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~ c h w a b 'goes the distance' to
by Steve Innis
This year JV baseball is mark- the distance to pick up the win.
ed by a very strong showing from
underclassmen who are forming
the groundwork for future
championships.
In the season opener, the
Braves defeated Glen Este by an
impressive 11-10 score. Keying
the victory was strong and bal-
anced hitting complemented by
starter Jim Thornton, who pitch-
ed well, and Chuck Yellig who
came in to pick up the win.
On Monday, the Braves open-
ed league play against Loveland
by losing 10-7. Greg Long hit
a homerun and a stroqg late
effort still wasn't enough to
bounce back from a few weak
innings.
Despite this loss the Braves
bounced back after their defeat
to crush Lloyd High in Erlanger
by an incredible 2543 margin. &.-Y* '". . '. .,
The Braves rattled the opposing
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pitchers with several hits, forcing
Lloyd to make six pitching chang- Freshmen Steve Innis has been a welcome addition on the mound this year for Coach Argentati.
Boys to b e competive a t Mariemont
by Joy Rowe
The varsity boys' track team
finished surprisingly well in their
first meet against Deer Park, de-
feating them 101-35. Junior Rob
Nichols led the team with four
first place finishes: the 800 m
run, the mile run the high jump,
and as anchor of the mile relay
team.
Coach West pointed out this
versatile athlete's impressive
2:05 in the 800 m run. Other
fnst place finishers were Eric
Edwards in the shot put, Kevin
Love in the discus, Dave Mal-
loy in the long jump, John
Yeager in the 300 hurdles,
and Dave Ahlert in the 3200 m
run.
Coach West commented that
CONTRAS, from p. 3
should attempt more negotiations
with Daniel Ortega, Marxist lead-
er of the Sandanistas. That
sounds very nice; however, we
must remember two things. First,
we have attempted negotiations
with Ortega's government numer-
ous times in the past, each time
with no resolution. Second, it
isn't possible to think that the
Communist Sandanistas would
participate in peaceful, produc-
tive negotiations. Face it, that's
just not their style. They want to
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es. Starter Andy Schwab went portant game to Loveland, the
Braves are encouraged by their
Although dropping an im- 2-1 record and eagerly await
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the "unanticipated strength of
this year's team once again sur-
faced at the CHL relays." This
meet took place last Tuesday and
was inclusive to the team aspects
of track. In field events, two
members of each team competed
and the best distances of each
member were combined for a
total distance. Matt Feltman and
Tony Hoffman placed first in the
pole vault while Eric Edwards and
Kevin Love placed third and
fourth in the shot and disc re-
spectively.
The strength of the middle
and long distance runners was
highlighted by the performance
of the distance medley, the 3200
relay, and the mile relay.
John Yeager competed in four
spread their control, not con-
tain it. And they proved it two
weeks ago with the Honduran
invasion. The timing of that in-
cursion was almost as if to say,
"Hey -the Americans don't care
what we are up to! Let's try
something else!"
Another argument of the bill's
opponents is that they fear it
will eventually lead to American
troops being sent to Nicaragua.
They obviously can't comprehend
that it is only if we let it-get out
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events that evening and placed in
three. 0ther multiple winners
were George Heynen, Dave Mil-
ler, Clyde Brant, Rob Nichols,
and Dave Ahlert.
BAND, from p. 3
as Roger Bacon had always done
before.
Unfortunately, our administra-
tion decided that unlike any other
school who would have jumped
at our chance, attending two ex-
tra morning classes was more
worthy a cause than participa-
ting in the Parade. It took a
petition signed by a large por-
tion of the student body to sway
the administration's thoughtless
verdict.
I find it quite interesting that
of hand that troops will be need-
ed. If we stop the Sandanistas
now, we will prevent another
Vietnam. I liken the situation
to someone who sees a small fire
in their basement and sits back
quietly (negotiates with it), until
the fire has spread throughout
the entire house requiring the fire
department; rather than stopping
the fire at its inception. We ef-
fectively demonstrated recently
with Libya that a tough retal-
iatory action can show overag-
April 11, 1986
eat i I oyd
league matchups against Finney-
town and Wyoming later in the
week-
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photo by Stratton Moraites
With these strong finishes now
firmly tucked under the team's
belt, they can look confidently
ahead towards the always com-
petive Mariemont Invitational.
some teachers were appalled and
angered at the mere prospect
of losing a handful of students
to a once-in-a-lifetime event such
as a performance a t Riverfront
Stadium, and I am quite firm in
the belief that the same teachers
would have an opposite reaction
concerning the absence of stu-
dents for a State sports cham-
pionship. I ask, are the students'
best interests really in mind
here?
gressive nations that we won't
accept their ambitious claims.
The same can and should be done
with Nicaragua.
The upcoming vote is an im-
portant one, made more impor-
tant by the fact that it has
brought out a frightening, under-
lying attitude in this country.
This is the pacifist, wait-and-see
hesitant attitude that, if left un-
challenged, will eventually mean
the victorv of Communism over
Democracy.
Vol. 35 No. 13
April 11, 1986
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
NOfurther security planned after trees attack
by Kevin Walzer
With the chopping down of
two trees o n the school grounds,
the total of major acts of van-
dalism against the school has
The birch tree near the middle school was destroyed by vandals. A
tree near the commons building was also destroyed.
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been brought t o two in five
weeks. But the administration
is not currently planning any
more stringent security proce-
dures, said assistant principal Gar-
photo by Stratton Moraites
y Gellert.
"Right now we're not plan-
ning on really changing any-
thing," said Gellert. "We don't
want to make the school a pri-
son."
The administration reacted t o
vandalism five weeks ago invol-
ving glue in door locks by imple-
menting an early closing of t h e
school, at 5:00 instead of 11:00,
except for students involved in
extracurricular activities. "But
that's something we should have
done a long time ago. The school
had been too accessible."
But closing the school early
will not prevent vandalism out-
side, as the most recent incident
DECA to attend nationals
by James Anderson
While most students are slav-
ing
23, away
seniorin Julie
a classroom,
Packer April
and
junior Carla Ferguson will ac-
company faculty advisor Mr.
Jim Benken to Atlanta, Georg-
ia for the National Distribu-
tive Education Clubs of Amer-
ica (DECA) Convention.
Ferguson was appointed as
an Ohio delegate at the state
convention that the club at-
tended in March. Commenting
on the upcoming Atlanta trip,
she said simply,"I am looking
forward to
Parker earned the privlege
proves- A tree and
mons building, nearthethetree in
corn-
the concrete sitting area near the
middle school, were found des-
troyed on the morning of March
20.
Gellert termed the vandalism
"horrible," saying that the dam-
age to the trees is irreparable.
"We [the administration] don't
want to overreact, but it's bad.
You should never have vandal-
ism."
Although this year's attacks
have had more publicity than
those in past years, Gellert does
see VANDALS, p. 2
of going by becoming a final-
ist i n the category of Apparells
and Accesories. At the state
convention she competed in
four events, taking two tests
and competing in two retail-
ing competitions.
Commented Packer on the
trip,
get the
"I chance
am gladtoIgo
won
to because
Atlanta."I
She added hopefully, "Winning
in Atlanta could lead to many
employment oppurtunities."
Benken commented, "I
think Packer and Ferguson
will do fairly well. They are
up against the top competi-
tion in the country, though."
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editorial April 11,1986 CHIEFTAIN

' 4 do duue pqode--to ulow i& dtUdU(td LWally-Wompers' undefeated a t 3-0

The school will be holding Educational Records tial.
Bureau (ERB) tests next week for students grades Chieftain realizes that no standardized test is
9-1 1. These tests are the ones that show whether a perfect measure of the person taking it, and we do
, each student is achieving up to academic potential. not agree with the district's pompous trumpeting of
ERB's are almost universally unpopular, but how many students achieve at potential. The ERB
students need to understand that they do serve a statistics are vastly overrated by IH, but they do
purpose. Essentially, they contain sections which serve a practical purpose. Students taking ERB's
test the mathematical and verbal aptitude of a stu- next week should overlook "excellence," and simply
dent (these portions are very similar to the SAT). understand that the tests are measures of how much
The achievement portions are tests of what the they have learned in their various subjects; if stu-
student is studying that year (i.e., algebra, geometry). dents are not learning, changes are made. Ideally,
The aptitude and achievement scores are compared, this would ensure them an improved education.
and if the achievement score is similar to the apti-
Vandalism is usually the work of
tude, the student is said to be achieving at poten- VANDALS, from p. 1
.,iust
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not think 1986 is comparatively
worse in terms of vandalism.
"I wouldn't say it's worse, at
least not yet. You tend t o for-
get [vandalism incidents] as time
goes on." He referred to an at-
tack last year when windows in
the commons building were des-
troyed, and three years ago when
a student splattered paint all o-
ver the boys restroom, as two ex-
amples. However, he aaded,
"There are some you'll never for-
get-like in 1981," when students
cut down all the trees in the flag-
pole circle.
Why must vandalism exist?
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There are no easy answers to that
by Amy Burroughs
The softball season is now in
full swing and the girls varsity has
gotten off to an excellent start.
Under coach Robert Wessinger,
these "Wally-Wompers" have
posted an impressive' record of
3-0 and Wessinger says he is
"very pleased."
Their season opened at home
last Friday against Withrow. In-
dian Hill led throughout the game
and finished with an 8-1 victory.
Leading hitters were Traci Fink-
lemeier, Shore Beacham, Amy
Burroughs, and Cadi Cucinotta
went 3 for 3. Freshman Stacey
Anderson contributed significant-
ly in the game and was the win-
On the other hand, Gellert ning pitcher allowing no walks.
On Tuesday, the Lady Braves
said, "I think kids should .take
pride in their school, and not battled Loveland in their first
league game of the season.
destroy it. Kids need to care
about their school.'' Trailing 4-0 after the first in-
A positive attitude as opposed ning, the team staged an impres-
sive comeback in the sixth, when
to a negative attitude? "Yes.
they scored eight runs. The squad
There are many different ways
to look at something, and posi- then went on to win 11-6 behind
tively is better than negatively.'' the pitching of Stacey Anderson
Is that attitude possible to who again permitted no one
entirely achieve? Perhaps not, to walk.
but as Gellert himself
said, "Kids need to realiie that
we [the administration, the usual
Braves sweep doubleheader
target of vandalism] care about by Mike Anderson
them and support them."
The varsity baseball Braves
As for the future? Gellert began the 1986 season on a
The defeat of Loveland was a tack to Reading on Mon- to improve their already impres-
critical victory for the Lady day, when they hope @verecord.
Braves because the Tigers are
regarded as a viable contender in
the league championships. Com-
mented Wessinger, "The girls
have worked very hard and win
have to continue this work with
determination in order to secure
another victory against Loveland.
The mental aspect of the game
was handled very well and the
physical errors that have been
made will soon be eliminated
with practice."
On Wednesday the team
traveled to Finnytown to
crush the Wildcats in their
second league victory of
the season. The final score
was 15-2 and the opponent
seemed overwhelmed
the Lady Braves. Sophmore
by a
Kelly Ovington had a grand . -
slam and the winning pitch-
er was Stacey Anderson.
photo by Stratton Moraites
Riding on their string Senior Diane Hancher is just one of many seniors providing leadership
of victories, Coach Wes- this year for Coach Wessinger's varsity softball team. Here she awaits
singer and the team bring an oncoming pitch in league play against Loveland.
their potent hitting at-
Watson, but walks were again
IH's downfall. The same was
true against Loveland.
Tate, for the first time in five second contest, recording a 6-0
shutout. Bethel-Tate batters The Braves seem to be playing
years.
The first game was started were frustrated for most of the better overall than they did in

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question, Gellert feels. "Ob- said, "Are we planning on doing doubtful note. Upon immediate by sophomore Steve Wachs, who afternoon by Cohen's pitching. the beginning of the season,
The Braves could not main- which should enable them to

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viously vandalism is a sign of a
a o& negative attitude, and you're go-
ing to have that attitude at most
The cutting down of trees outside is the most school^."
But venting it in such a des-
recent attack against Indian Hill, and the huctive manner? Gellert does
incident must be criticized as brutal and thought- not feel vandalism at IH is wide-
less. Glue in locks was foolish, but the damage there spread, but isolated. ' y e don't
anything special [about fu-
ture vandalism attacks] ? No."
The option of increasing security
further by hiring night time
guards was brought up, but Gel-
lert quickly dismissed it. "we
don't want to do that; we're
not here to make the school a
return from spring break, the
Braves were thrust into what
they thought to be their first
regular season contest against
Taft.
Although the contest was
indeed only a scrimmage, IH
sumrisindv iumved to an earlv
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was dominating on the way to
an 11-2 victory. 1H pounded
the Bethel-Tate defense with an
all-around offense which racked
up eleven runs.
Senior Mike Cohen and the
Braves' defense shone in the
rn
tain that momentum in con-
tests earlier this week, losing by
improve upon their current 2-2
record. On the other hand, if
identical 15-6 scores to Loveland their inconsistencies persist, 1986
could be a long year for IH.
and Finneytown. The Braves
did a good job shutting down
Finneytown's formidble Todd
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was reparable; the destruction of trees, on the other 4-0 lead purely by virtue of their
hand. is not.
have grafitti On Our prison."
- superior talent. However, their
week away from baseball came
Dooley expects 'great year'
One must question the rationality of anyone who back to haunt them as the who, despite her inexperience, has the opener, commented, "the
feels that destruction is the most effective means of thoroughly practiced Taft by Molly Poffenberger jumped off to a great start. girls have a lot of potential and
venting anger. Whatever the motivation of the Der- squad diminished the run de- The JV softball team this year Coach Dooley, while losing it should be a great year!''
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Chieftain i s written and compsed, printed and sold as an extracur- ficit, took the lead, and clinched is one which will undoubtedly
son or persons responsible for the tree incident, it ricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High school, 6845 Drake benefit from the return of sev-
a 6-4 victory. Coach Jon War-
can be termed at the least childish and immature, at den of the Braves commented, eral players along with an energet-
R d ; ~ ~ " , : ~ ~~ a . 5~~ i~ ~; a ~ ~ 1 - ~ 4Tom ~ ; s : Kevin Walrer;
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the most insane. .News Editors: James Anderson, Susan Appel. Jeff Currier: Features "There were some good things ic freshman class.
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Editors: Davis Griffin, David Miller; Sports Editor: Chris Kempczin- and some bad ones." In the Squaws only game to
The answer in this particular case is probably ski; Magazine Editors: ROD Seal, Jeff Tuckey; Business Manager: That inconsistency plagued date, the team squared off a-
somewhere between those two extremes. but the -- -
Jamie Winset; Circulation Manager: Arianna Newman; Production
Managers: Arianna Newman, Dan Rosenthaf; Head Photographer: the Braves in subsequent scrim- gainst
last year's
Loveland.
key players
Behindlike
some
Mag-
of
fact remains that vandalism is irresponsibility to the Mariano Fernandez; Photographer: Stratton Moraites; Artist: Kevin mages against Cincinnati Coun-
worst degree. Love; Contributers: A m y Burroughs, Joy Rowe. Molly Poffenberaer, try Day and Columbus Bishop gie Kerr, who hit two triples
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b e , Fitton, Ready, in which walks were the and scored two of the eight
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Braves' downfall. runs, the squad staged a*
Hug, Tiffany Meyer, Diana Greiner, Elissa Geier, Benjy Cook, Tif-
ded the "adults" involved in the glue incident, but it fany Ferguson, A m y Burroughs, JOY Rowe.
The Braves, however, over- impressive contest. However,
is difficult to term anyone who throws a temocr tan- As its editorial policy, Chieftain strives to both commend what is came those weaknesses last faced with an explosive Tiger -
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good and encourage correction of what is not. Editorials reflect the Saturday t o notch what undoubt- squad, the Squaws' eight runs
tlUm adult. Vandalism on the scale of the trees opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are edly was the highlight of the fell short and lost 12-8.
attack is a temper tantrum in its worst form. strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and responsibly writ-
young season. The Braves swept An important addition to the photo by Stratton Moraites
ten.
a doubleheader from Bethel- team is freshman lenny ~ ~ t h J ,e m y Bath has done well this year as a SV softball pitcher. - -.
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Varsity tennis awaits crucial matches
by Chris Kempczinski
The varsity boys tennis team
is barnstorming into the 86' seas-
on with the sort of assuredness
which is characteristic of state
champions. After early predic-
tions of perhaps a 22-0 or 22-1
season, the the team's play has
done little to assuage such opti-
mism.
Against league foe Reading,
the Braves smashed their oppon-
ents for a humiliating 60 game
victory. "Basically (we) knew
that we were going to win,"
said junior Bruno Darre, so the
margin wasn't really any big
surprise.
However, the squad faced a
much more formidable test a-
gainst Cincinnati Country Day.
As the first round in the state
qualification process, the match
was a pivotal clash between two
tennis titans. Said James Granger,
"We knew that they had Vijay
Sud and Scott Stearn (as no. 1
and no. 2 singles respectively)"
and to win it really "came down
to how well Richard (Kassar)
played."
Fortunately for the Braves,
the promising young freshman
performed with the poise remini-
scent of an Andy Tucker, and
won quite handily, 6-2, 6-1.
However, the team's path to
victory was shrouded by two con-
siderable obstacles. Senior Tuck-
er, acknowledged by some to be
the premier player in the city,
dropped a heartbreaker in the
third set to Sud. "Andy's match
really could have gone either way,
at one time he was within a point
of winning the match," comment-
Sauaws lookina
I u f o r w a r d to upcoming meets
by Chris Kempczinski
The girls track team is already
showing signs of a strong con-
tender within the league. Said
Coach Garwood, "We should be
in the top three or four" which
would be a marked improvement
from last year.
In Tuesday's CHL relay, the
team posted several strong finish-
es, highlighted by the first place
showing in the high jump. Junior
Molly Higgins, regarded as the
team's best high jumper, combin-
ed several strong contributions.
Against Deer Park in the first
meet of the season, the team rat-
ed to an 84-44 finish behind the
performance of Lynn Stanforth,
who was first in the mile, and
Karina Baldwin in the 800. But
CHIEFTAIN
ed younger brother Lee, however,
his inability to convert ultimate-
ly spelled his doom.
Lee was another unfortunate
victim of the strong Country Day
team, losing 4-6, 6-2, 6-0. "In the
first set my approach was good
(but as the match wore on) ...
my serve became inconsistent and
(Stearn) started to pass me."
The decisive play of doubles
teams, Matt Santen-Mark Wishard
and Bruno Darre-James Granger
save, what at one point, was a
questionable victory. "I thought
that we'd win," said an enthu-
siastic Darre, and a 6-0, 6-1 win
by Santen-Wishard sealed the In-
dian's fate.
The team enjoyed a much
more comfortable encounter with
Moeller following the tough 3-2
victory over Country Day. View-
ed as just another preparatory
match, the team had little trouble
disposing of the hapless Crusaders
5-0.
Coach Dave Swisher exercised
the team's depth and cast Neely
Mack and Matt Steward in the
unaccustomed doubles role of
no. 1 and no. 2 respectively a-
gainst Loveland. Obviously one
af the team's easier opponents,
the elder Tucker was the only
plyaer "really pushed."
Against an impressive Mark
Teiss, Tucker received a bene-
ficial tune-up for some of the
more critical matches in the up-
coming season. For while Tucker
"was expected to win," Teiss lost
a close 6-4, 7-6 match which
highlighted Tucker's "exper-
ience."
perhaps the most encouraging
aspect of the meet, said Paula ever important Reading Invita-
Lyon, "Was that so many people
placed close to their all-time
bests."
One sour note for the Squaws,
has been the injuries which have
struck down three key runners. der Coach Kathy Barton, has be-
Sprinter Lee Baumes has been gun their season with an unusual-
plagued with a nagging muscle ly slow start. Falling to Elder,
strain while Kathy Ott and Marin Country Day, and Sycamore, the
Schinn are both out with leg in- team hopes to put an end to this
juries.
However, with their expected
return, Garwood anticipates even ed the season with their first loss
bigger and better finishes. "Track to Elder, 0-5 and showed slight
is not something that just hap- improvement the next day de-
pens, you have t o build upon it," spite losing to Country Day 2-3.
a task which the Squaws seem
. well-equipped to tackle.
Commented Granger, "Most
of our really tough matches don't
come until the end of April and
the beginning of May so these are
matches which are (really just)
Matt Santen is about to unleash his winning serve during a recent
tennis practice.
The Squaws' next meet is the
JV
hop es to reverse losses
by Ben Nemo
The JV boys tennis team, un-
losing skid.
Last Tuesday, the team open-
Victors in the Cou.ntry Day
match were no. 2 singles player
April 11, 1986
getting us ready." Undoubtedly
with a 4-0 mark, few will question
the team's preparedness as it sets
to take on powerhouses like Wal-
nut Hills and C e n t e ~ f l e .
photo by Stratton Moraites
tional, scheduled for
Saturday.
Jeff Cook and no. 1 doubles
comprised of Dobbs Ackerman
and Ben Nemo.
The team's most recent loss
came against Sycamore this
Tuesday despite many match-
.es going to three sets.
Although faced with three
losses, Barton remains optimistic.
"I really feel great about the guys
and their present performance
level. They are improving with
each match and I am looking for-
ward to a *ning teames'' *.
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April 11, 1986
Marchinqby Jamie Winget
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Finishing off a quite mem-
orable marching season, the
award-winning IHHS marching
Braves took to the astroturf
Monday, with their involvement
in the Opening Day ceremo-
nies.
Since the Cincinnati Reds
open the entire baseball season,
this performance was the band's
second nationwide TV broadcast
this year, and their first appear-
ance in Riverfront Stadium since
Earl Snapp led the band through
Bengals' games.
The day started off with the
traditional Opening Day Parade
starting at Findlay Market. The
Braves were the second of five
bands in the lineup including
Elder, Belleview, and East Cen-
tral from Indiana. The mile and
a half route ended at the sta-
dium where the band prepared
for its performance inside. The
Braves had the honor of being
student opinion
Band deserves more fanfare
by Benjy Cook
For too long a period of time,
there has been one department of
this school that has gone thank-
less. It is a department which
has brought 1ndia; Hill city-wide,
state-wide, and even nation-wide
prestige.
Its nearly undefeated record
over 'the past few years over-
shadows the accomplishments of
nearly every sports team at Indian
Hill, yet its success is merely
scoffed at by most of the stu-
dent body and practically ig-
nored by the administration.
"The Indian Hill band is the
this
best in Ohio," remarked Marge
Schott in reference to the band's
then-fu ture performance at River-
front Stadium Monday, April 7,
yet unfortunately it is the In-
dian Hill school itself that has
not recognized this.
When Mr. Steve Strider took
over the band in 1982, it was in
a rather pitiful state. But this
only makes the band's rise even
more spectacular. Mr. Strider
gave the band a goal, a definition,
and taught its members to work
together, in the same sense as
a football team.
Since October of 1983, the
Indian Hill Marching Band has
won the Grand Championship of
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4 out of 5 competitions, each
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Band opens for Reds
Reds' owner Marge Schott (center) dropped by on the band during
a practice session prior to the Opening Day Parade. Drum Majors
Rob Nichols and Teni Wayne (far left and right) led the band through
the parade. Teachers Joe Gaudio and Steve Strider (left and right
of Schott) were pleased with the performance.
the only band performing.
After warming up the band
marched out on the field in top guena," "This Is My Country,"
of which included at least a
dozen other bands, some twice as
large as our own. Both the
Marching and Symphonic Bands
have received superior ratings in
District and State competitions,
while also putting on highly
sucessful concerts, as has the
Jazz Band also.
To top things off, last Novem-
ber the Marching Band was one
of only twelve bands selected to
participate in the highly pres-
tigious Macy's Thanksgiving Day
student opinion
Student urges aid for contras
by Jay Fitton
On April 15, the U.S. House
of Representatives will again be-
gin debating President Reagan's
proposed $100 million aid pro-
gram for the Nicaraguan con-
tras fighting the Communist San-
danista regime.
This is the second time in
less than a month that the mem-
bers of the House have considered
the plan. This is due to the
fact that on March 20, they
rejected the aid program on
the basis that they felt we hadn't
yet exhausted our negotiating
capabilities. The following week,
photo courtesy of Mark Meisel
form and played for the crowd
"Take the 'A' Train," "Mala-
Parade in New York City in front
of an estimated audience of
30 million people nationwide.
A certain lack of recognition
is t o be expected, of course, be-
cause ours is a sports-oriented
society. Most people under-
standably find the football team
a more glamorous organization.
Yet an occurrence has taken
place which forces the band t o
no longer take this treatment
placidly with a half-hearted
smile. .
two important events occurred.
First the issue moved on to the
Senate where it won approval.
Then, the Sandanistas invaded
neighboring Honduras in an at-
tempt to attack contra camps
there. Hopefully, the House
will learn from both of these
events and approve the bill.
The opponents of the bilI
(most notably Representative Jim
Sassan, a Democrat from Tennes-
see) charge that the aid package
is premature. They feel that we
see CONTRAS, p. 10
- 3
Page
andthetraditiona14T,eMeout
t o the Ball Game." The sellout
crowd was "the mos: people
we have been able t o see while
playing," commented Mr. Steve
Strider, the band's director. The
band then stayed and watched
the rest of the game from the
stadium club.
The Opening Day game brings
back memories for Mr. Strider
since he played in a band at
Pete Rose's first game. He
responded to the experience as
being "fun and educational," as
it was for the band. He called
the band's playing a "contri-
bution to the tradition of the
Cincinnati community on be-
half of the school."
On the band's schedule in the
future are a Jazz festival on A-
pril 26 that the Jazz band will be
performing in and another spring
concert with special guest Vinnic
DiMartino on May 13.
For years, the Roger Bacon
High School Marching Band has
been the band in Cincinnati.
They were invited to be the
featured band in the Reds'
Opening Day Parade almost as
consistently as the Reds them-
selves every year. But this year,
the Indian Hill Band has unseated
them and was invited to lead the
Parade and perform before the
game inside Riverfront Stadium,
to a capacity crowd of 60,000,
see BAND, p. 10
news shorts
Sophomore Margie Brice has
had a piece of artwork accepted
into the Blue Chip Art Show
downtown. Brice's piece was a
montage reflecting various as-
pects of the city of Cincinnati.
H p work is on display at the
Central Trust Tower.
Indian Hill's production of
"A Little Something for the
Ducks" has been selected t o
represent the Ohio Theater
Alliance (OTA) in the Ohio
Alliance for Arts Education
"Information Exchange" on
April 26.
The program is held annual-
ly t o present outstanding exam-
ples from each of the artistic
fields t o educatorssJrom all over
the state.
r - - . ,,I 1 , .
 April 11, 1986 CHIEFTAIN
Page 4 CHIEFTAIN
- . April 11, 1986
disc review
Ch 4. teacher )ur abil-
ity to learn or to enjoy the sub 'Pretty in Pink' blends funk with punk
It- I system by Dave Foy a new band, Belouis Some v a y band, add to the positive side of man turn bad." This line repres-
ents the tone of the final song.
Being a student at a school find a place in the hearts of teens this album with "Bring On the
Dancing Horse." With their tre- All in all, Pretty in Pink
that is musically lead by Led Zep- who like the funk-rock sound
1. How long a o you stuay eacn clay'! 5 . Would Llalisfer WuL wr 'lass due to
y "u a they produce. mendous vocals and their own scores high on teens' lists. The
plin and Genesis, I was some-
44% 15-3 persona11conflic;t with :I teache what skeptical about writing The following song is from style of music, Echo proves to album introduces teens to "New
be very effective with this song. Music," while also containing
6% 30 mi 77% ye!S ?is review. The Pretty inPlnk another new, unheard of band.
Ending side two is The Smiths, a funky-bop style that any kid
33% 1-2 f soundrack offers something very The Danny Hutton Hitters do a
23% no remake of the Nick Kreshaw probably my favorite band. can dance to. So the next time
different from Led and Phil
1: Collins. I t offers a heavily En- song called "Wouldn't it be "Please Please Please Let Me you play to buy Led Zepplfn
5: Get What I Want," a previously 4, think again, and try something
What dc3es Indian Hill offer you? glish-influenced "New Music." Good.'' The Hitters use syn-
released song, is a beautifully different; you might be glad that
2na -10 The album opens with "If thesizers to replace Kershaw's
J V I O w n t v of varied and challenrring courses depressing song about a man who you did.
V- V
You Leave," a heavily synthe- guitars. I find the vocals an-
2. If you have a study hall, how do you use it:, adequa;te curric noyingly high pitched, but this
is down on his luck. Morrisey's
sized tune from Orchestral Man-
10% to read a magazine or other non-school voice emotionally whines out the
2 opporitunity tc3 diversjify euvers in the Dark (OMD). This might stem from my liking, of
lyrics to a beautifuly 12-string
material m:,, ,
,-----I--
-I
L-/Oa Y L I I I L I I ~~ u u r st lual
: duo blends a disco new-wave Kershaw's voice in the original.
guitar accompaniment. 'The
rhythm with an electronic melody Echo and the Bunnymen, a
10% to re 52% nabt a bad ired with other French-based English speaking lucks I've had can make a good
to produce a technological love
1% to stu high slchools song, revolving around the lead
1 49% to do actual homework that is usually singer's plea for his love not
to leave him.
due to ;i teache x t perio 7. Do yoc1 have .to "brown-nost A striking contrast to OMD,
15% other grades f:iere? Suzanne Vega, a new folk singer
15%have no stud y L llUlL 93% ve: akin to Rickie Lee Jones, cuts
"Left of Center." "Left'' is a
great song about being different
'here do you lea.m more
.
I
frorii everyone else. This is a
"wmter is so cold cnw vtta
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O. I ilt; aiI1iusvllt:rt: at IH is; catchy tune with an impressive J
*
James h
*
49% at home studying 2% to le piano solo from Joe Jackson ("Is
I She Really Going Out With
54% t o ,get goo( grades Him? '7
letter from SG 28% to+,~, G tV,LY. Next is "Get to Know Yawby 'Ine volld still under the tangled weeplng wluow,
14% to enjoy "the best years of your life" :er murE;y but firesh in an odd v
3 b elect~onsupcoming Jesse Johnson. The former
guitarist from The Time adds his
)nee extended ilnto warm water
included in the price of the ticket money for the poor in America. brand of funk to the album
r chilly ..-.--,
A few changes have taken courage more people to run for an ,,,*,J -1
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place in Student Government in office. which is $50 per couple. Sharp I t will be held on May 25. Fur- featuring a heavy drum beat and ~ Y O WU C C ~ ~ W

the past two weeks.
Mr. Schneider has taken over
Mr. Dowlings's position of advi-
sor, and I am filling in for Brad
Smith, president, and Scott Voss,
vice-president since they are on
Senior Search.
Other important dates this
spring are May 2, Music Fest, and
May 17, Prom. Prom will be held
at the Westin and dinner will be
movie review
will be the band. Most recently ther h f ~ r m a t i o nwill be available a strong bass line. rubs hi1s eyes, :
we have received information in the next few weeks- INXS adds to this funky )ck speeding to\~ a r thed
Sincerely, aura with "Do Wot You Do,"
about "Hands Across America,"
a typical INXS song with funky
-
a program designed
- to raise Shari Zesch
drumming and banging guitar :after ri
riffs. Very popular, and very low app . wire, n o leaves,
danceable. - f-11--

Hanks, Long get lemon in 'Money Pit'

UUWIL,
During the last week Mr. Gel- Ending side one is the title . -4.

lert, Mr. Schneider, and I have dis-
cussed the spring events and have
set the dates for SG elections and
by Kevin Walzer
Any time a $1 million house
sight-oriented, relying on extend-
ed sequences of slapstick. The
"Cheers," but there she has far
-better writers. Here she is not
track from the movie, "Pretty in N rest dlown berieath in still grif
Pink," sung by the English band bird's sc3ng pierced the sky,
The Psychedelic Furs. Richard
JU3L a f-: A #.*a ntnrn
3 L W L,

the student-teacher blood drive.
Here are the events for April:
15-SG president and vice-presi-
dent petitions available.
21 petitions due.
29 Class officers petitions
available.
May events:
is on sale for $200,000, questions
should rise. Why is the owner
willing to lose 415 of the house's
value?
In the case of The Money
Pit, the owner needs capital to,
support her Nazi husband, who is
being extradited to Israel for war
result is a film that is only te-
diously amusing, and totally lack-
ing in depth.
That's too bad, too, because
director Richard Benjamin had
such a good premise to work
with. All the elements for a
classy, funny film were there-
given sufficient material to make
her character, a Yuppie cohabi-
tating with Hanks, properly
sophisticated and intelligent. We
are merely given hints: she is
a talented violinist, and a fairly
passionate one. But that's all
we learn; she has a hint of a
Butler's scruffy voice is appealing,
his strong English accent very d fingers whikkiing through the
apparent. By combining a strong ung boy again Fifts his zEm,
drum line with a guitar and an
ever-present horn section, the
Furs have scored a hit. Spla:sh, Gnkjmg to its grave, compan
Opening dde two is one of my The SUII is shor-test in this day,
C," ,L,
favorite new wave bands, New L "1 altr; uv a +
LO a winter's eve
'LASX7rn

Order. New Order uses a strong

2 SG president and vice-presi-
dent elections.
5 Class officer petitions due.
13 Class officer election.
14 Student-teacher
drive.
15 SG representative peti-
tions available.
crimes. Or so stars Tom Hanks
and Shelley Long are told. Ac-
tually, the house is falling a-
part-in every way possible. It's
blood a pure "lemon"; Hanks says
halfway through the film, "This
will be a great house-once we
peel the rind off."
a romantic triangle involving
Hanks, Long and dancer Alex-
ander Goudenov, playing an ego-
tistical music conductor;
crackerjack comic duo in Long
and Hanks; and the obvious
humor involved in the falling-
character.
disco beat with a multi-synthes-
Dark el4ouds, a .
Hanks is a good physical com-
ized melody in "Shell-Shock." The :young n
edian, and does well in some of ,,,:+L a w,,Lng willow stick
a New Order adds another taste of n %lranfii
the film's funnier slapstick
electric new wave to this record.
scenes (a collapsing, stair- Very danceable and lovers of
Snap, asI ;he mig drifts
case is one example). But he
keyboards will like this one. The bo:y standsi wind a1cross hi:
is totally incongruous with the
Following New Order is a new 0 2 1 1 1-.-I>:-,
31;Ill I
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20 SG representative petitions
due.
23 SG representative elections.
Remember everyone is eligible
.
.to participate in SG, and we en-
The combination of two su-
perb comics as Hanks and Long
offers great possibilities, but The
Money Pit disappoints. The hu-
mor in this comedy is strictly
apart house. Unfortunately, the
romance is underdeveloped, Long
is never allowed to showcase her
witty comedic style, and the slap-
stick is overdone.
Long is simply excellent on
more subdued Long, and the res-
I ult is a lack of unity which un-
dermines their romantic rela-
tionship.
see PIT, p. 6
U
group called Belouis Some. :ould throw,
"Round Round" is from the
that stone nco hand {
INXS genre, with funky drums
and electric guitars mixing with
keyboards. Although relatively
April 11,1986
senior sketch
Dori's summer spent modeling in Paris a b r o a d
by Davis Griffin
During third period at 10:00,
Dori Sanders can be seen model-
ing on the Sally Raphael show on
channel 5. The St. Louis program
provided Dori with $25 0 for only
three hours work. How has this
exotic blonde usually dressed
in jet black found her way into a
modeling career?
Before we answer that ques-
tion, let's look at how she made
her way to Indian Hill. Dori
used to live near Honolulu
prior to second grade. She then
moved from paradise to Cin-
cinnati. Here she remained until
the sixth grade when she moved
back to Haiwaii to live with her
father. She described the at-
mosphere as "laid back. During
surf season everybody skipped
school and headed for the
beach." Truancy was so wide-
spread that they had to make a
special surf season law for stu-
dents on the beach.
In ninth grade, Dori once
again parted from Hawaii's beach-
es and came back to chilly
Cincinnati. A family friend who
senior sketch
~ ~ adapts
b -to
by Tom Taylor
~ life
kin America
"Rush, Rush, Rush."
These words are Babak Kadi-
vat's reaction when asked about
what he wants to say in his
sketch. The Canadian rock group
is Babak's first and most notable
interest.
"They're about the only group
I listen to, " he explains. "They
make sense. There's so much
meaning in their songs.
"They don't put on make-up
like Boy George does to get at-
tention. They don't need to be-
cause their music is good."
Indeed, Babak may have some-
what of a preoccupation with the
group. He explains that other
people may become angry with
him because of it. "People will
tell me, 'Oh shut-up, you talk so
much about Rush." Even Babak's
English journal is filled primarily
with entries about the group and
its songs.
Babak recently attended the
group's concert here in Cincin-
nati. "It was great," is all he can
seem to say about the event.
"They're cool," he speaks softly
CHIEFTAIN
was also an amateur photograph-
er took a few pictures of Dori
and urged her to take some
modeling classes downtown. Her
first job is ironically similar to
her latest. Dori's hair dresser,
Terry Carr, asked her to model
her Hair Surgeons haircut. "They
still. have my picture on the wall
at Hair Surgeons," recalls Dori
as her eyes glance upward.
Dori soon had avertisements
in Seventeen's local inserts. She
also modeled back-to-school
clothes with Austinbussy Photo-
graphy for local companies such
as McAlpin's and Shillito's.
Then one day, Dori was
a$ed by the John Casablanca
Agency to drive to Louisville
to meet with two agents, one
from Paris and one from New
York. When she reached the
place another model came out of
the building door saying she was photo by Patrick Rouchon
going to Paris. Dori entered the Dori daydreams about the upcoming evening in the city of lights.
building where inside sat a mum- "He made me take off my lip- ient for Dori to go to Paris. An
bling Frenchman named Claude stick. When I came out of the astonished Sanders was on her
and a domineering New Yorker dressing room Claude said 'tres way.
named Doug. "Doug took bonne.' " The agents then see DOR 1, p. 6
control as always," says Dori. asked if it would be inconven-
Babak comments. His peers cer-
tai~ydidtakeadvantageofhis
. lanmape
u " difficulties. For exam-
'ple, they would coax him into
asking people embarrassing ques-
tions which he did not understand
the meaning of.
In addition, Babak was often
pestered by others who asked him
demeaning questions. "People
would ask me stupid questions
like, 'Does your dad own a cam-
el?' " he states.
"There isn't that much differ-
ence [between the US and Iran].
Of course, you have to expect
some differences between the US
and a 'third-world country,' but
it's not like everyone is shooting
each other or we own a camel.
photo by Stratton Moraites "It bothers me that people
Besides Rush, one of Babak's main interests is raiding the refrigerator. think I'm an 'Arab.' Iranians are
to himself. Iran and Iraq. Their parents are Persians. I am not an Arab," he
Babak is originally from Iran. still living in Iran, as they must do says semi-seriously.
He first visited the United States so, and can only visit the US oc- "It also bugs me," he contin-
for a short time in 1976, and then casionally. ues, "when people call me 'that
again in 1978. He and his bro- Babak claims he experienced a foreign guy' or that 'Iranian.' I'd
ther, Ramin, came back to Amer- great deal of culture shock when rather that people would call me
ica again in 1983, and stayed here he first began to live here. Langu- by my name."
in Indian Hill permanently with age probleins, the losing of old Despite the difficulties, Babak
their aunt and uncle. Babak and friends, and the making of new has still managed t o adapt to his
Ramin cannot return to Iran be- friends were some of the most ob- new home. "Things were better
cause they would be sent into bat- vious difficulties he faced.
see BABAK, p. 6
tle in the current war between "Everything was 'uncool,' "
Page 6
~ o m o k o ' snever seen beaches like Siesta Key
beyond the
rising sun
with Tomoko Yamabe
Hi! How was your spring
break? Mine was great. I went to
Siesta Key, Florida. There, I saw
the beautiful long beach and
white sand. I had never been to a
beach like that before. There is a
famous beach called "Sho-nan"
near Tokyo. I went there every
summer, but that's awful. The
beach is too small and there are
too many people. There's no
space.
The beach is filled with people
in the summer time. The sand
isn't white like the one in Florida.
Oh, I noticed one thing in Flori-
da. The shoes, so-called "Zoris"
came from Japan. "Zori" is a
Japanese word. Did you know
that?
On the way back, we went to
Disney World and Epcot Center.
Since I've been t o Tokyo Disney
Land, I was excited to compare
them. And I found out the fact
that the Tokyo Disney Land is a
little bigger than Disney World.
Basically, the places of every
single pavillion are the same. The
only major difference is language.
In Disney World, everything was
in English and Spanish, but it's in
Japanese and English in Japan.
And there are lots of Mexicans
there: In Tokyo, there are a lot
of Korean people or maybe
Chinese-I can't really tell-in-
stead. Epcot Center was good. I
especially liked the World Show-
case.
It has been nice weather re-
cently and the flowers started
blooming. In Japan, school year
starts in April, and there are
cherry blossoms everywhere. I
saw some beautiful cherry blos-
soms in North Carolina. That
reminded me of the beautiful
street which is full of cherry
blossoms every spring near my
house. In Japan, cherry blos-
soms are the symbol of spring and
freshmen (since it's the season
of the new year). It's the Japa-
nese national flower. I believe
CHIEFTAIN April
- 11, 1986
all of you know about the famous
cherry trees sent by Japan to
Boston.
Japanese high school students'
vacation (or break) isn't as much
fun as here. Most of the sports
activities have practices during
vacation (and break). Many kids
go to a private cram school called
"jyuku." I haven't been there;
they go there all morning or
evening (sometimes both) for
10 days or so.
There are varjous courses avail-
able. And they go there either to
make up for and catch up with
the other kids, or to prepare for
college entrance examination.
Of course many kids go on trips,
find a job and work, but it's
kind of different from here.
Last spring, I went skiing with
six of my good friends, but since
it costs a lot of money to go on
trips, not so many kids go by
themselves. Summer jobs are
naru, roo. For example, I was
a waitress at a restaraunt the
summer before, but they paid
only $2.00 per hour. In addition,
there's no custom to tip in Jap-
an. So I had to keep moving
from table to table, carry all
those heavy plates, water, walk
around with coffee, and still, photo courtesy of Tomoko Yamabe.
I got only $2.00 an hour.. Tomoko pauses before hitting the Siesta beaches.
Bubbly Babak finds senior year 'peachy'
much easier for me, math, for probably go to California for pre-
BABAK, from p. 5 example." Government is un- optometry college and then op-
by junior year, and senior year, doubtedly Babak's weakest class. tometry college. He claims he
almost everything is 'peachy,' " "I hate government," he com- basically wants t o do this for the
Babak says in a characteristic bub- ments. money. "If I wasn't going into
bly fashion. "Especially after I Babak is currently working at optometry for the money, I pro-
saw Rush in concert." Kings Island where he sells beer. bably would have wanted to be a
As for school: "School is easi- "They made me shave my beard. veterinarian," he comments. "I
er here than in Iran," he claims, I t was a pain t o shave. I had to like all kinds of pets except
' "but the language makes it more shave three times," he mutters. snakes. They scare me."
difficult for me. Courses that "It was painful"
don't involve a lot of language are For the future, Babak will
Aside from modeling, Dori
frequented nightclubs, meeting
PIT, from p. 4 many Frenchmen. Her most
Goudenov is cast well as one very much like the house memorable was an older man
Long's conceited ex-husband, but Long and Hanks encounter: it's who drove a black Porsche.
he, too, is let down by the script; a lemon. "We used to go out to dinner, go
he is not made sufficiently arro- dancing, and once we even went
gant to create tension between rowing. The French know every
himself and the other too. What DORI, from p. 5 line in the book," says Don.
should have been a serious Dori moved into a Paris Last October, the Paris rues
storyline relieved by humor is apartment with four girls and were left behind for the streets
shirked and forced, and totally a "booker," who made appoint- of Cincinnati. Today Dori goes
unconvincing. ments for the models. Even to night school for U.S. Govern-
In previews of The Money though the other models were ment and, as I said, continues t o
Pit, the classical music score and "out for blood," Dori had a modeL If you haven't talked t o
Long's name suggest that this is great time. Dori" photos were her before, do. Don is an ex
an elegant spoof of Yuppie home in Elle, Votre Beaute, Janlent, tremely independent person with
renovation, but the product is and 100 Ideas. many fascinating stories to tell.
 April 11, 1986 CHIEFTAIN
Page 4 CHIEFTAIN
- . April 11, 1986
disc review
Ch 4. teacher )ur abil-
ity to learn or to enjoy the sub 'Pretty in Pink' blends funk with punk
It- I system by Dave Foy a new band, Belouis Some v a y band, add to the positive side of man turn bad." This line repres-
ents the tone of the final song.
Being a student at a school find a place in the hearts of teens this album with "Bring On the
Dancing Horse." With their tre- All in all, Pretty in Pink
that is musically lead by Led Zep- who like the funk-rock sound
1. How long a o you stuay eacn clay'! 5 . Would Llalisfer WuL wr 'lass due to
y "u a they produce. mendous vocals and their own scores high on teens' lists. The
plin and Genesis, I was some-
44% 15-3 persona11conflic;t with :I teache what skeptical about writing The following song is from style of music, Echo proves to album introduces teens to "New
be very effective with this song. Music," while also containing
6% 30 mi 77% ye!S ?is review. The Pretty inPlnk another new, unheard of band.
Ending side two is The Smiths, a funky-bop style that any kid
33% 1-2 f soundrack offers something very The Danny Hutton Hitters do a
23% no remake of the Nick Kreshaw probably my favorite band. can dance to. So the next time
different from Led and Phil
1: Collins. I t offers a heavily En- song called "Wouldn't it be "Please Please Please Let Me you play to buy Led Zepplfn
5: Get What I Want," a previously 4, think again, and try something
What dc3es Indian Hill offer you? glish-influenced "New Music." Good.'' The Hitters use syn-
released song, is a beautifully different; you might be glad that
2na -10 The album opens with "If thesizers to replace Kershaw's
J V I O w n t v of varied and challenrring courses depressing song about a man who you did.
V- V
You Leave," a heavily synthe- guitars. I find the vocals an-
2. If you have a study hall, how do you use it:, adequa;te curric noyingly high pitched, but this
is down on his luck. Morrisey's
sized tune from Orchestral Man-
10% to read a magazine or other non-school voice emotionally whines out the
2 opporitunity tc3 diversjify euvers in the Dark (OMD). This might stem from my liking, of
lyrics to a beautifuly 12-string
material m:,, ,
,-----I--
-I
L-/Oa Y L I I I L I I ~~ u u r st lual
: duo blends a disco new-wave Kershaw's voice in the original.
guitar accompaniment. 'The
rhythm with an electronic melody Echo and the Bunnymen, a
10% to re 52% nabt a bad ired with other French-based English speaking lucks I've had can make a good
to produce a technological love
1% to stu high slchools song, revolving around the lead
1 49% to do actual homework that is usually singer's plea for his love not
to leave him.
due to ;i teache x t perio 7. Do yoc1 have .to "brown-nost A striking contrast to OMD,
15% other grades f:iere? Suzanne Vega, a new folk singer
15%have no stud y L llUlL 93% ve: akin to Rickie Lee Jones, cuts
"Left of Center." "Left'' is a
great song about being different
'here do you lea.m more
.
I
frorii everyone else. This is a
"wmter is so cold cnw vtta
. A .

5 iyo III cclt,,

2 CC
O. I ilt; aiI1iusvllt:rt: at IH is; catchy tune with an impressive J
*
James h
*
49% at home studying 2% to le piano solo from Joe Jackson ("Is
I She Really Going Out With
54% t o ,get goo( grades Him? '7
letter from SG 28% to+,~, G tV,LY. Next is "Get to Know Yawby 'Ine volld still under the tangled weeplng wluow,
14% to enjoy "the best years of your life" :er murE;y but firesh in an odd v
3 b elect~onsupcoming Jesse Johnson. The former
guitarist from The Time adds his
)nee extended ilnto warm water
included in the price of the ticket money for the poor in America. brand of funk to the album
r chilly ..-.--,
A few changes have taken courage more people to run for an ,,,*,J -1
~ ~ 1 p C I U~InK d e her
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place in Student Government in office. which is $50 per couple. Sharp I t will be held on May 25. Fur- featuring a heavy drum beat and ~ Y O WU C C ~ ~ W

the past two weeks.
Mr. Schneider has taken over
Mr. Dowlings's position of advi-
sor, and I am filling in for Brad
Smith, president, and Scott Voss,
vice-president since they are on
Senior Search.
Other important dates this
spring are May 2, Music Fest, and
May 17, Prom. Prom will be held
at the Westin and dinner will be
movie review
will be the band. Most recently ther h f ~ r m a t i o nwill be available a strong bass line. rubs hi1s eyes, :
we have received information in the next few weeks- INXS adds to this funky )ck speeding to\~ a r thed
Sincerely, aura with "Do Wot You Do,"
about "Hands Across America,"
a typical INXS song with funky
-
a program designed
- to raise Shari Zesch
drumming and banging guitar :after ri
riffs. Very popular, and very low app . wire, n o leaves,
danceable. - f-11--

Hanks, Long get lemon in 'Money Pit'

UUWIL,
During the last week Mr. Gel- Ending side one is the title . -4.

lert, Mr. Schneider, and I have dis-
cussed the spring events and have
set the dates for SG elections and
by Kevin Walzer
Any time a $1 million house
sight-oriented, relying on extend-
ed sequences of slapstick. The
"Cheers," but there she has far
-better writers. Here she is not
track from the movie, "Pretty in N rest dlown berieath in still grif
Pink," sung by the English band bird's sc3ng pierced the sky,
The Psychedelic Furs. Richard
JU3L a f-: A #.*a ntnrn
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the student-teacher blood drive.
Here are the events for April:
15-SG president and vice-presi-
dent petitions available.
21 petitions due.
29 Class officers petitions
available.
May events:
is on sale for $200,000, questions
should rise. Why is the owner
willing to lose 415 of the house's
value?
In the case of The Money
Pit, the owner needs capital to,
support her Nazi husband, who is
being extradited to Israel for war
result is a film that is only te-
diously amusing, and totally lack-
ing in depth.
That's too bad, too, because
director Richard Benjamin had
such a good premise to work
with. All the elements for a
classy, funny film were there-
given sufficient material to make
her character, a Yuppie cohabi-
tating with Hanks, properly
sophisticated and intelligent. We
are merely given hints: she is
a talented violinist, and a fairly
passionate one. But that's all
we learn; she has a hint of a
Butler's scruffy voice is appealing,
his strong English accent very d fingers whikkiing through the
apparent. By combining a strong ung boy again Fifts his zEm,
drum line with a guitar and an
ever-present horn section, the
Furs have scored a hit. Spla:sh, Gnkjmg to its grave, compan
Opening dde two is one of my The SUII is shor-test in this day,
C," ,L,
favorite new wave bands, New L "1 altr; uv a +
LO a winter's eve
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Order. New Order uses a strong

2 SG president and vice-presi-
dent elections.
5 Class officer petitions due.
13 Class officer election.
14 Student-teacher
drive.
15 SG representative peti-
tions available.
crimes. Or so stars Tom Hanks
and Shelley Long are told. Ac-
tually, the house is falling a-
part-in every way possible. It's
blood a pure "lemon"; Hanks says
halfway through the film, "This
will be a great house-once we
peel the rind off."
a romantic triangle involving
Hanks, Long and dancer Alex-
ander Goudenov, playing an ego-
tistical music conductor;
crackerjack comic duo in Long
and Hanks; and the obvious
humor involved in the falling-
character.
disco beat with a multi-synthes-
Dark el4ouds, a .
Hanks is a good physical com-
ized melody in "Shell-Shock." The :young n
edian, and does well in some of ,,,:+L a w,,Lng willow stick
a New Order adds another taste of n %lranfii
the film's funnier slapstick
electric new wave to this record.
scenes (a collapsing, stair- Very danceable and lovers of
Snap, asI ;he mig drifts
case is one example). But he
keyboards will like this one. The bo:y standsi wind a1cross hi:
is totally incongruous with the
Following New Order is a new 0 2 1 1 1-.-I>:-,
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20 SG representative petitions
due.
23 SG representative elections.
Remember everyone is eligible
.
.to participate in SG, and we en-
The combination of two su-
perb comics as Hanks and Long
offers great possibilities, but The
Money Pit disappoints. The hu-
mor in this comedy is strictly
apart house. Unfortunately, the
romance is underdeveloped, Long
is never allowed to showcase her
witty comedic style, and the slap-
stick is overdone.
Long is simply excellent on
more subdued Long, and the res-
I ult is a lack of unity which un-
dermines their romantic rela-
tionship.
see PIT, p. 6
U
group called Belouis Some. :ould throw,
"Round Round" is from the
that stone nco hand {
INXS genre, with funky drums
and electric guitars mixing with
keyboards. Although relatively
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Varsity tennis awaits crucial matches
by Chris Kempczinski
The varsity boys tennis team
is barnstorming into the 86' seas-
on with the sort of assuredness
which is characteristic of state
champions. After early predic-
tions of perhaps a 22-0 or 22-1
season, the the team's play has
done little to assuage such opti-
mism.
Against league foe Reading,
the Braves smashed their oppon-
ents for a humiliating 60 game
victory. "Basically (we) knew
that we were going to win,"
said junior Bruno Darre, so the
margin wasn't really any big
surprise.
However, the squad faced a
much more formidable test a-
gainst Cincinnati Country Day.
As the first round in the state
qualification process, the match
was a pivotal clash between two
tennis titans. Said James Granger,
"We knew that they had Vijay
Sud and Scott Stearn (as no. 1
and no. 2 singles respectively)"
and to win it really "came down
to how well Richard (Kassar)
played."
Fortunately for the Braves,
the promising young freshman
performed with the poise remini-
scent of an Andy Tucker, and
won quite handily, 6-2, 6-1.
However, the team's path to
victory was shrouded by two con-
siderable obstacles. Senior Tuck-
er, acknowledged by some to be
the premier player in the city,
dropped a heartbreaker in the
third set to Sud. "Andy's match
really could have gone either way,
at one time he was within a point
of winning the match," comment-
Sauaws lookina
I u f o r w a r d to upcoming meets
by Chris Kempczinski
The girls track team is already
showing signs of a strong con-
tender within the league. Said
Coach Garwood, "We should be
in the top three or four" which
would be a marked improvement
from last year.
In Tuesday's CHL relay, the
team posted several strong finish-
es, highlighted by the first place
showing in the high jump. Junior
Molly Higgins, regarded as the
team's best high jumper, combin-
ed several strong contributions.
Against Deer Park in the first
meet of the season, the team rat-
ed to an 84-44 finish behind the
performance of Lynn Stanforth,
who was first in the mile, and
Karina Baldwin in the 800. But
CHIEFTAIN
ed younger brother Lee, however,
his inability to convert ultimate-
ly spelled his doom.
Lee was another unfortunate
victim of the strong Country Day
team, losing 4-6, 6-2, 6-0. "In the
first set my approach was good
(but as the match wore on) ...
my serve became inconsistent and
(Stearn) started to pass me."
The decisive play of doubles
teams, Matt Santen-Mark Wishard
and Bruno Darre-James Granger
save, what at one point, was a
questionable victory. "I thought
that we'd win," said an enthu-
siastic Darre, and a 6-0, 6-1 win
by Santen-Wishard sealed the In-
dian's fate.
The team enjoyed a much
more comfortable encounter with
Moeller following the tough 3-2
victory over Country Day. View-
ed as just another preparatory
match, the team had little trouble
disposing of the hapless Crusaders
5-0.
Coach Dave Swisher exercised
the team's depth and cast Neely
Mack and Matt Steward in the
unaccustomed doubles role of
no. 1 and no. 2 respectively a-
gainst Loveland. Obviously one
af the team's easier opponents,
the elder Tucker was the only
plyaer "really pushed."
Against an impressive Mark
Teiss, Tucker received a bene-
ficial tune-up for some of the
more critical matches in the up-
coming season. For while Tucker
"was expected to win," Teiss lost
a close 6-4, 7-6 match which
highlighted Tucker's "exper-
ience."
perhaps the most encouraging
aspect of the meet, said Paula ever important Reading Invita-
Lyon, "Was that so many people
placed close to their all-time
bests."
One sour note for the Squaws,
has been the injuries which have
struck down three key runners. der Coach Kathy Barton, has be-
Sprinter Lee Baumes has been gun their season with an unusual-
plagued with a nagging muscle ly slow start. Falling to Elder,
strain while Kathy Ott and Marin Country Day, and Sycamore, the
Schinn are both out with leg in- team hopes to put an end to this
juries.
However, with their expected
return, Garwood anticipates even ed the season with their first loss
bigger and better finishes. "Track to Elder, 0-5 and showed slight
is not something that just hap- improvement the next day de-
pens, you have t o build upon it," spite losing to Country Day 2-3.
a task which the Squaws seem
. well-equipped to tackle.
Commented Granger, "Most
of our really tough matches don't
come until the end of April and
the beginning of May so these are
matches which are (really just)
Matt Santen is about to unleash his winning serve during a recent
tennis practice.
The Squaws' next meet is the
JV
hop es to reverse losses
by Ben Nemo
The JV boys tennis team, un-
losing skid.
Last Tuesday, the team open-
Victors in the Cou.ntry Day
match were no. 2 singles player
April 11, 1986
getting us ready." Undoubtedly
with a 4-0 mark, few will question
the team's preparedness as it sets
to take on powerhouses like Wal-
nut Hills and C e n t e ~ f l e .
photo by Stratton Moraites
tional, scheduled for
Saturday.
Jeff Cook and no. 1 doubles
comprised of Dobbs Ackerman
and Ben Nemo.
The team's most recent loss
came against Sycamore this
Tuesday despite many match-
.es going to three sets.
Although faced with three
losses, Barton remains optimistic.
"I really feel great about the guys
and their present performance
level. They are improving with
each match and I am looking for-
ward to a *ning teames'' *.
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April 11, 1986
Marchinqby Jamie Winget
-
Finishing off a quite mem-
orable marching season, the
award-winning IHHS marching
Braves took to the astroturf
Monday, with their involvement
in the Opening Day ceremo-
nies.
Since the Cincinnati Reds
open the entire baseball season,
this performance was the band's
second nationwide TV broadcast
this year, and their first appear-
ance in Riverfront Stadium since
Earl Snapp led the band through
Bengals' games.
The day started off with the
traditional Opening Day Parade
starting at Findlay Market. The
Braves were the second of five
bands in the lineup including
Elder, Belleview, and East Cen-
tral from Indiana. The mile and
a half route ended at the sta-
dium where the band prepared
for its performance inside. The
Braves had the honor of being
student opinion
Band deserves more fanfare
by Benjy Cook
For too long a period of time,
there has been one department of
this school that has gone thank-
less. It is a department which
has brought 1ndia; Hill city-wide,
state-wide, and even nation-wide
prestige.
Its nearly undefeated record
over 'the past few years over-
shadows the accomplishments of
nearly every sports team at Indian
Hill, yet its success is merely
scoffed at by most of the stu-
dent body and practically ig-
nored by the administration.
"The Indian Hill band is the
this
best in Ohio," remarked Marge
Schott in reference to the band's
then-fu ture performance at River-
front Stadium Monday, April 7,
yet unfortunately it is the In-
dian Hill school itself that has
not recognized this.
When Mr. Steve Strider took
over the band in 1982, it was in
a rather pitiful state. But this
only makes the band's rise even
more spectacular. Mr. Strider
gave the band a goal, a definition,
and taught its members to work
together, in the same sense as
a football team.
Since October of 1983, the
Indian Hill Marching Band has
won the Grand Championship of
--
4 out of 5 competitions, each
CHIEFTAIN
Band opens for Reds
Reds' owner Marge Schott (center) dropped by on the band during
a practice session prior to the Opening Day Parade. Drum Majors
Rob Nichols and Teni Wayne (far left and right) led the band through
the parade. Teachers Joe Gaudio and Steve Strider (left and right
of Schott) were pleased with the performance.
the only band performing.
After warming up the band
marched out on the field in top guena," "This Is My Country,"
of which included at least a
dozen other bands, some twice as
large as our own. Both the
Marching and Symphonic Bands
have received superior ratings in
District and State competitions,
while also putting on highly
sucessful concerts, as has the
Jazz Band also.
To top things off, last Novem-
ber the Marching Band was one
of only twelve bands selected to
participate in the highly pres-
tigious Macy's Thanksgiving Day
student opinion
Student urges aid for contras
by Jay Fitton
On April 15, the U.S. House
of Representatives will again be-
gin debating President Reagan's
proposed $100 million aid pro-
gram for the Nicaraguan con-
tras fighting the Communist San-
danista regime.
This is the second time in
less than a month that the mem-
bers of the House have considered
the plan. This is due to the
fact that on March 20, they
rejected the aid program on
the basis that they felt we hadn't
yet exhausted our negotiating
capabilities. The following week,
photo courtesy of Mark Meisel
form and played for the crowd
"Take the 'A' Train," "Mala-
Parade in New York City in front
of an estimated audience of
30 million people nationwide.
A certain lack of recognition
is t o be expected, of course, be-
cause ours is a sports-oriented
society. Most people under-
standably find the football team
a more glamorous organization.
Yet an occurrence has taken
place which forces the band t o
no longer take this treatment
placidly with a half-hearted
smile. .
two important events occurred.
First the issue moved on to the
Senate where it won approval.
Then, the Sandanistas invaded
neighboring Honduras in an at-
tempt to attack contra camps
there. Hopefully, the House
will learn from both of these
events and approve the bill.
The opponents of the bilI
(most notably Representative Jim
Sassan, a Democrat from Tennes-
see) charge that the aid package
is premature. They feel that we
see CONTRAS, p. 10
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Page
andthetraditiona14T,eMeout
t o the Ball Game." The sellout
crowd was "the mos: people
we have been able t o see while
playing," commented Mr. Steve
Strider, the band's director. The
band then stayed and watched
the rest of the game from the
stadium club.
The Opening Day game brings
back memories for Mr. Strider
since he played in a band at
Pete Rose's first game. He
responded to the experience as
being "fun and educational," as
it was for the band. He called
the band's playing a "contri-
bution to the tradition of the
Cincinnati community on be-
half of the school."
On the band's schedule in the
future are a Jazz festival on A-
pril 26 that the Jazz band will be
performing in and another spring
concert with special guest Vinnic
DiMartino on May 13.
For years, the Roger Bacon
High School Marching Band has
been the band in Cincinnati.
They were invited to be the
featured band in the Reds'
Opening Day Parade almost as
consistently as the Reds them-
selves every year. But this year,
the Indian Hill Band has unseated
them and was invited to lead the
Parade and perform before the
game inside Riverfront Stadium,
to a capacity crowd of 60,000,
see BAND, p. 10
news shorts
Sophomore Margie Brice has
had a piece of artwork accepted
into the Blue Chip Art Show
downtown. Brice's piece was a
montage reflecting various as-
pects of the city of Cincinnati.
H p work is on display at the
Central Trust Tower.
Indian Hill's production of
"A Little Something for the
Ducks" has been selected t o
represent the Ohio Theater
Alliance (OTA) in the Ohio
Alliance for Arts Education
"Information Exchange" on
April 26.
The program is held annual-
ly t o present outstanding exam-
ples from each of the artistic
fields t o educatorssJrom all over
the state.
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editorial April 11,1986 CHIEFTAIN

' 4 do duue pqode--to ulow i& dtUdU(td LWally-Wompers' undefeated a t 3-0

The school will be holding Educational Records tial.
Bureau (ERB) tests next week for students grades Chieftain realizes that no standardized test is
9-1 1. These tests are the ones that show whether a perfect measure of the person taking it, and we do
, each student is achieving up to academic potential. not agree with the district's pompous trumpeting of
ERB's are almost universally unpopular, but how many students achieve at potential. The ERB
students need to understand that they do serve a statistics are vastly overrated by IH, but they do
purpose. Essentially, they contain sections which serve a practical purpose. Students taking ERB's
test the mathematical and verbal aptitude of a stu- next week should overlook "excellence," and simply
dent (these portions are very similar to the SAT). understand that the tests are measures of how much
The achievement portions are tests of what the they have learned in their various subjects; if stu-
student is studying that year (i.e., algebra, geometry). dents are not learning, changes are made. Ideally,
The aptitude and achievement scores are compared, this would ensure them an improved education.
and if the achievement score is similar to the apti-
Vandalism is usually the work of
tude, the student is said to be achieving at poten- VANDALS, from p. 1
.,iust
- - -a- -few."
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not think 1986 is comparatively
worse in terms of vandalism.
"I wouldn't say it's worse, at
least not yet. You tend t o for-
get [vandalism incidents] as time
goes on." He referred to an at-
tack last year when windows in
the commons building were des-
troyed, and three years ago when
a student splattered paint all o-
ver the boys restroom, as two ex-
amples. However, he aaded,
"There are some you'll never for-
get-like in 1981," when students
cut down all the trees in the flag-
pole circle.
Why must vandalism exist?
I
There are no easy answers to that
by Amy Burroughs
The softball season is now in
full swing and the girls varsity has
gotten off to an excellent start.
Under coach Robert Wessinger,
these "Wally-Wompers" have
posted an impressive' record of
3-0 and Wessinger says he is
"very pleased."
Their season opened at home
last Friday against Withrow. In-
dian Hill led throughout the game
and finished with an 8-1 victory.
Leading hitters were Traci Fink-
lemeier, Shore Beacham, Amy
Burroughs, and Cadi Cucinotta
went 3 for 3. Freshman Stacey
Anderson contributed significant-
ly in the game and was the win-
On the other hand, Gellert ning pitcher allowing no walks.
On Tuesday, the Lady Braves
said, "I think kids should .take
pride in their school, and not battled Loveland in their first
league game of the season.
destroy it. Kids need to care
about their school.'' Trailing 4-0 after the first in-
A positive attitude as opposed ning, the team staged an impres-
sive comeback in the sixth, when
to a negative attitude? "Yes.
they scored eight runs. The squad
There are many different ways
to look at something, and posi- then went on to win 11-6 behind
tively is better than negatively.'' the pitching of Stacey Anderson
Is that attitude possible to who again permitted no one
entirely achieve? Perhaps not, to walk.
but as Gellert himself
said, "Kids need to realiie that
we [the administration, the usual
Braves sweep doubleheader
target of vandalism] care about by Mike Anderson
them and support them."
The varsity baseball Braves
As for the future? Gellert began the 1986 season on a
The defeat of Loveland was a tack to Reading on Mon- to improve their already impres-
critical victory for the Lady day, when they hope @verecord.
Braves because the Tigers are
regarded as a viable contender in
the league championships. Com-
mented Wessinger, "The girls
have worked very hard and win
have to continue this work with
determination in order to secure
another victory against Loveland.
The mental aspect of the game
was handled very well and the
physical errors that have been
made will soon be eliminated
with practice."
On Wednesday the team
traveled to Finnytown to
crush the Wildcats in their
second league victory of
the season. The final score
was 15-2 and the opponent
seemed overwhelmed
the Lady Braves. Sophmore
by a
Kelly Ovington had a grand . -
slam and the winning pitch-
er was Stacey Anderson.
photo by Stratton Moraites
Riding on their string Senior Diane Hancher is just one of many seniors providing leadership
of victories, Coach Wes- this year for Coach Wessinger's varsity softball team. Here she awaits
singer and the team bring an oncoming pitch in league play against Loveland.
their potent hitting at-
Watson, but walks were again
IH's downfall. The same was
true against Loveland.
Tate, for the first time in five second contest, recording a 6-0
shutout. Bethel-Tate batters The Braves seem to be playing
years.
The first game was started were frustrated for most of the better overall than they did in

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question, Gellert feels. "Ob- said, "Are we planning on doing doubtful note. Upon immediate by sophomore Steve Wachs, who afternoon by Cohen's pitching. the beginning of the season,
The Braves could not main- which should enable them to

qodh
viously vandalism is a sign of a
a o& negative attitude, and you're go-
ing to have that attitude at most
The cutting down of trees outside is the most school^."
But venting it in such a des-
recent attack against Indian Hill, and the huctive manner? Gellert does
incident must be criticized as brutal and thought- not feel vandalism at IH is wide-
less. Glue in locks was foolish, but the damage there spread, but isolated. ' y e don't
anything special [about fu-
ture vandalism attacks] ? No."
The option of increasing security
further by hiring night time
guards was brought up, but Gel-
lert quickly dismissed it. "we
don't want to do that; we're
not here to make the school a
return from spring break, the
Braves were thrust into what
they thought to be their first
regular season contest against
Taft.
Although the contest was
indeed only a scrimmage, IH
sumrisindv iumved to an earlv
4 . d - " A
was dominating on the way to
an 11-2 victory. 1H pounded
the Bethel-Tate defense with an
all-around offense which racked
up eleven runs.
Senior Mike Cohen and the
Braves' defense shone in the
rn
tain that momentum in con-
tests earlier this week, losing by
improve upon their current 2-2
record. On the other hand, if
identical 15-6 scores to Loveland their inconsistencies persist, 1986
could be a long year for IH.
and Finneytown. The Braves
did a good job shutting down
Finneytown's formidble Todd
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was reparable; the destruction of trees, on the other 4-0 lead purely by virtue of their
hand. is not.
have grafitti On Our prison."
- superior talent. However, their
week away from baseball came
Dooley expects 'great year'
One must question the rationality of anyone who back to haunt them as the who, despite her inexperience, has the opener, commented, "the
feels that destruction is the most effective means of thoroughly practiced Taft by Molly Poffenberger jumped off to a great start. girls have a lot of potential and
venting anger. Whatever the motivation of the Der- squad diminished the run de- The JV softball team this year Coach Dooley, while losing it should be a great year!''
I --
Chieftain i s written and compsed, printed and sold as an extracur- ficit, took the lead, and clinched is one which will undoubtedly
son or persons responsible for the tree incident, it ricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High school, 6845 Drake benefit from the return of sev-
a 6-4 victory. Coach Jon War-
can be termed at the least childish and immature, at den of the Braves commented, eral players along with an energet-
R d ; ~ ~ " , : ~ ~~ a . 5~~ i~ ~; a ~ ~ 1 - ~ 4Tom ~ ; s : Kevin Walrer;
2 - ~Taylor,
the most insane. .News Editors: James Anderson, Susan Appel. Jeff Currier: Features "There were some good things ic freshman class.
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Editors: Davis Griffin, David Miller; Sports Editor: Chris Kempczin- and some bad ones." In the Squaws only game to
The answer in this particular case is probably ski; Magazine Editors: ROD Seal, Jeff Tuckey; Business Manager: That inconsistency plagued date, the team squared off a-
somewhere between those two extremes. but the -- -
Jamie Winset; Circulation Manager: Arianna Newman; Production
Managers: Arianna Newman, Dan Rosenthaf; Head Photographer: the Braves in subsequent scrim- gainst
last year's
Loveland.
key players
Behindlike
some
Mag-
of
fact remains that vandalism is irresponsibility to the Mariano Fernandez; Photographer: Stratton Moraites; Artist: Kevin mages against Cincinnati Coun-
worst degree. Love; Contributers: A m y Burroughs, Joy Rowe. Molly Poffenberaer, try Day and Columbus Bishop gie Kerr, who hit two triples
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Steve Innis, Mike Anderson, Ben ~ e m o ~, o m o k o ~ ~ a m z i Jay

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b e , Fitton, Ready, in which walks were the and scored two of the eight
A
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student opinion in last issue's Chieftain &fen- Benjy Cook, Jamie Winget, Shari Zesch: Production Staff: S t
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e ~ h anie
Braves' downfall. runs, the squad staged a*
Hug, Tiffany Meyer, Diana Greiner, Elissa Geier, Benjy Cook, Tif-
ded the "adults" involved in the glue incident, but it fany Ferguson, A m y Burroughs, JOY Rowe.
The Braves, however, over- impressive contest. However,
is difficult to term anyone who throws a temocr tan- As its editorial policy, Chieftain strives to both commend what is came those weaknesses last faced with an explosive Tiger -
I
good and encourage correction of what is not. Editorials reflect the Saturday t o notch what undoubt- squad, the Squaws' eight runs
tlUm adult. Vandalism on the scale of the trees opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions from students are edly was the highlight of the fell short and lost 12-8.
attack is a temper tantrum in its worst form. strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and responsibly writ-
young season. The Braves swept An important addition to the photo by Stratton Moraites
ten.
a doubleheader from Bethel- team is freshman lenny ~ ~ t h J ,e m y Bath has done well this year as a SV softball pitcher. - -.
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~ c h w a b 'goes the distance' to
by Steve Innis
This year JV baseball is mark- the distance to pick up the win.
ed by a very strong showing from
underclassmen who are forming
the groundwork for future
championships.
In the season opener, the
Braves defeated Glen Este by an
impressive 11-10 score. Keying
the victory was strong and bal-
anced hitting complemented by
starter Jim Thornton, who pitch-
ed well, and Chuck Yellig who
came in to pick up the win.
On Monday, the Braves open-
ed league play against Loveland
by losing 10-7. Greg Long hit
a homerun and a stroqg late
effort still wasn't enough to
bounce back from a few weak
innings.
Despite this loss the Braves
bounced back after their defeat
to crush Lloyd High in Erlanger
by an incredible 2543 margin. &.-Y* '". . '. .,
The Braves rattled the opposing
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Lloyd to make six pitching chang- Freshmen Steve Innis has been a welcome addition on the mound this year for Coach Argentati.
Boys to b e competive a t Mariemont
by Joy Rowe
The varsity boys' track team
finished surprisingly well in their
first meet against Deer Park, de-
feating them 101-35. Junior Rob
Nichols led the team with four
first place finishes: the 800 m
run, the mile run the high jump,
and as anchor of the mile relay
team.
Coach West pointed out this
versatile athlete's impressive
2:05 in the 800 m run. Other
fnst place finishers were Eric
Edwards in the shot put, Kevin
Love in the discus, Dave Mal-
loy in the long jump, John
Yeager in the 300 hurdles,
and Dave Ahlert in the 3200 m
run.
Coach West commented that
CONTRAS, from p. 3
should attempt more negotiations
with Daniel Ortega, Marxist lead-
er of the Sandanistas. That
sounds very nice; however, we
must remember two things. First,
we have attempted negotiations
with Ortega's government numer-
ous times in the past, each time
with no resolution. Second, it
isn't possible to think that the
Communist Sandanistas would
participate in peaceful, produc-
tive negotiations. Face it, that's
just not their style. They want to
CHIEFTAIN
es. Starter Andy Schwab went portant game to Loveland, the
Braves are encouraged by their
Although dropping an im- 2-1 record and eagerly await
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the "unanticipated strength of
this year's team once again sur-
faced at the CHL relays." This
meet took place last Tuesday and
was inclusive to the team aspects
of track. In field events, two
members of each team competed
and the best distances of each
member were combined for a
total distance. Matt Feltman and
Tony Hoffman placed first in the
pole vault while Eric Edwards and
Kevin Love placed third and
fourth in the shot and disc re-
spectively.
The strength of the middle
and long distance runners was
highlighted by the performance
of the distance medley, the 3200
relay, and the mile relay.
John Yeager competed in four
spread their control, not con-
tain it. And they proved it two
weeks ago with the Honduran
invasion. The timing of that in-
cursion was almost as if to say,
"Hey -the Americans don't care
what we are up to! Let's try
something else!"
Another argument of the bill's
opponents is that they fear it
will eventually lead to American
troops being sent to Nicaragua.
They obviously can't comprehend
that it is only if we let it-get out
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events that evening and placed in
three. 0ther multiple winners
were George Heynen, Dave Mil-
ler, Clyde Brant, Rob Nichols,
and Dave Ahlert.
BAND, from p. 3
as Roger Bacon had always done
before.
Unfortunately, our administra-
tion decided that unlike any other
school who would have jumped
at our chance, attending two ex-
tra morning classes was more
worthy a cause than participa-
ting in the Parade. It took a
petition signed by a large por-
tion of the student body to sway
the administration's thoughtless
verdict.
I find it quite interesting that
of hand that troops will be need-
ed. If we stop the Sandanistas
now, we will prevent another
Vietnam. I liken the situation
to someone who sees a small fire
in their basement and sits back
quietly (negotiates with it), until
the fire has spread throughout
the entire house requiring the fire
department; rather than stopping
the fire at its inception. We ef-
fectively demonstrated recently
with Libya that a tough retal-
iatory action can show overag-
April 11, 1986
eat i I oyd
league matchups against Finney-
town and Wyoming later in the
week-
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photo by Stratton Moraites
With these strong finishes now
firmly tucked under the team's
belt, they can look confidently
ahead towards the always com-
petive Mariemont Invitational.
some teachers were appalled and
angered at the mere prospect
of losing a handful of students
to a once-in-a-lifetime event such
as a performance a t Riverfront
Stadium, and I am quite firm in
the belief that the same teachers
would have an opposite reaction
concerning the absence of stu-
dents for a State sports cham-
pionship. I ask, are the students'
best interests really in mind
here?
gressive nations that we won't
accept their ambitious claims.
The same can and should be done
with Nicaragua.
The upcoming vote is an im-
portant one, made more impor-
tant by the fact that it has
brought out a frightening, under-
lying attitude in this country.
This is the pacifist, wait-and-see
hesitant attitude that, if left un-
challenged, will eventually mean
the victorv of Communism over
Democracy.
Vol. 35 No. 13
April 11, 1986
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
NOfurther security planned after trees attack
by Kevin Walzer
With the chopping down of
two trees o n the school grounds,
the total of major acts of van-
dalism against the school has
The birch tree near the middle school was destroyed by vandals. A
tree near the commons building was also destroyed.
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been brought t o two in five
weeks. But the administration
is not currently planning any
more stringent security proce-
dures, said assistant principal Gar-
photo by Stratton Moraites
y Gellert.
"Right now we're not plan-
ning on really changing any-
thing," said Gellert. "We don't
want to make the school a pri-
son."
The administration reacted t o
vandalism five weeks ago invol-
ving glue in door locks by imple-
menting an early closing of t h e
school, at 5:00 instead of 11:00,
except for students involved in
extracurricular activities. "But
that's something we should have
done a long time ago. The school
had been too accessible."
But closing the school early
will not prevent vandalism out-
side, as the most recent incident
DECA to attend nationals
by James Anderson
While most students are slav-
ing
23, away
seniorin Julie
a classroom,
Packer April
and
junior Carla Ferguson will ac-
company faculty advisor Mr.
Jim Benken to Atlanta, Georg-
ia for the National Distribu-
tive Education Clubs of Amer-
ica (DECA) Convention.
Ferguson was appointed as
an Ohio delegate at the state
convention that the club at-
tended in March. Commenting
on the upcoming Atlanta trip,
she said simply,"I am looking
forward to
Parker earned the privlege
proves- A tree and
mons building, nearthethetree in
corn-
the concrete sitting area near the
middle school, were found des-
troyed on the morning of March
20.
Gellert termed the vandalism
"horrible," saying that the dam-
age to the trees is irreparable.
"We [the administration] don't
want to overreact, but it's bad.
You should never have vandal-
ism."
Although this year's attacks
have had more publicity than
those in past years, Gellert does
see VANDALS, p. 2
of going by becoming a final-
ist i n the category of Apparells
and Accesories. At the state
convention she competed in
four events, taking two tests
and competing in two retail-
ing competitions.
Commented Packer on the
trip,
get the
"I chance
am gladtoIgo
won
to because
Atlanta."I
She added hopefully, "Winning
in Atlanta could lead to many
employment oppurtunities."
Benken commented, "I
think Packer and Ferguson
will do fairly well. They are
up against the top competi-
tion in the country, though."