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with Kevin Waker
"The only other sound's the
sweep
Ofeasy wind and downy fike. "
-Robert Frost
Sxow in April is not normal.
Yet snow it did; snow it did.
The weather on Tuesday re-
sembled that of early December:
wkl, cold temperatures, fairly
heavy snowfall at times, gusty
winds. Weird.
And yet tennis was the only
sport to cancel practice. The
loominq tem~estsdid not immed-
iately halt other events of the day
(softball, baseball, track). How-
ever, a lot was in store for them.
A couple of bursts of furious
wind and blinding snow combined
to make Tuesday a very interest-
ing afternoon.
Baseball was the first casualty.
Six named Enquirer a
by Kevin Walzer
Six Iiidian Hill athletes were
recently honored as Cincinnati
Enquirer all-city selections when
the newspaper announced its win-
ter sports award winners on Sun-
day, April 7.
Heading the list was senior
Rick Abrams, who was selected
to the third team all-city in bas-
ketball.
A host of achievements led
Abrams to this award this season;
in addition to averaging 22.3
points per game and leading the
basketball Braves to the AA sec-
tional finals against McNicholas,
Abrams smashed several IH sea-
son and career scoring marks.
His 21 poiqts against McNick
made him the first Indian Hill
player to go over 500 points in
a season (522) and 1000 in a car-
reer (1019). Abrams had topped
both marks ealier this season,
tossing in more than the record
467 points Dan Murphy had
put in, and overtaking Gary Frey-
tag's career standard of 982
points.
In addition to the allcity
commendation, Abrams was also
named to the all-league team and
was team MVP this past year.
CHIEFTAIN
'Downey flakes' in April
seem 'downright weird'
The varsity Braves were entering
the bottom of the third inning
trailing visiting Wyoming by two
.
runs. Then. . the floodgates
opened.
'9t was awful!'' said senior
Mike Wentz. A blinding blast of
Yukon fury pounded the IH field
mercilessly "for about ten min-
utes or even more. It was so bad
u7e couldn't see ten feet in front
of us. . . it didn't hurt the out-
fielders much, but it was blowing
right in the face of the batter and
the catcher. We couldn't see the
ball."
The game was called, right
then and there, around 4:45 p.m.
"Since we were down by two,
[coach Jon] Warden didn't mind
cancelling it, though," said Wentz.
Boys' track coach Mr. Robert
West was of a. decidedly different
opinion as he strode from the
locker room approximately a half
hour after the 5:30 cancellation
of the track meet that was taking
place not very far away from the
baseball game.
IH was hosting, coincidentally,
Junior Cadi Cucinotta joined
Abrams in the basketball selec-
tions; Cucinotta captured honor-
able mention. Like Abrams,
Cucinotta was team MVP and
all-league this year.
Seniors Dave Kindle and
JV baseballers open season with 2-2 record
by Peter Batsakes
The JV baseball team started
their 1985 season with a 2-2 rec-
ord over the first three weeks of
play. IH's victories came against
Hamilton Badin and Finneytown,
while their losses were against
Finneytown and Greenhills.
"Wc've been playing pretty
sood ball, especially defensive-
ly," said coach Steve Thompson.
"Our pitching's been coming
through pretty vrell, but our
hitting's been good and bad.
A lot of that has to do with
young players who haven't played
JV ball before."
Thompson praised the play
of individual players, particular-
ly sophomore Dan Cox, who is
batting .375.
"Dan's been a strong force
at the plate, and defensively,"
said Thompson. "He's been bat-
Wyoming; although IH held out-
45 minutes longer than their base-
ball counterparts, the trackers,
too, furally succumbed to the
weather.
Weird, felt West. "I was recall- was there to cad the game. Ab-
ing my personal 'R.West Book of
Lists,' " he said, "and this after-
noon deserves a place in it. It
should go in the top ten for 'Most
Asinine Day.' Yes, this is truly bi- only hoping when I started that
zarre."
Indeed, the only group to ac-
tually survive the weather was the
stoic softball team, which came
out on the winning end of a 7-3
decision over North College Hill.
And they felt the day no better.
Coach Bob. Wessinger described it
as "one of the weirdest games I've
ever played."
'The snow was bad at at the A gathered light, a shapen at-
beginning when we were warming
up-we couldn't see the ball [and
it must be noted here that a soft-
ball is considerably larger than a
baseball] !" added junior Kristin
Mains. The skies cleared off and
the teams were able to complete
the game before hell broke loose
Kenny Slazyk, who led the
wrestlers to one of their finest
seasons in recent years, were
chosen honorable mention in
their respective weight divisions.
Kindle advanced to state in the
185 pound class, while Slazyk
ting six tor sixteen overall."
Leading the Braves' younger
players is freshman Tommy Kin-
dle. "Tommy has taken over his
starting spot, and is hitting at
over a .500 clip," said Thomuson.
JV Squaws lose first two contests
by Tiffany Meyer
Frustration, frustration. . .
The JV softball team tromped
out to the soggy softball field in
the midst of the falling snow
ready to crunch their opponents,
North College Hill. The Lady
Braves, with sophomore pitcher
Karen Weiss, shut NCH away in
the top of the first inning.
However, in the bottom of
the inning IH put two people on
base with one out when the
catcher from NCH slipped while
going after a foul. The umpire
called the game off due to the
April 12, 188.
again "just at the end of the sev-
enth inning," when the track
meet was cancelled. This was at
5 :30, as well.
An interesting side note to the
softball struggle was the debut of
the Franchise, Rick Abrams, as a
softball umpire. Possibly because
of the weather, no official umpire
rams took over "mainly because
[Traci Finkelmeier 's mom] volun-
teered me. I was just there to
watch Beth [Myers] play. I was
I wouldn't have to strike Beth
out. "
Just call it one more weird
event in a very weird day
"Now winter downs the dying of
the year
And night is all a settlement of
snow;
From the soft street the rooms
of houses show
mosphere,
Like fiozenover lakes whose ice
is thin
And still allows some stimmng
down within."
-Richard Wilbur
was mjured in the regional finals
and was forced to forfeit his state
matches.
Sophomore Teresa Replogle,
who captured thfrd at the state
meet in the 100 breaststrcke, was
named honorable mention in that
category. She was joined by her
sister, freshman Jenny Replogle,
in the 100 breaststroke division,
Thompson also singled out
Jim Berling, Jason Kincaid,
Mike Eaton, and Scott Stert-
meyer for their play thus f a .
Kinc:aid leads the club with three
stolen bases, tied with Kindle.
dangerous c~nditions.
The girls travelled to Norwood
the Thursday before spring break
and lost a tough battle, 17-12.
The opening game of the JV
team was against Harrison. The
girls contributed a strong team ef-
fort, but were defeated, 19-13.
Freshman Sara Hunt and Weiss
both provided strong defense.
When asked to comment
about his team's performance dur-
ing the first two games, coach Jim
Arnold doesn't make any excuses
but states, 'We lost."
Vol. 34 No. 14
April 12,1985
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
Teachers elect CTA bargaining
by Paul Monach -
agent
Following the election of the
Indian Hill Classroom Teachers
Association (IHCTA) as the off-
icial representative of IH teachers
in negotations with the Board of
Education, the beginning of col-
lective bargaining for a salary
agreement is imminent.
As the CTA's victory over the
Independent Professional Educa-
tors Association (IPEA) was ac-
cepted without protest, the State
Employment Relations Board
(SERB), which ran the election,
is expected to distribute its
official certification very soon.
The election was close, as the
CTA received 73 votes and the
IPEA earned 54. One teacher
voted for no representation, and
only one eligible voter failed to
vote due to illness.
After official approval is gran-
ted, the CTA will file a Notice to
Negotiate, and the bargaining will
begin. Ninety days are allotted
for the representatives to come to
an agreement; the procedure is
uncertain should no agreement be
reached by that deadline.
However, Mrs. Karen Eklge-
comb, one of the CTA's five rep-
resentatives to the talks, is optim-
istic about the chances of the
CTA and the Board coming to
terns. "From things I've heard
recently, we should be able to
reach an agreement in 90 days."
The other CTA representatives
will be Mr. David Swisher, Mr.
Doug Harnmond, Mr. David Ter-
rell, and Mrs. Carol Everman.
Board President Mrs. Jean Yap-
pas was unsure about how well
the negotiations will proceed, "I
have no idea," she said. 'This is
our first time doing this sort of
thing." The Board has yet to
name its representatives to the
collective bargaining.
Pappas also indicated that an
Unfair Labor Practice suit that
was filed months ago by the CTA
is still outstanding; she did not
know what, if any, effect this will
have on the negotiations.
Relations among the teachers
supporting the CTA and the IPEA
t(Chief tain
appear to have improved since t h r
election Due to differences in
opinion oetween the groups and
the intense campaigning by both
sides to gain votes, some animo-
sity arose.
The basic difference involved
affiliation. The CTA is affiliated
with the Ohio Education Asso-
ciation (OEA) and the Nation-
al Education Association (NEA),
while the IPEA advocated in-
Phillips hopes to bag
by Anna Batsakes
Senior Chris Phillips was re-
cently named one of the six high-
est scorers in the food marketing
category of the DECA state com-
petition and will advance to the
DECA national competition %I
San Francisco on May 1.
Phillips' overall score was de-
termined by the combination of
individual scores from four diffe-
rent events. Two tests were given
as well as two competitive events.
The first test consisted of 100
objective questions; the second
was an invoice f i l l ~ u ttest for
business management. The two
competitive events that Phillips
was required to take part in con-
sisted of bagging groceries and
~h~~ handling a gocely
plaint.
"I was hoping to do well,"
said Phillips, "but going to nation-
al competition at the time was
just a dream."
Phillips, along with DECA ad-
visor Jim Benken and a few selec-
ted juniors will be attending the
DECA convention in San Francis-
co from May 1 to 6. The students
will be attending workshops and
will be voting in DECA national
elections.
"There will be about 15,000
kids there," said Benken, "and
Chris will be competing against
approximately 200 students in his
category."
At the national level, Phillips
will be competing at a supervisory
level rather than at an employee
level. "At state, I was supposed
dependence. Teachers-will be
required to pay dues to the
OEA/NEA in order to be able to
vote on staff concerns.
Supporters of affiliation cited
the legal support of the OEA and
other benefits. Opponents felt
that affiliation would bring is-
sues into the negotiations that
were irrelevent at Indian Hill.
The IPEA, led by Mrs. Janet Mc-
Daniel, was originally formed in
DiCA award
to be an employee of a store; at
nationals, I'm supposed to be a
manager," sa~d~ h i l l i ~ s"s
,o I
think I'm going to study a bit
more for nationals."
All of Phillips' expenses will
be paid by the IH DECA club,
and the Ohio DECA club.
''That's what all our fundraisers
are for," said Benken. 'They're so
we can send people to national
competition."
Awards for food and market-
ing will be given in individual
testing categories as well as for
the overall highest scores. "I
think Chris will do real well,"
said Benken, "and San Francisco
will be lots of fun."
Pupils selected for art exhibit
by Ellen Alvord
The artwork of seniors Amy
Wiatt, Tim Marsh, and Maggie
Schiff was recently selected to
appear in the 1985 Ohio Gover-
nor's Youth Art Exhibition. The
exhibition opens Saturday, April
27 at the State Towers building
in Columbus and will continue
through May 4.
The students' pieces were
three of 300 selected for this pres-
tigious show. The 300 pieces
were chosen out of approximately
2000 regionally judged works re-
presenting grades 9-12 throughout
the state of Ohio. Twenty-nine of
the final selection of 300 were
from Cincinnati schools.
The artwork was evaluated by
three judges from the Cincinnat-:
response
negotiations
to the
a year
deculle
MO.of which
salary
many teachers felt occurred be-
cause of the CTA's bargaining tac-
tics.
CTA President Mrs. Nancy
U'ettstein has moved to patch up
differences in a letter to the staff.
Board member Mr. Edgar J. Mack.
Jr., also voiced his congratulations
to the CTA. Both sides thus ap-
pear to be approaching the up-
coming negotiations with some
degree of promise.
. ,.
Photo by Davis Griffin
Chris Phillips shows off the tro-
phy he won in the Ohio DECA
competition.
Art Academy, the Cleveland 1nsG-
a t e of Art, and The Columbus
School of A1t and Design on Sa-
turday, March 30.
Wiatt's winning piece is a large
and unusual grapevine basket.
Marsh and Schiff both have Raku
pottery in the exhibition.
Marsh's piece is a Raku vase, and
Schiff's is a combination Raku
and woven basket.
Governor Richard Celeste wiU
present the awards on Saturday
April 27. IH art teacher Mr. Lar-
ry Bernard commented, "I think
that the quality of this show is
equal to college level, and when
the students are handed therr
awards, they will realize how pres-
tigious an honor this is."
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editorial
A great deal of tension surrounded the election of - sense and a textbook example of a success of the
the Indian Hill Classroom Teachers Association to
represent the faculty in salary negotiations with the
Board of Education. As the CTA and t h Indepen- ~
dent Professional Educators Association finished
their campaigning in late March, animosity surfaced
between members of the two groups-understand-
ably, for the issue concerned the teachers' salaries and
how best to increase these and other benefits.
Fortunately, this animosity has dissipated follow-
ing the CTA'S narrow victory, - . as all parties involved addition to six previously an- various short pieces (description,
determined that the CTA had won "fair and square,"
and no protest was Even more the
CTA sought immediately after the election to patch
up any remaining differences, Wrote CTA President
Mrs. Nancy Wettstein in a letter t~ the entire staff
"It is my hope that with the election behind us we
can work together toward common goals. Both
groups had bargaining objectives. The election
need not be considered a win or loss for either side,
but just a decision to let IHCTA be the bargaining
agent for attainment of these goals."
- -
Granted, such a statement is easier from the vic-
tors' camp, but neither could it be much more gra- - Appearing in the ninth-grade
cious nor display a greater willingness to have the
CTA reflect the interests of all the teachers in its bar-
gaining.
The post-election attitudes of both groups demon-
strate both a retention of professionalism in its purest
CHIEFTAIN
democratic process that is apparently lacking in most
countries. We congratulate the teachers on this pres-
ervation of professionalism and wish them "smoother
sailing" in the future negotiations, as they and the
Board try to fomi an agreement within the confines
of an ambiguous and probably unnecessary law.
more to
by Paul Monach 7 featured
Seven more IH students, in
be
text
Fernandez, and Appel.
The students selected wrote
nounced, will have samples of narration, expository, creative,
their writing published in "Wri-
ters on Writing," a feature in-
cluded. in ~ a c ~ i l l aPublishing
n the pieces i n d also some short
Company's new series of high
school composition textbooks,
7 for which English teacher Mrs.
Elizabeth Ackley is the Midwest
Sophomore Susan Appel, who
had previously been selected to
be published in the tenth-grade
text, will also be featured in the
deventh-grade book, thus being
the only IH student to be fea-
tured twice.
text will be senior Paul Kalome-
res, junior Ghia Euskirchen, and
,phomore Rob Nichols, in addi-
tion to junior Carin Chabut, who
was notified earlier.
Seniors Paul Monach and Bri-
an Rowe will be published in the
April 12, 1985
in
etc.) and included explanations
of how they wrote and polished
biographical information. The
writers will soon be sent the fi-
nal edited versions of their works
and permission forms that will
need to be signed by the students,
their parents, and high school
principal Dr. Karl Feltman.
Ackley said that in addition
to the students featured in "Wri-
ters on Writing," others who sub-
mitted works may be referred to
in the text of the com~ositionse-
ries without actually having their
entries printed in their entirety.
brief
Key Club has announced its
officers for the 1985-86 school
year. Taking the reins as presi-
April 12,1985
Torrid GE batting downs Braves
by Jim Gruskin
Indian Hill's varsity baseball
team got off to a rather slow start
after spring break on April 10,
with a 13-4 defeat at the hand of
the Glen Este Trojans.
Senior Dave Stanforth was the
starting pitcher for the Braves in
their league opener, but he was
hampered by the short fences at
Glen Este Stadium and the torrid
hitting of the Trojans. Junior
Steve Womack had two hits but
senior Dave Schneider provided
the biggest part of Indian Hill's
offensive punch with a first-in-
ning grand slam.
The Braves' three previous
scheduled contests were casualties
to rain and snow. The IH-Wyom-
ing game on April 9 was called off
when Indian Hill's field had be-
come snowcovered. During
spring break, home games with
Finneytown and Columbus Bish-
pleased with improvement
by Paul Monach
After an impressive opening
win over Madeira, the boys' track
team has encountered tougher
opposition in its last two meets
but has nevertheless improved
many performances and showed
promise in some surprising areas.
Said head coach Mr. Bob West,
'We're getting some points out of
CHIEFTAIN Page 9
On the preceding day, IH
faced one of its sternest challen-
ges against Greenhills, the city's
fifteenth-ranked team. The
Braves lost a 2 1-13 slugfest;
Womack, senior Mike Theye, and
senior Mike Wentz got the fattest
o n Pioneer pitching as each col-
lected three hits.
On March 25, Indian 1 4 8
surprised periennial AAA power
Hamilton, 8-7. Senior pitcher
Brian Jehle, appearing in relief of
Ott, slowed the Big Blue offen-
sive attack enough to set the
stage encugh for senior Pete Sere-
metis' gameending circus catch
in right field.
The Braves were coming off a
photo by Mariano Fernandez soggy double-header against Belh-
Mike Wentz goes after the low ball in Iti's snowshortened game el-Tate. The Braves, behind the
against Wyoming on Tuesday. pitching of Jehle and Womack's
op Hatley were also cancelled. 13-strikeout shutout has been one two hits, won the first game of
Indian Hill ended the early of the high points of the Braves' the twin bill, 4-3. IH was silenced
stretch before spring break on a season thus far. Womack and sen- in the second game as they were
good note, with a 4-0 victory at ior Curtis Ott paced the Braves shut out, 4-0.
Reading. Stanforth's brilliant offensively with two hits apiece.
Thus, the Braves have encoun-
tered opposite extremes of the
The only other first-place fin- Monach won the 3200 in 11:28. ability of AA competition in Wy-
ishers in the running events were Both were also members of the onling and Madeira. Nevertheless,
the 1600 and 3200 relay teams, winning 3200 relay team, which West feels he has learned enough
with timesof 3:54 and 9 : l l . The also included Ahlert and Young. from IH's performances to say,
1600 team consisted of juniors In fact, the only events won by "I think it's very apparent that
Keary Dunn and Dave Ahlert and Madeira were the 110 and 300 we're going to have a competitive
sophomores David Miller and hurdles, in which Mustang Mike AA team; AAA is another matter
Clyde Brant, and the 3200 team Meece excelled, and the 800. completely ."
included senior Paul Monach,
sophomore Mark Young, Ahlert,

French students ranked statewide

eleventh grade text, as will Appel
and sophomore Rob Seal, who
dent will be sophomore Rob Seal;
his vice-president will be junior the field events; that's something
we've been lacking in the past few
and Miller.
In the field, Johnson and
JV netters crush Anderson - - - -

by Paul Monach
Six Indian Hill French stu-
dents, three in level 5 and three in
level 2A, placed in the top ten in
the state on the National Council
of Teachers of French National
Exams.
The scores of those placing in
the state will be sent to the re-
gional level, encompassing several
nearby states. The scores that
achieved state ranking - were first
compared to others students' on
the district level, meaning south-
western Ohio.
Senior Angela Beattie placed
second in the state and in
the district in level 5, with a
score of 59 out of a possible 80,
matching the ranking she
achieved last year in level 4. Se-
nior Stauft scored 55, pla-
cing fourth in the State and
third in the district, and freshman
Jennifer Cobb, scoring 52, placed
and fifth,
All three are students in AP
French Literature.
In level 2A, freshman Karen
Rhoad led the IH students with
75 (of 80), good for fifth state-
wide and third locally. Freshman
Rhonda Schecter scored 74, ran-
king sixth in the state and fourth
in the district, and eighth grader
Rebecca Bircher, with 73 correct,
placed seventh and fifth, respec-
tively. All are students in French
11.
IH students competed in
levels 3 and 4, but none achieved
state ranking. Sophomores Mari-
Fernandez and Helen Hwang
were the top IH scorers in level
9 tor: Brian Rowe; Magazine Editors: Ellen Alvord, Joel R u f f ; Head
and Senior Ingo Leis and junior
Sally Wilbur scored the highest
ifl level 4.
while the results for the high
as a were not as high
as in recent years, French teacher
Mrs. JoAnn Wund pointed out
that the only public school that
was with IH wasWal-
nut Hills.
were selected earlier. The writing Jeff Currier. Sophoni ore Alissa
of senior Ken Jones and junior Raleigh will serve as secretary, years. We're off to an especially sophornare Tony Hoffman re- by Chris Kempczinski ing only two weeks of practice;
David Kilday will grace the senior and sophomore Helen Hwang will good start in the pole vault and mained undefeated in the high As the JV tennis Braves open- earlier he practiced with the var-
edition. hold the position of treasurer. high jump." jump and pole vault, respectively, ed their season against Anderso~l sity basketball team at the con-
Previously notified of their in- Key Clubbers recently atten- In fact, sophomore James although neither matched his per- on March 26, one fact was made clusion of their season.
clusion in the sophomore text ded the Ohio District Convention Johnson's tie for first place in the formance in the opener against apparent: the team has talent. Both first and second doubles
were senior Hugh Geier, junior in Sharonville, along with about high jump was the Braves' only Madeira. The Braves destroyed Anderson teams, comprosed of a Chris
Peter Wilke, sophomore Mariano 1000 other Ohio members. win in an abbreviated home tri- In the home contest against 5-0, winning each set by an as- Kropp-David Lahti tandem and
meet with Wyoming and Milford the Mustangs on March 26, which tounding margin of 6-1. a Mark Warner-Craig Whitman
on Tuesday, April 19. The meet the Braves won handily, 96-36, First singles player Marc Wish- pairing, won their matches easily.
was stopped due to snow after on- Johnson jumped 6'0", and Hoff- ard surprised most in crushing his One twist to the team's roster
in STAFF scHO!J.Wc
PRESS ~SsoclATloN
ly three running events and four
field events had been completed.
man vaulted 11'2", both personal
bests by a considerable amount.
Anderson opponent;
heavily on his overpowering
relying which did not come back to
haunt them that day vras the ab-
Junior sprinter Dominic Brit- IH athletes completed a sweep of
Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracur- ground strokes Wishard quickly sence of sophomore starter Matt
ricular activity by the students of Indian H i l l High School, 6 8 4 5 Drake ton, the leading point-winner thus
the field events, as Dunn won the won his match, 6-1,6-0. Steward, who was the first casual-
Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 561 - 4 2 2 5 .
Sponsor: Wm. P. Kincaid; Editors: K e n Jones, Paul Monach; News
far for the Braves, provided the long jump and junior Scott Voss Sophomore James Granger, at ity of Koulouris' uncharacteristic
Editors: Anna Batsakes, David Cook; Features Editors: Tracy Megi- only other highlight for IH by fin- won both the shotput and discus. second singles, defeated his foe and controversial "get tough" pol-
son, Janet Nicolas; Sports Editor: Kevin Walzer; Assistant Sports Edi- ishing second in the 100 against In the sprints, Britton won the more through consistency than icy. But now with Steward back
the tough conlpetition of AAA 100 and 200 and led the 400 re- through power. After surviving after a oneday absence, the team
Photographer: om Taylor; ~ u s i n e s sManager: Kelly Martin; Produc-
Milford and AA powerhouse Wy- lay team, also including senior a shaky 6-3 first set, Granger can only improve with him in the
tlon Managers: MaryBeth Heidrich. Arianna Newman: Circulation Man-
ager: ~ a v i sGriffin; ~hotographers: Davis Griffin, aria no Fernandez;
oming. Matt McNellis, freshman Richie breezed to his easy victory in the lineup; his ability will be exhib-
Contributors: D u f f Woodside, Laura Winget, J i m Gruskin, Peter Bat- The Braves lost a fairly close Decker, and Johnson, to victory second, 6-0. ited on the first doubles team
sakes, T i f f a n y Meyer, Andy Tucker, Chris Kempczinski; Production meet to another AAA school, in 48.4. Brant won the 400 in Sophomore Bruno Darre, at with Kropp.
Staff: Barbara Hug, -. Marjie Fink. Laura Schwartz, R o b Seal. Dave
~ u c k Arthur
,
-
Nicolas, Jamie Winget, James Anderson, K y m Sollinger.
Northwest, the Thursday before 57.9 and anchored the victorious third singles, won his match The Braves' match ag-
AS its editorial policy, Chieftain strives both t o commend what is spring break, 74 to 57. Britton 1600 relay team. handily, 6-0,6-1. What impressed ainst Elder was postponed be-
good and encourage Correction Of what is not. Editorials reflect the led IH with wins in the 100 and In the distance events, junior coach Greg Koulouris even more cause of a scheduling mixup. Nev-
opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions f r o m students are 200, with times of 11.9 and 24.5, George Heynen, despite being in- about Darre's victory was the rap- ertheless, Koulouris anticipates
strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and are responsibly
written. respectively. jured, won the 1600 in 5: 15, and id improvement of Darre follow- that it will be played shortly.
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Track Squaws rout early 0pponenf"
. -
by Kevin Walzer
The track Squaws had set as
their early-season goal "to fin-
ish in the top three of the EHL,"
according to coach Dave Gar-
wood. Although the league
meet is some time off, IH's
formidable early-season start
with a relatively young team in-
dicates that a repeat or improve-
ment upon last year's second-
place finish is quite within
their ability range.
The match that was most in-
dicative of IH's league potential
was the Squaws' burial of AA
EHL rival Madeira on March 26,
making their season record 2-0.
IH, in routing Madeira, 91-33,
took twelve first-place finishes to
Madeira's four.
Freshman Joy Rowe, who is
IH's leading point-getter thus far
with 29%, led the Squaws with
two first-place showings in the
long jump and 100 hurdles.
Sophomore Molly Higgins,
who is not far behind Rowe with
Softballers dealt league
-
setback
by Brian Rowe
Today the varsity softball
Squaws challenge the always-
tough Sycamore Lady Aviators in
their second league game of the
year.
The team's hopes for the EHL
crown were dampened somewhat
on Wednesday at the hands of
Glen Este. The pre-season favor-
ites earned their reputation by
running the Squaws ragged en
route to a 6-1 victory. The only
consolation for IH is that the
schedule only gets better after
this game, because the rest of the
league is definitely a step below
the talent of GE. The loss
dropped IH to 2-3 overall.
The Squaws had evened their
record at 2-2 the day before with
a 7-3 win over North College Hill.
In a game played in sub-freezing is obvious, according to coach
temperatures, the Squaws domi- Dave Swisher. 'We haven't beat-
nated behind the pitching of sen- en them in six years. If we win-
ior Molly Roche.
Junior Cadi Cucinotta, who
has led the Squaws in hitting
' 2.
the early going, had a sparkling c ~ n v i n c h g win as ' wen, said
~,+--';,i?three for four day with a two-RBI
... .x T- cdple t o ensure the victory. Solid . than we wer+stye?r. Aithopgb, lpolCE&igk&&i%tpyajll and-Fbf- - ' IWs potential. "We.kav+ a pow- -
peifwmances were alsoLturnedin
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Just before spring break the
Squaws dropped a close one to
Norwood. "We should have been
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24 points, also had two first-place three firstplace finishes from
finishes, in the high jump and 400 Rowe in the long jump, 100 hur-
meter run (she tied with junior dles, and 300 hurdles. Sopho-
Lee Baumes in the latter event). more Maren Schinn had two
Placing behind Rowe in the
long jump and hurdles were Eau-
mes, who took second in the long
jump, and sophomores Paula Ly-
on and Kathy Backus, second and
third in the 400. Backus took
first herself in the 300 dash.
In the 800 meter run, soph-
omore Dorothy Joecken and
freshman Ann Kneipp finished
one-three, respectively; similar
results were achieved in the 200
dash by freshmen Leslie Folsom
and Tricia Craig, who tied for
first, and junior Megan Kearney.
Craig took third in the shotput
event; Kearney also finished third
in the 100.
The Squaws dominated AAA
school Northwest in much the
same way they did Madeira,
crushing them, 94-29, two days
earlier.
That meet was highlighted by
Paula Lyon took second in the 400 against
3-1 at that point," commented
coach Robert Wessinger. "If just
a few breaks had gone our way,
we would have won that game."
Senior Amy Wiatt, who has
made a smooth transition from
shortstop to third base this spring, rison that are so much bigger than
had an excellent day at the plate
for the Squaws. Mains, one of the
most consistent players thus far,
also had several hits against Nor-
wood.
A day earlier the Squaws
faced what Wessinger called "easi- breezed past Reading- with steady
'Stt-0nger' netters to face Syca more
by Andy Tucker
The varsity tennis Braves face
their arch-rival next Tuesday-
Sycamore.
The significance of the match
and I believe vie will-we will win
the final EHL title."
in The Braves are looking-for a
Swisher.. 'We are-a latstmnger
,.
Sycamore,"isa little
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- . weaker [ i h q ' fenberger, pr9"idcd F e y mainta@
epP%i~i&ii+,%&$.&&
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singks*.chm 10-'
graduationl , it'i our strength
" played 'well of late, 'natching a
that's going to make the differ-
ence. 1 think we could win 5-0."
- Madeira.
ly one of the best teams in the
area this year." Harrison earned
this praise by thumping IH, 10-1.
"I'm still very pleased with
our play so far, but it's really hard
to compete with schools like Har-
us," added Wessinger. Like any
other sport, softball is a victim
of declining enrollment, but IH is
still one of the favorites to win
the EHL.
On opening day the Squaws
The Braves completed a suc-
cessful week before spring break
by defeating a tough opponent in
Elder, 3-2. The win raised IH's
record to 3-0.
In the Elder match and in the
other matches, the first doubles
team of Dave Steward and Bill
Poffenbergcr has been nearly in-
vincible, allowing a total of four
games $0-be taken from them,
That dbrh$pce has aided ' the.
~ r a * e ~ ' ~ ~ ~& dt .the
l ,~ ~f ~i l ~ ~ d :h e felt9 they were 'lnd'icative of
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strong victory over Anderson's
Fred Krusc in the Braves' team
April 12, 1985
first-place showings, in the shot-
pu~~~",::d"h,leased ,,
the
present time with his predom-
inately sophomore squad; "1
think we have a lot of prom-
ise," he said. "Wevre better than
last vear."
1 '
photo by Mariano Fernandez-
pitching by Roche and key hits
by senior Sally Ulmer, Mains, and
a towering home run by Cucin-
otta. The final tally in that con-
test was 5-1.
"I'm still very optimistic for
the rest of the season," grinned
Wessinger. "We should definitely
be able to beat Sycanlore, and
they are one of the stronger teams
in the league."
The Squaws will also get an-
other shot at Glen Este later in
the season, on April 26. They
could also see Harrison again at
the Harrison Invitational, to be
played at the end of May.
Tvesda
win over the Wildcats. McCurdy
played an impressive match in de-
feating the formidable Kruse, 6-4,
6-2.
The Braves routed Bethel-Tate
5-0 in their season opener. IH
played a strong all-around match
in allowing only six games in the
three singles and two doubles
matches.
Swisher was pleased with this
match, and the others as well, for
erfueineup this year; =.haye the -
pG'sibly in the state."
With that lineup, said Swisher,
'We should beat Sycamore. I bet .
we win 5-0."
April 12,1985
Students en/oy to~ n ' n gFrance,
by Kevin Walzer
Nineteen Indian Hill students
returned Monday, March 8, from
a tour of France and Italy that
took place over spring break.
The 19, mostly French and
Latin students, were accompanied
by Latin teacher Mr. Sherwin Lit-
tle and French teacher Mrs. Mary
Sheridan on the 1l d a y journey.
Freshmen Ann Kneipp, Tif-
fany Meyer, and Rhonda Schec-
Delegates chosen for 'State'
/
by Kenneth N. Jones
Juniors Matt Feltman, Clint
Reese, and Angela Kovach have
been chosen t o represent Indian
at Boys and Girls State, re-
Boys State will take
15-23 at BOW&. "
Green State University while ~ i r l s S C ~ O O ~ .Reese was chosen as an
State will be June 22-29 at Ash-
land College.
Boys and Girls State are pro-
grams sponsored by the American
Legion in order to educate young
men and women about the duties,
privileges, rights, and responsibili- deal." Feltman, who is also secre-
ties of American citizens. Local-
ly, posts 644 and 544 are provid-
ing funds for the students' week
away from home.
During the week, the approxi-
mately 1400 boys and girls at-
tending each program will estab-
lish political parties, run for of-
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ter, sophomores Bruno Darre,
Alissa Raleigh, Michelle Harmon,
Lynn Stefkovich, Paula Lyon, and
Michelle Brougher , janiors Mi-
chelle Mart, Mike Meit, Holly
Baxter, Marie Budev, Julie More,
Mike Guill, Brad Adrien, ~ . n d buildings and paintings while we
Chris Hall, and seniors Brian
More and Elizabeth Converse left
on March 28 for Paris.
The group went on several
tours and sightseeing journeys
fice, and simulate governmental
short paragraph explaining why
they would want to represent the
alternate for junior ~ e f f~ i b s o n ,
who had a conflict in scheduling.
Although he is an alternate for
BOYSState, Reese said, "I'm still
hon~red. It sounded fun, and it
was free. That's my kind of
tary for the junior class, said, "It
will be a good chance to test my
leadership abStY."
The Girls State representative
was surprised, once notified. "I
think if's going to be fun. It's not
going to be an easy summer. I'll
be busy."
, msnhg up on April 24. The.IH
--
during the trip, all of which were
arranged by the American Council
for International Studies (ACIS),
an organization that coordinates
such large-group overseas voyages.
'We saw lots of museums, and
were in France," said Brian More.
While in Paris, the group stayed at
the Versailles Hotel.
From Paris, %e travelled to
Nice and Italy by train," said
More. Nice served as the group's
base for further travels into Italy
and Monaco.
'We went to Monaco one
day," said More. "That was inter-
esting. We also took a train down
to Florence."
More described the trip as a
"great learning experience," b u t
felt that the group came away
COOk ta kes 'AIME' for math honor
by Paul Monach
Senior David Cook finished in
the top 64 students nationally in
the American Invitational Mathe-
rnatics Examination (AIME), and
thus he will compete in the
U.S.A. Mathematics Olympiad
(USAMO) on May 2.
The Olympiad will consist of
five questions-with three and a
half hours allowed in which to
finish them. Cook said the ques-
tions were "like essays," often re-
quiring extensive work or explan-
ation. The methods of solution
are considered at least as impor-
tant as having the correct answer.
The top eight 'knathletes,"
consisting of six seniors and two
underclassmen, will attend a con-
ference. The six seniors will corn-
prise the U.S. team in the Interns-
tional Mathematics Olympiad in
Helsinki, Finland.
After considering the odds and
using his mathematical ability to
letter from SG
forum compose April agenda
IntramuraIs,
Dear Students,
Well, I'm sure we're all happy
that spring is finally here and that
there is less than a full quarter left
of this school year. SG will b e
busy within the next month
working on various projects.
Our biggest project this spring
is the newIy-fonned intramural
% m b e e league. T-~ w e foming.
if
and you would. likeqto,get . examp be I z ~ , ~ , ask & ;&pr
- a jwrn f o ~ e r e ~ ' , & t . ~ U t 8 -rw***!f
&@* or Anna B a a e s .
Our spring music forum is aIso
Page 3
with more than "just k n o w l e w
about art and history, but culture.
m e Italian culture is incredible.
Italian males like to pick up tour-
ist girls. . . Their own girls-are al-
urays inside at night learning how
t o be housewives. Women's lib is
not a very big thing there."
Converse agrees. "Italian guys
are leches. We were getting haras-
sed. .. three of the girls got
goosed by Italian guys."
Still, More thoroughly enjoyed
himself on the fairly expensive
(nearly $1500) trip. 'The topless
beach in Nice was nice. .. al-
though it was a hard rock beach,
not sandy. Uncomfortable."
This is the second year this
spring break trip has been made;
with the discontinuation of the
French exchange earlier this year,
this journey represents the only
opportunity for most IHers t o tra-
vel overseas during the school
year.
compute the probability of a trip
t o Finland, Cook concluded, "I'd
say my chances are approximately
zero."
Cook said that the questiov
o n the AIME were "more ab-
stract" than those he encountered
o n the qualifying test, the Ameri-
can High School Mathematics Ex-
amination (AHSME), which was
taken by all IH students taking
trigonometry, precalculus, or cal-
culus.
Cook's score of 122 (of a pos-
sible 150) on the AHSME placed
sixth in the state and earned him
entrance into the field of 911 tak-
ing the AIME. Although he sees
little chance of reaching the Inter-
national Olympiad, Cook could
n o t complain about the $50 he
won for his state ranking on the
AHSME. As the mathematical
punster said, "You can't have
your pi and eat it, too."
band and Premiers will perform
f o r the student body.
Whether or not seniors will be
required to take exams is still to
b e announced. SG submitted a
plan to Dr. Feltman that we felt
h e would find the m a t "educa-
tionallv sound." IT there are any
quesliw a b ~ u tSG projects or
OW altemttive- 'p& -& senio~
-%$, +
- >,$* yr ',-?&' . L,
"
~a.sp;&bu";*
Hugh Geier
Jim Gruskis
Page 4 CHIEFTAIN April 12,1985 April 12,1985 CHIEFTAIN Page 7
senior sketch puzzle
Watery 'Fish' lives in water and stares at stars Cook displays practical applications of buckets
by Laura Winget and to go to. You get to meet a lot of Last summer, Beth's talent for water skis, another favorite water
Ellen Alvord people, but it's like a concentra- swimming prompted her to seek a sport. "It's fun to take friends Last isie's puzzle was the fol- The chance of the bug moving to From the diagram below (not in- (Think of it as a homonymic
Webster's defines "amphibian" tion camp with all the bald guys job as a lifeguard. She began skiing and laugh at then1 when lowing question from the Arneri- a point is always a third (because cluded in the problem), it is evi- triiute to the opening of the
as "any animal that lives both on who shaved their heads." work at familiar Kenwood Swim they can't get up or when they do can Invitationd Mathematics Ex- there are always three possible dent that sin(a/2) is l / ~ where
, r baseball season.). In preparation,
land and in water." This defini- Beth started swimming to fol- Club, perfecting her whistle-twirl- get up put it at full throttle and amination: destinations) of the chance that it is the radhs of the &&, Be- a demonstration of the solution
tion fits perfectly the lifestyle of low in the family tradition started ing technique and enduring such kiss the waves." wasn't already at the point before cause sin2(a/2) + cos2(a/2) = 1, to a simpler, more common j.uz-
senior Beth Wingerter. In fact, by older brother Cliff. When hardships as sunburn and peeling. On land, Beth can frequently Let A, B, C, and D be the vertices it moved. For example, the cos(a/2) can be s h o w to be zle of this type is given.
Beth has been known to spend asked why she has continued the "It's a tough job, but someone's be seen "cruisin' " in her bright of a regular tetrahedron (four- chance of the bug being at C after Question: TJsing an eight-
more time in water than out of it. sport for so long, she responded, got to do it!" red convertible Mustang, donning sided pyramid), each of whose ed- five moves is one third of the Similarly, sin(b/2)=3/2r, gallon and a fivegallon pitcher
Known affectionately by her "I like the competition and sense When she's not at work, the shades and blasting Midnight Star, ges measures one meter. A bug, chance it wasn't at C after four and c o s ( b / 2 ) = / ~ ~ / 2 1 . (Please suspend your disbelief.),
friends as "Fish" because of her of accomplishment I get from best place to find Beth (weather Kool and the Gang, or the Cars. starting from vertex A, observes moves, which is (1/3)(1-20/81), One could conclude by this how can one obtain one gallon of
tendency to take to the water, swimming. Plus it's a great way permitting) is following the fami- She can also be found keeping the following rule: at each vertex or 611243. The answer to the ori- same reasoning that sin((a+b)/2)= A solution: Fill the eight-
water?
Beth has been swimming since to travel and make new friends." ly boat downriver on a pair of in shape with Jane Fonda, simply it chooses one of the three edges ginal question is thus 1821729 2/r. Putting this value, and the
1974. Belonging first to the Ken- curling up with her cat, Tigger, meeting at the vertex, each edge (This and the following are, how- previously calculated ones, in the gallon pitcher, and pour as much
wood Swim Club team, she pro-
-- , or water as you can into the five-
enjoyingone of her favorite pas- being equally likely to be chosen, ever, only my solutions, which (modified) formula for the sine of
gressed to year-round swimming times, stargazing. "I love just and crawls along that edge to the may or may not be correct.). a sum, which states that gallon one. There will be three
with the Blue Ash YMCA team vertex at its opposite end. What Another intriguing question sin(a/2+b/2) = sin(a/2)cos(b/2) + gallons left in the eightgallon pit-
staring at the stars. They're so
and the elite Cincinnati Pepsi Mar- beautiful; it's really easy to get is the probability that the bug is from the AIME is the following: cos(a/2)sin(b/2), gives the equa- cher when the fivegallon one is
lins. lost in your thoughts when you at vertex A when it has crawled filled. Pour out the water in the
She has also been a member of exactly seven meters? tion 2/r = ( 1 / r ) d G / 2 r ) + fivegallon pitcher, and put the
look at them." In a circle, chords of lengths 2,3,
IHYsvarsity swim team since her In the fall, Beth hopes to at- and 4 determine central angles (3/2r)&/r). three gallons in it.
freshman year, gaining the out- tend Miami University, from This problem, unlike many proba- (angles with vertices at the center Refill the eightgallon pitcher,
standing achievement of advan- Simplification of this equation and again pour as much as possi-
which she is awaiting (what else?) bility questions, can be worked of the circle) of measures a, b,
cing to the state competition all
four years in the 200 medley re-
a swimming scholarship. There out in a straightforward manner and a+b, respectively. What is the yields 4r = f i G. + ble from it into the five-gallon
one. Since the fivegallon pitcher
she plans to major in business, through the use of a graph like value of cos(a)? Squaring both s i d e s y -
lay, 100 freestyle, or 200 free- which will aid her in her ambition the following: 2 already contained three gallons,
ing gives r2+6 = 2/(r2-1)(4r -9).
style. to one day open her own bou- only two more will fit, and six
Again squaring both sides and
Said Beth of her heavy in- tique. Chance bug is at: A gallons will remain in the eight-
volvement in swimming, "Swim- One thing is far certain, simplifying yields 15r9-64rL = 0. gallon pitcher.
ming with the Marlins is a. lot of though, that Beth will use the Because the radius cannot be zero Pour out the water in the five-
fun but also a lot of work and is dedication she has acquired in
moves it is okay here to divide both sides gallon pitcher. Pour as much of
time-consuming." She added, swimming to whatever she even- 0 2
by r to get 15r2-64 = 0, so
the six gallons as will fit into the
"State is a great experience; it's tually pursues, whether it is on 1 r=8/fi. fivegallon pitcher. You will have
photo by Tom Taylor
one of the most exciting meets Beth prepares to take a spin before taking to the water. land or in water. Sin(a/2) was previously de- one gAllon left in the eightgallon
2
senior sketch
1
'1 - 1

3 fined as 111, so it equals m/$. pitcher. Notice that this proce-

Athletic Dave transforms into poetic Ninja
by Duff Woodside
Knowing Dave Schneider for
six years and interviewinghim has
shown me one thing: the only
thing typical about Dave is that
he's atypical. Granted, Dave is
an athlete, which isn't odd,
but in all expressions of his char-
acter, D.A. Schneider gives us
unique variety in his poetry and
athletic endeavor..
David began his high school
career at Moeller High School and
came to Indian Hill his junior
year, as he says, "because I heard
about the chance of IH getting an
award for academic excellence,
and I wanted to graduate from an
Academy of Excellence rather
than major in football."
Breaking away from football
altogether, Dave began his first
athletic season at IH by playing
varsity soccer. Unfortunately, he
broke his leg in his first season,
but with determination he pro-
ceeded to earn a starting position
his senior year.
Changing schools and sports is
not at all inconsistent with Dave's
character. When I asked Dave
why he varies his activities so
much, he replied, "I set my goals
for myself. When I accomplish
those goals, it's time for me to set
new ones. If that involves chang-
ing focuses and directions, so be
it. The important thing is the
overall growth."
Dave was a member of the rec-
b e abandoned MoeJler in search of.
ord-setting 400 meter relay team
last year, but he is now involved
with the varsity baseball team. At
fust it seems odd that after last
year's success in track Dave would
change spring sports, but Dave has
always participated in both track
and baseball, and planned to do
so this year.
"I was going to run track and
photo by Davis Griffin
..morawortfrwhiae pursuits.
pinch-run this year, but as base-
ball started first and I became
more involved with baseball, I
ended up earning a starting posi-
tion in baseball. When track start-
ed, I was committed to baseball
already, and doing both was im-
possible. It was a real mess."
Calling Dave a 'qock" is really
unjust. True, he does participate
in many sports and has .for many
years, but for any person as con-
stantly changing and searching for
new horizons as Dave Schneider,
stereotypes are not appropriate.
Ironically, the sport Dave has
been most committed to, karate,
is the one sport that most people
don't know he participates in.
"Karate is important to me b e
cause it's an outlet for self-expres
sion as well as a course in self-
awareness."
Dave expresses himself with
his wonderfully unusual poetry.
If you've ever had an opportunity
to read any poems by D.A.
Schneider, one of the first ques
tions that come to mind is where
the inspiration came trom.
"Believe it or not, Eric Leu-
see DAVE, p. 6
dure required two fillings of the
The goal of the problem, finding
4
5
cos(a) can now be reached using
the (modified) double angle for-
eight-gallon pitcher, or 16 gallons.
Problem for next issue: How
2 many milliliters of water are re-
6 mula cos(a) = 1-2sin (a/2). By quired to get 10 milliliters from a
7 this, cos(a) = 1-2&h?/8)~, or 100-milliliter pitcher and a 111-
17/32. milliliter pitcher (No reusing is
coming events This week's problem will be allowed-once water is poured out
a variety of "pitcher" puzzle it is down the drain.).
Pro Wrestling
- brings culture to Cincy
-
Riverfront Coliseum
Bogarb
Attack - April 15 - Git me! World Championship Wrestling -
Jeff Lorber Band - April 16 - April 26 - Wrestlemania re-run.
The Firm - Jimmy Page needs
White soul.
-
Rubber Soul - April 18 What a money.
bunch of heels. . .but they've got RE0 Speedwagon w/ Cheap Trick
- May 18 - Try to fight the feeling.
sole.
Dave Mason - April 20 - Free-
Cincinnati Gardens
mason.
Syrian Shrine Circus - April 24-28
Driver - April 22 - Drive me.
Billy Crystal - April 25 - Dilithium - With Andre the Giant for a freak
show.
crystal.
Argus - April 29 - Argonauts trav- Madonna - May 17 - Virgins will
el far to see them. abstain, courteously.
Warren Zennn - May 11 - Were-
wolf in Cincy. Millet Hall
Foreigner - April 20 - They're un-
Hara Arena American.
George Thorogood and the Dela-
ware Destroyers - April 30 - B-b-b- Taft ll~eatre
b-bad to the bone. David Copperfield - May 3 - He
Midnight Star, Shalamar, Kly- will mike Carew T ~ w e disappear-
r
Wxx - April 12 - Funk-out.
April 12,1985
teacher feature
Deta more pursues music, pizza, and
by Janet Nicdas
"I hate Trivial Pursuit." Thus
begins the not-so-trivial life of one
of IH's newest additions Jeanne
Detarnore.
Even when she lived in Col-
umbus, Ohio, her home town,
Miss Detamore surrounded herself
by and dedicated herself to a life
in music. In addition to playing
flute and being familiar with all
the string instruments, Miss
Detarnore is proficient at the vi-
olin, having attended the Eastern
Music Festival, the Aspen Music
Festival, not to mention her being
in every orchestra she could pos-
sibly be in.
After leaving Columbus to at-
tend U.C.3 College Conservatory
of Music, Miss Detamore gradu-
ated with a degree in music edu-
cation before coming to IH m-here
she now teaches orchestra in
grades four through twelve, and
general music in Ottawa.
"I love the string programs
here," she says, noting that "you
get the best of everything at all
the levels, a variety. . .that's the
most important."
Miss Detarnore doesn't limit
herself to teaching, however. She
performs with the Ballet Orches-
disc review
Creative Bowie keeps tradition after 20 years
by Brian Rowe
There is only one aspect of
David Bowie that has remained
constant through the years: his
enduring popularity. The now
40-year-old rocker has managed,
fox nearly 20 years, to stay an
important and influential beacon
in the world of pop music.
Bowie is truly a creative inno-
vator in the grand British tradi-
tion, a rock legend who carried
the torch for rock through the
seventies. Bowie's latest, Tonight,
has elements of music from all
three decades in which he has per-
formed.
The album combines four new
tunes written by Bowie in 1984
with several songs written in the
middle '70s and a couple of songs
from the legendary '60s not writ-
ten by Bowie. The resulting
sound still retains continuity be-
cause it was all recorded at the
same time in Canada; Bowie with
his huge orchestra of some 20
musicians.
The album opens with a new
tune, "Loving the Alien," a slow
CHIEFTAIN
tra when she can and maintains
that with her students, she "plays
better than I describe." Of
course, teaching is not without
its benefits.
"I like the music people here,"
she adds, referring to Music D e
partment veterans Joe Gaudio and
Steve Strider. This interviewer
had the enviable position of
iiag:i
1 ' ~~~yi?~:@
rl
cs
<$
?\
While her violin lays dormant, Miss Det;unore displays her conducting
prowess.
entry with a driving beat, flutter-
ing vocals by Bowie and the melo-
dy carried by a xylophone.
"Loving the Alien" is, as is the
whole album, very "clean sound-
ing" with each instrument blend-
ing with, but not crowding out,
the others.
Some of the music on Tonight
makes the listener feel like he's in
a night club at about 2:00 a.m.,
with the band mellowing out in a
cloud of cigarette smoke. "Don't
Look Down" is such a song, slow
and almost depressing.
It's at about this time that I
flip the disk over and listen to the
album's only single, "Blue Jean."
MTV saturated viewers with this
song and its extended 20-minute
video, "Jazzin' for Blue Jean."
It is easily the most excited song
on the album, and the drum beat
wakes up even the most laid-back
listener.
In sharp contrast to the mel-
ancholy conclusion of side one,
"Neighborhood Threat" preludes
"Blue Jean" with fire and ripping
electric guitar chords, the first I
MgiM's
watching the three people m ac-
tion during a trip home from a
music convention in Cleveland
Let it be said that n~usicians,
at least these musicians, are ten-
permental, spirited, and most of
all, far from boring. Still, she
continues, 'We work well toge-
ther."
During the trip, Miss Deta-
+
f$
'
F dents want and deserve a good
photo by Tom Taylor
heard on the album. Frantic,
screaming vocals by Bowie pace
the song, and it crashes to an end
at its climax.
Bowie's horn section comes to
life on 'Tumble and Twirl," but
this six-minute song loses interest
after about the fourth repeat of
its refrain, "Yeah, they twirl and
they tumble."
Page 5
more's predilection for cashews
and peanut M&M9scame to light.
If you have ever seen her, you
may wonder how she stays so thin
after consuming a two-pound bag
of the multicolored little items or
frequenting La Rosa's for her fa-
vorite pepperoni pizzas three
times a week.
In addition to keeping herself
"trim" with Jazzercize, Miss Deta-
more plays tennis with friends
from college who now live in
Clifton, her present home. "I
like living in Clifton and being in
.
the middle of everything. It's. .
interesting." Enough said.
Miss Detamore has several
goals for IH's music department.
She would "like to see the string
program grow because the admin-
istration, community, and stu-
string program ."
Her personal goals are not so
concrete: "I'nl not sure what I
want to do." Eventually, Miss
Detamore hopes to go back to
school to get her masters.
As predictable as it may seem,
Miss Detamore considers perfor-
mance to be her first priority.
More than anything, she wants
"to keep playing."
For Miss Detamore, that in it-
self is a worthwhile pursuit.
Bowie has fun in a racy tune
called, "I Keep Forgetting," start-
ing and stopping, held together by
the strumming of the guitar and
the snare drum raps. One of the
few traditional rock songs ends
the album, "Dancing with the Big
Boys." There is a line in this song
that sticks out in my mind:
"Your family is a football team."
All right.
Tf you can make it through the
slow numbers of side one of To-
night, you'll be treated to some
up-tempo rock for the next 20
minutes or so. "Ziggy Stardust"
makes no landmark achievement
on this album, but some great mu-
sic is still found within.
This album has not sold mil-
lior s of copies, probably because
there was no World Tour-he
toured in 1983 with his "Serious
Moonlight" sho\;l and Bowie as a
master stage performer sold Let%
Dance to everyone. rhe music
Even if Bowie hasn't toured
with his latest effort, the music
alone is an achievement.
With Tonight, Bowie's musi-
cianship shines with a clean, full
sound that is definitely present
through out.
Page 6
movie review
Innocent 'Rose' demonstrates sophisticated wit
by Paul Monach
Woody Allen has made a hab-
it of acting in his movies. In this
sense, his latest creation, The Pur-
ple Rose of Cairo, is different, for
Allen, the writer and director,
does not appear in even a cameo
role. In most other ways, though,
the film is characteristic of Allen's
sophisiticated wit.
The Purple Rose is hardly a
thigh slapper. The humor, like
the subject matter, is light; Al-
len's humor appeals greatly to
some people and leaves others
cold. Thus, no review can real-
ly serve as a signal to see or avoid
the film.
Nevertheless ...the movie de-
serves discussion. The success of
the plot rests on a bizarre but ef-
fective premise: a young, hand-
some character in a movie (with
the same title) jumps off the
DAVE, from p. 4
'Non-Sequitur' inspires b i z a r r i t ~in writing
gers' poems 'Non-Sequitur' and
'Caribou on Parade' opened the
door to the bizarrity of my writ-
ing style." Then he asked me,
"Is bizarrity a word? Oh well, if
it isn't, I just coined it."
Dave then allowed me t o read
his poems "With You I Never
Have A lot of I:un," "Snowbound
Rastafarian," and "Hi Dad or Em-
inent Problems or Impending
Doom ."
Dave's poetry is so unique, I
can only wonder if Dave will
transform modern poetry as
Donne did with his use of meta-
physical conceit, or if Dave will
transform the language of poetry
like e.e. cummings did.
Thinking it over, I've conclud-
ed that Dave adds a special ab-
surdity to poetry and any trans-
formations h e makes will be more
like Edward Albee's contribution
to the theater with "The Theater
of the Absurd."
As I finished reading Dave's
poetry, he let me in on the real in-
spiration to his poetry. He said,
"Mrs. Jones from 'Psycho 11' is
my real inspiration," as he took
the last bite of a toasted cheese
sandwich.
As if his athletics and poetic
activities aren't enough to keep
him busy, Dave even works
at On Broadway where he buses
tablcs and is a host. Perhaps the
name of the downtown restaurant
is what inspired Dave's involve-
ment in the theater as a sound
technician.
CHIEFTAIN April 12. 1985
screen to fall in love with Cecelia questions into the preposterous
(Mia Farrow), an unhappily-~nar- story. What role do movies play
ried womah who is seeing the es- in our lives? Is thc world of film
capist, romantic film for the fifth completely detached from reali-
time. ty? Are movies damaging in their
The experience is indirectly fantasy, or valuable? Allen, as a
responsible for most of the laughs filmmaker, seems to hold the lat-
in the movie. The fictional char- ter opinion. The silver screen al-
acter Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels) lows Cecelia to escape from the
is excellent, as his twodimension- rigors of a selfish, brutal husband
a1 yet "perfect" personality is car- and the econonlic hardship of the
ried off the screen into real life.
Seeing the responses of the other
characters (still on screen) to Bax- found, nor are they meant to be.
ter's disappearance is also amu- " The Purple Rose o f Cairo is a
sing. harmless escape. It is film enter-
Tom and Cecelia's fantasy is
doomed to be sabatoged, though.
Thc actor who had played Ton1
, tainmcnt at its simplest and most
innocent, and is also perfectly
edited and superbly acted. Some
(also played by Jeff Daniels) people may find the movie bor-
and the producer of the film both ing, but one certainly need not bc
arrive to try to force Tom to go an afficianado of Allen's films to
Lack on the screen.
As always, Allen weaves some
Dave commented, "Anyone
can just run a sound board, but
a sound technician needs to give it
a personal touch.'? Dave certainly
lives up to the title of "sound
technician" by giving a perfor-
mance of his own after Drama
Club and POW-WOW performan-
ces are over. Most notable 01
these was Dave's rendition of
"Young at Heart" after the Des-
sert Theatre. Dave has also per-
formed at Mu sicfest, singing some
U2 and Police tunes.
Of course, Dave's post-gradu-
ate plans are unusual. He is plan-
ning to go to Europe in July, liv-
ing in Paris with friends of the
family and working at an assi-
stance marketing firm there. He'll
miss the fall semester of college,
but he will begin college in the
spring term and make up missed
classes in the summer. Colleges
on his list include the University
of Massachusetts and any school
in Colorado.
As for Dave's major, "I plan to
graduate at the top of my slope," letters by Janet Nicolas
and beforc he forgot, he added,
"Oh yeah, I'm applying to 1:lorida T / z ( ~~t~ Yt/lcljjaorltior.,
Southern iust for fun," kvith his ( ' i . uw
~ fbllit~gIca l1c>.r.
tonguc in check.
~ltf?ozlgh ull / ~ z . I , / r eigh bor.7 urc) hm.huriuIlLs,
Without sounding like a lettcr
of recommendation, I think it can I atld -V()U, I
I
be concluded that Dave's con- rolr urc u t~tolisutz(//~~ilc.,r ultVuj9,
stantly varying activitics arc n o t
individual cop-outs, hut the![ are
f/l('n'crre n/l\quj'st l t t o czr/)s a t irl.1. tahk'. . .
rather a key cllaractcr trait o f ],is,
a trait that shows Dave's fcarlcss
T ' u q E.I'/IUS~.I?
scarch and aspiration to live
life to tlic t'itllcst.
Page 4 CHIEFTAIN April 12,1985 April 12,1985 CHIEFTAIN Page 7
senior sketch puzzle
Watery 'Fish' lives in water and stares at stars Cook displays practical applications of buckets
by Laura Winget and to go to. You get to meet a lot of Last summer, Beth's talent for water skis, another favorite water
Ellen Alvord people, but it's like a concentra- swimming prompted her to seek a sport. "It's fun to take friends Last isie's puzzle was the fol- The chance of the bug moving to From the diagram below (not in- (Think of it as a homonymic
Webster's defines "amphibian" tion camp with all the bald guys job as a lifeguard. She began skiing and laugh at then1 when lowing question from the Arneri- a point is always a third (because cluded in the problem), it is evi- triiute to the opening of the
as "any animal that lives both on who shaved their heads." work at familiar Kenwood Swim they can't get up or when they do can Invitationd Mathematics Ex- there are always three possible dent that sin(a/2) is l / ~ where
, r baseball season.). In preparation,
land and in water." This defini- Beth started swimming to fol- Club, perfecting her whistle-twirl- get up put it at full throttle and amination: destinations) of the chance that it is the radhs of the &&, Be- a demonstration of the solution
tion fits perfectly the lifestyle of low in the family tradition started ing technique and enduring such kiss the waves." wasn't already at the point before cause sin2(a/2) + cos2(a/2) = 1, to a simpler, more common j.uz-
senior Beth Wingerter. In fact, by older brother Cliff. When hardships as sunburn and peeling. On land, Beth can frequently Let A, B, C, and D be the vertices it moved. For example, the cos(a/2) can be s h o w to be zle of this type is given.
Beth has been known to spend asked why she has continued the "It's a tough job, but someone's be seen "cruisin' " in her bright of a regular tetrahedron (four- chance of the bug being at C after Question: TJsing an eight-
more time in water than out of it. sport for so long, she responded, got to do it!" red convertible Mustang, donning sided pyramid), each of whose ed- five moves is one third of the Similarly, sin(b/2)=3/2r, gallon and a fivegallon pitcher
Known affectionately by her "I like the competition and sense When she's not at work, the shades and blasting Midnight Star, ges measures one meter. A bug, chance it wasn't at C after four and c o s ( b / 2 ) = / ~ ~ / 2 1 . (Please suspend your disbelief.),
friends as "Fish" because of her of accomplishment I get from best place to find Beth (weather Kool and the Gang, or the Cars. starting from vertex A, observes moves, which is (1/3)(1-20/81), One could conclude by this how can one obtain one gallon of
tendency to take to the water, swimming. Plus it's a great way permitting) is following the fami- She can also be found keeping the following rule: at each vertex or 611243. The answer to the ori- same reasoning that sin((a+b)/2)= A solution: Fill the eight-
water?
Beth has been swimming since to travel and make new friends." ly boat downriver on a pair of in shape with Jane Fonda, simply it chooses one of the three edges ginal question is thus 1821729 2/r. Putting this value, and the
1974. Belonging first to the Ken- curling up with her cat, Tigger, meeting at the vertex, each edge (This and the following are, how- previously calculated ones, in the gallon pitcher, and pour as much
wood Swim Club team, she pro-
-- , or water as you can into the five-
enjoyingone of her favorite pas- being equally likely to be chosen, ever, only my solutions, which (modified) formula for the sine of
gressed to year-round swimming times, stargazing. "I love just and crawls along that edge to the may or may not be correct.). a sum, which states that gallon one. There will be three
with the Blue Ash YMCA team vertex at its opposite end. What Another intriguing question sin(a/2+b/2) = sin(a/2)cos(b/2) + gallons left in the eightgallon pit-
staring at the stars. They're so
and the elite Cincinnati Pepsi Mar- beautiful; it's really easy to get is the probability that the bug is from the AIME is the following: cos(a/2)sin(b/2), gives the equa- cher when the fivegallon one is
lins. lost in your thoughts when you at vertex A when it has crawled filled. Pour out the water in the
She has also been a member of exactly seven meters? tion 2/r = ( 1 / r ) d G / 2 r ) + fivegallon pitcher, and put the
look at them." In a circle, chords of lengths 2,3,
IHYsvarsity swim team since her In the fall, Beth hopes to at- and 4 determine central angles (3/2r)&/r). three gallons in it.
freshman year, gaining the out- tend Miami University, from This problem, unlike many proba- (angles with vertices at the center Refill the eightgallon pitcher,
standing achievement of advan- Simplification of this equation and again pour as much as possi-
which she is awaiting (what else?) bility questions, can be worked of the circle) of measures a, b,
cing to the state competition all
four years in the 200 medley re-
a swimming scholarship. There out in a straightforward manner and a+b, respectively. What is the yields 4r = f i G. + ble from it into the five-gallon
one. Since the fivegallon pitcher
she plans to major in business, through the use of a graph like value of cos(a)? Squaring both s i d e s y -
lay, 100 freestyle, or 200 free- which will aid her in her ambition the following: 2 already contained three gallons,
ing gives r2+6 = 2/(r2-1)(4r -9).
style. to one day open her own bou- only two more will fit, and six
Again squaring both sides and
Said Beth of her heavy in- tique. Chance bug is at: A gallons will remain in the eight-
volvement in swimming, "Swim- One thing is far certain, simplifying yields 15r9-64rL = 0. gallon pitcher.
ming with the Marlins is a. lot of though, that Beth will use the Because the radius cannot be zero Pour out the water in the five-
fun but also a lot of work and is dedication she has acquired in
moves it is okay here to divide both sides gallon pitcher. Pour as much of
time-consuming." She added, swimming to whatever she even- 0 2
by r to get 15r2-64 = 0, so
the six gallons as will fit into the
"State is a great experience; it's tually pursues, whether it is on 1 r=8/fi. fivegallon pitcher. You will have
photo by Tom Taylor
one of the most exciting meets Beth prepares to take a spin before taking to the water. land or in water. Sin(a/2) was previously de- one gAllon left in the eightgallon
2
senior sketch
1
'1 - 1

3 fined as 111, so it equals m/$. pitcher. Notice that this proce-

Athletic Dave transforms into poetic Ninja
by Duff Woodside
Knowing Dave Schneider for
six years and interviewinghim has
shown me one thing: the only
thing typical about Dave is that
he's atypical. Granted, Dave is
an athlete, which isn't odd,
but in all expressions of his char-
acter, D.A. Schneider gives us
unique variety in his poetry and
athletic endeavor..
David began his high school
career at Moeller High School and
came to Indian Hill his junior
year, as he says, "because I heard
about the chance of IH getting an
award for academic excellence,
and I wanted to graduate from an
Academy of Excellence rather
than major in football."
Breaking away from football
altogether, Dave began his first
athletic season at IH by playing
varsity soccer. Unfortunately, he
broke his leg in his first season,
but with determination he pro-
ceeded to earn a starting position
his senior year.
Changing schools and sports is
not at all inconsistent with Dave's
character. When I asked Dave
why he varies his activities so
much, he replied, "I set my goals
for myself. When I accomplish
those goals, it's time for me to set
new ones. If that involves chang-
ing focuses and directions, so be
it. The important thing is the
overall growth."
Dave was a member of the rec-
b e abandoned MoeJler in search of.
ord-setting 400 meter relay team
last year, but he is now involved
with the varsity baseball team. At
fust it seems odd that after last
year's success in track Dave would
change spring sports, but Dave has
always participated in both track
and baseball, and planned to do
so this year.
"I was going to run track and
photo by Davis Griffin
..morawortfrwhiae pursuits.
pinch-run this year, but as base-
ball started first and I became
more involved with baseball, I
ended up earning a starting posi-
tion in baseball. When track start-
ed, I was committed to baseball
already, and doing both was im-
possible. It was a real mess."
Calling Dave a 'qock" is really
unjust. True, he does participate
in many sports and has .for many
years, but for any person as con-
stantly changing and searching for
new horizons as Dave Schneider,
stereotypes are not appropriate.
Ironically, the sport Dave has
been most committed to, karate,
is the one sport that most people
don't know he participates in.
"Karate is important to me b e
cause it's an outlet for self-expres
sion as well as a course in self-
awareness."
Dave expresses himself with
his wonderfully unusual poetry.
If you've ever had an opportunity
to read any poems by D.A.
Schneider, one of the first ques
tions that come to mind is where
the inspiration came trom.
"Believe it or not, Eric Leu-
see DAVE, p. 6
dure required two fillings of the
The goal of the problem, finding
4
5
cos(a) can now be reached using
the (modified) double angle for-
eight-gallon pitcher, or 16 gallons.
Problem for next issue: How
2 many milliliters of water are re-
6 mula cos(a) = 1-2sin (a/2). By quired to get 10 milliliters from a
7 this, cos(a) = 1-2&h?/8)~, or 100-milliliter pitcher and a 111-
17/32. milliliter pitcher (No reusing is
coming events This week's problem will be allowed-once water is poured out
a variety of "pitcher" puzzle it is down the drain.).
Pro Wrestling
- brings culture to Cincy
-
Riverfront Coliseum
Bogarb
Attack - April 15 - Git me! World Championship Wrestling -
Jeff Lorber Band - April 16 - April 26 - Wrestlemania re-run.
The Firm - Jimmy Page needs
White soul.
-
Rubber Soul - April 18 What a money.
bunch of heels. . .but they've got RE0 Speedwagon w/ Cheap Trick
- May 18 - Try to fight the feeling.
sole.
Dave Mason - April 20 - Free-
Cincinnati Gardens
mason.
Syrian Shrine Circus - April 24-28
Driver - April 22 - Drive me.
Billy Crystal - April 25 - Dilithium - With Andre the Giant for a freak
show.
crystal.
Argus - April 29 - Argonauts trav- Madonna - May 17 - Virgins will
el far to see them. abstain, courteously.
Warren Zennn - May 11 - Were-
wolf in Cincy. Millet Hall
Foreigner - April 20 - They're un-
Hara Arena American.
George Thorogood and the Dela-
ware Destroyers - April 30 - B-b-b- Taft ll~eatre
b-bad to the bone. David Copperfield - May 3 - He
Midnight Star, Shalamar, Kly- will mike Carew T ~ w e disappear-
r
Wxx - April 12 - Funk-out.
 Page 8
Track Squaws rout early 0pponenf"
. -
by Kevin Walzer
The track Squaws had set as
their early-season goal "to fin-
ish in the top three of the EHL,"
according to coach Dave Gar-
wood. Although the league
meet is some time off, IH's
formidable early-season start
with a relatively young team in-
dicates that a repeat or improve-
ment upon last year's second-
place finish is quite within
their ability range.
The match that was most in-
dicative of IH's league potential
was the Squaws' burial of AA
EHL rival Madeira on March 26,
making their season record 2-0.
IH, in routing Madeira, 91-33,
took twelve first-place finishes to
Madeira's four.
Freshman Joy Rowe, who is
IH's leading point-getter thus far
with 29%, led the Squaws with
two first-place showings in the
long jump and 100 hurdles.
Sophomore Molly Higgins,
who is not far behind Rowe with
Softballers dealt league
-
setback
by Brian Rowe
Today the varsity softball
Squaws challenge the always-
tough Sycamore Lady Aviators in
their second league game of the
year.
The team's hopes for the EHL
crown were dampened somewhat
on Wednesday at the hands of
Glen Este. The pre-season favor-
ites earned their reputation by
running the Squaws ragged en
route to a 6-1 victory. The only
consolation for IH is that the
schedule only gets better after
this game, because the rest of the
league is definitely a step below
the talent of GE. The loss
dropped IH to 2-3 overall.
The Squaws had evened their
record at 2-2 the day before with
a 7-3 win over North College Hill.
In a game played in sub-freezing is obvious, according to coach
temperatures, the Squaws domi- Dave Swisher. 'We haven't beat-
nated behind the pitching of sen- en them in six years. If we win-
ior Molly Roche.
Junior Cadi Cucinotta, who
has led the Squaws in hitting
' 2.
the early going, had a sparkling c ~ n v i n c h g win as ' wen, said
~,+--';,i?three for four day with a two-RBI
... .x T- cdple t o ensure the victory. Solid . than we wer+stye?r. Aithopgb, lpolCE&igk&&i%tpyajll and-Fbf- - ' IWs potential. "We.kav+ a pow- -
peifwmances were alsoLturnedin
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Just before spring break the
Squaws dropped a close one to
Norwood. "We should have been
CHIEFTAIN
24 points, also had two first-place three firstplace finishes from
finishes, in the high jump and 400 Rowe in the long jump, 100 hur-
meter run (she tied with junior dles, and 300 hurdles. Sopho-
Lee Baumes in the latter event). more Maren Schinn had two
Placing behind Rowe in the
long jump and hurdles were Eau-
mes, who took second in the long
jump, and sophomores Paula Ly-
on and Kathy Backus, second and
third in the 400. Backus took
first herself in the 300 dash.
In the 800 meter run, soph-
omore Dorothy Joecken and
freshman Ann Kneipp finished
one-three, respectively; similar
results were achieved in the 200
dash by freshmen Leslie Folsom
and Tricia Craig, who tied for
first, and junior Megan Kearney.
Craig took third in the shotput
event; Kearney also finished third
in the 100.
The Squaws dominated AAA
school Northwest in much the
same way they did Madeira,
crushing them, 94-29, two days
earlier.
That meet was highlighted by
Paula Lyon took second in the 400 against
3-1 at that point," commented
coach Robert Wessinger. "If just
a few breaks had gone our way,
we would have won that game."
Senior Amy Wiatt, who has
made a smooth transition from
shortstop to third base this spring, rison that are so much bigger than
had an excellent day at the plate
for the Squaws. Mains, one of the
most consistent players thus far,
also had several hits against Nor-
wood.
A day earlier the Squaws
faced what Wessinger called "easi- breezed past Reading- with steady
'Stt-0nger' netters to face Syca more
by Andy Tucker
The varsity tennis Braves face
their arch-rival next Tuesday-
Sycamore.
The significance of the match
and I believe vie will-we will win
the final EHL title."
in The Braves are looking-for a
Swisher.. 'We are-a latstmnger
,.
Sycamore,"isa little
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singks*.chm 10-'
graduationl , it'i our strength
" played 'well of late, 'natching a
that's going to make the differ-
ence. 1 think we could win 5-0."
- Madeira.
ly one of the best teams in the
area this year." Harrison earned
this praise by thumping IH, 10-1.
"I'm still very pleased with
our play so far, but it's really hard
to compete with schools like Har-
us," added Wessinger. Like any
other sport, softball is a victim
of declining enrollment, but IH is
still one of the favorites to win
the EHL.
On opening day the Squaws
The Braves completed a suc-
cessful week before spring break
by defeating a tough opponent in
Elder, 3-2. The win raised IH's
record to 3-0.
In the Elder match and in the
other matches, the first doubles
team of Dave Steward and Bill
Poffenbergcr has been nearly in-
vincible, allowing a total of four
games $0-be taken from them,
That dbrh$pce has aided ' the.
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strong victory over Anderson's
Fred Krusc in the Braves' team
April 12, 1985
first-place showings, in the shot-
pu~~~",::d"h,leased ,,
the
present time with his predom-
inately sophomore squad; "1
think we have a lot of prom-
ise," he said. "Wevre better than
last vear."
1 '
photo by Mariano Fernandez-
pitching by Roche and key hits
by senior Sally Ulmer, Mains, and
a towering home run by Cucin-
otta. The final tally in that con-
test was 5-1.
"I'm still very optimistic for
the rest of the season," grinned
Wessinger. "We should definitely
be able to beat Sycanlore, and
they are one of the stronger teams
in the league."
The Squaws will also get an-
other shot at Glen Este later in
the season, on April 26. They
could also see Harrison again at
the Harrison Invitational, to be
played at the end of May.
Tvesda
win over the Wildcats. McCurdy
played an impressive match in de-
feating the formidable Kruse, 6-4,
6-2.
The Braves routed Bethel-Tate
5-0 in their season opener. IH
played a strong all-around match
in allowing only six games in the
three singles and two doubles
matches.
Swisher was pleased with this
match, and the others as well, for
erfueineup this year; =.haye the -
pG'sibly in the state."
With that lineup, said Swisher,
'We should beat Sycamore. I bet .
we win 5-0."
April 12,1985
Students en/oy to~ n ' n gFrance,
by Kevin Walzer
Nineteen Indian Hill students
returned Monday, March 8, from
a tour of France and Italy that
took place over spring break.
The 19, mostly French and
Latin students, were accompanied
by Latin teacher Mr. Sherwin Lit-
tle and French teacher Mrs. Mary
Sheridan on the 1l d a y journey.
Freshmen Ann Kneipp, Tif-
fany Meyer, and Rhonda Schec-
Delegates chosen for 'State'
/
by Kenneth N. Jones
Juniors Matt Feltman, Clint
Reese, and Angela Kovach have
been chosen t o represent Indian
at Boys and Girls State, re-
Boys State will take
15-23 at BOW&. "
Green State University while ~ i r l s S C ~ O O ~ .Reese was chosen as an
State will be June 22-29 at Ash-
land College.
Boys and Girls State are pro-
grams sponsored by the American
Legion in order to educate young
men and women about the duties,
privileges, rights, and responsibili- deal." Feltman, who is also secre-
ties of American citizens. Local-
ly, posts 644 and 544 are provid-
ing funds for the students' week
away from home.
During the week, the approxi-
mately 1400 boys and girls at-
tending each program will estab-
lish political parties, run for of-
CHIEFTAIN
ter, sophomores Bruno Darre,
Alissa Raleigh, Michelle Harmon,
Lynn Stefkovich, Paula Lyon, and
Michelle Brougher , janiors Mi-
chelle Mart, Mike Meit, Holly
Baxter, Marie Budev, Julie More,
Mike Guill, Brad Adrien, ~ . n d buildings and paintings while we
Chris Hall, and seniors Brian
More and Elizabeth Converse left
on March 28 for Paris.
The group went on several
tours and sightseeing journeys
fice, and simulate governmental
short paragraph explaining why
they would want to represent the
alternate for junior ~ e f f~ i b s o n ,
who had a conflict in scheduling.
Although he is an alternate for
BOYSState, Reese said, "I'm still
hon~red. It sounded fun, and it
was free. That's my kind of
tary for the junior class, said, "It
will be a good chance to test my
leadership abStY."
The Girls State representative
was surprised, once notified. "I
think if's going to be fun. It's not
going to be an easy summer. I'll
be busy."
, msnhg up on April 24. The.IH
--
during the trip, all of which were
arranged by the American Council
for International Studies (ACIS),
an organization that coordinates
such large-group overseas voyages.
'We saw lots of museums, and
were in France," said Brian More.
While in Paris, the group stayed at
the Versailles Hotel.
From Paris, %e travelled to
Nice and Italy by train," said
More. Nice served as the group's
base for further travels into Italy
and Monaco.
'We went to Monaco one
day," said More. "That was inter-
esting. We also took a train down
to Florence."
More described the trip as a
"great learning experience," b u t
felt that the group came away
COOk ta kes 'AIME' for math honor
by Paul Monach
Senior David Cook finished in
the top 64 students nationally in
the American Invitational Mathe-
rnatics Examination (AIME), and
thus he will compete in the
U.S.A. Mathematics Olympiad
(USAMO) on May 2.
The Olympiad will consist of
five questions-with three and a
half hours allowed in which to
finish them. Cook said the ques-
tions were "like essays," often re-
quiring extensive work or explan-
ation. The methods of solution
are considered at least as impor-
tant as having the correct answer.
The top eight 'knathletes,"
consisting of six seniors and two
underclassmen, will attend a con-
ference. The six seniors will corn-
prise the U.S. team in the Interns-
tional Mathematics Olympiad in
Helsinki, Finland.
After considering the odds and
using his mathematical ability to
letter from SG
forum compose April agenda
IntramuraIs,
Dear Students,
Well, I'm sure we're all happy
that spring is finally here and that
there is less than a full quarter left
of this school year. SG will b e
busy within the next month
working on various projects.
Our biggest project this spring
is the newIy-fonned intramural
% m b e e league. T-~ w e foming.
if
and you would. likeqto,get . examp be I z ~ , ~ , ask & ;&pr
- a jwrn f o ~ e r e ~ ' , & t . ~ U t 8 -rw***!f
&@* or Anna B a a e s .
Our spring music forum is aIso
Page 3
with more than "just k n o w l e w
about art and history, but culture.
m e Italian culture is incredible.
Italian males like to pick up tour-
ist girls. . . Their own girls-are al-
urays inside at night learning how
t o be housewives. Women's lib is
not a very big thing there."
Converse agrees. "Italian guys
are leches. We were getting haras-
sed. .. three of the girls got
goosed by Italian guys."
Still, More thoroughly enjoyed
himself on the fairly expensive
(nearly $1500) trip. 'The topless
beach in Nice was nice. .. al-
though it was a hard rock beach,
not sandy. Uncomfortable."
This is the second year this
spring break trip has been made;
with the discontinuation of the
French exchange earlier this year,
this journey represents the only
opportunity for most IHers t o tra-
vel overseas during the school
year.
compute the probability of a trip
t o Finland, Cook concluded, "I'd
say my chances are approximately
zero."
Cook said that the questiov
o n the AIME were "more ab-
stract" than those he encountered
o n the qualifying test, the Ameri-
can High School Mathematics Ex-
amination (AHSME), which was
taken by all IH students taking
trigonometry, precalculus, or cal-
culus.
Cook's score of 122 (of a pos-
sible 150) on the AHSME placed
sixth in the state and earned him
entrance into the field of 911 tak-
ing the AIME. Although he sees
little chance of reaching the Inter-
national Olympiad, Cook could
n o t complain about the $50 he
won for his state ranking on the
AHSME. As the mathematical
punster said, "You can't have
your pi and eat it, too."
band and Premiers will perform
f o r the student body.
Whether or not seniors will be
required to take exams is still to
b e announced. SG submitted a
plan to Dr. Feltman that we felt
h e would find the m a t "educa-
tionallv sound." IT there are any
quesliw a b ~ u tSG projects or
OW altemttive- 'p& -& senio~
-%$, +
- >,$* yr ',-?&' . L,
"
~a.sp;&bu";*
Hugh Geier
Jim Gruskis
Page 2
editorial
A great deal of tension surrounded the election of - sense and a textbook example of a success of the
the Indian Hill Classroom Teachers Association to
represent the faculty in salary negotiations with the
Board of Education. As the CTA and t h Indepen- ~
dent Professional Educators Association finished
their campaigning in late March, animosity surfaced
between members of the two groups-understand-
ably, for the issue concerned the teachers' salaries and
how best to increase these and other benefits.
Fortunately, this animosity has dissipated follow-
ing the CTA'S narrow victory, - . as all parties involved addition to six previously an- various short pieces (description,
determined that the CTA had won "fair and square,"
and no protest was Even more the
CTA sought immediately after the election to patch
up any remaining differences, Wrote CTA President
Mrs. Nancy Wettstein in a letter t~ the entire staff
"It is my hope that with the election behind us we
can work together toward common goals. Both
groups had bargaining objectives. The election
need not be considered a win or loss for either side,
but just a decision to let IHCTA be the bargaining
agent for attainment of these goals."
- -
Granted, such a statement is easier from the vic-
tors' camp, but neither could it be much more gra- - Appearing in the ninth-grade
cious nor display a greater willingness to have the
CTA reflect the interests of all the teachers in its bar-
gaining.
The post-election attitudes of both groups demon-
strate both a retention of professionalism in its purest
CHIEFTAIN
democratic process that is apparently lacking in most
countries. We congratulate the teachers on this pres-
ervation of professionalism and wish them "smoother
sailing" in the future negotiations, as they and the
Board try to fomi an agreement within the confines
of an ambiguous and probably unnecessary law.
more to
by Paul Monach 7 featured
Seven more IH students, in
be
text
Fernandez, and Appel.
The students selected wrote
nounced, will have samples of narration, expository, creative,
their writing published in "Wri-
ters on Writing," a feature in-
cluded. in ~ a c ~ i l l aPublishing
n the pieces i n d also some short
Company's new series of high
school composition textbooks,
7 for which English teacher Mrs.
Elizabeth Ackley is the Midwest
Sophomore Susan Appel, who
had previously been selected to
be published in the tenth-grade
text, will also be featured in the
deventh-grade book, thus being
the only IH student to be fea-
tured twice.
text will be senior Paul Kalome-
res, junior Ghia Euskirchen, and
,phomore Rob Nichols, in addi-
tion to junior Carin Chabut, who
was notified earlier.
Seniors Paul Monach and Bri-
an Rowe will be published in the
April 12, 1985
in
etc.) and included explanations
of how they wrote and polished
biographical information. The
writers will soon be sent the fi-
nal edited versions of their works
and permission forms that will
need to be signed by the students,
their parents, and high school
principal Dr. Karl Feltman.
Ackley said that in addition
to the students featured in "Wri-
ters on Writing," others who sub-
mitted works may be referred to
in the text of the com~ositionse-
ries without actually having their
entries printed in their entirety.
brief
Key Club has announced its
officers for the 1985-86 school
year. Taking the reins as presi-
April 12,1985
Torrid GE batting downs Braves
by Jim Gruskin
Indian Hill's varsity baseball
team got off to a rather slow start
after spring break on April 10,
with a 13-4 defeat at the hand of
the Glen Este Trojans.
Senior Dave Stanforth was the
starting pitcher for the Braves in
their league opener, but he was
hampered by the short fences at
Glen Este Stadium and the torrid
hitting of the Trojans. Junior
Steve Womack had two hits but
senior Dave Schneider provided
the biggest part of Indian Hill's
offensive punch with a first-in-
ning grand slam.
The Braves' three previous
scheduled contests were casualties
to rain and snow. The IH-Wyom-
ing game on April 9 was called off
when Indian Hill's field had be-
come snowcovered. During
spring break, home games with
Finneytown and Columbus Bish-
pleased with improvement
by Paul Monach
After an impressive opening
win over Madeira, the boys' track
team has encountered tougher
opposition in its last two meets
but has nevertheless improved
many performances and showed
promise in some surprising areas.
Said head coach Mr. Bob West,
'We're getting some points out of
CHIEFTAIN Page 9
On the preceding day, IH
faced one of its sternest challen-
ges against Greenhills, the city's
fifteenth-ranked team. The
Braves lost a 2 1-13 slugfest;
Womack, senior Mike Theye, and
senior Mike Wentz got the fattest
o n Pioneer pitching as each col-
lected three hits.
On March 25, Indian 1 4 8
surprised periennial AAA power
Hamilton, 8-7. Senior pitcher
Brian Jehle, appearing in relief of
Ott, slowed the Big Blue offen-
sive attack enough to set the
stage encugh for senior Pete Sere-
metis' gameending circus catch
in right field.
The Braves were coming off a
photo by Mariano Fernandez soggy double-header against Belh-
Mike Wentz goes after the low ball in Iti's snowshortened game el-Tate. The Braves, behind the
against Wyoming on Tuesday. pitching of Jehle and Womack's
op Hatley were also cancelled. 13-strikeout shutout has been one two hits, won the first game of
Indian Hill ended the early of the high points of the Braves' the twin bill, 4-3. IH was silenced
stretch before spring break on a season thus far. Womack and sen- in the second game as they were
good note, with a 4-0 victory at ior Curtis Ott paced the Braves shut out, 4-0.
Reading. Stanforth's brilliant offensively with two hits apiece.
Thus, the Braves have encoun-
tered opposite extremes of the
The only other first-place fin- Monach won the 3200 in 11:28. ability of AA competition in Wy-
ishers in the running events were Both were also members of the onling and Madeira. Nevertheless,
the 1600 and 3200 relay teams, winning 3200 relay team, which West feels he has learned enough
with timesof 3:54 and 9 : l l . The also included Ahlert and Young. from IH's performances to say,
1600 team consisted of juniors In fact, the only events won by "I think it's very apparent that
Keary Dunn and Dave Ahlert and Madeira were the 110 and 300 we're going to have a competitive
sophomores David Miller and hurdles, in which Mustang Mike AA team; AAA is another matter
Clyde Brant, and the 3200 team Meece excelled, and the 800. completely ."
included senior Paul Monach,
sophomore Mark Young, Ahlert,

French students ranked statewide

eleventh grade text, as will Appel
and sophomore Rob Seal, who
dent will be sophomore Rob Seal;
his vice-president will be junior the field events; that's something
we've been lacking in the past few
and Miller.
In the field, Johnson and
JV netters crush Anderson - - - -

by Paul Monach
Six Indian Hill French stu-
dents, three in level 5 and three in
level 2A, placed in the top ten in
the state on the National Council
of Teachers of French National
Exams.
The scores of those placing in
the state will be sent to the re-
gional level, encompassing several
nearby states. The scores that
achieved state ranking - were first
compared to others students' on
the district level, meaning south-
western Ohio.
Senior Angela Beattie placed
second in the state and in
the district in level 5, with a
score of 59 out of a possible 80,
matching the ranking she
achieved last year in level 4. Se-
nior Stauft scored 55, pla-
cing fourth in the State and
third in the district, and freshman
Jennifer Cobb, scoring 52, placed
and fifth,
All three are students in AP
French Literature.
In level 2A, freshman Karen
Rhoad led the IH students with
75 (of 80), good for fifth state-
wide and third locally. Freshman
Rhonda Schecter scored 74, ran-
king sixth in the state and fourth
in the district, and eighth grader
Rebecca Bircher, with 73 correct,
placed seventh and fifth, respec-
tively. All are students in French
11.
IH students competed in
levels 3 and 4, but none achieved
state ranking. Sophomores Mari-
Fernandez and Helen Hwang
were the top IH scorers in level
9 tor: Brian Rowe; Magazine Editors: Ellen Alvord, Joel R u f f ; Head
and Senior Ingo Leis and junior
Sally Wilbur scored the highest
ifl level 4.
while the results for the high
as a were not as high
as in recent years, French teacher
Mrs. JoAnn Wund pointed out
that the only public school that
was with IH wasWal-
nut Hills.
were selected earlier. The writing Jeff Currier. Sophoni ore Alissa
of senior Ken Jones and junior Raleigh will serve as secretary, years. We're off to an especially sophornare Tony Hoffman re- by Chris Kempczinski ing only two weeks of practice;
David Kilday will grace the senior and sophomore Helen Hwang will good start in the pole vault and mained undefeated in the high As the JV tennis Braves open- earlier he practiced with the var-
edition. hold the position of treasurer. high jump." jump and pole vault, respectively, ed their season against Anderso~l sity basketball team at the con-
Previously notified of their in- Key Clubbers recently atten- In fact, sophomore James although neither matched his per- on March 26, one fact was made clusion of their season.
clusion in the sophomore text ded the Ohio District Convention Johnson's tie for first place in the formance in the opener against apparent: the team has talent. Both first and second doubles
were senior Hugh Geier, junior in Sharonville, along with about high jump was the Braves' only Madeira. The Braves destroyed Anderson teams, comprosed of a Chris
Peter Wilke, sophomore Mariano 1000 other Ohio members. win in an abbreviated home tri- In the home contest against 5-0, winning each set by an as- Kropp-David Lahti tandem and
meet with Wyoming and Milford the Mustangs on March 26, which tounding margin of 6-1. a Mark Warner-Craig Whitman
on Tuesday, April 19. The meet the Braves won handily, 96-36, First singles player Marc Wish- pairing, won their matches easily.
was stopped due to snow after on- Johnson jumped 6'0", and Hoff- ard surprised most in crushing his One twist to the team's roster
in STAFF scHO!J.Wc
PRESS ~SsoclATloN
ly three running events and four
field events had been completed.
man vaulted 11'2", both personal
bests by a considerable amount.
Anderson opponent;
heavily on his overpowering
relying which did not come back to
haunt them that day vras the ab-
Junior sprinter Dominic Brit- IH athletes completed a sweep of
Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extracur- ground strokes Wishard quickly sence of sophomore starter Matt
ricular activity by the students of Indian H i l l High School, 6 8 4 5 Drake ton, the leading point-winner thus
the field events, as Dunn won the won his match, 6-1,6-0. Steward, who was the first casual-
Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 561 - 4 2 2 5 .
Sponsor: Wm. P. Kincaid; Editors: K e n Jones, Paul Monach; News
far for the Braves, provided the long jump and junior Scott Voss Sophomore James Granger, at ity of Koulouris' uncharacteristic
Editors: Anna Batsakes, David Cook; Features Editors: Tracy Megi- only other highlight for IH by fin- won both the shotput and discus. second singles, defeated his foe and controversial "get tough" pol-
son, Janet Nicolas; Sports Editor: Kevin Walzer; Assistant Sports Edi- ishing second in the 100 against In the sprints, Britton won the more through consistency than icy. But now with Steward back
the tough conlpetition of AAA 100 and 200 and led the 400 re- through power. After surviving after a oneday absence, the team
Photographer: om Taylor; ~ u s i n e s sManager: Kelly Martin; Produc-
Milford and AA powerhouse Wy- lay team, also including senior a shaky 6-3 first set, Granger can only improve with him in the
tlon Managers: MaryBeth Heidrich. Arianna Newman: Circulation Man-
ager: ~ a v i sGriffin; ~hotographers: Davis Griffin, aria no Fernandez;
oming. Matt McNellis, freshman Richie breezed to his easy victory in the lineup; his ability will be exhib-
Contributors: D u f f Woodside, Laura Winget, J i m Gruskin, Peter Bat- The Braves lost a fairly close Decker, and Johnson, to victory second, 6-0. ited on the first doubles team
sakes, T i f f a n y Meyer, Andy Tucker, Chris Kempczinski; Production meet to another AAA school, in 48.4. Brant won the 400 in Sophomore Bruno Darre, at with Kropp.
Staff: Barbara Hug, -. Marjie Fink. Laura Schwartz, R o b Seal. Dave
~ u c k Arthur
,
-
Nicolas, Jamie Winget, James Anderson, K y m Sollinger.
Northwest, the Thursday before 57.9 and anchored the victorious third singles, won his match The Braves' match ag-
AS its editorial policy, Chieftain strives both t o commend what is spring break, 74 to 57. Britton 1600 relay team. handily, 6-0,6-1. What impressed ainst Elder was postponed be-
good and encourage Correction Of what is not. Editorials reflect the led IH with wins in the 100 and In the distance events, junior coach Greg Koulouris even more cause of a scheduling mixup. Nev-
opinion of the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions f r o m students are 200, with times of 11.9 and 24.5, George Heynen, despite being in- about Darre's victory was the rap- ertheless, Koulouris anticipates
strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant and are responsibly
written. respectively. jured, won the 1600 in 5: 15, and id improvement of Darre follow- that it will be played shortly.
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a,
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..* i;).
with Kevin Waker
"The only other sound's the
sweep
Ofeasy wind and downy fike. "
-Robert Frost
Sxow in April is not normal.
Yet snow it did; snow it did.
The weather on Tuesday re-
sembled that of early December:
wkl, cold temperatures, fairly
heavy snowfall at times, gusty
winds. Weird.
And yet tennis was the only
sport to cancel practice. The
loominq tem~estsdid not immed-
iately halt other events of the day
(softball, baseball, track). How-
ever, a lot was in store for them.
A couple of bursts of furious
wind and blinding snow combined
to make Tuesday a very interest-
ing afternoon.
Baseball was the first casualty.
Six named Enquirer a
by Kevin Walzer
Six Iiidian Hill athletes were
recently honored as Cincinnati
Enquirer all-city selections when
the newspaper announced its win-
ter sports award winners on Sun-
day, April 7.
Heading the list was senior
Rick Abrams, who was selected
to the third team all-city in bas-
ketball.
A host of achievements led
Abrams to this award this season;
in addition to averaging 22.3
points per game and leading the
basketball Braves to the AA sec-
tional finals against McNicholas,
Abrams smashed several IH sea-
son and career scoring marks.
His 21 poiqts against McNick
made him the first Indian Hill
player to go over 500 points in
a season (522) and 1000 in a car-
reer (1019). Abrams had topped
both marks ealier this season,
tossing in more than the record
467 points Dan Murphy had
put in, and overtaking Gary Frey-
tag's career standard of 982
points.
In addition to the allcity
commendation, Abrams was also
named to the all-league team and
was team MVP this past year.
CHIEFTAIN
'Downey flakes' in April
seem 'downright weird'
The varsity Braves were entering
the bottom of the third inning
trailing visiting Wyoming by two
.
runs. Then. . the floodgates
opened.
'9t was awful!'' said senior
Mike Wentz. A blinding blast of
Yukon fury pounded the IH field
mercilessly "for about ten min-
utes or even more. It was so bad
u7e couldn't see ten feet in front
of us. . . it didn't hurt the out-
fielders much, but it was blowing
right in the face of the batter and
the catcher. We couldn't see the
ball."
The game was called, right
then and there, around 4:45 p.m.
"Since we were down by two,
[coach Jon] Warden didn't mind
cancelling it, though," said Wentz.
Boys' track coach Mr. Robert
West was of a. decidedly different
opinion as he strode from the
locker room approximately a half
hour after the 5:30 cancellation
of the track meet that was taking
place not very far away from the
baseball game.
IH was hosting, coincidentally,
Junior Cadi Cucinotta joined
Abrams in the basketball selec-
tions; Cucinotta captured honor-
able mention. Like Abrams,
Cucinotta was team MVP and
all-league this year.
Seniors Dave Kindle and
JV baseballers open season with 2-2 record
by Peter Batsakes
The JV baseball team started
their 1985 season with a 2-2 rec-
ord over the first three weeks of
play. IH's victories came against
Hamilton Badin and Finneytown,
while their losses were against
Finneytown and Greenhills.
"Wc've been playing pretty
sood ball, especially defensive-
ly," said coach Steve Thompson.
"Our pitching's been coming
through pretty vrell, but our
hitting's been good and bad.
A lot of that has to do with
young players who haven't played
JV ball before."
Thompson praised the play
of individual players, particular-
ly sophomore Dan Cox, who is
batting .375.
"Dan's been a strong force
at the plate, and defensively,"
said Thompson. "He's been bat-
Wyoming; although IH held out-
45 minutes longer than their base-
ball counterparts, the trackers,
too, furally succumbed to the
weather.
Weird, felt West. "I was recall- was there to cad the game. Ab-
ing my personal 'R.West Book of
Lists,' " he said, "and this after-
noon deserves a place in it. It
should go in the top ten for 'Most
Asinine Day.' Yes, this is truly bi- only hoping when I started that
zarre."
Indeed, the only group to ac-
tually survive the weather was the
stoic softball team, which came
out on the winning end of a 7-3
decision over North College Hill.
And they felt the day no better.
Coach Bob. Wessinger described it
as "one of the weirdest games I've
ever played."
'The snow was bad at at the A gathered light, a shapen at-
beginning when we were warming
up-we couldn't see the ball [and
it must be noted here that a soft-
ball is considerably larger than a
baseball] !" added junior Kristin
Mains. The skies cleared off and
the teams were able to complete
the game before hell broke loose
Kenny Slazyk, who led the
wrestlers to one of their finest
seasons in recent years, were
chosen honorable mention in
their respective weight divisions.
Kindle advanced to state in the
185 pound class, while Slazyk
ting six tor sixteen overall."
Leading the Braves' younger
players is freshman Tommy Kin-
dle. "Tommy has taken over his
starting spot, and is hitting at
over a .500 clip," said Thomuson.
JV Squaws lose first two contests
by Tiffany Meyer
Frustration, frustration. . .
The JV softball team tromped
out to the soggy softball field in
the midst of the falling snow
ready to crunch their opponents,
North College Hill. The Lady
Braves, with sophomore pitcher
Karen Weiss, shut NCH away in
the top of the first inning.
However, in the bottom of
the inning IH put two people on
base with one out when the
catcher from NCH slipped while
going after a foul. The umpire
called the game off due to the
April 12, 188.5
again "just at the end of the sev-
enth inning," when the track
meet was cancelled. This was at
5 :30, as well.
An interesting side note to the
softball struggle was the debut of
the Franchise, Rick Abrams, as a
softball umpire. Possibly because
of the weather, no official umpire
rams took over "mainly because
[Traci Finkelmeier 's mom] volun-
teered me. I was just there to
watch Beth [Myers] play. I was
I wouldn't have to strike Beth
out. "
Just call it one more weird
event in a very weird day
"Now winter downs the dying of
the year
And night is all a settlement of
snow;
From the soft street the rooms
of houses show
mosphere,
Like fiozenover lakes whose ice
is thin
And still allows some stimmng
down within."
-Richard Wilbur
was mjured in the regional finals
and was forced to forfeit his state
matches.
Sophomore Teresa Replogle,
who captured thfrd at the state
meet in the 100 breaststrcke, was
named honorable mention in that
category. She was joined by her
sister, freshman Jenny Replogle,
in the 100 breaststroke division,
Thompson also singled out
Jim Berling, Jason Kincaid,
Mike Eaton, and Scott Stert-
meyer for their play thus f a .
Kinc:aid leads the club with three
stolen bases, tied with Kindle.
dangerous c~nditions.
The girls travelled to Norwood
the Thursday before spring break
and lost a tough battle, 17-12.
The opening game of the JV
team was against Harrison. The
girls contributed a strong team ef-
fort, but were defeated, 19-13.
Freshman Sara Hunt and Weiss
both provided strong defense.
When asked to comment
about his team's performance dur-
ing the first two games, coach Jim
Arnold doesn't make any excuses
but states, 'We lost."
Vol. 34 No. 14
April 12,1985
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
Teachers elect CTA bargaining
by Paul Monach -
agent
Following the election of the
Indian Hill Classroom Teachers
Association (IHCTA) as the off-
icial representative of IH teachers
in negotations with the Board of
Education, the beginning of col-
lective bargaining for a salary
agreement is imminent.
As the CTA's victory over the
Independent Professional Educa-
tors Association (IPEA) was ac-
cepted without protest, the State
Employment Relations Board
(SERB), which ran the election,
is expected to distribute its
official certification very soon.
The election was close, as the
CTA received 73 votes and the
IPEA earned 54. One teacher
voted for no representation, and
only one eligible voter failed to
vote due to illness.
After official approval is gran-
ted, the CTA will file a Notice to
Negotiate, and the bargaining will
begin. Ninety days are allotted
for the representatives to come to
an agreement; the procedure is
uncertain should no agreement be
reached by that deadline.
However, Mrs. Karen Eklge-
comb, one of the CTA's five rep-
resentatives to the talks, is optim-
istic about the chances of the
CTA and the Board coming to
terns. "From things I've heard
recently, we should be able to
reach an agreement in 90 days."
The other CTA representatives
will be Mr. David Swisher, Mr.
Doug Harnmond, Mr. David Ter-
rell, and Mrs. Carol Everman.
Board President Mrs. Jean Yap-
pas was unsure about how well
the negotiations will proceed, "I
have no idea," she said. 'This is
our first time doing this sort of
thing." The Board has yet to
name its representatives to the
collective bargaining.
Pappas also indicated that an
Unfair Labor Practice suit that
was filed months ago by the CTA
is still outstanding; she did not
know what, if any, effect this will
have on the negotiations.
Relations among the teachers
supporting the CTA and the IPEA
t(Chief tain
appear to have improved since t h r
election Due to differences in
opinion oetween the groups and
the intense campaigning by both
sides to gain votes, some animo-
sity arose.
The basic difference involved
affiliation. The CTA is affiliated
with the Ohio Education Asso-
ciation (OEA) and the Nation-
al Education Association (NEA),
while the IPEA advocated in-
Phillips hopes to bag
by Anna Batsakes
Senior Chris Phillips was re-
cently named one of the six high-
est scorers in the food marketing
category of the DECA state com-
petition and will advance to the
DECA national competition %I
San Francisco on May 1.
Phillips' overall score was de-
termined by the combination of
individual scores from four diffe-
rent events. Two tests were given
as well as two competitive events.
The first test consisted of 100
objective questions; the second
was an invoice f i l l ~ u ttest for
business management. The two
competitive events that Phillips
was required to take part in con-
sisted of bagging groceries and
~h~~ handling a gocely
plaint.
"I was hoping to do well,"
said Phillips, "but going to nation-
al competition at the time was
just a dream."
Phillips, along with DECA ad-
visor Jim Benken and a few selec-
ted juniors will be attending the
DECA convention in San Francis-
co from May 1 to 6. The students
will be attending workshops and
will be voting in DECA national
elections.
"There will be about 15,000
kids there," said Benken, "and
Chris will be competing against
approximately 200 students in his
category."
At the national level, Phillips
will be competing at a supervisory
level rather than at an employee
level. "At state, I was supposed
dependence. Teachers-will be
required to pay dues to the
OEA/NEA in order to be able to
vote on staff concerns.
Supporters of affiliation cited
the legal support of the OEA and
other benefits. Opponents felt
that affiliation would bring is-
sues into the negotiations that
were irrelevent at Indian Hill.
The IPEA, led by Mrs. Janet Mc-
Daniel, was originally formed in
DiCA award
to be an employee of a store; at
nationals, I'm supposed to be a
manager," sa~d~ h i l l i ~ s"s
,o I
think I'm going to study a bit
more for nationals."
All of Phillips' expenses will
be paid by the IH DECA club,
and the Ohio DECA club.
''That's what all our fundraisers
are for," said Benken. 'They're so
we can send people to national
competition."
Awards for food and market-
ing will be given in individual
testing categories as well as for
the overall highest scores. "I
think Chris will do real well,"
said Benken, "and San Francisco
will be lots of fun."
Pupils selected for art exhibit
by Ellen Alvord
The artwork of seniors Amy
Wiatt, Tim Marsh, and Maggie
Schiff was recently selected to
appear in the 1985 Ohio Gover-
nor's Youth Art Exhibition. The
exhibition opens Saturday, April
27 at the State Towers building
in Columbus and will continue
through May 4.
The students' pieces were
three of 300 selected for this pres-
tigious show. The 300 pieces
were chosen out of approximately
2000 regionally judged works re-
presenting grades 9-12 throughout
the state of Ohio. Twenty-nine of
the final selection of 300 were
from Cincinnati schools.
The artwork was evaluated by
three judges from the Cincinnat-:
response
negotiations
to the
a year
deculle
MO.of which
salary
many teachers felt occurred be-
cause of the CTA's bargaining tac-
tics.
CTA President Mrs. Nancy
U'ettstein has moved to patch up
differences in a letter to the staff.
Board member Mr. Edgar J. Mack.
Jr., also voiced his congratulations
to the CTA. Both sides thus ap-
pear to be approaching the up-
coming negotiations with some
degree of promise.
. ,.
Photo by Davis Griffin
Chris Phillips shows off the tro-
phy he won in the Ohio DECA
competition.
Art Academy, the Cleveland 1nsG-
a t e of Art, and The Columbus
School of A1t and Design on Sa-
turday, March 30.
Wiatt's winning piece is a large
and unusual grapevine basket.
Marsh and Schiff both have Raku
pottery in the exhibition.
Marsh's piece is a Raku vase, and
Schiff's is a combination Raku
and woven basket.
Governor Richard Celeste wiU
present the awards on Saturday
April 27. IH art teacher Mr. Lar-
ry Bernard commented, "I think
that the quality of this show is
equal to college level, and when
the students are handed therr
awards, they will realize how pres-
tigious an honor this is."