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V I
off the bench
by Chris Kempczinski
Brash, rowdy, confident, the
"Franchisev-all are descriptive
terms of Indian Hill's premier
guard Erich Metzger who has
successfully dulled any linger-
ing memories of Rick Abrams.
As the cornerstone of the
team's offense, Metzger is in the
midst of another highly success-
ful season which has averaging
almost 18 points per game. Com-
bine that with' his 20 goals in
soccer last season, and you have
one of Indian Hill's most prolific
overall offensive threats.
However, Metzger scoring
prowess is just as much a result
of his natural ability, as it is a
~ r o d u c tof his ~ e r s o n a l i t ~"I'm
r-------
very competitive," says Metzger,
Girls ecstatic o v e r 16-4 season
by Joy Rowe
The JV girls basketball team
recently finished their season with
a 16-4 record -the best girls rec-
ord since 1972. The Lady Braves'
past four victories were extreme-
ly one sided in Indian Hill's favor.
In their most recent victory over
CAPE, Maggie Kerr led the team
with a personal high of 17
points to lead the team to a 42-
23 win.
Said coach Tony Bruene-
man, "It was a pleasure to witness
the growth in skill and talent of
individual players. The offense
finally jelled in the Madeira game
and the team was never seriously
challenged after that point. Pas-
sing, rebounding, and shooting
aspects finally caught up with
above average defensive play."
Brueneman, is referring to the
team's recent victory over long
time rival, Madeira. After their
first meeting, Indian Hill left de-
feated by 10 points. Seeking re-
venge, the Lady Braves never al-
lowed another team to pose as a
serious threat. They defeated
CHIEFTAIN
rides himself as a n 'offensive threat7.
"especially in basketball" where
he admits to sometimes "getting a
little out of control." Take,
for instance, the Finneytown
game, in which senior Andy Tuck-
er was decked. "That definitely
rubbed me the wrong way, but
Coach [Dave] Hammer kept us
under control."
That is not to say, however,
that Metzger will not take things
into his own hands sometimes.
In reference to taking a
player out should he get by him,
Metzger said, "I [just] don't like
people to [try] to get by me,"
and occasionally such actions be-
come necessary. Still, Metz-
ger is a proponent of sportsman-
ship and his actions usually re-
. %.
fleet that belief. "Here at In-
Deer Park 44-27, led by guards
Starcher who had 19 and Joy
Rowe with 12 and then went on
to defeat Mariemont 28-15.
Looking towards the next few
years, Brueneman foresees great
things. "This outstanding crop of
sophmores will now move on to
join those sophmores already
playing on the varsity to form the
nucleus of what shall be an out-
standing team in 1987-88."
As for the junior varsity, a re-
building year should be anticipat-
ed. Brueneman anxiously awaits
the contributions of this year's
10-1 eighth grade team.
Nevertheless, despite what the
future holds for girls basketball at
IH, Brueneman accurately sum-
marized this season when he said,
"It was a quality season played
with quality talent by quality
young ladies."
dian Hill, sportsmanship is really
more [prevalent] ," which he fells
is one of the strongest features of
athletics at IH.
Certainly, Coach Hammer, to
a large extent, is responsible for
that attitude which has been one
of his biggest contributions this
year. And despite some criti-
cisms Metzger believes that IH
"has really had a pretty good
season, it just took us awhile to
get going."
On the court this year,
Metzger gladly allows senior
co-captains Tucker and Mike
Cohen to lead the team. He de-
fines his role, rather, as one to
just go out "and score points,"
a role which he obviously relish-
es. Says MetTger, "I like to go
into each game thinking of my-
self as an offensive threat ...
I've got a lot of pride [and
I don't think] anybody can
really stop me defensively in the
city ."
But on his plans for the fu-
ture, Metzger is less candid. "If
I get into Hamilton, I'll probab-
ly play basketball. If I go to
Connecticut College I'll play
soccer. But, if I go to Miami
I'm not going to play anything."
One interesting thing about
Metzger is that he nrofesses
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Andy Tucker looks for the open man during IH's win over CAPE.
For story, see p. 10
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to ''not like games to get out of
ketches
hand." Yet if another fight
erupts, or tempers flare again
#hen IH plays CAPE I know
where Erich will be.
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Vol. 35 No. 10
February 14, 1986
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
Drama to send 'Ducks' to state
by Susan Appel
For the second consecutive
year, the Indian Hill Drama Club
received a rating of "superior" at
the regional OTA competition,
held on February 1 at the
Middletown campus of Miami
University. The "superior" rating
enables Indian Hill to continue
on to the state competition in
GO ahead, make my day! March.
This year's production, "A
Little Something for the Ducks,"
is the story of the chance meet-
k g between two elderly people,
portrayed by sophomores Stacy
Scoble and Rob Warfel. "Ducks"
was Part of the Thespian Dessert
Theater, and was also performed
Mack resigns
by Kevin Walzer
"It is with the deepest regret
that we accept the resignation
of Edgar J. Mack, Jr. from the
School Board," read Board of
Education member Dr. David
Bell in a resolution at the Feb-
ruary 11 Board meeting. Mack
ended a ten-year career on the
Board Tuesday night with an
official letter of resignation.
I The Board, after accepting
Mack's resignation, passed a
resolution commending Mack for
his service to the Indian Hill
School District. The resolu-
tion cited Mack's "contri-
- " ..-. * -. butions to education" during
photo by Mariano Fernandez his tenure, and expressed the
~ o k d ' s appreciation of' Mack's
accomplishments, which included
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p.6
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[@hie f tain
at the Area G conference held
in December at McAuley High
School.
Although five schools partici-
pated in the competition, some
presenting cuttihgs from works as
well-known as The Glass Mena-
gerie and Crimes of the Heart,
Indian Hill received the only
"superior" rating.
In addition, both cast mem-
bers were highly honored. Scoble
was named to the All-Region cast
Actress of the competition. War-
fel, who was also in the cast of
fel, who was also in the cast of
last year's competition play
"Why Do We Laugh," tied an-
other actor for the Outstanding
o m Board
two terms as President in 1979
and 1983.
With his resignation, Mack is
the second long-term Board mem-
ber to relinquish his seat this year.
In the fall, former member Mrs.
Elizabeth Croskey chose not to
run for reelection; she was
succeeded by Mr. Louis Fin-
kelmeier, chosen by the district
voters in the November elec-
tions.
A successor for Mack has not
yet been determined. Current
Board President Mrs. Jean Pappas
indicated that at least ten days
had to elapse after the resig-
nation before a 'successor could
be named; "We expect to an-
nounce one at the next Board
meeting," said Pappas.
Irl~rurnur<
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~ c t o title.
r tice-and I think we make a good
Scoble sees multiple reasons,
. -h
bz
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Stacey Scoble and Rob Warfel will perform "A Little Something for the
~ u for state
~ judges
k in~ ~ ~ ~
Teacher Mr. Robert Terwil-
legar praised Mack's accomplish-
ments, as did other members df
DECA captures district title
by Stratton Moraites
The Indian Hill DECA club
recently captured its fourteenth
consecutive title in competition
held at Eastgate Mall.
Out of the 26 IH students
who won in the competition,
13 will be eligible to compete
on the state level, to be held
March 7, 8, and 9 in Dayton.
The competition allowed the
DECA students to work in the
actual areas which their special-
ization involves, according t o
rluer w u y
for the play's success. "We had
a good, well-written play from the
start. Rob and I play older peop-
le well-we've had a lot
team? she said.
5
photo by Mariano Fernandez
~ h .
the Board. Mack himself was
quite appreciative of the acco-
lades, saying, "I learned more
than I gave [during his tenure].
I just hope I was able t o con-
'
see D, p-
club advisor Mr. Jim Benken.
The competition was held from
8:OO-11:30 a.m. on February 4.
Those advancing to the state
level were Carla Ferguson in
Advertising, Julie Packer and
Wendy Johnson in Apparel,
Tesa Caldwell in Finance and
Credit, Jocelyn Montgomery and
Jeff Helms in General Marketing,
Mike Goldman in Restaraunt
see DECA, p. 4
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editorial
Saclye me not mezely
The past few months have seen an alarming surge
of horrible and savage terrorist acts. What is more
lshocking than this sudden surge, however, is what
the targets of the terrorists have been. No longer is
terrorism primarily confined to military and stategic
targets; innocent civilians, particularly Americans
travelling abroad, are now the targets of choice. The
terrorist acts in Europe, particularly those in Paris
and those at the Rome and Vienna airports, are not
just a remote act of horror. They have directly af-
fected us, the students of Indian Hill.
The Latin trip to Greece has been cancelled and
the French trip has been jeopardized. Teachers, stu-
dents, and parents are quite understandably con-
cerned about the safety of such trips. Also of con-
cern is that students are missing out on enriching and
rewarding experiences.
editorial
h& dtwn
How does one define the purpose in life of the
typical 80's high school student? It' was easy in the
60's and 70's. Students united against the Vietnam
occupation and unfair government policy. "Peace"
and "Make love, not war,"' are words reflecting the
conscience of the times.
Today, especially in Cincinnati, it seems most of us
are bypassing much of the inner searching, the ques-
tioning which was common in the previous genera-
tion. "Face" and "psyche" are perfect examples of
the apathetic words students sometimes use. The
words reflect a lack of desire to become involved or
listen to the problems of others.
Perhaps the children of the 80's act in such a way
from the absence of a unifying force such as an un-
popular war. More likely, however, we are too sue-
. cess oriented. People wrongly learn that it is easier to
get ahead in'the world if we are apathetic to other
people's problems and fend for ourselves. We must
find a unifying force between us once again. We all
lia~lesomething in common besides age, but what is
it? Perhaps the answer is not tangible but rests within
all of us.
BOARD, from p. 1
tribute something."
In other business, the Board
approved the 1986-87 district
calendar, discussed revisions in
the teacher certification process,
and heard a report on possible
future academic competitions for
IH students in grades 7-12.
CHIEFTAIN February 14,1986 February 14, 1986
by Mike Anderson
Off to a late start, the 1986
A recent letter from the National A S S O C ~ ~of~ ~ O ~
Indian Hill Intramural Basketball
Secondary School Pricipals encourages schools to season began typically chaotic last
continue their travel programs. It states, "While no Saturday. A confusion of team
one can predict the time and location of terforist names, times, and places has just
recently begun to subside to stat-
acts, the likelihood of a second incident at the Rome
us quo. One-fifth of regular sea-
or Vienna airports is remote. Terrorists attack at un- son play has already been elim-
likely times and at places not previously used. The inated, but not before upsets and
near 100 point games have been
strong world-wide condemnation of the latest inci- played. Due to the paranoia of
dents may reduce terrorism for a time, as well." the league's new comissioner,
Chieftain can not be so encouraging. While the Tony Brueneman, every team has
logic of the NASSP letter may be valid, the decision . had several different alias; many
were considered t o be either ob-
to participate in a travel program to Europe is a scene or inappropriate.
serious one and entirely personal. One must weigh
the risks and benefits for oneself. It is indeed unfor- The Coaches: They are, as al-
ways, the force with which to
tunate that the situation must be this way, but it does be reckoned. Their starting
exemplify the fact that terrorism truly does affect lineup, when present, is almost
everyone in the free world. invincible from within the intra-
mural league. - They are as fol-
lows: Gary Argentati running the
point, Chris Leighs and Joe Butt
running the wings, with Mike
Owens and Jim "Shi" Woodward
reigning the boards.
Primarily a fast break team,
the Coaches are always high
scorers (96-35 victors over the
Maddogs) permitting only one
shot by the opponent per trip
down the court. Prediction: (reg-
ular season) 8-0.
The Players: They are a team
that was ludicrously underest-
imated in last year's prediction
report. ~ o w e v e iit, is a'team that
has tried this year to
maintain "a low profile'' so as not
to be laughed at if the expected
return is not executed. A third
place finisher last year, (not to
mention a personal favorite) the
Players lost only by 4 points in
$OLuMBIA
their final game to the unbeat-
&ieftqin STAFF Eg%&Mm en Coaches. T b Players will a-
gain this year be led by its spec-
Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracut. tacle, Grey Freudenberg who will
ricular activity by the students Of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake be accompained under the boards
Rd.. Cincinnati, Ohio 45243. 561-4225.
Sponsor: William P. Kincaid; Editors: T o m Taylor. Kevin Walter;
by mainstays like Scott Jeske and
News Editors: James Anderson, Susan Appel, Jeff C u r r i e r ; Features Steve "The Lane Occupier" Ba-
Editors: Davis Grifftn, David Miller, Alissa Raleigh; Sports Editor: ker. Additions such as Jim Ber-
Chris Kempczinski; Magazine Editors: Rob Seal. Jeff Tuckey ; Busi- ling and Jeff Helms "Jordan"
ness Manager: Jamie Winget; Circulation Manager: Arianna Newmani have already helped t o amplify
Production Managers: Arianna Newman, Dan Rosenthal; Head Photo-
grapher: Mariano Fernandez; Photographer: Stratton Moraites; Pro- the NBA hotdog character of the
duction Staff: Stephanie Hug, Tiffany Meyer, Diana Greiner, Elissa team. Prediction: 7-1.
Geier, Benjy Cook, Tiffany Ferguson. Contributers: Jay Fitton,
Stratton Moraites, Stephanie Hug, Elissa Geier, Tiffany Meyer, TO- The Rooks: (alias Studs, Tall
moko Yamabe, T i m Brown, Tiffany Ferguson, Mike Anderson, Bran-
don Schneider, Joy Rowe, Kristin Mains, Cadi Cucinotta, Amy Bur- Boys) John Rabenold has found-
roughs, Bert Sheard, Carin Chabut. ed a respectable returning team
As its editorial policy, Chieftain strives t o both commend what is from the squad he claimed last
good and encourage correction of what is not. Editorials reflect the
opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are
year. His strong personnel, a-
strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and responsibly Writ- mong whom include: Clint Reese,
ten. Rob Reese, and himself, have al-
ready led the team t o its fust vic-
CHIEFTAIN Page 11
tory. This victory was extra- packed parts of games. Chuck La- of teammate Clyde Brant. Pre-
ordinary in the fact that it was Macchia, a team mainstay, says of diction 3-5.
obtained with only four players t.he squad, ."We're just a bunch of
against the fourth ranked Trim average players" and hopes to Scrubs: (alias Doctors of Drunk
Reapers (see below). Nothing to remain in the dark horse posi- and Doctors of Dunk) Again this
be sneezed at! Their only weak- tion for much of the year. La- is a team that demands humor
ness may be attendance, but as Macchia and Bill "The Zone Bus- more than respect among its play-
evident on Saturday, this factor: ers. Once behind, this team of
ter" Baumel, control their team's
is not that prevalent. Prediction: outside game while George Hey- clowns, led by head-Scrub Bar-
6-2. nen plays the inside portion of ry Schwartz, is almost hope-
their attack. Baumel, the team's less, for as I stated before, their
The Trim Reapers: (alias Toe captain, says his highest aspir- goal changes from winning to
Dancers, Snowmen, and who ations fmish the team at either .laughing. A young team, the
knows what else) This team is the fourth or fifth position in Scrubs are inexperienced, but in
the combined forces of last year's the league. I must agree. Pre- a position to upset, purely by vir-
tue of being overlooked by their
opponents. I award the Scrubs
:he "Most Appropriate Team
Name Award," for they are as
their team name suggests, a bunch
of organized scrubs. Good Luck
boys! Prediction: 2-6.
God Squad: (alias Samari) Sorry
guys to have put you below the
Scrubs but the essence of this
year's team is comprised mainly
of last year s Yardbirds, whose
only hope was Ingo Leis who al-
most made the West German O-
lympic team as 9 ten year old. In
fact, the team. last year, didn't
even finish the season because of
competition inabilities. However,
the team has already conquered
its first opponent, The Maddogs,
and has respect under the
team's new image, created by cap-
drawing by Kevin Love tain Matt Santen and "Owner"
Jeff "the Radar Toast." When
The Coaches, Helmet Heads, Mad Dogs, asked for 'anten
- Hoot Owls,
only express his feeling of how
Rooks, Trim Reapers, God Squad, and Scrubs: who ludicIous all the team name than-
shall reign supreme this year in intramurals? ges were. The team draws most
of its power from the religious
Handymen and Snowflakes. The diction: 4-4. blessing of THE LORD and is in-
choice of personnel seems to re- vincible on Sundays. No offense
sult in an all-star team drawn Young Lifers, good luck! Predict-
ed finish: 1-7.
from last year's clubs. However, Hoot Owls: (alias Hooters) The
attendance, as it did last year, has Hoot Owls are composed of a few
already plagued the team through- uncontrollable juniors, Running The Maddogs: (alias The Studs)
out the season. Without the in- the point is an energetic Bruce The original team name was un-
jured Steve Womack, and a sleep- Johnson, who likes t o make sev- doubtedly the work of overcon-
ing Kevin Viox, tQe team is seem- eral strange noises so as t o dis- fident team all-star (in his own
ingly lame excepting Matt Mfiel- 'tract the opponents in hopes that mind) Jim Blank. Even sadder
ler's incessant success at driving his team might score. They have than the Scrubs on their worst
the lane. However, the immediate chosen to take a light hearted day, the Maddogs became quite
appearance of the two leaders view of this season, for they must aware of their mortality in their
may inspire The Trim Reapers t o feel that they have a chance t o harsh defeat to the Coaches. R e
ascend in the ratings. Prediction: reign the league next year--or bounding from this destruction,
they just don't care. In all ser-. The Maddoas went up against t b
5-3.
iousness, though, the team has po- fairly respectable God Squad and
The Helmet Heads: alias St. tential, for they gave The Players were once again squashed by THE
Raight Boys) This team, like the quite a run for the money in the FORCE. (Assured record if they
players, is trying to maintain a last minutes of their twelve point can even complete the season):
low profile. However, the team is defeat. If the team is to rise 0-8.
much more unique in that they themselves from the bottom half
maintain the laid back character of the league, more of the team
through even the most action will have to assume the attitude
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c r o w d deciding factor for Braves in upset
by Chris Kempczinski
In what has been regard-
ed by most as a year of transition,
the varsity boys' regular season
grinds to an end tonight against
an inept Reading Blue Devil
team. Most certainly an "easy
win" for the Braves (who won
the previous ~ u n t e s between
t the
two schools by almost twenty
points), this game serves as an
anti-climactic finish to a regular
season which, in essense, ended
last Friday against powerhouse
CAPE.
Against the number-one rank-
ed AA school in Cincinnati, IH
went into this' game with the
hopes of avenging the squeeker
which saw CAPE triumph by six
only a few weeks back. Said
junior Ron Jones, even though
"we lost, it proved to us that
they weren't invincible," as ev-
erybody has said.
Aiaed by a special admissions
price, the student body turned
out in full force for the match
against the Crusaders and ulti-
mately was a deciding factor.
"The crowd really pumped us
up," said junior Bruno Dare,
while it "distracted the other
team." This was evident thorugh-
out the game as CAPE players
often reacted to the jeers of the
fans, especially in the waning
moments when their frustration
broke through.
GeIIert 'pleased a n d p r o u d ' of season
by Brandon Schneider
Last Friday night Indian Hill's
JV Braves coasted to another
victory. The Braves' offense has
been consistent throughout the
season but in this game it was a
long defensive effort that served
AS the foundation for their win.
The team's 40-35 win over the
CAPE Crusaders was their third
consecutive league victory with
strong contributions from Mike
Marek, Chris Vockell, and Ed
Tepe.
CAPE was plagued by person-
nel disadvantages with only five
players able to play throughout
the game due to ineligibility and
injuries.
In the Braves' game against
league foe Deer Park, the Braves
won convincingly. IH's offensive
attack was led by Rich Decker
and Brandon Schneider. A defense the whole year. In the
fantastic overall performance was
turned in by Lee Tucker. Again
CHIEFTAIN
However, YOU don't beat
CAPE 55-51 strictly on moral
support; rather, the Braves re-
quired one of their strongest over-
all outings of the season to notch
the victory. Offensively the
Braves relied on senior co-cap-
tair, Andy Tucker ot "keep it
close with several key baskets"
in the early moments until senior
Erich Metzger started to hit
later in the game, eventually
winding up with 22 points.
Another critical factor was the
unyeilding defense of the Braves
which all but shut down one of
CAPE'S leading scorers to only six
points. Compound that with
the Crusaders' inability to estab-
lish any firm territory under the
basket, and you have inevitably
a very close game.
Yet coach Dave Hammer stres-
sed to the team that they can't
rest on their laurels, especially
sicne the Braves meel CAPE
in the first round of the district
tournament, to be played next
Wednesday at Lakota High
School. Said Jones, "We know
they're going to want us bad and
we just can't let down ...[also]
we're going to need another big
...
crowd because they were 50%
of our defense."
Another importanr ele-menr LU
keep track of during the up-
coming CAPE rematch will be
whether or not the referees can
the offense produced an adequate
50 points, while allowing only
37 points on defense.
On Homecoming night, the
Braves had a victory over Marie-
mont. THe score was close
throughout the game and fea-
tured an overtime finish of 46-
43. Coach Gary Gellert attri-
buted this win to a tenacious
defense and a usually strong
offense. The Braves exceptional
defense complemented their
ability to run the fast break.
In addition to winning 20
games this season, "the ultimate
goal we had this season has been
to have an incredible offensive
and defensive performanoe com-
bined for our games," as one
player put it. Coach Gellert
stated, "We've played con-
siderably well in our offense and
Mariemont game we played our
keep both teams under control.
However, don't be surprised if
fights erupt because both teams
realize that their season will be
on the line.
In another impressive game
against league rival Mariemont
the Braves countered a previous
loss to the Warriors and recorded
a 48-47 victory. Said Darre, "The
last time we played them we were
embarrassed, that was our worst
game of the season and we knew
we should have beaten them."
Helped by a large Homecoming
crowd, this exciting game was
close until Mike Cohen's game-
saving basket with eight seconds
left insured the Braves' victory.
Assuming the team wins a-
gainst Reading, they will end the
regular season with a respecta-
ble record of 11-9. However,
said one player, "Then: are a few
games which the team knows we
should have won," and the
Braves feel they can prove a great
deal to many cynics in the tour-
nament. Overall, Hammer's initial
season has had its expected ups
and downs, "but nobody really
expected [them] to end up
19-1."
Still, next year (as always)
offers bright hopes with several
experienced JV players vying
for positions on the roster. One
last note, an informal survey
was conducted among the players
best in both areas combined."
The Braves will play their
last game of the season against
tough league challt2Igers Reading
Blue Devils. If they win this game
they'll finish with the second best
record in the league. With no
league tournament, the Braves
have no chance to redeem them-
selves.
If the Braves should finish
at 14-6 tonight it will be the best
record for an Indian Hill JV team
in six years.
Gellert said about the Braves'
season, "You always want to win
that championship, and be in first
place. If we can play a good all-
around game we have the the past
few games and especially like ver-
sus Mariemont we will clinch se-
cond place. Second place out of
nine teams is quite an accom-
plishment! I'm very pleased and
proud of the JV team this season!
February 14,1986
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on this year's team, asking the111
to give an unbiased assessment of
Hammer's performance this sea-
son. The average given: B-.
letter from the
sports editor
In response t o questions con-
cerning the validity of my last
Off the Bench which accused
Coach Hammer of recruiting I
must stress the following: this
column is meant to serve only as
a medium thorough which I, or
anyone interested, can ex-
press their opinion. Consequent-
ly, while the player involved came
to Indian Hill t o play basketball,
'it is.9nly my opinion that he was
recruited. For as Mr. Gellert
logically pointed out, "How can
you c a l it recruiting when he
lives in our district? We're only
trying to get him back from Moe-
ller who were [in fact] the ones
who recruited him. " Therefore
I would like to apologize to
Coach Hammer and anyone else
who could have misconstrued my
article as a slanderous accusation
instead of an innocent opinion,
which had always been my pri-
mary intent.
-Chris Kempczinski
The JV Braves have continued
their success for Indian Hill.
A gifted team of such manpower
approaching the varsity level con-
stitutes a very bright future."
February 14, 1986 CHIEFTAIN Page 3
1. Which of the following words describes 4. Do you think the U.S. space program
what you felt when you first heard of the should continue at full speed?
shuttle explosion?
93% yes
7% no
25% qualified their "yes" by saying that
the program. should continue with caution
7% indifference or after the problem is solved or after the
passage of time
25% as if a national symbol was crushed
20% other (shock, disbelief, hysteria) 5. Do you think that Americans have become
(Students were allowed to answer more too blase or casual about space missions?
than one response oniquestion 1.)
44% yes
2. 53% no
How long did you view the TV news cover-
6. Were you aware that the shuttle had a mis-
sion planned for that day?
50% yes
50% no
7. Do you think that civilians such as
McAuliffe should voyage on the shuttle?
3. Do you think that the media belabored the 63% yes
incident or that the TV coverage drag- 5% no
12% sometimes
20% only if they are truly relevant to the
success of the trip
from all classes
8. Some people have said that our nation on television.
this misfortune is the "Ken- Therefore it got the media's,
nedy assassination" of our
generation-what ate Your re-
government's, and general
public's attention. I wouldn't Project LEAD comes to IH
actions to this statement? consider this as the 'Kennedy
assassination' of our genera- by Stephanie Hug
"I can't tell since I wasn't tion because Kennedy was the
around when Kennedy was as- leader of our nation and for
den, utterly destructive loss where a country shuts down."
of some young, intelligent
Other participating school
to work in teams. Each team con- above-mentioned students or call
sists of an adult community vol- Mrs. Rabenold.
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Eight win Scholastic Art Awards
;:;;";;;:::$
by Elissa Geier
Eight Indian students
be honored at today's Scholastic
Art Awards. The students re-
ceived awards in various mediums
and categories with three taking
the highest rank. of Finalist.
Those who placed as Finalists
were: Bill Everhart with his col-
ored wire sculpture; Stephanie
Hug and Mark Warner both placed
in the Pottery category for their
clay vases. These students will
send their works to New York
to compete in the National
Scholastic Art Awards.
Indian Hill had five stu-
dents win Key Awards; these
students will be presented with
the traditional Gold Key Achieve-
ment Awards for their entries.
Council features shuttle crisis
by James Anderson
Was the Space Shuttle crash
the result of a Soviet hunter-
killer satelite? Enquiring minds
and MUN members wanted to
know on February 1, at the
MUN-sponsored Security Coun-
Gl.
Can you see this motley group of MUN delegates solving the world's
problems?
After meeting in the board-
room of the Federated building
downtown, delegates commenced
debate on Namibia. The U.S.S.R,
represented by senior Mark Ens-
ley and junior David Miller, and
the United States represented
by a pair of St. Xavier students,
combined their efforts to write
a bipartisan resolution that latter
passed despite the lack of third
world support. The Southwestern
People's Organization (SWAPO),
represented by junior James And-
erson and Angola, represented by
Bill Kefauver tried to push
CHIEFTAIN
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Those who took Key Awards
were: Meredith Nock for her.
pen and Ink still-life drawing:
- - - - '
,
-
>
Everhart, Jenny Replogle, and
Karen Weiss for their large clay
vases. Alvin Burke also took a
Key Award for his batik of an
underwater scene, this within
the Textile Design category.
Nock received an Honorable
Mention for a collage she sub-
mitted in the Mixed Media cate-
gory, in addition to her Key
Award. Jennifer Lippold also
took an Honorable Mention for
her lineolum block printed
quilt.
The awards will be presented
today at a ceremony in the Shil-
lito-Rikes downtown auditorium.
Presenting will be Frank Cass of
through a militant resolution
calling for agressive action on
the part of the United Nations
against South Africa, if they
refused to leave Namibia. It
was of course vetoed by the
United States despite some sec-
ond and third world support. " I
photo b y Stratton Moraites
am glad our resolution passed,"
commented a jubilant David
Miller.
"Hey, we tried," said Kefauver
simply when asked about his
failed resolution. "At least we
forced the imperialistic capit-
alists to veto it and thus em-
barass themselves in the eyes
of the world," continued Kef-
auver.
After an 1% hour lunch
break the crisis simulation started.
An ~ ~ a g i n world
a r ~ crisis, care-
the National Scholastic Art Board
in New York. The students' en-
- championship title,. beating sec-
-.1
- ."
At least one of these artists has not lost his cieativity.
g$tes were informed that the U.S.
captured a Soviet satelite that the
State department announced as
the cause of the shuttle incident.
The Soviet delegates, Miller and
Ensley, were obviously inflamed
but were uncharacteristically cau-
tious in their rhetoric. The U-
nited States, at first rather de-
fensive, became more and more
voluable in its accusations of
Soviet chicanery. Just as the
shuttle was re-entering Earth
atmosphere with the satellite, the
DECA, from p. 1
Marketing, Sydney Mark and
Brian Vonderbrink in Entrepre-
neruship, Tad Pape in Sales Dem-
onstration, Lynn Stefkovich in
Business Ownership, Bert
Sheard and Jenny Capen in Free
Enterprise.
Those placing on the district
level but not advancing to state
were Cheryl Clark in Advertising,
Noel Riggsbee in General Mer-
chandising, Susan Robinson in
DECA students once again fared well in district competition.
February 14, 1986
will be exhibited on the sixth
floor of the downtown Shillito-
Rikes.
photo by Stratton Moraites
shuttle exploded. Seeing the
debate degenerate into sense-
less accusaitons, crisis coordinator
James Anderson declared the de-
bate over, and gave awards to
everyone for their "keen
rhetoric."
Commenting on the Security
Council as a whole, Brian Meyers,
who served as chairman for the
committee said, "I think the
Council went rather well. The in-
credible setting of the Board-
room contributed a lot to the
seriousness of the participants."
Said club president David Miller,
"We'll do it again next year."
Entrepreneurship, Bruce John-
son in Public Speaking, Jeanne
Littlejohn in Sales Demonstra-
tion, Gretchen Froehlich, Kristin
Mabry, and Heather Holberton
in Team Management, Melissa Mc-
Kie in Business Ownership, Van-
essa Cambell in Marketing Test,
and Andrea Hatfield and Jenny
Blank in Business Math.
Forty-six IH DECA students
competed.
photo by Mariano Fernandez
February 14, 1986
Girl swimmers capture league championship
by Amy Burroughs
As they had hoped, the girls
varsity swim team won the league
ond place Cincinnati Country Day
by a margin of fifty points.
Coach Mike Leonard said, "The
league meet was a team effort and
every ;wimmer contributed to the
win."
Exceptional swims were put in
by both Teresa and Jenny Rep-
logle who each placed first in two
events. The medley relay team
consisting of both Replogles,
Traci Finklemeier and Gretchen
Albis, also put in a stunning per-
formance by capturing first place
in that event.
Their record is 9-2 and being
league champs was a great way to
end their successful season. Leon-
ard commented, "It was the
swimmers' meet to win. They
worked extremely hard and hon-
estly deserved to be league
champs."
The team hopes that this
hard work will pay off at the sec-
tional meet tomorrow at Syca-
wrestlers predict many upsets tomorrow
by Bert Sheard
The Indian Hill wrestling team
faced their toughest competition
of the year on Saturday, February
. weight class.
1 at the Chaminade-Julienne
Catholic Invitational in Dayton.
Matt Feltman demonstrates his lethal pin.
Included in the six team tourn-
ament was Lakewood St. Ldward,
from Cleveland who have won the
state tournament at the AAA lev-
el for the past eight years.
Braves' coach Nick Valentine
conceded, "We didn't expect to
win the tournament," but point-
ed out that, "the experience gain-
ed frolll it will help us Farther
down the road." As it turned
out, the teain finished 5th, with a
total of 49 points. Eric Norris
CHIEFTAIN
Ryan Rowe prepares to move off the mark during the'CCD league
tournam en t.
and Bert Sheard each earned in-
dividual awards for placing second
and third respectively in their
On Tuesday, 1:ebruary 4th,
the team had its final home match
p h o t o by Stratton Moraites
of the year against Lemon-Mon-
roe, Reading, and Wyoming. The
team began by defeatill:! Lemon-
Monroe 37-35 on the strength of
back to back pins by Brad
McKean and Gordon Harris.
However, the team then lost to
Reading and Wyoming
Coach Valentine fce.1~Illat thc
team's hard work and tough corn-
petition a11 year should help in
the league tournanlent this Sat-
p h o t o by Mariano Fernandez
urday at Madeira. The team ex-
pects to finish "in the top five"
Deer Park
by Chris key i n tourney
Kempczinski
Coach Gary Argentati is un-
derstandably excited about his
freshman basketball team at the
conclusion of their regular season.
With an 1!-1 record, this team
ranks among some of the other
elite seasons recorded by Argen-
tati. Their most recent game was
a game which saw the whole team
involved in the defeat of Madeira.
In what was characterized as "a
game which was a sure win," the
team continued to play admirably
and won 45-38.
However, the Braves' last two
Varsity ends 11-10 t o W e s t e r n Brow-n
I
by Cadi Cucinotta
and Kristin Mains
The girls varsity basketball
tcam ended their season with a
64-53 loss to fourth seeded Wcst-
ern Brown Monday night.
The loss was a disappointing
one, but the girls team had a suc-
ccssful regular season, finishing
at 11-10.
This record reflects their last
four games in \vhich they defcat-
ed both Deer Park and Madeira,
and had two close games against
Page 9
more. Some swimmers like Fink-
lemeier, and Jenny Bell in the
backstroke, Leslie Folsom in the
I.M., and Tracy Hart in the free-
style hope to lnake it to district
competion. Both Replogles
should make it to state where
they are each seeded in the top
six in two individual events. The
two fastest 100 yd. freestyles on
the team will swim with the Rep-
logles on the 400 yd. freestyle
relay tea111 which they hope will
make it to the state level of comp-
etition.
The boys varsity swim team
also did well at league champion-
ships by taking fifth place. Andy
Geygan put in some good swims
and won the 100 yd. fly. Other
strong efforts were done by sen-
iors Dave Ahlert and Chris Wil-
son. The boys swim in sectionals
tonight at Sycamore where Gey-
gan
tricts.hopes he will make it to dis-
Leonard summed up the
team's positive attitude by saying,
"This 'team has learned that hard
work pays off.''
and Valentine predicted "a lot
of upsets" in the team's favor.
games were cancelled leading to
speculation among the team-
L c C ~ ~they
l d continue their win-
ning ways in the tournament after
such a long lay-off?"
That remains to be seen until
tonight's 6:30 game at Marie-
nlont. Despite the advantage of
playing a weak Deer Park teanl,
Argentati still is markedly cau-
tious. "If we can beat Deer Park,
then I think we should go on to
win it all!"
Nest scason
Maricmont and CAPp..
rne Lady Bravcs
are expected to fare well in league
competition, even with the loss
of the five senior leaders.
As part of an off-season train-
ing prograin, the team plans to
hold open gym pick-up games
as well as encourrtging nest
ycar's players to attend basket-
ball camps over the summer.
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movie review A A. , a . I I ior" rating on a piccolo solo.

Bum cures megalomania in 'Beverly Hills'

by Kevin Walzer
Indian Hill, as affluent as it
is, can't touch Beverly Hills in
terms of opulence. If you de-
cide to catch Paul Mazarsky's
Down and Out in Beverly Hills,
you'll see plenty of Beverly Hills
panache. But the glittering riches
of the exclusive California area
are viewed with a satirical eye,
played against the misfortunes of
a vagabond bum who wanders
into one of the households.
In Down and Out, Nick Nol-
te is the bum, delivering a stand-
out performance as a ragged,
bearded intellectual confounding
the routine of the home of the
Whitemans (Richard Dreyfuss,
Bette Midler).
Nolte comes to live at the
Whitemans' after Dreyfuss
thwarts the drifter's attempt at
suicide (Nolte tries to drown
himself in the Whitemans' pool).
Dreyfuss, taking pity on Nolte,
offers him a room in their mam-
moth dwelling, along with the
chance to turn his life around.
It is a decidedly neurotic
movie review
Violent 'Young blood' typiccI
teen vovic Sex, however, plays an import-
by Davis Griffin
Youngblood can be easily
compared to Rocky except that
the brawls of the fighters occur
on the ice of a hockey rink, not
on the canvas of a boxing ring.
The rookie hockey star, played by
Rob Lowe, makes the cut and
becomes the member of a tough
minor team, the Mustangs. His
skating speed enables him- to beat
out a real mauler who will come
back to seek revenge as an op-
ponent on a neighboring hockey
team.
The rivalry between these two
players results in the serious in-
jury of a key Mustang center,
played by Patrick Swayze. Lowe
comes close to quitting the team
after the tragedy, but then real-
izes that it is all part of the game.
In a training period similar to
Stallone's in Rocky I V , Lowe
builds the strength needed to
overcome his rival.
The violence involved in this
family that Nolte joins after re-
markably changing from a bum
to a Yuppie (before, he looks
like Chuck Norris fighting jungle
commies in Vietnam; after, he
looks like Robert Redford).
Dreyfuss is a veritable coat-
hanger baron, proudly boasting
that his plants "turn out 500,000
coathangers a day-at four cents
a hanger." Midler is searching for
some meaning in life with a gu-
m. The family's son, Max, com-
municates with his parents by
taping bizarre messages to be
played on thier VCR; their col-
lege aged daughter, Jenny, is a
psychology major and an anorex-
ic. The family dog, to complete
the picture, sees an animal psy-
chiatrist weekly.
The family might have main-
tained its "middle class frus-
trations," as Midler puts it, if
Nolte had not come to live with
them. But having been a drifter
and having seen much of the
world, he winds up correcting the
problems of all in the family.
In the process, Nolte advises
ant role in retaining the audience's
attention. From the male out-
look the cast came equipped with
an incredable female body. In
addition, judging from the out-
break of moans and "Oh my
God's!" from the females in the
audience, I can safely say Rob
Lowe also has a noteworthy
build.
Youngblood is your average
stereotypical teenage movie, ful-
filling the formula with the vari-
ables of violence, sex, poor acting,
and a bad script. If you are a
teenager, however, and enjoy one
rakes Nolte under his wings,
but later feels disillusioned and
betrayed when his household
Max to let his problems out by changes under Nolte's influence.
becoming a transvestite; he cures
Through Dreyfuss, we see the
the dog of its psychological prob-
real burden wealth can be, with
lems; and he beds every woman its empty customs and demands.
in the household, specifically Mid-
Nolte cuts an appropriately
ler, Jenny, and the family maid, enigmatic and realistic character
Carmen (who had previously through most of the film, showing
been Dreyfuss' illicit Saturday the bum to have quite a bit of
night playmate). depth (he's skilled with dogs, he
This original scenario has a lot can play the piano). Nolte's
of comic possibilities, and Mu- character crumbles with the film's
zarsky does not let the viewer contrived ending, though, when
down. The Whitemans' obscene he leaves the house fed up, only
wealth is treated in deadpan style,
leaving Nolte to show it as it real-
to immediately return.
If Down and Out does have a
ly is: empty and pointless. The flaw, it is the ending, when the
amusing bedroom scene between theme of the hypocricy of wealth
him and Midler is the film's most is too obviously portrayed. But
sharply satirical moment: Nolte the road to the end is smooth,
and Midler languidly flaked on and takes some neat and surpris-
her bed, she sighing about what ing turns.
an "adventure" their tryst has Indeed, Down and Out In
been, he grunting in agreement. Beverly Hills is mostly a standout
He seems about to go to sleep,
but Midler, puffing richly on a
satire of wealth and affluence.
Nolte and Dreyfuss deliver superb
dgareete, keeps him awake. comic performances, even if the
Dreyfuss as Whiteman, the film slips into preachiness just be-
epitome of Beverly Hills wealth, fore the end. But the movie's i
ends up being the film's most comic portrayal of opulence more 1
complex character. He really than makes up for it.
Tlte earth was aepretea - men fear,ed they would die
But that was before the great MEI
ximtcm En ergv input'! It could not fail
called it tihe new Izo1.v grail
were huyyy - now they are fec
ere there was war - now it is saj
at used to he science - now o f f i
?I is a machine!" a dissent criec
1. ~ u syour
t soul to that and Itave heir wnen you die!"
be people were slrocked at that blasphemous blow
Iho could deizj~ME1 pant whom all blessin@ flow?
EI covzmanded. T7rc rebel was captured
~ l r e tjudgement
t was uassed, his last word was "Bastard"
In - your gc
s arc the utords of th e master - t l ~ great
e &
Musrcrans wrn superrors at contest
by Jeff Currier
I.H. instrumentalists and voc-
alists performed various solo
and ensembles at the 1986
Ohio Music Educators associ-
ation contest, held Saturday,
February 1, at Sycamore Jun-
ior High School.
The contest is held each year
and is open to any high school
or junior high musician. Each
student performs hislher solo
work before a -iudge.- This judge
is selected bv the OMEA dn
the basis of reputation in
local or national events. The
judge then critiques the student,
and assigns a rating to the per-
formance. The scale is from
I, which is superior to V, which
denotes a poor performance.
Any student receiving a rating of
I or I1 is awarded a medal by
Key Club attends Lock-in
\ Indian Hill entered the Level I
by Robert Seal
Indian Hill students were
among the 200 unruly Ohio Key
Clubbers who descended upon
Sycamore High School last Fri-
day night for the annual Syca-
more Key Club Lock-in.
Under the auspices of typical
"lock-in-guidelines," the students
arnived at the high school gym-
nasium complex between eight
and tweIeve o' clock Friday to be
locked in the: building until ap-
proximately six o' clock the next
morning.
Members of the Montgomery
Kiwanis Club, sponsors of the
Indian Hill and Sycamore
service clubs, acted as discreet
chaperones for the.event, working
in shifts thoughout. One member
joked at a recent meeting of the
club, "Our wives. won't let us
stay out all night."
The nomial $3.50 entry fee
for the event went towards ren-
ting the feature film Splash,
shown in the school's auditorium,
and towards the juice and dougn-
nuts served in the morning. The
remainder went into the Syca-
more Key Club's slush fund, or
treasury.
Sports became a major pre-
ogcupation for the Indian Hill
students who attended, for the
mammoth Sycamore facilities
provided ample room for a bas-
ketball tournament as well as in-
OMEA providing her/his solo
or ensemble piece was in the
most difficult of the three music
categories.
Students may perform in var-
ious ensembles, also. Rules for
the ensembles qre the same
as for the solo players.
Seniors that performed in-
clude trumpeter Eric Dahl, who
chose to perform for comments
Certamen
by Tiffany Meyer
The Indian Hill Certamen(pr0-
nounced Ear-'tom-men)team jour-
neyed to Fairmont High school
in Dayton on February 8, in their
quest for Latin supremacy.
At a certamen, teams from
ted the courts in their only con-
test, winning easily. "We crushed
'em," an exultant Brant boasted
after the game with Key Clubbers
from Cleveland. "They didn't
have a chance."
The "delegation" from Indian
Hill was rounded out by juniors
Chris Kempczinski, Diana
Greiner, Pob Seal, Bert Sheard
and sophomores Jamie Winget
and Benjy Cook. Commented
Winget, "I'll be sure to go again
next year."
I on the s w t
I NO^ a11H e r s wear PJ'Sto b e d
What do vou wear to bed?
Ron Jones - Three socks.
Cris Moore - A hot pink teddy.
Tracy Hart - An oversized
T-shirt.
Clyde Brant - Nothing.
only, and thus was not assigned
a rating. Clarinetist Jeff Currier
received
Sopnomores John(I) sheringer,
a "superior" rating.
Duane Whiting, and Jennifer
Cobb recieved "excellent" ratings,
and Jamie Winget recieved
rating of 111. Sophomore Lin-
da Dahl performed two pieces,
and recieved an "excellent" rating
on a flute solo, and a. "super-
1st a t Fairmont
different schools come together
to compete in an oral compe-
tition which demonstrates their
knowledge and mastery of Latin.
I t is not only necessary to have a
good grasp of the subject matter
but a quick recall and an ability
to press the buzzer first are
equally important. There are
three rounds on each level.
and Advanced Level Contests.
The Advanced Level team
consisted of junior Paul Alvord
and sophomore Tiffany Meyer.
The opposing team consisted
of four players, which is the
normal nmber. Inspite of the
disadvantages in the number of
competitors, Indian Hill won the
first round 130-10. Alvord
and Meyer took turns answer-
ing the questions correctly. How-
ever, in the second round, the
Advanced Level lost their battle
Angie Verne - Whatever makes
me feel good.
sen9fl;r;hgar;;j;i:
Ellen ~ a r n m o n d , Andrea Hat-
field, and Jill Andreson, and
sophomore Dahl, recieved a "sup-
erior" rating.
Juniors Scott Schricker, An-
drea Hatfield, Stephanie Hug,
Michelle Brougher, Jennifer
Wolski, Robert Nichols, and Dav-
id Epstein all recieved "superior"
ratings. Juniors Jean Rhee and
Pacome Mancel recieved "exc-
elent" ratings.
finishing with a third place in
the division.
The Level I team, consisting
of eighth graders Mike Augs-
purger, Sofia Goan, and Seagal
Zaid, breezed through the first
two rounds and came to the third.
They took the championship
title of first place in Level I.
When asked about state cer-
tamen coming up in three weeks,
Sherwin Little said, "I have good,
strong students with potential.
The upper level certamen team is
good but winning at state depends
on how ready they are and how
hard they prepare."
The Latin Club is sending
sixty-five students t o State Con-
vention, and they are aiming
for third place in the state.
The Latin Club wants to be able
to say, "Venimus, vidimus, vic-
imus!" translated as, "We came,
we saw, we conquered!"
Tina Espy - Sweater, jeans - no
socks - sweaty shoes, green un-
derwear.
David Groff - Socks a i d long
flannel PJ'S.
Helen Hwang - What I was
wearing the night before?
Miss Hayes - My lab coat.

I
John Hays - Leather under-
rivalry and between the other or more of these criteria, you will
leave the theater with a content
door soccer. Led by juniors , Jennifer Kovack and Christie Erin Hays - 1 don't need wear.
players on the ice is about all that
this movie involves. smile.
Jim Berling and Clyde Brant, the
Indian Hill scrub squad domina-
Howard - Sweats! clothes...
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senior sketch
sensible Chris heads for sunny Claremont
by Jeff Currier
and Carin Chabut
In the class of 1986, there is at
least one sensible person: Chris
Hall. She decided to spend the
next four years of her life in a
warm and sunny Los Angeles,
California, where she will attend
Claremont College. But don't let
the location deceive you, because
if an involved, intelligent student
such as Chris would go there, you
can bet it is a top flight school.
Chris chose Claremont for a
number of reasons. For one
thing, the school has only about
800 people in it. "But there are
other schools close by that make
it more like a university," says
Chris. But of course, the location
was an important factor.
Chris is not exactly a stranger
to California. In fact, she spends
much of her vacation b e on her
grandparents' ranch in Fresno,
living the life-of-Riley by the
pooL "Basically, I just bore my-
self on a raft in the pool." One
would think that there would be
many activites on the ranch to in-
senior sketch
Precise Scoff endures 'pain ' with physics
bv Kevin Walzer
Scott Blanchard is very tynoy-
ed that he is taking Computer I1
this semester. "1 really wanted to
take Intro. to Pascal," he said,
'but I couldn't because they on-
ly offered it first semester and
you need Computer I1 before-
hand. I was planning on taking
Pascal this semester."
Ironically, the computer that
designed the school's master
schedule has thus hindered Scott
from pursuing coursework in the
area he is planning to study in
college, computer science. Scott
will attend Purdue next year.
Computers are only one tech-
nical area of interest for Scott.
Technical things we what he likes
best; as he puts it, "I like pre-
cision." Thus his interests in
physics, sound, photography, and
technical drawing.
Scott takes physics this year
under an unusual arrangement.
He is enrolled in the second-year
Physics Seminar course, in which
students work independently in
the laboratory. ~ h class
k meets
seventh period, though, when
Scott takes band, therefore,
CHIEFTAIN
Is Chris Hall really the only sensible person in the senior class this year?
terest Chris. But to her, the cash
crop on the farm is not very ap-
pealing. "My grandparents grow
walnuts. They don't need much
help doing that ..."
But aside from her college
Ehoice and family ranch, Cali-
fornia holds yet another attrac-
tion for Chris - Beverly Hills,
and, more specifically, the very
home of Michael J. Fox. Chris,
Scott must work'by himself sixth
period in Mr. Gellert's public re-
lations room.
He comments, "It's a pain ta-
king the class there because I have
to move all of the equipment I
need [from the physics area] to
the [PR] room. It kind of saps
the motivation hauling all that
stuff-some of it's real heavy.
Master technician Scott Blanchard is an electronic wizard with any type
of mund device-
photo by Marfano Fernandez
along with her close friends
Carin Chabut and Shari Zesch,
will seek out this young star when
the triumverate meets in L. A., a
trip already planned for spring
break during the first year of
, and chocolate," Chris was defin-
college. Chris insists that she re-
cognized the talent of "Michael
J." long before he became the in-
credible star he is today.
"I come home and watch
Scott enjoys physics as a disci-
pline, though, saying, "It's my
favorite science. What goes up
comes doGn-nice and simple."
He indicated that physics would
be a part of his college curricu-
lum. 'That, and computers, and
maybe a minor in sound engineer-
ing.'
Scott has a job associated with
photo by Mariano Fernandez
February 14,1986
Family Ties, Cheers, and the
Cosby Show every Thursday
night - even if I have basketball.
It took years of convincing before
any of my friends would take the
time out to watch Family Ties."
For this year's Spring Break,
Chris will venture to New Orleans,
Louisiana, for a week of Creole
and Cajun dining, with one of the
triumverate, "Shig Bear" Zesch.
Their i t i n e r ~ ywill include a tour
of the infamous Bourbon Street.
The duo will have missed Mardi
Gras, but they will surely find
adequate entertainment.
Last year, Chris spent ten days
in Rome and Paris with Mr. Little
and some of the Latin people. "I
knew it was going to be a classic
trip when Sherwin met us at the
airport with his shirt unbuttoned
all the way down!" But after ten
days of living on "wine, bread,
itel.- ready to come home. "The
food was awfirl," remarked Chris.
She will get another chance to
see CHRIS, p. 7
sound that he works at when he's
not working at Grafton's making
salads. As an employee of Sound
~ e c h n o l o based
~ ~ , in Hyde Park,
he installs sound systems for buil-.
dings, "usually churches."
Scott's interest in photogra-
phy and drafting "tends to fluc-
tuate," he chuckled. "I do one,
then the other." The photography
- - -
streak in him began in fifth grade,
when he attended school in the
Princeton system; previous to
coming to IH in sixth grade, he
lived in Sharonville.
"I was in a program like
[ IH's] Discovery [a program for
gifted primary students], and the
teacher showed us how to take
pictures. I got interested, and
started reading books on photo-
graphy." Scott developed into
quite an accomplished photogra-
pher, and his pictures have ap-
peared in Chieftain and Legend.
"I'm hoping to stay a free-
lance photographer in college, and
maybe make a little money from
it," Scott mused. Right - now.
though, photography "is just a
see SCOTT, p. 7
February 14,1986
Japanese study only to enter college
beyond .the
rising sun
with Tomoko Yamabe
Hi! How is your St. Valen-
tine's Day going? I'll talk about
St. Valentine's Day this time.
I guess it really came to Japan
after the Second World War.
Not so many people knew
about it until a big chocolate
company started selling special
chocolate for the day. You can
say that some chocolate com-
panies made St. Valentine's Day
this big. Since then, in Japan,
St. Valentine's Day equals choco-
late day.
It's a big season for all the
sweets companies. The c o m p
etition among the companies is
Lisa plays her 'opposite' in Pow W o w
by Jay Fitton
Junior Lisa Nabors will play
Rosemary in How to Succeed in
Business Without Really Trying,
which opens in less that two
weeks. Rosemary is the romantic
partner of Finch (played by John
Darre), the enterprising executive.
Lisa describes her as "sappy" and
"completely opposite of myself."
Rosemary's plan is to end up with
Finch, and she tends to let him
take advantage of her. Lisa likes
the role but says it is difficult to
play.
Lisa became interested in
music a few years ago. "I went to
Pow Wow when I was in 5th grade
and I knew then that I wanted to
be in it." The next year she had
Mr. Henley for choir and she
really liked him. She started
taking voice lessons and was re-
warded in 10th grade by making
Chamber Choir. That year she
was in the chorus of Merrily We
Roll Along and last year she
played Dulcie in The Boyfriend.
She says she was very surprised
when she got the part of Rose-
mary this year.
When asked about the long,
CHIEFTAIN
a t t i n g bigger and bigger. In
this season. there are thousands
of kinds of chocolate everywhere!
Most of the people think that
Valentine's Day is a day when
only girls can tell their love to
guys-the girls buy chocolate for
boys. And now the greedy sweets
companies have said, "It's not
fair!" and they made up a day
called "The White Day." That's
on the fourteenth of March.
On the White Day, guys give
marshmellows or candy to the
girls. This holiday is slowly get-
ting more wide-spread each year.
Well, as I wrote in the h s t
issue., 1'11 tell you about the sub-
jects that we have t o take in Ja-
an. These are pretty hard. We
don't have the same subjects
everyday as you do here. For my
first year of high school (sopho-
more in America) I had to take:
Japanese, Old Japanese, two kinds
of math, Biology, Geology, Gov-
ernment, Japanese History, Eng-
lish Reading, English Grammar,
Home Ec., Gym, and we could
choose electives from art, pot-
tery, caligraphy or music.
For the second year (Junior)
demanding hours one has to put
in for Pow Wow, Lisa admits it's
difficult, but says: "It's worth
it when you get up on the stage.
Lisa Nabors studies the script for this year's Pow Wow in which she will
play the character of "Rosemary."
CHRIS, from p. 6
taste the cuisine of the ~ u r o p e a n s
this summer when she returns to
Europe, as one of her graduation
presents.
In addition to extensive travel,
Chris also gets involved with
we had to take Modern Japanese,
Old Japanese, Old Chinese, t w o
maths, Chemistry, Physics,
World
lish Reading
History,
andGeography, Eng-
Grammar, Home
Ec. and Gym plus an elective.
That schedule was quite hard.
I didn't know it then because
I got used to it. Basically we
don't change rooms - only for
special classes such as gym or
art.
The Japanese high school
students study a lot. Most of the
kids in my school go to the "cram
school" called "Juku," mostly to
prepare for the college entrance
examination.
Our senior year is dark and
hard as hell! All you do is
study, study, study! But there is
the difference - in Japan we don't
study that much once we get into
college. If you don't play around
and party too much most of the
people can graduate. Here the
people study to graduate from
college, but there, to enter it.
I think that the Japanese edu-
cational system on that point is
wrong. I respect the way you d o
tnings here, and that is one of the
You really feel like you've ac-
complished something, and I
think anyone who's interested
in music should try out."
photo by Tom Taylor
athletics at IH. She played var-
sity soccer for four years, recal-
ling her sophomore year as her
best, adding, "We had good
seniors that year."
But her favorite sport is bas-
ketball, which she started in 5th
grade. Since then, she has spent
Page 7
reasons that I came here. I didn't
want to study just because every-
body
college.
does or just to enter a good
Anyway I have to finish here.
I'll tell you about teenagers'
weekends and interests next time!
SCOTT, from p. 6
hobby."
So is technical drawing, when
he's not on a photography bent.
"I still have my drafting table,"
Scott said. Drafting used to be
a greater interest, when he want-
ed to be an architect. "But jobs
are
tough."
scarce in architecture, and it's
Architecture is out as a car-
eer for Mr. Blanchard, then but he
has not yet chosen one to replace
it. "I'd like to work for IBM or
some big firm like that, maybe.
But I'm not sure."
After Pow Wow is over Lisa
will still be very busy this spring.
She will be in voice competitions
and wants to try out for one of .
the Kings Island shows. She will 1
also be pursuing her other inte-
rests as well as playing with her
I
dog Bucky.
two years on both the JV and
varsity teams. "I enjoyed varsity
more than junior varsity," but
now high school sports have
ended for her, at least at IH.
Chris also -plays
team.
- - -
on a svrine; soccer
So it seems that Chris will be
basking
year, butinnothedoubt
sun she
in LA
will next
also
be working hard, in both athletics
and academics. She will be an
economics major at Claremont
and has aspirations of solving the
world's financial problems one
day. But if she doesn't quite
achieve that goal, she will surely
live a successful life.
Page 6
senior sketch
sensible Chris heads for sunny Claremont
by Jeff Currier
and Carin Chabut
In the class of 1986, there is at
least one sensible person: Chris
Hall. She decided to spend the
next four years of her life in a
warm and sunny Los Angeles,
California, where she will attend
Claremont College. But don't let
the location deceive you, because
if an involved, intelligent student
such as Chris would go there, you
can bet it is a top flight school.
Chris chose Claremont for a
number of reasons. For one
thing, the school has only about
800 people in it. "But there are
other schools close by that make
it more like a university," says
Chris. But of course, the location
was an important factor.
Chris is not exactly a stranger
to California. In fact, she spends
much of her vacation b e on her
grandparents' ranch in Fresno,
living the life-of-Riley by the
pooL "Basically, I just bore my-
self on a raft in the pool." One
would think that there would be
many activites on the ranch to in-
senior sketch
Precise Scoff endures 'pain ' with physics
bv Kevin Walzer
Scott Blanchard is very tynoy-
ed that he is taking Computer I1
this semester. "1 really wanted to
take Intro. to Pascal," he said,
'but I couldn't because they on-
ly offered it first semester and
you need Computer I1 before-
hand. I was planning on taking
Pascal this semester."
Ironically, the computer that
designed the school's master
schedule has thus hindered Scott
from pursuing coursework in the
area he is planning to study in
college, computer science. Scott
will attend Purdue next year.
Computers are only one tech-
nical area of interest for Scott.
Technical things we what he likes
best; as he puts it, "I like pre-
cision." Thus his interests in
physics, sound, photography, and
technical drawing.
Scott takes physics this year
under an unusual arrangement.
He is enrolled in the second-year
Physics Seminar course, in which
students work independently in
the laboratory. ~ h class
k meets
seventh period, though, when
Scott takes band, therefore,
CHIEFTAIN
Is Chris Hall really the only sensible person in the senior class this year?
terest Chris. But to her, the cash
crop on the farm is not very ap-
pealing. "My grandparents grow
walnuts. They don't need much
help doing that ..."
But aside from her college
Ehoice and family ranch, Cali-
fornia holds yet another attrac-
tion for Chris - Beverly Hills,
and, more specifically, the very
home of Michael J. Fox. Chris,
Scott must work'by himself sixth
period in Mr. Gellert's public re-
lations room.
He comments, "It's a pain ta-
king the class there because I have
to move all of the equipment I
need [from the physics area] to
the [PR] room. It kind of saps
the motivation hauling all that
stuff-some of it's real heavy.
Master technician Scott Blanchard is an electronic wizard with any type
of mund device-
photo by Marfano Fernandez
along with her close friends
Carin Chabut and Shari Zesch,
will seek out this young star when
the triumverate meets in L. A., a
trip already planned for spring
break during the first year of
, and chocolate," Chris was defin-
college. Chris insists that she re-
cognized the talent of "Michael
J." long before he became the in-
credible star he is today.
"I come home and watch
Scott enjoys physics as a disci-
pline, though, saying, "It's my
favorite science. What goes up
comes doGn-nice and simple."
He indicated that physics would
be a part of his college curricu-
lum. 'That, and computers, and
maybe a minor in sound engineer-
ing.'
Scott has a job associated with
photo by Mariano Fernandez
February 14,1986
Family Ties, Cheers, and the
Cosby Show every Thursday
night - even if I have basketball.
It took years of convincing before
any of my friends would take the
time out to watch Family Ties."
For this year's Spring Break,
Chris will venture to New Orleans,
Louisiana, for a week of Creole
and Cajun dining, with one of the
triumverate, "Shig Bear" Zesch.
Their i t i n e r ~ ywill include a tour
of the infamous Bourbon Street.
The duo will have missed Mardi
Gras, but they will surely find
adequate entertainment.
Last year, Chris spent ten days
in Rome and Paris with Mr. Little
and some of the Latin people. "I
knew it was going to be a classic
trip when Sherwin met us at the
airport with his shirt unbuttoned
all the way down!" But after ten
days of living on "wine, bread,
itel.- ready to come home. "The
food was awfirl," remarked Chris.
She will get another chance to
see CHRIS, p. 7
sound that he works at when he's
not working at Grafton's making
salads. As an employee of Sound
~ e c h n o l o based
~ ~ , in Hyde Park,
he installs sound systems for buil-.
dings, "usually churches."
Scott's interest in photogra-
phy and drafting "tends to fluc-
tuate," he chuckled. "I do one,
then the other." The photography
- - -
streak in him began in fifth grade,
when he attended school in the
Princeton system; previous to
coming to IH in sixth grade, he
lived in Sharonville.
"I was in a program like
[ IH's] Discovery [a program for
gifted primary students], and the
teacher showed us how to take
pictures. I got interested, and
started reading books on photo-
graphy." Scott developed into
quite an accomplished photogra-
pher, and his pictures have ap-
peared in Chieftain and Legend.
"I'm hoping to stay a free-
lance photographer in college, and
maybe make a little money from
it," Scott mused. Right - now.
though, photography "is just a
see SCOTT, p. 7
February 14,1986
Japanese study only to enter college
beyond .the
rising sun
with Tomoko Yamabe
Hi! How is your St. Valen-
tine's Day going? I'll talk about
St. Valentine's Day this time.
I guess it really came to Japan
after the Second World War.
Not so many people knew
about it until a big chocolate
company started selling special
chocolate for the day. You can
say that some chocolate com-
panies made St. Valentine's Day
this big. Since then, in Japan,
St. Valentine's Day equals choco-
late day.
It's a big season for all the
sweets companies. The c o m p
etition among the companies is
Lisa plays her 'opposite' in Pow W o w
by Jay Fitton
Junior Lisa Nabors will play
Rosemary in How to Succeed in
Business Without Really Trying,
which opens in less that two
weeks. Rosemary is the romantic
partner of Finch (played by John
Darre), the enterprising executive.
Lisa describes her as "sappy" and
"completely opposite of myself."
Rosemary's plan is to end up with
Finch, and she tends to let him
take advantage of her. Lisa likes
the role but says it is difficult to
play.
Lisa became interested in
music a few years ago. "I went to
Pow Wow when I was in 5th grade
and I knew then that I wanted to
be in it." The next year she had
Mr. Henley for choir and she
really liked him. She started
taking voice lessons and was re-
warded in 10th grade by making
Chamber Choir. That year she
was in the chorus of Merrily We
Roll Along and last year she
played Dulcie in The Boyfriend.
She says she was very surprised
when she got the part of Rose-
mary this year.
When asked about the long,
CHIEFTAIN
a t t i n g bigger and bigger. In
this season. there are thousands
of kinds of chocolate everywhere!
Most of the people think that
Valentine's Day is a day when
only girls can tell their love to
guys-the girls buy chocolate for
boys. And now the greedy sweets
companies have said, "It's not
fair!" and they made up a day
called "The White Day." That's
on the fourteenth of March.
On the White Day, guys give
marshmellows or candy to the
girls. This holiday is slowly get-
ting more wide-spread each year.
Well, as I wrote in the h s t
issue., 1'11 tell you about the sub-
jects that we have t o take in Ja-
an. These are pretty hard. We
don't have the same subjects
everyday as you do here. For my
first year of high school (sopho-
more in America) I had to take:
Japanese, Old Japanese, two kinds
of math, Biology, Geology, Gov-
ernment, Japanese History, Eng-
lish Reading, English Grammar,
Home Ec., Gym, and we could
choose electives from art, pot-
tery, caligraphy or music.
For the second year (Junior)
demanding hours one has to put
in for Pow Wow, Lisa admits it's
difficult, but says: "It's worth
it when you get up on the stage.
Lisa Nabors studies the script for this year's Pow Wow in which she will
play the character of "Rosemary."
CHRIS, from p. 6
taste the cuisine of the ~ u r o p e a n s
this summer when she returns to
Europe, as one of her graduation
presents.
In addition to extensive travel,
Chris also gets involved with
we had to take Modern Japanese,
Old Japanese, Old Chinese, t w o
maths, Chemistry, Physics,
World
lish Reading
History,
andGeography, Eng-
Grammar, Home
Ec. and Gym plus an elective.
That schedule was quite hard.
I didn't know it then because
I got used to it. Basically we
don't change rooms - only for
special classes such as gym or
art.
The Japanese high school
students study a lot. Most of the
kids in my school go to the "cram
school" called "Juku," mostly to
prepare for the college entrance
examination.
Our senior year is dark and
hard as hell! All you do is
study, study, study! But there is
the difference - in Japan we don't
study that much once we get into
college. If you don't play around
and party too much most of the
people can graduate. Here the
people study to graduate from
college, but there, to enter it.
I think that the Japanese edu-
cational system on that point is
wrong. I respect the way you d o
tnings here, and that is one of the
You really feel like you've ac-
complished something, and I
think anyone who's interested
in music should try out."
photo by Tom Taylor
athletics at IH. She played var-
sity soccer for four years, recal-
ling her sophomore year as her
best, adding, "We had good
seniors that year."
But her favorite sport is bas-
ketball, which she started in 5th
grade. Since then, she has spent
Page 7
reasons that I came here. I didn't
want to study just because every-
body
college.
does or just to enter a good
Anyway I have to finish here.
I'll tell you about teenagers'
weekends and interests next time!
SCOTT, from p. 6
hobby."
So is technical drawing, when
he's not on a photography bent.
"I still have my drafting table,"
Scott said. Drafting used to be
a greater interest, when he want-
ed to be an architect. "But jobs
are
tough."
scarce in architecture, and it's
Architecture is out as a car-
eer for Mr. Blanchard, then but he
has not yet chosen one to replace
it. "I'd like to work for IBM or
some big firm like that, maybe.
But I'm not sure."
After Pow Wow is over Lisa
will still be very busy this spring.
She will be in voice competitions
and wants to try out for one of .
the Kings Island shows. She will 1
also be pursuing her other inte-
rests as well as playing with her
I
dog Bucky.
two years on both the JV and
varsity teams. "I enjoyed varsity
more than junior varsity," but
now high school sports have
ended for her, at least at IH.
Chris also -plays
team.
- - -
on a svrine; soccer
So it seems that Chris will be
basking
year, butinnothedoubt
sun she
in LA
will next
also
be working hard, in both athletics
and academics. She will be an
economics major at Claremont
and has aspirations of solving the
world's financial problems one
day. But if she doesn't quite
achieve that goal, she will surely
live a successful life.
 Page 8 CHIEFTAIN February 14,1986 February 14,1986 CHIEFTAIN Page 5
movie review A A. , a . I I ior" rating on a piccolo solo.

Bum cures megalomania in 'Beverly Hills'

by Kevin Walzer
Indian Hill, as affluent as it
is, can't touch Beverly Hills in
terms of opulence. If you de-
cide to catch Paul Mazarsky's
Down and Out in Beverly Hills,
you'll see plenty of Beverly Hills
panache. But the glittering riches
of the exclusive California area
are viewed with a satirical eye,
played against the misfortunes of
a vagabond bum who wanders
into one of the households.
In Down and Out, Nick Nol-
te is the bum, delivering a stand-
out performance as a ragged,
bearded intellectual confounding
the routine of the home of the
Whitemans (Richard Dreyfuss,
Bette Midler).
Nolte comes to live at the
Whitemans' after Dreyfuss
thwarts the drifter's attempt at
suicide (Nolte tries to drown
himself in the Whitemans' pool).
Dreyfuss, taking pity on Nolte,
offers him a room in their mam-
moth dwelling, along with the
chance to turn his life around.
It is a decidedly neurotic
movie review
Violent 'Young blood' typiccI
teen vovic Sex, however, plays an import-
by Davis Griffin
Youngblood can be easily
compared to Rocky except that
the brawls of the fighters occur
on the ice of a hockey rink, not
on the canvas of a boxing ring.
The rookie hockey star, played by
Rob Lowe, makes the cut and
becomes the member of a tough
minor team, the Mustangs. His
skating speed enables him- to beat
out a real mauler who will come
back to seek revenge as an op-
ponent on a neighboring hockey
team.
The rivalry between these two
players results in the serious in-
jury of a key Mustang center,
played by Patrick Swayze. Lowe
comes close to quitting the team
after the tragedy, but then real-
izes that it is all part of the game.
In a training period similar to
Stallone's in Rocky I V , Lowe
builds the strength needed to
overcome his rival.
The violence involved in this
family that Nolte joins after re-
markably changing from a bum
to a Yuppie (before, he looks
like Chuck Norris fighting jungle
commies in Vietnam; after, he
looks like Robert Redford).
Dreyfuss is a veritable coat-
hanger baron, proudly boasting
that his plants "turn out 500,000
coathangers a day-at four cents
a hanger." Midler is searching for
some meaning in life with a gu-
m. The family's son, Max, com-
municates with his parents by
taping bizarre messages to be
played on thier VCR; their col-
lege aged daughter, Jenny, is a
psychology major and an anorex-
ic. The family dog, to complete
the picture, sees an animal psy-
chiatrist weekly.
The family might have main-
tained its "middle class frus-
trations," as Midler puts it, if
Nolte had not come to live with
them. But having been a drifter
and having seen much of the
world, he winds up correcting the
problems of all in the family.
In the process, Nolte advises
ant role in retaining the audience's
attention. From the male out-
look the cast came equipped with
an incredable female body. In
addition, judging from the out-
break of moans and "Oh my
God's!" from the females in the
audience, I can safely say Rob
Lowe also has a noteworthy
build.
Youngblood is your average
stereotypical teenage movie, ful-
filling the formula with the vari-
ables of violence, sex, poor acting,
and a bad script. If you are a
teenager, however, and enjoy one
rakes Nolte under his wings,
but later feels disillusioned and
betrayed when his household
Max to let his problems out by changes under Nolte's influence.
becoming a transvestite; he cures
Through Dreyfuss, we see the
the dog of its psychological prob-
real burden wealth can be, with
lems; and he beds every woman its empty customs and demands.
in the household, specifically Mid-
Nolte cuts an appropriately
ler, Jenny, and the family maid, enigmatic and realistic character
Carmen (who had previously through most of the film, showing
been Dreyfuss' illicit Saturday the bum to have quite a bit of
night playmate). depth (he's skilled with dogs, he
This original scenario has a lot can play the piano). Nolte's
of comic possibilities, and Mu- character crumbles with the film's
zarsky does not let the viewer contrived ending, though, when
down. The Whitemans' obscene he leaves the house fed up, only
wealth is treated in deadpan style,
leaving Nolte to show it as it real-
to immediately return.
If Down and Out does have a
ly is: empty and pointless. The flaw, it is the ending, when the
amusing bedroom scene between theme of the hypocricy of wealth
him and Midler is the film's most is too obviously portrayed. But
sharply satirical moment: Nolte the road to the end is smooth,
and Midler languidly flaked on and takes some neat and surpris-
her bed, she sighing about what ing turns.
an "adventure" their tryst has Indeed, Down and Out In
been, he grunting in agreement. Beverly Hills is mostly a standout
He seems about to go to sleep,
but Midler, puffing richly on a
satire of wealth and affluence.
Nolte and Dreyfuss deliver superb
dgareete, keeps him awake. comic performances, even if the
Dreyfuss as Whiteman, the film slips into preachiness just be-
epitome of Beverly Hills wealth, fore the end. But the movie's i
ends up being the film's most comic portrayal of opulence more 1
complex character. He really than makes up for it.
Tlte earth was aepretea - men fear,ed they would die
But that was before the great MEI
ximtcm En ergv input'! It could not fail
called it tihe new Izo1.v grail
were huyyy - now they are fec
ere there was war - now it is saj
at used to he science - now o f f i
?I is a machine!" a dissent criec
1. ~ u syour
t soul to that and Itave heir wnen you die!"
be people were slrocked at that blasphemous blow
Iho could deizj~ME1 pant whom all blessin@ flow?
EI covzmanded. T7rc rebel was captured
~ l r e tjudgement
t was uassed, his last word was "Bastard"
In - your gc
s arc the utords of th e master - t l ~ great
e &
Musrcrans wrn superrors at contest
by Jeff Currier
I.H. instrumentalists and voc-
alists performed various solo
and ensembles at the 1986
Ohio Music Educators associ-
ation contest, held Saturday,
February 1, at Sycamore Jun-
ior High School.
The contest is held each year
and is open to any high school
or junior high musician. Each
student performs hislher solo
work before a -iudge.- This judge
is selected bv the OMEA dn
the basis of reputation in
local or national events. The
judge then critiques the student,
and assigns a rating to the per-
formance. The scale is from
I, which is superior to V, which
denotes a poor performance.
Any student receiving a rating of
I or I1 is awarded a medal by
Key Club attends Lock-in
\ Indian Hill entered the Level I
by Robert Seal
Indian Hill students were
among the 200 unruly Ohio Key
Clubbers who descended upon
Sycamore High School last Fri-
day night for the annual Syca-
more Key Club Lock-in.
Under the auspices of typical
"lock-in-guidelines," the students
arnived at the high school gym-
nasium complex between eight
and tweIeve o' clock Friday to be
locked in the: building until ap-
proximately six o' clock the next
morning.
Members of the Montgomery
Kiwanis Club, sponsors of the
Indian Hill and Sycamore
service clubs, acted as discreet
chaperones for the.event, working
in shifts thoughout. One member
joked at a recent meeting of the
club, "Our wives. won't let us
stay out all night."
The nomial $3.50 entry fee
for the event went towards ren-
ting the feature film Splash,
shown in the school's auditorium,
and towards the juice and dougn-
nuts served in the morning. The
remainder went into the Syca-
more Key Club's slush fund, or
treasury.
Sports became a major pre-
ogcupation for the Indian Hill
students who attended, for the
mammoth Sycamore facilities
provided ample room for a bas-
ketball tournament as well as in-
OMEA providing her/his solo
or ensemble piece was in the
most difficult of the three music
categories.
Students may perform in var-
ious ensembles, also. Rules for
the ensembles qre the same
as for the solo players.
Seniors that performed in-
clude trumpeter Eric Dahl, who
chose to perform for comments
Certamen
by Tiffany Meyer
The Indian Hill Certamen(pr0-
nounced Ear-'tom-men)team jour-
neyed to Fairmont High school
in Dayton on February 8, in their
quest for Latin supremacy.
At a certamen, teams from
ted the courts in their only con-
test, winning easily. "We crushed
'em," an exultant Brant boasted
after the game with Key Clubbers
from Cleveland. "They didn't
have a chance."
The "delegation" from Indian
Hill was rounded out by juniors
Chris Kempczinski, Diana
Greiner, Pob Seal, Bert Sheard
and sophomores Jamie Winget
and Benjy Cook. Commented
Winget, "I'll be sure to go again
next year."
I on the s w t
I NO^ a11H e r s wear PJ'Sto b e d
What do vou wear to bed?
Ron Jones - Three socks.
Cris Moore - A hot pink teddy.
Tracy Hart - An oversized
T-shirt.
Clyde Brant - Nothing.
only, and thus was not assigned
a rating. Clarinetist Jeff Currier
received
Sopnomores John(I) sheringer,
a "superior" rating.
Duane Whiting, and Jennifer
Cobb recieved "excellent" ratings,
and Jamie Winget recieved
rating of 111. Sophomore Lin-
da Dahl performed two pieces,
and recieved an "excellent" rating
on a flute solo, and a. "super-
1st a t Fairmont
different schools come together
to compete in an oral compe-
tition which demonstrates their
knowledge and mastery of Latin.
I t is not only necessary to have a
good grasp of the subject matter
but a quick recall and an ability
to press the buzzer first are
equally important. There are
three rounds on each level.
and Advanced Level Contests.
The Advanced Level team
consisted of junior Paul Alvord
and sophomore Tiffany Meyer.
The opposing team consisted
of four players, which is the
normal nmber. Inspite of the
disadvantages in the number of
competitors, Indian Hill won the
first round 130-10. Alvord
and Meyer took turns answer-
ing the questions correctly. How-
ever, in the second round, the
Advanced Level lost their battle
Angie Verne - Whatever makes
me feel good.
sen9fl;r;hgar;;j;i:
Ellen ~ a r n m o n d , Andrea Hat-
field, and Jill Andreson, and
sophomore Dahl, recieved a "sup-
erior" rating.
Juniors Scott Schricker, An-
drea Hatfield, Stephanie Hug,
Michelle Brougher, Jennifer
Wolski, Robert Nichols, and Dav-
id Epstein all recieved "superior"
ratings. Juniors Jean Rhee and
Pacome Mancel recieved "exc-
elent" ratings.
finishing with a third place in
the division.
The Level I team, consisting
of eighth graders Mike Augs-
purger, Sofia Goan, and Seagal
Zaid, breezed through the first
two rounds and came to the third.
They took the championship
title of first place in Level I.
When asked about state cer-
tamen coming up in three weeks,
Sherwin Little said, "I have good,
strong students with potential.
The upper level certamen team is
good but winning at state depends
on how ready they are and how
hard they prepare."
The Latin Club is sending
sixty-five students t o State Con-
vention, and they are aiming
for third place in the state.
The Latin Club wants to be able
to say, "Venimus, vidimus, vic-
imus!" translated as, "We came,
we saw, we conquered!"
Tina Espy - Sweater, jeans - no
socks - sweaty shoes, green un-
derwear.
David Groff - Socks a i d long
flannel PJ'S.
Helen Hwang - What I was
wearing the night before?
Miss Hayes - My lab coat.

I
John Hays - Leather under-
rivalry and between the other or more of these criteria, you will
leave the theater with a content
door soccer. Led by juniors , Jennifer Kovack and Christie Erin Hays - 1 don't need wear.
players on the ice is about all that
this movie involves. smile.
Jim Berling and Clyde Brant, the
Indian Hill scrub squad domina-
Howard - Sweats! clothes...
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Eight win Scholastic Art Awards
;:;;";;;:::$
by Elissa Geier
Eight Indian students
be honored at today's Scholastic
Art Awards. The students re-
ceived awards in various mediums
and categories with three taking
the highest rank. of Finalist.
Those who placed as Finalists
were: Bill Everhart with his col-
ored wire sculpture; Stephanie
Hug and Mark Warner both placed
in the Pottery category for their
clay vases. These students will
send their works to New York
to compete in the National
Scholastic Art Awards.
Indian Hill had five stu-
dents win Key Awards; these
students will be presented with
the traditional Gold Key Achieve-
ment Awards for their entries.
Council features shuttle crisis
by James Anderson
Was the Space Shuttle crash
the result of a Soviet hunter-
killer satelite? Enquiring minds
and MUN members wanted to
know on February 1, at the
MUN-sponsored Security Coun-
Gl.
Can you see this motley group of MUN delegates solving the world's
problems?
After meeting in the board-
room of the Federated building
downtown, delegates commenced
debate on Namibia. The U.S.S.R,
represented by senior Mark Ens-
ley and junior David Miller, and
the United States represented
by a pair of St. Xavier students,
combined their efforts to write
a bipartisan resolution that latter
passed despite the lack of third
world support. The Southwestern
People's Organization (SWAPO),
represented by junior James And-
erson and Angola, represented by
Bill Kefauver tried to push
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Those who took Key Awards
were: Meredith Nock for her.
pen and Ink still-life drawing:
- - - - '
,
-
>
Everhart, Jenny Replogle, and
Karen Weiss for their large clay
vases. Alvin Burke also took a
Key Award for his batik of an
underwater scene, this within
the Textile Design category.
Nock received an Honorable
Mention for a collage she sub-
mitted in the Mixed Media cate-
gory, in addition to her Key
Award. Jennifer Lippold also
took an Honorable Mention for
her lineolum block printed
quilt.
The awards will be presented
today at a ceremony in the Shil-
lito-Rikes downtown auditorium.
Presenting will be Frank Cass of
through a militant resolution
calling for agressive action on
the part of the United Nations
against South Africa, if they
refused to leave Namibia. It
was of course vetoed by the
United States despite some sec-
ond and third world support. " I
photo b y Stratton Moraites
am glad our resolution passed,"
commented a jubilant David
Miller.
"Hey, we tried," said Kefauver
simply when asked about his
failed resolution. "At least we
forced the imperialistic capit-
alists to veto it and thus em-
barass themselves in the eyes
of the world," continued Kef-
auver.
After an 1% hour lunch
break the crisis simulation started.
An ~ ~ a g i n world
a r ~ crisis, care-
the National Scholastic Art Board
in New York. The students' en-
- championship title,. beating sec-
-.1
- ."
At least one of these artists has not lost his cieativity.
g$tes were informed that the U.S.
captured a Soviet satelite that the
State department announced as
the cause of the shuttle incident.
The Soviet delegates, Miller and
Ensley, were obviously inflamed
but were uncharacteristically cau-
tious in their rhetoric. The U-
nited States, at first rather de-
fensive, became more and more
voluable in its accusations of
Soviet chicanery. Just as the
shuttle was re-entering Earth
atmosphere with the satellite, the
DECA, from p. 1
Marketing, Sydney Mark and
Brian Vonderbrink in Entrepre-
neruship, Tad Pape in Sales Dem-
onstration, Lynn Stefkovich in
Business Ownership, Bert
Sheard and Jenny Capen in Free
Enterprise.
Those placing on the district
level but not advancing to state
were Cheryl Clark in Advertising,
Noel Riggsbee in General Mer-
chandising, Susan Robinson in
DECA students once again fared well in district competition.
February 14, 1986
will be exhibited on the sixth
floor of the downtown Shillito-
Rikes.
photo by Stratton Moraites
shuttle exploded. Seeing the
debate degenerate into sense-
less accusaitons, crisis coordinator
James Anderson declared the de-
bate over, and gave awards to
everyone for their "keen
rhetoric."
Commenting on the Security
Council as a whole, Brian Meyers,
who served as chairman for the
committee said, "I think the
Council went rather well. The in-
credible setting of the Board-
room contributed a lot to the
seriousness of the participants."
Said club president David Miller,
"We'll do it again next year."
Entrepreneurship, Bruce John-
son in Public Speaking, Jeanne
Littlejohn in Sales Demonstra-
tion, Gretchen Froehlich, Kristin
Mabry, and Heather Holberton
in Team Management, Melissa Mc-
Kie in Business Ownership, Van-
essa Cambell in Marketing Test,
and Andrea Hatfield and Jenny
Blank in Business Math.
Forty-six IH DECA students
competed.
photo by Mariano Fernandez
February 14, 1986
Girl swimmers capture league championship
by Amy Burroughs
As they had hoped, the girls
varsity swim team won the league
ond place Cincinnati Country Day
by a margin of fifty points.
Coach Mike Leonard said, "The
league meet was a team effort and
every ;wimmer contributed to the
win."
Exceptional swims were put in
by both Teresa and Jenny Rep-
logle who each placed first in two
events. The medley relay team
consisting of both Replogles,
Traci Finklemeier and Gretchen
Albis, also put in a stunning per-
formance by capturing first place
in that event.
Their record is 9-2 and being
league champs was a great way to
end their successful season. Leon-
ard commented, "It was the
swimmers' meet to win. They
worked extremely hard and hon-
estly deserved to be league
champs."
The team hopes that this
hard work will pay off at the sec-
tional meet tomorrow at Syca-
wrestlers predict many upsets tomorrow
by Bert Sheard
The Indian Hill wrestling team
faced their toughest competition
of the year on Saturday, February
. weight class.
1 at the Chaminade-Julienne
Catholic Invitational in Dayton.
Matt Feltman demonstrates his lethal pin.
Included in the six team tourn-
ament was Lakewood St. Ldward,
from Cleveland who have won the
state tournament at the AAA lev-
el for the past eight years.
Braves' coach Nick Valentine
conceded, "We didn't expect to
win the tournament," but point-
ed out that, "the experience gain-
ed frolll it will help us Farther
down the road." As it turned
out, the teain finished 5th, with a
total of 49 points. Eric Norris
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Ryan Rowe prepares to move off the mark during the'CCD league
tournam en t.
and Bert Sheard each earned in-
dividual awards for placing second
and third respectively in their
On Tuesday, 1:ebruary 4th,
the team had its final home match
p h o t o by Stratton Moraites
of the year against Lemon-Mon-
roe, Reading, and Wyoming. The
team began by defeatill:! Lemon-
Monroe 37-35 on the strength of
back to back pins by Brad
McKean and Gordon Harris.
However, the team then lost to
Reading and Wyoming
Coach Valentine fce.1~Illat thc
team's hard work and tough corn-
petition a11 year should help in
the league tournanlent this Sat-
p h o t o by Mariano Fernandez
urday at Madeira. The team ex-
pects to finish "in the top five"
Deer Park
by Chris key i n tourney
Kempczinski
Coach Gary Argentati is un-
derstandably excited about his
freshman basketball team at the
conclusion of their regular season.
With an 1!-1 record, this team
ranks among some of the other
elite seasons recorded by Argen-
tati. Their most recent game was
a game which saw the whole team
involved in the defeat of Madeira.
In what was characterized as "a
game which was a sure win," the
team continued to play admirably
and won 45-38.
However, the Braves' last two
Varsity ends 11-10 t o W e s t e r n Brow-n
I
by Cadi Cucinotta
and Kristin Mains
The girls varsity basketball
tcam ended their season with a
64-53 loss to fourth seeded Wcst-
ern Brown Monday night.
The loss was a disappointing
one, but the girls team had a suc-
ccssful regular season, finishing
at 11-10.
This record reflects their last
four games in \vhich they defcat-
ed both Deer Park and Madeira,
and had two close games against
Page 9
more. Some swimmers like Fink-
lemeier, and Jenny Bell in the
backstroke, Leslie Folsom in the
I.M., and Tracy Hart in the free-
style hope to lnake it to district
competion. Both Replogles
should make it to state where
they are each seeded in the top
six in two individual events. The
two fastest 100 yd. freestyles on
the team will swim with the Rep-
logles on the 400 yd. freestyle
relay tea111 which they hope will
make it to the state level of comp-
etition.
The boys varsity swim team
also did well at league champion-
ships by taking fifth place. Andy
Geygan put in some good swims
and won the 100 yd. fly. Other
strong efforts were done by sen-
iors Dave Ahlert and Chris Wil-
son. The boys swim in sectionals
tonight at Sycamore where Gey-
gan
tricts.hopes he will make it to dis-
Leonard summed up the
team's positive attitude by saying,
"This 'team has learned that hard
work pays off.''
and Valentine predicted "a lot
of upsets" in the team's favor.
games were cancelled leading to
speculation among the team-
L c C ~ ~they
l d continue their win-
ning ways in the tournament after
such a long lay-off?"
That remains to be seen until
tonight's 6:30 game at Marie-
nlont. Despite the advantage of
playing a weak Deer Park teanl,
Argentati still is markedly cau-
tious. "If we can beat Deer Park,
then I think we should go on to
win it all!"
Nest scason
Maricmont and CAPp..
rne Lady Bravcs
are expected to fare well in league
competition, even with the loss
of the five senior leaders.
As part of an off-season train-
ing prograin, the team plans to
hold open gym pick-up games
as well as encourrtging nest
ycar's players to attend basket-
ball camps over the summer.
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c r o w d deciding factor for Braves in upset
by Chris Kempczinski
In what has been regard-
ed by most as a year of transition,
the varsity boys' regular season
grinds to an end tonight against
an inept Reading Blue Devil
team. Most certainly an "easy
win" for the Braves (who won
the previous ~ u n t e s between
t the
two schools by almost twenty
points), this game serves as an
anti-climactic finish to a regular
season which, in essense, ended
last Friday against powerhouse
CAPE.
Against the number-one rank-
ed AA school in Cincinnati, IH
went into this' game with the
hopes of avenging the squeeker
which saw CAPE triumph by six
only a few weeks back. Said
junior Ron Jones, even though
"we lost, it proved to us that
they weren't invincible," as ev-
erybody has said.
Aiaed by a special admissions
price, the student body turned
out in full force for the match
against the Crusaders and ulti-
mately was a deciding factor.
"The crowd really pumped us
up," said junior Bruno Dare,
while it "distracted the other
team." This was evident thorugh-
out the game as CAPE players
often reacted to the jeers of the
fans, especially in the waning
moments when their frustration
broke through.
GeIIert 'pleased a n d p r o u d ' of season
by Brandon Schneider
Last Friday night Indian Hill's
JV Braves coasted to another
victory. The Braves' offense has
been consistent throughout the
season but in this game it was a
long defensive effort that served
AS the foundation for their win.
The team's 40-35 win over the
CAPE Crusaders was their third
consecutive league victory with
strong contributions from Mike
Marek, Chris Vockell, and Ed
Tepe.
CAPE was plagued by person-
nel disadvantages with only five
players able to play throughout
the game due to ineligibility and
injuries.
In the Braves' game against
league foe Deer Park, the Braves
won convincingly. IH's offensive
attack was led by Rich Decker
and Brandon Schneider. A defense the whole year. In the
fantastic overall performance was
turned in by Lee Tucker. Again
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However, YOU don't beat
CAPE 55-51 strictly on moral
support; rather, the Braves re-
quired one of their strongest over-
all outings of the season to notch
the victory. Offensively the
Braves relied on senior co-cap-
tair, Andy Tucker ot "keep it
close with several key baskets"
in the early moments until senior
Erich Metzger started to hit
later in the game, eventually
winding up with 22 points.
Another critical factor was the
unyeilding defense of the Braves
which all but shut down one of
CAPE'S leading scorers to only six
points. Compound that with
the Crusaders' inability to estab-
lish any firm territory under the
basket, and you have inevitably
a very close game.
Yet coach Dave Hammer stres-
sed to the team that they can't
rest on their laurels, especially
sicne the Braves meel CAPE
in the first round of the district
tournament, to be played next
Wednesday at Lakota High
School. Said Jones, "We know
they're going to want us bad and
we just can't let down ...[also]
we're going to need another big
...
crowd because they were 50%
of our defense."
Another importanr ele-menr LU
keep track of during the up-
coming CAPE rematch will be
whether or not the referees can
the offense produced an adequate
50 points, while allowing only
37 points on defense.
On Homecoming night, the
Braves had a victory over Marie-
mont. THe score was close
throughout the game and fea-
tured an overtime finish of 46-
43. Coach Gary Gellert attri-
buted this win to a tenacious
defense and a usually strong
offense. The Braves exceptional
defense complemented their
ability to run the fast break.
In addition to winning 20
games this season, "the ultimate
goal we had this season has been
to have an incredible offensive
and defensive performanoe com-
bined for our games," as one
player put it. Coach Gellert
stated, "We've played con-
siderably well in our offense and
Mariemont game we played our
keep both teams under control.
However, don't be surprised if
fights erupt because both teams
realize that their season will be
on the line.
In another impressive game
against league rival Mariemont
the Braves countered a previous
loss to the Warriors and recorded
a 48-47 victory. Said Darre, "The
last time we played them we were
embarrassed, that was our worst
game of the season and we knew
we should have beaten them."
Helped by a large Homecoming
crowd, this exciting game was
close until Mike Cohen's game-
saving basket with eight seconds
left insured the Braves' victory.
Assuming the team wins a-
gainst Reading, they will end the
regular season with a respecta-
ble record of 11-9. However,
said one player, "Then: are a few
games which the team knows we
should have won," and the
Braves feel they can prove a great
deal to many cynics in the tour-
nament. Overall, Hammer's initial
season has had its expected ups
and downs, "but nobody really
expected [them] to end up
19-1."
Still, next year (as always)
offers bright hopes with several
experienced JV players vying
for positions on the roster. One
last note, an informal survey
was conducted among the players
best in both areas combined."
The Braves will play their
last game of the season against
tough league challt2Igers Reading
Blue Devils. If they win this game
they'll finish with the second best
record in the league. With no
league tournament, the Braves
have no chance to redeem them-
selves.
If the Braves should finish
at 14-6 tonight it will be the best
record for an Indian Hill JV team
in six years.
Gellert said about the Braves'
season, "You always want to win
that championship, and be in first
place. If we can play a good all-
around game we have the the past
few games and especially like ver-
sus Mariemont we will clinch se-
cond place. Second place out of
nine teams is quite an accom-
plishment! I'm very pleased and
proud of the JV team this season!
February 14,1986
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on this year's team, asking the111
to give an unbiased assessment of
Hammer's performance this sea-
son. The average given: B-.
letter from the
sports editor
In response t o questions con-
cerning the validity of my last
Off the Bench which accused
Coach Hammer of recruiting I
must stress the following: this
column is meant to serve only as
a medium thorough which I, or
anyone interested, can ex-
press their opinion. Consequent-
ly, while the player involved came
to Indian Hill t o play basketball,
'it is.9nly my opinion that he was
recruited. For as Mr. Gellert
logically pointed out, "How can
you c a l it recruiting when he
lives in our district? We're only
trying to get him back from Moe-
ller who were [in fact] the ones
who recruited him. " Therefore
I would like to apologize to
Coach Hammer and anyone else
who could have misconstrued my
article as a slanderous accusation
instead of an innocent opinion,
which had always been my pri-
mary intent.
-Chris Kempczinski
The JV Braves have continued
their success for Indian Hill.
A gifted team of such manpower
approaching the varsity level con-
stitutes a very bright future."
February 14, 1986 CHIEFTAIN Page 3
1. Which of the following words describes 4. Do you think the U.S. space program
what you felt when you first heard of the should continue at full speed?
shuttle explosion?
93% yes
7% no
25% qualified their "yes" by saying that
the program. should continue with caution
7% indifference or after the problem is solved or after the
passage of time
25% as if a national symbol was crushed
20% other (shock, disbelief, hysteria) 5. Do you think that Americans have become
(Students were allowed to answer more too blase or casual about space missions?
than one response oniquestion 1.)
44% yes
2. 53% no
How long did you view the TV news cover-
6. Were you aware that the shuttle had a mis-
sion planned for that day?
50% yes
50% no
7. Do you think that civilians such as
McAuliffe should voyage on the shuttle?
3. Do you think that the media belabored the 63% yes
incident or that the TV coverage drag- 5% no
12% sometimes
20% only if they are truly relevant to the
success of the trip
from all classes
8. Some people have said that our nation on television.
this misfortune is the "Ken- Therefore it got the media's,
nedy assassination" of our
generation-what ate Your re-
government's, and general
public's attention. I wouldn't Project LEAD comes to IH
actions to this statement? consider this as the 'Kennedy
assassination' of our genera- by Stephanie Hug
"I can't tell since I wasn't tion because Kennedy was the
around when Kennedy was as- leader of our nation and for
den, utterly destructive loss where a country shuts down."
of some young, intelligent
Other participating school
to work in teams. Each team con- above-mentioned students or call
sists of an adult community vol- Mrs. Rabenold.
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editorial
Saclye me not mezely
The past few months have seen an alarming surge
of horrible and savage terrorist acts. What is more
lshocking than this sudden surge, however, is what
the targets of the terrorists have been. No longer is
terrorism primarily confined to military and stategic
targets; innocent civilians, particularly Americans
travelling abroad, are now the targets of choice. The
terrorist acts in Europe, particularly those in Paris
and those at the Rome and Vienna airports, are not
just a remote act of horror. They have directly af-
fected us, the students of Indian Hill.
The Latin trip to Greece has been cancelled and
the French trip has been jeopardized. Teachers, stu-
dents, and parents are quite understandably con-
cerned about the safety of such trips. Also of con-
cern is that students are missing out on enriching and
rewarding experiences.
editorial
h& dtwn
How does one define the purpose in life of the
typical 80's high school student? It' was easy in the
60's and 70's. Students united against the Vietnam
occupation and unfair government policy. "Peace"
and "Make love, not war,"' are words reflecting the
conscience of the times.
Today, especially in Cincinnati, it seems most of us
are bypassing much of the inner searching, the ques-
tioning which was common in the previous genera-
tion. "Face" and "psyche" are perfect examples of
the apathetic words students sometimes use. The
words reflect a lack of desire to become involved or
listen to the problems of others.
Perhaps the children of the 80's act in such a way
from the absence of a unifying force such as an un-
popular war. More likely, however, we are too sue-
. cess oriented. People wrongly learn that it is easier to
get ahead in'the world if we are apathetic to other
people's problems and fend for ourselves. We must
find a unifying force between us once again. We all
lia~lesomething in common besides age, but what is
it? Perhaps the answer is not tangible but rests within
all of us.
BOARD, from p. 1
tribute something."
In other business, the Board
approved the 1986-87 district
calendar, discussed revisions in
the teacher certification process,
and heard a report on possible
future academic competitions for
IH students in grades 7-12.
CHIEFTAIN February 14,1986 February 14, 1986
by Mike Anderson
Off to a late start, the 1986
A recent letter from the National A S S O C ~ ~of~ ~ O ~
Indian Hill Intramural Basketball
Secondary School Pricipals encourages schools to season began typically chaotic last
continue their travel programs. It states, "While no Saturday. A confusion of team
one can predict the time and location of terforist names, times, and places has just
recently begun to subside to stat-
acts, the likelihood of a second incident at the Rome
us quo. One-fifth of regular sea-
or Vienna airports is remote. Terrorists attack at un- son play has already been elim-
likely times and at places not previously used. The inated, but not before upsets and
near 100 point games have been
strong world-wide condemnation of the latest inci- played. Due to the paranoia of
dents may reduce terrorism for a time, as well." the league's new comissioner,
Chieftain can not be so encouraging. While the Tony Brueneman, every team has
logic of the NASSP letter may be valid, the decision . had several different alias; many
were considered t o be either ob-
to participate in a travel program to Europe is a scene or inappropriate.
serious one and entirely personal. One must weigh
the risks and benefits for oneself. It is indeed unfor- The Coaches: They are, as al-
ways, the force with which to
tunate that the situation must be this way, but it does be reckoned. Their starting
exemplify the fact that terrorism truly does affect lineup, when present, is almost
everyone in the free world. invincible from within the intra-
mural league. - They are as fol-
lows: Gary Argentati running the
point, Chris Leighs and Joe Butt
running the wings, with Mike
Owens and Jim "Shi" Woodward
reigning the boards.
Primarily a fast break team,
the Coaches are always high
scorers (96-35 victors over the
Maddogs) permitting only one
shot by the opponent per trip
down the court. Prediction: (reg-
ular season) 8-0.
The Players: They are a team
that was ludicrously underest-
imated in last year's prediction
report. ~ o w e v e iit, is a'team that
has tried this year to
maintain "a low profile'' so as not
to be laughed at if the expected
return is not executed. A third
place finisher last year, (not to
mention a personal favorite) the
Players lost only by 4 points in
$OLuMBIA
their final game to the unbeat-
&ieftqin STAFF Eg%&Mm en Coaches. T b Players will a-
gain this year be led by its spec-
Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracut. tacle, Grey Freudenberg who will
ricular activity by the students Of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake be accompained under the boards
Rd.. Cincinnati, Ohio 45243. 561-4225.
Sponsor: William P. Kincaid; Editors: T o m Taylor. Kevin Walter;
by mainstays like Scott Jeske and
News Editors: James Anderson, Susan Appel, Jeff C u r r i e r ; Features Steve "The Lane Occupier" Ba-
Editors: Davis Grifftn, David Miller, Alissa Raleigh; Sports Editor: ker. Additions such as Jim Ber-
Chris Kempczinski; Magazine Editors: Rob Seal. Jeff Tuckey ; Busi- ling and Jeff Helms "Jordan"
ness Manager: Jamie Winget; Circulation Manager: Arianna Newmani have already helped t o amplify
Production Managers: Arianna Newman, Dan Rosenthal; Head Photo-
grapher: Mariano Fernandez; Photographer: Stratton Moraites; Pro- the NBA hotdog character of the
duction Staff: Stephanie Hug, Tiffany Meyer, Diana Greiner, Elissa team. Prediction: 7-1.
Geier, Benjy Cook, Tiffany Ferguson. Contributers: Jay Fitton,
Stratton Moraites, Stephanie Hug, Elissa Geier, Tiffany Meyer, TO- The Rooks: (alias Studs, Tall
moko Yamabe, T i m Brown, Tiffany Ferguson, Mike Anderson, Bran-
don Schneider, Joy Rowe, Kristin Mains, Cadi Cucinotta, Amy Bur- Boys) John Rabenold has found-
roughs, Bert Sheard, Carin Chabut. ed a respectable returning team
As its editorial policy, Chieftain strives t o both commend what is from the squad he claimed last
good and encourage correction of what is not. Editorials reflect the
opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are
year. His strong personnel, a-
strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and responsibly Writ- mong whom include: Clint Reese,
ten. Rob Reese, and himself, have al-
ready led the team t o its fust vic-
CHIEFTAIN Page 11
tory. This victory was extra- packed parts of games. Chuck La- of teammate Clyde Brant. Pre-
ordinary in the fact that it was Macchia, a team mainstay, says of diction 3-5.
obtained with only four players t.he squad, ."We're just a bunch of
against the fourth ranked Trim average players" and hopes to Scrubs: (alias Doctors of Drunk
Reapers (see below). Nothing to remain in the dark horse posi- and Doctors of Dunk) Again this
be sneezed at! Their only weak- tion for much of the year. La- is a team that demands humor
ness may be attendance, but as Macchia and Bill "The Zone Bus- more than respect among its play-
evident on Saturday, this factor: ers. Once behind, this team of
ter" Baumel, control their team's
is not that prevalent. Prediction: outside game while George Hey- clowns, led by head-Scrub Bar-
6-2. nen plays the inside portion of ry Schwartz, is almost hope-
their attack. Baumel, the team's less, for as I stated before, their
The Trim Reapers: (alias Toe captain, says his highest aspir- goal changes from winning to
Dancers, Snowmen, and who ations fmish the team at either .laughing. A young team, the
knows what else) This team is the fourth or fifth position in Scrubs are inexperienced, but in
the combined forces of last year's the league. I must agree. Pre- a position to upset, purely by vir-
tue of being overlooked by their
opponents. I award the Scrubs
:he "Most Appropriate Team
Name Award," for they are as
their team name suggests, a bunch
of organized scrubs. Good Luck
boys! Prediction: 2-6.
God Squad: (alias Samari) Sorry
guys to have put you below the
Scrubs but the essence of this
year's team is comprised mainly
of last year s Yardbirds, whose
only hope was Ingo Leis who al-
most made the West German O-
lympic team as 9 ten year old. In
fact, the team. last year, didn't
even finish the season because of
competition inabilities. However,
the team has already conquered
its first opponent, The Maddogs,
and has respect under the
team's new image, created by cap-
drawing by Kevin Love tain Matt Santen and "Owner"
Jeff "the Radar Toast." When
The Coaches, Helmet Heads, Mad Dogs, asked for 'anten
- Hoot Owls,
only express his feeling of how
Rooks, Trim Reapers, God Squad, and Scrubs: who ludicIous all the team name than-
shall reign supreme this year in intramurals? ges were. The team draws most
of its power from the religious
Handymen and Snowflakes. The diction: 4-4. blessing of THE LORD and is in-
choice of personnel seems to re- vincible on Sundays. No offense
sult in an all-star team drawn Young Lifers, good luck! Predict-
ed finish: 1-7.
from last year's clubs. However, Hoot Owls: (alias Hooters) The
attendance, as it did last year, has Hoot Owls are composed of a few
already plagued the team through- uncontrollable juniors, Running The Maddogs: (alias The Studs)
out the season. Without the in- the point is an energetic Bruce The original team name was un-
jured Steve Womack, and a sleep- Johnson, who likes t o make sev- doubtedly the work of overcon-
ing Kevin Viox, tQe team is seem- eral strange noises so as t o dis- fident team all-star (in his own
ingly lame excepting Matt Mfiel- 'tract the opponents in hopes that mind) Jim Blank. Even sadder
ler's incessant success at driving his team might score. They have than the Scrubs on their worst
the lane. However, the immediate chosen to take a light hearted day, the Maddogs became quite
appearance of the two leaders view of this season, for they must aware of their mortality in their
may inspire The Trim Reapers t o feel that they have a chance t o harsh defeat to the Coaches. R e
ascend in the ratings. Prediction: reign the league next year--or bounding from this destruction,
they just don't care. In all ser-. The Maddoas went up against t b
5-3.
iousness, though, the team has po- fairly respectable God Squad and
The Helmet Heads: alias St. tential, for they gave The Players were once again squashed by THE
Raight Boys) This team, like the quite a run for the money in the FORCE. (Assured record if they
players, is trying to maintain a last minutes of their twelve point can even complete the season):
low profile. However, the team is defeat. If the team is to rise 0-8.
much more unique in that they themselves from the bottom half
maintain the laid back character of the league, more of the team
through even the most action will have to assume the attitude

Page 12
Mefzaer
V I
off the bench
by Chris Kempczinski
Brash, rowdy, confident, the
"Franchisev-all are descriptive
terms of Indian Hill's premier
guard Erich Metzger who has
successfully dulled any linger-
ing memories of Rick Abrams.
As the cornerstone of the
team's offense, Metzger is in the
midst of another highly success-
ful season which has averaging
almost 18 points per game. Com-
bine that with' his 20 goals in
soccer last season, and you have
one of Indian Hill's most prolific
overall offensive threats.
However, Metzger scoring
prowess is just as much a result
of his natural ability, as it is a
~ r o d u c tof his ~ e r s o n a l i t ~"I'm
r-------
very competitive," says Metzger,
Girls ecstatic o v e r 16-4 season
by Joy Rowe
The JV girls basketball team
recently finished their season with
a 16-4 record -the best girls rec-
ord since 1972. The Lady Braves'
past four victories were extreme-
ly one sided in Indian Hill's favor.
In their most recent victory over
CAPE, Maggie Kerr led the team
with a personal high of 17
points to lead the team to a 42-
23 win.
Said coach Tony Bruene-
man, "It was a pleasure to witness
the growth in skill and talent of
individual players. The offense
finally jelled in the Madeira game
and the team was never seriously
challenged after that point. Pas-
sing, rebounding, and shooting
aspects finally caught up with
above average defensive play."
Brueneman, is referring to the
team's recent victory over long
time rival, Madeira. After their
first meeting, Indian Hill left de-
feated by 10 points. Seeking re-
venge, the Lady Braves never al-
lowed another team to pose as a
serious threat. They defeated
CHIEFTAIN
rides himself as a n 'offensive threat7.
"especially in basketball" where
he admits to sometimes "getting a
little out of control." Take,
for instance, the Finneytown
game, in which senior Andy Tuck-
er was decked. "That definitely
rubbed me the wrong way, but
Coach [Dave] Hammer kept us
under control."
That is not to say, however,
that Metzger will not take things
into his own hands sometimes.
In reference to taking a
player out should he get by him,
Metzger said, "I [just] don't like
people to [try] to get by me,"
and occasionally such actions be-
come necessary. Still, Metz-
ger is a proponent of sportsman-
ship and his actions usually re-
. %.
fleet that belief. "Here at In-
Deer Park 44-27, led by guards
Starcher who had 19 and Joy
Rowe with 12 and then went on
to defeat Mariemont 28-15.
Looking towards the next few
years, Brueneman foresees great
things. "This outstanding crop of
sophmores will now move on to
join those sophmores already
playing on the varsity to form the
nucleus of what shall be an out-
standing team in 1987-88."
As for the junior varsity, a re-
building year should be anticipat-
ed. Brueneman anxiously awaits
the contributions of this year's
10-1 eighth grade team.
Nevertheless, despite what the
future holds for girls basketball at
IH, Brueneman accurately sum-
marized this season when he said,
"It was a quality season played
with quality talent by quality
young ladies."
dian Hill, sportsmanship is really
more [prevalent] ," which he fells
is one of the strongest features of
athletics at IH.
Certainly, Coach Hammer, to
a large extent, is responsible for
that attitude which has been one
of his biggest contributions this
year. And despite some criti-
cisms Metzger believes that IH
"has really had a pretty good
season, it just took us awhile to
get going."
On the court this year,
Metzger gladly allows senior
co-captains Tucker and Mike
Cohen to lead the team. He de-
fines his role, rather, as one to
just go out "and score points,"
a role which he obviously relish-
es. Says MetTger, "I like to go
into each game thinking of my-
self as an offensive threat ...
I've got a lot of pride [and
I don't think] anybody can
really stop me defensively in the
city ."
But on his plans for the fu-
ture, Metzger is less candid. "If
I get into Hamilton, I'll probab-
ly play basketball. If I go to
Connecticut College I'll play
soccer. But, if I go to Miami
I'm not going to play anything."
One interesting thing about
Metzger is that he nrofesses
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Andy Tucker looks for the open man during IH's win over CAPE.
For story, see p. 10
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~ e b r ~ i >14,
y 1986 L
is', S
to ''not like games to get out of
ketches
hand." Yet if another fight
erupts, or tempers flare again
#hen IH plays CAPE I know
where Erich will be.
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Vol. 35 No. 10
February 14, 1986
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
Drama to send 'Ducks' to state
by Susan Appel
For the second consecutive
year, the Indian Hill Drama Club
received a rating of "superior" at
the regional OTA competition,
held on February 1 at the
Middletown campus of Miami
University. The "superior" rating
enables Indian Hill to continue
on to the state competition in
GO ahead, make my day! March.
This year's production, "A
Little Something for the Ducks,"
is the story of the chance meet-
k g between two elderly people,
portrayed by sophomores Stacy
Scoble and Rob Warfel. "Ducks"
was Part of the Thespian Dessert
Theater, and was also performed
Mack resigns
by Kevin Walzer
"It is with the deepest regret
that we accept the resignation
of Edgar J. Mack, Jr. from the
School Board," read Board of
Education member Dr. David
Bell in a resolution at the Feb-
ruary 11 Board meeting. Mack
ended a ten-year career on the
Board Tuesday night with an
official letter of resignation.
I The Board, after accepting
Mack's resignation, passed a
resolution commending Mack for
his service to the Indian Hill
School District. The resolu-
tion cited Mack's "contri-
- " ..-. * -. butions to education" during
photo by Mariano Fernandez his tenure, and expressed the
~ o k d ' s appreciation of' Mack's
accomplishments, which included
L
p.6
'd
[@hie f tain
at the Area G conference held
in December at McAuley High
School.
Although five schools partici-
pated in the competition, some
presenting cuttihgs from works as
well-known as The Glass Mena-
gerie and Crimes of the Heart,
Indian Hill received the only
"superior" rating.
In addition, both cast mem-
bers were highly honored. Scoble
was named to the All-Region cast
Actress of the competition. War-
fel, who was also in the cast of
fel, who was also in the cast of
last year's competition play
"Why Do We Laugh," tied an-
other actor for the Outstanding
o m Board
two terms as President in 1979
and 1983.
With his resignation, Mack is
the second long-term Board mem-
ber to relinquish his seat this year.
In the fall, former member Mrs.
Elizabeth Croskey chose not to
run for reelection; she was
succeeded by Mr. Louis Fin-
kelmeier, chosen by the district
voters in the November elec-
tions.
A successor for Mack has not
yet been determined. Current
Board President Mrs. Jean Pappas
indicated that at least ten days
had to elapse after the resig-
nation before a 'successor could
be named; "We expect to an-
nounce one at the next Board
meeting," said Pappas.
Irl~rurnur<
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~ c t o title.
r tice-and I think we make a good
Scoble sees multiple reasons,
. -h
bz
/".
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\,
1 1
Stacey Scoble and Rob Warfel will perform "A Little Something for the
~ u for state
~ judges
k in~ ~ ~ ~
Teacher Mr. Robert Terwil-
legar praised Mack's accomplish-
ments, as did other members df
DECA captures district title
by Stratton Moraites
The Indian Hill DECA club
recently captured its fourteenth
consecutive title in competition
held at Eastgate Mall.
Out of the 26 IH students
who won in the competition,
13 will be eligible to compete
on the state level, to be held
March 7, 8, and 9 in Dayton.
The competition allowed the
DECA students to work in the
actual areas which their special-
ization involves, according t o
rluer w u y
for the play's success. "We had
a good, well-written play from the
start. Rob and I play older peop-
le well-we've had a lot
team? she said.
5
photo by Mariano Fernandez
~ h .
the Board. Mack himself was
quite appreciative of the acco-
lades, saying, "I learned more
than I gave [during his tenure].
I just hope I was able t o con-
'
see D, p-
club advisor Mr. Jim Benken.
The competition was held from
8:OO-11:30 a.m. on February 4.
Those advancing to the state
level were Carla Ferguson in
Advertising, Julie Packer and
Wendy Johnson in Apparel,
Tesa Caldwell in Finance and
Credit, Jocelyn Montgomery and
Jeff Helms in General Marketing,
Mike Goldman in Restaraunt
see DECA, p. 4