P c g e2
C H IE F T A IN
M a rc h2 3 ,1 9 8 4
e d ito r ia l
T he
e n d
o f
M arch
i s
n o w
u p o n
us, a
tim e
w hen
m any
w ill b e a n x io u s ly
aw aiting the w arm
w e a th e r o f
sp rin g .
Y et less than a m onth ago, snow could be seen
o n
th e
yards, a rem inder
o f w in te r's
s o m e tim e s d a n -
g e ro u s
e f f e c t
o f
snow -covered
ro a d s
a n d
ic y
d riv in g
c o n d itio n s .
O ne
s u c h
snow -covered
m o rn in g
w as
T hursday, M arch8 .
T h e ro a d s th ro u g h o u t th e d is tric t
w ere
q u ite
h a z a rd o u s
in the early morning, and these
d a n g e ro u s
c o n d itio n s
le d
t o
a
num ber
o f
a c c id e n ts
w h ic h
in v o lv e d
I H
s tu d e n ts .
A lth o u g h
b y
n o
m eans
d id th e c o n d itio n s w a rra n t a c lo sin g o f s c h o o ls , a tw o -
h o u r d e la y w a s v e ry b a d ly n e e d e d .
B y9:3 0 th a t m o rn -
in g
m ost
p rim ary
ro u te s
w ere
c le a r e d ,
a
f a c t
th a t
w o u ld
have elim inated m any of the headaches suffered
th a t
m o rn in g
if
a
tw o -h o u r
d e la y
w a s im p le m e n te d .
A lth o u g h
th e
district adm inistration
c a re fu lly
c o n s id -
e rs
w hat
d e c is io n s
s h o u ld
b e
m ade
re g a rd in g
s n o w
d a y s ,
p e rh a p s
a
c lo s e r
lo o k
a t
th e s e
c o n d itio n s
a re
n e e d e d
b e fo re a rriv in g a t a d e c is io n .
T h e s e a d m in is tra -
to rs h a v e d o n e a n e x c e lle n t jo b in th e p a s t, b u t w e fe e l
th e y c h o se in c o rre c tly
on M arch8 .
T he desire for all
th e
tim e on task
a v a ila b le in o u r d is tric t is c o m m e n d -
a b le , y e t w e m u s t n o t lo s e s ig h t o f s a fe ty a n d re a lity in
o u r s triv in g f o r e x c e lle n c e .
18a c c e p te d f o r S e n io r S e a rc h
by W instonR
W ells
As part of w hat M r. G ary G e l-
le r t
la b e le d
" th e
b e s t
g ro u p
i n
th re e
y e a rs ,"
18 Indian H ill seni-
ors have been accepted
as partici-
p a n ts in th is y e a r's S e n io r S e a rc h
p ro g ra m .
N o tific a tio n
cam e
fo r th e
1 8
o n
F rid a y ,
M arch
9, two
w eeks
a fte r
a p p lic a tio n s
w ere
d u e
t o
G e lle rt.
He stated
t h a t a ll a p p li-
c a n ts
w ere
a c c e p te d
in to
th e
p ro g ra m .
S tu d e n ts h a d
th e
sole respon-
s ib ility
o f
fin d in g
a
c o n s u lta n t
and job
site for their applications.
E ach
student m ust work
at least
3 0
h o u rs
a
week, and
th e y
a re
p ro h ib ite d
fro m
m o n e ta ry
com -
pensation from their employers.
T he
1 8
s tu d e n ts
w ill
b e g in
th e ir
re s p e c tiv e jo b s
o n
A p ril
2
a n d
w ill w o rk u n til M ay 2 5 .
B e-
s id e s b e a rin g th e re s p o n s ib ility
o f
b e in g
e m p lo y e d ,
s tu d e n ts
m ust
h a v e
g o o d
a tte n d a n c e
a t
th e ir
s ite s a n d s u b m itad a ilylo p d e ta il-
in g
e a c h
d a y 's
a c tiv itie s .
T h e y
m ust
a ls o
f i l e
a
fiv e
p a g e
p a p e r
d e s c rib in g th e ir e x p e rie n c e s ; G e l-
l e r t
s a id
h e
w iU
u se
all
o f
th e
a b o v e in g ra d in g e a c h s tu d e n t.
Each student w ill also have to
a tte n d
tw o sem inars, at w hich all
s e a rc h e rs w ill d is c u s s th e ir v a rio u s
e x p e rie n c e s w ith th e p ro g ra m .
G e lle rt
p ra is e d
th e
s e le c te d
s tu d e n ts
s ta tin g
th e
a p p lic a tio n
a n d
s e le c tio n
p ro c e s s
went very
s m o o th ly .
"There w ere few prob-
le m s o r q u e s tio n s s im p ly b e c a u s e
I
th in k
th a t
th e y
re a d
o v e r
th e
g iv e n
in fo rm a tio n
b e fo re
a p p ly -
in g ."H e
w ent
o n
t o
s a y
th a t th is
p ro g ra m
b rin g s
o u t
" th e
best in
e a c h
student due to the responsi-
b ility
e a c h
s tu d e n t
m ust
b e a r.
T h is
p ro g ra m
d e fin ite ly
p u ts th e
re s p o n s ib ility o n th e s tu d e n ts ."
G e lle rt
a ls o
fe e ls
th a t w ith
a
sm all group, m ore insight can be
g a in e d
a n d
th e
p ro g ra m
c a n
b e
m ore
c a re fu lly
m o n ito re d .
T he
class of
1 9 8 3 had
a total of
1 6
p e o p le p a rtic ip a te in th e p ro g ra m .
A lth o u g h
G ellert said
th a t h e
was unsure
o f
w h e th e r
th e
p ro -
g ra m
w o u ld
c o n tin u e
i n
th e
fu -
tu re
d u e
t o
s ta te
re g u la tio n ,
h e
d id
em phasize
th a t
th e
a d m in is -
tra tio n
is pleased w ith this year's
p ro g ra m .
asIs e ei t
u n d e rm in e s
by John Bergm an
L a d ie s
a n d
g e n tle m e n ,
I
a m
w ritin g
th is
c o lu m n
w ith
a deep
fe e lin g
of urgency. W hatfo llo w s
is not a pretty
story to tell or to
h e a r.
It is, how ever, one w hich
I
m ust relay if I am to m aintain any
re s p e c ta b le
s ta n d a rd
o f
jo u rn a l-
i s t i c
in te g rity .
T he
c a ta s tro p h ic
new s
o f
w h ic h
I speak
c o n c e rn s
that great architectural tribute to
p a trio tis m , th e W a s h in g to n M o n u -
m e n t.
It seem s that a group of scien-
tists recently becam e interested in
the effects that nature was having
on the grounds around and under
th is
tre a s u re d
m o n u m e n t.
L ast
W ednesday
i t
w as
re v e a le d
th a t
th e ir
s tu d y
c o n firm e d
th e
d is -
h e a rte n in g
s u s p ic io n
th a t
th e
m onum ent
is s in k in g ! T h e
s c ie n -
t i s t s
w ent
o n
t o
report that, ac-
cording to sophisticated research,
if th e sin k in g c o n tin u e s a t its p re -
sent rate, the m onum ent that we
a ll k n o w
a n d
lo v e
w ill be
com -
p le te ly
u n d e rg ro u n d
in
a
m ere
660,000 years.
N ow , as som eone w ho has not
o n ly v is ite d th e W a s h in g to n M o n -
um ent, b u t also has descended to
e a c h
a n d
e v e ry
o n e
o f
its m ore
th a n
8 0 0
s te p s ,
I
re c e iv e d
th is
new s w ith m ore than a little con-
c e rn .
I feel a certain closeness to
the structure that extends beyond
i t s
w a lls.
T he
id e a
th a t
fu tu re
g e n e ra tio n s
m ight som eday stand
o n
to p
o f
th e
b u ild in g
w h ic h
I
o n c e
s to o d
i n
ju s t
d o e s n 't
s e e m
rig h t.
B esides,
th in k
o f
th e
lo n g
ra n g e
im p lic a tio n s
in v o lv e d .
I f
th e
m onum ent
i s
g o in g
u n d e r-
g ro u n d
in
6 6 0 ,0 0 0
y e a rs ,
th e n
surely som eday it is going to end
u p
in C h in a .
Now, suppose that
y o u
w ere
th e
a v e ra g eC h in a m a n
w a lk in g a lo n g o n th e a v e ra g e C h i-
n e s e
ro a d
o n
a n
average Sunday
a fte rn o o n in th e y e a r 9 9 ,9 9 9 ,9 8 4 ,
w hen all of a sudden the W ashing-
to n
M onum ent
f a l l s
o u t
o f
th e
s k y ,
u p s id e
dow n
o f
c o u rs e !
Chances are you
w o u ld
b e
q u ite
su rp rise d .
A ftera ll,e v e n
if y o u
w e re w e ll a c q u a in te d
w ith A m eri-
c a n
landm arks,
y o u
w o u ld n 't
h a v e
h e a rd
a b o u t
th is
p a rtic u la r
one for som e 99,000,000 years.
I f
y o u
w ere
t o
b u ild
u p
e n o u g h
courage to go inside, you
w o u ld
n o
d o u b t
b e
e v e n
m ore
s h o c k e d .
W ith a ll th o s e s ta tu e s o f
fa m o u s A m e ric a n s s ta rin g a t y o u ,
y o u 'd
p ro b a b ly
th in k y o u r c o u n -
t r y
h a d b e e n in v a d e d .
And from
th e re ,
w e ll
I
s h u d d e r
e v e n
t o
think of th e possibilities.
A s I see it, som ething m ust de-
fin ite ly
b e
d o n e
n o w
t o
a s s u r e
th a t
th is
dism al
s c e n a rio
n e v e r
com es
t o
p a s s .
I firm ly
b e lie v e
th a t
i t
i s
n c t
o n e
m om ent
to o
s o o n
fo r
A m erican
a n d
C hinese
s c ie n tis ts
t o
b e g in
w o rk in g
to -
g e th e r t o c o m b a t th e s itu a tio n .
C ertainly it is easy to say that
9 9 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
y e a rs
is a lo n g , lo n g
tim e.
B u t a s s o m e b rillia n t G re e k
p h ilo s o p h e r's
m o th e r
m ust
h a v e
said at least once, "Y ou
can never
be too safe, too soon."
P R E S S A S S O C lA T lO h
C h ie fta in is w ritte n
a n d c o m p o s e d , p rin te d
and sold as an extracur.
ric u la r a c tiv ity
b y
th e s tu d e n ts of
I n d i a n H ill H ig h S c h o o l ,6 9 4 5 D r a k e
R d ., C in c in n a ti, O h io4 5 2 4 3 5 6 1 -4 9 6 3 .
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W m .P . K in c a id ; E d ito rs :
N a n c y H o p p l e , K i t s a T a s s i a n , W in
W ells; News Editors:
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C h ris B la n c h a rd ;
S p o rts E d ito rs :
A nna
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T racy
M egison, Barb
N eu;
A ssistant
M a g a z in e
E d ito r:
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N ic o la s ; C h~et
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M anager:
C h ris B la n c h a rd ; P ro d u c tio n
M anagers:
M argot Ayers, Dan
R o s e n th a l;
T y p e s e tte r s :
S a n d y
Pesce, Sue G ilsdorf, Karen
W ie d e m e r
A rtist:
H ugh
Geier; Photographers:
B re tt
Benadum , Trip
E dw ards
C o n trib u to rs :
J o h n
Bergm an, Dave
A g in ,
H ugh G eier, Trip
E dw ards,
D a v id
Cook, Andy
Tucker, Jim
G ruskin, Teresa
B uchm an;P ro d u c tio n
S ta ff:
K elly M a rtin , A m elia Elling, Joel R uff, Stratton M oraites, David
C ook,
E ric
L ittle ,M a ry B e th
H e id ric h , S a m
G reen,
J im
Gruskin, Jeff
C u rrie r, A ria n n a N ew m an.
M a rc h2 3 ,1 9 8 4
S q u a w ss
b yK e v in W a lz e r
C oach
B ob
W essinger
ra re ly
c h a n g e s
h is
e x p e c ta tio n s
o f
h is
s o ftb a ll
te a m
fro m
year to
y e a r.
B u t th e n
th e
r e s u lts
of the team
ra re ly
f a il
t o
m easure
u p
fro m
year to year.
L ast
y e a r
th e
te a m
w ent
1 5 -6 .
Tw o
y e a rs
a g o
th e y
w e n t 1 9 -2 .
Three years ago they
w ent
1 7 -3 .
S e e ?
V ery
l i t t l e
change from year to year.
W essinger,
a s
o n e
m ig h t
e x p e c t,
h a s
sim ilar
e x p e c ta tio n s
o f
th e
1 9 8 4
e d itio n
o f
th e
Squaw s.
" I
th in k
w e 'll
h a v e
as u c c e s -
fu l
s e a s o n
th is
y e a r,"
h e
s a id .
" I
h o p e
th a t
w e
d o
w e ll.
T he
p la y e rs
h a v e
w orked
h a rd
t o
get ready."
W hat
W essinger
fe e ls
s e n tia l
fo r
th e
Squaw s
th is
s e a s o n ,
a s
i n
e v e ry
is
w in
th e
close gam es.
u ltim a te ly
d e c id e
th e
title, h e said.
"T he
EH L
is a very
b a
le a g u e
i n
s o ftb a ll,"
h e
m e n te d .
"O ur
s u c c e s s
3 -2
a n d
4 -3
gam es
w ill
d e te rm in e
if
w e
w in
th e
th is
y e a r.
B ut
I
th in k
t h
have a definite shot.
No o
b e
a b le
t o
b lo w
us aw ay;
be close in all of our gam es.
O n e q u e s tio n :
how ?
W ell,
fo r
o n e ,
th e
S
h a v e
a
lo t
o f
e x p e rie n c
s e a s o n .
R e tu rn in g
f o
H u n g r y n e ffe rs a im in
by A ndy Tucker
S w is h e r a d d e d , "I
w ant
M ost
s c h o o ls
i n
th e
s ta te
o f
p ro v e th e ir d o u b le s p la y , t
O h io
last year
w ere
e x c ite d
b e -
g e a rin g
d rills
to w a rd s
th a
c a u s e
th e y
w ere
s e n d in g
o n e
o r
I 'm
w o rk in g th e m h a rd ."
tw o
m ale
te n n is
p la y e rs
t o
th e
T h e p la y e rs k n o w
i t .
T
s ta te
to u rn a m e n t.
B ut
th e s e
s c h o o ls
o n ly
s e n t
o n e
o r
tw o ;
J r id ia n
H ills e n t fiv e .
I H
w as th e
E x p e rie n c e ,
only school to send five players to
th e
s ta te
to u rn a m e n t.
B ut
th e
te n n is
B raves
d o
n o t
in te n d
t o
d w e ll o n th e p a s t a s th e y a re a im -
in g
t o
b e tte r
la s t
y e a r 's
1 3 -3 ,
n u m b e r fiv e c ity -ra n k e d re su lts.
H ead
coach Dave Swisher, for
o n e , p re d ic ts th a t th e y w ill d o it.
" I
th in k
w e
c a n
w in
the league
th is
y e a r
(a fte r
fin is h in g
s e c o n d
last year).
We certainly have the
ta le n t t o
do it.
I th in k
we have
th e
ta le n t t o b e
o n e o f th e
b e s t
team s in th e state."
T he
b a s is
fo r
th is
ta le n t
is
th re e
o f
th e
fiv e
p la y e rs
w ho
c o m p e te d a t s ta te la s t y e a r a re re -
tu rn in g .
S e n io r J o n K ite i, ju n io r
B rad
M cC urdy
a n d
sophom ore
A ndy
T u c k e r
a ll m a d e
state last
year, and
a re im p ro v e d
this year.
T h is
im p ro v e m e n t
is seen in
th e
p la y
o f th e o th e r te a m
m em bers.
J o in in g th e te a m
fo r th e first tim e
i s
ju n io r
D ave
S te w a rd .
C om -
m e n te d S w is h e r, "H e w ill h e lp th e
te a m
c o n s id e ra b ly. "
T h e B ra v e s w ill n e e d
this im -
p r o v e m e n t if
th e y
a re
t o
m a tc h
th e
n e w
p h ilo s o p h y
o f
S w isher.
S w ish e r c o m m e n te d , "I in te n d to
p la y th e b e s t p la y e rs a ll th e tim e .
I 'm
d o in g
this because
I think it
w ill help
th e ir s e e d in g w h e n
s e c -
t i o n a l ~ r o l l a r o u n d . "
by Paul M onach
Despite a slow start bec
disagreeable w eather,
h e a d
tra c k
c o a c h
Mr. Bob
W es
sees a successful season pr
because of experienced sen
le te s a n d " th e
largest turn
tra c k
s in c e
I
c a n
rem e
C u rre n tly , a b o u t 4 5 b o y s s
tent on staying w ith the pro
S a id M r. D a v e G arw ood
sistant coach
along w ith M
Shira, "Track
is a sport yo
o n .
I t ta k e s tw o o r th re e y
d e v e lo p a g o o d a th le te .
I t
t o
s e e
s o
m any
freshm e
sophom ores out because th
reap th e benefits in th e fu t
tr a c k , y o u w in w ith n u m b e
m ig h t
not get m any
f i r s t s
m e e ts
th is
y e a r,
b u t
w e
thirds and fourths, w hich w
u p ."
W est
e x p e c ts
e n o u g h
t o
b e
" o n e
o f
th e
b e tt
team s in th e area."
R egard
le a g u e , "W e
see prim ary
c o
tio n
i n
Sycam ore
a n d
M
W est h o p e s
the leadership
tu rn in g
s e n io rs
lik e
E v o n
T o n y
G a s t, M ik e
F e ltm a n
G reenlee,
a n d
B ro m
E sp
n e w
s e n io rs
D ave
S tra d li
B ill L a n g e
w ill earn
th e
t
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