Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1986, Page 17

Description:	ZJen eventtatcompetitionParticipating in theU.S. AcademicDecathlon for the firsttime ever, BHSSstudents, despite a latestart, finished with flyingcolors in the ten event wcompetition.The team wascomposed of two A,two B, and two Cstudents plus alternatesfrom each grade level.Souths team wascomposed of: PaulColbert, Ann Dilcher,Jordan Owen, EliasSabbagh, Carol Wiesler,Ted Winniger (whowithdrew after theRegional competition tobe replaced by AndreaFreedland), and SarahZiemer. ClancyAlexander, IsaacRosenblum and CarolWiesler served asalternates. Coaching theteam were Ruth Granichand Caroline Richards.Granich said, I like thephilosophy behind theDecathalon because itrequires participation ofA, B, and C students, notjust the elite.Each of the studentsparticipated in all tentesting events whichconsisted of economics,fine arts, language andliterature, mathematics,science and socialstudies. They were alsorequired to give a fourminute prepared speech,a two minute impromptuspeech, and interview,and a Super Quiz. SarahZiemer remarked, I likehow they have differentevents because its notjust what you know, itshow you phrase it: thespeeches, the interview,and the essay.At the regionalcompetition, South wonfirst place overall byplacing first in eight outof the ten events. Eachteam member receivedmedals in their levelmaking a total of 13firsts, 11 seconds and 7thirds. In addition, thealternates won manyribbons in the contests.At the state levelSouth placed sixth. EliasSabbagh won twomedals, and JordanOwen and Paul Colberteach received onemedal. In addition, eachof the alternates receivedribbons.Next year will seemore preparation andorganization for theAcademic Decathalon.The plans includestarting early in the falland competing in moresmall meets betweenschools. If enthusiasticparticipation continues,the AcademicDecathalon will be atradition for Southstudents in the future.Walkinqon thiniceCandid yet courteous,Ronald Reagan andMikhail Gorbachev wereviewed by the world asthey searched for ananswer to the armscontrol puzzle. Late inNovember of 1985,Reagan and Gorbachevmet in Geneva,Switzerland for the firstsummit meeting betweena United StatesPresident and his Sovietcounterpart in six years.Although the armscontrol race was themost salient pointdiscussed, three otherissues were brieflytouched upon: regionalconflicts, human rights,and bilateral relations.Because of the disparitybetween the twocountries views, nobinding agreements weremade except to keepopen communicationlines and promises tostay in touch.At the close of thesummit, there were nosteadfast rules made tocontain the arms race,but there were majoraccomplishments. Thetwo leaders, although indisagreement on severaltopics, were in factmaking an effort tocompromise. Probablythe most important resultof the summit was theresolutions to meetagain. Reagan invitedGorbachev to visit theUnited States as early asnext June; inreciprocation, Gorbachevasked Reagan to cometo the Soviet Unionpossibly in the winter of1987. This series ofmeetings could bringabout a regularity in thesummit talks, which inturn might result in moresubstantive outcomes inthe future of armscontrol.Editors Note: Informationused in Mini Magazine articles is taken from 1985and 1986 issues of Timemagazine.IModeling her mood is seniorAmy Hohimer.iNE
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