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Iearn work marn reason tor Braves resurgence
by Kevin Walzer
When a team is 0-5, it is in a
pretty deep hole. Morale is some-
times nonexistent and the little
thing that coaches describe as
"mental toughness" is decidedly
soft. At any rate, it is a hole that
is pretty difficult to dig out.
Varsity basketball coach Dalc
McKibben and his team were in
that situation a month ago with
five games and fives losses.
However, the Braves man-
aged to do something that most
teams could not, they dug them-
selves out of the hole. With a
four-game winning streak and a 6-
2 record over the last eight games
(not including Wednesday's game
with Greenhills), McKibben feels
that IH is definitely out of the
hole.
"We've learned how to win
now," McKibben said. "When we
lost a few of those early games,
games we had the potential to
win, it was because we didn't
know how to win; now we do."
Knowing how to win is a
quality that has been sorely lack-
ing in past IH teams. Take a look
at the past two seasons, 1982-83:
a 4-18 record with one win result-
ing from a forfeit by Mt. Healthy.
1981-82: 3-17.
Wrestlers bring up rear at Turpin Invitational
by Dave Stradling
The IH wrestling Braves fared
poorly at the Turpin tournament
last weekend. Simon Kenton
School placed first in the compe-
tition while 1H placed last of the
seven team field.
Junior Ken Slazyk (126) plac-
ed third with two victories. Jun-
ior captain Dave Kindle (175),
who is seeded second in his
weight class, did not place in the
tourney.
Other Brave points came from
a victory by sophomore Matt
Feltman, who wrestled in the ab-
sence of senior Dave Stradling in
thk" 119 weight class. A pin by
senior Andy Graham also added to
the Braves' total.
The Braves finished
stronger at the Maderia tourna-
ment only a week before the Tur-
pin tourney. Norwood won the
tourney with 185 points, while
Madeira placed second with 122
points.
CHIEFTAIN
McKibben credits IH's turnaround
to feeling of team unity that ali
other factors have grown out of.
'These losing seasons were after
the Braves had won the
EHL title in 1981. McKibben, in
fact, feels IH is still in this year's
league race; not just mathemati-
cally but with a legitimate shot at
second or third place, possibly
even taking in the league title.
"I still think we can be con-
sidered contenders, especially
with the way we've been play-
ing," he said. "We're mentally
tougher and we'll be playing for a
shot at third against Glen Este
IH laced twelfth in a field of
14, with a meager 59% points.
Wyoming and Cincinnati Country
Day finished thirteenth and four-
teenth respectively.
Both Graham and Kindle were
champions in their weight class
with four victories apiece.
Graham was able to pin twice de-
feating the number one seeded
wrestler in his weight class in the
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&,T-..
While most IHers will be whooping it up tomorrow night at Home-
coming, the wrestlers (above) will be sweating it out at Maderia.
tonight. Then. with a little luck
second, or evcn first."
McKibben accredited the
team's turnaround to several fac-
tors. He feels that a unifying of
the team as a whole has been the
major reason.
"We have a group of extreme-
ly talented ballplayers," he said.
"Early on we were not solid as a
team. The talent was there, but
the team was not. But since
we've started winning, the team
has grown solid. There's a good
feeling between the team mem-
bers, a rapport that has grown as
the team has grown."
He specified that all other fac-
tors contributing to IH's im-
provement grew out of the team
concept.
"Our defense has improved,
for one," he said. "The team has
started to play pretty good de-
fense."
Another extremely important
factor growing from the team's
improvement has been the im-
provement of individual players,
particularly this year's group of
juniors.
"The depth of the team is just
excellent now," he stated. "As
the team improved, so did indi-
viduals, and now we're at a point
where I can play just about any-
championship round, 7-6. Kindle
also defeated the number one
seed in the championship round,
10-9.
Slazyk pinned three times but
was not able to place. O t h e ~vic-
tories came from Feltman and
senior'Mike Feltman (145).
The Braves will wrestle at 6:00
on the night of the Homecoming
dance. at Madeira.
photo by Stratton Moraitss
January 27,1984
body, senior or junior, and we
still have a good team."
He cited as an example the
play this season of junior Rick
Abrams. He leads the Braves in
almost every statistical category,
including scoring (1 9.3). assists
(3.8), and rebounds (6.4).
"Rick is an outstanding play-
er, to be sure," said McKibben,
"but his performances have come
from the team atmosphere. The
players respond to Rick's play,
and he responds to theirs. He
leads us in scoring, but also re-
bounding and assists."
As the season continues,
McKibben is definitely keeping
things in perspective. He's not
looking far down the road to-
wards the AA tournament, but is
still shooting for the league. Still,
he said that IH has improved
enough to handle any surprises
the road throws at them.
"Right now we haven't given
too much thought to the tourna-
ment," he said. "We won't even
stop thinking league now until we
are mathematically eliminated.
But I hope that won't happen
soon."
Not when they've just seen the
light. Not when they're out of
the hole.
S PORTS
TR I V I A
"The Perpetual Motion
Machine," they called him. This
basketball player redefined the
positions of "guard" and "for-
ward." At 6'6", he was small for
a forward, big for a guard, and
too quick for either. He was one
of basketball's fiist and greatest
swingmen, the fiist six years of
his career being a reserve guard
for the Boston Celtics. After, he
stepped in as a starter at forward
and excelled at that position, also.
For 16 years he terrorized the
NBA for Boston, pouring in
26,395 career points, the most
ever by a Celtic and fifth on the
all-time list. Who is this forward?
YaaIY=H u'Ior
.
Vol. 33 No. 10
January 27,1984
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
Kegg, Flora win Superior ratings
by Winston R Wells
Indian Hill Drama Club
members Jenny Kegg and Claire
Flora won Superior ratings at a
regional drama event held at the
Edgecliff Campus of Xavier Uni-
versity on Saturday, January 14.
The festival was sponsored by the
Ohio Theatre Alliance.
-
Senior Kegg and iunior Flora
garnered the Superior ratings after
playing the main characters in
"My Cup Raneth Over," a play
written by Robert Patrick. The
girls were the only two characters
in the entire 30 minute presenta-
tion.
Described by Drama Club
sponsor Miss Mary Lou Berwanger
as "humorous, yet moving," the
play is the story of two room-
mates, each trying to succeed in
New York and the friction that
arises between them. Kegg played
the role of an aspiring rock star
while Flora portrayed a free-lance
writer.
The festival was attended by
five area schools, among them
Sycamore, and has been attended
Report projects effects of declining enrollment
by Winston R Wells
The district administration
recently released the 1984-85
enrollment projections, which
once again show the effects of
declining enrollment on Indian
Hill schools. The figures cover
the years of 1984 t o 1994.
The report was prepared by
Dr. Frederick Zumsteg, a retired
principal of Drake Road Elemen-
tary. Dr. Robert Boston, super-
intendent of IH schools, said
Zumsteg has prepared the annual
projections report for several
years. In addition t o Indian Hill,
Zumsteg p ~ a . d e s emollment-
projections for Milford District
Schools.
The projections are made an-
nually and can be found in the
back of the IH Annual Report.
Zumsteg said that the projections
are required by law to cover ten
years, although five-year projec-
by IH for several years. Each
school was permitted to present
one play for the adjudicators,
who comment on each play fol-
lowing their performance.
Commented Berwanger, "The
festival is not really a competi-
tion-the schools perform and are
then critiqued by the adjudica-
Jenny Kegg.
tions are used more frequently
simply because they are more
likely to be true. In regard to his
results, Zumsteg noted that he has
been "fairly accurate" with not
only IH's but also Milford's pro-
jections.
From the projections, the de-
cline of IH's enrollment is readily
apparent, even in the projected
1984-85 enrollment. This year
the district has a total of 1,754
pupils, which is expected to fall
to 1,622 by next year. By the
1989-90 school year this number
should fall to, 1,270, reaching.
1,139 by 1993-94.
Boston said that although the
enrollment will continue to de-
cline over the next few years,
he expects the fall to level off
eventually. The report substanti-
ates this, showing a leveling-off
toward 1990 and onward.
tors." The adjudicators, com-
posed of college professors and
professionals, gave ratings of
Poor, Fair, Good, Excellent and
Superior.
Kegg and Flora received the
only Superior actress awards given
at the festival, while Sycamore
won the Superior actor rating. In
photo by Brett Benadum
Claire Flora.
The findings are based on the
number of births five years befole
the given year. The reasoning for
choosing five years, according t o
Boston, is that children enter
kindergarten at age five.
Reaction t o the declining en-
rollment was mixed throughout
the district. Commented Boston,
"I don't believe it's really bad-
there are several advantages." He
feels that the main advantage wiU
be the reduced size of classes and
the closer teacher-student rela-
small emollment,
tions which will be possible with
Boston went on to say that
some staff reductions will be
necessary, including split and
part-time assignments for some
faculty. In a meeting with Class-
room Teacher's Association Presi-
dent Mrs. Nancy Wettstein,
Boston noted that staffing de-
addition, Kegg was chosen to the
All-Region Cast, an honor re-
served for one actor in each play.
The play as a whole received
an Excellent rating from the ad-
judicators, one level below a
Superior rating which would have
sent IH to state competition.
Sycamore won thr honor of ad-
vancing this year with their Super-
ior rating. IH won a Superior
award last year for the presenta-
tion of "Tell Me A Story, Sing Me
A Song."
On their performance, Kegg
commented, "At first we didn't
feel we did well." She said that
the entire performance was
plagued by technical problems
dealing with the sound effects of
the play. The stage crew was
composed of junior Matt McNellis
and freshman Charlie Schiff.
Backstage voices were provided
by senior Lance Luckey and a
group of Thespians.
Students will see the award
winning play Friday, February 3
when the Drama Club will present
it along with "Anybody for Tea''
as part of the Student Govern-
ment Forum.
cisions would be based on
"sound" educational practices as
well as district economics.
In response to the report and
possible reductions, Wettstein
commented, "We know there will
be cuts- that's common sense."
Her main concern, however, is
that too many cuts may be
made, causing large class sizes far
some years.
Wettstein was also concerned
with the manner in which the cut
might be made. She feels reduc-
tions should be made in light of
educational quality at IH; thus
she favors the idea that tenured
teachers wiu not be let go. "Dr.
Boston has assured us that senior-
ity will have preference in the
reduction process."
She also foresees the inc~eased
sharing of teachers between
schools, particularly between
Ottawa and the High School in
the fields of math and foreign
language.
 Page 2 CHIEFTAlN January 27,1984 January 27,1984 CHIEFTAIN Pase I t
I see it
as ball, Clark, looking bored, got to
editorial
Bergman visits with typical WKRC down s Boosters, 65-63 it first-without jumping. The
fans loved this, and laughed with
delight.

Questionnaires and surveys, when effectively written

b residential
by John Bergrnan candidate
by Kevin Walzer
The fine-tuned WKRC All-
Stars held off the surging IH
off the late IH rally.
Despite the pressure-cooker
flipped a pass to a WKRC team-
mate running downcourt.. The
However, those expecting to
see a lot of TV stars came away
disappointed. Of the four celebri-
he had just said be fully realized. Booster All-Star team, 6543, in atmosphere of the fourth quarter, teammate wasn't looking, how- ties expected to appear, only two
It all happened last Saturday
and distributed, can yield a gold mine of information afternoon. I was sitting in the I was still just as puzzled as I had the annual benefit basketball with tempers flaring (Argentati ever, and the ball bounced off his apparently were able to. Report-
to all participants. These cross-sections of public been before, but now I was also game last Saturday, despite a was called for a technical foul head into the hands of another ers Don Burrows (who suited up
family room listening to a record,
"loose" atmosphere that filled after protesting a foul and heaving teammate. for
servedthe asgame)
WKRC's
and coach)
Maher (who
both
opinion have long been used as a medium for discover- when all of the sudden I heard a finding him rather amusing. I
the ball into the stands), rowdi- Another situation involved a
knock on the front door. This decided that he must be extreme- threequarters of the game.
ing ideas which would otherwise go neglected. Surveys The teams did little but horse ness from the benches (long and David and Goliath confrontation appeared. However sports
puzzled me. None of my family ly intelligent, for he seemed to
and questionnaires are commonplace at IH, but apathy had said anything about company know even more about me than I around the first three quarters of loud hooting and shouting), and with - a jump ball between director Dennis Jansen (who was
usually limits their effectiveness. This attitude is most the game. However, they raised tension (numerous free throws Argentati, who stands about scheduled to play) and anchor-
coming over. Besides, if it was did. It seems that in dealing with
anyone who had been to our the hectic pace of suburban Cin- their intensity level about six taken-few made), the mood for 5'8", and Clark, who towers at man Nick Clooney apparently
frequently observed among the students, but recently much of the game bordered on about 6'4". As Argentati leaped were not able to make appearanc-
house before, I would have cinnati, I had completely over- notches in the fourth to play
some of the faculty have fallen to this condition also. thought he would use the door- looked the fact that I was being some surprisingly hard-fought frivilous. In one instance, Clark and made a mighty swipe for the es.
The case in point currently is the teacher survey bell. "Oh well," I said to myself viciously oppressed. I mean only basketball. However, it was a case
provided to all faculty members by the Student Affairs
Committee of Student Government. At the present
as I rose to get the door, "perhaps
it's a mailman."
When I opened the door, how-
a half an hour ago, I had been sit-
ting in my family room listening
to my record and laboring under
of too little too late on the part
of the IH team. The steady
shooting of WKRC proved too
JV Braves shoot for second tonight
only a handful of teachers have requested surveys for ever, I found that the caller was the gross misconception that I much to overcome, even despite by Kevin Walzer in the first quarter; jumping out same pace continued in the
their classes. These surveys are designed to let the not a mailman at all. He was a was a pretty lucky guy, when in the late run. However, it did The JV basketball Braves have t o a 17-8 lead with purely torrid second as IH was ahead, 10-9, at
conlplete stranger whose inten- fact, unbeknown to me, I was as make for some exciting basket- more than a win or a loss on the shooting. "We missed one field half.
students evaluate the teacher in .a variety of fields, ball, some noted. St. Bernard came out of its
tions were invisible upon first in- miserable as could be. I found line tonight as they square off goal and one free throw," said
from knowledge of subject to discipline in class. Mr. spection. I greeted him with a myself growing enraged at the "Whew," said WKRC coach against Glen Este at home at Gellert. "That was as close t o slump in the third quarter and
Dennis Dowling, SG sponsor, noted that the current somewhat skeptical "hello." Im- fact that I had not realized how Walt Maher. "That was a lot of 6:30. perfect play as we've had all overtook IH's lead, going up by
involvement with the survey is the weakest turnout in mediatily, he seemed to sense my truly awful my existence was. If fun. I enjoyed it." "We're really getting up for year." three, 19-16. However, IH finally
confusion. "Hello," he said in a it had not been for this strange That sums it up pretty well. this game," said coach Gary The team maintained its came alive in the fourth quarter
several years. consoling jovial voice, "is this the man who called himself R. J., I The IH squad was down 49-48 at Gellert. "There's a lot at stake. A steady shooting throughout the and outscored them 22-4 to win
The survey is provided to aid the teachers, but if Bergman residence?" "Yes, it is," may have gone through life naive- the end of the third quarter, when win will put us in second place in first half, but Loveland got hot going away, 38-23.
they are unwilling to present it t o their classes, how I replied, "may I help you?" ly assuming that I was happy, WKRC went on an 11-9 run that the EHL. We also want revenge." and with a surge managed to tie The Deer Park Wildcats posed
"Ah, my good fellow, it's not when I was actually terribly un- put them up, 60-57. A basket by The revenge is against a the score at 36 as the game little challenge for the Braves, as
can they hope to improve their classes? Although the what you can do for me, it's what fortunate. WKRC center Darrell Clark then previous 63-55 last minute loss at entered the fourth quarter. IH led throughout the game in
current popular educational philosophy emphasizes 1 can do for you." As he made "Yes," my savior continued, put them up by four, 62-58. the hands of the Trojans. Glen
time spent on the subject matter, distributing these this last statement, he extended a "what you need is a president After WKRC added three more to Este overcame a 30-23 lead with a
hand to me. I shook it with all who cares about you. I am just make the score 65-58, IH went t o late surge in the final two minutes
surveys is not very time-consuming. T o those few to sweep by the Braves.
compulsory firmness, but I was such a man. Oh don't get me work. With 1:5 8 left, Booster
teachers who have used the surveys, the Chieftain still feeling very suspicious. For wrong, Mr. Bergman. I'm not Greg Koulouris put in a basket to As far as IH's chances go, they
offers congratulations and strongly urgc their peers to some inexplicable reason, I felt an looking for glory. I don't need cut the margin to five, 65-60. are good ones. "We have the
follow their example. incredible urge to say,"No thanks, power to be happy. I already Then, after a number of momentum," said Gellert. "We're
we gave at the office." But alas, 1 have a thriving chain of encyclo- missed free throws by both teams, looking for second place, and
saw that there was little or noth- pedia stores. No, what I want is IH faculty member Steve we've been surging lately. We've
ing that I could do. The man had to serve you, Mr. Bergman, to Thompson sank one to make the won five out of six league games
already stepped inside, and I did make this country one you can be score 65-61. After taking the in- since our 0-2 start (they currently
STAFF not yet feel that I had grounds to proud of." bounds pass, he then dribbled
furiously downcourt and rolled in
stand 5-3)."
If IH's game on January 20
throw him out. I led him to the With this he stood up and
family room, and we sat down. reached into his pocket. "Allow his ninth point of the game just as against the Loveland Tigers is any
Chieftain is written and com- Typesetters Sandy Pesce,
posed, printed and sold as an Sue Gilsdorf, Karen Wiedemer "Mr. Bergman," he began "my me to give you a campaign the buzzer sounded. indication of how the game
extracurricular activity by the Artists Joel Ruff name is R. J. Bievens, the Third, button. You wear this, and re- However, it did IH no good, as against Glen Este will go, the
students of Indian Hill High Photographers Brett Benadum, but you can call me R. J." It member me in November. To- they were still two down at the Trojans had better be prepared,
School, 6945 Drake Rd., Cincin- Trip Edwards, Stratton Mor-
seemed he had mistaken me for gether, we can make this county end. for they will have their hands full.
nati, Ohio, 4 5 2 4 3 561-4963. aites
Sponsor Wm. P. Kincaid Contributers John Bergman, my father, but since Dad wasn't great again!" I stood up to take As for the rest of the game? . IH entered the game in a
Editors Nancy Hopple Dave Agin, Hugh Geier, Trip !lome, I decided to just let him him to the door. Obviously he Well, the first quarter was fairly three-way tie for second place
Kitsa Tassia n Edwards, Ellen Alvord, Eric ramble on. "I am here to tell had other people to visit that day, nipand-tuck, as IH ended ahead with Loveland and Glen Este.
Little, Brian Rowe, Gretchen photo by Trip Edwards
Win Wells 15-14. - Then, after baskets by The Braves, in their "best game of
News Editors Paul Monach Kindel you, person to person, that I am hundreds of thousands of fools Coach Gary Gellert advises his JV Braves during a tirneout. Gellert is
David Stradling Production Staff Kelly Martin, running f o ~the office of the pres- who, like me, did not realize what Thompson and a long jumper by the year," eliminated the Tigers pleased with his teams' progress thus far, and feels that they have good
Features Editors Ken Jones Amelia Elling, Ellen Alvord, idency of your country. That's wretched lives they were being eighth grade coach Gary "Ar-gen- from the picture with a 45-42 win chances tonight against Glen Este.
Elizabeth Smith David Cook, Stratton Morai- right, Mr. Bergman, I said your forced to endure. At the door, I taaa-ti," as announcer Tom at Loveland.
Assistant Features tes, Joel Ruff, Sam Green, posting a routine 48-27 win, last
country. For who does this thanked him profusely, and Dewey kept calling him, the "The game was also a bit of However, the Braves iced the
Chris Blanchard Eric Little, Jim Gruskin, Mary-
Beth Heidrich country belong to, if not to a promised that I would certainly Braves took hold of the five-point vengeance on our part," said game with "good rebounding," January 1 3 at Indian Hill.
Sports Editors Anna Batsakes
Kevin Walzer proud, upstanding, taxpaying, do all I could to ensure his elec- lead in the second that they did Gellert. The , loss avenged a said Gellert. 1. "We're not a tall The Braves jumped out to a
Magazine Editors Tracy Megison national anthem singing citizen tion. He marched out to his car, not relinquish until the middle previous 5 1-41 em%anassment at team, but we did a good job 10-4 lead and never looked back.
Assistant Magazine Editor
Barb Neu
news short such as yourself? You, Mr. Berg- whistling "The Stars and Stripes third quarter. The first half the hands of the Tigers at Indian boxing out." After leading 17-12 at half, they
man, have been taken advantage Forever," then drove off on his ended with IH up, 39-25. Hill IH parlayed a 23-point outscored the Wildcats 31-15 in
Janet Nicolas
Chief Typesetter Savithri Raju An outside agency will teach of, for far too long. For years mission of mercy. What a guy! After the third quarter saw "Our teamwork in that game performance by sophomore Erich the second half t o notch the win.
Business Manager Bob Rhoad the classrooln and behind-the- now, you've been walked on and P.S. The above article is WKRC overtake IH's five-point was excellent," praised Gellert. Metzger into a 38-23 win over St. Sophomore Clint Reese had
Circulation Manager wheel Driver Education courses passed over, by all those scound- written as a satire of American lead and go up themselves by one, "We had the best rebounding of Bernard in Saturday, January 14. his best shooting game all season
Chris Blanchard any game all season, and every Both teams were cold in the
next year. Classes will be offered rels who say they're on you're politics. Any simularity between 49-48, the teams proceeded into as he put in 10, second only t o
one played unselfishly ."
Production Managers
Margot Ayers after school at the high school, side." He paused for a moment, Mr. Bivens and any of the real-life the intense, hard-fought fourth first quarter as each put in only Metzger's 15. Sophomore Andy
Dan Rosenthal but no credit will be given. as if to let the full impact of what candidates is entirely intentional. where WKRC managed to hold The team got off to a hot start two baskets to be tied, 4-4. The Tucker added nine.
 Page 10
Braves' streak at five with OT win over Greenhills
by Brian Rowc
?'he v;~rsity basketball Bravcs
ran their winning \trcak to five
game\ H it11 a come-frorn-behind
64-58 win over 14th city ranked
C;reenhills, in overtime, on Wed-
nesday night.
Senior 1)an Krcrnchcck scored
sis of' Ill's eight points in the
overtime period after senior Bill
Lanpc made a three point play to
tic the Pioneers at 56 and send
the galnc into overtime.
Surprisingly, the Braves did all
of this without junior Rick
Abranls, who fouled out of the
game with 3:47 left. Abrams
scorcd 14 points to lead the
Braves, bu: coach Dale McKibben
emphasized the fact that thc team
could pull through witliout him.
"This was a team win, team
spelled with a capital T," he said.
"We did it without our leading
player. Just an outstanding, out-
standing win against a very talent-
ed team."
McKibben feels the win is in-
dicative of the turnaround of the
Braves this season, from 0-5 to
7-7. (1;or an in-depth report of
this turnaround, see the story on
page 12).
"An outstanding win for a
surging team," he said. "Green-
hills is one of the best teams in
the city, and defeating them
without Abrams just shows what
on the spot
Who are you taking to Homecoming?
Who is your ideal Homecoming Chris Raleigh - Stevie Nicks.
date?
Tricia Schaefer - Chris Atkins be-
cause Brooke and I have so lnucll
in common. - I know I would get
along with them.
Brian Meyers - Mr. Gellert's wife.
Karen McCurdy - Mats Wilander.
Eric Little - Squeek-he's my kinda
nun.
CHIEFTAIN
m lay following vacation; and a
I 4
\ The students making the trip
- r .
Junior Rick Abrams looks for an open man as he brings the ball upcourt
in recent 1H action.
we're capable of."
Tonight the Braves take on
Glen Este in IH's annual Home-
coming contest. The Braves will
be looking for their fifth league
win this season, as well as their
sixth in a row. A win would put
them in third place in the league.
answers compiled by Kenneth N. Jones
Lanie Hoshak - Robert Plant,
because he's great, he has got
money, he can keep me happy.
-PYA-+
\ with wins over Deer Park and St.
- -
d
. St. Bernard. Kremcheck helped
photo by rip Edwards
"1 think we have a good
chance," says McKibben. "We
definitely have the momentum."
The Braves will not stray from
their normal game pattern, Mc-
Kibben said. "We plan to press
and force turnovers to get the ball
on offense, as usual."
inger - Mr. T, because he's so huge.
Mr. Hammond - My wife, she's the
best looking one I know, and
she'd kill me if I didn't.
January 27,1984
Lange ripped down ten rebounds
to pace IH's board attack. Theur-
ing came off the bench to score
ten points (including six-for-six
from the line), while Kremcheck
added his usual 15. These pluses
combined into an easy win for the
Braves.
A week earlier the Braves
swept a two-game homestand
Bernard. Juniors Brian Rowe and
Mike Wentz combined defensively
to shut down high scoring guard
Chuck Criswell, then ranked third
in the city in scoring with 25 per
game, in IH's 58-31 drubbing of
offensively with 17 points to lead
IH.
Deer Park proved no match
for IH as the Braves led through-
out the game in an 80-43 rout,
the most points scored by the
Braves this season. Senior Jon
Kitei added insult to injury by
jamming the final basket for the
Braves.
photo by ~ m t Benadum
t
Mr. Pfirman-myself.
Patricia Bettle - There's no such
person.
Anders Anderson - I'm not going, I
hate it.
I.
January 27,1984
Fourteen students travel to France
by Nancy Hopple
IH French teacher Mrs. JoAnn
Wund and 14 of her French I11
and AP French Language students
leave Cincinnati this afternoon for
Paris, France, as part of an ex-
change program with a French
high school. The group will stay
in France for three weeks, spend-
ing approximately five days in
Paris and the remainder of the
time with host families in the city
of Angers, before returning to the
U.S. February 17.
to France are juniors Ellen Al-
vord, Doug Backus, Tracy Megi-
son, and Stephanie Savage;
sophomores Lee Baumes, Tracy
Cambron, Diane Hancher, Laura
Harmon, Sally King, Amy Klein-
man, Kelly Mabry, Kristin Mains,
and Sona Tipnis; and eighth grad-
er Jennifer Cobb.
Upon arriving in Paris tomor-
row morning (about 7:00 a m .
Paris time, 1:00 p.m. EST), the
group will have the day free to
recuperate from the flight or to
spend as it wishes. The IH group
will take a bus tour of the city
and numerous excursions, includ-
ing a tour of the Louvre and a trip
to Versailles, during the rest of
the stay in Paris.
While in Paris Wund and the
14 students will stay at the Foyer
AGF de Maubisson, along with
other American exchange groups.
According to Wund, the Foyer
AGF is "an old student resi-
dence," located in the heart of
Paris near the city hall and within
walking distance of the Louvre.
After their stay in Paris, the
exchangers will travel by train to
Angers, situated 150 kilometers
southwest of Paris, arriving Wed-
nesday evening, February 1. At
this time each student will meet
her or his French correspondant
and host family and then return
home with them. The next day
the American students may at-
tend school with their French
correspondants on the last school
day before a week-long vacation.
(The French correspondants
attend Lycee Joachim au Bellay, a
former monastery several hundred
years old, which now enrolls a-
bout 2000 high school students in
Angers.)
The sponsors of the exchange
in Angers have many activities
planned for the visiting Americans
including a visit to the town hall,
the ancient chateau of Angers,
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and the old section of the city; a
trip to Azay le Rideau and other
chateaux in the surrounding Loire
Valley area; a visit to a military
equestrian school and a modern
school; tours of patisserie, a wine
cave, and the Cointreau factory
(Angers is the only place where
the orange liqueur is made); a re-
ception at Lycee Joachim au Bel-
Valentine's Day party at the
home of a French host family.
The 1984 exchange marks the
eighth year of Indian Hill's parti-
cipation in a French exchange
the third year of IHYsexchange
with au Bellay in Angers. Previ-
ous exchanges were made with a
French exchangers: (front, I. to r.) Amy Kleinman, Tracy Megison,
Kristen Mains, Doug Backus, Diane Hancher, Kelly Mabry, Mrs. J o h n
Wund, Stephanie Savage, Sona Tipnis, Tracy Carnbron, (back) Ellen
fiord, Jennifer Cobb, Laura Harmon, Lee Baumes, and Sally King.
New courses to be offered to IH students
by David Stradling
Many additions have been
made to the 1984-1985 course
offerings booklet. New courses
include "Trends in Diet, Food,
and Exercise" in the Home Eco-
nomics department and "Intro-
duction to Pascal" and "Comput-
er Application," forming a Com-
puter department separate of the
Math department.
For those seniors who plan to
attend college and would like to
strengthen their algebra and
geometry skills, a new course,
"Senior Math Review," has been
added.
French IV and Spanish IV,
neither of which will be AP
courses, as well as Latin IV,will
be offered to students, but the
numbers of interested students
school in Aixen-Provence.
This is Wund's second time
leading a group of IH students on
the French exchange. Seven years
ago she led a group of students
who stayed in Aixen-Provence.
Wund commented, "Professional-
ly, this trip is very exciting for
me, because it has been seven
years since I've been in France.
It's essential to keep my French
current."
~ u n dadded, "Anyone who
thinks this is a holiday is crazy,"
admitting, "I'm not an organized
person ...Once I'm on the plane I'l
be okay." Wund, along with the
-
14 students, is also "happy about
the franc," as the exchange rate is
. "get along fine" with the group.
photo by Brett Benadum
will determine if the courses wc!.
actually be taught.
To the Industrial Arts depart-
ment, now to be known as the
Applied Science and Technology
department, "Electronics and
Robotics Technology" has been
added to the offerings.
The offerings booklet will be
distributed to freshmen in their
CurricuIum fair to answer questions
Students and parents will be
given an opportunity to ask
questions concerning 1984-85
course offerings, Friday, February
10, 7:35-9:35. Teachers from
each department, representatives
from Live Oaks Vocational
School, and counselors will be
available to answer questions and
describe course contents. All
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currently about eight francs to
the dollar.
Junior Ellen Alvord, one of
two girls in the exchange whose
correspondant is a boy, said of
her host, "I think he'll be more
patient with teaching me the
language, but he probably won't
want to go shopping with me."
While he is "looking forward
to the trip," junior Doug Backus
the only boy participating in the .
IH exchange, hopes he "can make
up all the school work." Backus
jokingly added, "The reason I'm
going is not to learn the language
or culture; it's because 1 3 girls are
going.''
Prior to the group's departure,
sophomore Diane Hancher receiv-
ed a phone call from her French
correspondant. "I was very sur-
prised, " Hancher said. "She cal-
led to wish me a happy journey."
(Althounh her correspondant
"because of her accent.") During
their stay Hancher and several
other exchanges hope to be able
grader Jennifer Cobb feels she will
An AP French Language student
and recent transfer from Country
Day School, Cobb has studied
French for the past several years.
She perhaps summed up the pur-
pose of the exchange best, com-
menting that she hopes "to widen
my vocabulary and gain more
knowledge of French culture."
English classes by counselors,
February 1. Sophomores will
receive their booklets February 2,
and juniors will receive theirs
February 3.
Teacher recommendation days
are February 13 and 14. The stu-
dent course selection sheet is due
on February 15.
eighth graders will attend the ex-
position in the cafeteria.
Classes will run on a two hour
delay schedule, although the
buses will run at their normal
times. Parents and students are
encouraged to take advantage of
this opportunity to explore edu-
cational alternatives.
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student opinion
Zimmer to coal is lesser of evils
by Winston R Wells
The Cincinnati Gas and Elec-
tric Company (CG&E) decided to
convert the Zimmer nuclear
power plant to a coal plant. The
decision was made after the util-
ity reviewed the financial impli-
cations of continuing the project.
Zimmer, now 97% finished,
was scheduled to become opera-
tional in 1975. Yet the problem-
atic history of Zimmer, including
the major setbacks of investiga-
tions, both private and public,
has led to the scrapping of the
project.
Public opinion has been
favorable to the decision of con-
version, for many feel that Zim-
mer was simply too problem-rid-
den to ever be deemed safe. On a
personal basis I am in-favor of the
conversion. At an earlier point in
mv life I would have been thrill-
ASS! in need of host families
New release from American Scan-
dinavian Student Exchange :
American families are needed
for European high schooI students
from Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
Finland, Great Britain, Switzer-
land and Germany for the 19841
85 high school year, by the Amer-
ican Scandinavian Student Ex-
change program (ASSE), affiliated
with the Swedish and Finnish
Departments of Education.
Interested parties please con-
tact:
Pat Murray
2765 Mahoning Court
Cincinnati, OH 45238.
Phone: 941-3646.
Letters must contain the writ-
er's address and telephone num-
ber.
"ASSE's high standards assure
a quality experience for all parti-
cipating families and students,"
says ASSE Midwest Regional
Director, Warren Clague. All
students are carefully screened in
Europe by their school and the
local ASSE office. All are fluent
in English and have their own
spending money and complete
medical and liability insurance.
ASSE provides support for
families and students during the
year through fully trained local
volunteer area representatives,
available whenever needed. The
students, ages 16 and 17, will
arrive in late August, 1984. They
are eager to learn about America
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ed, but now that my activism has
worn off, I have many hesitations
concerning the future of Zimmer.
I am glad that Zimmer will not
be nuclear-the idea of having a
utility which had never built a
nuclear plant contract a fum
which .had also never built one
seems absurd. The question of
safety in the construction has
planted feelings of insecurity in
my mind which would have been
tormented if the plant was put on
line.
Yet is conversion to coal the
answer? Although undoubtedly
safer, a coal plant sacrifices ef-
ficiency for this safety. Apart
from efficiency, however, two
major problems exist with the
conversion.
Firstly, what will be the en-
vironmental impact of the plant,
not only to the area but to the
and experience living as part of a
warm and loving American fami-
ly. They will attend your local
high school and return home to
Europe in late June or early July,
1985.
Families with junior high
school age children or younger
and those with children no longer
student opinion
IH school policy inhibits students' growth
by H.L. Edwards
In 1981 approximately 70
students walked out of their sixth
period classes in protest of several
policies. They were concerned
about the new quiet study hall
policy and, as they felt, the in-
sensitive attitude of the adminis-
tration. The protesters also de-
manded full power in creating
rules for the Student Service Cen-
ter and called for Student Gov-
ernment support.
Whether or not one can can-
done their actions or means, the
protest symbolized concern over
issues affecting the student body.
Today a walkout, let alone active
participation and concern for so-
cial issues, seems to be beyond
the cares of most students.
Many people have grappled
with the problem of student
apathy and have called for the
students to become aware and
involved. The Student Affairs
Committee of Student Govern-
nation? The Ohio valley is no-
torious for the burning of coal
with high sulphur content, the
result being acid rain. This prob-
lem is ravaging the northeastern
U.S. and southern Canada, caus-
ing extreme damage to forests and
lakes. The only solution to this
would be the installation of
"scrubbersm-very expensive de-
vices which filter the sulphur out
of the emissions.
The cost of the conversion it-
self is the second major problem.
Wiiam Dickhona, chairman of
CG&E, stated that the conversion
process would be finished by
1990. He also said that this
process would be expensive, and
the cost would have to be picked
up by customers and stockhold-
ers.
This I find troublesome. We
5ave been drained again and again
. via or Germany during the sum-
living at home, are especially
encouraged to apply.
ASSE is also seeking qualified
American high school students,
ages 16, 17, and 18, who would
like to spend a high school year
attending school and living with a
Scandinavian, Swiss, British or
German family, or take part in a
ment was formed in hopes of
airing this problem. Unfortunate-
ly this inert agency has been a
failure due to the lack of studerlt
input.
The problem of student
apathy is not entirely the fault of
the students. In fact I believe
that most of the blame lies in our
society, but more directly in our
schooling. At Indian Hill we have
been taught to be success orient-
ed, hard working people who
shouldn't make too many waves.
One administration official in-
timated to a student's parent that
this person's wearing of an earring . beleive Indian Hill High School
was a sign of drug abuse. Even a
minor non.conformity such as
that drew the scrutiny of an ad-
ministration official.
This regulation of the tastes of Many wonder why voter turnouts
students transcends into the scope .have decreased in the past decade.
of ideas, too. The opinionated
teaching of some faculty members
usually quickly squelches a stu-
dent whose beliefs go against the
January 27,1984
by Zimmer, and the conversion
will only create higher rates. I, as
a consumer, would not pay ex-
orbitant rates just so the con-
version could occur. One positive
aspect of this rate problem, how-
ever, is the acknowledgement of
the struggle ahead by "whistle-
blowers" responsible for the con-
version. Cincinnati City Council
members, U.S. Representative
Willis Gradison and other individ-
uals have pledged to fight against
rate hikes in light of CG&E's de-
cision.
Our area needs electricity and
will continue to need it in the
future. The decision to convert
Zimmer to coal will help, but the
benefits will not be felt until at
least 1990. Alongside these bene-
fits are problems concerning the
environment and rates. These
problems have until 1990 to be
resolved, but they must be cleared
up before Zimmer begins produc-
ing electricity.
six week family stay in Scandina-
mer of 1984. .
American Scandinavian Stu-
dent Exchange is a non-profit,
tax-exempt, public benefit
organization. ASSE is officially
designated as 'an exchange visitor
program by the United States in-
formation agency and is affiliated
with the Swedish and Finnish
Departments of Education.
teacher's.
I strongly believe that at
Indian Hill we are taught to be
diligent, hard working and social-
ly successful, but little else. I feel
that teachers should not only
challenge the students to work
hard, but also provide an atmos-
phere where students can chal-
lenge ideas. ' '
We should also be taught from
ninth grade on to become active
in school and community decision
making processes. In many
schools a community service pro-
ject is required for graduation. I
should adopt such a policy. It will
at least give students a taste of ac-
tivity in community affairs and a
feeling of social importance.
I feel the root of the problem lies
in our education, for democracy
depends on an active and con-
cerned constituency.
January 27,1984
GE loses to Squaws, defeats JV
by Anna Batsakes
The varsity basketball Squaws
defeated the Glen Este Lady
Trojans last Tuesday in an away
game, 35-29.
Senior Lisa Holzman and
junior Amy Waitt were the lead-
ing scorers if the game, guiding
the Squaws t o their victory.
"Glen Este'was a challenge,"
said junior Gretchen Kindel.
"But we were able to beat them.
Glen Este was ahead in the first
half but we pulled it out the rest
of the game and got ahead."
.
Purcell-Marian was defeated
by the Squaws on January 19.
The Squaws scored a last-second
basket to break a one-point defi-
cit. In the last 1 8 seconds of the
game Wiatt threw a long pass to
leading squrer Holzman who went
in for a Iayup and scored the
winning point.
The Squaws have won their
last 5 games, making their record
7-7. Coach Richard Pfirman
feel this streak is due to the im-
provement of the Squaws' off-
ense.
"Our offense has improved
since the beginning of the
season," stated Pfirman. "Of
course, there's still room for im-
provement. Our defense also has
JOHN, from p. 7
made in cooperation with Mr. and
Mrs. Lan Ackley at Mr. Ackley's
company's studio.
When John talks of music, any
glimmer of cynicism or hint of a
smirk vanishes. "When writing a
song, I'm my most creative for
creativity's sake. I'm inspired to
write for no real reason at all;
therefore, I can't force myself to
compose." o n e oddity he points
out about his writing is that he
doesn't "consciously write a song.
By the time I have an idea to
write, the song's already there; it
almost forms itself."
As for his own musical tastes,
John jumps at the chance to
quote one of ,his personal favor-
ites: "Duke Ellington once said
that there are only two types of
music - good and bad - and I
agree."
He ponders a momen4 and
then concludes, "I hesitate to call
the music I like 'easy listening'
because it's become notorious for
filling dentists' offices, elevators,
and other lowly places, but the
music I like is easy to listen to."
His musical moods vary from
The varsity and JV basketball Squaws (shown here in practice together)
both currently have winning records this season, an improvement over
last year. The varsity is 7-7, while the JV stands at 8-6.
gotten much better." -
.Teammates also see the im- last evening. Results were not
prbvement of the team. "We've
improved over last year," said otta felt that the girls would do
sophomore Cadi 'Cucinotta.
"Now the girls are shooting for
the basket instead of passing to
one person, who then makes the
baskets. Our play is definitely
improving."
Bach to James Taylor to the
Beatles, but he insists that "I like
to hear the words and understand
them - that loud, noisy stuff gets
on my nerves!"
And what's beyond the pro-
verbial horizon for one column-
writing, music-playing friend
who's into "the coffee ice cream
scene" and the delusion of gran-
deur he gets from knowing that
the word "aglets" refers to the
little plastic things on the end of
your shoelaces? His first solution
was simply "not to grow up - it
causes too many problems."
With further probing, he ad-
mitted, "If I had been born thou-
sands of years earlier, I would
have been one of those guys who .
sat around and thought all day,
occasionally writing down a Berg-
manism or two, but you just can't
do that today.'' In any case, John
hopes to reach some proficiency
in Sanskrit so that if "nobody else
understands me, it would be their
fault, not mine!"
You might say that the cyni-
cism of Bergman's Laws reflects
his philosophy of life, but actu-
ally it's more the opposite. "The
photo by Stratton Moraites
The Squaws played Milford
available at press time but Cucin-
much better th'an the last time
they played Milford.
"Last time they beat us 82-
63," said Cucinotta. "This time I
hope we'll play much better."
The JV Squaws also played
idea that everything could and
should be laughed at is really the
whole slippingan-the-banana-peel
idea of life. True peace of mind
comes when you cal.1 launh - at
: - -- --
z. .*.
.-7.-. '.i- e
Milford last evening with high
hopes of defeating the Lady
Eagles.
"We had a really close name
last time," said sophmore Shari
Zesch. "We only lost to them by
five points."
The JV Squaws were defeated
by Glen Este last Tuesday, 35-30.
"We played okay,'' commented
Zesch. "Glen Este is a pretty
difficult team to beat, and we
kept it close."
With an overall record of 8-6,
the JV Squaws have fared quite
well this season. Much of their
success is due to sophomore Chris
Hall who is the leading scorer of
the team. Hall has scored 92
points this season and has hit 54%
of her
JV free
coach
throws.
Sharon Cooke feels
the Squaws will continue to have
a good season. "We've got a few
problems," she said. "We're not .
taking enough shots to be a suc-
cessful team for one, but our de- .
fense has been outstanding in the
past few games."
Cooke also feels that the suc-
cess of the team would improve if .
only thesquaws had more play- -;
ers. h he team is definitely small
in terms of number of players;
this affects us greatly. But de-
spite that, the dedication of the
girls to games and practice is ex-
cellent."
yourself slipping on the banana
peel." This brings us to Bergman-
ism no. 3: "We can't enjoy the
circus until we admit that we are
clowns."
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letter from SC
SG plans busy second
Dear Students,
This being the beginning of a
new semester, the student govern-
ment has been planning its pro-
jects for the remaining half of the
school year.
Hugh and 1 feel good about
the upcoming SG activities. Our
goals for the second semester are
these: t o have a successful out-
come to the computer dating
project, to get the ball rolling on
several student opinion surveys,
to have a great Musicfest, i.e.
Hillstock, whether it is during the
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school day or not, and to have
smoothly running elections this
May.
Another SG sponsored activity
is the Drama Club Forum taking
place February 3. The plays being
presented by the IH Drama Club
are "Anybody For Tea" and "My
Cup Raneth Over." There will be
a 50 cent admission charged so
that the Drama Club can defray
the cost of putting on the produc-
tion.
The computer dating sheets
that you filled out in December
have been sent back. They will go
on sale Wednesday, February 8
and will be on sale until Valen-
tine's Day. The dating sheets will
cost $1-50 and will be sold in the
cafeteria. I've haerd rumors that
Hugh rigged the computer so that
he comes out at the top of every
freshman girl's list. Just a rumor!
We would like to thank every-
one who worked at the Christmas
tree at the Kenwood Mall. You
were a great help and you made
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the school look great. Also we
would like to thank all the people
who were elves on elf day. Seven
hundred dollars was raised for the
Leukemia Fund in the name of
Merilee Black.
The new semester brings us a
fresh start. Homecoming week is
an apt symbol for this start. We
wish you a memorable Home-
coming and a great second
semester.
David Agin
Hugh Geier

Fill in the actresses that starred in
these movies.
coming events
The Producers come north
by The Candycat
Bogarts
Runner and /;our-oil-thcl-Floor -
Jan. 27, 8:OO p.m. - Ifnilnm..,
let's bop!
Rarnsej' I,cM-~s- Jan. 28, 8:OO
p.m. - Tequila hlockingbird.
The Backdoors - I.cb 2.. 8:00
p.m. - 1:rontdoor men.
Joh11 Hartford and J. I). Crolt~c-
1:cb. 4, 8:00 p.m. - Bluegrass
buddies.
Andre Samoan und The Prodliccrs
- Feb. 5, 8:00 p.m. - Check it
out!
The Outlaws - I:eb. 6, 8:00 p.m. -
The Inlaws.
computer graphics by Stratton
Moraites.
Kcrzn.v Rar~kirz - Feb. 15, 8:00
p.m. - Don't even know 'em.
Kingston Trio - Mar. 7, 8:00 p.m.
-Three aged Rastas.
B.B. King - Mar. 3 1 , 8: 00 p.m. -
Not during Spring Break.
DOC + Mcr/c Warsoll - Aprl] 7,
8:00 p.m. - Who'?
Cincinnati Gardens
Van Haler1 - Mar. 8, 8:00 p.m. -
Bottorns Up, Guys!!!
Van Hale12 - Mar. 9 , 8:UO p.m. - A
second time.
. ACROSS CLUES
3. Sweet Charitv
5 . Barbarella
7. Emanuelle
8. Tootsic
9. Ordinary People
Riverfront Coliseum
Ozzji Osbotirr7e - 1:eb. 5, 8:00
p.m. - Too much testosterone.
The Police - [deb. 14, 8:00 p.m. -
The frog has green eyes.
Neil Dianlond - I:eb. 16,17, 8:00
P.m. - Only in Cincy.
Hara Arend
Van Halerz - Fcb. 7, 8:00 p.m. -
The original Pac-man.
Administration organizing
prospective student program
by Eric Little
Indian Hill's "Program Review
for Prospective Students" will be
held Monday, January 30, at 7: 00
p.m. in the high school media
center.
All parents of eighth grade
students, and any other parents
living in the Indian Hill School
District who have a son or daugh-
ter that may be entering grades 9-
12 for the 1984-85, are invited to
attend this special program.
The high school administra-
tion and faculty will present an
introduction to the high school
Nine Spanish students, VanDerbeck
to leave for Spain on February 7
by Eric Little
Nine Indian Hill Spanish stu-
dents and Spanish teacher Mrs.
Linda VanDerbeck will be leaving
February 7 for a three-week so-
DOWN CLUES
1. The Lion in Winter
2. Night Shift
journ in Spa'in.
The exchangers include seniors
4. Tess Susan Baker, Brom Espy, and
Karen Delollis; juniors Jenny
6. The Turning Point
10. Buttertly Aitken and Sue Barry; sopho-
mores Kim Isgrig, Courtney Loe-
wenstine, and Neely Mack; and
freshman Derek Ryan,
While in Spain, the students
U.D. Arena will first spend three days in Mad-
-
Alabama Feb. 5 , 7:30 p.m. - Get rid on a sightseeing tour. Then
away. they will take a train to Vigo, in
the northwest region of Galicia,
Rupp Arena where they will attend school and
Genesis - Jan. 31, 8:00 p.m. - And live with host families for the
. -
on the 8th day ... remainder of their stay.
This is the sixth year that
Ozzy Osbourne - Feb. 8, 8:30
p.m. - Git me, One mo' time, Oz. Indian Hill High Shoo1 has parti-
Bill)] Joe2 - Feb. 10, 8:00 p.m. cipated in this exchange program,
How Cryptical does it get? which is sponcered by the Council
on International Educational Ex-
and its services and curriculum.
The opportunity for parents to
meet with department coordinat-
ors, in the cafeteria, will be pro-
vided for the purpose of discus-
sing specific course offerings. A
tour of the special building areas
is also being planned; National
Honor Society members are ex-
pected to assist as tour guides.
The school welcomes and en-
courages all parents to attend this
meeting and acquaint themselves
with the various programs that are
offered by Indian Hill High
School.
change and the National Associa-
tion of Secondary School Princi-
pals. Students from Vigo attend-
ed IHHS last ~eptember.
- .
Spanish exchangers: (front, L to I.) Brom Espy, Derek Ryan, Neely
Mack, Sue Barry, Mrs. Linda Vanderbeck, (back) Courtney Loewenstine,
Sue Baker, Karen Delollis, Jenny Aitken, and Kim Isgrig.
T h e road winds gently
through the city's life
the grey takes over
depressing, disgusting - starkness.
Y e t green is t h e horizon
and gently sloping hills
the billboards fade,
the beauty grows
the road rises and b e n d s
the light increases after time
a n e o n beacon t o life
gas stations, and stores
news shorts
Educational Records Bureau
(ERB) tests will be given to all
freshmen and juniors this spring.
Freshmen are scheduled to take 1
the test April 9 and 10. Juniors
will take the ERB test April 11
and 12. These test will indicate
how Indian Hill students compare
t o other high school students in
the country.
Scarlet Oaks Career Develop-
ment Campus invites the public to
their annual open house on Sun-
day, February 12, from 2:00 to
4:00 p.m. Scarlet Oaks offers
training in forty career areas to
juniors and seniors from twenty-
nine local high schools. For more
information call 77 1-8810.

Page 6
teacher feature
Redman crusades against l~brananstereotype
- -
by Barb Neu
There's a new face in the
Indian Hill High School Media
Center, and a new attitude to go
along with it. "I try to bring
people in, not scare them away."
The bearer of this innovative
library philosophy is Mrs. Enid
Redman, the new librarian at IH.
Redman hails from New York,
although her education was com-
pleted at the University of Ken-
tucky where she obtained her
masters degree in Library Science.
Such a degree gave her the privi-
lege of landing a job at Fairfield
right away.
Her job at the junior high level
was "insane," but fortunately
Redman graduated to the high
school. After that, Redman came
to Indian Hill, where she says
she's "blending in."
When you walk into the libra-
ry these days, you might feel a
warmer atmosphere. This is due
to the philosophy Redman applies
to the Media Center and its con-
tents. "I'm on a one-woman cru-
sade to break the 'librarian stereo-
type.' "
disc review
The Pretenders undergo personnel changes
by Kenneth N. Jones
Congratulations to Chrissie
Hynde of The Pretenders on her
new baby, because the verdict is
still out on The Pretenders' be-
lated album Learning To Crawl.
Although the album has been
released for several months, the
publicity and the tour had been
delayed so Chrissie could have her
baby.
Two tracks on the album were
released in single form a few
months back. These songs, "Back
on the Chain Gang" a "My City
Was Gone," peaked in popularity
a while ago and now sound out of
place with the new songs.
The Pretenders met with death
last year, twice. The lead guitarist,
James Honeyman Scott, died in
an accident; his talents and
unique playing style are missed by
The Pretenders and their fans.
After Scott's death, Pete Farn-
don, the bassist, left the group
and was found dead in his bath-
tub, apparently from an overdose.
In the process of replacing Farn-
don and Scott, The Pretenders
have gone through two pairs of
musicians.
But enough of this dreary
CHIEFTAIN
Clearly, Redman w z t s every-
one to feel welcome in the Media
Center, although she does call out
"keep it to a dull roar!" once in a
while. She wants the students
there to feel comfortable. "It's
not mine. They're not my books,
or my newspapers."
By becoming more involved in
the activities of the students,
Redman hopes to make her mark
at IH. Individualized treatment is
one of the avenues reflected by
her general approach. Instead of
threatening browsers, for exam-
ple, Redman tries to offer friend-
ly assistance.
"If a student is looking for a
book on a personal subject, of
course they don't want to ask for
help. I can understand that, but
I feel for them."
Coaching track will also help
Redman contribute to the IH
scene. She's a jogger herself, and
even assisted the cross country
team last season. Other outdoor
favorites include tennis and target
shooting. Pertaining to the latter
activity, Redman laughs "So
when things get really bad in here,
stuff and on to Chrissie Hynde's
singing. Many have said that
Chrissie's singing makes the
group, while others have said she
has no singing ability. I disagree
on both counts. True, Chrissie is
the trademark of The Pretenders
but hardly the only talent in the
group. Her dark and somber voice
is unique, though Lisa Nicolas did
an excelbnt job at Musicfest last
year.
The album begins with "The
Middle of the Road." This track is
one of the more explosive ones on
the album and is currently receiv-
ing a good deal of airplay. The
music is straightforward rock (if
you can call The Pretenders that),
but the guitar solo by Robbie
McIntosh is pretty lame. Chrissie
follows with a few harmonica rips
that help add to the general rock
feeling.
"Back on the Chain Gang" is
traditional Pretenders work. The
guitar work by Billy Bremner is
reminiscent of James Scott, but
apparently The Pretenders
dropped Bremner after this song
and "My City Was Gone" in favor
of Robbie McIntosh.
This change in personnel was a
If not for the background, you couldn't tell she is a librarian.
I can pull out my .38..."
Driving all the way from
Springdale twice a day certainly is
"a trek," but Redman believes it's
all worth it. "I like it here. There
are more special activities here
than at any other high school I've
bad move in my judgment. As
stated previously, Billy Brenner
sounds a lot like James Scott, but
as for Tony Butler, his work can
be judged in "My City Was
Gone." His bass line makes the
song bearable and gives it a funky
blues feel.
One of the better songs on the
album is "Watching the Clothes
Go Around." This song resembles
the raucous "Tatooed Love Boys '
off the Betenders album. The
song is fast-paced with a bizarre
chord structure. The guitar solo is
crazed and Chrissie talks dirty.
What more can you ask for?
The following track, "Show
Me," highlights Chrissie's vocal
ability. The lyrics deal with Chris-
sie's baby but are not gushy ;after
all, it is not a ballad. I've heard it
said that the whole album is
about Chrissie's baby. I don't
believe it, not only because the
lyrics do not reflect that theme,
but also because the idea of cen-
tering a whole album around a
baby is too self-centered on
Chrissie's part.
The Pretenders become experi-
mental on side two with the
country-westernish tune, "Thum-
January 27,1984
photo by Brett Benadum
seen. It seems that every day is a
different schedule!"
Our school may seem,special
to Mrs. Redman, but with her
warmth and understanding, she
certainly will become very special
to everyone here at Indian Hill.
belina." Stylistically, they pull
the song off, but frankly, Chrissie
does not sound like Willie Nelson.
At any rate, the lyrics tell a story
of crossing America with a baby.
(Okay, I take it back; a few songs
are about her baby.)
"My City Was Gone," the
slowest song on the album, insults
the state of Ohio quite vividly.
Most of this song is an extended
guitar solo accompanied by the
funky bass line. As for the city in
question, I believe Chrissie is
referring to Toledo. In any case,
she put Ohio on the map wher-
ever the song was played. "I said,
A-O-way to go Ohio."
The Pretenders continue their
slow sound on "Thin Line Be-
tween Love and Hate." With a full
vocal backup, Chrissie moans a
mellow melody that is surely her
best performance on the album.
Iri some ways, Chrissie is like
Stevie Nicks: either you love her
voice or you hate it.
For those of you who enjoy
The Pretenders, I can easily advise
buying Learning To Crawl. It is
easy to understand why people
hate Chrissie's voice, but for those
people, they don't have to buy
the album.
January 27,1984
senior sketch
Mysterious Mimi avoids conventions
by Elizabeth Smith
"I'm not anyone you can put
your finger on-your typical stu-
dent, working girl, or Suzy
homemaker," says senior Amelia
Elling, candidly. "And if I was I
would change immediately!"
Amelia, or Mimi to her
friends, hates stereotypes because
"no one ever found one for me
except weird ...but I'm just differ-
ent."
So, how does one write a
sketch on someone who claims
that people who try to figure her
out will "run into problems." Its
not easy, but I'll start with the
basics.
Mimi is spontaneous, err'atic,
strange, alluring, magnetic, mys-
terious, carefree, obnoxious, with
a twisted verbal expression and an
outrageous taste in clothes. "My
clothes don't characterize me ex-
cept that they're as varied and
spastic as I am."
She likes waterskiing ("on
water that isn't brown"), kittens
("every girl has to like kittens or
she's not a girl"), sledding (where
there's real snow"), and McSam-
miches. "I don't like flies," she
adds emphatically.
Yet Mimi flirts with some
typical adolescent activities as
well. She has been involved in
Drama Club for the last three
years, cast in a variety of roles
from a witch to a spinster. I
senior sketch
Talented John smirks 'Beramanisms'
by N. Kitsa Tassian
"~mck:" What a word - it's
almost a smile, more of a chortle,
devastafiugly satiric, possessing a
dash of amused disdain, comfort-
able cognizance, and a good dose
of absolutely arid wit. One word
teristics?
that embodies
Bergman.
all of these
Andcharac-
any
phrase or group of words reflect-
irig a smirk? A Bergmanism.
Bergmanism no. 1: "Most
things can and should be laughed
at." To John Bergman, this is a
basic precept to be used in every-
day life. But other things that are
uniquely a part of John's life are a
braille typewriter, a stylus, a
talking watch, and a bookbag of
braille textbooks.
The gifted columnist, musi-
cian, and humorist has enjoyed
attending IH every bit as much as
CHIEFTAIN
"I like to act because it's
something I can escape into...be-
coming a totally different person.
For fifty minutes on stage I was a
witch this fall where I was sup-
posed to be evil. Of course my
Outrageous Mimi tries new make-up.
mother said I was typecasted
perfectly and she meant it!" And
if you had heard her cackle you
would think so too. "I also like
it because the make-up gives
everyone zits except me," quips
Mimi
IH has enjoyed having him ever
since he enrolled here in junior
high.
Perhaps John's most critically
acclaimed contribution has been
his column, "As I See It," that
has appeared in every issue of the
Chieftain for almost two years. "1
became really interested in the art
of writing from reading the braille
New York Times. Reading col-
umnists like Russell Baker gave
me the idea to try my own col-
umn."
John admits, "I knew I
wanted to write a column, but I
had no idea what was to be in the
column." Being an unusually
strong writer, John plunged into
his column writing, most likely
with Bergmanism no. 2 in the
back of his mind: "Words give us
reason to believe that we have
On a less dramatic note, Mirni
enjoys helping others in Key
club. "It's great. The stuff they
do turns out to be fun-like park-
ing cars for Peterloon and going
to convention.m
photo by Brett Benadum
The center of Mimi's life right
now is the shoe store in Martin's,
where she is the salesclerk with
the most seniority. She claims
that the hardest part of her job is
drinking a Tab and trying not t o
burp in the customers' faces.
u
something to say when, in fact,
we have nothing to say at all,"
Nevertheless, he pocketed all
his other Bergmanisms and made
a pilgrimage to Bennington, Ver-
mont, to attend a summer writing
camp. Whiie the experience may
have helped him polish his crea-
tive writing, his already impec-
cable style was brought to the
public's attention when he re-
ceived the National Council of
Teachers of English achievement
award in writing last fall. Sighs
John, "Listen, I have to write my
column - any ideas?"
While John is known for his
prolific writing of thoughtful and
witty essays, he is also a writer of
music. He began taking classical
piano lessons at the age of four
and later focused more on jazz
piano. He began composing his
"The boxes are great-the only
ones I have nightmares about are
Kenny Rogers' boots. Those
boots are the epitome of the slap
your name on something motif
and charge $90."
Mimi is also a talented seam-
stress. As she explains, "If I tell
people I like to sew they'll think
'Oh God.' But it's actually one of
those talents that was an accident,
sort of natural. If I had my
choice I'd be a talented piano
player, photographer, or some
thing like that."
Mimi's approach to school as a
senior is one of "just waiting to
get out." Her choice of colleges is
diverse, "as long as they're out of
the smoggy Midwest." She has
applied to the University of
Colorado, University of Arizona,
and Auburn University.
When asked what she wanted
to "doy7 or "be," Mimi replied,
"Maybe I just don't want to do
anything...careers have become
too conventionaL I think people
have lost sight of the old-fashion-
ed outlook on life in the rush to
be a modernized woman.
"It's become a sin to want to
be a wife, the two kids and a dog
bit. Not that that's my goal, I
just don't like being denied the
opportunity."
So if you think you've figured
Mimi out now-guess again.
"Everyone can think of me what
they want," proclaims Amelia.
"But the people who really love
me know something nobody else
knows...nothing."
own music at thirteen and at the
suggestion of guidance counselor
Mr. Rod Simmons, he made his
first record in tenth grade. Last
year he completed his second tape
see JOHN, p. 9
photo by Brett Benadum
John smiles at life.

Page 6
teacher feature
Redman crusades against l~brananstereotype
- -
by Barb Neu
There's a new face in the
Indian Hill High School Media
Center, and a new attitude to go
along with it. "I try to bring
people in, not scare them away."
The bearer of this innovative
library philosophy is Mrs. Enid
Redman, the new librarian at IH.
Redman hails from New York,
although her education was com-
pleted at the University of Ken-
tucky where she obtained her
masters degree in Library Science.
Such a degree gave her the privi-
lege of landing a job at Fairfield
right away.
Her job at the junior high level
was "insane," but fortunately
Redman graduated to the high
school. After that, Redman came
to Indian Hill, where she says
she's "blending in."
When you walk into the libra-
ry these days, you might feel a
warmer atmosphere. This is due
to the philosophy Redman applies
to the Media Center and its con-
tents. "I'm on a one-woman cru-
sade to break the 'librarian stereo-
type.' "
disc review
The Pretenders undergo personnel changes
by Kenneth N. Jones
Congratulations to Chrissie
Hynde of The Pretenders on her
new baby, because the verdict is
still out on The Pretenders' be-
lated album Learning To Crawl.
Although the album has been
released for several months, the
publicity and the tour had been
delayed so Chrissie could have her
baby.
Two tracks on the album were
released in single form a few
months back. These songs, "Back
on the Chain Gang" a "My City
Was Gone," peaked in popularity
a while ago and now sound out of
place with the new songs.
The Pretenders met with death
last year, twice. The lead guitarist,
James Honeyman Scott, died in
an accident; his talents and
unique playing style are missed by
The Pretenders and their fans.
After Scott's death, Pete Farn-
don, the bassist, left the group
and was found dead in his bath-
tub, apparently from an overdose.
In the process of replacing Farn-
don and Scott, The Pretenders
have gone through two pairs of
musicians.
But enough of this dreary
CHIEFTAIN
Clearly, Redman w z t s every-
one to feel welcome in the Media
Center, although she does call out
"keep it to a dull roar!" once in a
while. She wants the students
there to feel comfortable. "It's
not mine. They're not my books,
or my newspapers."
By becoming more involved in
the activities of the students,
Redman hopes to make her mark
at IH. Individualized treatment is
one of the avenues reflected by
her general approach. Instead of
threatening browsers, for exam-
ple, Redman tries to offer friend-
ly assistance.
"If a student is looking for a
book on a personal subject, of
course they don't want to ask for
help. I can understand that, but
I feel for them."
Coaching track will also help
Redman contribute to the IH
scene. She's a jogger herself, and
even assisted the cross country
team last season. Other outdoor
favorites include tennis and target
shooting. Pertaining to the latter
activity, Redman laughs "So
when things get really bad in here,
stuff and on to Chrissie Hynde's
singing. Many have said that
Chrissie's singing makes the
group, while others have said she
has no singing ability. I disagree
on both counts. True, Chrissie is
the trademark of The Pretenders
but hardly the only talent in the
group. Her dark and somber voice
is unique, though Lisa Nicolas did
an excelbnt job at Musicfest last
year.
The album begins with "The
Middle of the Road." This track is
one of the more explosive ones on
the album and is currently receiv-
ing a good deal of airplay. The
music is straightforward rock (if
you can call The Pretenders that),
but the guitar solo by Robbie
McIntosh is pretty lame. Chrissie
follows with a few harmonica rips
that help add to the general rock
feeling.
"Back on the Chain Gang" is
traditional Pretenders work. The
guitar work by Billy Bremner is
reminiscent of James Scott, but
apparently The Pretenders
dropped Bremner after this song
and "My City Was Gone" in favor
of Robbie McIntosh.
This change in personnel was a
If not for the background, you couldn't tell she is a librarian.
I can pull out my .38..."
Driving all the way from
Springdale twice a day certainly is
"a trek," but Redman believes it's
all worth it. "I like it here. There
are more special activities here
than at any other high school I've
bad move in my judgment. As
stated previously, Billy Brenner
sounds a lot like James Scott, but
as for Tony Butler, his work can
be judged in "My City Was
Gone." His bass line makes the
song bearable and gives it a funky
blues feel.
One of the better songs on the
album is "Watching the Clothes
Go Around." This song resembles
the raucous "Tatooed Love Boys '
off the Betenders album. The
song is fast-paced with a bizarre
chord structure. The guitar solo is
crazed and Chrissie talks dirty.
What more can you ask for?
The following track, "Show
Me," highlights Chrissie's vocal
ability. The lyrics deal with Chris-
sie's baby but are not gushy ;after
all, it is not a ballad. I've heard it
said that the whole album is
about Chrissie's baby. I don't
believe it, not only because the
lyrics do not reflect that theme,
but also because the idea of cen-
tering a whole album around a
baby is too self-centered on
Chrissie's part.
The Pretenders become experi-
mental on side two with the
country-westernish tune, "Thum-
January 27,1984
photo by Brett Benadum
seen. It seems that every day is a
different schedule!"
Our school may seem,special
to Mrs. Redman, but with her
warmth and understanding, she
certainly will become very special
to everyone here at Indian Hill.
belina." Stylistically, they pull
the song off, but frankly, Chrissie
does not sound like Willie Nelson.
At any rate, the lyrics tell a story
of crossing America with a baby.
(Okay, I take it back; a few songs
are about her baby.)
"My City Was Gone," the
slowest song on the album, insults
the state of Ohio quite vividly.
Most of this song is an extended
guitar solo accompanied by the
funky bass line. As for the city in
question, I believe Chrissie is
referring to Toledo. In any case,
she put Ohio on the map wher-
ever the song was played. "I said,
A-O-way to go Ohio."
The Pretenders continue their
slow sound on "Thin Line Be-
tween Love and Hate." With a full
vocal backup, Chrissie moans a
mellow melody that is surely her
best performance on the album.
Iri some ways, Chrissie is like
Stevie Nicks: either you love her
voice or you hate it.
For those of you who enjoy
The Pretenders, I can easily advise
buying Learning To Crawl. It is
easy to understand why people
hate Chrissie's voice, but for those
people, they don't have to buy
the album.
January 27,1984
senior sketch
Mysterious Mimi avoids conventions
by Elizabeth Smith
"I'm not anyone you can put
your finger on-your typical stu-
dent, working girl, or Suzy
homemaker," says senior Amelia
Elling, candidly. "And if I was I
would change immediately!"
Amelia, or Mimi to her
friends, hates stereotypes because
"no one ever found one for me
except weird ...but I'm just differ-
ent."
So, how does one write a
sketch on someone who claims
that people who try to figure her
out will "run into problems." Its
not easy, but I'll start with the
basics.
Mimi is spontaneous, err'atic,
strange, alluring, magnetic, mys-
terious, carefree, obnoxious, with
a twisted verbal expression and an
outrageous taste in clothes. "My
clothes don't characterize me ex-
cept that they're as varied and
spastic as I am."
She likes waterskiing ("on
water that isn't brown"), kittens
("every girl has to like kittens or
she's not a girl"), sledding (where
there's real snow"), and McSam-
miches. "I don't like flies," she
adds emphatically.
Yet Mimi flirts with some
typical adolescent activities as
well. She has been involved in
Drama Club for the last three
years, cast in a variety of roles
from a witch to a spinster. I
senior sketch
Talented John smirks 'Beramanisms'
by N. Kitsa Tassian
"~mck:" What a word - it's
almost a smile, more of a chortle,
devastafiugly satiric, possessing a
dash of amused disdain, comfort-
able cognizance, and a good dose
of absolutely arid wit. One word
teristics?
that embodies
Bergman.
all of these
Andcharac-
any
phrase or group of words reflect-
irig a smirk? A Bergmanism.
Bergmanism no. 1: "Most
things can and should be laughed
at." To John Bergman, this is a
basic precept to be used in every-
day life. But other things that are
uniquely a part of John's life are a
braille typewriter, a stylus, a
talking watch, and a bookbag of
braille textbooks.
The gifted columnist, musi-
cian, and humorist has enjoyed
attending IH every bit as much as
CHIEFTAIN
"I like to act because it's
something I can escape into...be-
coming a totally different person.
For fifty minutes on stage I was a
witch this fall where I was sup-
posed to be evil. Of course my
Outrageous Mimi tries new make-up.
mother said I was typecasted
perfectly and she meant it!" And
if you had heard her cackle you
would think so too. "I also like
it because the make-up gives
everyone zits except me," quips
Mimi
IH has enjoyed having him ever
since he enrolled here in junior
high.
Perhaps John's most critically
acclaimed contribution has been
his column, "As I See It," that
has appeared in every issue of the
Chieftain for almost two years. "1
became really interested in the art
of writing from reading the braille
New York Times. Reading col-
umnists like Russell Baker gave
me the idea to try my own col-
umn."
John admits, "I knew I
wanted to write a column, but I
had no idea what was to be in the
column." Being an unusually
strong writer, John plunged into
his column writing, most likely
with Bergmanism no. 2 in the
back of his mind: "Words give us
reason to believe that we have
On a less dramatic note, Mirni
enjoys helping others in Key
club. "It's great. The stuff they
do turns out to be fun-like park-
ing cars for Peterloon and going
to convention.m
photo by Brett Benadum
The center of Mimi's life right
now is the shoe store in Martin's,
where she is the salesclerk with
the most seniority. She claims
that the hardest part of her job is
drinking a Tab and trying not t o
burp in the customers' faces.
u
something to say when, in fact,
we have nothing to say at all,"
Nevertheless, he pocketed all
his other Bergmanisms and made
a pilgrimage to Bennington, Ver-
mont, to attend a summer writing
camp. Whiie the experience may
have helped him polish his crea-
tive writing, his already impec-
cable style was brought to the
public's attention when he re-
ceived the National Council of
Teachers of English achievement
award in writing last fall. Sighs
John, "Listen, I have to write my
column - any ideas?"
While John is known for his
prolific writing of thoughtful and
witty essays, he is also a writer of
music. He began taking classical
piano lessons at the age of four
and later focused more on jazz
piano. He began composing his
"The boxes are great-the only
ones I have nightmares about are
Kenny Rogers' boots. Those
boots are the epitome of the slap
your name on something motif
and charge $90."
Mimi is also a talented seam-
stress. As she explains, "If I tell
people I like to sew they'll think
'Oh God.' But it's actually one of
those talents that was an accident,
sort of natural. If I had my
choice I'd be a talented piano
player, photographer, or some
thing like that."
Mimi's approach to school as a
senior is one of "just waiting to
get out." Her choice of colleges is
diverse, "as long as they're out of
the smoggy Midwest." She has
applied to the University of
Colorado, University of Arizona,
and Auburn University.
When asked what she wanted
to "doy7 or "be," Mimi replied,
"Maybe I just don't want to do
anything...careers have become
too conventionaL I think people
have lost sight of the old-fashion-
ed outlook on life in the rush to
be a modernized woman.
"It's become a sin to want to
be a wife, the two kids and a dog
bit. Not that that's my goal, I
just don't like being denied the
opportunity."
So if you think you've figured
Mimi out now-guess again.
"Everyone can think of me what
they want," proclaims Amelia.
"But the people who really love
me know something nobody else
knows...nothing."
own music at thirteen and at the
suggestion of guidance counselor
Mr. Rod Simmons, he made his
first record in tenth grade. Last
year he completed his second tape
see JOHN, p. 9
photo by Brett Benadum
John smiles at life.
 Page 8 CHIEFTAIN Januarv 27. 1984 January 27,1984
letter from SC
SG plans busy second
Dear Students,
This being the beginning of a
new semester, the student govern-
ment has been planning its pro-
jects for the remaining half of the
school year.
Hugh and 1 feel good about
the upcoming SG activities. Our
goals for the second semester are
these: t o have a successful out-
come to the computer dating
project, to get the ball rolling on
several student opinion surveys,
to have a great Musicfest, i.e.
Hillstock, whether it is during the
CHIEFTAIN
school day or not, and to have
smoothly running elections this
May.
Another SG sponsored activity
is the Drama Club Forum taking
place February 3. The plays being
presented by the IH Drama Club
are "Anybody For Tea" and "My
Cup Raneth Over." There will be
a 50 cent admission charged so
that the Drama Club can defray
the cost of putting on the produc-
tion.
The computer dating sheets
that you filled out in December
have been sent back. They will go
on sale Wednesday, February 8
and will be on sale until Valen-
tine's Day. The dating sheets will
cost $1-50 and will be sold in the
cafeteria. I've haerd rumors that
Hugh rigged the computer so that
he comes out at the top of every
freshman girl's list. Just a rumor!
We would like to thank every-
one who worked at the Christmas
tree at the Kenwood Mall. You
were a great help and you made
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the school look great. Also we
would like to thank all the people
who were elves on elf day. Seven
hundred dollars was raised for the
Leukemia Fund in the name of
Merilee Black.
The new semester brings us a
fresh start. Homecoming week is
an apt symbol for this start. We
wish you a memorable Home-
coming and a great second
semester.
David Agin
Hugh Geier

Fill in the actresses that starred in
these movies.
coming events
The Producers come north
by The Candycat
Bogarts
Runner and /;our-oil-thcl-Floor -
Jan. 27, 8:OO p.m. - Ifnilnm..,
let's bop!
Rarnsej' I,cM-~s- Jan. 28, 8:OO
p.m. - Tequila hlockingbird.
The Backdoors - I.cb 2.. 8:00
p.m. - 1:rontdoor men.
Joh11 Hartford and J. I). Crolt~c-
1:cb. 4, 8:00 p.m. - Bluegrass
buddies.
Andre Samoan und The Prodliccrs
- Feb. 5, 8:00 p.m. - Check it
out!
The Outlaws - I:eb. 6, 8:00 p.m. -
The Inlaws.
computer graphics by Stratton
Moraites.
Kcrzn.v Rar~kirz - Feb. 15, 8:00
p.m. - Don't even know 'em.
Kingston Trio - Mar. 7, 8:00 p.m.
-Three aged Rastas.
B.B. King - Mar. 3 1 , 8: 00 p.m. -
Not during Spring Break.
DOC + Mcr/c Warsoll - Aprl] 7,
8:00 p.m. - Who'?
Cincinnati Gardens
Van Haler1 - Mar. 8, 8:00 p.m. -
Bottorns Up, Guys!!!
Van Hale12 - Mar. 9 , 8:UO p.m. - A
second time.
. ACROSS CLUES
3. Sweet Charitv
5 . Barbarella
7. Emanuelle
8. Tootsic
9. Ordinary People
Riverfront Coliseum
Ozzji Osbotirr7e - 1:eb. 5, 8:00
p.m. - Too much testosterone.
The Police - [deb. 14, 8:00 p.m. -
The frog has green eyes.
Neil Dianlond - I:eb. 16,17, 8:00
P.m. - Only in Cincy.
Hara Arend
Van Halerz - Fcb. 7, 8:00 p.m. -
The original Pac-man.
Administration organizing
prospective student program
by Eric Little
Indian Hill's "Program Review
for Prospective Students" will be
held Monday, January 30, at 7: 00
p.m. in the high school media
center.
All parents of eighth grade
students, and any other parents
living in the Indian Hill School
District who have a son or daugh-
ter that may be entering grades 9-
12 for the 1984-85, are invited to
attend this special program.
The high school administra-
tion and faculty will present an
introduction to the high school
Nine Spanish students, VanDerbeck
to leave for Spain on February 7
by Eric Little
Nine Indian Hill Spanish stu-
dents and Spanish teacher Mrs.
Linda VanDerbeck will be leaving
February 7 for a three-week so-
DOWN CLUES
1. The Lion in Winter
2. Night Shift
journ in Spa'in.
The exchangers include seniors
4. Tess Susan Baker, Brom Espy, and
Karen Delollis; juniors Jenny
6. The Turning Point
10. Buttertly Aitken and Sue Barry; sopho-
mores Kim Isgrig, Courtney Loe-
wenstine, and Neely Mack; and
freshman Derek Ryan,
While in Spain, the students
U.D. Arena will first spend three days in Mad-
-
Alabama Feb. 5 , 7:30 p.m. - Get rid on a sightseeing tour. Then
away. they will take a train to Vigo, in
the northwest region of Galicia,
Rupp Arena where they will attend school and
Genesis - Jan. 31, 8:00 p.m. - And live with host families for the
. -
on the 8th day ... remainder of their stay.
This is the sixth year that
Ozzy Osbourne - Feb. 8, 8:30
p.m. - Git me, One mo' time, Oz. Indian Hill High Shoo1 has parti-
Bill)] Joe2 - Feb. 10, 8:00 p.m. cipated in this exchange program,
How Cryptical does it get? which is sponcered by the Council
on International Educational Ex-
and its services and curriculum.
The opportunity for parents to
meet with department coordinat-
ors, in the cafeteria, will be pro-
vided for the purpose of discus-
sing specific course offerings. A
tour of the special building areas
is also being planned; National
Honor Society members are ex-
pected to assist as tour guides.
The school welcomes and en-
courages all parents to attend this
meeting and acquaint themselves
with the various programs that are
offered by Indian Hill High
School.
change and the National Associa-
tion of Secondary School Princi-
pals. Students from Vigo attend-
ed IHHS last ~eptember.
- .
Spanish exchangers: (front, L to I.) Brom Espy, Derek Ryan, Neely
Mack, Sue Barry, Mrs. Linda Vanderbeck, (back) Courtney Loewenstine,
Sue Baker, Karen Delollis, Jenny Aitken, and Kim Isgrig.
T h e road winds gently
through the city's life
the grey takes over
depressing, disgusting - starkness.
Y e t green is t h e horizon
and gently sloping hills
the billboards fade,
the beauty grows
the road rises and b e n d s
the light increases after time
a n e o n beacon t o life
gas stations, and stores
news shorts
Educational Records Bureau
(ERB) tests will be given to all
freshmen and juniors this spring.
Freshmen are scheduled to take 1
the test April 9 and 10. Juniors
will take the ERB test April 11
and 12. These test will indicate
how Indian Hill students compare
t o other high school students in
the country.
Scarlet Oaks Career Develop-
ment Campus invites the public to
their annual open house on Sun-
day, February 12, from 2:00 to
4:00 p.m. Scarlet Oaks offers
training in forty career areas to
juniors and seniors from twenty-
nine local high schools. For more
information call 77 1-8810.
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student opinion
Zimmer to coal is lesser of evils
by Winston R Wells
The Cincinnati Gas and Elec-
tric Company (CG&E) decided to
convert the Zimmer nuclear
power plant to a coal plant. The
decision was made after the util-
ity reviewed the financial impli-
cations of continuing the project.
Zimmer, now 97% finished,
was scheduled to become opera-
tional in 1975. Yet the problem-
atic history of Zimmer, including
the major setbacks of investiga-
tions, both private and public,
has led to the scrapping of the
project.
Public opinion has been
favorable to the decision of con-
version, for many feel that Zim-
mer was simply too problem-rid-
den to ever be deemed safe. On a
personal basis I am in-favor of the
conversion. At an earlier point in
mv life I would have been thrill-
ASS! in need of host families
New release from American Scan-
dinavian Student Exchange :
American families are needed
for European high schooI students
from Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
Finland, Great Britain, Switzer-
land and Germany for the 19841
85 high school year, by the Amer-
ican Scandinavian Student Ex-
change program (ASSE), affiliated
with the Swedish and Finnish
Departments of Education.
Interested parties please con-
tact:
Pat Murray
2765 Mahoning Court
Cincinnati, OH 45238.
Phone: 941-3646.
Letters must contain the writ-
er's address and telephone num-
ber.
"ASSE's high standards assure
a quality experience for all parti-
cipating families and students,"
says ASSE Midwest Regional
Director, Warren Clague. All
students are carefully screened in
Europe by their school and the
local ASSE office. All are fluent
in English and have their own
spending money and complete
medical and liability insurance.
ASSE provides support for
families and students during the
year through fully trained local
volunteer area representatives,
available whenever needed. The
students, ages 16 and 17, will
arrive in late August, 1984. They
are eager to learn about America
CHIEFTAIN
ed, but now that my activism has
worn off, I have many hesitations
concerning the future of Zimmer.
I am glad that Zimmer will not
be nuclear-the idea of having a
utility which had never built a
nuclear plant contract a fum
which .had also never built one
seems absurd. The question of
safety in the construction has
planted feelings of insecurity in
my mind which would have been
tormented if the plant was put on
line.
Yet is conversion to coal the
answer? Although undoubtedly
safer, a coal plant sacrifices ef-
ficiency for this safety. Apart
from efficiency, however, two
major problems exist with the
conversion.
Firstly, what will be the en-
vironmental impact of the plant,
not only to the area but to the
and experience living as part of a
warm and loving American fami-
ly. They will attend your local
high school and return home to
Europe in late June or early July,
1985.
Families with junior high
school age children or younger
and those with children no longer
student opinion
IH school policy inhibits students' growth
by H.L. Edwards
In 1981 approximately 70
students walked out of their sixth
period classes in protest of several
policies. They were concerned
about the new quiet study hall
policy and, as they felt, the in-
sensitive attitude of the adminis-
tration. The protesters also de-
manded full power in creating
rules for the Student Service Cen-
ter and called for Student Gov-
ernment support.
Whether or not one can can-
done their actions or means, the
protest symbolized concern over
issues affecting the student body.
Today a walkout, let alone active
participation and concern for so-
cial issues, seems to be beyond
the cares of most students.
Many people have grappled
with the problem of student
apathy and have called for the
students to become aware and
involved. The Student Affairs
Committee of Student Govern-
nation? The Ohio valley is no-
torious for the burning of coal
with high sulphur content, the
result being acid rain. This prob-
lem is ravaging the northeastern
U.S. and southern Canada, caus-
ing extreme damage to forests and
lakes. The only solution to this
would be the installation of
"scrubbersm-very expensive de-
vices which filter the sulphur out
of the emissions.
The cost of the conversion it-
self is the second major problem.
Wiiam Dickhona, chairman of
CG&E, stated that the conversion
process would be finished by
1990. He also said that this
process would be expensive, and
the cost would have to be picked
up by customers and stockhold-
ers.
This I find troublesome. We
5ave been drained again and again
. via or Germany during the sum-
living at home, are especially
encouraged to apply.
ASSE is also seeking qualified
American high school students,
ages 16, 17, and 18, who would
like to spend a high school year
attending school and living with a
Scandinavian, Swiss, British or
German family, or take part in a
ment was formed in hopes of
airing this problem. Unfortunate-
ly this inert agency has been a
failure due to the lack of studerlt
input.
The problem of student
apathy is not entirely the fault of
the students. In fact I believe
that most of the blame lies in our
society, but more directly in our
schooling. At Indian Hill we have
been taught to be success orient-
ed, hard working people who
shouldn't make too many waves.
One administration official in-
timated to a student's parent that
this person's wearing of an earring . beleive Indian Hill High School
was a sign of drug abuse. Even a
minor non.conformity such as
that drew the scrutiny of an ad-
ministration official.
This regulation of the tastes of Many wonder why voter turnouts
students transcends into the scope .have decreased in the past decade.
of ideas, too. The opinionated
teaching of some faculty members
usually quickly squelches a stu-
dent whose beliefs go against the
January 27,1984
by Zimmer, and the conversion
will only create higher rates. I, as
a consumer, would not pay ex-
orbitant rates just so the con-
version could occur. One positive
aspect of this rate problem, how-
ever, is the acknowledgement of
the struggle ahead by "whistle-
blowers" responsible for the con-
version. Cincinnati City Council
members, U.S. Representative
Willis Gradison and other individ-
uals have pledged to fight against
rate hikes in light of CG&E's de-
cision.
Our area needs electricity and
will continue to need it in the
future. The decision to convert
Zimmer to coal will help, but the
benefits will not be felt until at
least 1990. Alongside these bene-
fits are problems concerning the
environment and rates. These
problems have until 1990 to be
resolved, but they must be cleared
up before Zimmer begins produc-
ing electricity.
six week family stay in Scandina-
mer of 1984. .
American Scandinavian Stu-
dent Exchange is a non-profit,
tax-exempt, public benefit
organization. ASSE is officially
designated as 'an exchange visitor
program by the United States in-
formation agency and is affiliated
with the Swedish and Finnish
Departments of Education.
teacher's.
I strongly believe that at
Indian Hill we are taught to be
diligent, hard working and social-
ly successful, but little else. I feel
that teachers should not only
challenge the students to work
hard, but also provide an atmos-
phere where students can chal-
lenge ideas. ' '
We should also be taught from
ninth grade on to become active
in school and community decision
making processes. In many
schools a community service pro-
ject is required for graduation. I
should adopt such a policy. It will
at least give students a taste of ac-
tivity in community affairs and a
feeling of social importance.
I feel the root of the problem lies
in our education, for democracy
depends on an active and con-
cerned constituency.
January 27,1984
GE loses to Squaws, defeats JV
by Anna Batsakes
The varsity basketball Squaws
defeated the Glen Este Lady
Trojans last Tuesday in an away
game, 35-29.
Senior Lisa Holzman and
junior Amy Waitt were the lead-
ing scorers if the game, guiding
the Squaws t o their victory.
"Glen Este'was a challenge,"
said junior Gretchen Kindel.
"But we were able to beat them.
Glen Este was ahead in the first
half but we pulled it out the rest
of the game and got ahead."
.
Purcell-Marian was defeated
by the Squaws on January 19.
The Squaws scored a last-second
basket to break a one-point defi-
cit. In the last 1 8 seconds of the
game Wiatt threw a long pass to
leading squrer Holzman who went
in for a Iayup and scored the
winning point.
The Squaws have won their
last 5 games, making their record
7-7. Coach Richard Pfirman
feel this streak is due to the im-
provement of the Squaws' off-
ense.
"Our offense has improved
since the beginning of the
season," stated Pfirman. "Of
course, there's still room for im-
provement. Our defense also has
JOHN, from p. 7
made in cooperation with Mr. and
Mrs. Lan Ackley at Mr. Ackley's
company's studio.
When John talks of music, any
glimmer of cynicism or hint of a
smirk vanishes. "When writing a
song, I'm my most creative for
creativity's sake. I'm inspired to
write for no real reason at all;
therefore, I can't force myself to
compose." o n e oddity he points
out about his writing is that he
doesn't "consciously write a song.
By the time I have an idea to
write, the song's already there; it
almost forms itself."
As for his own musical tastes,
John jumps at the chance to
quote one of ,his personal favor-
ites: "Duke Ellington once said
that there are only two types of
music - good and bad - and I
agree."
He ponders a momen4 and
then concludes, "I hesitate to call
the music I like 'easy listening'
because it's become notorious for
filling dentists' offices, elevators,
and other lowly places, but the
music I like is easy to listen to."
His musical moods vary from
The varsity and JV basketball Squaws (shown here in practice together)
both currently have winning records this season, an improvement over
last year. The varsity is 7-7, while the JV stands at 8-6.
gotten much better." -
.Teammates also see the im- last evening. Results were not
prbvement of the team. "We've
improved over last year," said otta felt that the girls would do
sophomore Cadi 'Cucinotta.
"Now the girls are shooting for
the basket instead of passing to
one person, who then makes the
baskets. Our play is definitely
improving."
Bach to James Taylor to the
Beatles, but he insists that "I like
to hear the words and understand
them - that loud, noisy stuff gets
on my nerves!"
And what's beyond the pro-
verbial horizon for one column-
writing, music-playing friend
who's into "the coffee ice cream
scene" and the delusion of gran-
deur he gets from knowing that
the word "aglets" refers to the
little plastic things on the end of
your shoelaces? His first solution
was simply "not to grow up - it
causes too many problems."
With further probing, he ad-
mitted, "If I had been born thou-
sands of years earlier, I would
have been one of those guys who .
sat around and thought all day,
occasionally writing down a Berg-
manism or two, but you just can't
do that today.'' In any case, John
hopes to reach some proficiency
in Sanskrit so that if "nobody else
understands me, it would be their
fault, not mine!"
You might say that the cyni-
cism of Bergman's Laws reflects
his philosophy of life, but actu-
ally it's more the opposite. "The
photo by Stratton Moraites
The Squaws played Milford
available at press time but Cucin-
much better th'an the last time
they played Milford.
"Last time they beat us 82-
63," said Cucinotta. "This time I
hope we'll play much better."
The JV Squaws also played
idea that everything could and
should be laughed at is really the
whole slippingan-the-banana-peel
idea of life. True peace of mind
comes when you cal.1 launh - at
: - -- --
z. .*.
.-7.-. '.i- e
Milford last evening with high
hopes of defeating the Lady
Eagles.
"We had a really close name
last time," said sophmore Shari
Zesch. "We only lost to them by
five points."
The JV Squaws were defeated
by Glen Este last Tuesday, 35-30.
"We played okay,'' commented
Zesch. "Glen Este is a pretty
difficult team to beat, and we
kept it close."
With an overall record of 8-6,
the JV Squaws have fared quite
well this season. Much of their
success is due to sophomore Chris
Hall who is the leading scorer of
the team. Hall has scored 92
points this season and has hit 54%
of her
JV free
coach
throws.
Sharon Cooke feels
the Squaws will continue to have
a good season. "We've got a few
problems," she said. "We're not .
taking enough shots to be a suc-
cessful team for one, but our de- .
fense has been outstanding in the
past few games."
Cooke also feels that the suc-
cess of the team would improve if .
only thesquaws had more play- -;
ers. h he team is definitely small
in terms of number of players;
this affects us greatly. But de-
spite that, the dedication of the
girls to games and practice is ex-
cellent."
yourself slipping on the banana
peel." This brings us to Bergman-
ism no. 3: "We can't enjoy the
circus until we admit that we are
clowns."
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Braves' streak at five with OT win over Greenhills
by Brian Rowc
?'he v;~rsity basketball Bravcs
ran their winning \trcak to five
game\ H it11 a come-frorn-behind
64-58 win over 14th city ranked
C;reenhills, in overtime, on Wed-
nesday night.
Senior 1)an Krcrnchcck scored
sis of' Ill's eight points in the
overtime period after senior Bill
Lanpc made a three point play to
tic the Pioneers at 56 and send
the galnc into overtime.
Surprisingly, the Braves did all
of this without junior Rick
Abranls, who fouled out of the
game with 3:47 left. Abrams
scorcd 14 points to lead the
Braves, bu: coach Dale McKibben
emphasized the fact that thc team
could pull through witliout him.
"This was a team win, team
spelled with a capital T," he said.
"We did it without our leading
player. Just an outstanding, out-
standing win against a very talent-
ed team."
McKibben feels the win is in-
dicative of the turnaround of the
Braves this season, from 0-5 to
7-7. (1;or an in-depth report of
this turnaround, see the story on
page 12).
"An outstanding win for a
surging team," he said. "Green-
hills is one of the best teams in
the city, and defeating them
without Abrams just shows what
on the spot
Who are you taking to Homecoming?
Who is your ideal Homecoming Chris Raleigh - Stevie Nicks.
date?
Tricia Schaefer - Chris Atkins be-
cause Brooke and I have so lnucll
in common. - I know I would get
along with them.
Brian Meyers - Mr. Gellert's wife.
Karen McCurdy - Mats Wilander.
Eric Little - Squeek-he's my kinda
nun.
CHIEFTAIN
m lay following vacation; and a
I 4
\ The students making the trip
- r .
Junior Rick Abrams looks for an open man as he brings the ball upcourt
in recent 1H action.
we're capable of."
Tonight the Braves take on
Glen Este in IH's annual Home-
coming contest. The Braves will
be looking for their fifth league
win this season, as well as their
sixth in a row. A win would put
them in third place in the league.
answers compiled by Kenneth N. Jones
Lanie Hoshak - Robert Plant,
because he's great, he has got
money, he can keep me happy.
-PYA-+
\ with wins over Deer Park and St.
- -
d
. St. Bernard. Kremcheck helped
photo by rip Edwards
"1 think we have a good
chance," says McKibben. "We
definitely have the momentum."
The Braves will not stray from
their normal game pattern, Mc-
Kibben said. "We plan to press
and force turnovers to get the ball
on offense, as usual."
inger - Mr. T, because he's so huge.
Mr. Hammond - My wife, she's the
best looking one I know, and
she'd kill me if I didn't.
January 27,1984
Lange ripped down ten rebounds
to pace IH's board attack. Theur-
ing came off the bench to score
ten points (including six-for-six
from the line), while Kremcheck
added his usual 15. These pluses
combined into an easy win for the
Braves.
A week earlier the Braves
swept a two-game homestand
Bernard. Juniors Brian Rowe and
Mike Wentz combined defensively
to shut down high scoring guard
Chuck Criswell, then ranked third
in the city in scoring with 25 per
game, in IH's 58-31 drubbing of
offensively with 17 points to lead
IH.
Deer Park proved no match
for IH as the Braves led through-
out the game in an 80-43 rout,
the most points scored by the
Braves this season. Senior Jon
Kitei added insult to injury by
jamming the final basket for the
Braves.
photo by ~ m t Benadum
t
Mr. Pfirman-myself.
Patricia Bettle - There's no such
person.
Anders Anderson - I'm not going, I
hate it.
I.
January 27,1984
Fourteen students travel to France
by Nancy Hopple
IH French teacher Mrs. JoAnn
Wund and 14 of her French I11
and AP French Language students
leave Cincinnati this afternoon for
Paris, France, as part of an ex-
change program with a French
high school. The group will stay
in France for three weeks, spend-
ing approximately five days in
Paris and the remainder of the
time with host families in the city
of Angers, before returning to the
U.S. February 17.
to France are juniors Ellen Al-
vord, Doug Backus, Tracy Megi-
son, and Stephanie Savage;
sophomores Lee Baumes, Tracy
Cambron, Diane Hancher, Laura
Harmon, Sally King, Amy Klein-
man, Kelly Mabry, Kristin Mains,
and Sona Tipnis; and eighth grad-
er Jennifer Cobb.
Upon arriving in Paris tomor-
row morning (about 7:00 a m .
Paris time, 1:00 p.m. EST), the
group will have the day free to
recuperate from the flight or to
spend as it wishes. The IH group
will take a bus tour of the city
and numerous excursions, includ-
ing a tour of the Louvre and a trip
to Versailles, during the rest of
the stay in Paris.
While in Paris Wund and the
14 students will stay at the Foyer
AGF de Maubisson, along with
other American exchange groups.
According to Wund, the Foyer
AGF is "an old student resi-
dence," located in the heart of
Paris near the city hall and within
walking distance of the Louvre.
After their stay in Paris, the
exchangers will travel by train to
Angers, situated 150 kilometers
southwest of Paris, arriving Wed-
nesday evening, February 1. At
this time each student will meet
her or his French correspondant
and host family and then return
home with them. The next day
the American students may at-
tend school with their French
correspondants on the last school
day before a week-long vacation.
(The French correspondants
attend Lycee Joachim au Bellay, a
former monastery several hundred
years old, which now enrolls a-
bout 2000 high school students in
Angers.)
The sponsors of the exchange
in Angers have many activities
planned for the visiting Americans
including a visit to the town hall,
the ancient chateau of Angers,
CHIEFTAIN
and the old section of the city; a
trip to Azay le Rideau and other
chateaux in the surrounding Loire
Valley area; a visit to a military
equestrian school and a modern
school; tours of patisserie, a wine
cave, and the Cointreau factory
(Angers is the only place where
the orange liqueur is made); a re-
ception at Lycee Joachim au Bel-
Valentine's Day party at the
home of a French host family.
The 1984 exchange marks the
eighth year of Indian Hill's parti-
cipation in a French exchange
the third year of IHYsexchange
with au Bellay in Angers. Previ-
ous exchanges were made with a
French exchangers: (front, I. to r.) Amy Kleinman, Tracy Megison,
Kristen Mains, Doug Backus, Diane Hancher, Kelly Mabry, Mrs. J o h n
Wund, Stephanie Savage, Sona Tipnis, Tracy Carnbron, (back) Ellen
fiord, Jennifer Cobb, Laura Harmon, Lee Baumes, and Sally King.
New courses to be offered to IH students
by David Stradling
Many additions have been
made to the 1984-1985 course
offerings booklet. New courses
include "Trends in Diet, Food,
and Exercise" in the Home Eco-
nomics department and "Intro-
duction to Pascal" and "Comput-
er Application," forming a Com-
puter department separate of the
Math department.
For those seniors who plan to
attend college and would like to
strengthen their algebra and
geometry skills, a new course,
"Senior Math Review," has been
added.
French IV and Spanish IV,
neither of which will be AP
courses, as well as Latin IV,will
be offered to students, but the
numbers of interested students
school in Aixen-Provence.
This is Wund's second time
leading a group of IH students on
the French exchange. Seven years
ago she led a group of students
who stayed in Aixen-Provence.
Wund commented, "Professional-
ly, this trip is very exciting for
me, because it has been seven
years since I've been in France.
It's essential to keep my French
current."
~ u n dadded, "Anyone who
thinks this is a holiday is crazy,"
admitting, "I'm not an organized
person ...Once I'm on the plane I'l
be okay." Wund, along with the
-
14 students, is also "happy about
the franc," as the exchange rate is
. "get along fine" with the group.
photo by Brett Benadum
will determine if the courses wc!.
actually be taught.
To the Industrial Arts depart-
ment, now to be known as the
Applied Science and Technology
department, "Electronics and
Robotics Technology" has been
added to the offerings.
The offerings booklet will be
distributed to freshmen in their
CurricuIum fair to answer questions
Students and parents will be
given an opportunity to ask
questions concerning 1984-85
course offerings, Friday, February
10, 7:35-9:35. Teachers from
each department, representatives
from Live Oaks Vocational
School, and counselors will be
available to answer questions and
describe course contents. All
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currently about eight francs to
the dollar.
Junior Ellen Alvord, one of
two girls in the exchange whose
correspondant is a boy, said of
her host, "I think he'll be more
patient with teaching me the
language, but he probably won't
want to go shopping with me."
While he is "looking forward
to the trip," junior Doug Backus
the only boy participating in the .
IH exchange, hopes he "can make
up all the school work." Backus
jokingly added, "The reason I'm
going is not to learn the language
or culture; it's because 1 3 girls are
going.''
Prior to the group's departure,
sophomore Diane Hancher receiv-
ed a phone call from her French
correspondant. "I was very sur-
prised, " Hancher said. "She cal-
led to wish me a happy journey."
(Althounh her correspondant
"because of her accent.") During
their stay Hancher and several
other exchanges hope to be able
grader Jennifer Cobb feels she will
An AP French Language student
and recent transfer from Country
Day School, Cobb has studied
French for the past several years.
She perhaps summed up the pur-
pose of the exchange best, com-
menting that she hopes "to widen
my vocabulary and gain more
knowledge of French culture."
English classes by counselors,
February 1. Sophomores will
receive their booklets February 2,
and juniors will receive theirs
February 3.
Teacher recommendation days
are February 13 and 14. The stu-
dent course selection sheet is due
on February 15.
eighth graders will attend the ex-
position in the cafeteria.
Classes will run on a two hour
delay schedule, although the
buses will run at their normal
times. Parents and students are
encouraged to take advantage of
this opportunity to explore edu-
cational alternatives.
 Page 2 CHIEFTAlN January 27,1984 January 27,1984 CHIEFTAIN Pase I t
I see it
as ball, Clark, looking bored, got to
editorial
Bergman visits with typical WKRC down s Boosters, 65-63 it first-without jumping. The
fans loved this, and laughed with
delight.

Questionnaires and surveys, when effectively written

b residential
by John Bergrnan candidate
by Kevin Walzer
The fine-tuned WKRC All-
Stars held off the surging IH
off the late IH rally.
Despite the pressure-cooker
flipped a pass to a WKRC team-
mate running downcourt.. The
However, those expecting to
see a lot of TV stars came away
disappointed. Of the four celebri-
he had just said be fully realized. Booster All-Star team, 6543, in atmosphere of the fourth quarter, teammate wasn't looking, how- ties expected to appear, only two
It all happened last Saturday
and distributed, can yield a gold mine of information afternoon. I was sitting in the I was still just as puzzled as I had the annual benefit basketball with tempers flaring (Argentati ever, and the ball bounced off his apparently were able to. Report-
to all participants. These cross-sections of public been before, but now I was also game last Saturday, despite a was called for a technical foul head into the hands of another ers Don Burrows (who suited up
family room listening to a record,
"loose" atmosphere that filled after protesting a foul and heaving teammate. for
servedthe asgame)
WKRC's
and coach)
Maher (who
both
opinion have long been used as a medium for discover- when all of the sudden I heard a finding him rather amusing. I
the ball into the stands), rowdi- Another situation involved a
knock on the front door. This decided that he must be extreme- threequarters of the game.
ing ideas which would otherwise go neglected. Surveys The teams did little but horse ness from the benches (long and David and Goliath confrontation appeared. However sports
puzzled me. None of my family ly intelligent, for he seemed to
and questionnaires are commonplace at IH, but apathy had said anything about company know even more about me than I around the first three quarters of loud hooting and shouting), and with - a jump ball between director Dennis Jansen (who was
usually limits their effectiveness. This attitude is most the game. However, they raised tension (numerous free throws Argentati, who stands about scheduled to play) and anchor-
coming over. Besides, if it was did. It seems that in dealing with
anyone who had been to our the hectic pace of suburban Cin- their intensity level about six taken-few made), the mood for 5'8", and Clark, who towers at man Nick Clooney apparently
frequently observed among the students, but recently much of the game bordered on about 6'4". As Argentati leaped were not able to make appearanc-
house before, I would have cinnati, I had completely over- notches in the fourth to play
some of the faculty have fallen to this condition also. thought he would use the door- looked the fact that I was being some surprisingly hard-fought frivilous. In one instance, Clark and made a mighty swipe for the es.
The case in point currently is the teacher survey bell. "Oh well," I said to myself viciously oppressed. I mean only basketball. However, it was a case
provided to all faculty members by the Student Affairs
Committee of Student Government. At the present
as I rose to get the door, "perhaps
it's a mailman."
When I opened the door, how-
a half an hour ago, I had been sit-
ting in my family room listening
to my record and laboring under
of too little too late on the part
of the IH team. The steady
shooting of WKRC proved too
JV Braves shoot for second tonight
only a handful of teachers have requested surveys for ever, I found that the caller was the gross misconception that I much to overcome, even despite by Kevin Walzer in the first quarter; jumping out same pace continued in the
their classes. These surveys are designed to let the not a mailman at all. He was a was a pretty lucky guy, when in the late run. However, it did The JV basketball Braves have t o a 17-8 lead with purely torrid second as IH was ahead, 10-9, at
conlplete stranger whose inten- fact, unbeknown to me, I was as make for some exciting basket- more than a win or a loss on the shooting. "We missed one field half.
students evaluate the teacher in .a variety of fields, ball, some noted. St. Bernard came out of its
tions were invisible upon first in- miserable as could be. I found line tonight as they square off goal and one free throw," said
from knowledge of subject to discipline in class. Mr. spection. I greeted him with a myself growing enraged at the "Whew," said WKRC coach against Glen Este at home at Gellert. "That was as close t o slump in the third quarter and
Dennis Dowling, SG sponsor, noted that the current somewhat skeptical "hello." Im- fact that I had not realized how Walt Maher. "That was a lot of 6:30. perfect play as we've had all overtook IH's lead, going up by
involvement with the survey is the weakest turnout in mediatily, he seemed to sense my truly awful my existence was. If fun. I enjoyed it." "We're really getting up for year." three, 19-16. However, IH finally
confusion. "Hello," he said in a it had not been for this strange That sums it up pretty well. this game," said coach Gary The team maintained its came alive in the fourth quarter
several years. consoling jovial voice, "is this the man who called himself R. J., I The IH squad was down 49-48 at Gellert. "There's a lot at stake. A steady shooting throughout the and outscored them 22-4 to win
The survey is provided to aid the teachers, but if Bergman residence?" "Yes, it is," may have gone through life naive- the end of the third quarter, when win will put us in second place in first half, but Loveland got hot going away, 38-23.
they are unwilling to present it t o their classes, how I replied, "may I help you?" ly assuming that I was happy, WKRC went on an 11-9 run that the EHL. We also want revenge." and with a surge managed to tie The Deer Park Wildcats posed
"Ah, my good fellow, it's not when I was actually terribly un- put them up, 60-57. A basket by The revenge is against a the score at 36 as the game little challenge for the Braves, as
can they hope to improve their classes? Although the what you can do for me, it's what fortunate. WKRC center Darrell Clark then previous 63-55 last minute loss at entered the fourth quarter. IH led throughout the game in
current popular educational philosophy emphasizes 1 can do for you." As he made "Yes," my savior continued, put them up by four, 62-58. the hands of the Trojans. Glen
time spent on the subject matter, distributing these this last statement, he extended a "what you need is a president After WKRC added three more to Este overcame a 30-23 lead with a
hand to me. I shook it with all who cares about you. I am just make the score 65-58, IH went t o late surge in the final two minutes
surveys is not very time-consuming. T o those few to sweep by the Braves.
compulsory firmness, but I was such a man. Oh don't get me work. With 1:5 8 left, Booster
teachers who have used the surveys, the Chieftain still feeling very suspicious. For wrong, Mr. Bergman. I'm not Greg Koulouris put in a basket to As far as IH's chances go, they
offers congratulations and strongly urgc their peers to some inexplicable reason, I felt an looking for glory. I don't need cut the margin to five, 65-60. are good ones. "We have the
follow their example. incredible urge to say,"No thanks, power to be happy. I already Then, after a number of momentum," said Gellert. "We're
we gave at the office." But alas, 1 have a thriving chain of encyclo- missed free throws by both teams, looking for second place, and
saw that there was little or noth- pedia stores. No, what I want is IH faculty member Steve we've been surging lately. We've
ing that I could do. The man had to serve you, Mr. Bergman, to Thompson sank one to make the won five out of six league games
already stepped inside, and I did make this country one you can be score 65-61. After taking the in- since our 0-2 start (they currently
STAFF not yet feel that I had grounds to proud of." bounds pass, he then dribbled
furiously downcourt and rolled in
stand 5-3)."
If IH's game on January 20
throw him out. I led him to the With this he stood up and
family room, and we sat down. reached into his pocket. "Allow his ninth point of the game just as against the Loveland Tigers is any
Chieftain is written and com- Typesetters Sandy Pesce,
posed, printed and sold as an Sue Gilsdorf, Karen Wiedemer "Mr. Bergman," he began "my me to give you a campaign the buzzer sounded. indication of how the game
extracurricular activity by the Artists Joel Ruff name is R. J. Bievens, the Third, button. You wear this, and re- However, it did IH no good, as against Glen Este will go, the
students of Indian Hill High Photographers Brett Benadum, but you can call me R. J." It member me in November. To- they were still two down at the Trojans had better be prepared,
School, 6945 Drake Rd., Cincin- Trip Edwards, Stratton Mor-
seemed he had mistaken me for gether, we can make this county end. for they will have their hands full.
nati, Ohio, 4 5 2 4 3 561-4963. aites
Sponsor Wm. P. Kincaid Contributers John Bergman, my father, but since Dad wasn't great again!" I stood up to take As for the rest of the game? . IH entered the game in a
Editors Nancy Hopple Dave Agin, Hugh Geier, Trip !lome, I decided to just let him him to the door. Obviously he Well, the first quarter was fairly three-way tie for second place
Kitsa Tassia n Edwards, Ellen Alvord, Eric ramble on. "I am here to tell had other people to visit that day, nipand-tuck, as IH ended ahead with Loveland and Glen Este.
Little, Brian Rowe, Gretchen photo by Trip Edwards
Win Wells 15-14. - Then, after baskets by The Braves, in their "best game of
News Editors Paul Monach Kindel you, person to person, that I am hundreds of thousands of fools Coach Gary Gellert advises his JV Braves during a tirneout. Gellert is
David Stradling Production Staff Kelly Martin, running f o ~the office of the pres- who, like me, did not realize what Thompson and a long jumper by the year," eliminated the Tigers pleased with his teams' progress thus far, and feels that they have good
Features Editors Ken Jones Amelia Elling, Ellen Alvord, idency of your country. That's wretched lives they were being eighth grade coach Gary "Ar-gen- from the picture with a 45-42 win chances tonight against Glen Este.
Elizabeth Smith David Cook, Stratton Morai- right, Mr. Bergman, I said your forced to endure. At the door, I taaa-ti," as announcer Tom at Loveland.
Assistant Features tes, Joel Ruff, Sam Green, posting a routine 48-27 win, last
country. For who does this thanked him profusely, and Dewey kept calling him, the "The game was also a bit of However, the Braves iced the
Chris Blanchard Eric Little, Jim Gruskin, Mary-
Beth Heidrich country belong to, if not to a promised that I would certainly Braves took hold of the five-point vengeance on our part," said game with "good rebounding," January 1 3 at Indian Hill.
Sports Editors Anna Batsakes
Kevin Walzer proud, upstanding, taxpaying, do all I could to ensure his elec- lead in the second that they did Gellert. The , loss avenged a said Gellert. 1. "We're not a tall The Braves jumped out to a
Magazine Editors Tracy Megison national anthem singing citizen tion. He marched out to his car, not relinquish until the middle previous 5 1-41 em%anassment at team, but we did a good job 10-4 lead and never looked back.
Assistant Magazine Editor
Barb Neu
news short such as yourself? You, Mr. Berg- whistling "The Stars and Stripes third quarter. The first half the hands of the Tigers at Indian boxing out." After leading 17-12 at half, they
man, have been taken advantage Forever," then drove off on his ended with IH up, 39-25. Hill IH parlayed a 23-point outscored the Wildcats 31-15 in
Janet Nicolas
Chief Typesetter Savithri Raju An outside agency will teach of, for far too long. For years mission of mercy. What a guy! After the third quarter saw "Our teamwork in that game performance by sophomore Erich the second half t o notch the win.
Business Manager Bob Rhoad the classrooln and behind-the- now, you've been walked on and P.S. The above article is WKRC overtake IH's five-point was excellent," praised Gellert. Metzger into a 38-23 win over St. Sophomore Clint Reese had
Circulation Manager wheel Driver Education courses passed over, by all those scound- written as a satire of American lead and go up themselves by one, "We had the best rebounding of Bernard in Saturday, January 14. his best shooting game all season
Chris Blanchard any game all season, and every Both teams were cold in the
next year. Classes will be offered rels who say they're on you're politics. Any simularity between 49-48, the teams proceeded into as he put in 10, second only t o
one played unselfishly ."
Production Managers
Margot Ayers after school at the high school, side." He paused for a moment, Mr. Bivens and any of the real-life the intense, hard-fought fourth first quarter as each put in only Metzger's 15. Sophomore Andy
Dan Rosenthal but no credit will be given. as if to let the full impact of what candidates is entirely intentional. where WKRC managed to hold The team got off to a hot start two baskets to be tied, 4-4. The Tucker added nine.
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sportsview
Iearn work marn reason tor Braves resurgence
by Kevin Walzer
When a team is 0-5, it is in a
pretty deep hole. Morale is some-
times nonexistent and the little
thing that coaches describe as
"mental toughness" is decidedly
soft. At any rate, it is a hole that
is pretty difficult to dig out.
Varsity basketball coach Dalc
McKibben and his team were in
that situation a month ago with
five games and fives losses.
However, the Braves man-
aged to do something that most
teams could not, they dug them-
selves out of the hole. With a
four-game winning streak and a 6-
2 record over the last eight games
(not including Wednesday's game
with Greenhills), McKibben feels
that IH is definitely out of the
hole.
"We've learned how to win
now," McKibben said. "When we
lost a few of those early games,
games we had the potential to
win, it was because we didn't
know how to win; now we do."
Knowing how to win is a
quality that has been sorely lack-
ing in past IH teams. Take a look
at the past two seasons, 1982-83:
a 4-18 record with one win result-
ing from a forfeit by Mt. Healthy.
1981-82: 3-17.
Wrestlers bring up rear at Turpin Invitational
by Dave Stradling
The IH wrestling Braves fared
poorly at the Turpin tournament
last weekend. Simon Kenton
School placed first in the compe-
tition while 1H placed last of the
seven team field.
Junior Ken Slazyk (126) plac-
ed third with two victories. Jun-
ior captain Dave Kindle (175),
who is seeded second in his
weight class, did not place in the
tourney.
Other Brave points came from
a victory by sophomore Matt
Feltman, who wrestled in the ab-
sence of senior Dave Stradling in
thk" 119 weight class. A pin by
senior Andy Graham also added to
the Braves' total.
The Braves finished
stronger at the Maderia tourna-
ment only a week before the Tur-
pin tourney. Norwood won the
tourney with 185 points, while
Madeira placed second with 122
points.
CHIEFTAIN
McKibben credits IH's turnaround
to feeling of team unity that ali
other factors have grown out of.
'These losing seasons were after
the Braves had won the
EHL title in 1981. McKibben, in
fact, feels IH is still in this year's
league race; not just mathemati-
cally but with a legitimate shot at
second or third place, possibly
even taking in the league title.
"I still think we can be con-
sidered contenders, especially
with the way we've been play-
ing," he said. "We're mentally
tougher and we'll be playing for a
shot at third against Glen Este
IH laced twelfth in a field of
14, with a meager 59% points.
Wyoming and Cincinnati Country
Day finished thirteenth and four-
teenth respectively.
Both Graham and Kindle were
champions in their weight class
with four victories apiece.
Graham was able to pin twice de-
feating the number one seeded
wrestler in his weight class in the
/--
&,T-..
While most IHers will be whooping it up tomorrow night at Home-
coming, the wrestlers (above) will be sweating it out at Maderia.
tonight. Then. with a little luck
second, or evcn first."
McKibben accredited the
team's turnaround to several fac-
tors. He feels that a unifying of
the team as a whole has been the
major reason.
"We have a group of extreme-
ly talented ballplayers," he said.
"Early on we were not solid as a
team. The talent was there, but
the team was not. But since
we've started winning, the team
has grown solid. There's a good
feeling between the team mem-
bers, a rapport that has grown as
the team has grown."
He specified that all other fac-
tors contributing to IH's im-
provement grew out of the team
concept.
"Our defense has improved,
for one," he said. "The team has
started to play pretty good de-
fense."
Another extremely important
factor growing from the team's
improvement has been the im-
provement of individual players,
particularly this year's group of
juniors.
"The depth of the team is just
excellent now," he stated. "As
the team improved, so did indi-
viduals, and now we're at a point
where I can play just about any-
championship round, 7-6. Kindle
also defeated the number one
seed in the championship round,
10-9.
Slazyk pinned three times but
was not able to place. O t h e ~vic-
tories came from Feltman and
senior'Mike Feltman (145).
The Braves will wrestle at 6:00
on the night of the Homecoming
dance. at Madeira.
photo by Stratton Moraitss
January 27,1984
body, senior or junior, and we
still have a good team."
He cited as an example the
play this season of junior Rick
Abrams. He leads the Braves in
almost every statistical category,
including scoring (1 9.3). assists
(3.8), and rebounds (6.4).
"Rick is an outstanding play-
er, to be sure," said McKibben,
"but his performances have come
from the team atmosphere. The
players respond to Rick's play,
and he responds to theirs. He
leads us in scoring, but also re-
bounding and assists."
As the season continues,
McKibben is definitely keeping
things in perspective. He's not
looking far down the road to-
wards the AA tournament, but is
still shooting for the league. Still,
he said that IH has improved
enough to handle any surprises
the road throws at them.
"Right now we haven't given
too much thought to the tourna-
ment," he said. "We won't even
stop thinking league now until we
are mathematically eliminated.
But I hope that won't happen
soon."
Not when they've just seen the
light. Not when they're out of
the hole.
S PORTS
TR I V I A
"The Perpetual Motion
Machine," they called him. This
basketball player redefined the
positions of "guard" and "for-
ward." At 6'6", he was small for
a forward, big for a guard, and
too quick for either. He was one
of basketball's fiist and greatest
swingmen, the fiist six years of
his career being a reserve guard
for the Boston Celtics. After, he
stepped in as a starter at forward
and excelled at that position, also.
For 16 years he terrorized the
NBA for Boston, pouring in
26,395 career points, the most
ever by a Celtic and fifth on the
all-time list. Who is this forward?
YaaIY=H u'Ior
.
Vol. 33 No. 10
January 27,1984
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
Kegg, Flora win Superior ratings
by Winston R Wells
Indian Hill Drama Club
members Jenny Kegg and Claire
Flora won Superior ratings at a
regional drama event held at the
Edgecliff Campus of Xavier Uni-
versity on Saturday, January 14.
The festival was sponsored by the
Ohio Theatre Alliance.
-
Senior Kegg and iunior Flora
garnered the Superior ratings after
playing the main characters in
"My Cup Raneth Over," a play
written by Robert Patrick. The
girls were the only two characters
in the entire 30 minute presenta-
tion.
Described by Drama Club
sponsor Miss Mary Lou Berwanger
as "humorous, yet moving," the
play is the story of two room-
mates, each trying to succeed in
New York and the friction that
arises between them. Kegg played
the role of an aspiring rock star
while Flora portrayed a free-lance
writer.
The festival was attended by
five area schools, among them
Sycamore, and has been attended
Report projects effects of declining enrollment
by Winston R Wells
The district administration
recently released the 1984-85
enrollment projections, which
once again show the effects of
declining enrollment on Indian
Hill schools. The figures cover
the years of 1984 t o 1994.
The report was prepared by
Dr. Frederick Zumsteg, a retired
principal of Drake Road Elemen-
tary. Dr. Robert Boston, super-
intendent of IH schools, said
Zumsteg has prepared the annual
projections report for several
years. In addition t o Indian Hill,
Zumsteg p ~ a . d e s emollment-
projections for Milford District
Schools.
The projections are made an-
nually and can be found in the
back of the IH Annual Report.
Zumsteg said that the projections
are required by law to cover ten
years, although five-year projec-
by IH for several years. Each
school was permitted to present
one play for the adjudicators,
who comment on each play fol-
lowing their performance.
Commented Berwanger, "The
festival is not really a competi-
tion-the schools perform and are
then critiqued by the adjudica-
Jenny Kegg.
tions are used more frequently
simply because they are more
likely to be true. In regard to his
results, Zumsteg noted that he has
been "fairly accurate" with not
only IH's but also Milford's pro-
jections.
From the projections, the de-
cline of IH's enrollment is readily
apparent, even in the projected
1984-85 enrollment. This year
the district has a total of 1,754
pupils, which is expected to fall
to 1,622 by next year. By the
1989-90 school year this number
should fall to, 1,270, reaching.
1,139 by 1993-94.
Boston said that although the
enrollment will continue to de-
cline over the next few years,
he expects the fall to level off
eventually. The report substanti-
ates this, showing a leveling-off
toward 1990 and onward.
tors." The adjudicators, com-
posed of college professors and
professionals, gave ratings of
Poor, Fair, Good, Excellent and
Superior.
Kegg and Flora received the
only Superior actress awards given
at the festival, while Sycamore
won the Superior actor rating. In
photo by Brett Benadum
Claire Flora.
The findings are based on the
number of births five years befole
the given year. The reasoning for
choosing five years, according t o
Boston, is that children enter
kindergarten at age five.
Reaction t o the declining en-
rollment was mixed throughout
the district. Commented Boston,
"I don't believe it's really bad-
there are several advantages." He
feels that the main advantage wiU
be the reduced size of classes and
the closer teacher-student rela-
small emollment,
tions which will be possible with
Boston went on to say that
some staff reductions will be
necessary, including split and
part-time assignments for some
faculty. In a meeting with Class-
room Teacher's Association Presi-
dent Mrs. Nancy Wettstein,
Boston noted that staffing de-
addition, Kegg was chosen to the
All-Region Cast, an honor re-
served for one actor in each play.
The play as a whole received
an Excellent rating from the ad-
judicators, one level below a
Superior rating which would have
sent IH to state competition.
Sycamore won thr honor of ad-
vancing this year with their Super-
ior rating. IH won a Superior
award last year for the presenta-
tion of "Tell Me A Story, Sing Me
A Song."
On their performance, Kegg
commented, "At first we didn't
feel we did well." She said that
the entire performance was
plagued by technical problems
dealing with the sound effects of
the play. The stage crew was
composed of junior Matt McNellis
and freshman Charlie Schiff.
Backstage voices were provided
by senior Lance Luckey and a
group of Thespians.
Students will see the award
winning play Friday, February 3
when the Drama Club will present
it along with "Anybody for Tea''
as part of the Student Govern-
ment Forum.
cisions would be based on
"sound" educational practices as
well as district economics.
In response to the report and
possible reductions, Wettstein
commented, "We know there will
be cuts- that's common sense."
Her main concern, however, is
that too many cuts may be
made, causing large class sizes far
some years.
Wettstein was also concerned
with the manner in which the cut
might be made. She feels reduc-
tions should be made in light of
educational quality at IH; thus
she favors the idea that tenured
teachers wiu not be let go. "Dr.
Boston has assured us that senior-
ity will have preference in the
reduction process."
She also foresees the inc~eased
sharing of teachers between
schools, particularly between
Ottawa and the High School in
the fields of math and foreign
language.