have a sound club,
one that wins and has a lot
of pride. They will be up
for the game; we're going t o
have to play well," said Mc-
Kibben.
"Playing well" entails
aggressive rebounding, effective
outside shooting, and a deske o n
the Braves' part t o fast break t o
overcome the tough Eagle zone
defense, the Braves' coach said.
"We'll have t o sharp and ex-
ticed all season."
The road to the league title
was made one game shorter when
the Braves scored 33 points in the
fourth quarter to detear Maderra
80-71 last Wednesday, in a game
where 64 fouls were called.
IH connected on 34 of 60
attempts over the course of t h e
contest, hitting 19 of 29 in the
fourthquarter rally.
The Braves were led in scor-
ing by junior Erich Metzger with
18 points, while senior Pete Sere-
metis added 17.
Junior Erich Metzger stepped
in to fill the void left by senior
Rick Abrams, who was ejected
less than a minute into the game
for fighting, with 18 points. Sen-
ior Pete Seremetis added 17 in
what McKibben called "the best
game Pete has played for us in
probably his varsity career."
"I was real pleased with Lhe
way Erich played, too," said
McKibben. "He just took charge
in that fourth quarter. He and
all the juniors are going to play
big roles in whether we win the
league, and he did it there,"
On the strength of a 45-
paint performance by Abrams,
the Braves ran their league record
see BRAVES, p. 14

Pit r ul screams of agony such
as "N. -o-o! It can b e ! It's a
holiday!" are still fresh in my
mind as I recall the situation.
Party organizers attempted to
maintain calm u .imple state-
to be announced.
As in previous years, students
must remain in exam rooms for at
least 1% hours. If a student choo-
ses to leave at the end of this pe-
riod, he must report directly to
Feltman found that "the past po-
licy was effective," and Assistant
Principal Gary Gellert felt "satis-
fied with the way it was before."
Gellert thinks that "the state
overreacted to the situation."
exam schedule, which, as of yet,
has not been decided upon. The
question of whether seniors
should be required to take finals
is also "rather open" says Smith.
With that being a league game,
most of the EHL coaches are ob-
viously aware of Abrams' output,
so gimmick and double-teaming
defenses are probably in store for
him in the rest of these EHL con-
But he is on track t o become the
all-time leading scorer at Indian
Hill. ''Pete (Seremetis) and I fig-
wed out that if I keep- up my &- photo b y Tom Taylor Chieftain file photo
Shots like this one by Rick Abrams (left) have put him in quest of Gary
see ABRAMS, p. 14 Freytag's (right) all-time career scoring mark.
Page 10
movie review
by Kevin Walzer
n true to
Matt Dillon has always been
kind of a way of life with me. He
plays a swaggering, sultry sulk
with smoldering eyes and greasy
hair, S.E. Hinton's timeless vision
of a guy from the wrong side of
the tracks, a misunderstood thug
whose purpose to live was raped
long ago by his poverty and so-
ciety's misunderstanding of him.
You're not familiar with this
stereotype? If not, you've obvi-
ously never seen a Matt Dillon
movie from the past few years
(Tex, The Outsiders, Rumble
Fish). In them, he played a cer-
tain type of character from those
S.E. Hinton books of the same
titles: the golden greaser. James
Dean. The rebel without a cause.
I'm trying to set you up gently
if you have seen a Matt Dillon
movie of late, because in his new-
est film, he shatters that stereo-
type. Rudely. It's a Matt Dillon
you've never seen before.
But The Flamingo Kid is all
the better for it. It's warm,it's
hip, it's funny. It's quite a bit un-
Like most of the fare that Dillon
plays in.
Dillon portrays Jeffrey, a kid
from Brooklyn in the early
1g6Oys-say 1963. He lives in a
working class neighborhood.
There's nothing he likes better
than to hang around with the
guys on a hot summer day-in
fact, the movie opens with the
guys on the neighborhood stoop,
just lying around fanning them-
selves. It's a July scorcher; their
shirts are opened, their T-shirts
soaked with sweat.
This bunch of guys is bored,
and they are ready for some ac-
tion. DiUon as Jeffrey decides to
take a stroll, and he talks with
one of his buddies about summer
plans as they walk. They get to a
street corner, and a sleek converti-
ble with a couple of rich Long Is-
land kids sitting in it pulls up.
They're looking for some action.
Does this sound like a typical
Matt Dillon scenario? There are a
couple of working class kids, and
there are a couple of rich kids,
and all four are looking for ac-
tion. That's a typical Matt Dillon
scenario.
But the action the rich kids
are looking for isn't part of a typi-
cal Matt Dillon scenario. No,
they're not looking to rumble;
they're looking for D i o n , who
happens to be a former gin part-
ner. They need a third.
CHIEFTAIN
The rich kids, it seems, used to
live in Brooklyn; all three are old
friends. Dillon quickly decides to
join them.
There's also the added attrac-
tion of where they're going, a tiny
Long Island beach club called El
Flamingo. El Flamingo is a meet-
ing place for the rich, the upwara-
ly mobile, the beautiful people
(although the flabby owners are
hardly ones I'd call beautiful).
At this point, Dillon's charac-
ter departs from any relation he
may have had to the dark, brood-
ing punks he has played before.
No, now he's a rather naive kid
from Brooklyn who's plunked in
a place where there's lots of mon-
ey and lots of luxury.
There are also a lot of beauti-
ful girls. The movie deals with
how Dillon handles all this cor-
rupting influence.
It's how The Flamingo Kid
deals with Dillon's exposure to
the "good life" of money and
girls and status that makes it
shine. I t could have very easily
turned into another teen sex/
beach bonanza, but the consistent
underplaying of situations by Dil-
KOULOURIS, from p. 5
fame," he says. During his four
years at Sycamore High School in
the 1970's (he graduated in 1977)
he was quite active in sports. He
played
football for
varsity
two
years, ran track for three, and
played basketball for one and a
half years- "before I quit. "
He recalls vividly playing foot-
ball against Indian Hill in his jun-
ior and senior years: 'We got
beat." Now that the EHL is
breaking up, he laments that "we
won't play Sycamore anymore."
Still, Koulouris' allegiance has
f m l y shifted. 'We playedreally
well against Sycamore in football
this year, just that we didn't cap-
italize on our breaks. Mariemont
was a good game, too, if you take
away the fxst half." (Both
games were losses for IH).
After completing his first sea-
son on the high school football
staff-he coached Ottawa football
last year-Koulouris is, as men-
tioned before, in his second year
as coach of the seventh grade bas-
ketball team. When asked to de-
scribe his team's progress, he
simply shook his head and chuck-
led, "Don't ask."
in 'Flamingo
lon and director Gary Marshall
keeps it on a life-sized scale.
The situations are believable,
playing gentle humor off of Dil-
lon's naivete (in one scene, he
pops a soap ball into his mouth,
mistaking it for chocolate), draw-
ing drama from Dillon's rejection
of his family's workingclass val-
ues.
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, his career. If you're in the mood
.ix,-
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Matt Dillon
He's also going to coach JV
tennis in the spring. The story is
typically Koulouris: "I was
supposed to coach track, but I
heard JV tennis was still open, so
I went into Carol's [Wehmann]
office and said I wanted the job.
She looked surprised but said,
'It's yours.' "
Tennis? "Yeah, I'm pretty
good-I have a wicked serve," he
said.
Coliseum left with
Cincinnati Coliseum
Muppet Show Onstage - Jan. 9-13
Wokka, wokka. I'm Fozzy Bear.
Walt Disney On Ice - Feb. 5-10 -
In cryogenic suspension.
Cincinnati Gardens
Truck and Tractor Pull - Jan. 11-
13 - Customized car crushers.
Dio - Jan. 16 - Don't be the last in
line.
Bogarts
Concept - Jan. 12 - Mrs. Morgan
on lead vocals.
Autograph - Jan. 21 - Turn off the
radio.
January 11,1985
Kid'
And he does reject them; after
taking a job at the club, he ap-
pears swept up by the glitter of
fast money and easy living. He
entertains notions of bypassing
college to go into sales. He
spends more time with his friends
playing gin and betting on horse
races than he does at home.
An important part of the mo-
vie's believability comes from the
setting, as well as the performan-
ces of Dillon and the rest of the
cast. It is in 1963 New York.
Brooklyn and Long Island are re-
alistically shown; Brooklyn is not
portrayed as a haven for grits,
nor is Long Island pictured as a
sleazy place of sex and drugs.
Marshall as director didn't have to
resort to such soap-opera devices.
No, it's probably because
there are no maudlin soap-opera
devices that The a m i n g o Kid
shines so. It's true-to-life and be-
:i lievable; Dillon gives the best and
most refreshing performance of
r* '
for a movie you can laugh with-
because you understand-then see
The Flamingo Kid, no questions
asked.
Note that I didn't say "gun-
ned" or "laughed'' there.
There are a lot of sides to Kou-
louris that aren't revealed by his
big grin, although that grin springs
from his love of kids and life.
"Yeah, I like it here," he says
in a bit of an understatement; but
'
as long as kids try to play the
"take food out of the cafeteria"
game with him and laugh when
they get nailed, that will say that
IH likes having him here, too.
kiddie shows
Music Hall
Four Tops and the Temptations -
Feb. 6 - Old Rhythm and Blues.
Taft Theatre
George Carlin - Feb. 3 - Blue
vegetables?
Hara Arena
RE0 Speedwagon - Jan. 22 - RE0
Amphetamine-wagon.
Akbama - Feb. 16 - Decent coun-
try music, for once.
Rupp Arena
Aerosmith - Jan. 15 - Doozh,
doo dak!
RE0 Speedwagon - Jan. 21 -
Won't they leave us alone?
January 11,1985
faculty
- feature
lenient KouIouris speciaIizes in coac
by Kevin Walzer
"Hey, you brought the heavy
duty stuff," said Mr. Greg Kou-
louris as we sat down in the cafe-
teria. He was referring to the 8%"
by 22" sheet of paper I had
brought for our interview. '9
have to fin all that?"
No, I assured him, he didn't
have to fill it all.
'Whew," laughed Koulouris,
in his well-known, easy-going
chuckle. "You had me womed
there."
He shouldn't have been wor-
ried; Koulouris managed to fill all
of one side of the sheet and half
of another. He is truly a man of
quotes
"Quotes?" he laughed. "You
want quotes?"
Koulouris has gained a reputa-
tion for being a laid-back, person-
able sort of guy, in the four or so
months he's served as a parapro-
fessional here at IH. You probab-
ly know him as the guy in the ca-
feteria past whom you try to
sneak food.
That's one part of what his
paraprofessional position entails;
he also proctors study halls and
sits in the attendance office mak-
ing calls to the homes of absent
students.
'Yeah, it's a great job," he
grins, "but I'm probably not go-
ing to be doing it forever."
The change of position won't
movie review
Hawn's typical character drags in 'Protocol'
by Paul Monach
Goldie Hawn has brought the
idea of a whining, airheaded fe-
male lead to faitly wide appeal
among movie audiences.
When combined with other
comedic talents, like Chevy
Chase, this type of character can
be effective. When overdone and
placed in a heavily-flawed vehicle,
as in her most recent release, Pro-
tocol, the character becomes both
boring and annoying.
The storyline is an obvious set-
up for Hawn. She plays Sunny
Davis, a cocktail waitress in a
tacky bar who, when witnessing
the arrival of the leader of an im-
portant Middle-Eastern state,
saves him from a potential assas-
sin and becomes both a national
heroine and the object of the
Emir of Ohtar's desire.
Sunny is given a high-ranlging
CHIEFTAIN
come at least until Koulouris
completes his master's work at
Xavier University in marketing.
"At this rate, it3 be two years. . .
but then again, it could be for-
ever ..." Again the laugh.
Marketing is a field in which
he has already had extensive ex-
perience; after graduating from
UC in 1981 with a BA in mar-
keting, he worked in that field
for almost a year.
But Koulouris had a change
of heart; after working for eight
months, he decided "that I need-
ed a little more experience." So
Koulouris munches on a confiscated apple.
job in the Department of Proto-
col, dealing with international et-
iquette and reception of foreign
dignitaries, supposedly in gcati-
tude for her act of bravery. Actu-
ally, the U.S. Government plans
to marry her off to the amorous
and irrational Emir in exchange
for an important military base.
From this point, the film gets
hopelessly lost in trying to find a
way to end the movie gracefully
and effectively, and in trying to
make some profound socio-politi-
cal statements out of the general
tone of inanity.
The f~ has its funny mo-
ments, its good jokes, especially
in the fitst half of the movie.
However, the viewer is beaten
over the head with repetition of
the same motifs supposed to in-
spire laughter.
For instance, the satirical pic-
he decided to come back to Cin-
cinnati to complete his master's.
It was when Koulouris got
back that he and Indian Hill
first crossed paths "A friend of
mine knew that I liked to coach
kids; one of the Boosters encour-
aged me to apply for a coaching
job here. About a year later, Dale
[McKibben] called and offered
me the seventh grade [boys' bas-
ketball] job. I took it." In his
fust season, Koulouris turned in a
12-4record.
It was from the coaching posi-
tion that Koulouris went after his
Photo by Davis Griffin
tures of the new heroine, Sunny,
on the covers of such publications
as Newweek, The National Eiz-
quirer, and People (a la Tootsie) is
humorous for about the first ten
seconds, but not the next minute.
Also, much of the middle of
the film is devoted to showing
stupid, tacky Sunny embarrassing
herself while performing her role
as a greeter and tour guide of
sorts for foreign visitors. After in-
ducing some initial, and very re-
strained, chuckles, this sequence
becomes tedious. The isolated
good jokes are in very short
supply.
Protocol degenerates from
mediocre to awful only near the
ending, where its creators decided
that this silly, inconsequential ef-
fort was going to make some
earth-shaking statements.
Sunny is not very convincing
Page 5
n e z conquest, the ~ a r a ~ r o f e s -
sional job. 'Tonquest" might not
be the word; "spur-of-theme
ment" might be better. "I heard
that Tim Schira [last year's para-
professional] was leaving, so I d e
cided to apply for the opening.
Well, I got it. I really wasn't
planning on doing it until the last
minute. "
Koulouris has since terrorized
would-be troublemakers in study
hall, truants, and his favorite type
of criminal, those who take food
outside the cafeteria during lunch.
"I'm pretty lenient, I guess,"
he says. "I'm not the kind who
gives a lot of detentions. I've
probably given five all year, and
those really deserved it, throwing
food . . ." There's the grin again.
Koulouris' leniency may rise
from his big-hearted love of kids.
"I really like working with kids;
it's great," he said, 'That's why
I'm here, coaching. I really like
the kids"
The grin disappeared there;
he was dead serious.
The grin returned when talk
centered on athletics, which have
played a very big part in Kou-
louris' 25 years
Koulouris didn't get into
coaching by accident; he played
football for UC while he was
there. "That's my claim to
see KOULOURIS, p, 10
trying to expound upon principles
from the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. The final scenes are sick-
eningly jingoistic and "all-Ameri-
can," to the point that this viewer
felt like he was being treated like
.
one of the people who voted for
President Reagan solely "because
he seems like such a nice man."
This "message" of faith in the
American system and exhortation
of the great variety of people in
the good ole U.S.A. is presented
about as inconspicuously as the
anti-nuclear message of Wargames
("The only way to win is not t o
play the game).
Some critics have praised Pro-
tocol as a "feel-good" movie. The
movie made me feel more embar-
rassed than proud to be an "Ugly
American," with its "we're the
greatest" spirit and outrageous
(and probably disgustingly inac-
curate) portrayals of Moslems and
Islamic ritual. Above all, though,
the film is just not very funny.
 Page 6
Puzzle
by David Cook
Last issue's puzzle was one of
those which can be solved by te-
dious calculation but will also
yield to a simple bit of insight.
The problem was to find the
area of the smallest circle. Draw-
ing in the dotted lines shown in
the illustration, one forms a right
triangle in which the three sides-
a, b, and c-are radii of the three
circles.
By the Pythagorean Theorem,
we know that a2 + b2 = c 2,
and after multiplying through by
pi, that w a 2 + d b 2 = *c2. In
English, this means that the areas
of the two smaller circles together
equal the area of the big circle.
Using the labels in the dia-
gram, one can express the area of
the small circle as X, the area of
the medium-sized circle as
X + Y + Z + 1,and theareaofthe
large circle as X + Y + Z + 2. So
(X) + (X+Y+Z+l) = (X+Y+Z+2).
Cancelling X + Y + Z from
each side leaves the equation
X + 1 = 2, so X = 1, that is, the
area of the small circle is one.
This week's puzzle for the not-
so-mathematically minded is
shown at left. Just one mathema-
tical hint: almost any maze (in-
cluding this one) can be solved by
always following along the right
wall.
A slightly more left-brained
question involves digital roots,
which are found by adding the di-
gits of a number, then adding the
digits of the result, and continu-
ing the process until a one-digit
answer is arrived at.
For instance, to find the digi-
tal of 536, add 5, 3, and 6 to ob-
tain 14, then add 1 and 4 to get
the root, 5.
One might wonder what num-
ber, under 100 say, requires the
CHIEFTAIN
zes readers once again
most
There
take
tions,
being 99.
Now try to find a similar
number, this time under 1000.
Assume now that the lowest cor-
rect number is the best answer.
In this case the correct response
is 199, which requires three
steps-1 + 9 + 9 = 19, 1 + 9 = 10,
1+0=1.
Question for next issue: Find
the answer to the previous pro-
blem if the upper limit is raised
from 1000 to 10,000,000,000,-
000,000,000,000 (10 sextillion or
1022).
re not drawn to
January 11,1985 January 11,1985
Jones experiences U banger's holiday
by Kenneth Jones
I t was a boring Sunday night
during Winter Break in our seclu-
ded Indian Hill home when the
phone rang. To tell the truth, I
was really looking forward to
staying at home and watching the
compost heap decay, but my
friend's phone call changed my
plans - radically.
"Hey, Ken," growled my en-
thusiastic friend, "how about
truckin' down to Bogarts. We can
get in tonight. Come on, it will
be a blast."
Of course, my first question
was,"Is this proper behavior for a
Sunday night?'' but by that time
the compost heap no longer held
my fascination. I replied with an
affmative, and soon I was on the
road to Clifton.
Upon reaching our destina-
tion, we were instantly sucked in-
to the Clifton atmosphere. On
the way to Bogarts door, we saw
all of God's plenty.
In one direction, we saw gays,
oolicemen, and punkers; in the
other direction, we saw junkies,
prostitutes, and bums.
I, however, detected that
something was amiss. Where were
the chains, the studs, the leather?
Where, pray tell, were the illustri-
ous head-bangem of hard rock
...
t 1 fame? Much to my disappoint-
ment, I was soon to stumble on
Teachers resolve to their lair.
Compiled by Suzanne Lunsford. Mr. Orndorff: To finish writing One aspect of this trip that we
Mr. West: Tc 1t. his book. failed to check out were the
bands playing at Bogarts that
Mr. Schneidl :a nicer Mrs. White: To E night. As I bought a ticket, I
Pe her exercise routine inquired innocently, "By the way,
what are the bands tonight?" The
MI ~d: To maintain Mrs. Wund: To g~et the pap1ers cashier replied cooly and calmly,
hit corrected sooner 2tnd be inter- "Thruster and Destroyer."
esting for her stude I gulped as a cloud of fear
Mr. Beden: To learn how to dropped on me like a seven-ton
turn the computer on in his Miss Hac exercise 1ye weight. They sounded like roller-
computer class. teen mir a11u cu uy t o
..-.A A- *
-
.
4 ball teams. I proceeded through
the door, checking the safety of
be a bit more pleasant.
MI.s. MGlinc:hey: To keep up my wallet the whole way.
with aerobat ics, physical condi- Mrs. Drozda: To keep physi- We chose a table in the rear,
tioIn,and good nutrition. cally fit by working out every and as I peered toward the stage, I
day and to learn not to worry. perceived a group of people
Mr. Gelfert: "To be the best." packed in tight, right up to the
Mrs. Nichols: To try to be more speakers. Black was obviously the
Mrs. Conti: To develop an op- patient with her children. color for the night. Not black, as
timistic spirit. in IBM business suit-black, but
Miss Berwanger: To not be an black as @ black leather. And
Mrs. Morgan: To be or1ly three "ogre" to her students. lots of metal studs - don't forget
weeks behind1 in getting; compg- the metal studs.
sitions back. Mr. Stacey: To quit eating be- Well, my ears and I were hav-
tween meals. ing a perfectly miserable time. I
MIx Ackley : Not to m ake any, couldn't understand anything that
beicause she feels guilrLy when Mr. No1man: Tc3 never g!ive the music was supposed to
.l-.-.,,.lF... 43.. em. A*. 2l_.
quotes to. me-.:.*,Lnzarrazn
, .
agam. communicate, despite its decibel
level. The whole experience was
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thoroughly unenjoyable.
Suddenly, one of my friends
handed me the key to my en-
lightenment. He screamed to me
playfully, "Let's go bang our
heads on the stage!"
I had heard of the primitive
ritual, but I had never actually
considered performing it in
.public.
I contemplated the matter
deeply. Then I figured, "Heck,
I'm missing some pretty exciting
compost decomposition right
now, so I might as well try to en-
joy myself." I once again re-
sponded with an affirmative and
soon found myself in a group
headed for center stage.
Immediately we encountered
problems. It was so crowded that
there was no room for us next to
the stage. I thought the gig was
up, until one of the more coura-
geous females of our party walked
shyly up to a grizzly hard rocker
and screamed politely, 'Will you
move so we can bang our heads?"
The dimwit gave one look at her
Flashdance costume, and with a
puzzled look on his face, made
way for us amateur head-bangers.
I moved cautiously forward
and felt out my prospective bit of
stage. Actually, I cheated, be-
cause I staked out a bit of thin
padding on a speaker sitting on-
stage. Nevertheless, it was hard
stuff-not exactly down stuffing.
Soon, the beat of the music
caught me, and my head started
wobbling slowly back and forth.
I t soon gained speed, and before I
knew it, I was propelling my head
toward the speaker with vicious,
pulveringizing power. Smash,
Bam, Thump, Thump. I then
started jumping up in the air t o
gain more momentum. Crash,
Splinter, Wham. The frenzy in-
creased as my forehead quickly
numbed.
The song ended, thus prevent-
ing serious brain damage. As I
stumbled backward, even the real
Doug leads Underwear Extravaganza
DOUG, from p. 8
When asked to account for his
most memorable event on this
trip, Doug laughed. "I'd have to
say it was the midnight Under-
wear Hike Extravaganza; we only
took a lantern to guide us. It was
really hot, so we took off our
clothes and hiked nature's style."
One of the other more me-
morable occasions in Doug's life
was his trip to France during his
junior year. '? really learned that
language. You had to, if you
were going to survive. I loved the
neat experience of getting to
know another family very closely.
I had no problem adjusting."
"Paris had the biggest effect
on me. Standing under the Eifel
Tower and seeing how big it really
was...Amazing." One of Doug's
goals in life is to build a trans-At-
lantic bridge from New York to
Paris. "It would be the greatest
engineering feat in the world.
Plus, I'd have easy access to Paris.
Me and The Crasher could be
there in no time."
In t,he little bit of spare time
that Doug has, he works as a cash-
vrimitive
looks. 1 gave agave
head-hangers me chuckle
strange
and groped for support from my
companions What fun!
As I regained consciousness, I
began to notice the hostile looks
we were receiving. We had obvi-
ously out-banged the head-bang-
ers. We were treading on thin
ice. A quick retreat followed
to our safe cubby-hole in the rear.
I discovered that my head had
swollen, so I took it easy for the
rest of the night. Head-banging is
an exhausting sport. I also rea-
lized that the music was still aw-
ful, but the only time I came
close to enjoying it was during
my masochistic frenzy. Strange.
The rest of the night passed
quickly, and we left after deciding
that the Destroyers were even
worse than the Thrusters. Much
,worse!
' I returned to my isolated Indi-
an Hi dwelling, far from the hus-
tle and bustle of Clifton. The
compost was still decaying, so I
turned on my stereo to find some
appropriate music.
I t wasn't hard to find. So I
cranked it up, felt the windows
shake, and started banging, except
this time, I used pillows
ier in Norwood's Thriftway.
"The job would be unbearable if
it wasn't for the people I work
with. I'd probably go crazy with
all those customer relations. But
music helps take the boredom o a t
of everything I do."
Doug also has the honor of be-
ing in the Cincinnati Youth Sym-
phony Orchestra. "They just cal-
led me and asked me to play. I
guess the were hurting for drum-
mers."
As to Doug's post-high school
plans, he says, " I will probably
major in aerospace engineering at
either the University of Michigan
or at Ohio State. My strongest
subject is math, and I like physics
a lot."
"But as to graduation...well,
I'm looking forward to getting
out on my own, but I'll be leaving
so many fond memories behind."
Someday he'll look back and
see the Academy. After a mo-
ment, Doug will start the engine
of his own Crasher and zip over
to Paris on the trans-Atlantic
bridge. He'll laugh and wonder
why in high school he never got
a speeding ticket. Amazing.
January 11,1985
m
dmsc review
rings success
by Tracy Megimn
Jdian Lemon, son of rock
legend John Lennon, recently re-
leased his debut album, Valotte.
This dynamic fitst showing by the
young artist has taken the rock
world by storm.
Lennon, until recent years,
had lived far from the public eye,
growing up quietly with his mo-
ther (John Lennon's ex-wife,
Cynthia) in North Wales.
Then in 1980, he was sud-
denly thrust into the spotlight,
when his father John was assas-
inated by a deranged fan, Mark
David Chapman.
Lennon made headlines for a
time afterward, supposedly get-
ting drunk and carousing to inde-
cent excesses. Then he vanished
from sight just as quickly as he
had appeared.
Now, he has made his tri-
umphant reemergence with
Valotte. The first thing that one
notices upon examination of the
album is Julian's resemblance to
his father. He looks a lot like
him; in fact, the similarity is un-
canny. Said Lennon in a recent
i n t m e w , "It runs m the family."
After listening to the album,
one soon notices the second un-
canny quality that Julian shares
with his father, his voice. J ulian's
voice is so like John's that it is al-
most eerie. But Julian has deter-
mined to establish his own dis-
tinctive style and is well on his
way with Valotte.
"Valotte," the title song,
which derives its name from the
French chateau where Julian
wrote most of the songs on the al-
bum, opens up side one. This
song is definitely the creative mas-
tudents' funera Is, weddings played by rock musicians?
If you had to choose one
group or composer to play at
your wedding and your funeral,
who would you choose and which
'The End.'' I'm not getting mar-
CHIEFTAIN
era& son pe;z~;~;:3*
~2s;
terpiece of the album. understand why/ And now it's voice in this song (a little more so
The beautiful wording-"As much too late for goodbyes" than in the others) reaches dl the
the days go by, we seem to drift This song descriies Lennon's heights of his father's. A funky
apart/ If I could only fmd a way feelings about his relationship song, "Jesse" is the best e m p l e
to keep hold of your heart3'-and with his father; he and his father of Julian's talent as a balladeer.
the droning quality of Julian's were separated both by distance Last, but not least, is "Let Me
voice (which can only be de- and by feelings. Were, he mourns Be" (note: this song could be re-
scribed as John-Lennonesque) the fact that just as they were lated to the Beatles' "Let It Be'?.
evoke sweetly sad images. One beginning to start a fresh, healthy A short, comjcal song dealing
can almost feel the wistful longing relationship, John was brutally with the rigors of fortune and
of Lennon for his father (the song m u r m fame, it is a pqsitive way to end
is a tribute t o John). "Lonely" continues side two. this very positive album.
"0.K. For YQU" provides an "Lonely" is a melancholy song, Julian Lennon in Valotte has
immediate change of pace from yet it doesn't get bogged down in more than proved himself to his
"Valotte." Here is Julian's first its own "depth." With Julian wail- critics. His musical talent fie
attempt at a sort of "nasty, ing, "Oh, yes, I'm lonely," the plays bass, keyboards, drums, and
funky" tune. The slight edge on song successfully conveys t o us percussion on the album) and his
his voice and his use of a tight, that yes, Julian is indeed lonely artistic fmesse have established
tinny guitar sound complement (but don't believe that). him as one of the hottest new
each other nicely, and help the "Say You're Wrong" contin- acts of the 80's.
song reach its success. ues the flow of the album. One Valotte is a highly enjoyable
"On The Phone" is a mellow, can easily see' Julian's ?merging album and is sure to bring Jufian
bluesy tune. A "srnokey piano soft-pop style in each of his songs. Lennon welldeserved success.
bar" song, "Phone" introduces us
to Julian's L'ballad" style, which
critics are heralding as his style
(in the vein of his father's ballad
style).
"Space," a slow, foggy sort of
song, is next. This tune is remini-
scent of many of John Lermon's
early works, a song that sounds as
if it was born out of the mists of
a late-night acid trip. Neverthe-
less, it is interesting, and shows us
another side of Julian's person-
ality.
'Well I Don't Know" finishes
out side one.
Side two begins with 'Too
Late For Goodbyes." An upbeat,
bouncy tune, "Too Late For
Goodbyes" also has catchy phras-
ing: "Time has gone since I've
been with you/ And we've been
starting to lie/ Now it seems you
don't care for me/ And I don't Julian gives his disheveled look.
- Bill Haffner - Well, I'd for sure
pick Earth, Wind, and Fire be-
cause they 're incredibly awesome.
At my wedding they'd play Elizabeth Converse - I'd choose
"Boogie Wonderland" and at my The Beatles of course. Wedding:
funeral, "Gateway." "Elenor Rigby" Funeral:
"Golden Slumbers" and 'The
Scott Jeske - I'd pick Prince, be- E n d ' V t h "Goodnight" for the
cause he sings about real life. exit music.
Karen Wiedemer - Menudo, I love
s. Wedding: "Anon,
Funeral: "Muerte, Muer-
 8 CHIEFTAIN
senior .ketch
Turbo Doug goes trans- Atla ntic to Paris
xm by sower
Imagine if you would a long,
fiat highway stretching into the
distance. The fog begins to lift as
the sun rises on the horizon. Sud-
denly, you hear a faint purring of
an engine. Visible now, a car
comes zooming by you, its driver
beating away at the steering wheel
as if it were a drum.
"Is it a bird?"
"Is it a plane?"
"No, it's turbo Doug Backus!"
breaking the sound barrier in his
VW Dasher on Drake Road.
"I wrote the book on how to
shift an automatic," claims the
senior when asked about the
above scene. "Driving is incred-
ible to me. I turn on either the
'1812 Overture' or Sammy Ha-
gar's 'I Can't Drive 55' and turbo
it through the Hill." Crazy.
Yes, Doug is certainly crazy
when it comes to driving his VW,
which he affectionately calls
"The Crasher." His friends would
even point out that he's at times a
"grrr-animal." But there is more
to this maniac-behind-the-wheel
senior sketch
Rowdy Jill
by Tracy Megison
perpetuates student spasticism
In light of the recent move
toward conservatism at IH, the
boisterous and fun-loving crowd
has tound it necessary to take
their activities underground. But
wait. There is a truant from the
fun-loving crowd loose and una-
bashedly spreading spasticity and
liveliness through our hallowed
halls.
Who is this person? Well, if
you haven't guessed yet I'll tell
you. This self-proclauned "crazy
person" is Jill Farrell.
Says Jill, "I love to have fun.
I've been known to yell obnox-
iously for no reason." Jill's ob-
vious zest for Life has gotten her
into some interesting situations
over the years.
Most recently she accompa-
nied "the gang" (headed by Rog
Gidding 111) down to Bogart's for
a night of fun-filled head-banging.
Jill was so excited by the bands
and the atmosphere that she got
right up close to the stage for the
full experience.
"It was incredible," exhorts
~ a '?, even got to meet the lead
singer of Thruster, the headlining
band."_
than meets the eye. AS a sensi- "I guess it's the self-satisfac-
tive, friendly guy, Doug's the tion I like the best," says Doug.
best. "I really get a kick out of begin-
One of Doug's most visible ning a percussion piece, working
signs of accomplishment is his in- endlessly on it at Band Camp, and
volvement with the IH Band. As then feeling the end product. It's
the Percussion Section Leader, amazing."
Doug takes pride in his music. The musical part of Doug's life
photo b y Tom Taylor
Doug checks out the future 'Turbo Crasher"
1-
' pick up a new guy at every meal."
photo b y Davis Griffin
"Cabbage patch? Did anyone say cabbage patch?"
However, like the rest of us involved this year=d made some
studious Academy achievers, new friends. It's great! I live for
Jill's life is not all fun and games. the weekends, and going out with
Jill finds tackling the books less my friends."
than desirable, but alas, we must Jill's involvement in school
all take the good with the bad. stretches to many different acti-
P member of 'the prestigious vities - from track in the spring,
Thirteen-Year Club J- dldn to Color Guard in the fall, to
really enjoy school until this Poms in the winter. Says Jill of
year. "I didn't hate school 01 her Marching Band experience,
anything; I've just gotten more "Guard was great this year. I
Jznuary'11, I986
began at an early age. "I didn't
start with drums. I began with
the piano which I've played for
five years. In seventh grade.1
took General Music, but then Mr.
Strider talked me into playing the
mallots. He had a shortage of
drummers. Freshman yaar, I
joined the Marching Band. I was
awful, but hard work paid off.
Here, I am seniorj.ear and Section
Leader. Amazing."
Anyone can see Doug's ac-
complishments. After all, his
drum section destroyed St. Xav-
iefls monopoly as the best percus-
sion group in Cincinnati. But his
friends are the ones who know
him as a real achiever. Outgoing
Doug is always enthusiastic
about a new adventure. Over
Christmas break, Doug and a few
of the guys went Gay Camping.
"It was the most awesome
time," grins Doug as he remem-
bers. "During the day, we hiked a
lot. At night... well, let's just say
we 'pounded a few.' "
see DOUG, p. 9
only msh that I'd involved
sooner."
Aside from school, Jill likes to
spend her spare time in various
ways Dancing, volunteering at
Camp Stepping Stones, or playing
with her Cabbage Patch Kids (she
has eight) top her list of favorite
ways to relax. "I also like to kick
back, hang out, and crank up
some Neil Young or Ambrosia."
For the Big Kick Back, other-
wise known as Spring Break, Jill
hopes to be flaked out on some
beach somewhere in the southern
latitudes. Jill has also set a goal
for herself while on vacation.
"I intend to go to Florida and
Good luck, Jill.
Looking to the future, Jill sees
herself ultimately pursuing a ca-
reer as a.specia.1education teacher
or as a clinical psychologist. She
hopes to further her schooling at
Purdue or Indiana universities.
'I'm already in! No sweat!" she
states happily.
With such a future in store for
her, J a y s flamboyant and out-
going personality will defiftiely
take her pbces. And some 0%-
noxious yelling won't hurt, either.
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Puzzle
by David Cook
Last issue's puzzle was one of
those which can be solved by te-
dious calculation but will also
yield to a simple bit of insight.
The problem was to find the
area of the smallest circle. Draw-
ing in the dotted lines shown in
the illustration, one forms a right
triangle in which the three sides-
a, b, and c-are radii of the three
circles.
By the Pythagorean Theorem,
we know that a2 + b2 = c 2,
and after multiplying through by
pi, that w a 2 + d b 2 = *c2. In
English, this means that the areas
of the two smaller circles together
equal the area of the big circle.
Using the labels in the dia-
gram, one can express the area of
the small circle as X, the area of
the medium-sized circle as
X + Y + Z + 1,and theareaofthe
large circle as X + Y + Z + 2. So
(X) + (X+Y+Z+l) = (X+Y+Z+2).
Cancelling X + Y + Z from
each side leaves the equation
X + 1 = 2, so X = 1, that is, the
area of the small circle is one.
This week's puzzle for the not-
so-mathematically minded is
shown at left. Just one mathema-
tical hint: almost any maze (in-
cluding this one) can be solved by
always following along the right
wall.
A slightly more left-brained
question involves digital roots,
which are found by adding the di-
gits of a number, then adding the
digits of the result, and continu-
ing the process until a one-digit
answer is arrived at.
For instance, to find the digi-
tal of 536, add 5, 3, and 6 to ob-
tain 14, then add 1 and 4 to get
the root, 5.
One might wonder what num-
ber, under 100 say, requires the
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zes readers once again
most
There
take
tions,
being 99.
Now try to find a similar
number, this time under 1000.
Assume now that the lowest cor-
rect number is the best answer.
In this case the correct response
is 199, which requires three
steps-1 + 9 + 9 = 19, 1 + 9 = 10,
1+0=1.
Question for next issue: Find
the answer to the previous pro-
blem if the upper limit is raised
from 1000 to 10,000,000,000,-
000,000,000,000 (10 sextillion or
1022).
re not drawn to
January 11,1985 January 11,1985
Jones experiences U banger's holiday
by Kenneth Jones
I t was a boring Sunday night
during Winter Break in our seclu-
ded Indian Hill home when the
phone rang. To tell the truth, I
was really looking forward to
staying at home and watching the
compost heap decay, but my
friend's phone call changed my
plans - radically.
"Hey, Ken," growled my en-
thusiastic friend, "how about
truckin' down to Bogarts. We can
get in tonight. Come on, it will
be a blast."
Of course, my first question
was,"Is this proper behavior for a
Sunday night?'' but by that time
the compost heap no longer held
my fascination. I replied with an
affmative, and soon I was on the
road to Clifton.
Upon reaching our destina-
tion, we were instantly sucked in-
to the Clifton atmosphere. On
the way to Bogarts door, we saw
all of God's plenty.
In one direction, we saw gays,
oolicemen, and punkers; in the
other direction, we saw junkies,
prostitutes, and bums.
I, however, detected that
something was amiss. Where were
the chains, the studs, the leather?
Where, pray tell, were the illustri-
ous head-bangem of hard rock
...
t 1 fame? Much to my disappoint-
ment, I was soon to stumble on
Teachers resolve to their lair.
Compiled by Suzanne Lunsford. Mr. Orndorff: To finish writing One aspect of this trip that we
Mr. West: Tc 1t. his book. failed to check out were the
bands playing at Bogarts that
Mr. Schneidl :a nicer Mrs. White: To E night. As I bought a ticket, I
Pe her exercise routine inquired innocently, "By the way,
what are the bands tonight?" The
MI ~d: To maintain Mrs. Wund: To g~et the pap1ers cashier replied cooly and calmly,
hit corrected sooner 2tnd be inter- "Thruster and Destroyer."
esting for her stude I gulped as a cloud of fear
Mr. Beden: To learn how to dropped on me like a seven-ton
turn the computer on in his Miss Hac exercise 1ye weight. They sounded like roller-
computer class. teen mir a11u cu uy t o
..-.A A- *
-
.
4 ball teams. I proceeded through
the door, checking the safety of
be a bit more pleasant.
MI.s. MGlinc:hey: To keep up my wallet the whole way.
with aerobat ics, physical condi- Mrs. Drozda: To keep physi- We chose a table in the rear,
tioIn,and good nutrition. cally fit by working out every and as I peered toward the stage, I
day and to learn not to worry. perceived a group of people
Mr. Gelfert: "To be the best." packed in tight, right up to the
Mrs. Nichols: To try to be more speakers. Black was obviously the
Mrs. Conti: To develop an op- patient with her children. color for the night. Not black, as
timistic spirit. in IBM business suit-black, but
Miss Berwanger: To not be an black as @ black leather. And
Mrs. Morgan: To be or1ly three "ogre" to her students. lots of metal studs - don't forget
weeks behind1 in getting; compg- the metal studs.
sitions back. Mr. Stacey: To quit eating be- Well, my ears and I were hav-
tween meals. ing a perfectly miserable time. I
MIx Ackley : Not to m ake any, couldn't understand anything that
beicause she feels guilrLy when Mr. No1man: Tc3 never g!ive the music was supposed to
.l-.-.,,.lF... 43.. em. A*. 2l_.
quotes to. me-.:.*,Lnzarrazn
, .
agam. communicate, despite its decibel
level. The whole experience was
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thoroughly unenjoyable.
Suddenly, one of my friends
handed me the key to my en-
lightenment. He screamed to me
playfully, "Let's go bang our
heads on the stage!"
I had heard of the primitive
ritual, but I had never actually
considered performing it in
.public.
I contemplated the matter
deeply. Then I figured, "Heck,
I'm missing some pretty exciting
compost decomposition right
now, so I might as well try to en-
joy myself." I once again re-
sponded with an affirmative and
soon found myself in a group
headed for center stage.
Immediately we encountered
problems. It was so crowded that
there was no room for us next to
the stage. I thought the gig was
up, until one of the more coura-
geous females of our party walked
shyly up to a grizzly hard rocker
and screamed politely, 'Will you
move so we can bang our heads?"
The dimwit gave one look at her
Flashdance costume, and with a
puzzled look on his face, made
way for us amateur head-bangers.
I moved cautiously forward
and felt out my prospective bit of
stage. Actually, I cheated, be-
cause I staked out a bit of thin
padding on a speaker sitting on-
stage. Nevertheless, it was hard
stuff-not exactly down stuffing.
Soon, the beat of the music
caught me, and my head started
wobbling slowly back and forth.
I t soon gained speed, and before I
knew it, I was propelling my head
toward the speaker with vicious,
pulveringizing power. Smash,
Bam, Thump, Thump. I then
started jumping up in the air t o
gain more momentum. Crash,
Splinter, Wham. The frenzy in-
creased as my forehead quickly
numbed.
The song ended, thus prevent-
ing serious brain damage. As I
stumbled backward, even the real
Doug leads Underwear Extravaganza
DOUG, from p. 8
When asked to account for his
most memorable event on this
trip, Doug laughed. "I'd have to
say it was the midnight Under-
wear Hike Extravaganza; we only
took a lantern to guide us. It was
really hot, so we took off our
clothes and hiked nature's style."
One of the other more me-
morable occasions in Doug's life
was his trip to France during his
junior year. '? really learned that
language. You had to, if you
were going to survive. I loved the
neat experience of getting to
know another family very closely.
I had no problem adjusting."
"Paris had the biggest effect
on me. Standing under the Eifel
Tower and seeing how big it really
was...Amazing." One of Doug's
goals in life is to build a trans-At-
lantic bridge from New York to
Paris. "It would be the greatest
engineering feat in the world.
Plus, I'd have easy access to Paris.
Me and The Crasher could be
there in no time."
In t,he little bit of spare time
that Doug has, he works as a cash-
vrimitive
looks. 1 gave agave
head-hangers me chuckle
strange
and groped for support from my
companions What fun!
As I regained consciousness, I
began to notice the hostile looks
we were receiving. We had obvi-
ously out-banged the head-bang-
ers. We were treading on thin
ice. A quick retreat followed
to our safe cubby-hole in the rear.
I discovered that my head had
swollen, so I took it easy for the
rest of the night. Head-banging is
an exhausting sport. I also rea-
lized that the music was still aw-
ful, but the only time I came
close to enjoying it was during
my masochistic frenzy. Strange.
The rest of the night passed
quickly, and we left after deciding
that the Destroyers were even
worse than the Thrusters. Much
,worse!
' I returned to my isolated Indi-
an Hi dwelling, far from the hus-
tle and bustle of Clifton. The
compost was still decaying, so I
turned on my stereo to find some
appropriate music.
I t wasn't hard to find. So I
cranked it up, felt the windows
shake, and started banging, except
this time, I used pillows
ier in Norwood's Thriftway.
"The job would be unbearable if
it wasn't for the people I work
with. I'd probably go crazy with
all those customer relations. But
music helps take the boredom o a t
of everything I do."
Doug also has the honor of be-
ing in the Cincinnati Youth Sym-
phony Orchestra. "They just cal-
led me and asked me to play. I
guess the were hurting for drum-
mers."
As to Doug's post-high school
plans, he says, " I will probably
major in aerospace engineering at
either the University of Michigan
or at Ohio State. My strongest
subject is math, and I like physics
a lot."
"But as to graduation...well,
I'm looking forward to getting
out on my own, but I'll be leaving
so many fond memories behind."
Someday he'll look back and
see the Academy. After a mo-
ment, Doug will start the engine
of his own Crasher and zip over
to Paris on the trans-Atlantic
bridge. He'll laugh and wonder
why in high school he never got
a speeding ticket. Amazing.
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movie review
by Kevin Walzer
n true to
Matt Dillon has always been
kind of a way of life with me. He
plays a swaggering, sultry sulk
with smoldering eyes and greasy
hair, S.E. Hinton's timeless vision
of a guy from the wrong side of
the tracks, a misunderstood thug
whose purpose to live was raped
long ago by his poverty and so-
ciety's misunderstanding of him.
You're not familiar with this
stereotype? If not, you've obvi-
ously never seen a Matt Dillon
movie from the past few years
(Tex, The Outsiders, Rumble
Fish). In them, he played a cer-
tain type of character from those
S.E. Hinton books of the same
titles: the golden greaser. James
Dean. The rebel without a cause.
I'm trying to set you up gently
if you have seen a Matt Dillon
movie of late, because in his new-
est film, he shatters that stereo-
type. Rudely. It's a Matt Dillon
you've never seen before.
But The Flamingo Kid is all
the better for it. It's warm,it's
hip, it's funny. It's quite a bit un-
Like most of the fare that Dillon
plays in.
Dillon portrays Jeffrey, a kid
from Brooklyn in the early
1g6Oys-say 1963. He lives in a
working class neighborhood.
There's nothing he likes better
than to hang around with the
guys on a hot summer day-in
fact, the movie opens with the
guys on the neighborhood stoop,
just lying around fanning them-
selves. It's a July scorcher; their
shirts are opened, their T-shirts
soaked with sweat.
This bunch of guys is bored,
and they are ready for some ac-
tion. DiUon as Jeffrey decides to
take a stroll, and he talks with
one of his buddies about summer
plans as they walk. They get to a
street corner, and a sleek converti-
ble with a couple of rich Long Is-
land kids sitting in it pulls up.
They're looking for some action.
Does this sound like a typical
Matt Dillon scenario? There are a
couple of working class kids, and
there are a couple of rich kids,
and all four are looking for ac-
tion. That's a typical Matt Dillon
scenario.
But the action the rich kids
are looking for isn't part of a typi-
cal Matt Dillon scenario. No,
they're not looking to rumble;
they're looking for D i o n , who
happens to be a former gin part-
ner. They need a third.
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The rich kids, it seems, used to
live in Brooklyn; all three are old
friends. Dillon quickly decides to
join them.
There's also the added attrac-
tion of where they're going, a tiny
Long Island beach club called El
Flamingo. El Flamingo is a meet-
ing place for the rich, the upwara-
ly mobile, the beautiful people
(although the flabby owners are
hardly ones I'd call beautiful).
At this point, Dillon's charac-
ter departs from any relation he
may have had to the dark, brood-
ing punks he has played before.
No, now he's a rather naive kid
from Brooklyn who's plunked in
a place where there's lots of mon-
ey and lots of luxury.
There are also a lot of beauti-
ful girls. The movie deals with
how Dillon handles all this cor-
rupting influence.
It's how The Flamingo Kid
deals with Dillon's exposure to
the "good life" of money and
girls and status that makes it
shine. I t could have very easily
turned into another teen sex/
beach bonanza, but the consistent
underplaying of situations by Dil-
KOULOURIS, from p. 5
fame," he says. During his four
years at Sycamore High School in
the 1970's (he graduated in 1977)
he was quite active in sports. He
played
football for
varsity
two
years, ran track for three, and
played basketball for one and a
half years- "before I quit. "
He recalls vividly playing foot-
ball against Indian Hill in his jun-
ior and senior years: 'We got
beat." Now that the EHL is
breaking up, he laments that "we
won't play Sycamore anymore."
Still, Koulouris' allegiance has
f m l y shifted. 'We playedreally
well against Sycamore in football
this year, just that we didn't cap-
italize on our breaks. Mariemont
was a good game, too, if you take
away the fxst half." (Both
games were losses for IH).
After completing his first sea-
son on the high school football
staff-he coached Ottawa football
last year-Koulouris is, as men-
tioned before, in his second year
as coach of the seventh grade bas-
ketball team. When asked to de-
scribe his team's progress, he
simply shook his head and chuck-
led, "Don't ask."
in 'Flamingo
lon and director Gary Marshall
keeps it on a life-sized scale.
The situations are believable,
playing gentle humor off of Dil-
lon's naivete (in one scene, he
pops a soap ball into his mouth,
mistaking it for chocolate), draw-
ing drama from Dillon's rejection
of his family's workingclass val-
ues.
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, his career. If you're in the mood
.ix,-
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Matt Dillon
He's also going to coach JV
tennis in the spring. The story is
typically Koulouris: "I was
supposed to coach track, but I
heard JV tennis was still open, so
I went into Carol's [Wehmann]
office and said I wanted the job.
She looked surprised but said,
'It's yours.' "
Tennis? "Yeah, I'm pretty
good-I have a wicked serve," he
said.
Coliseum left with
Cincinnati Coliseum
Muppet Show Onstage - Jan. 9-13
Wokka, wokka. I'm Fozzy Bear.
Walt Disney On Ice - Feb. 5-10 -
In cryogenic suspension.
Cincinnati Gardens
Truck and Tractor Pull - Jan. 11-
13 - Customized car crushers.
Dio - Jan. 16 - Don't be the last in
line.
Bogarts
Concept - Jan. 12 - Mrs. Morgan
on lead vocals.
Autograph - Jan. 21 - Turn off the
radio.
January 11,1985
Kid'
And he does reject them; after
taking a job at the club, he ap-
pears swept up by the glitter of
fast money and easy living. He
entertains notions of bypassing
college to go into sales. He
spends more time with his friends
playing gin and betting on horse
races than he does at home.
An important part of the mo-
vie's believability comes from the
setting, as well as the performan-
ces of Dillon and the rest of the
cast. It is in 1963 New York.
Brooklyn and Long Island are re-
alistically shown; Brooklyn is not
portrayed as a haven for grits,
nor is Long Island pictured as a
sleazy place of sex and drugs.
Marshall as director didn't have to
resort to such soap-opera devices.
No, it's probably because
there are no maudlin soap-opera
devices that The a m i n g o Kid
shines so. It's true-to-life and be-
:i lievable; Dillon gives the best and
most refreshing performance of
r* '
for a movie you can laugh with-
because you understand-then see
The Flamingo Kid, no questions
asked.
Note that I didn't say "gun-
ned" or "laughed'' there.
There are a lot of sides to Kou-
louris that aren't revealed by his
big grin, although that grin springs
from his love of kids and life.
"Yeah, I like it here," he says
in a bit of an understatement; but
'
as long as kids try to play the
"take food out of the cafeteria"
game with him and laugh when
they get nailed, that will say that
IH likes having him here, too.
kiddie shows
Music Hall
Four Tops and the Temptations -
Feb. 6 - Old Rhythm and Blues.
Taft Theatre
George Carlin - Feb. 3 - Blue
vegetables?
Hara Arena
RE0 Speedwagon - Jan. 22 - RE0
Amphetamine-wagon.
Akbama - Feb. 16 - Decent coun-
try music, for once.
Rupp Arena
Aerosmith - Jan. 15 - Doozh,
doo dak!
RE0 Speedwagon - Jan. 21 -
Won't they leave us alone?
January 11,1985
faculty
- feature
lenient KouIouris speciaIizes in coac
by Kevin Walzer
"Hey, you brought the heavy
duty stuff," said Mr. Greg Kou-
louris as we sat down in the cafe-
teria. He was referring to the 8%"
by 22" sheet of paper I had
brought for our interview. '9
have to fin all that?"
No, I assured him, he didn't
have to fill it all.
'Whew," laughed Koulouris,
in his well-known, easy-going
chuckle. "You had me womed
there."
He shouldn't have been wor-
ried; Koulouris managed to fill all
of one side of the sheet and half
of another. He is truly a man of
quotes
"Quotes?" he laughed. "You
want quotes?"
Koulouris has gained a reputa-
tion for being a laid-back, person-
able sort of guy, in the four or so
months he's served as a parapro-
fessional here at IH. You probab-
ly know him as the guy in the ca-
feteria past whom you try to
sneak food.
That's one part of what his
paraprofessional position entails;
he also proctors study halls and
sits in the attendance office mak-
ing calls to the homes of absent
students.
'Yeah, it's a great job," he
grins, "but I'm probably not go-
ing to be doing it forever."
The change of position won't
movie review
Hawn's typical character drags in 'Protocol'
by Paul Monach
Goldie Hawn has brought the
idea of a whining, airheaded fe-
male lead to faitly wide appeal
among movie audiences.
When combined with other
comedic talents, like Chevy
Chase, this type of character can
be effective. When overdone and
placed in a heavily-flawed vehicle,
as in her most recent release, Pro-
tocol, the character becomes both
boring and annoying.
The storyline is an obvious set-
up for Hawn. She plays Sunny
Davis, a cocktail waitress in a
tacky bar who, when witnessing
the arrival of the leader of an im-
portant Middle-Eastern state,
saves him from a potential assas-
sin and becomes both a national
heroine and the object of the
Emir of Ohtar's desire.
Sunny is given a high-ranlging
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come at least until Koulouris
completes his master's work at
Xavier University in marketing.
"At this rate, it3 be two years. . .
but then again, it could be for-
ever ..." Again the laugh.
Marketing is a field in which
he has already had extensive ex-
perience; after graduating from
UC in 1981 with a BA in mar-
keting, he worked in that field
for almost a year.
But Koulouris had a change
of heart; after working for eight
months, he decided "that I need-
ed a little more experience." So
Koulouris munches on a confiscated apple.
job in the Department of Proto-
col, dealing with international et-
iquette and reception of foreign
dignitaries, supposedly in gcati-
tude for her act of bravery. Actu-
ally, the U.S. Government plans
to marry her off to the amorous
and irrational Emir in exchange
for an important military base.
From this point, the film gets
hopelessly lost in trying to find a
way to end the movie gracefully
and effectively, and in trying to
make some profound socio-politi-
cal statements out of the general
tone of inanity.
The f~ has its funny mo-
ments, its good jokes, especially
in the fitst half of the movie.
However, the viewer is beaten
over the head with repetition of
the same motifs supposed to in-
spire laughter.
For instance, the satirical pic-
he decided to come back to Cin-
cinnati to complete his master's.
It was when Koulouris got
back that he and Indian Hill
first crossed paths "A friend of
mine knew that I liked to coach
kids; one of the Boosters encour-
aged me to apply for a coaching
job here. About a year later, Dale
[McKibben] called and offered
me the seventh grade [boys' bas-
ketball] job. I took it." In his
fust season, Koulouris turned in a
12-4record.
It was from the coaching posi-
tion that Koulouris went after his
Photo by Davis Griffin
tures of the new heroine, Sunny,
on the covers of such publications
as Newweek, The National Eiz-
quirer, and People (a la Tootsie) is
humorous for about the first ten
seconds, but not the next minute.
Also, much of the middle of
the film is devoted to showing
stupid, tacky Sunny embarrassing
herself while performing her role
as a greeter and tour guide of
sorts for foreign visitors. After in-
ducing some initial, and very re-
strained, chuckles, this sequence
becomes tedious. The isolated
good jokes are in very short
supply.
Protocol degenerates from
mediocre to awful only near the
ending, where its creators decided
that this silly, inconsequential ef-
fort was going to make some
earth-shaking statements.
Sunny is not very convincing
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n e z conquest, the ~ a r a ~ r o f e s -
sional job. 'Tonquest" might not
be the word; "spur-of-theme
ment" might be better. "I heard
that Tim Schira [last year's para-
professional] was leaving, so I d e
cided to apply for the opening.
Well, I got it. I really wasn't
planning on doing it until the last
minute. "
Koulouris has since terrorized
would-be troublemakers in study
hall, truants, and his favorite type
of criminal, those who take food
outside the cafeteria during lunch.
"I'm pretty lenient, I guess,"
he says. "I'm not the kind who
gives a lot of detentions. I've
probably given five all year, and
those really deserved it, throwing
food . . ." There's the grin again.
Koulouris' leniency may rise
from his big-hearted love of kids.
"I really like working with kids;
it's great," he said, 'That's why
I'm here, coaching. I really like
the kids"
The grin disappeared there;
he was dead serious.
The grin returned when talk
centered on athletics, which have
played a very big part in Kou-
louris' 25 years
Koulouris didn't get into
coaching by accident; he played
football for UC while he was
there. "That's my claim to
see KOULOURIS, p, 10
trying to expound upon principles
from the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. The final scenes are sick-
eningly jingoistic and "all-Ameri-
can," to the point that this viewer
felt like he was being treated like
.
one of the people who voted for
President Reagan solely "because
he seems like such a nice man."
This "message" of faith in the
American system and exhortation
of the great variety of people in
the good ole U.S.A. is presented
about as inconspicuously as the
anti-nuclear message of Wargames
("The only way to win is not t o
play the game).
Some critics have praised Pro-
tocol as a "feel-good" movie. The
movie made me feel more embar-
rassed than proud to be an "Ugly
American," with its "we're the
greatest" spirit and outrageous
(and probably disgustingly inac-
curate) portrayals of Moslems and
Islamic ritual. Above all, though,
the film is just not very funny.
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ivingston crashed
perceptions
with Tom Taylor
1985 ushers in the official
start of my column, "Percep-
tions." This column may be any-
thing from a demented distortion
of a concept to a serious state-
ment about human. emotions. I
do not intend for my column to
be an attack on any person or in-
stitution, but merely for it to be a
catalyst for a deeper meaning
which the reader, particularly the
student of excellence, may per-
ceive.
I welcome anyone's comments
or suggestions and hope this col-
umn proves to be enjoyable.
A private party held at Living-
ston Lodge on New Year's Eve
was stormed by local superheroes
in what was described as "an zt-
tempt to preserve the decency of
mankind." The story now un-
folds as witnessed by the author.
The two personnel carriers
found their way determinedly
down the hill toward the lodge.
They were an ominous sight: al-
legedly a Volkswagon Jetta and a
Cadillac Eldorado, the two vehi-
cles were adorned with "Excel-
lence in Education" logos and
quotations from the Student-
Parent Handbook.
An alarmed student declared a
dismaying warning to the partiers:
"OH MY GOD! The death mo-
biles are coming! The car bombs
didn't work! They 're coming!
They're . . ."
The panic spread quickly
through Livingston as people be-
, .I to faint out of fright, and
~ i e s of dismay shattered the
once-f, stive atmosphere.
ments of instruction. "stay calm,
get out the milk and cookies, and
act excellent" were futile orders
as the real moment of fright be-
gan to occur.
The four superheroes, or gods
of terror, stood outside their vehi-
cles in the nowcold, mystical
wind the dreaded P.P., frightful
V-squared, abominable Doc Harsh
and the infamous X-Gorgon stood
armed with handbooks and blue
and yellow slips of paper while
their true identities were kept
concealed behind masks and
capes.
The four figures sternly
walked toward the doors of the
lodge, the only sound being their
heavy leather boots scraping the
stoce pavement below them.
The sight of the four silhouet-
ted profiles in the lighted door-
/
"The dreaded P.P, fright-
ful V-squared, abomin-
able Doc Harsh, and the
infamous X-Gorgon
stood armed with hand-
books and blue and yel-
low slips o f paper while
their true identities were
concealed. . . "
way rivaled the most awe-inspir-
ing scenes of Close Encounters.
The eyes of these superhumans
moved mechanically, as if to Io-
cate the next victim scheduled
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Midterm schedule requires six-hour attendance
by David Cook
Due to increasingly stringent
state regulations, a new midterm
examination schedule will be im-
plemented next week.
The main difference between
the 1985 exam policy and that of
previous years is that exam days
will be full-length school days.
Even if a student has no exam
scheduled, he must be in atten-
dance from 7:35 to at least 1:35
to complete a state-required six-
hour day. Buses will not run until
the normal time of 2:35.
Classes will be held Wednesday
morning. 9:45 to 1 2 ~ 0 5 Thurs-
, The administration is generally
day and Friday, students will at-
tend study hall in their fifth pe-
riod classroom, with lunchtimes
termination.
eroes
X-Gorgon was the first to act.
Her eyes became fixed upon her
archenemy, who was onstage
reading announcements. A young
lad named Ross was speaking into
the public address system when
X-Gorgon screamed, "Oh my
God! Get that child away from
the microphone!"
She began to run frantically
toward the stage, pointing her fin-
ger blindly as her cape flapped
violently behind her.
"Back off, X-Gorgon! I'm in
charge of the airwaves here!" the
undaunted Ross replied as five
Student Liberation Army mem-
bers carried the heroine out of the
lodge.
P.P. rebutted in support of her
comrade, "You're a sick one,
you . . . you pollution of the air-
waves! Humor is forbidden! "
The frightful V-squared had
been patrolling among the partiers
issuing breathalizer tests when he
stumbled upon one of the stu-
dents who had fainted due to
fright. "What's this person been
taking?" he immediately demand-
ed to know.
It was at that moment that
arch-enemy Bobby N. strutted in
through the back door, apparent-
ly unaware of what was now tak-
ing place. He was apparently car-
rying several cases of what ap-
peared to be a malt beverage.
"So-0-0 !" exclaimed a not-so-
surprised V-squared. "You're the
0
the Student Service Center; no
one is allowed in the halls during
testing.
No student is required to take
three exams on a day. It is the
student's responsibility to resche-
dule exams with his teachers if
conflicts arise.
If school is canceled, all remai-
ning exams will be moved forward
one school day. In the event of a
90-minute delay on Thursday or
Friday, morning exams will be
moved up to 9~05-11:05 a.m.,
and the midday study hall will be
shortened.
disappointed by the state rules
that necessitated the change in
exam policy. Principal Dr. Karl
:;ec;;z;t;;;h;;~t~;;;:
stances!"
"It's only Near Beer, V-
squared," Bobby N. replied
quickly. "it's non-alcoholic."
"Counterfeit controlled sub-
stance!" V-squared snapped tri-
umphantly. "I'lI have you put be-
hind bars. you demented fiend."
"V, V! I've found it! I've
found it!" the elated Doc ex-
claimed as he ran through the
crowd. "My beautiful simulated
walnut veneer 'Excellence in Edu-
cation' sign that was stolen from
outside the school. It was in that
rascal Billy P.'s car. The little
demon stole my livelihood!"
"I didn't steal anything!" pro-
tested a flustered Billy P. "That
sign is mine. I had one made for
my room so I could display it as
a symbol of pride."
"You ripped it right off its
post!" screamed Doc Harsh. "We
all love this sign, and you just had
to go and take it for yourself!"
The incidents continued in
like manner until all illegitimate
behavior was corrected. The su-
perheroes called the parents of all
the "deliquent partiers," congra-
tulated themselves on a mission
well accomplished, then went off
to give a lecture on "corrective in-
tervention." This writer then laid
down his pen, and the nightmare
was over.
This article is, of course, fic-
ticious. Any similarities to per-
sons living or dead is, o f course,
purely coincidental.
The purpose of the recently crea-
ted state legislation was to ensure
that students were actually in
school for the required number of
full days. While previously, the
half-length or shorter exam days
could be used towards the fulfill-
ment of the state quota, this year,
half days no longer may be coun-
ted in this respect. Therefore, if
exam days had not been leng-
thened, the school year might
have had to be extended.
Feltman considers next week's
schedule "a pilot to make judg-
ments about the future" and not
necessarily permanent. According
to Assistant Principal Sharon
Smith, there are "other possibili-
ties" even for this year's final
Deer Par
by Brian Rowe
The basketball Braves now en-
ter the heart of the EHL season,
with nine games remaining, all of
them league contests.
Coach Dale McKiiben feels
that the Braves can afford t o lose
none of these games to be assured
of the championship, but that a
12-2 league record will most like-
ly be a good enough mark to
bring home the trophy.
Commentea McKibben, "I
think that we have the best team
in the league right now; I'm
confident that we'll win the
championship."
B league game, we will still
7-
Erich Mebger shoots for one of his 18 points against Madeira.
ime scoring mar
by Brian Rowe
45 points later, Rick Abrams
is taking steps towards history.
Not only did he break Gary Frey-
tag's singlegame scoring record
of 43 points, but he is also chas-
ign Freytag's career mark of 982
points.
"It was just one of those
nights where everything fell" is
the summary Abrams gave of his
performance. To be exact, 14 of
his 18 attempted field goals fell,
and he made 1 7 of 1 9 from the
free throw line.
When asked if he tried any-
thing new o n that pasticular Fri-
day, Abrams just shrugged, ''I re-
laxed and played my game; it was
a once-inacareer night."
om on Braves' title road
He pointed to IH's "easier"
second half schedule as a fac-
ton that will have a great
bearing on the race.
'We've played all the
contenders up t o this point
on the road, and once we
play Milford next week, all
the tougher teams are
going t o come here to play,"
said McKibben. "In other words,
they are going to have to beat
us here to win the title. Frank-
ly, I think that we are in con-
trol of the second half schedule."
McKibben is optimistic that
the team will be able to win
photo by Brad Wilkinson
-
tests. "You have to play differ-
ently when you're getting double-
teamed, because you know you're
not going t o get your points; you
just have t o concentrate on win-
ning the game."
And winning is something all
the Braves are concentrating on
right now. When asked of the
Braves' championship hopes, Ab-
rams said, "Realistically, I thhk
we will be cochamps with Syca-
more, both of us ending up 13-1
. . . Milford (co-leaders thus far)
really hasn't played anyone tough
yet (in the EHL)."
Abrams was asked if he
thought he could score fifty in a
game. He paused, and then re-
plied, ''NO, I don't think so."
,
consistently through the rest of
the games.
"We're just taking it one game
at a time; the players are work-
ing hard. Right now we're not
changing much from game t o
game in terms of our prepara-
tion."
Accordingly, the Braves
will prepare for Milford next
week in much the same way
they prepared for Deer Park,
whom they play tonight.
"Well, with Deer Park
we'll be working t o shut
down their scorers; even
though they haven't won a
have to be up."
The same thing could, be
said for Milford, although
the first-place Eagles present
their own special problems.
"They have a sound club,
one that wins and has a lot
of pride. They will be up
for the game; we're going t o
have to play well," said Mc-
Kibben.
"Playing well" entails
aggressive rebounding, effective
outside shooting, and a deske o n
the Braves' part t o fast break t o
overcome the tough Eagle zone
defense, the Braves' coach said.
"We'll have t o sharp and ex-
ticed all season."
The road to the league title
was made one game shorter when
the Braves scored 33 points in the
fourth quarter to detear Maderra
80-71 last Wednesday, in a game
where 64 fouls were called.
IH connected on 34 of 60
attempts over the course of t h e
contest, hitting 19 of 29 in the
fourthquarter rally.
The Braves were led in scor-
ing by junior Erich Metzger with
18 points, while senior Pete Sere-
metis added 17.
Junior Erich Metzger stepped
in to fill the void left by senior
Rick Abrams, who was ejected
less than a minute into the game
for fighting, with 18 points. Sen-
ior Pete Seremetis added 17 in
what McKibben called "the best
game Pete has played for us in
probably his varsity career."
"I was real pleased with Lhe
way Erich played, too," said
McKibben. "He just took charge
in that fourth quarter. He and
all the juniors are going to play
big roles in whether we win the
league, and he did it there,"
On the strength of a 45-
paint performance by Abrams,
the Braves ran their league record
see BRAVES, p. 14

Pit r ul screams of agony such
as "N. -o-o! It can b e ! It's a
holiday!" are still fresh in my
mind as I recall the situation.
Party organizers attempted to
maintain calm u .imple state-
to be announced.
As in previous years, students
must remain in exam rooms for at
least 1% hours. If a student choo-
ses to leave at the end of this pe-
riod, he must report directly to
Feltman found that "the past po-
licy was effective," and Assistant
Principal Gary Gellert felt "satis-
fied with the way it was before."
Gellert thinks that "the state
overreacted to the situation."
exam schedule, which, as of yet,
has not been decided upon. The
question of whether seniors
should be required to take finals
is also "rather open" says Smith.
With that being a league game,
most of the EHL coaches are ob-
viously aware of Abrams' output,
so gimmick and double-teaming
defenses are probably in store for
him in the rest of these EHL con-
But he is on track t o become the
all-time leading scorer at Indian
Hill. ''Pete (Seremetis) and I fig-
wed out that if I keep- up my &- photo b y Tom Taylor Chieftain file photo
Shots like this one by Rick Abrams (left) have put him in quest of Gary
see ABRAMS, p. 14 Freytag's (right) all-time career scoring mark.
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by Kevin Walzer
After faring well with "equal
or slightly better competition" at
the Indian Hill Invitational, senior
Ken Slazyk figures that the wrest-
lers will meet "tougher teams" at
the Madeira tournament this
weekend.
At Madeira the Braves will
face some difficult competition,
said Slazyk. "Compared to the
Indian Hill tournament, I'd say
it71 be a lot tougher. Well have a
harder time there."
Do the Braves have any special
plans to spring on the fourteen-
team field, wliich includes such
varied teams as Deer Park, Lock-
land, Country Day and Batavia?
"I'd just say that we plan to work
hard and go for it."
That strategy is sounder than
it may look, said Slazyk; he attri-
buted it as the main reason for
IH's best mark in the Indian Hill
Invitational in several years.
IH placed fifth in the eight-
team field, which may be mislead-
ing; the Braves, with 88% points,
more than doubled their score of
Squaws stun Amazons in
'biggest win' in many years
by Tiffany Meyer
For the first time in over a
decade the girls' basketball team
defeated Madeira, in a tight
47-42 decision in double over-
time on December 20.
Commented coach Dick Pfir-
man, "This has to the biggest
win for us since I've been here.
It was a great team effort; every-
body chipped in."
Senior Gretchen Kindel pul-
led the Squaws through with
15 points to lead the Squaws.
Junior Kristin Mains added nine.
The leading rebounder was sen-
ior Amy Wiatt.
Said Pfirman, "Kristin and
Gretchen really played welt.
They came through when we
needed them ."
Two days earlier, the Squaws
routed Mariemont 50-22. The
leading scorer was junior Cadi
Cucinotta with 16 points,
followed by another junior, Chris
Hall, with eleven. Mains grabbed
six rebounds.
On December 13 the girls
travelled to Loveland to once
again reign victorious, 50-39. The
team came back in the second
half to win.
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Ken Slazyk whispers to his Clermont Northeast opponent, "Eat the
mat, sucker" at the Indian Hill Invitational last Saturday.
a year earlier (32 points).
Clermont Northeast won the points. Western Brown finished
meet with 179% points, twenty third with 119%, just ahead of
ahead of second place finisher New Richmond with 119. IH was
The leading scorer was Cuci-
notta, with 15 points. Wiatt was
the leading rebounder with eight.
With these wins, the Squaws
are 4-1 in the league and 6-3 over-
all. Pfirman comments, "I am
really pleased with the way the
seniors and the juniors
are playing. I am especially
happy with the leadership and the
way the seniors have pulled the
team together. It seems if we
need something, like a basket
or rebound, Wiatt, Kindel, Cuc-
inotta 01 Mains will come for-
ward and get what we need. I
am also overall pleased with the
effort the whole team has
shown."
JV Braves winning well after slow start
by Alissa Raleigh
The JV basketball Braves had
several weeks to rest and prepare
for the remaining games in the
season, the first of which is
tonight against Deer Park.
The JV notched what was
probably their most. confidence-
building victory of the Fason
in defeating Loveland 62-47 on
December 21.
photo by Brad Wilkinsonwere really ready. We wanted to
Bethel-Tate, which had 158
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joy Rowe protects the ball from Cadi Cucinotta in a recent pmc-
tice.
The team attributed this vic-
tory to "teamwork" such as corn-
munication on the court and
strategy.
The boys also agreed that they
had a "wicked" offense and a
hard-working defense that has
imyioved greatly throughout the
course of the season. They are -
hoping that they can maintain
this improvement, especially in
January 11,1985
Summit Country Day (5).
The major reason for 1H's
strong finish was that three Braves
were champions in their respec-
tive weight classes. Junior Matt
Feltman placed first in the 126-
pound class, while Slazyk and
senior Dave Kindle won at 145
lbs. and heavyweight, respective-
ly.
Slazyk sees the individual suc-
cess and the team results as very
encouraging. "It's a really good
achievement," he said. "It picked
us up; last year we had no
champions and only 32 points.
It's really good."
He feels the improvement is
indicative of the attitide of the
team as a whole. "The team
overall was really picked up by
before the tournament, and we
do
In fact, Slazyk said, the fifth-
place finish fell short of his ex-
pectations. "Actually, I thought
we wouldget fourth."
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tonight's game.
Sophomore Ron Jones com
mented of the Loveland game,
"We dominated them so bad."
Added sophomore Greg Rogers,
"Yeah, their defense just could-
n't stand up toour offense."
The team credited their recent
success to hard work and good
coaching by Gary Gellert.
by Anna Batsakes
The Colgate Thirteen, an all-
male singing group, returned for
the annual Student Government
music forum on January 6.
The group consists of 13 mem-
ber, who are currently students at
CoJgate University in Hamilton,
New York.
Their tour began on January 3
afld will continue through the
first week of February. The sing-
ers are taking off Colgate's Janu-
ary term in order to travel
throughout the United States to
places such as Chicago, Dallas,
and New Orleans.
Besides Indian Hill, the Col-
gate Thirteen have sung at such
prestigious events as the Winter
Olympics, Super Bowl XIII, and
the Tonight Show. They have al-
so toured in Mexico, Hawaii, and
the Bahamas.
The Colgate singers consist of
24 members. 0n6 the 13 mem-
bers with the most seniority are
able to tour with the group. Each
weekend the group tours colleges,
high schools, and. alumni gather-
ings.
The singers have a repertoire
of $0 songs, which they sing in a
rotating formation for their audi-
ences. "Since we are on a non-
Slow month of January
leaves little for
Fellow Students,
January has traditionally been
a "lull month" for SG, and this
year is no exception. I certainly
hope that every one of you had
plenty of rest and relaxation over
the holiday break.
You may find yourselves need-
W much more in the upcoming
-
week, unfortunately. Yes, it's
exam time-and that means stress,
pressure, and little sleep. Hope-
fully, IH's new exam poltep. will
add only a minimal amount of
inconvenience for students during
the exam period.
Student Government did its
best to overcome the absurd ml-
ing by the state Board of Educa-
tion requiring students to stay in
school a l l day during exam week
Osrr overriding concern now is
drum- up student interest in
our exchange promam. Our next
h d e n t exchange, with Sycamore
High School, will be held on Jan-
CHlE
serenade IH
profit tour, we provide good en-
tertainment for a low cost," said
one member of the ensemble.
'We charge only enough to pay
for travelling expenses."
Colgate Thirteen is a non-
profit group that runs indepen-
dently of university funding. All
travelling arrangements, music,
public relations, and other ar-
rangements are run by members
of the group.
The Colgate singers formed in
1942 as a group of friends who
gathered in the pub of the Colgate
Inn to sing a few songs. These
days, the group will occasionally
practice in the same basement
room of the inn in which they
photo by Tom Taylor
started. A member of the Cdgate Thirteen makes the moves on senior Missy
Milligan at the last Tunday.
To join the ensemble, oue
must audition along with about
50 other hopeful singers. Only
a t a d o n are accepted in
each highly-competitive annual
Mackto ioumey down under
try-out. by Elizabeth Gorman
The group will be cutting their Junior Neely Mack will begin a ceive credit for her studies there,
second album this spring. Works year-long stay in Australia to- yet she must meet some Indian
in Progress, their album, is morrow. She is participating in Hill requirements.
available for $6.00. To order an the AFS Americans Abroad pro- "I have t o make up a semester
album or send fan mail, write to: gram and will return ~ a n u a1.2
Colgate 13 of her senior year.
of junior [U.S.] history and a
semester of U.S. Government, but
P.O. Box 13 The first week of her stay will it should be worth it."
Colgate University
Hamilton, N.Y. 13346
be spent exploring the city of
Sydney with other AFSers from
During the year, Mack hopes
to find time for her favorite
all over the world. After visiting sport, tennis. Since the weather
this major Australian city, she will stays in the mid-seventies
go on to Brisbane, where her host throughout the year, the climate
family, the Watermeyers, live.
Brisbane is the thitd largest
should be perfect. "I'm not tak-
ing any winter clothes," she com-
SG activities city in the country and is famous mented.
for its beautiful beaches. Mack does not have many
The Watermeyers have two fears about the trip. "1 don't
uary 23 and 24. older sons and a 15-year-old think any problems witl hit me
daughter, with whom Mack will until I'm there. I do know I'm
for sign-up. Only f ~ students
e attend Sommerville House Bris- going to miss my friends,
from IH win be able to participate bane High School. She will r e though."
ge a-
in the two-day program, and final
judgments on an individual stu-
dent's participation will be made
with reference to the student's STAFF EZkE&m
academic and disciplinary stand-
ings. Good luck, prospective
Chieftain Is written and composed, prinma and sold as an extracur-
exchangers! ricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake
From the look of things, the Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 5614225.
student body seems to have en- Sponsor: Wm. P. Kincaid; Editors: Ken Jones, Paul Monach; N e m
joyed the Colgate Thirteen forum
held on January 8. Our next for-
Editors: Anna Batsakes, David Cook; Features Editors: Tracy Magi-
son, Janet Nicolas; Sports Editors: Brian Rowe, Kevin Waizer; Maga-
zine Editors: Ellen Alvord, Joel Ruff; Business Manager: Kelly Martin;
um will be held in February and Circulation Manager: Davis Griffin; Production Managers: MaryBath
will feature IH's Drama Club. We Heidrich, Dan Rosenthal; Assistant Production Manager: Arianna New-
man; Phatographers: Tom Taylor. Davis Griffin, Brad Wllkinson;Con-
have yet to schedule any event for
tributors: Elizabeth Converse, Elizabeth Gorman, Jeff Currler, Hugh
the March forum. We need ideas! Geier, Kym Sollinger, Suzanne Lunsford. Pster Batsakes. Tifanny Msy-
Please put any suggestions in the er, Alissa Raleigh, Joy Rowe, Tom Taylor; Production Staff: Alex
SG suggestion box located under Overhoff, Rob Seal, Laura Schwartz, James Anderson, Kym Sollinger,
the SG bulletin board. Angela Beattie, Jeff Currier.
As its edltorIal policy, Chieftain Strives both to commend what is
Thank You,
good and encourage cormctlon of what is not. Editorials reflect the
Hugh Geier opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are
SG President strongly encouraged as long as they a m relevant and respPnslbly
written.
 Page 2 CHIEFTAIN
editorial
In the recently published Annual Report of the In-
dian Hill School District, the principals of the various
district schools present their general "predictions"
about life, and especially education, in the 21st cen-
tury. Many of the comments, and also the discus-
sions of the schools' progress and new programs, fo-
cus on computer awareness, preparing students for an
age supposedly to be dominated by computers.
These predictions are typical of those who tend to
overrate computers and their usefulness. Many people
forsee computers infusing themselves in to every facet
of future life. This future is highly improbable, be-
cause it is highly impractical.
Computers are useful-indeed, invaluable-in situa-
tions that require speed, massive storage of data,
and/or impeccable accuracy. In some situations, as
with large-scale word processing, computers also pro-
vide convenience to a degree that they are worth their
steep cost.
Most people, though, have no practical use for
home computers beyond minimal word processing
and game playing. The machines' appropriate uses
are generally confined to larger-scale operations like
business, science, industry, and communications,
where they are prevalent and effective.
Even in their element, though, computers are
editorial
Exams are quickly approaching, and students, ot
course, are anticipating the strain of the thorough
testing. This year, however, the school has been
forced to adopt a new exam policy of keeping pupils
in school all day.
In previous years, students took the exams offered
on a certain day, then left. Consequently, a mini-
mum of time was spent at school and the remainder
was left to the student. Hopefully, the time would be
put to use studying in any way possible for the next
exam. The system worked well. No problems. No
hitches.
The first day of school this year the students were
informed that the state wanted students at school
:.tien during exam time. Although no formal instruc-
tion is offered, the students must be present at school
for 2 certain amount of time for the exam days to be
cou: *ed as full-fledged "school days."
TIie students and the administration worked out a
schedule for exam days acceptable to the state. The
result is an exam at the beginning of the day and one
at the end. i n between, there is a study hall long
January 11, 1986
blown out of proportion by the uninformed. Many
people will indeed have contact with computers in
their work, but not beyond a necessary skill level that
can be learned in a five-minute instruction program or
a short manual.
Worst, however, many people see the possibilities
for computerization as infinite. The idea of even the
simplest "artificial intelligence," computers that can
add to their capabilities or efficiency through exper-
ience, is so far in the future that experts do not truly
know if such electronic manipulation is even possible
or economically feasible.
Also, computers must function through programs,
which are created by error-prone humans; computers
thus do not generate infallible results.
Regarding education and "computer awareness,"
the insistence that all people be at least familiar and
comfortable with computers is unnecessary; some of
the greatest advances in the technology are designed
to make the machines more and more "user-friend-
ly."
If society ever reaches a state of mass-computeriza-
tion, the machines will be "friendly" enough that an
individual's instruction need only be: "This is an in-
animate object, here to assist you in your work like
any other machine--and this is how you turn it on ..."
enough to make one's rear end hurt just looking at
the schedule.
These study halls will include an incredible amount
of clock-staring, moans, groans, and anxiety by the
time the second exam rolls around (not to mention
sore buns). Time might be better spent in the seclu-
sion of one's home amidst a pile of books or with
friends in a gro.up study. Study halls do not present
the optimum study environment despite what claims
are.
If any person's grades suffer because of the new
policy, the state is totally to blame. Please complain.
They might say, "Well, it's only an exam grade. It's
not that important." In response, how about, "It was
only an exam day. Was it that important t o change
it?"
After exams, the actual results will become appa-
rent. If students are dissatisfied, they will complain,
although sometimes it is difficult to catch the state's
ear. Student Government's responsibility is either t o
accept an inferior state plan or attempt to change it
by fighting "city hall."
11,1985
Cradle Rob
by Brian Rowe
The 16-e intramural bas-
ketball season's first weekend of
action is approaching quickly and
should prove to provide some
great basketball action.
League commissioner Gary
Gellert is optimistic about the
abundance of talent in this year's
field. To help the casual intra-
mural fan become acquainted
with the teams in the league, we
have written this team-by-team
preview article' complete with
player profiles and predictions.
THE BEST
The Coaches: An experienced
team that features a multi-talen-
ted backcourt in Gary Argentati
and Bob Huester. Both these
guards can fill it up from the out-
side and are quick enough to
. force steals on D.
The big question mark, how-
ever, is if the front line of Greg
Koulouris, Steve Thompson, and
Mike Owens possesses the physi-
cal stamina to run with the
younger players in the league for
the full 40 minutes. But this
front line has a combined weight
of over 700 pounds, and they
should dominate the offensive
and defensive boards. Prediction:
14-2
The Cradle Robbers: An all-
senior team that could form a dy -
nasty this year. Combined, this
team has 19 years of organized
high school basketball experience,
and team mainstays Mike Theye,
Dave Steward, and John Bishop
were all varsity Braves at one
point who were lured to the intra-
mural league by the high salaries
and the liberal training rules that
are "enforced."
This team has the tallest front
line in Bishop, Brian Jehle, and
Nick Stergiopoulos, and they will
be triggering the awesome "Cradle
Robber" fast break this year.
Pound for pound, Mike Theye
is one of the deadliest scorers in
the league, and Steward is a streak
shooter who, when he gets hot,
could pour in 30 in one game.
"Our problem is that we don't
have a true point guard," says
player-coach Theye, "but we have
been trying to lure (Paul) Kalo-
meres from the Bamfs by placing
Bishop, (Brian) More, and (Bill)
Croskey on the trading block."
Prediction: 14-2.
CHIEFTAIN
The Cradle Robbers, considered one of the most promising teams of
the season, demonstrate the origin of their name.
THE CONTENDERS
The Snow Flakes: This junior-
oriented team could prove to be
the sleeper of the league. This
club has two talented forwards in
Dominic Britton and senior Lem
Davis. Britton has good moves to
the basket, and Davis is a physical
leaper who can get well above the
rim to block shots.
Brian Vonderbrink and Steve
Womack are two talented and
confident guards, and Vonder-
brink warns, "Anybody who
thinks they are going to out-mus-
cle us is in for a big, big surprise."
The "if" on the Snow Flakes
is whether Kevin Viox can make a
smooth transition from the grid-
iron to the hardwood, because he
is the mainstay underneath, and
one of the best players in the
league. Senior Bill Poffenberger,
who was red-shirted last year, is
the spiritual leader of this team.
Prediction: 13-3.
The Bamfs: What this team lacks
in basketball talent, it makes up
for in athletic ability: just about
everybody on this large squad has
lettered in at least one or two var-
sity sports in high school. The
Bamfs have a solid backcourt in
Kalomeres and Paul Monach, Kal-
omeres being a heady playmaker
and Monach a long-range bombar-
dier who will average in double
digits this season.
At power forward they have
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photo by Tom Taylor
Scott Seward, a good shooter and
rebounder, and musclebound
Dave Schneider, who isn't shy
about dishing out elbows.
The enigma here is if 6'2",
180-pound Tom Wilson can hold
his own at the pivot. Wilson is a
decent rebounder but is not
known for his shooting touch.
Gary Hallam summed up his
team's philosophy in saying, "We
party hard, then we play hard."
Prediction: 12-5.
The Players: This team's chances
all revolve around Mike Ander-
son's capacity to handle the point
guard duties. Steward of the Cra-
dle Robbers states, "I know we,
for one, will try to exploit the
Playen' weaknesses on defense."
That is where this club's trou-
bles lie; Tony Hoffman and James
Johnson will be left underneath
to battle the league's giants. Jun-
ior Grey Freudenberg will be de-
pended upon to keep the Players
in most of their contests with his
scoring. Prediction: 8-8.
THE REST
The Handymen: A team of seven
juniors who are as aggressive as
any team in the league. You
know Matt Mueller, the team's
starting guard, is sound funda-
mentally because he played for a
year under Gellert before being
placed on waivers by coach Dale
McKibben.
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Scott Voss and Steve Misali
are tough forwards who rebound
and pass well, but this team really
has no pure shooters, and the
Handymen's games will most like-
ly be hard, tough defensive strug-
gles. Kevin McClorey will have to
assert himself as a scorer for this
team to go anywhere. Prediction:
6-10.
The Anarchists: An inexperi-
enced team of juniors that simply
can't compete with the cream of
the league. With Tad Pape start-
ing in the pivot, coach Chuck La-
Macchia knows he has serious
problems. He states, "This is def-
initely a rebuilding year for us,
but we should win a few games."
Senior Brad McCurdy is the
leader and defensive enforcer of
this club, but his outside shot has
been suspect of late. Jeff Busch
and Dave Kilday could help some,
but the jury is still out on the An-
archists. Prediction: 3-13.
The Fighting Platypuses: A mot-
ley group of sophomores who
could surprise some people this
year. . . probably will win some
games by sheer virtue of being
overlooked by their opponents.
Mark Wishard is the ball guard
who didn't exactly see eye to eye
with JV coach Gellert and thus
went the intramural route. Guard
Chris Kempczinski explains, "It
all revolves around Jerome Fix-
he's our little Rick Abrams, and
if he comes through for us, we'll
win a lot of games this year."
That may be overstating it a
little, but with Chris DeMaio's
court sense and overbearing confi-
dence and Mike Goldman's out-
side touch, this team may win a
few. Prediction: 3-13.
The Yardbirds: The Cleveland
Cavaliers of the intramural league;
this team is not talented and not
deep (only five roster players a t
press time). Ingo Lies almost
made the West German Olympic
team in 1976 (as a ten-yezr~ld),
and he is the team's all-purpose
forward.
Matt Feltman must be able t o
make a transition from the wrest-
ling mats to the basketball court
for this team to have any chance
at all. Brian Meyers illustrates the
team's optimism in saying,
"We're hoping that a few teams
will not have enough players to
play us and will have to forfeit."
Prediction: 0-16.
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SPORTSVIEW
...THE NEW PICTURE!!!
Seriously, I hate doing col-
umns like this. "It's that time of
year" is the obvious theme; that
time of year is the New Year, that
time when New Year's reso-
lutions are made.
That's trite; in a column de-
voted to sports, obviously reso-
lutions pertaining to the new year
must deal with sports. But the
question rears its ugly head:
what types of resolutions are to
be made?
I mean, this really isn't the
proper time for Walzer to deliver
a discourse on what he views as
unjust in the sports w d d . New
Year's resolutions? I mean,
God!
To be frank, I'm in no mood
to be controversial this issue.
New Year's resolutions aren't
really worthy of controversy.
Still, I have to write some-
thing.. .
So., on with it.
I think I'll do this month by
month so I only have to make
twelve resolutions. With that
in mind, let us begin ...
January: that's simple. I want
the Super Bowl to live up to the
hype it's going to get. It pits
two of the best teams in NFL his-
tory-San Francisco with its rec-
ord 15-1 mark, Miami with its
record QB, Dan Mariano-against
one another, and the game could
be the best Super Bowl ever. I
expect a hell of a contest.
February: Marge Schott, new
owner of the Reds, better hit it
off with the team once they get
to spring training. No way can
the Reds afford a hostile, med-
dling front office, like the Yank-
ees.
March: Indian Hill basketball
teams, boys' and girls', hope-
fully will advance in post-season
play. To quote Dave Stanforth
in a recent article, "Our last
game will be March 30"-the
finals of state.
CHIEFTAIN
Humor, hatred head
New Year's resolutions
April: I hope that the spring
sports season here at IH isn't
rained out, as it is every year in
April...it makes coverage sooo
hard ...
May: I hope that Boss Kincaid's
filly, 53 G's, wins the Kentucky
Derby and goes on to win the
Triple Crown.
June: May the Reds retain any
improvement they take out of
spring training...invariably they
win a few games and are in con-
tention in May, only to have the
bottom drop out in June ...
ABRAMS, from p. 11
(25.6 P P ~and
) we advance a
few games in the tourney, I
should get it." Then he added,
"But I really don't think about it
when I'm playing."
'"'ABRAMS
I
SC,I,ING CHA
Career iScoring Leaders
Player
1. Gary Freytag
2. Eppa Rixey
3. Scott Rogers
4. RICK ABRAMS
5. Dan Murphy
6. Rick Brand
Abram s is already in fourth place among IH's
all-time leading sc:orers; if he maintains his
current LJ.QL swring average, he shau'" ----
?P --A-
Gary Freytag in thle final game of the sel
Freshman Braves destroy Mustangs,
-
54-31
The freshman basketball team
raised their record to 5-2 by des-
troying the Madeira Mustangs 54-
31 on Wednesday.
The Braves took off with the
lead early on by outscoring the
Mustangs 14-8 in the first period;
however, they didn't blow it wide
open until the second quarter
when the Braves started causing
July: May John McEnroe win
Wimbledon with nary the drop of
a tantrum.
August: May August wither away
and cease to exist as a month ...
no way should any sports be
played in that sticky, sweaty,
gnatty jungle that seems to
settle in during the dog days of
that time of year...
September: Should the Reds still
be in contention for the division
title, the race really should start
heating up around now ...here's
hoping that they can stay cool.
~ u itt is something to think
about, and Abrams appears to
have established himself as one of
the premier players in not only
Indian Hiu histroy, but in EHL
history as well.
Yoints scored
982
843
786
751
726
678
turnovers and picking up the tem-
po of the game. IH led at half
30-16.
IH continued its domination
in the third and fourth periods
as coach Steve Thompson rotated
many of the non-starting players
into the game.
IH's leading scorer was Richie
Decker with 16 points. Decker,
January 11,1985
October: May the Reds be play-
ing in the World Series, and may
the Bengals have at least one win
under their belts ...
November: Football, football
and more football... coach Heiz-
man's team should wind down
their season at the start of the
month... here's hoping that it ends
with a CHL title.
December: May the basketball
Braves get out to an early lead
in the CHL.
It is going to be really inter-
esting to see how many of these
resolutions come true. I, for one,
am hoping that all twelve do;
how about you?
BRAVES, from p. 11
to 3-1 in handing the Loveland
Tigers a 9264 defeat on Decem-
ber 21.
The win came on the heels of
a disappointing 20-point loss to
Greenhills, 69-49, and made the
Braves' overall record 6-4.
Aside from Abrarns' heroics
in the Loveland contest, the
Braves were led with many time-
ly baskets by unheralded junior
Jared Davis, who came through
with 13 points in relief of the in-
jured Seremetis. Seremetis has
since been reinstated, but it
is reassuring for IH to know that
they have a double-digit relief
man on the bench in Davis.
The Braves, however, need
production from the other guards
to win the league title. Abrarns is
sure to see several "gimmick" de-
fenses in the next ten games, and
the teams other shooters, Dave
Stanforth, Andy Tucker, Brian
Rowe, and Jeff Yost must be
able to hit the outside jumpers.
The confidence level remains
high, though, and the last EHL
title is not only a hope but an ex-
pectation as the players enter the
secondhalf of the season.
- crisis, and seniorcitizen years,
-
who started slowly in the first
quarter, led the Braves in their
second- and thirdquarter surges.
Mexico Hayden also had a
good game with ten points. Lee
Tuckei, Jim Thornton, Steve
Wachs *.and Brandon Schneider
each scored six. Eddie Tepe and
Rolf Schorr each scored two to
help the Braves to victory.
(chieftai
Vol. 34 No. 9
January 11,1985
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
All-State Orchestra selects four
by Jeff Currier
The Ohio All-State Orchestra
has selected four Indian Hill in-
strumentalists to participate in
the 1985 convention, to be held
February 6,7, and 8 in Cleveland.
The four 1985 members are:
junior Brad Adrien, oboe; sopho-
more Stephanie Hug, violin; sen-
ior Janet Nicolas, viola; and senior
Scott Seward, trumpet. The se-
lection process varied for each
person, depending on what instru-
ment he played.
The first step in being selected
for the All-State Orchestra for all
four players was participation in
the Southwestern Ohio Regional
Orchestra last October. Each mu-
sician auditioned privately before
a judge in order to be selected for
this orchestra. which is one of
five regional orchestras from
around the state.
The selection process then di-
Drama Club to compete in regional contest
by Kym Sollinger
The Drama Club will perform
a one-act play entitled 'Why Do
We Laugh?" at the Ohio Theatre
Association competition, to be
held January 19 at Edgecliffe Col-
lege of Xavier University.
This competition could quali-
fy Indian Hill for the state compe-
tition in March, provided that the
play receives straight superior
ratings.
'Why Do We Laugh?" was one
of the four plays presented at this
year's Dessert Theatre. The origi-
nal cast will perform at the dis-
trict competition, with the excep-
tion of senior Ken Jones, who is
replacing junior Jeff Currier in the
role of "Andrew at 66."
The story is a heartwarming
recollection of the life of 66-year-
old Andrew Powers. His memor-
ies are touching and at times sur-
prising. 'When your memories
talk back to you, it's harsh!"
comments senior actress Anna
Batsakes. 'The whole play really
versifies Sepenamg upon the in-
strument. Both Adrien and Sew-
ard play wind instruments; thus,
they followed a similar process
into the State Orchestxa. While
All-State Orchestra members: .I(
Janet Nicolas, Scott Seward.
to I.) Stephanie Hug, Brad Adrien,
makes you wonder about growing
old."
Aging is a large factor in the
success of the play. Because a dif-
ferent person portrays Andrew
and his wife Meredith at various
ages, there must be a likeness
among the characters representing
the different ages.
"Play ensemble," says Miss
Mary Lou Berwanger, adviser and
director of Drama productions.
'The actors must portray their
mutual character. Although An-
drew and Meredith are shown in
their childhood years, middleage
they must convince the audience
that they are the same couple.
The unity is critical. The judges
will be looking for it at Edgecliff.
'We selected this play for the
contest because of the skill with
which the cast members are able
to portray different ages and the
great timing and close interplay
between characters. This pro-
duces a remarkable ensemble
at Regionals, Seward and Adrien
recorded another audition o n cas-
sette, which was sent to the di-
rector of the All-State Orchestra
for his review and final selection.
photo by Tom Taylor
effect.'"
Members of the cast include
seniors Anna Batsakes (Meredith
at 4 3 , Duff Woodside (Andrew
at 44), Kym Sollinger (Meredith
,"*-w .--*
The cast of 'Why Do We Laugh?" will portray Meredith and An-
drew Powers at various ages o n January 19 for regional judges
This audition required the utmost
in preparation on the part of the
musicians, as only four players
on each instrument are selected.
String players Hug and Nicolas
auditioned only once, last Octo-
ber, and were then placed in both
-
Regional and State Orchestras.
From each region, the top six vio-
lin players and top two viola play-
ers went to state automatically.
This ensured an equal representa-
tion from all regions in the string
section. Both Hug and Nicolas
will audition again February 6 for
seating in their respective sec-
tions.
Two years ago, Fred Goos-
man, trumpet, and Tom Cmmp-
ler, tuba, were IH's representa-
tives at the convention. Last
year, IH sent no representatives.
The music that the orchestra
performs is a top-level reperto3e.
This vear's program includes
Shostakovitch's 5th Symphony
and Rossini's Overture to 'The
Barber of Seville."
at 67), and Ken Jones (Andrew
at 661, sophomores Diana Grei-
ner (Meredith at 6), Charlie Schiff
(Andrew at 5), and Susan Robin-
son (Meredith at 16), and fresh-
man Rob Warfel (Andrew at 15).
The student director is senior
Elizabeth Gorman.
photo by Tom Taylor