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Volume 42, Number 4
NILES EAST HIGH SCHOOL, SKOKIE, ILL.
Friday, December 7, 1979
Library displays memoirs
In keeping with this year’s theme of
“Memories,” the library has added a
second display case depicting various
theater productions from past East
shows. It joins a display containing
pictures of East homecomings, old
athletic equipment, and a pom pon
uniform.
“ This display case consists of
mementoes from Reflections, plays, and
m usicals produced a t E a st from
1939-1980,” stated Mrs. C harlotte
Mallon, librarian. She was aided by
Mrs. Bess Sandoff, and future display
cases include decorating one of the
school’s personalities, past and pre
sent; school dubs, and a final one
devoted to various proms and gradu
ations in East’s history.
“ The Nilehilite, yearbook, main
office, and alumni have donated
mementoes, and we would appreciate it
if anyone else would loan us things
pertinent to the displays,” Mallon
requested. She added that she has
encountered only positive reactions
from students and teachers.
Music and boosters
plan holiday activities
A winter Holiday Music Festival will
be held in the auditorium on Sunday,
December 16, at 3 p.m. This will be a
choral, orchestral, and band presenta
tion under the direction of Tim
Wolfram, Bob Anderson and Dr.
Charles Groeling.
The Concert Band will perform four
of five numbers, including A Tribute to
Richard Rodgers, Shepherd’s Hey,
Israeli F antasy, and A ndante and
March from Tschaikowsky’s Pathetic
Symphony.
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A second East Homecoming christ
ened “Holiday Homecoming” is plan
ned for December 21. This event gives
alumni and students one more chance
to celebrate at East.
THE HOMECOMING WILL fea
ture a dance centered around a holiday
A bulletin board covered with pictures from past reflections is displayed in the library.
Board reviews graduation policy
Niles high schools seventh semester
graduates may be released from
attendance in certain classes upon
approval of the building principal, but
will be required to complete all course
“At this time of the year,” said work including the final examination.
Wolfram, “the band is further along This policy was proposed Monday,
that it’s ever been in the past years. November 16, at the Board Meeting.
We’re really in very good shape.”
For a student to qualify to graduate
THE INTERMEDIATE BAND will after his seventh semester he or she
perform Wheatland, selections from the must:
English Suite, and the more recent Mu 9 Have a definite need for leaving
sic Box Dancer, and Angela, the theme school early due to any type of
from television’s “Taxi.” Dr. Groeling experience or opportunity that would
described the progress of the Intermed be beneficial and that would not be
iate Band as “fantastic! and tremen obtainable at a later date.
dous!”
•N o tify the principal’s office by
submitting a statement of intent by
atmosphere at 9:15 p.m. in the girl’s November 15 of the student’s seventh
gym. This will be preceded by a semester.
•F ile final application with verifica
sophomore game at 6 p.m. and a
Varsity game at 7:30 against Wauke tion of educational or vocational
gan West. “Dates are not necessary for opportunity by the first school day in
December of the student’s seventh
the dance; just stop by after the
semester.
basketball gam e,” commented a
GRADUATES WHO will leave Feb.
committee member.
7, 1980, include Joyce Adam, Rosalyn Bleadon, Gregg Bolotin, Laurel
! Custodian Fiuth retires
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Joe Fiuth, ground custodian at East,
will officially retire January 1, 1980,
after serving district 219 for over
fifteen years. He is 68 years old.
Fiuth started his job on July, 1964 at
North and transferred in 1972 to East.
He also spent nine months at West.
“At first I thought North was best, but
after working here, I think East is the
best. The kids and faculty are nicer and
easier to work with.”
MISS RITA Stewart, building man
ager, assigned Fiuth as overseer of a
working program she set up with
Divisional Vocational Rehabilitation
during the 1971-72 school year when
she was the Prevocational Coordinator
for Special Education. This program
established job stations in various
schools for special ed students. They
cleaned leaves, planted flowers, pulled
weeds, and other such jobs. This
temporary employment usually was
followed by their placement in a job in
the community.
“JOE WAS tremendous as being the
kind of person to talk to. He was a
father figure. He liked nothing better
than to talk with people and share a
smile. Some kids still check back and
call him. This program was probably
more therapeutic than vocational
training,” Stewart said.
Now that he will be retiring, Fiuth
plans to “to take it easy” and be able
to go places when he wants. Stewart
concluded, “I think Joe’s one of the
finest people that I’ve met and worked
with. H e’s extremely well read, a
self-educated man.”
D ECA plans
activities
Dr. Lee Hawkins, left, presents Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Fiuth with a gift at Fuith’s retirement
retirement party Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. in the fac
ulty cafeteria.
Swanson sends sophomore team home
)
James Swanson, East athletic direc the girls.
tor, sent the entire sophomore basket
INSTEAD OF wasting the extra
ball team home in the wee hours of rooms, Swanson arranged for the sopho
Saturday morning during the St. Bede more basketball team to go along with
Tournament Nov. 21-23 after repeat the varsity to participate in a scrim
edly warning them about their rowdy mage with the Marquette Crusaders
conduct late Friday night.
and watch the varsity squad’s games.
“The kids were running in and out of
That Friday morning the Trojans
their rooms carrying food and soft scrimmaged the Crusaders. This scrimdrinks,” Swanson said.
mage resulted in a bench clssriwg
The sophomore basketball team brawl.
wasn’t scheduled to attend the St. Bede
“In the middle of the game two
Tournament, a varsity tournament held Marquette varsity players took over as
annually over Thanksgiving weekend. referee’s. They let their team get away
Originally, the Pom Pon girls were with a lot of elbows and pushing.
supposed to attend. Most of them had Finally, when one of our players hit the
prior commitments with their families, deck, the benches cleared,” according
however. The problem was that the to sophomore basketball team member,
East athletic department had reserved Rich Cohen.
rooms in the Ottawa Holiday Inn for all
The real trouble began when the
Bleadon, Steve Brown, Brian Casey,
Janet Chavin, Karen Ciskoski, Ralph
Dellheim, Lenore Deutsch, Barb Dickstein, Maria Douvris, Harla Dobryman.
Julie Ellison, Jon Esm ael, Julie
Firfer, Deborah Gibbons, Charles
Gollay, Sheri Gordon, Gerald Hansen,
Eileen Bower Inglesby, Laura Johnson,
Debra M. Kahn, Julie Kane, Julie
Kaplan, Beth Kauffman.
Phyllis Klein, Cynthia Kouzoures,
Mark Leipold, Susan Lerner, Paul
Levine, Marcelo Levy, Edith Lipsky,
Nora McCormack, Diane E. Miller,
Lisa Mizock, Howard Moss, Ann
O’Kane, Robert L. Ottlinger, Adelena
Paugoulatos.
Gary Pittel, Robin Richmond, John
Rutkowski, David Salomon, John
Scheinpflug, Sue Schuman, Larry Siegal, Janet Small, David Theobald, Pam
W erner, B arbara J . Wilson, M arla
Wisse, Bonita Zivin, and Howard
Zuckerman.
JUNE GRADUATING seniors will be
getting out of school early t.hia year
just as they have in the past. Their last
day will be May 30, 1980.
“The reason seniors get out of school
early, said R ita Stew art building
manager, is so that the office has time
to make sure that all seniors have clear
files.”
there is a law requiring that a
student be in school a certain number
of days a year, but as long as a
majority of students are in their classed
the school is upholding that law.
team returned to the hotel after the
varsity game and dinner.
BEFORE HIS DECISION to send
the sophomores home, Swanson had
warned them twice about their
rowdiness.
Swanson said that his decision was
based primarily on the motel manager’s
repeated complaints about the rowdi
ness of the team.
“East has participated in the St.
Bede Tournament and stayed in the
Ottawa Holiday Inn for the past six
years. Over that time, East students
have developed the reputation of being
a polite and orderly group of kids.
Their conduct over Thanksgiving
weekend ruins that reputation,” Swan
son concluded.
DECA will sponsor a donkey
basketball game featuring East faculty
vs. East pom pon squad and North
faculty members vs. East N-dub on
December 15 at 7 p.m. in the Contest
Gym. The games will have team
members riding on donkeys while
attempting to play basketball.
TICKETS in advance are $2 for
students and adults. At the door,
admission will be $2.50 for students
and adults. For further information call
673-6822, extension 1140.
The East DECA Chapter collected
over 2,300 cans of food during the week
of November 12-16 in cooperation with
the Salvation Army and several
grammar schools.
“We originally set a goal of 2,100
cans,” stated Robert Chavin, chairman
of the canned good drive at East, “but
with a good effort by the Oakview,
Fairview North and South, and East
Prairie grammar schools, we surpassed
it.”
The 34,371 ounces of canned food will
be distributed by the Salvation Army
during the Christmas season to needy
families and persons, enabling them to
enjoy the holiday season.
�2 editorial
Friday, December 7, 1979
Near abduction calls
attention to student safety
What would you do if a strange man
in an unfamiliar car tried to cajole you
into going for a ride with him?
Many people would think such a
situation would be impossible in a
“ safe” N orth Suburban area like
Skokie. But just last Wednesday an
E a st freshman girl was in this
predicam ent. While walking home
toward Brummel, she was “menaced”
by a man in an unidentified car,
according to E a st Principal Galen
Hosier.
In fear, the girl ran home. The
incident was first reported to the school
and later to the Skokie Police
Department. As of now, there are no
suspects.
TH E ONLY ACTION the E a st
administration took in preventing such
an incident from occurring in the future,
was a p.a. announcement the following
day warning students to be careful. But
no matter how many times students
are warned about talking to strangers,
hitching rides, or traveling alone, it will
have no effect on them, until they
themselves are assaulted or one of their
friends is.
The attitude that says: I t won't
happen to me because I live in Skokie
simply doesn’t hold true. It certainly
didn’t hold for Andrea Sacks nor
Evonne Bender and Sue Ovington all of
Niles West.
Moch m ovie fu n d ra iser
deserves critisicism
planned, the aforementioned attorney
will ask S ta te ’s A ttorney Bernard
Carey to prosecute Moch, and the
Nilehi District 218 Caucus, which got
permission from school administrators
to use the school auditorium, and the
Nilehi Board for violating state school
law.
According to the Skokie Life, the
section of schdol law cited, describes
what type of outside groups can use
school buildings and what they can use
them for.
The current Board fiasco is yet
another in a series of conflicts between
Board factions pitting Erich Moch
against Gordon Hirsch. The Board
under the direction of Supt. Wesley
Gibbs is simply playing partisan
politics with this fundraiser issue
favoring the Moch faction. I t’s truly
pathetic that the community allows
this political in-fighting to continue,
because as long as the Board members
are busy pursuing their own personal
glory, there is no time for them to
devote to the business of education.
Editor's Note: The Nilehilite encour want his name printed, then under his
ages all students freshmen through signature he should w rite Please
seniors to submit letters to the editor. Withhold Name. All letters received
The letters may comment on any of a become the property of the Nilehilite.
The Nilehilite would like to acknow
variety of topics affecting students at
East. Letters should be placed in the ledge Record City, 4504 W. Oakton,
Nilehilite box in the main office. All Skokie, for providing the records for
letters should be signed. If one does not Erich Massat's Album Reviews.
The District 219 Board voted at its
November 26 meeting to go ahead with
the showing of the Mel Brooks film
“Silent Movie” in the Niles West
auditorium as a fundraiser for Eric
Moch despite outcries by both deposed
Board president Gordon Hirsch and an
attorney for the county school super
intendent.
The Nilehilite on this issue is in
tandem with Hirsch against the
fundraiser. Public school property
should not be used, without charge, by
an individual in order to pay off
campaign debts, (in Moch’s case a
$1000 legal debt.) If an individual is
interested enough in campaigning for a
Board position then he should be
prepared to assume the financial
burden, not the community.
Besides the fundraiser being ethically
wrong it may be illegal as well.
“ I ‘D SAY IT ‘S illegal for the
fundraiser to be held on school
property,” the attorney in the county
school superintendent's office said.
If the movie is shown December 8 as
A
L E IS U R E S WALK HOA1E
:observer:
Man’s new technologies
may increase stresses
■davideingorn
Bureaucracy, technocracy, and the
computer age, are terms familiar to
those who follow today’s mass media.
These terms are destined, however, to
become known to everyone as we
approach the year 2000. Until then,
technology will continue to play an ever
greater role in our everyday lives.
Advocates of a technical society
stress the hugh strides in free time, for
janitors as well as doctors, their plan
would bring. They also stress advances
in communications and the eradication
of the need for manual labor. These
contentions are generally true b u t
questions still rem ain as to their
efficacy.
First, will all than new free time be
beneficial?
DR. RICHARD Livingston, an East
English teacher, suggests th a t for
those who know how to organize their
time and have outside interests like
reading good books or writing poetry,
the additional free time will be a
blessing. B ut for those who are
unorganized or have no outside
interests, a substantial increase in free
time would bring on many additional
stresses. An unorganized individual may
take on more activities than he can
handle as a result of receiving greater
free time. The person who has no
outside interests may become severely
depressed from sheer idleness.
Second, hasn’t the improvement in
communications skills been an addi
tional stress in our environment?
“ As a result of our improved
communications system we are made
Album Reviews
Starship takes off into the ’80’s
By Erich Massat
Jefferson Starship has been around
for many years. They have gone
through many personnel changes, but
the basic Starship sound has primarily
remained the same. “Freedom at Point
Zero,” though, contains some new
material which is refreshingly different
from the typical Starship sound.
This album features a’good variety of
songs; from fast-paced ones to the slow
and melodic which are characteristic of
the Starship.
The title cut opens with a short but
sweet drum solo, and continues with
good guitar work, the best the Starship
has yet to produce.
The rest of the album contains more
typical Starship m aterial, featuring
mellow vocals and easy guitar work.
This album is one of the better discs
the Starship has come out with in
recent years. Instead of sounding
entirely the same, like many other
recent Starship albums, “Freedom at
Point Zero” offers something new that
can appeal to old Starship fans as well
as those who have never heard of the
band.
Take the song “ Girl W ith the
Hungry Eyes,” for example. It is a
good song with a precise lead guitar,
and superb keyboards filling in the
background.
THE KEYBOARDS AND backing
horns are just excellent. But there are
problems with this album. Some of the
songs tend to drag, and just as one is
getting into a good song what follows
is a slow long song which interrupts the
tempo.**
To the Editor-
Stewart emphasizes hall responsibilities
Dear Editor:
In response to your recent editorial
and on behalf of the administration, I
would like to emphasize that yes, you,
the student body, still have the rights
and privileges of open halls. But hand
in hand with the freedom is responsibil
ity. Each student must accept this
responsibility and use good judgement
as he moves through the halls.
He might ask...“Do I need to leave
Trojan Hall after my gym class and
before the end of the period?
The bulletins were not made to
SCHOOL..
confuse students but only to say that
more concern should be given to the
responsibility in your use of this
student right, that of open halls.
Rita Stewart
Building Manager
aware of the pressures of life sooner.
Also, our communications system
tends to heap on us great amounts of
information on us all at once,” Dr.
Livingston commented.
WHETHER WE like it or not we
shall be forced to live in more and more
technical society. If we are to keep our
sanity we must develop hobbies to
occupy our free time and become more
organized and less frantic.
Guest Editorial
Bus crowding
needs action
By Steve Goldenberg
Overcrowded buses may cause
serious injury to E a st students
someday.
Is the bus company cutting back? In
the past, there was one bus to cover the
Birchwood route, and one bus to cover
the Brummel route. Now, one bus picks
up both routes. There are 15 people
that never get seats on the bus.
State regulations say that a bus
can’t move while the people are
standing. This does not bother the bus
driver as he blasts his radio during his
daily run.
THE PROBLEM is that nobody cares
about the situation. They have more
important things on their minds. They
won’t care until the bus driver gets into
an accident and the people that are
standing are thrown everywhere.
When confronted with the problem,
Mr. Jam es Puff gave his serious
business look and said, “Yes, we are
looking into it. The bus company wants
to cut back, and it should be better in a
week or so. Thanks.”
I t ’s up to the students to do
something if they care. They are the
only ones left to take action.
Ths voice of the Niles East Students
Published during the school year by
the students of Niles Township High
School East, Lemon and Mulford
Streets, Skokie, Illinois 60077. Printed
by Son’s Enterprises, Inc. Skokie, III..
Vol.42, No. 4
December 7.1979
Editor-in-Chief................David Eingorn
News E d ito r...................... Leslie Doi
Feature Editor.............. LindaBurstyn
Sports Editor.................... Barb Reich
Photo Editors............... Erich Massat,
Jeff Silver
Art Editor.......................... Daniel Finn
Photographers........Steve Berkowitz,
Glenn Brezka
Reporters......... Kathleen Barry, Brad
Dorfman, Vicki Heller, Lee Kantz,
Andi Levin, Erich Massat, Wanda
Mech, Dee Dee Vlay, and Nancy
Zimmerman
Cartoonist............................ Dan Finn
Advisor.................. Mrs. Angie Panos
�feature 3
Friday, December 7, 1979
r
Divorce affects teens as well as parents—\
By Kathleen Barry
Today nearly one out of
every two marriages in Cook
County ends up in Divorcé
Court. Many of these cases
involve children who find
them selves caught between
what their parents tell them
and their own personal feel
ings.
Even though most teens of
divorced couples wish th a t
their parents were still married
they prefer their present lives
over the turbulence they would
have lived through had their
parents remained together. As
Chris Pasquith '82, expressed
it, “I’ve always wanted my
parents to still be married but
I know I couldn’t stand living
with them if they’d fight all
the time.”
ONE PROBLEM that oc
curs often in divorce is the
glorification of the parent with
whom the child is not living.
This happens because the
custodial parent must deliver
punishments while the other
parent usually furnishes en
joyment only. “Sometimes it’s
hard to remember that my
mom has the responsibility of
bringing me up and can’t be as
lenient with me as my dad
can.” said one student who’s
m other received custody of
him.
A nother m ajor problem
teens face is rem arriage.
“Often teens feel that their
mother or father is trying to
find a replacement for their
other p a re n t.” said Miss
Nancy Perlstein, a therapist
working for Turning Point, a
counseling agency for teens.
But troubled teens do not
have to face their problems
alone. Besides Turning Point,
there is the Orchard Center for
Mental Health, and the E ast’s
counseling staff. However,
many teens don’t realize that
these facilities are available to
them. “Students tend to view
their counselors as schedule
changers rather than sympa
thetic ears.” said Mrs. Barbara
Handler, who has been a
counselor at East for the past
nine years. She continued,
“We are here to help; In
troubled home situations we
try to help the whole family.
Sometimes we just can’t reach
everybody, but we still can
help the student. I ’d say that
about 30-40% of our students
are facing unusual home
situations, among these are:
divorce, separation, or the
death of a parent.”
CUSTODY IS ALWAYS a
problem in divorce cases.
“Unless the father contests,
Controls needed
Guns pose hazards
The handgun in the last 80
years alone has killed more
Americans than all of Ameri
ca’s wars. The issue of gun
control was first brought to
the attention of area residents
by Congressman Abner Mikva
of the 10th congressional
d istrict. I t is through his
crusade that we know the facts
concerning gun control.
There are many reasons for
owning a gun. In a 1976
national survey, it was found
th a t 71% of all handgun
owners claimed th a t they
bought it for self-defense;but
does it really protect them?
Burglars, who are usually in
one’s house when no one is
home, often steal the owner’s
gun. In fact, at least 100,000
are stolen each year.
A ROBBER* OR rapist who
relies on speed and surprise,
will rarely wait for his victims
to bring out their guns, aim,
and fire.
3,000 people are killed each
year in gun accidents, plus
another 20,000 are injured.
M ost of these deaths are
“crimes of passion,” resulting
from quarrels between fam
ily members and friends. In
a fit of rage, it is easy
to pick up a gun and fire
blindly at someone. The fig
ures show that 54 per cent of
the m urders commited last
year were caused by handguns;
only 8 per cent were caused by
physical fighting, and 18 per
cent by knives. In other coun
tries where gun control is
enforced, murder rates are well
below the United S ta te s ’
percentages.
Is there a solution to this
problem? There are many
possible solutions. One is to
completely stop the manufact
uring and selling of handguns
* to civilians unless they are
used in a licensed shooting
range. Another is to educate
the public on how to use a
handgun properly and to
require licensing of them.
If a national law is agreed
upon, it would have to be
adjusted so that it would not
infringe upon anyone’s right to
property, privacy, and securi
ty.
custody is usually awarded to
the mother.” states Mr. F.
Dennis France, a Divorce
Court lawyer and chairman of
the Matrimonial Law Commit
tee of the Chicago Bar
Association. He added, “We
do get many requests to
change the custody after the
ruling. Sometimes when this
happens students are transfer
red midyear. This adds to the
stress and problems already on
the child’s shoulders. There is,
however, a new law which
states in effect, that custody
can only be changed if the
child’s welfare is endangered.”
declared France.
The majority of teens are
happy w ith their custodial
arrangem ents. One stu d en t
who lives with his mother said,
“I t works, I dont’t know what
it would be like to live with my
dad instead because I never
have.” He added, “I see a lot
of my dad anyway so I don’t
really miss him.”
“I ’m very happy with my
In cases where resentment
or other problems do develop,
therapists recommend a dis
cussion group. “We encourage
the whole family to come in.”
said M iss Perlstein. “ I t ’s
BY FAR, the most trying better for everyone concerned
time for all concerned is during if they can air their feelings;
or soon after the divorce, “I let the others know they have
was ten when my parents got the same problems.
their divorce. I was very upset,
Anyone w anting inform a
and confused,” began one girl, tion on Turning Point, or
“but since my parents had other available agencies, can
separated three or four times call 673-0996. All help sought
before I wasn’t really sur at Turning Point is completely
prised.”
confidential.
mom,” explained Chris Pas
quith, “I don’t think it would
have worked if I ’d have lived
with my dad. I think a young
girl needs a woman around.”
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of Children
%Paid
Support Only
1
20%
2
3
27%
35%
4
42%
50%
55%
5
6 or more
%Paid
Support and Alimony
35%
40%
40%
45%
50%
55%
DECA trains interested
students in business skills
What is DECA?
DECA, the Distributive Ed
ucation Clubs of America, is a
program designed to promote
the knowledge of merchandis
ing, marketing and manage
ment in high school students
who are planning on entering
the business field, either right
after school or after college.
The students receive on the
job training as well as class
room instruction.
“ I’M PLANNING ON go-
■
ing into business, and DECA
provides a lot of experience in
the field,” stated Dan Regidor
’81, chapter parliamentarian,
the enforcer of rules during the
chapter meetings.
The East DECA Chapter
hopes to be voted The Chapter
of the Year in Illinois for the
fifth consecutive year, and
would like to rank at least
eighth in national competition,
like last year’s chapter. >
In addition to a donkey
I
la * *
■ îiiiw*
iM ia
basketball game which will
take place this month, DECA
recently sponsored a holiday
canned goods drive in coopera
tion with the Salvation Army.
“We are very pleased with our
collection of 2300 cans and
that our efforts will help needy
families during the Christmas
season,” stated chapter Presi
dent Alan Friedman referring
to the 2108 pounds of food
which was collected.
BOTH FRIEDMAN, who is
also sta te vice-president of
Illinois DECA, and DECA
sponsor Bill Coulson have
appeared on live radio inter
view shows on radio stations
W LS.WCFL, and WPRZ.
They have been featured in the
Suburban Trib and the Skokie
Life and are now making plans
to appear on a Channel 32 talk
show.
DECA allows students to
learn about their future careers
and helps them to understand
their current jobs, and besides,
as Debbie Frank ’81 adds,
“I t’s interesting and not like a
regular class.”
Film offers off-beat com edy
Take an owner of a gay
nightclub, a few transvestites,
and a lot of humor and what
do you get? An extremely
amusing film intitled, “ La
Cage Aux Folles”, translated,
“Birds of a Feather”.
This is a French film with
English subtitles, but this is
not a distraction and it is easy
to keep up with the film.
The film revolves around
Renalto Baldi, the owner of a
gay hightdub called La Cage
Aux Folles, located in St.
Tropez, France. The film
begins in La Cage Aux Folles
where the audience m eets
many interesting characters,
such as men who dress up as
women and perform on stage
at the nightclub, and the main
attraction at the nightclub,
Roulin, a singing transvestite,
who Renalto has been living
with for 20 years.
Much to Renalto’s dismay,
his son L aurent w ants to
marry Andrea. Andrea’s fami
ly is the extreme opposite of
Laurent’s family. Her father is
the Chief of Moral Conduct for
the President of France.
Unfortunately, a tragedy oc
curs; the President dies in the
arms of a prostitute. Andea’s
fath er’s reputation as the
efficient Chief of Moral Con
duct is shattered.
MEANWHILE, ANDREA
TELLS of her plans to marry
Laurent. Her father demands
to know L aurent’s fath e r’s
occupation. Andrea who is
unable to tell him the truth,
faWly creates a prestigious
job in the Em bassy for
Renalto.
Laurent immediately warns
Renalto that Andrea’s parents
would like to meet him.
Laurent begs Renalto to
change his ways for the one
evening that Andrea’s parents
come for dinner. Renalto and
Roulin finally agree that they
m ust act manly for th a t
evening. The two lovers go to
a cafe to order toast and tea
and attem p t to eat in a
masculine manner. “Hold the
to ast firmly, like a m an!”
Renalto tells Roulin. When
they try to walk like men, the
result is a combinaiton of
M arilyn Monroe and John
Wayne.
The conclusion of this film is
hysterical and one that every
one should see.
�4 sports
Friday, December 7, 1979
B asketball p la yers
strive f o r defense
By Barb Reich
While most students were
celebrating Thanksving, East
Trojans were at Perdu, Illinois
playing basketball. The St.
Bede tournament opened the
season Nov. 21-23. Although
the Trojans lost to St. Bede
55-51, to O ttaw a-M arquette
69-63, and to Crete-Monee
62-48, “We won’t let a few
early losses get us down,”
commented forward Richard
Nikchevich.
Nikchevich proved to be
right when the Trojans crush
ed St. Gregory with a 75-39
score.
Based on the first two
seasonal meets head coach
Emil Capitani is optimistic.
“We have an excellent ball
handler and fine shooters.
Center Joel Kessler scored 57
points in the St. Bede
tounam ent, and Nikchevich
also scored in double figures.”
HOWEVER,CAPITANI
POINTS out that the team
also has its weak spots. “We
don’t have enough speed and
size.” The shortest varsity
player is Steve Greenberg at
5’8” and the tallest is letterman Kessler at 6’4”.
But says Capitani, “we can
easily compensate with ball
control and defensive stunts.”
Defense is the big word for
the Trojans. As assistan t
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Volleyball tourney succeeds
Key Club’s annual volleyball
tournam ent was held on
Wednesday, Nov. 14. Fortytwo players consisting of seven
teams took part in the event.
The team that took first place
included Tim Calahan, John
Gabe, Henry Goldstein, Rich
Rudi, Larry Stolberg, and
Je rry Stone. Second place
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varsity coach Frank Bostic
puts it, “We’ll win as many
games as defense will allow.
We’ll be up against last year’s
state finalists Main South.”
The team’s goals, according
to coach Capitani, “ is to
exceed last year’s 6th place
standings. Capitani hopes for
“a winning finish in the first
division of the league, and a
regional win.”
However, the Trojans first
have to overcome a rough
obstacle — trying to defeat
New Trier East. “They are our
most challenging opposition,”
Capitani says, “but student
support and pom-pon cheers
can only help.”
Wrestlers remain undefeated
■
By Brad Dorfman
team scored points,” said Coach
The Trojan wrestlers won Fred Richardi. “ L ast, year
this year’s Thanksgiving tour we only had a few guys scoring
nament by one and one-half points and we came in sixth.
points over second place Joliet You can’t win with that.”
and Fenton. The wrestlers had
“We have a solid team,”
four second place finishers — commented Bill Stein, who
132 lbs., Paul Kahan, 138 lbs. along with Sarasin and Walo
Howie Walovich, 155 lbs. Dan vich are this year’s captains.
Sarasin, and heavyweight Kel EARLIER THAT week t.h«
ly W allis; one third place wrestlers beat Loyola 39-18
finisher — (105 lbs. Steve
and Notre Dame 48-8 in a
Sylvan); three fourth place tri-meet at East.
finishers —(112 lbs. MikePech'Tonight the wrestler^ have
ter, 125 lbs. Mark Demmar, the -final duel meet against
and 185 lbs. Steve Cooley); Niles West. Coach Richardi
and two fifth place finishers — invites everyone to come "'and
(119 lbs. Bill Stein and 145 lbs. “Watch us beat the — out of
David Soloman).
West.”
“All the members on the'
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finishers were Ed Cohn, Matt
Donath, Joel Kessler, Mike
Moy, Rick Nikchevich, and
Louis Smith.
“ We were pleased and
impressed by all the partici
pants,” commented Key Club
member Paula Miller, “and
now we’re planning the three
man basketball tournament.”
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Coaches plan big for
girls winter sports
By Barb Reich
The upcoming winter sports
season means E a st girls'
shooting baskets, striking
down bowling pins, and per
forming gym nastic tricks.
Though i t ’s too early to
predict the skills of the
athletes, on thing is certain:1
the coaches are setting high
standards.
“We’ll go down in style,”
smiled head coach Seymour
Rifkind as he commented
about E ast’s last year as a
gymnastics contender. Though
the team finished last in the
78-79 season Rifkind states, “I
expect the best winning re
cords from the girls.”
The varsity gymnasts this
year will be Sue Besser, Lori
Blackman, Teri Dallas, Mary
Ann Kostyniuk, Therese Lank
ford, Alison Mann, and Mary
Pankiw.
BESSER , A MEDAL
WINNER in vaulting, spent
this past summer perfecting
her skills at camps Porter and
Tsukuhara. K ostyniuk, 3rd
all-round winner in the MidWest Open, is this year’s team
addition.
Coach Dee Whyman also
has ambitions for her bowling
team. “Their efforts should be
on placing' 1st in conference
and winning a banner in
district competition. Her goals
seem rough, but the team did
it last year. At first, Whyman
was a bit doubtful because “we
lost two girls who held
averages above 140. And two
players can be alot when you
need a t least five high
averages to qualify in District
Toumament. ’’
HOWEVER,
WHYMAN
DIDN’T lose her confidende
when the team was defeated in
its first meet against Maine
East, Nov. 30; eight of the top
bowlers who tried out hold
averages over 132. Currently,
the top eight are Chris Pittas,
Ellen Mendelson, Cindy Kouzoures, K athy M atz, Ruth
Paul, Dawn Winandy, Barb
Bieniek, and Susan Yates.
i t won’t be until Dec. 15
before the girls basketball
team plays its first game
against Evanston. At this time
head coach Jerry Oswald won’t
commit himself to a long range
prediction of season outcomes.
B ut coach Oswald does
adm it, “ The season looks
promising because Linda Beck
er, Nancy Kusek, Julie Maggio, Cindy Michaels, Jennifer
Moshak, and Chris Porter will
be returning.
Swimmers need more team
East swimmers began their
season with a loss against
Waukegan East on Friday,
Nov. 30. However, varsity
diver Brian Swerdlow won in
the diving events, and the
team beat Waukegan in the
400 relay.
Coach Don Larson explains,
“ The team is handicapped
because there isn ’t much
P a rt II
—
student participation.” There
are only eight varsity team
members including Lou Blan
co, Eric Deurig, Roy Deurig,
Joseph Gaffin, Steven Lisco,
I
Tony Quinones, Mike Rowe,
and Erek Vallilatos.
Eric Deurig points out, “We
didn’t have a special summer
program with work-outs at the
Y.M.C.A. as some of the other
schools did.”
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P e r s o n a l O p in io n
During practice, East freshman gymnast gracefully does the splits for her
beam routine.
Money issues trouble stadium backers
By Ken Van Der Haegen
The question about wnat
should be done with Soldier
Field has yet to be resolved.
“ Chicago needs a new
stadium but not a sports
com plex,” says Bill Frink,
sports reporter on WGN.
“ People want a stadium
built that will house mainly
football, soccer, track, con
certs, and other sporting
events,” says Frink.
WHY SPEND MORE mon
ey than needed? Only a few
teams are going to use the
stadium , so why build a
complex that’s going to cost
millions when we can build
just what we need,” Frink
added.
The best solution to the
problem of financing such a
stadium is for the owners to
sell stock. Most of the shares
would be bought by private
industries. This approach
would also give fans a choice
in funding the stadium. They
would not be ordered to spend
their money.
Another big question asked
is what will a new stadium
cost? The answer to this
question is still unknown. All
figures that have been released
are just press talk, but prices
will undoubtly figure in the
millions.
Some people ask are there
any benefits in a new stadium?
“Just being new is a benefit.
The players may feel better in
a new stadium so maybe
th ey ’ll play better. A new
stadium could hold about
70,000 people. It might also be
a tourist attraction,” conclud
ed Vince Lloyd, another WGN
sports commentator.
For these reasons it’s time
Chicago got the stadium it has
needed for a long time.
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