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Inside: Amateurs brew Angel Dust Female teens face early puberty The Gacy case: youth trap International Year of the Child 1979 2 NEW EXPRESSION
HE INSIDE TRACK by Adorn Lew is Class of '80 resists New Expression rs lookrng for teen reporters to help us cover the commg el~clions, February 27. We want to careers (women, that is) lind out about young voters We want mtervrews wrth Accordrng to a survey by the those who are votrng for the frrst or second lime Better keep your eye on the Natrona! Assessment of Edu If you would lrke to do some electron reportrng for NE, grrls rn the Class of 1980 Ap catronal Progress. almost half call Adorn Lewrs at 663 0543 for rnformalion Anyone parently they know somethrng Join NE staff of the women rn the Class of who helps put together the election story wrll get credrt that thrs senror from the Class for hrs reportrng when the story comes out rn the March of 1979 doesn't know. ·ao do not plan to enter the for election-day work force. They feel that they ISSUC On February 27 the crty s SO aldermen wrll be elected will never be a vrctrm of the time clock for they will never even assignments (unless no candrdate gets t11e ma1orrty of votes m a partrcular ward) At the same trme, there wrll be a prr apply for work. mary vote for Chrcago's Mayor, Crty Clerk and City Although thrs may be the Treasurer Polling places are open from 6 am to 6 pm fantasy of the females rn the junior class. the Department of Labor's statlstrcs show that nine out of ten women in this country work at one lime or an Chinese say, 'Time to accept a male pill' other This Labor Report matches I llo Chinese m ty do more dren withrn a year or less after up wrth the response this for wornon's lrb than Ms. comrng off the pill . senior feels when she hears Magazine. II e ms that they Srnco the success of re the job market being dis have cJ ·voloped a brrtll control sedrct1 wrltr the malo pill rn cussed. "Vvhat JObs have the prll for rnen lt11s prll rs called Chrn
II of setting up a simrlar compe wntrng, mathematics. library any student who rs rn the top " <4~&:/':":tk-. skrlls and must complete a half of hrs graduating class /h'f¥?,~ tency testing system They are trying to set up basrc skrlls satisfactory research paper If Circle has tried srnce 1977 to ~ testrng programs for makrng it a student fails all five tests. he get permrssron to rntroduce an through college has until the end of hrs sopho entrance exam that would Many colleges have long more year to pass the tests. If, exclude students wrth low skills -- complained that graduates by the end of sophomore year, scores. who enter college are not pre the student still has not passed Maybe the Parksrde experi pared to handle college work. the tests, he wrll be dropped ment will influence Circle to re College instructors constantly from Parksrde for a semester. consider New Expression's say they cannot handle stu Should he decide to return, he edrtorral rn May, 1977. We dents who need remedial skills will still have to pass the tests proposed that Crrcle set up a burlding before advancrng to another five-month remedial program One school that finally got grade level for appliGants whose basic fed up with unprepared stu So far, the program seems to skills were below college dents IS the Parkside campus be workrng. Students say that standards, instead of exclud of the University of Wisconsrn. they get more individualized ing them through tests. We Pa;i
"My friend went off and started climbing
trees and grunting real loud. It kept me so
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by Hassan Rosell back closets like moonshiners made gin during Prohibition," he said. The results of Victor Bailey, 16, like many Chicago this incorrect mixing are often deadly. teens, experiments with drugs. He's tried At present the only legal manufacturer of everything from purple microdots to val PCP is the Bio-Ceutic Laboratories. This iums. But Victor has sworn off PCP, other lab prepares PCP for veterinarians who oc wise known as tic or tac or Angel Dust. casionally use it as an animal sedative. "I can't hang with that dust; it was f _ Even when PCP is prepared profession with my head," Victor said. He told of an ally by Bio-Ceutic it's too strong for humans, experience when he and a friend drank according to Dr. Gearien. "PCP is harmful some beer and smoked eight dust joints at a to the entire body, including the blood and park. "My friend went off and started climb the cardiovascular system," he explained. ing trees and grunting real loud. It kept me That's why doctors have not used PCP as a so up that I was seeing all kinds of s__ . It human anesthesia since 1965. felt like the stuff was eating at my brams." Alvin Redding, 16, who tried Angel Dust Later he witnessed a friend of his because a friend told him to check it out, brother's under the influence of PCP. says he couldn't handle it. Alvin says of his Photo by Marla VIllalobos "Reno went after his mother, and she had to first and only encounter with Angel Dust, lock herself into the house because he was "After I smoked some, I came out of the hollering about trying to kill her. The police house to meet a few friends at the car. As came and took him to the crazy house." they were getting out of the car, it looked like After these experiences Victor refused to they were all running at me. I was so use dust any more. "I couldn't take it," he scared, I almost ran back into the house. said. " When I came down from my high, my The stuff is too wild." head felt like it was bursting." Curtis Ford, 18, who stopped blowing the At the same time that Victor was dust because it hurts his chest, says he withdrawing from PCP, other teens in the sees his friends "graduating from Chicago area were increasing their use of marijuana to Angel Dust. My friends prefer the drug. Other than marijuana, it's the most oust joints," he said. "They smoke every accessible drug on the streets. time they get their hands on it and come to Unlike marijuana, which is smuggled in class in a daze. I think they're addicted." from growers, Angel Dust is illegally man This Angel Dust Graduating Class are ufactured in local laboratories. These labs producing tragic medical stories. The are usuallY primitive facilities with amateur "duster" rarely knows how much he's using chemists. Victdr knows some of these whether he smokes, eats, injects or snorts amateur dust-makers. "They get drugs the drug. "This is why it is so dangerous," from the drugstore or from dealers and mix said a local counselor from a drug rehabiiF them with a chemistry kit," he said. Then tation center. "It's unpredictable." the pushers sell this dust brewed by Reactions to using PCP in any form could amateurs w1thout telling their customers range from minor problems with eyes and what they're buying into. coordination to a short circuit of the nervous A hustler taught Darrell Pearson, 16, how system and a coma state. to make a batch for sale. He watched Ana Last March New Times reported the em, Bromo Seltzer, valium (from a forged case of a man in Baltimore who was ar prescription) being m1xed and cooked in rested with a high level dose of PCP in his bay leaves, evaporated and ground up. "He system. A jailer found him the next mornmg sold that as tac to snort," he sa1d. "To make with his eyes gouged out. Even when h1s Angel Dust he spnnkled 1t over common eyeballs were dripping down his cheeks he manjuana to create a $2 JOint." But Darrell showed no sign of pain. He was still un didn't try any. Not after watchmg it be1ng aware of what he had done. m1xed. Dr. Gearien believes that any user can Accordmg to Dr James Gearien Chair suffer these effects from any amount of man of the Dept. of Medicalog1cal Chemis Angel Dust because of the amateur phar try at the University of IllinOIS, Circle. "It macists' incorrect technique. 'Who knows would be very difficult for teens to get the how strong the stuff 1s." Gearien said. proper elements or to properly prepare the "Anyth1ng could happen to the user." drug. Only hospitals and pharmacies have Angel Dust pusher Barry Crawford 17, them, ' he srud. who gets his drugs ready-to-sell from his Geanen also believes that 1t would be dealer, says he doesn't know much about very difficult for an amateur pharmacist to the drug's content or its danger. I don t feel brew the proper formula They don t have bad about selling 1t he said " If they don't the proper laboratory fac1ht1es They JUSt buy 1t from me. they'll get 1! from somebody mix 1t up and hope 1t's Angel Dust. · else. A pharmac1st at the Master Po1son Con · I don't believe all that stuff about its trol Center called tac a modern day form of (PCP s) ingredients anyway. · he laughed. moonshme. "The amateur makes 1t in the "Do you? 4 NEW EXPRESSION Greg Godzik: Teen victim in Gacy case two years on 'runaway' list Gregory Godzik
by Frank Burgos W~~KLY Late Saturday night 17-year-old Gregory Godz1k drove his girl friend back home. He had a TIM~ meeting to get to and he didn't want to be late R~CODD "I got the feeling he was trying to get rid of me, you know. He wasn·t bemg mean or anything, but I still got that feeling." Judy Paterson smiled. "I guess I was angry at him or something. I walked back to the house w1thout ADDRESS looking back or saying goodbye " L Her smile disappeared, and her brown eyes began to well with tears. "I didn't know that would be the last time I would ever see him." Gregory worked for John Gacy's contracting company. He was one of the bodies dug up the week of Dec. 24 from under I I Gacy's home. Greg Godzik worked for Gacy as part of his work-study program at Taft for three weeks before his disappearance. Pictured " The day he· disappeared I above is Greg's employee card in Gacy's handwriting. called the police right away," said Mrs. Godzik, Greg's mother. "The But according to the Godziks is only awarded one point. Paterson, whom the investigator radio in the kitchen. next day I called the school (Taft) and Judy Paterson, Greg had no "He really wasn't the type to run never talked to. "I was sitting there listening to to find out if he was there because reason to leave. away," claims Eugenia Godzik, Paterson only talked to Gacy WGN. I was kinda depressed a lot of kids said they thought they "He had a car, he had six Greg's older sister. "And the thing once after Greg's disappearance. about the robbery. At the same saw him around, and the guard months to go to school, he would is, you tell the police and they sav. Because Gacy had mentioned to time I was always thinking about said he saw him too." always tell Judy that this was his 'He is a missing person. He is a her he had underworld connec my Gregory anyway when all of a "During the week I called up best year, that he found the girl he 17-year-old, there is nothing we tions, she was frightened and sudden the news talked about Gacy and I asked him if Greg loved and that he got a good job. can do. If he wants to come home, went to see him with friends. Gacy and the bodies." called him up. The boys were He was really counting on that job he'll come home.' "I remember looking for the "I thought 'Gacy, my God that's saying they thought they saw him because Gacy offered him more "I had called every person I house with the stones lining the the guy Gregory worked for.' Well, here~ they thought they saw him than anybody else. Something knew who had a connection with front yard. They were painted with I woke Eugenia up and I couldn't there. So I figure, he's got to be at like $5 or $5.50." the police department," Eugenia little American flags because talk. I told her to listen to the next work." If the Godzik's and the Paterson maintains. "Every girl friend Gacy had a 4th of July party or news. After it came on, she called "I called Gacy, and he says, 'No girl were so sure that Greg had no whose husband was a policeman, something. The stones were the police.'' he's not there, but Greg did call reason to run away, and by all every girl friend whose father was muddy so we couldn't find them Eugenia called the family den· the 15th or the 16th.· I said are you indications they seem to be right, a policeman, I called. And all they right away. Well we found them, tist and had Greg's records sent sure it was him. He said, 'Yeah, he then one wonders why the police would say is, 'We have his name; but Gacy wasn't home so we over to the police. Using the rec· called to say he was coming to felt he had. we are doing the best we can.' waited. ords Dr. Robert Stein, the county work, but he never came.' Gacy One reason may be the sheer They didn't offer to do any investi "A few minutes later he drives medical examiner at the morgue, said that." number of missing teens in gation." in. I go up to him, and I ask about examined the bodies. On Christ The morning after that call, one Chicago who are listed as run The only police response of any Greg. He let me into his living mas day at one o'clock the God of Greg's friends saw his car aways. In the Chicago area alone worth was a three-page report room, and he went to his bar. He ziks received a call from the parked at Animal World. The the police locate 11 ,000 runaways from Officer James Deker, a friend tells me he doesn't know anything sheriffs department. Gregory was police collected the car. They went a year. Their minds seem set at and neighbor of the Godziks. The about Greg. So I leave. one of the bodies. through it. but according to Mrs. seeing a missing teen as a run report apparently offered no leads " The only thing I remember "I still hope they've made a Godzik, it wasn't dusted for away. to Greg's whereabouts. about his living room was that he mistake," said Mrs. Godzik, fingerprints. In Chicago, a policeman's rec Later on, Mrs. Godzik called barely had any furniture." "though I know it isn't so." "Nobody made any comments ord is built on a point system. A Gacy again, hoping for some Some of the boys who worked In Judy Paterson's purse there about that. They really didn't. burglary is rated 9 points for an word. Greg needed Gacy's job for Gacy remember a strange is a picture of Gregory. She still Everyone just figured that he got officer if he catches the burglar. because he was involved with the smell in the house. Paterson carries it after all this time. As she tired and ran away... For finding a runaway, the officer work-study program at Taft Origi doesn't remember this. talks, Rod Stewart's newest hit, "If nally he worked at Republic Two years to the month that you think I'm S_exy," plays over the Lumber, but he qurt and went to Greg disappeared, Gacy was ar radio in her living room. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ work for Gacy without reporting rested in connection with the dis "I always think of Greg when the change to Taft. He told his appearance of Robert Piest, a this song plays. Greg used to re mother that as long as he worked, 15-year-old Des Plaines boy. A mind me of Rod Stewart because it didn't matter where. s~arch warrant was issued. Then they looked alike. I especially EARNING OPPORTUNITIES When Greg's mother called the bodies started coming out. think about him when this song Gacy again, a boy answered. "I The night that Gacy was ar plays. You know the lyrics, 'If you asked how come he was there. He rested, the Godziks were robbed. really need me just reach out and "Teens" have fun and earn said he left home and was living After the police had left, Mrs. God touch me.' I always thmk of htm.' money at the same time. with Mr. Gacy. I said how come zik stayed up and listened to the you live with him? He said, 'Oh, Your earnings can begin at he's such a nice man, and I don't like staying at home.' $50.00 to $100.00 during your Apparently most of the boys who worked for Gacy felt he was a spare time. mce man. One young man who doesn't want to be identified said nformation, please. Gacy was very easy to talk to. That most of the boys at night According to Dr. Stein, only sexual deviance of the case." would sip beer and tell him their 100 dental records have been As of this writing, only j 2 out problems. Gacy was a sympa sent in to a1d in identifying of 27 bodies under Cook thetic listener. bodies recovered from Gacy's County jurisdiction have been COOPER ENTERPRISES "Greg talked very nice of Gacy home. tdentified. 912 E. 47th Street all the time." Mrs. Godzik claimed. " Relatively speaking this is Parents are strongly en "A few t1mes he'd come to supper most unusual," said Dr. Stein. couraged to send in the dental Chicago, Ill. 60605 late, and I asked him where he We expected a much greater records of any missing son to was. He said, 'Oh, he was talking response. I have no idea why CALL 268-0194 the county morgue at 1828 W. to Mr. Gacy; he's so nice, and this parents won't send in the re Polk. Runaways who want to 8:30A.M. and that. He prom1sed the kids all cords of their missing sons. assure their parents they are to kinds of stuff. He even promised to Parents either don't want to still alive should call744-6222, 7:00P.M. take him out of town for a JOb." find out their sons are dead, or a special number set up be The Godziks never suspected they c1on't want to find out that cause of the Gacy case. Gacy of anythmg. Neither did the they might be involved in the private Investigator they hired at a $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $5,000 retamer. Neither did Judy 5 •1s no
"I hid it from my mother for a month because I was scared."
The Brook Shields fad
I Who loves you, pretty baby?
by Angela Offutt need protection. More aware by Denise Bronson friends can help these girls in Girls in the United States are school." Last year, eleven-year-old Brook Shields be coming of age sexually earlier and Puberty for girls happens in two came a household name as a new sex sensation. earlier. A century ago an average stages. The first stage begins two She first caught the public's eye in the movie American woman reached sexual years before her period (menstru " Pretty Baby," where she plays a child raised in a maturity at about 16. Today, ation) when rapid development is house of prostitution. At age 12 she reaches pu brought about by specific hor one-third of Amencan females berty, and her virginity is auctioned off by the pros- begin puberty at age nine. mones in the body, The first The results of this change can menstrual flow marks the begm titutes. r be seen m the hospttal maternity ning of the second stage, when a The Brooke Book followed with photos of wards. Last year, about 20% of the girl is considered to be sexually Brook from her early modehn~ career until she 52.000 births in Chicago occurred mature. American girls today are appeared in "Pretty Baby." Currently she is play ·to girls under 15. The youngest starting this first stage of de ing the sexy pre-teen in " King of the Gypsies." mother in Chicago in 1978 was 9 velopment as early as age nine. I talked with teens about the reaction to Brook years old A gtrl's sexual maturity is gov Shields' image and her famous movie. Karen According to Ann Benedict, who erned by both heredtty and Mitchell, 15, feels that the movie was in bad taste. works m women's studies at the environment. Yet conditions today "I didn't like the concept of the movie,· she said. Community Renewal Society. the encourage sexual activity. It is for "I'll never understand why Brook Shields made the tendency towards early sexual this reason 'that federal agenctes development indicates a change encourage sex edu;::ation at the movie She is talented and very beautiful, but right in our diet and nutritton. ' A first stage of puberty or earlier. A now she is a child and should be allowed to grow healthier diet brmgs about a rush job after the capabtlity is up." stronger woman." there may be insufficient. Maria Myers, 17, also expressed concern about "The health of a newborn child For example, Debra, who is Brook. ''I've seen her in ads for magazmes and on goes back to her grandmother," now 17, 'began menstruatmg at TV. She's talented, but after seeing 'Pretty Baby,' I she said. "The nutrition of the 11. " I had heard people talk about was shocked. How could her parents let her do a mother IS the determining factor. 1!, but I thought it only happened movie like that? I don't understand ... everyone is The better the nutrition of the before you were going to have a so confused about early pregnanctes, yet baby." Rhoda, 16, had her period grandmother, the earlier the onset everywhere you look (television, magazines and of menstruation (in the daughter at 12." "I hid 11 from my mother for and grandchild). The average age about a month because I was movies). sex is thrown at you." now is 11.6. ' scared. I told a close friend of The " R" rating didn't keep teens from seeing the Male puberty has not been af mine, and she told me what to do." movie. Of course, the nude scenes of Brook fected by these diet changes. ac Their story is typical. Parents caused a lot of discussion. Daryl Frazier, 18, says cording to Benedict. and teachers are often operating he went to see the film because he heard the As for the adjustments to earlier from the same experience they sexual scenes in the movie were tasteful. "After puberty that will have to be made, had as teens, not from the reality seeing the movie my feelings were confirmed," he Benedict says this is society's of earlier puberty in 1979. And so said. "Sex is a private thing, and it should stay that problem. "Society has to take a education lags behind tfie time of way." more caring role . We have to be need. All the teens I talked with had negative reactions sensitive to the needs of these Today's teens will also need to young women. Safeguards have adjust for their daughters. Doctors to the film and to Brook's image, yet every one of Brook Shields pays close attention as producer to come from the whole commu predict that the average age of them was also attracted to go see the ftlm. Th.e director Louis Malle gives stage directions during nity. In our soc1ety it is hard for a puberty will continue to drop. mystery of sex at every age seems to create th1s filming of "Pretty Baby,:· Photo by Maureen Lam- young gtrl to push off men. They mixture of curiosity and discontent. bray. Good teachers matter to us National College of Education-Chicago's specialized college for teacher training
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By Kristina Prorok and Maria Villalobos Teen Your guide to Notes Chicago high schools by Denise Coleman State students do well on r ~ ACT, SAT exams All Illinois high school High seniors who took the ACT and SAT exams will be glad to know that Illinois high school school students are ranked near or Students seek voice above the national averages. application On the ACT, whtch 64 per in 'Access' planning cent of Illinois high school seniors took in 1977, Illinois The Access to Excellence pro The students resent this inte deadlines students scored 17.8 out of a grams have been developed wtth gratton of ages. They feel that thts Deadlines for applying to possible 36 in English usage. very ltttle student tmput The only is a drasttc step to be forced on vocational, technical and The national average was 17.9 teens who .had any votce were them wtthout being consulted, and magnet schools are listed In math Illinois students three sentors on the CWAC so Dawn has planned a cam below: scored 17.5, the same as the Board, a small number consider paign Whitney Young - Feb national average. In social mg the 142,000 public high school Ongtnally. she hoped to stage a ruary 15. studies Illinois was 17.0, the students tn the c1ty. Even those march on Ctty Hall and on the Curie - applications are national 17.1; in natural sci three teens on CWAC were not Board of Education, but some no longer being accepted. ences Illinois was 20.6, the na replaced this school year as of teachers she talked with warned Access to Excellence Pro tional 20.9. January 1 her that she mtght be suspended grams - nG deadlines, ex On the SAT, which was It seems as though there's very for that type of activity. They cept for Technical Centers taken by 16 per cent of Illinois little that teens can do tf they want suggested that she Circulate a for which there is an arbi students, Illinois students to be part of the plannmg or carry petition and organize students trary deadline of March 15. scored 510 out of a possible mg out of an Access program 1n who would persuade their parents For other programs apply as 800 in math, while the national their school However, the stu to write letters of complatnts. soon as possible. New ap average was 470, and 462 in dents in one school are trytng to These teachers maintained that plication forms come out in verbal sk1lls With the national change that policy by makmg thetr parents are listened to more than Marc h. 429. VOICeS heard. teens. Metro - April Financial aid controls set Dawn Casseloo, a jumor at The petttion now has 700 Dawn Casseloo receives a sig City Colleges of Chicago will Whttney Young. IS now organiza~ names. Mrs O'Hara, a parent on nature from Michelle Douglas begin this semester to take tng student votce m her school. A the Whitney Young School Coun for her petition. Photo by Maria there is no way to stop the plan as more steps to make sure that good number of Whttney Young Cil, plans to del1ver a letter to the Villalobos written. However, Dawn believes students who receive. financial students oppose the Access plan Board of Ed in the name of Whit that enough media coverage of aid are coming to get an edu which would bnng seventh and ney Young parents whtch prop could sttll use some of Whitney student discontent and parent cation and not to collect etghth graders 1nto the1r school oses a dtflerent stte for the junior Young's factltties. pressure w1ll make a difference. mon~y. and make 1t a JUntor-sentor high high students According to the So far. Bernar Dawson, prinei At least one group of students is Some students would show school. proposal, the juntor h1gh students pal at Whttney Young, inststs that doing something. up once for class and then pick up the first installment of their Basic Educational Opportunity Tech plan Grants, a need-based schol I arship.
draws teens The Big Hamburger Hike If your favorite meal is built to De LaSalle around hamburgers, tacos, spaghetti and all the other by Marla Villalobos things made out of hamburger meat, thts news won't sound so DelaSane·s lndustnal Arts pro good to you. gram IS one of the few pnvate Starting this summer, con school programs tn manual skills sumers will pay 40 to 50 cents avatlable m Chtcago. One-thtrd of a pound more for hamburger DelaSalle's students are enrolled meat. tn the program The 1ncrease is caused by a Ed Young. a JUntor m the wood shortage of beef. Chtcken is in shop class, was natling together good supply, however, tf you pteces of a stx-foot grandfather's think you're ready for the Col clock when I talked with htm "You onel's "nice people." learn about what you want to do, and 1t s fun,' Ed said. 'Right now Special clinic for teens I'm buildtng thts huge clock, and For teens who need medical 1t's very exclltng to see what I can help and can not approach produce" their parents With the problem, Ketth Zarmon, a JUntor who 1s the Adolescent Health Clinic combtntng woodshop and elec can help you trontcs, was choostng a screw The Adolescent Health dnver from a pegboard rack which Clinic is a part of Martin Luther held saws, eye goggles and King Jr Neighborhood Health measunng devtces ''I've learned Center, located at 3312 W . how to wtre a house and how to Grenshaw. The clinic provides construct furntture ," he said, Ed Young , a junior at DeLaSalle, cuts wood for his unfinished grandfather clock. Photo by Marla medical services tn hygiene, ' th1ngs which can help me tn the VIllalobos future · The four unfintshed control of venereal disease, contraceptive usage and den canoes in the woodshop are vale schools are not able to oHer students all wore shtrts and ties. The school accepts transfers tal care. The clinic also offers bound to help someone's future. industrial arts because they do not They were hurrying to class, not based on interviews with tho pnn In the automotive class, stu receive state and federal funds for stopping to talk to friends. I had Cipal. There is no waiting list, but individual, group and family dents were working on four cars. equipment as public toch pro the fooling that dtscipline was transfers cannot be assured of counseling. Brother Roman Jaro!>z, Guidance grams do. "One reason we can stmssed at DalaSalle. class choices smce some classes The Adolescent Health Dtrector, pointed out that most pri- offer this program is that Buick The tech program IS only open have been filled for next year. Clinic is open from 4~7 p.m. For donates automotive equ1pment to JUntors and sentors. Students DoLaSa lle, at 35th and Indiana, information phone 638-1 1 55. and liT donates electrontc equtp· can emphasl7e manual skills or is very accessible f rom the You can make an appointment mont," he sa1d. they can carry a college prep pro North-South El. Tuition Is $825 or JUSt walk-ln. Fees are based As I walked through the halls gram and still Include some man per year Scholarships are availa on your family income or the between periods, I noticed the ual sktlls that they want to acqUire. ble. cost may be covered by a green card.
Money back on Voc. Ed. tui tion City-suburban exchange requires A new federal ruling makes it safer for students to enroll in It seems that the Metropolitan vldes tho rest. After a student reaches pr lvate vocational schools. Exchange program will p robably not 16, the local government pays. more Most of these schools demand be ready to start In September, 1979. It seems that students applying for tuttion before tho first day of According to Access to Excellence, Metropolitan Exchange will probably money, class with no refund tf a student the program Is supposed to provide be 16 or older (sophomores, juniors, IS dissatisfied and drops out. students from tho city a chnnce to go and seniors). 1 he q uestion arises, who The new rule calls for a HERFFJONES lo suburban schools and suburban will pay for the education of tho stu less two-week cooltng off penod 1 16 Floor - STE VFNS BLDG •,ludcnts a chance to go to city clcnts In this program, the city or the dUt ing which students can •,chool9 SUITE: 1614 suburbs? politics Withdraw wtth n full refund of ho flrqt problem Is monoy. hP 17 NORTH STATE STREET I 1 This Is where the state comes ln. tUition Studonts who drop out stato provldus 10 per cont of the CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Ttw Board of E.ducallon Is hoping that con apply for a partial rE>fund rnonoy for ei IJtucJont's odttcatlon until PHONE 641-1830 tho state• will appropriate money for for tho portion of tho course n("'• he roaclwG 16 Local government pro this program So far they have not. takon •
NEW EXPRESSION 7 Why me?
by Rhonda Hannah
The blizzard of "79" dumped over 30 inches of snow on Chicago. What was usually a one-hour trip on the El turned into a three-hour ordeal The conditions crippled the CT A. Teens said the whole system was "tnpped out." Snowed-In neighborhoods closed everything. But if an unexpected school vacation was an unexpected surprise, the excitement didn't last long. Some teens spent the1r spare time digging out neighborhood cars. Others walled it out m front of television sets and in checking out refrigerators. Most agreed with what one teen said: · I can't wait until 11 melts "
THE SNOW STORY - IN PHOTOS The blizzard and cold forced Chicago-area teens to adapt in all kinds of ways - from find1ng enough warm cloth1ng to gettmg around town. Somet1mes it was JUSt too much Neighborhoods were clogged Snow. And more snow Schools were closed for a week. Some teens got reacquainted w1th their families. The CTA was slow Transfernng buses when one broke down, wa1tmg, waiting and waiting for the El - it brought out the pioneenng spint. And there was plenty of P.E. even though schools were closed. Joe Ga-• Iins , a junior from Riverside-Brookfield High School, helped a fnend get his car out of a drift. Suburban teens did a lot of shoveling, snarl1ng and sleepmg dunng their vacation. Photo by Michael Glover Photo by James Dodson
What was one of your most memorable moments of the bliz- , zard of 1979? by leslie Eubanks and Peter Pearson at Evergreen Plaza • Susan Amideo, sophomore, Wash ington high school. We got stranded at a friend's apartment (we call it the "hide out") for three days because of no public transportation.
Christy Alexander, junior, Percy Julian high school. Photo by James Dodson We had a lot of trouble with our roofs. The roof over my bed started cracking, and the kitchen ceiling started leaking.
Linda Brumfield, senior, Calumet high school. When I was go1ng to the hospital because of frostbite in my toes, I saw a man Sitting in a chair stark naked Another man was with h1m taking p1ctures. I was tripped out. Steve Devries, freshman, Morgan Park high school. A bus had just started to leave, and I started to chase 1t when I slipped and fell. The next thmg I knew, the bus h1t me
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WMET is blastmg away with pop songs Jane met Susan tn study hall. Susan bor tor my listening pleasure. I sit snugly in an rowed her pen. When Susan whipped out a easy chair. Jane stts on the carpet. Mormon Bible and wrote something m 11, " What did you think of I feel strange interviewing someone Jane asked her about it. By Elaine Takagi your friends the first time about her friends. Friendship is such a Reflecting on that now, Jane says, "I had touchy subject her pegged as one of those crazy religious you met them?" "Do you remember what you thought freaks." But, it turns out, Susan isn't con about your friends the first ttme you met cerned about making converts. " I think she them?" I ask. uses church as a social function. I haven't Jane takes time to think of each one seen her read that Bible in a long time " separately. Jane first saw Alice and Tina during a She met Karen m btology. They sat next btology field trip to the zoo. "They were to each other. "I thought that she was one of looking m this garbage can at a mouse, and wrinkling her nose and forehead. But Jane and get to know each otners names, and those cool, sophisticated types- classy," they were screaming. We were in the am pursued the relationship anyway. " It wasn't then we stop to talk to each other in the she explains. But her first tmpressions were phibian house surrounded by alligators arid easy. I had to go back again and again halls." wrong. " Really, Karen's pretty stmple. crocodiles. I thought they were silly." asking her what groups she liked. Then I Being the go-between isn't easy, ac Sometimes she even likes slapstick." Today Jane sees Alice as a wonderful think she started to like me." cording to Jane. ''My friends are all very Jane met Candy in her French class. comic, "Somewhere between Steve Martin Jane met Cindy at pool side. She seemed different ffom each other. It hurts me when Candy transferred late and ... " 1 really and Mork." pretty unathletic. She never went into the two of them don't like each other." thought she was weird, one of those gtddy Offictally, Jane met Tina when she was water. That remark amazes me. Based on her types." asked to participate in a local radio station's "Boy, was I wrong. She just can't swim. first impressions, Jane wouldn t like any of Today Karen thmks of Candy as the seri "High School Spirit Contest." It was one of She was the only girl who hit a home run them either. ous one in her ctrcle of fnends. "Candy is so those contests "where you get a petition dunng the softball season." She's just made a new acquaintance in serious. She's very tnlelligent. She asks going. and tf you win, a rock band plays at Wtth all of these friends Jane feels that study whom she describes as "cool." With herself thmgs like, 'What am I going to do for your school ... she has to act as a mediator "I'm the per Jane's track record, I look for that name on the rest of my life?' " " I thought Tina hated me," she says, son that everyone knows. We talk a little the PA announcements any day now.
He knew a spy shouldn t show emotion, by Eric Williams yet Bond felt his face turning red ''I'm sorry," he mumbled. " What? Who are you speaking to?" ''I'm sorry, class." 007 gritted his teeth. "Okay Jimmy, now go and get a tardy slip, and then I'll talk to you about a note." As Bond moved slowly toward the office 007: Hall guards are forever he knew that something was wrong. He was lostng hts composure He paused at a He caught stght of hts reflection as he "I'm afratd I don't know it." "Well, I can't do anything for you without trophy case and looked at his reflection. As approached the school butlding. He smiled. "Well go to the counseling office and get a note from your English teacher." he adjusted his silk tie he noticed that his The plastic surgery was a complete suc it from Mr. Hicks." Bond strode.out of the uffice. He smiled hand was shaking. Suddenly a familiar cess. He would blend right in with these He walked cautiously through the halls, when he noticed that students watched him heavyset ftgure appeared in the glass. high school students. "What an easy mts nodding at students and ustng current hip as he moved down the hall. Maybe they 'Where are you gotng? Show me a sion ... he said to himself. phrases that he had learned especially for sensed that he was different, or maybe it pass!" "Hey, youl" A short, heavyset lady sud this misston. " I say, old man," he said, was because he was weanng a perfectly "I don't have one." denly loomed in front of him. "What's your "Groovy day, isn't it?" cut tuxedo. · Step back against the wall." name? He squeezed into the counseling office. He knocked on the classroom doo~ . The "No." "Bond," he answered, "James Bond." "Excuse me. Is Mr. Hicks in?" teacher looked up and kept on talktng. He "What?" "Where's your I.D ? "Don't you have eyes?" knocked harder She gave him a dirty look "I said NO!' The boss hadn't prepared him for this, but 'Yes." and continued talktng. He pulled out his slim "Do you know who I am? I'm 1n charge of James Bond was an expert at the art of 'Well check h1s schedule!" German Luger and blew the lock off the halls this period'" deceit Bond scanned the schedule. " It says he door and stepped into the room. "I'm James Bond agent 007 of Her "I must have forgotten it." has lunch at this time." "Show off!" Majesty's Secret Servtce. I carry a double "Well get a temporary " "Well come back when he's in." "Did you see that~· oh-seven rating. It's a license to kill." Bond nodded entered the office and "But his day is full. He t>as a meeting ''What a ham!" She grabbed htm and slammed htm stopped before the clerk. lunch, then nap time, and lunch again" The teacher stood up. "Since when do against the lockers, jarring the nuclear ''I'd like an I.D , please.' "Sorry " we enter classrooms so rudely? Must we powered radio equipment implanted in his " Where's yours?" Bond decided to use the first rule of spy show our bad manners?" bridgework. "I seem to have forgotten it." tng -If you can't get it honestly, kill some "You didn't seem to hear me, and I need "Don't get smart with me' This IS a well "Okay, what's your name?" body and take it. a note from you." conducted high school!" "Bond, James Bond." "Would you like to die?" he asked. "What's your name?" As he picked himself up off the floor, "Dtvision?" "FUNN-NEE! Where are you supposed "Bond, James Bond." Bond's radio began buzzing in hts ear. "Her Majesty's Secret Service." to be this period?"~ " Well Mr. Bond you interrupted my class, " Message to agent 007 .. Abort Operation " What? Don't play games. What's your Bond pulled out his class schedule. and you are tardy. I think you owe your ... Escape with your life ... Escape division number?" "English class." fellow students an apology." wi ...... Briefs Leading skin specialists recommend the Investing in jewelry use of witch hazel for oily sk1n as an astrin gent to tighten the pores. Even better, keep the witch hazel in the refrigerator and use it by Ava Thompson cold. Gold can chain the heart and Felicia Willis • • •• If your hair becomes dirty, dusty or oily between shampoos, sl1p an old nylon The newest and most popular craze for males and females 1s the stocking over your hairbrush and stroke 14K gold cham. Because there is beauty 1n simplicity, an unadorned both the sides and the back of your head gold cham is an elegant piece of jewelry. fifty times. It's a good idea to lean over and The most popular style is the 15-mch serpenltne ("S" design) brush upwards. start1ng at the nape of the, cha1n, followed by the 18-1nch and the 24-inch chains. Even more neck. popular is wearing two or four chains of different lengths at the same •••• time. The secret to an expert-looking blowdry Pnces for 14 karat gold chains are $19.95 and up. Chatns at IS to dry the ha1r only 95 per cent. A common $19.95 are lightweight. The heavier t~e chatn, the more it costs mistake is to over-dry the hair. Then you Some of the most expensive chams can cost up to $300. end up with hair that IS unmanageable and Most 14 karat gold chams wh1ch are manufactured in Italy, have strawlike. no spec1fic label. except 14K engraved somewhere on the chain. • ••• The stamp is a protection If you don't see 11 , ask questions For th1s In selecting a brush cons1der reason 1t IS tmportant to keep your rece1pt in case something should -a round brush with varying length bris· go wrong with the chain. ties for blowdry1ng normal to fine hair. The 14K gold chains wont tarn1 sh. They last and last. That's what -a small, round plastic brush. wh1ch is you can expect 1f you 1nvest in gold. Therefore, if you are paymg tor excellent for setttng a long-lasting curl gold you should be sure that the cham IS not a gold alloy or gold filled through blowdrytng, but it's best in the or gold-plated These parttal forms tend to tarntsh and often turn hands of a professional stylist green In hot water or 1n contact wtth detergents - a plast.tc-bnstled, oval-shaped brush To keep 14K gold ct1a1ns 1n the1r shmiest state, clean them wtlh a with rubber-cushioned base 1s perfect soft cloth and m1ld soap and water. You should take extra caution tor th1ck ha1r. openmg and closmg the clasps because gold IS very mailable and -a slim, rectangular-shaped brush w1th eas.ly damag d under pressur~ med1um st1ff bnstles 1s su1table for all ror economy mtndnd buyers, Tnfan brand chains and bracelets .. . a nice Valentine ha1r types are pnced at about half the cost of 14K chams fhey don t tarntsllfast -a Denmon brush w1th round plastic set and usa..3lly last more than a year dependtng on care You can buy present 1n a rubber base 1s good for removmr,.... 'rw W1 bo'dt., Troy ·nake a 'liCe Valent1n_c p esc'lt tangles from wet hair NEW EXPRESSION 9
Where does sex belong • •
Photos by Eric Bradshaw .
• .As alley talk or mature di~cussions? In the last issue of New Expression the Teen The subject is taboo at school and in the home. ing to show our "gutsiness" like a hot rodder. We Teaser column supplied a test on sexual terms Yet movies and television shows get around these want to share the research of our teen writers in a and their definitions. The purpose of this test was taboos all of the time by suggesting or showing variety of ways. Some readers who will never read to hell( readers find out how well informed they are elements of sexuality rather than using the words. an article all the way through will work a puzzle. about scientific sexual terms. The outlook of this newspaper on sexuality as it We hope that you can understand our reasons Our feedback from adults: "Tasteless!" relates to teen life is meant to be one of concern. for running the puzzle. (The dozens of contestants Our feedback from teens: " We know all that Concern about whether a teenager can go to a who mailed us their answers apparently saw it as a stuff." doctor and talk about sex with intelligence instead sensible exercise.) We also hope that you see the We've been thinking about this feedback and of awkwardness and embarrassment. Concern value of New Expression running a story on early wondering whether we need to defend ourselves. that a teenager, knowing that he can't get at sexu puberty (page 5) and on the new male "pill" (page We know that all our teen readers do not "know all ality in an honest and open way, will turn to back 2). that stuff." The feature editor tested the puzzle alley talk and smutty publications to satisfy his We would like to ask that you, the readers, let us before she sent it to the printer. The first girl she curiosity. In both situations sex becomes fears and know where you stand on this issue. We could approached, a junior, did not know the meaning of bravados instead of helpful self knowledge. open up a public discussion by printing the letters. "masturbation." Any criticism we get is helpful. We discuss these Not only would we know where you stand, so When some readers saw the test they were criticisms as a staff. But it is still our opinion that would everyone else. surprised. Surprised because the subject is not this Teen Teaser test was not in poor taste. In order to get this topic out into the open, we will normally dealt with this way. Surprised because We do not handle the topic of sexuality as a have to start talking instead of changing the sub informed, responsible discussion of sexuality matter of humor or sensationalism. We're not try- ject: rarely happens for them.
Letters to the Editor ~
1t could be helped. Sure it matters that 11 s Story on pot boils over use of pot by saying it's the same as alco and many allergies. Marijuana helps me hol. As you have shown, it's more than just and cigarettes hurt. going to causo them hurt, but what about Reading your article "But it's safer than that. Concerning school grades and smokmg the hurt it causes the victim? cigarettes, mom" I couldn't help but feel a Vera Milosevic pot, that all depends on the person and his Robin Creed little annoyed. It's a sad fact that young attitude. children of eleven are smoking pot. Don't I've just fmished reading your article I consider that article a piece of garbage! about marijuana smoking in your De Ginger Miller those feel guilty who start the kids smoking Letters to the Editor should be ad it? It's fine if they (the pushers) refuse to cember, 1978 issue. I believe you are mis Concern for sex crime victims dressed to the Editor, New Expres face the facts, but must they decide for informed, and I would like to see a copy of In your December issue, you had an arti sion, 207 S. Wabash, Chicago 60604 someone younger? the study you refer to. Please sign letters and include a home I don't see how you can say five joints are cle about sex crimes in families. I was Children are growing up faster as it is, but phone number m case the Editor equal to 113 cigarettes? Cancer patients shocked over how many cases there were. I don't think they need more encourage needs to contact you . We prefer to pnnt are allowed to use it to ease the pain of their You also talked about how many were un ment. Besides, when do today's kids have the author's name so please do not treatments and increase their appetite. It known because the kids were afra1d to tell the chance to be normal, happy k1ds? ask us to withhold your name without a has been proven that mariJuana helps anyone. I was glad to see some evidence that serious reason. shows the damaging effects of marijuana. people w1th glaucoma 1 think kids should tell someone what Not like many articles, which support the I smoke marijuana, and I have asthma happened. Then the person that was d01ng 10 NEW EXPRESSION -As the song says, Teen Teasers 'Let me be your ' How to enter January 1. Write your answers on a sheet of paper numbered 1 to Answers 12 1. 0 9. B 2. Send your answers, along 2. I 10. M w1th your name, address, age, 3. K 11 . D school and phone number to 4. p 12. J Youth Communication. 207 S. 5. H 13. G Wabash, 60604. Do not send 6. N 14. A the puzzle. just the answers. 7. L 15. E 3 . All answers must be re 8. C 16. F ceived no later than Feb. 26. In case of a tie, the first entries will be awarded prizes. 4. People working for Youth Communication and their families cannot participate in the contest. 5. Winners will receive prizes from WBBM-FM - '' '79 Chicago Blizzard Survivor" T-Shirts. . Photo by Marla Villalobos About w1nners By Evelyn Polk 1. 1899 ___ of My ___ The winners of the January 2.1910 Let Me Call You ___ issue Teen Teasers' "Sexual Instructions: Over the 3. 1931 I Found a Million Dollar _ _ _ years, songwriters have ity Search" are: first place, 4. 1931 When I Take My to Tea Princess Greene, 15, Whitney come up with dozens of 5.1935 My Lucky ___ Young High School and sec different names for their 6.1936 ___ Come Back to Me ond place, Pamela Boyd, 14, valentines. This puzzle (I'm Gonna Buy) A to Lindblom Technical High contains 12 of these and 7.1942 School. Call My Own the year that the song was Earth ___ The two winning titles for a copyrighted. Some date 8.1955 Princess Greene, Whitney 9. 1957 (Let Me Be Your) ______Sex Education course were back to 1899, so you may " Learning More About Our Young (above) and Pamela 10.1962 Go Away, ______Bodies Ourselves" by Princess Boyd, Lindblom Technical, have to get your 11.1973 You Are the ____ of My Life Greene and "Me, My Body, My winners of the Teen Teasers grandparents or parents 12.1976 You are My ___ Future" by Pamela Boyd. "Sexuality Search." to help out.
Playing it off Little brother pays price for hungry boyfriend
by Paula Hogan has is to get her mother to like the every since I was eight years The love triangle has caused and get comfortable with you as My friend Mary has a prob young man well enough, so old. She says that if I don't stop violence for centuries. It's even well. Then it may be easier for him lem. Every time her mother there's no conflict about feeding seeing him, our friendship is started wars. So be sure this man to talk in your house. goes out or to work, she calls him. over. is worth the violence before you If not, don't make the mistake of her boyfriend to her house. Another choice, is not to call him What should I do? set it in motion. trying to reform him. If he really is a When he comes to her house, when her mother is not there. Confused and Depressed. very quiet person, the decision is he eats up all their food. She's Or perhaps she could get a job whether you want to adjust your too scared to say anything to so she'll be able to feed him, First, you must consider which I'm crazy about this really tdea of fun to accommodate him. If him about eating their food, but without causing conflict with her is more important to you. which do neat guy. He knows it, but he not, be honest with him about why her mother asks what's hap mother. you value more, the relationship won't say anything to me about you don't want to date, which pened to the food. The problem she created is a between your girlfriend and your us getting together. He's al doesn't mean you can't be friends. Mary blames it on her little serious one, one that she'll have self or your relationship with the ways coming to my house. He brother, who gets the beating. to reslove, just as ~he created it. young man. just sits and doesn't say any So, what can she do to stop this Secondly, you must decide if thing to me or anybody else. problem? this young man is sincere in what Could you tell me what I You may submit letters to I have a problem with my best he says. There is a viewpoint from should do? Playing It Off at anytime. We The kind of character your friend. We are in love with the which you can look at the situa prefer that you include your friend displayed by passing the same man. Really she met him tion. You probably have to engage name and age, but we will ac blame onto her brother is the kind first, but he says he likes me Ask yourself, has he stopped him in an activity that will make it cept anonymous letters. Ad of character nobody wants to be more than he likes her. He told seeing her? Also, will he tell her easy for him to open up. Choose a dress your questions to Play around. Who wants friends that me he wasn't even interested in outright that he likes you more? If place where people feel free to let ing It Off, New Expression, 207 blame you when they get into her, but she tells me a different he answers "yes" to those ques loose, perhaps a basketball S. Wabash, Chicago 60604. trouble? How about helping your story. tions, then talk it over with him and game, a school dance, or an friend to see this injustice? I like him very much, but I like ask him to help you explain it to enjoyable television show. This About the food, one choice she my friend too. I've known her your girlfriend. should help him know you better
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Despite the two talented young actors in the lead roles, the movie rs unrn spiring and at times dulL Robby Benson plays Nick, a college dropout and Lexre's (Johnson's) boyfriend Nick can't decrde what he wants to do until he begins to help Lexre recover from an accrdent which has left her partrally bhnd. I l- • But Benson, who was so good in "One on i fr~ One," comes across as shallow. He seems ' l to be trying too hard to be cute and, as a result, the viewer doesn't care about hts character. ' . \ The movie has several flaws. It tnes to ~ I 1 make us believe that Lexie becomes a I figure-skating champion because of her I / natural talent. But it takes more than talent - r 'I to become a champion. It takes hours of tr;ll / . ' 1-----..4 ~ lA hard work and practice, and the movie 1 1: glosses over thts fact _ / I l~. l\ The movie also tries to make us believe \t I!I .\/ I that no one realizes that Lexie is blind after I I j I • her accident. Even when she returns to the I r 'I , : I regronal championships The girl is _sup I posed to be a favorite for the natrona! championship, and no one knows she's blind? Unbelievable' ''Ice Castles" does treat the viewer to some excellent skating routines by its star. But these routines aren't enough to carry the awkwardness of the rest of the film By Valerie Piotrowski, other and put down their coach But theyre cause their characters have many dtmen Steve Greer and not the buffoons of " Welcome Back Kotter,'' srons. The only disagreeable character is Jacki Ryim and that's why the show is believable. the cynical assistant principal, who over Movie, Movie Ron Howard plays the understanding plays her role. coach of the Carver High team. He is con You don t have to be an old film stantly battling the school's assistant pnn Brothers and Sisters fan to appreciate this light-hearted NBC, Sunday spoof of the days ·when movies cipaL But the real stars of the show are the teen actors. They look and dress like real were mov1es. " Movte Movie'' is "Brothers and Sisters" is NBC's attempt teens, presented 1n 1930's style. Irs two not the typical exaggerated char to copy "Animal House," but it's not too films tn one, ltke the early double ••• ~I~ acters of network shows. They banter racial successfuL It probably won't stand up to the jokes, but they also show serious sides. features competition from ABC's "Delta House" be The first part of the film is a The show does tend to use sensational cause it doesn't have the liveliness or the subject matters such as alebholism, teen take-oft on all of those old boxing outrageous stunts. T~L~VI~I()~ pregnancies and _gang wars, but it treats films where a young kid turns to The "Brothers" of the Pi Nu house throw these subjects realistically. In one episode fighting to help his family and be wild partres and chase girls, but they are not the coach drscovers that one team comes a contender for the title. The White Shadow really "animals." In the opening show, Zip The second half, " Baxter's CBS, Saturday member, Johnson, is an alcoholic. Johnson per, a fraternity member, tries to pull a Beauties of '33" spoofs the old refuses help from a professional whom the tablecloth from under the dishes. He fails, of Broadway production films, and "The White Shadow" is a refreshingly coach urges him to see. The members then course, and this trite stunt fails to get any forced Johnson into a situation where he stars George C. Scott as a dyrng different show with teens in the starring laughs. producer who must put on "one roles The young men on the basketball realizes that he needs treatment. To be a successful show, "Brothers and more show. team are believable teens. They get into The young actors on "The White Sisters" will have to come up with More The humor in the film comes trouble, have problems, JOke with each Shadow" make it an entertaining show be- original materiaL from the original old films, when the only four letter words the clean-cut hero used were "gosh" Delta House and "darn." Some of the lines are ABC, Saturday funny because they emphasize how corny and innocent the char Chicago teens top TV choices "Delta House" is a television continua acters were in the films of the 30's. tion of the hit movte "Animal House" Even For instance when boxer Joey if you haven't seen the movie, you'll like the Popchtk (Harry Hamlin) learns Dunng November and December the 3. Love Boat comedy about life at Faber College. The that his sister 1s going blind, he Youth Televrsron Councrl of Chicago 4. Family type of humor in "Delta House" rs some says, ' It's gonna cost $20,000 to surveyed the students in ten Chicago 5. Laverne and Shirley what like "Saturday Night Live" - out get my sister's eyes fixed. It's high schools from all parts of the city to 6 Happy Days rageously crazy. gonna cost an arm and a leg for determtne what television programs in 7. Welcome '3ack, Kotter In the first show, Flounder, a Delta. has to Angie's eyes." the new season they liked 8 Mork and Mtndy take an exam on a subject which he knows Wtth the success of movies like The results show programs in the YTC 9. Starsky and Hutch nothrng about, so the fraternity president 'Heaven Can Wait' and· Super top ten that don't show on the national 10. What's Happenrng gives hrm a "smart pill" that rs really a laxa man, ' tt s not supnsing that Ntelsen's top ten, such as The Jeffer 11. Fantasy Island tive. Flounder says, "I did fine on the test, Movte Movie was produced thrs sons, Family, Welcome Back, Kotter 12. SOAP but could have done better if I didn't have to year. Although rts content is not and Starsky and Hutch. 13. Carol Burnett and Friends keep running to the bathroom." like either of the other two movres, You can compare your taste in shows 14. Charlie's Angels In another hilanous scene, Blotto (in the it will probably be successful be with the YTC list printed below. New 15. M·A·S•H style of John Belushi) devours a pitcher of' cause tt's "good clean fun.' programs such as "The Whrte Shadow" 16. Carter's Country beer and eats the pitcher! were not tncluded in the survey. 17. One Day at a Time "Delta House" will be successful be We will publish activities that interest or 18. Eight is Enough cause it uses the same sophomoric stunts involve teens free of charge. Send in 1. The Jettersons 19. Diff'rent Strokes that made "Anrmal House" popular If you formation in care of Youth Communica 2. Three's Company 20. Barney Miller enjoy this type of humor, tune in "Delta tions, 207 S. Wabash, Chicago 60604. House." February 9 unttl -, $3 50. "A Sweetheart S. 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