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Activities set for prom weekend

by Dan Berico In exactly one week, the seniors of Maine South along with a splattering of lucky underclassmen will be dressing up in their tuxedos and dresses and heading to the Senior Prom.

The Prom is being held on Friday, May 21st, in the Ballroom of the O'Hare Marriott Hotel once again.

This year tickets are $75 per couple and are on sale now. The doors will open at 6:30 and dinner is scheduled for 7:30. On the menu is a choice of two entrees which include chicken, and beef medallions. After about one and a half hours, music and dancing will commence, and continue until midnight.

Afterwards students might go home, head to a hotel, or partake in other festive activities.

One alternative is "Celebration '93," the sixth annual substance-free post prom party sponsored by Maine South.

The post-prom party, lasts from midnight to six in the morning. Food, music, games, and ^assorted other entertainment will be provided, 'as will breakfast. Throughout the night, party goers are eligible for large prizes that will be raffled off.

Senior Tom Carlson, who attended "Celebration '92" said that "by 4 A.M., it looked like a bomb went off in the place because everyone was just lying around, sleeping. The beginning and the breakfast were fun, but things got slow in the middle."

However, like it's theme, this year's party looks to be "A Whole New World." Tom, who

Just one of the many attractions at "Celebration '93."

has been involved in this year' s planning, says that, "it will be great. There will be a lot to do."

This year, the party will be held at the Park Ridge Community Center, located at Touhy and Western, which, as Tom says, "is the main difference. [It] lends itself to much more activity." And much more activity is exactly what is planned.

Two new and exciting attractions will be the famous "Velcro Wall" and Sumo wres-

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by Jackie Nichols Maine South's Marlin Swim club recently traveled to Sarasota, Florida where they competed in the International Academy of Aquatic Art (lAAA) Festival Comjjetition.

The festival consisted of three days of competition in which all the water acts were critiqued by a panel of five critics, and given a rating which was based on skill level, theme and expression. The club took down to Florida five compositions to be presented, and came back with very respectable awards.

The five acts were: a team precision swimming composistion, swum by Jackie Nichols, Kim Biala, Maria Burton, Melissa Hack, Julie Nichols, Aimee Kiefer, and Andrea Szewczyk; two solos swum by Melissa Hack

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tling suits. Other activities include a caricaturist and a D.J. The ever-popular Record-A-Hit will return. The committee is curently collecting baby pictures for a contest. Various games are being planned.

In addition to various gift certificates and movie passes, larger prizes for seniors only will be raffled, including two color TVs, a CD/radio/cassette player, a compact refrigSee Celebration on page 6

swim festival and Kim Biala; a duet swum by Jackie Nichols and Kim Biala; and a trio swum by Jackie Nichols, Kim Biala, and Maria Burton.

All of the Maine South composition received the same rating, an Aquatic Art Award, which is equivalent to third place honors at an International competition.

The Club members put forth their best efforts and were very happy with the outcome of their performance. The club member were also asked to perform in two public shows held by the lAAA. The Marlins are already planning compositions for the 1994 Festival which will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico in which the club plans to bring home more awards.

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The horror, the horror

by Dan Berko If I learned nothing else this year, I became more aware of mortality and my own cosmic uselessness.

Two Sundays ago, I was minding my own business, just doing homework. At five o'clock I got a call from a friend, asking me to pick her up from the el station. She had just received a phone call telling her Jiat her father was in the hospital.

I picked her and her friend up. We first drove to her neighbor's house to find out what happened. When she got back in the car, she said that the tire her father was changing had exploded in his face. He was coughing up blood.

When we got to the emergency room, her friend and I sat in the waiting room with her sister's boyfriend while she went inside.

An hour and a half later, her sister came out, walked to her boyfriend and cried for ten minutes. After thanking us for coming, she said, "He has spinal fluid leakage, his forehead is smashed in, a blood clot is forming, and he's going into surgery to have it removed so his brain can have room to swell.

He's going into surgery, but they don't even know if he'll live."

At this point, I was sitting there, not knowing what to think, what to feel. We walked over to the operating waiting room.

Her mother and my friend were sitting together, trying to be strong. After more hugs and thanks, they told me to go home. Rather, their voices did, but their faces and eyes were begging me to stay.

Throughout the evening, they reminisced about their father and husband. All I could do, was sit there and listen and laugh when they did. I still did not know exactly what to feel. I didn't know the man.

Towards the end of the wait, it seemed as though the entire family was looking to me for something. They reminisced, it seemed, for my benefit. It was almost as though they just needed me there to be there, and not do anything. Their stories seemed to be attempts to give shape to his life, to make sense out of it. But it wasn't his live that needed shape, it was life itself that needed shape and sense.

As my futile presence gnawed more and more, I thought about the accident. As my friend repeated, "It's just so stupid."

And it was. Whether because of the accident or because of my unapparent purpose, four words kept passing through my mind: "The horror, the horror."

(The gentleman passed away on May 4.)

by John Frederiksen Three mornings per year the student body of Maine South gathers in the spectator gym.

Ethusiasm abounds at the prospects of shortened periods and the escape from dull homerooms. Teachers frantically take attendance and try to bring order out of near anarchy.

"What's going on?" some may ask. Is the sc(jool testing a new fire drill procedure? Has a bomb exploded in the A-wing?

No! It's another sports assembly, chock full of speeches about outstanding student achievements, notably in athletics.

Some may inquire about the purpose of these assemblies, since most of the achievements make headlines in Southwards. Is the administration trying to destfoy our hearing?

This is possible, given the screaming contests at the end of the assemblies.

However, the assemblies serve a much more important purpose. They are the only three times that the entire student body comes together in one place during the year.

"So what?" some may ask. "The student body is together one hundred eighty-odd days per year." Yes, but how often do students get to glance at the enormity of the student body?

When else do they experience the feeling that they are a part of the greater community?

If promoting community and school spirit isn't appealing, consider the numerous athletes sitting on the gym floor. The assemblies honor the achievements of these and other outstanding students. Admittedly, some of the speeches are bad, and some of the jokes are incomprehensible. But they serve the purpose of honoring student accomplishments.

Given the assemblies' worthy aims, one

might expect any disinterested student to quietly allow them to continue. However, as most students know, these assemblies are not noted for their silence. The frequently noisy affairs prevent speakers from being heard and are sometimes embarrassing to the administration.

If the school truly wants to honor its athletes and promote school spirit, why not hold the assemblies in the auditorium? The compact auditorium would enhance the assemblies' sense of community in a more comfortable setting. Our athletes could be honored in a more dignified fashion than in the noisy, rowdy gym.

Although the whole school will not fit in the seats, the seats will take some eight hundred students, and about about one hundred fifty can fit on stage. The school could hold two assemblies, with two different classes attending each. The band could play in the pit below the stage. It might even play songs we could listen to, instead of playing while students stfeam in.

Assembly time could also be significantly decreased. Although assemblies usually take about forty-five minutes, much of this time is wasted getting students seated and calmed down.

As for the spirit contests, wouldn't they be more appropriately reserved for basketball and football games?

Promoting school spirit and honoring our athletes could be accomplished with a minimum of screaming and disruption. Moving the assembly to the auditorium would serve these purposes and might even pique student interest.

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by Sean Denham There has been a growing trend in television journalism over the last few years which has drawn the country into a trap. The media has become too centered on getting ratings rather than reporting the facts for the common good. They run around from tragedy to tragedy trying to be the first with an interview.

As recently as 1991, during Desert Storm, reporters such as Arthur Kent, the "Scud Stud," and Peter Amett brought us the inside story from the front lines. We were supposed to be impressed with the fact that a television anchor was "risking his life to report the facts." Could Arthur Kent have been so preoccupied with reporting the facts had nobody cared? Of course not, he needed ratings. For this matter, the exploding missies over Riyadh and bloody terror they wreaked needed to be reported on the spot.

The next major news event was in Somalia.

When troops landed on the Somali Beaches, who was there to greet them? Hundreds of grateful Somalis? Certainly not, the media charged the troops, when it should have been the other way around. "Morons," I thought to myself when I saw those reporters on the beach. There wasn't anything to report yet.

The soldiers had a job to do, which would be hard enough to complete without a television

camera in their faces. But there were scenes of tragedy in that country, and they tried to film each person during his or her own time of personal sorrow and hardship.

Next, the standoff in Waco ended, 't is interesting to note that during a majority of the event, it garnered no more than a foomote of each newscast. But as the tragic events unfolded, the media began speaking as if they had been giving it top billing for the previous 51 days. We were assaulted with film of the entire complex burning down. And again I saw people dying, burning to death on television. It was a horrible situation, knowing that at the exact instant it was telecasted to millions of people, innocent children were burning to death. Can you even begin to comprehend the horror of burning alive? I can only shudder at the thought.

But if that wasn't satisfactory enough to them, the media moved on to the next step: seeking someone to crucify for for the terrible event. It couldn't be a dead lunatic who manipulated the FBI as an occult messiah, like, let's say, David Koresh. If the answer were that simple, people wouldn't keep turning on the news. No, it had to be somebody visible like Janet Reno, or Ann Richards, or even Bill Clinton.

What was even more astonishing was the

fact that as the complex was burning down, CNN was holding a telephone interview with Koresh's mother. She was watching her son die, and yet she had time to talk to television reporters. Has this woman no sense of remorse? Or is it CNN's fault? True, halfway through the phone conversation she hung up, perhaps wanting to have this emotional moment to herself. Not quite, she had to open her front door for the "A Current Affair" news team. What's next for the poor, grieving mother? Probably Geraldo.

Journalism wasn't always like this. Before television had taken root as a strong news medium, journalists reported the news for the sake of informing the people, not competing for ratings. During the Korean War, Margueritte Higgins went ashore with American Troops to report the events; she was the first female reporter to do so. In World War II, Ernie Pyle traveled many days with combat infantry to chronicle their daily lives.

How did we arrive at this race for the most gruesome, heartbreaking aspects of a news story? Televised media has us deadlocked between journalistic merit and worthless gore. Its senseless approach is thoroughly disheartening. There was once a time when the fantasies of today's idealists were a reality.

Where did it go?

Maturity, individuality test true courage Dear editor, After four years of high school education, it's time for us seniors to move on. It's time to realize "it's only Park Ridge" and that Denny's does not constitute fine dining.

We've earned our diplomas and we've earned our keep. We've done what we're supposed to do and now we're going to start doing what we want to do. At last we'll be independent enough to set our own goals and acheive or fail just the same. We're getting the chance to be ourselves with maturity as our only guide. But who's interperetation of maturity will we follow? Society's or our own?

According to society, maturity encompasses the ability to survive and to succeed, to be sensible and realistic. Where we're headed, superficial stature and die hard competitiveness is essential.

To be blunt, it's the nineties, it's survival of the fittest, and the truth is nice guys finish last.

The speed, greed, and pigeon-holding of today's fast-paced world is unavoidable. If you refuse to evolve and join the real world, you'll be naturally selected out of the equation. Stalemating mature and rational goals with success will leave you behind eating

elitest dirt. Anyway, you only Uve once, and might as well succeed and enjoy success while you can.

This interpretation of maturity is exactly what's stabbing us in the back. Today's society is leading us to a self loving world of loud ignorance. Conformity has made a tremendous comeback and individuality has become nostalgia.

you condemn, what you value, how you act and how you react.

As long as you believe in sterotypical suburban achievement, you generalize our generation. As long as you fear a trivial letter " F ' on a piece of paper, you reinforce conformity. We should spend less time worrying about music, books and school. Instead, we should spend more time worrying about innocent people suffering from famine, genocide war. Learn about life by living it, not just Individuality lies in what and reading about it. Reincarnate morality, reyou believe in, what you juvinate individuality and revitalize life. condemn, what you value... This, by no means, translates into becoming an Angry Young Man/Rebel. Instead, we Disrespect for others and ourselves has should just set our own values and goals. We become the norm; morality had become a should do whatever it takes to achieve our joke; vision has become useless; an true cour- goals without compromising our set values. age no longer exists. The one and only one We must be mature enough to confidently way to mend this truth is to render it false. realize that we only live once, so we must Develop your own interpretations of matur- make it worthwhile. ity, find your own definition of success and be â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Paul Henderson '93 yourself.

Letters to the editor should be delivered to Individuality has nothing to do with the way you dress or what music you listen to. room V-130 or given to a member of the You could read Salinger and Kerouac all you editorial staff. Southwords reserves the right want, but it does not make you any different. to edit letters containing obscene of libelous Individuality lies in what you believe in, what material.

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Young musicians unite in Chicago

by Alison Begor Strains of Gershwin's American in Paris are heard through the tenth gloor window of the Fine Arts Building. Two violinists step off the old elevator with cups of steaming black coffee in hand. Another student is unpacking his silver trumpet and beginning his warm-up.

It is nine o'clock, Saturday morning, as another Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra rehearsal is about to begin.

The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra (CYSO) consists of 114 high school musicians from over 50 communities in Illinois,

Indiana, and Wisconsin. Some of the members have been finalists for prestigious competitions such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Illinois Bell Young Performers competition. From September to June, the CYSO rehearses every Saturday morning for three hours.

The CYSO is a fine pre-professional orchestra, thus they are directed by Michael Morgan, a distinguished conductor. Michael Morgan has been the director of the CYSO for nearly five years. He has led them in their 1989 Carnegie Hall debut, the 1990 European

The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra performs at Orchestra Hall.

Tour, and most recently in the 1992 Japan Tour. Mr. Morgan also keeps himself busy with a slew of other directing positions, such as the assistant conductor in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, principal conductor of the Civic Orchestra, and music director of the Oakland/East Bay Symphony.

During the season, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra performs two concerts at Chicago's own Orchestra Hall as well as several outreach concerts in the metropolitan area. During the summer, CYSO also performs concerts in Grant Park as part of Grant Park's kid series "Concerts for Kids, too!."

This year, CYSO will perform one of the concerts on July 3 at which they will play Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals in celebration of Lincoln Park's 125th anniversary.

The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra is a distinguished organization which hosts programs such as solo competitions, college fairs, and chamber ensembles. Auditions for this pretigious orchestra are held each year in May where over 250 musicians compete for 50 positions. Currently, four Maine South students are members of the CYSO: Alison Begor, cellist; Erika Cornelisen, string bassist; John Fredericksen, violinist; and Leslie Kouzes, cellist.

X^o%' Tribute to a Hispanic tiero

by Alison Adlaf "Hay mas tiempo que vida" (There is more time than life). So spoke Cesar Chavez, selfmade symbol of hope and dedication for thousands of mistreated migrant farm workers and Hispanic peoples all across the country. His death on April 23, 1993 marks the loss of a great man, but certainly not the loss of the spirit of the fight for equality that Mr. Chavez made a point of devoting his life to.

Bom in Arizona in 1927, Chavez found himself growing up in the midst of the devastation of the Great Depression. His family was forced off their farm when he was ten, and the boy was forced to drop out of school in seventh grade to help his family in the fields, where it was rare to find enough work to do to earn thirty cents a day. Until he joined the Navy in 1944, Chavez lived in a barrio (a Spanish-speaking neighborhood) labeled "Sal Si Puedes" (Get Out If You Can).

In the Navy, Chavez began to realize the problems of equality and social integrity that existed in America. He went to a segregated movie theater, where there were sections reserved for white audiences only. Feeling that he deserved to sit anywhere he wanted since he was serving his country, Chavez sat in the

"privileged" section, and was arrested. Angry at this discrimination, Chavez began to dream of a way to fight back against such cruel injustices.

In 1952, Chavez became involved with the Community Service Organization (CSO), an association set up to help Mexican Americans throughout California. He was intfoduced to the teachings of Gandhi, and began to base many of his own philosophies on the Indian leader's instructions. Chavez continued to work with the CSO until 1962, when he made up his mind to organize farm workers into a union. The National Farm Workers Association (NWFA) was the first of its kind; the farm worker members could receive loans, insurance, and greater security in their work.

Chavez traveled 14,867 miles in 86 days, drawing support from migrant workers all over California, many of whom were inspired to live out their dreams of being free from repression. The union's slogan was "Viva la Causa" (Long Live the Cause).

From that point on, Chavez became a bringer of hope to the oppressed Hispanic race everywhere. In 1965, he and his union conducted a boycott on California grapes that lasted for five years. His policy of nonviolent

action through strikes, picket lines, and boycotts gained much support and recognition for the NWFA. People all over the country began to recognize Chavez's power and influence and lent their support to his struggle. In 1972, in the midst of another boycott on grapes, Chavez went on a fast which lasted for 25 days, and finally ended it by breaking bread with Senator Robert Kennedy, who declared Chavez to be "one of the heroic figures of our time." Chavez was even put in jail, yet he still fought for his cause, never resorting to violence, for he realized that through the use of violence "we would have won contracts long ago, but they wouldn't have been lasting...we wouldn't have won respect." Again, in 1988, Chavez undertook a 36-day fast to protest the use of harmful pesticides on certain crops.

Chavez has been called the Martin Luther King, Jr. of Hispanics; moreover, he has been credited with alerting the millions to the multi-cultural discrimination present everywhere. Chavez always remembered that "it takes two to fight, and one can't do it alone."

Rising above poverty and oppression to become a leader and symbol of sU"ength to migrant farm workers, Chavez demonstrated the true definition of a social hero.

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Quebec versus the state of Idaho

by Katie Burns Lawrence River was much preferred to the Some Americans tend to think that the entire long trek by foot through dense forest popucountry of Canada is a conglomerate mass that lated by hostile American Indians. is little more important or culturally diverse In 1535, Cartier, whose name is recognizthan, perhaps, the state of Idaho. However, it is able to both Canadian and American history, in truth a grand nation with a long history and caught his first glimpse of the Iroquois setseveral provinces composed of varied nation- tlement of Hochelaga. He renamed it alities. In the province of Quebec, for example, "Mount Royal" in honor of the French the population is primarily French and is about monarch, but changed little else. A trading as different from Idaho as New Jersey is from post was founded there for a brief period of Texas. time in 1609 by Champlain. Eventually it Students from Maine South will discover grew to a city that was the center of a vast and this for themselves on their upcoming trip to competitive fur trade. Wars with the this nearby "francophone," or French speaking Iroquois occured almost constantly as the region. Madame Nica, resident French teacher Native Americans resisted the overwhelmand leader of the expedition, has already suc- ing inflow of Europeans. A peace treaty was ceeded in enlightening most of her foreign finally created in 1701 and the economy language scholars as to the importance of the flourished for the French. Montreal rearea. Numerous research projects and class mained a part of the French holdings in discussions have provided more information America until the 1763 Treaty of Paris surthan one would imagine possible by looking at rendered it to the British. a map of an area with only two major cities and The British gained possession of Quebec a broad scattering of lakes.

City at nearly the same time. However, the The history of Quebec begins, of course, residents of the fortified town fought a with the American Indians. Those who have bloody battle before surrendering in 1759. had the most lasting effect, nevertheless, have Quebec City was founded by Champlain, been the French. Dating firom before the who never could have predicted its strategic 1600's, explorers from France mapped and position in the war. To the famed French learned about the rugged Canadian coast. Re- explorer, the place was just another center lations with the natives were unfortunately for trade. It became the capital of an inrarely friendly and the more technologically tensely nationalistic Canadian province in advanced French established dominance the end. through continual fighting. The only major The Quebecois have always clung remnant of Native American influence is the fiercely to their French heritage. Though tlie name of the province. Quebec is derived from region has existed as a part of Canada far the Indian word Kebec, which means "where longer than it did as a French holding, the the river narrows," referring to the St. Law- mott, "Je me souviens," states that the Querence River. becois will never forget their French heriIt isn't surprising that the two major cities of tage. The coat of arms depicts the French the region are found on this same river instead fleur-de-lis above the British lion and maple of in the beautiful yet primitive northern wil- leaves of the Canadian federation. This derness. The fur trade that began early on in the could be interpreted as a representation of animal laden area needed a good outlet to the the historical sequence of government concoasts where furs could be transported to a trol or perhaps as the importance the Quebehungry European economy. Boating the St. cois place on their original ancestry. The

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provincial flag also includes iourfleur-de-lis without any British or Canadian symbols.

These facts are nothing if not signs of how briefly the British ruled politically and socially undisputed in Quebec.

The French revival that caused the current state of affairs caught on most strongly in the last century. The large French popluation in Quebec resented the Anglican dominance and ended up succeeding where the Iroquois did not. Widespread insistence forced the government to make French the second national language of Canada. Later movements in Quebec made French the official language of business. Due to more upheaval, the language is also now taught in schools as a mandatory measure.

Radicals began a separatist wave that almost gave Quebec the status of nationhood at one point. The leader of this group was a broadcast journalist by the name of Rene Levesque who also created the Parti Quebecois. Quebec did not become independent because of a general feeling that the French inhabitants of Canada had gone a little too far this time.

Quebec remains strongly French today. In fact, anyone who does not speak French is dubbed "English" even if they are Chinese or Indian or Portuguese. The area is definitely far different than any other region in the Americas. Comparing Quebec to Newfoundland is similar to describing a bird in terms of a cow. Quebec is no Idaho.

Of course, comparing the state of Idaho to California is precisely the same as attempting to solve a geometry problem by examining it iinder a microscope. That, however, is another story.

Besides which, Idahoan is not offered as a course at this school.

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French students head to Quebec

by Sean Denham This Memorial Day weekend, while many Maine South students are basking in the glow of a long weekend, 17 members of the Maine South French Program, accompanied by French teacher, Mrs. Nica, will be on a three day trip to Quebec to be immersed the French language.

They will leave on Friday, May 28th, right after school, and return Monday evening. The trip will include excursions to the cities of Montreal and Quebec City, as well as the surrounding countryside.

The trip was set up by ACIS, an exchange student service that also set up the Italian Deparunent's trip to Italy, and the Foreign Language Department's trip through France, Germany, and Switzerland. The organization is very experienced, with programs in every comer of the world.

As for the students, they are all very excited. Except for one junior and one senior, the

Sean Denham (left), Mrs. Nica, and John Fredericksen prepare for their trip to Quebec.

Photo by Yasmine Kiss. participating students are all freshmen and ready for anything." sophomores. Some of them have less of a grip Nlrs. Nica's expectations for the trip are on the language than is necessary to commu- high. "This will be the most exciting thing we nicate effectively, but this does not scare have done in a few years. It will be a good them. In the words of one student, "We're learning experience, and a lot of fun."

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erator, several telephones, a portable CD player, and cash prizes in various amounts.

Tickets cost $ 12 and will be available until May 21 to seniors in the cafeteria, whether or not they attend the prom. After the 12:15 check in at Maine South, students will be bused to the Community Center, and back again afterwards. All students are required to stay at the Community Center for the entire night. The school parking lots will be lit, and security will be present both at the school and

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at the party. As an additional safety measure, the parents of students who do not check in by a certain time will be phoned.

Says "Celebration '93" Committee chairperson Collette Hohimer, "The Committee worked hard to make a successful party and we hope its a fun party that seniors will enjoy and remember as being a great end to their prom and senior year. We hope that all seniors will participate."

The Committee is still hoping to include

more activities such as pool tables and pingpong tables, and more cash prizes.

On Saturday, May 8, a Car Wash was held I at the Maine South Auditorium entrance on Dee Road, along with a plant and bake sale in the Fieldhouse, all lasting from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. For more information about donations, volunteering, or about "Celebration '93," contact Collette Hohimer at 698-0555, or Liz Lawson at 698-3689.

In Other News at MS •Once again, Maine South students enrolled in United States History Accelerated or in History of the Western Worid Accelerated, twenty-six this year, took part in the city North Regional Fair of the annual Chicago Metro History Fair held at Loyola University.

After judging of their essays, exhibits, and performances, six winners from Maine South were announced: Matthew Friesel for his essay on "Reversing the Flow of the Chicago River;" Scott Manrose for his essay on "The Chicago Tribune;" Maria B urton for her essay on "The Fitzpatricks: From Ireland to Chicago;" Jennifer Rhee for her dramatic historical performance on "The Airange of Lawrence Avenue;" Kara Vormittag and Jennifer Neisler for their exhibit on the "Western Electric Company."

In May, these students will represent Maine South at the Metro Fair Finals.

•Recently, the Maine South officers for the classes of '94, '95, and '96 were elected by

their fellow students.

For next year's senior class, the Class of '94: President, Nicole Berg; Vice-President, Erica Swanson; Secretary, Lauren Rolsing; Treasurer, Micelle Thillens.

For next year's junior class, the Class of '95: President, Joe Dietlin; Vice-President, Dan Panattoni; Secretary, Julie Asmar; Treasurer, Shannon Sponaugle.

For next year's sophomore class, the Class of '96: President, Bill O'Keefe; Vice-Presient, Kathleen Rowland; Secretary, Meredith Swanson; Treasurer, Terry Lyons.

•Maine South'sacademic team. Scholastic Bowl, recently completed its long season on Saturday, April 31 at the Sectional meet.

The team was short of a few key members due to various other committments. Unfortunately, they were eliminated in the first round by arch-rivals Maine East.

The Maine East Demons went on to win the Scholastic Bowl Sectional tournament.

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Softball has busy schedule ahead

by Katherine Nelson After many rained out games the girls' Softball team is finally playing a somewhat regular schedule. The varsity team has an impressive record of 12-4.

The team has been performing extremely well both defensively and offensively. Against the Waukegan Bulldogs the team used this to their advantage. South rolled up a total of seven runs to defeat the Bulldogs, 7-0.

There were highlights both on the mound and at the plate. Junior Jenny McCormick pitched a masterful one-hit shutout. Junior Amy Carlson and sophomore Sue Sroka helped the team to victory with an impressive day at the plate.

South Uien went on to play Lake Park.

Again, the Hawks were victorious, this timeby a score of 10-3. Senior Stacy Ladra had several key RBI's to lead her team to a win.

Against Maine West, the Lady Hawks won, 6-1. Senior pitcher Kate Glamer only allowed two hits during the entire game.

Carlson had several timely hits throughout the game.

The team's winning streak was broken when they competed against Prospect. Even though South out hit their opponents five to two, they lost the game, 1-0. Against Fremd the Hawks again came up short, 1-6.

With thirteen games left in their regular season, and only two weeks to finish them, the Lady Hawks are going to be quite busy. In

those thirteen games. South will be playing the number one ranked team in the state, Downers Grove South. The Hawks will also be going up against the always challenging New Trier team.

Mr. Kerr, coach of the varsity team, commented, "It is time to test the pudding. It has been cooking for eight weeks, and we have to taste it and see what happens."

The state softball tournament begins in less than three weeks. Maine South will be participating in the Fenton Regional. The favored team out of the regional is Resurrection.

Hopefully, South can compete well enough to upset the Bandits and be champions of their regional and continue on in the state competition.

Girls' soccer team on winning streak

by Katherine Nelson After opening the season with two tough losses, the Hawks' girls' soccer team has been perfect, winning their next seven games in a row and taking an undisputed lead in the conference with a 5-0 record. They have outscored their conference opponents 29-2.

The team has been practicing long and hard 'to solidify their base before the State tournament competition, which begins in two weeks.

As of May 5th, the Chicago Tribune has the Maine South girls' soccer team ranked twelfth in the state.

Mr. Kerth, head coach for the girls' varsity team, commented, "Twelfth sounds about right for us at this point. We've done very well against top-20 schools, beating teams like New Trier, Barrington, and S tevenson. B ut our meetings with the top-10 teams were all rained out."

The mid-season stretch is under way and now the Hawks will be facing the top teams in the state, such as top ranked St. Charles, second Naperville North, and third Downers Grove South. "They'll be a good test for us," said Kerth. "Win or lose, they'll sharpen us up

for the state series at the season's end."

Contributing to the better performance of the girls' soccer team is the healing of the various injuries the team endured at the beginning of the spring season. Senior co-captain Maureen Nugent returned to the field two weeks ago, after recovering from a sprained knee. With her return, and the healing of other nagging injuries, the Hawks have finally found the rhythm that eluded them early on in the season.

Opponents have found the Hawks difficult to defend and even harder to attack.

While most teams depend heavily on one or two goalscorers, the Hawks have spread the scoring around evenly.

Senior defender and co-captain Kate Reynolds leads the scoring with five goals and three assists, followed by senior midfielder Andrea Berthold, also with five goals. Junior Trisha Melendy has notched three goals and five assists, and senior Monica Huettinger has three goals and two assists. Several other players have two goals apiece.

Defensively, the Hawks have been solid.

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allowing no more than two goals in any game.

Junior goalkeeper Cari Schuler has four shutouts.

Girls' track to Sectionals

by Katherine Nelson The girls' track team is winding down their season. The Hawks have been having a season with many ups and downs.

On April 22nd, die Hawks competed against Niles West and Waukegan. The Lady Hawks placed third in the meet. Waukegan took first, and Niles West finshed in second place.

The next meet the Hawks particapated in was the Glenbrook South Invite. Maine South finshed eleventh out of twelve teams.

Even though the Hawks did not finsh well in the meet, they did have some good individual efforts by sophomores Gretchen Henrickson and Jenny Green. Henrickson finshed first in the long jump, and Green received fourth place in the 100 yard dash.

Even though the meet against Resurrection and Glenbrook South was not scored, there were some highlights. Junior Candice Abreu finished third in the half mile run.

Senior Katy Michal placed second in the two mile run.

At the Elk Grove Invite the Hawks finshed eighth out of twelve teams. "This meet was hard to compete in because a lot of the juniors were missing on account of the SAT," commented Michal. Junior Andrea Armour finished fourth in the two mile run.

The two mile relay team consisting of Michal, Brooke Swanson, Mary Lindgren, and Sandy Mulligan, finshed fifth.

The IHS A Sectionals for Girls' track and field will be held today at Fremd High School in Palatine.

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Track takes 4th at Spartan relays.

by Paul Zwawski In one of their latest meets, the Maine South Track Team hosted New Trier and Deerfield in thefinalhome meet The Hawks won the meet easily andfinishedtheir home season on a high note.

The final scores were Maine South 77.6, Deerfield 64, and New Trier 43. Maine South won 9 of the 18 events in an outdoor competition.

Individual winners were Ben Rea, Dave Palac, Jamie Brammeier, and Chris Brandenburg in the 3200 m relay, Tony Mazzacano in the 3200 m, and Palac again in the 800 m.

Other winners included Paul Zurawski in the 400 m, Dave Baker in the High Jump and Triple Jump, George Kotsionis in the shot put and disc, and Steve Silarski in the pole vault.

Later the Hawks took fourth place in the twelve team Spartan Relays.

This was an impressive placing considering the Hawks were up against stiff competition from teams such as Glenbrook South, New Trier, York, and Stevenson.

The pole-vaulting team of Steve Silarski, Pat Matchen, Marty Kulak, and Scott Edwards took first place in their event.

Edwards finished only six inches below the state qualifying height.

Maine South also won the u^iple jump with Dave Baker, Joel Gregie, Ryan McCormick, and Neil Gregie.

With George Kotsionis, Phil Duszczyk, Dan Maigler, and Paul Urbanzewski, the Hawks took second in the disc.

More strong performances were turned in by the four mile relay team (Chris Brandenburg, Pat Maloney, Tony Mazzacano, Jason Wynne), and the hurdling efforts of John Aylward, Joel Gregie, Neil Gregie, and Tom Swidnicki.

The team is going to try to utilize these strong performances en route to a successful showing at the conference meet this month.

Volleyball continues Its strong season

by Joe Zacharias As the second half of the volleyball season begins, the Hawks put their game into high gear.

Playing in the highly competitive Central Suburban League South, the Hawks have taken a jump start into a tie for first place with a 4-1 conference record.

Maine South also faired well in the highly competitive Downers Grove South Tournament.

This venture included the top 24 teams in the state.

Maine South showed their strength and finished a solid tenth place overall at the end of the event.

With hard hitting by the front four (Sean Watkins, Brad Wiemerslage, Steve Kotur, and Dave Gregg), the Hawks have managed an average of 25 kills per game.

With solid all-around play, the Hawks have achieved a respectable 16-7 record thus far into the season.

Recent injuries to Wiemerslage and senior Joe Zacharias have given Ted Pappas and Gerald Leonard increased playing time to step

up their level of play.

This increased experience for players like Leonard will provide important experience for next year's team.

With the upcoming Hawk Invite Tournament, the South seniors look to the juniors and sophomore Ted Ward to take them through the tournament which follows Senior Prom.

Senior Sean Watkins said of the team,^ "During numerous early moments of this season, the Hawks showed flashes of brillancc, but now as the end of the season approaches, the team is now striving for consistency."

Baseball team looks to improve in late season

by Chris Robbins But even though the Hawks have had this The baseball team's hopes of defending its slight slump, there are plenty of games left in CSL championship from last year took a dive a few weeks ago.

Ui^tmm â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ I f f ' ff J The Hawks lost four conference games in a row, falling to Waukegan 6-1, Maine East 86, Evanston 4-3, and Maine West 9-5.

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The team possesses all of the factors Baseball needed to dominate, but thus far in the season things just haven't come together for the IHSA Stcte Finals Gymnastics Hawks.

The team let two of their games slide from Soccer their hands.

After falling behind 6-1 in the game Hersey Softball against Maine West, the team battled back in V 10:30 the fourth inning with a quartet of runs.

CSLS. Division Tennis Hits in the inning came from catcher Marty Evansti n VIS Dula, John Giannini, Patrick O'Malley, and Boys' CSL Romeo De La Cruz.

Track Conference The Hawks kept it close, but in the top of the seventh inning, the Warriors put the game Girls' out of the Hawks' reach as they scored three Track runs. A two-run homerun crushed the team's Volleyball chances.

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