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asIs e ei t
A p ril 2 7 , 1 9 8 4
a
"Oqw hy d o s o m e m o v ie s
I n d ia n H ill H ig h
S c h o o l is s te e p e d
in tra d itio n , p a r-
tic u la rly
in the
sp rin g .
O n e o f th o s e tra d itio n s is S e n -
io r
S k ip
D ay, w hen
th e g ra d u a tin g class e n jo y s a d a y
k e e p
U S c 0 m in ~b a c k ?
I
V
aw ay
fro m
th e
e v e ry d a y
ro u tin e
o f
c la s s e s .
Just as
by John Bergm an
h u m a n ity .
N o
m atter
what the
p re c e d in g
classes have
d o n e , th e class o f
19 8 4 is n o w
F rid a y
n ig h t I d id
som e-
p lo t o r
setting of the m ovie is, it
p la n n in g th is y e a r's
S k ip D a y . U n lik e p re c e d in g y e a rs ,
th in g
w h ic h
I d o n 't
o fte n
d o .
I
m ust
c a p tu re
th e
in te re s t
o f
i t s
-
how ever,
th e
a d m in is tra tio n
i s
g iv in g
th e s e
p r e p a r a -
w e n t to a m o v ie , E d u c a tin g R ita ,
a u d ie n c e
b y
c o n fro n tin g
id e a s
.
for the second tim e.
T o m y great
w h ic h
they understand
a n d
d e e m
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tions a great deal of attention, for now , due to several
,r p r is e ,
e n jo y e dth em o v iee v e n
state law s, they
must be concerned.
If a stu d en t fails
m ore
th e
second tim e than I had
In the case of Educating R ita,
t o
g e t
p ro p e r
p a re n ta l
perm ission
t o
le a v e
s c h o o l
the first.
O bviously, there w as n o
th e
fundam ental
is s u e
w as
th e
g ro u n d s , th es c h o o l d is tric t w o u ld b e h e ld
re s p o n s ib le
S u s p e n s e
in v o lv e d
th e
s e c o n d
basic need
that every
p e r s o n
h a s
tim e.
Som e of the lines werea c -
t o
fe e l v a lu a b le .
T he specifics of
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if he or she w ere hurt, a possibility
w h ic h is p ro b a b le
tu ally still freshi nm y m in d .
th e
s t o r y
w ere
w hat
m ade
th a t
i n
lig h t
o f
th e
num ber
o f w h it. .la r a c c id e n ts w h ic h
S till,I f o u n d
m yself
th in k in g
eternal them e funny and new, but
-
have occured over the last year.
a b o u t
th e
b a s ic
th e m e s
o f
th e
w h a t a ttra c ts
th e a u d ie n c e in th e
m ovie long after it w as over.
T he
f i r s t
p la c e
i s
a
re c o g n itio n
th a t
W e
u rg e
s e n io rst oa c q u ire p a re n ta l p e r-
issues w hich are dealt w ith in the
th e y
h a v e
s o m e th in g
i n
com m on
m ission
or be prepared for the consequences, m ~ asu res
m o v ie
a re
con~plex enough
t o
w ith the character on the screen.
w llic h s h o u ld
b e
la c e d
o n s tu d e n ts w h o
m e rit re -e x a m in a tio n .
This seem s
A ll
o f
th a t
i s
f a i r l y
sim ple.
t o
m e to be such a rare trait as to
U n fo rtu n a te ly th o u g h , a n a n a ly sis
fa il
t o
re c e iv e
th e
p ro p e r
perm ission.
M oreover,
w e
b ew o rth y
o fe x p lo ra tio n .
of w hat m akes m ovies great begs a
support the drive for changing the form at of this activ-
w ily
i s
i t
th a t
som e
m o v ie s
m ore
d iffic u lt
q u e s tio n .
~f hu-
it^ ;fu tu re
classes should
c o n s id e r a lte rin g th e d a y t o
bring us back to the theater to see
m an ity
i s
th e
b a s ic
e le m e n t
o f
-
,
-
re d u c e th e risk s. T h is c h a n g e w o u ld e n ta il c o o p e ra tin g
w ith th e a d m in is tra tio n a n d c o u ld in c lu d e su c h o p tio n s
as a senior trip
o r e x p lo rin g
th e
p o s s ib ility
o f g iv in g
o p e n
cam pus privileges to seniors fo r th e last sem ester.
R egardless,
th e
c u rre n t
fo rm at
in c lu d e s
to o
m any
hazards: risks which
are sim ply too high
n o t o n ly
fo r
the adm inistration to bear, b u t also fo r th e s tu d e n ts to
a c c e p t.
le tte rt oth ee d ito r
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t
I
r
th e m
again and others send us out
a fte r
th e
f ir s t
tw e n ty
m in u te s ,
cursing our stupidity for ever hav-
in g b o u g h t a tic k e t?
Is there one
e le m e n t
w h ic h
a ll m o v ie s o f
th e
f o r m e r c l a s s s h a r e , a n d if s o w h a t
is th a t e le m e n t?
A sI look at m y list of person-
a l favorites, the one aspect w hich
th e y
a ll h a v e in c o m m o n is a b a s ic
c o n c e rn
fo r
im p o rta n t
is s u e s
o f
great m ovies, then
w hy
are there
s o
fe w
m o v ie s m a d e
about basic
hum an
s itu a tio n s ?
It seem s to m e
th a t
th e re
a re
several answ ers to
th is q u e s tio n .
F irst of all, th ere is th e w idely
h e ld
b e lie f
th a t a n y m o v ie w h ic h
has a m essage is a t best boring and
at w orst pedantic.
T his is sim ply
a
m y th .
E d u c a tin g
R ita
w as
a b o v e a ll a te rrific a lly e n te rta in in g
m o v ie .
T h e lin e s w e re c le v e r a n d
o fte n
fu n n y , and
th e
c h a r a c te r s
P asf e d ito r
q u e s tio n sp le a
to r
c o o p e ra tio n
w ere
if
I
b rillia n tly
h a d
n o t p o rtra y e d .
re fle c te d
fo r
E v e na
S irs-
I
w as
a
b it
s u r p r is e d
t o
re a d
th e
la s t
e d ito ria l
c o n c e rn in g
th e
C h ie fta in 's
re la tio n s h ip
w ith
"new sm akers,"
n a m e ly
a d m in is -
trators, at Indian
H ill.
Over the
y e a r s ,
C h ie fta in
h a s
s tr iv e n
t o
m o d e l its e lf a n d
its p o lic ie sa fte r
the norm s of journalism .
It seem s
t o
m e
th a t
a n
e d ito ria l
e n title d
" C h ie fta in
R e q u ire s C o o p e ra tio n "
b re a k s
fro m
a
lo n g
tra d itio n
o f
striv in g fo r jo u rn a lis tic
e x c e lle n c e .
T h o u g h
th e
p a p e r
p ro v id e s
a
s e rv ic e
t o
s tu d e n ts
i n
re p o rtin g
" e v e n ts
th a t
a f f e c t
th e
s ta tu s
q u o ,"
th e re
is
a n
in c o n g ru e n c y
b e tw e e n
jo u rn a lis tic
e x c e lle n c c
a n d
a plea for greater cooperation
fro m
new sm akers.
This plea
w o u ld
b e
a p p ro p ri-
a tefro m
m ost high school organi-
z a tio n s ,
b u t
fro m
C h ie fta in ,
w h ic h
has prided
i t s e l f
o n
m a in -
ta in in g
a n
a u to n o m o u s
s tu d e n t
e d ito ria l
s ta f f
a n d
h a s
th e e q u ip -
m ent
a n d
fle x ib ility
t o
m ake
i t
u n iq u e
am ong
h ig h
school news-
p a p e rs
in
this country, it seem s a
m oderation in standards.
i t s e l f .)
A s
m uch
a s
th e
re la tio n s h ip
T o
p la y
o n
th e
e d ito ria l's
w ith
newsm akers can be frustrat-
o p e n in g
statem en t, "C hieftain
h a s
in g
fo r
b o th
p ro fe s s io n a l
a n d
alw ays considered
its e lf a r e s p e c t-
s e c o n d a ry
s c h o o l
new spapers,
a b le
new spaper,"
b u t h a s a lw a y s
th a t
f r u s t r a t i o n
s h o u ld
b e
d e a lt
s tr iv e n
fo r
m ore
th a n
r e s p e c t.
w ith
w ith o u t
c o m p ro m is in g
th e
C h ie fta in
h a s
t r i e d
t o
b e
as pro-
p o s itio n
o f
th e
paper as an auto-
fe s s io n a l
i n
i t s
a p p r o a c h
as pos-
nom ous
g ro u p
h o ld in g
rc s p o n s i-
s ib le .
A
p le a
fo r
c o o p e ra tio n
b ility
t on o o n e b u t th e ir re a d e rs
fro m
new sm akers
is
n o t
p ro fe s-
(i.e . fin d in g a lte rn a tiv e
sources or
s io n a l.
le ttin g
a "no com m ent"
speak for
R ic h a rd S tra d lin p , C la ss o f '8 3
P R E S S A S S O C IA T IO N
C h ie fta in
is
w ritte n
a n d
c o m p o s e d , p rin te d
a n d
s o ld
a s
a n
e x tra -c u r-
ric u ta r
a c tiv ity
b y
th e
s tu d e n ts
o f
In d ia n
H ill H ig h
S c h o o l,
6 9 4 5
D ra k e
R d ., C in c in n a ti, O h io 4 5 2 4 3
5 6 1 -4 2 2 5 4
S p o n s o r:
W m . P . K in c a id ; E d ito r s :
N a n c y
H o p p le , K its a
T a s s ia n , W in
W e lls ;
N ew s
E d ito rs :
P a u l
M onach,
D a v id
S tr a d lin g ;
F e a tu re s
E d ito rs :
K en
J o n e s , E liz a b e th
S m i t h ; A s s is ta n t
F e a tu re s
E d ito r:
C h ris B la n c h a rd ;
S p o rts
E d ito rs :
A n n a
B a ts a k e s ,
K e v in
W a lz e r , M a g a z in e
E d ito rs :
T ra c y
M e g is o n ,
B a rb
N e u ;
A s s is ta n t
M a g a z in e
E d ito r:
J a n e t
N ic o la s ; C h ie f
T y p e s e tte r:
S a v ith ri
R a ju ;
B u s in e s s
M a n a g e r:
B ob
R h o a d ; C ir c u la tio n
M a n a g e r:
C h ris
B la n c h a r d ;
P ro d u c tio n
M a n a g e rs :
M a rg o t
A y e rs ,
D an
R o s e n th a l; T y p e s e tte rs :
S a n d y
Pesce, K aren
W ie d e m e r; P h o to g ra p h e rs :
B re tt
B enadum ,
T rip
E d w a rd s ; C o n trib u to rs :
J o h n
B e rg m a n ,
R ic h a r d
S tr a d lin g ,
Lance Luckey, Hugh
G e ie r, J im
G ru s k in , C lin t R e e s e , G re tc h e n
K in d e l,
A n d y
T u c k e r,
D a v is
G riffin ;
P ro d u c tio n
S ta ff:
K e lly
M a rtin .
A m e lia
E llin g , J o e l R u f f , S t r a t t o n
M o ra ite s , D a v id C o o k , M 'a ry B e th
H e id -
ric h , J im
G r u s k in , A r ia n n a
N e w m a n , D a v is G riffin .
m om ent
o n t h e in n e r m e a n in g
o f
th e
s c r i p t ,Iw o u ld
h a v e
e n jo y e d
i t .
T here is no reason
f o r m o v ie s
a b o u t p e o p le t o b e d u ll.
T h e r e
i s
a n o th e r
p o s s ib le
e x -
p la n a tio n
fo r th e
la c k o f in te re s t
i n
s u c h
m o v ie s
w h ic h
i s
a
l i t t l e
m o r e d is h e a rte n in g .
M any people
tend to feel that art should be an
,
e s c a p e
fro m
re a lity
rather than a
m irro r
o f
i t .
W hen
they go to a
m ovie on the w eekend, they don't
w ant
t o
s e e
th e
sam e
th in g s o n
th e
s c r e e n
that they've been
s e e -
in g a ll w e e k .
T h e p ro b le m
w ith th is a ttitu d e
i s
th a t
i t
te n d s
t o
p ro m o te
th e
low est
com m on
d e n o m in a to r.
W riters feel th at
th e y
d o n 't
h a v e
to confront im portant, som etim es
c o n tro v e rs ia l
to p ic s
if
th e y
c a n
m ake
ju s t
a s
m uch
m oney
b y
c ra n k in g
o u t T h e M o th
T h a tA te
M ic h ig a n .
The result of their ef-
f o r t is s o m e th in g
lik e a c in e m a tic
e q u iv a le n t t o b u b b le g u m .
It los-
e s a n y th in g
it ever had
a fte r
th e
I
first tw o m inutes.
A p ril 2 7 ,1 9 8 4
7
I
h
I
Ira c kB ra v e s s p a rk
T he
sp rin te rs
b y D a v idS tra d lin g
p u lle d
I H
t o
th e
t
T he
In d ia n
H ill varsity
b o y s '
p la c e s
a n d
lo w
t i m
tra c k
te a m
ran to
s e c o n d
la c ei n
.m e te r r e la y
te a m
t o
a
hom e
tri-m eet
la s t
T u e s d a y ,
A p ril
2 3 .
W y o m in g
w on
th e
F fl-IL I-
c o m p e titio n
w ith
7 7 %
p o in ts ,
w hile Indian H ill follow ed closely
w ith 63% .
M adeira m anaged only
2 5 % p o in ts .
T h e te a m
w as lead by the still
u n b e a te n 4 0 0 m e te r re la y te a m
o f
s e n io r
B ill
L a n g e ,
sophom ore
K e v in
V io x ,
sophom ore
A lto n
G o ld s tic k ,
a n d
s e n io r
a n c h o r
E v o n
K e lly .
T h e ir
4 5 .3
tim e
ra n k s th e m
as one
of the top
2 0
in the state.
K e lly
also sw ept to first place
fin is h e s in th e 1 0 0 a n d 2 0 0 m e te r
d a s h e s .
O th e r te a m
f i r s t sin c lu d -
e d
sophom ore
G rey
F re u d e n -
b e r g 's 5 '9 "
h ig h ju m p , s e n io r C h ip
G reenlee's
4 0 '2 "
s h o t,
a n d
sophom ore
M att
F e ltm a n 's
9 '0 "
p o le
v a u lt.
S e n io r
B ro m
E sp y
J u n io r M a tt M c N e lli
to o k
s e c o n d
i n
th e
discus w ith a
th e
tw o -m ile
re la y
t h r o w o f 1 0 8 '4 " .
B raves' hom e m eet l
S a id
c o a c h
B ob
W e s t , " W e 'r e
K e lly
i n
th e
2 0 0
strong in th e sprints and th e quar-
K e lly
also garnered
ter m ile, as w ell as th e tw o shorter
1 0 0 a s ju n io r D a v e
re la y s , b u t p a rtic u la rly
the 400 re-
th ird .
la y ."
T h e m ile
re la y
T he
trackm en
s p a rk le d
o n c e
s e n io r
G le n
A rm
again in co m p etitio n a t th e M arie-
J o h n
B is h o p ,
a n d
m ont
In v ita tio n a l
A p ril
1 8
a n d
D ave
S tra d lin g
p la c
1 9 .
T he
Braves took
th ird
i n
a
h in d
W y o m in g .
f i e l d
o f
n in e
A A
te a m s b e h in d
B is h o p
a ls o
p la c e
W y o m in g a n d H a rris o n .
s ix th ,
re s p e c tiv e ly
S q u a w s
by A nna B atsakesa im in g
to
M c V ic k e r
to o k
th ir
" I
th in k
w e 'v e
g o t
a
g re a t
ju m p .
te a m
th is y e a r," c o m m e n te d g irls'
T he track
e v e n t
tra c k
c o a c h
M arcT ire y .
" W e 'r e
w e ll.
The 400
m e
h o p in g
fo r
a t
le a s t
th ird
i n
th e
sw ept to
first w ith
le a g u e .
Last year w e w ere fourth,
s e c o n d s .
F reshm a
a n d
I
th in k
w e
c a n
m ove
u p
a
fo rth
a n d
H ig g in s
n o tc h th is y e a r."
second in the 3200
T he
g irls
to o k
a
s te p
c lo s e r
m e te r
r a c e s
w ith
t
to w a rd s
th a t
g o a l
w ith
a
f i r s t -
m in u te s
a n d
6 6 .1
p la c e
f i n i s h
i n
atri-m eet
a g a in s t
p e c tiv e ly .
U rsu lin e
a n d
C in c in n a ti C o u n try
R o u n d in g
o u tI
Day on A pril 12.
e rs
w as
sophom ore
S e n io r
A m y
C arm an
p la c e d
w ho took second in
fust for
th e
S q u a w s in
th e
s h o t
w i t h a l e a p 1 5 '4 1 /2 " .
p u t
w ith
a 3 2 '1 1 " h e a v e .
S e n io r
I H
to o k
s e c o n
team m ate
K ris
B rockm ann
to o k
a g a in s t
A nderson
s e c o n d
w ith
a2 9 '6 "
th ro w .
T he
IH 's
to p finishers in
d is c u s
w as
a
tu rn a ro u n d
a s
b a rra g e
o n
th e
h i
B rockm ann
p la c e d
f i r s t
w ith
a
H ig g in s
f i r s t
a t
4 '1
7 1 '6 "
to s s w h ile C a r m a n c a m e in
s e c o n d a t 4 '8 "
a n d
second w ith a throw
o f 6 7 '6 " .
4 '6 " .
H ig g in s
a ls
I H
stole the high jum p
w hen
the 400 m eter dash
freshm an
M o lly
H ig g in s
p la c e d
6 6 .1 ,
w h ile
C arm a
first w ith
a le a p
o f
5 '0 " .
F r e s h -
i n
th e
shot put w
m an
A lliso n
M orris
cam e
i n
3 4 '3 " .
s e c o n d
a t
4 '8 "
a n d
ju n io r
V era
A t
th is
p o in t
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