J Sterling Morton West High School - Talon Yearbook (Berwyn, IL)

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Ecology CIub's members support new nature site Ecology Club proves to the kids that they can accomplish something worthwhilef, com- mented Adviser M. Ripple. Members contribut- ed fifty feet of fence and a number of trees to the nature site. They picked seeds at the Fermi National Laboratory to start a prairie, recycled fifty-one tons of paper, and heard a lecture by Ken Nichols, a field biologist. Medical Careers members traveled to Loyola Hospital and a Red Cross Station. The main objective of our club is to interest students in medicine and its possibilities for the future, said President Sheri Ruether. As their main money raiser, Photo Club members sold pictures of homecoming festivi- ties. The money raised purchased much needed lab equipment. Several members entered their prints in the Scholastic Photo Contest. PHOTO CLUB-FRONT ROW: D. Pompei, D. Budzi- chowski, D. Rivas, J. Wajss, J. Savic. SECOND ROW: P. Jaffe, J. Esposito, Pres.g B. Ticknor, B. Pechous, Treas.g T. Tucker, T. Lewandowski, Vice-Pres.g B. Thorpe. THIRD ROW: S. Kennedy, D. Tieri, K. Kirchhoff, D. Slivinski, Mrs. M. Trybus, Adviser. BACK ROW: M. Meckes, A. Vorac, C. Anderson, M. Magouirky. MEDICAL CAREERS-FRONT ROW: M. Baldridge, C. Kroll, Sec.g D. Murtaugh, Vice-Pres.g J. Thomas, S. Van Wie. BACK ROW: J. Albanese, S. Ruether, Pres.g E. Vocelka, Adviserg L. Lavenau, Adviserg A. Lyssenko, Treas.g S. Loess. John Esposito, Qabove, rightj president of the Photo- graphy Club, works very carefully in touching up negatives with the help of a light table. 88 ACTIVITIES

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Chess Team opera tes in competition and as club Each year a Model United Nations Confer- ence meets in Boston, Massachusetts. Senior members of Mort0n's Model U.N. attended with funds raised by the club. At this conference, students from all over the United States try to achieve better understanding of world situations by simulating the proceedings of the United Nationsf' said Ms. M. Gorman. Recreating real life situations and making decisions on how to handle them is how these games benefit the members, said Mr. C. Samec, adviser of the Simulation Games Club. Members played games like chess and Risk. The Chess Team is actually two organiza- tions in one because you can be a member and not compete, said Coach J. Broede. The members bought boards, chessmen, and chess books to compete with other schools. MODEL UNITED NATIONS-FRONT ROW: D. Men- dez, G. Strasser, T. O'Connor, Pres.: N. Geovanis, K. Greathouse. SECOND ROW: W. Loh, B. Mariani, Treas.: J. Chodora, J. Daudish, T. Todro. THIRD ROW: L. Saran, L. Tronchetti, A. Psenicka, J. Geovanis, S. Mollenhauer, Mrs. M. Gorman, Adviser. BACK ROW: R. Stackley, M. Zielazinski, L. Marczak, Sec.: D. Peters, N. Mrazek, L. Sudzius, D. Preber, T. Zielazinski, S. Hunter, J. Crnkovic. SIMULATION GAMES-FRONT ROW: J. Pribish, Vice-Pres.: N. Geovanis, Treas. BACK ROW: L. Sudzius, Pres.: T. O'Connor, Sec. Model U.N. members Chris Geovanis and Steve Mollen- hauer plan strategy for a mock U.N. session held in early fall to encourage new membership in the club. ACTIVITIES 87

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ECOLOGY CLUB--FRONT ROW: L. DeJoy, Vice-Pres.: J. Sisto, Sec., R. Colosimo, L. Kopczewski, Pres., A. Kopek. SECOND ROW: M. Ripple, Adviser: J. Thomas, G. Hurbanis, L. Tronchetti, S. Loess, K. Rezek, J. Ballock, R. Skinner. THIRD ROW: E. Dombek, Treas.g D. Waszak, A. Psenicka, S. Jansky, R. Purdey, T. Purdey, D. Mancini, M. Deschamps. BACK ROW: M. Vrchota, L. McGill, T. Todro, R. Green, D. Sunter, M. Koubenec, J. Mraka, L. Hybl, J. Vitous. While carefully measuring out four ounces of D-76, a liquid developer, Brad Hensel Qabovej thinks about going to the darkroom to develop his negatives and to print his pictures. On a field trip to Fullersberg Nature Preserve, members of the Ecology Club Qleftj learn of the plants and animals that once inhabited the forest preserve area which are now extinct. ACTIVITIES '89