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It has been accepted for inclusion in New Expression by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. ,..I .. h:is .-.-.~.._ -th: • Essay Contest Winners The greatest threat to teens p. 4 • Class Size Chanei 1S Corner on overcrowding p. 5 • Kickin• It with the stars LL and Ginuwine hang with NE p. 14 Life's SuPvival Sto11ies YOUTH COMMUNICATION 1087-1 eGe Board of Dlrec:tora TheHulle•i-RBoard Officer a Compiled by Cameron Coleman, Whitney Young Pmkllnt PhUip Costello-Logic Plus, Inc. TO CUT OR NOT TO CUT-Acreoo by CPS Chief Executive Offtcer Paul Vallas may encourage allendance at Curie. V~llas inslruclcd ~We~~rT'V lhe South Side school to downsize its sludenl body. The plan is 10 expel students who are repeal class<UIIing offende!s or are excessrvely truanl ~ Prt11dtn,. These students will be placed in an allernalive school. Administrators hope 10 cullhe student body from 3,500 10 2,600 students. NE Staff '97-'98 James Dodson, Jr.-Thifd WMd Pre56 _.ubmltttd by Jeootftr Waltoo, Curie Robin LaSWI - Nctlh Centrlll Regionlll Educational L.aborlll«y Managing Editor COMMON SENSE-AI Future Commoru, students can'l say they are saved by lhe bell. Why? The 2-year-<>ld, 9th·111hh grade high Chanel Polk, University of Illinois (Chicago) school doesn't have a bell or a buzzer. ln order for students to know when lo change classes, they musl either look a! their watches, walch Polley Editor T~t~~llllf Vrlce Navarro • Ch/cl!go Tribunl for other students in the hallways or wail unlilleachers dismiss them. Most students run 10 class for fear of being late. if stu~ts are Ia" Shalamar Bernstein, Lincoln Park !hey musl serve an in·school detention, where they write an essay on a topic assigned by the disciplinarian. The school has an '""room Education Editor Stcrttlry system, bul it's nol used 10 tell students 10 change classes, and there is no sign of a bell ooming anytime soon. Helen Schubert-Helen Schubeft Public Relations Avian Carrasquillo, Weber -bmltttd by Caadkt Klvt~ Futurt Comllo.~ Bulletin Board Editor Aulmnt S.Crttary WHITE OUT B~At Gagt Park, adminislr.IIOrs have banned oorrcctional fluid (ak.a liquid paper or while out) in an at"mpl to Cameron Coleman, Whitney Young Paija Brierr-COOtnlil Colege curb lhe frequency of graffiti allhe South Side school. Nail polish is still acceptable, for now. Graphics/Illustrations Editor -bmltttd by A1aba Culbnllh, G~pl'lrk Mark Flores, Latin ~I Oll'fCtorJ Health Editor Mary Dedlnsky-Mecil Schod o/ Joomalsm SCHOOl SPIRIT?-Al Weber, offiCials had 10 cancel the planned pep rally during the all-boys school recent homecoming. When asked Brandi Jackson, Washington Jean Doyle- &In &J«r(s why lhe annual even I was dumped, school offiCials said il was due to lhe lack of fan support al games. AI NE prt:SS time, Sports Editor 'MIIlam '081' Frosi-Canadan Pacific F«tst ProOOcts, Inc. (18/.) the team was (}.5. -bmltttd by A'riaD Camtlqulllo, Weber David Jones, Fenger Glibel Gomez Fashion Editor Margarel Holt-CilcaQo Tribune SHOW ME YOUR ID-After going lhe entire month of September without IDs, UDCOia Park Ylayn Ousley, Whitney Young John B. Johnsoo-Rsnd McNsly &Ccnylany students are now proudly sporting new identification cards. Officials said lhe delay in lhe IDs was a NE Tech Editor flaw in a new sys"m where students and teachers had !heir pictures oompu"riz.ed and scanned Lilda ~Roosevelt University Corey Miggins, Kennedy-King College in. Photography Editor Willam H. Lawe-R.R. Drm6llfly &Sons -bmllttd by Sbalamar Berastela, UIICDia l'lrtl l.ayiCII E. OlsorHiowe & ltltbl, Ud. Edwin Sanchez, University of Chicago Lab LOCK DOWN-For lhe second lime !his school year, a female has been locked in oac Book Editor Cllude J. Peck, .k.-lnllnd ~ Focndllion {ret) of Fengtr's bathrooms. Some of the bathrooms on lhe school's floors lock while othm Latrlda Taylor, Lindblom Chns Ytffiaker • Mecfl Schod rJ Joc.malsm don't While both girls may have been embarrassed over the separate incidents, !hey were nol injured according to school officials. Special Assignments Editor Youth AdviMit --.ubmllttd by Da'rid J-, Fftlll' Natasha Taylor, Lincoln Park Ornl ~ LkWat!ity rJ lilo/$ (Oici!P) Jobs Editor TRIPPING- The EF Educational Tours of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is sponsoring the Fiflh Annual EF Ambassador Scholarship. Sixty·IWO students (one from each U.S. stale and each Canadian province and territory) will receive an 11-day expenses paid tour of Europe, Jennifer Walton, Curie Honorary Dnctorl departing July 1998. The only criteria for application is that you must waniiO see the world a.nd have aspirations 10 improve iL Winom will Entertainment Editor Joee ~Chapa Inc. Camx.ttM:ations 1ravel10 New York, london, Canterbury, Paris, Geneva and Lucerne. The oonlesl is open 10 all high school students, and applications are Amanda Veazley, Whitney Young Dicit Cic:cone-CIItap Tthwll I due Jan. 31, 1998. For applications or more information write: Ambassador Scholarship Program, EF Educational Tours, EF Center Bosloa, Fred Eychnr-Newswlb Cctpaafi<rl One Education Sueet, Cambridge, MA 02141-1883; send e-mail to: [email protected]; or visil the group's Internet site at Reporters Clnlce Plgt-ChlcBQo TtiJclle www.eftours.com. Katherlnne Bardales, University of Illinois (Champaign) Clwtea ~Sin-nn. (ret) Tokumbo Bodunde, University of Missouri TEST-A fru ACT prep test is being offered from 9:30a.m.. Noon on October 18th al The lsrul Church, 7620 S. Cottage Grove. Call ROOert Aegan-OaA:bnlok ~"' Lenora Boothe, Lindblom (773) 483-1131 10 register. High school SOphorDO!es, juniors and seniors are weloomcd 10 attend Caryn Bryant, Providence-St. Mel Hlill Sc:IUiz- ... /nc. Letrlce Dickerson, Prairie View A&M University Gloria~~ Inc. Got something going on al your school? Put il on the BullttiD Board/Camtroa Colem.u Youth Commualatloa@ Collllllbla Velda Holdman, Kenwood Colltgt, 600 S. Michlpa An., Chiago,IL ~1996 Unda Hudgins, Lane Tech Many tNnks to our friends and Cover photos Melissa Campbell Laurel Kaish , Von Steuben supporters who made this Issue by Candice Kivel, Future Commons poqlble: Dar'Keith Lofton, Foreman Tashwa Matthews, Lincoln Park Mor'rymols rr==== Ayttg .America, Inc. Table of Contents Marchae Miller, Calumet Monica Mueller, Lincoln Park The w.n c. Bannerman Follldation Bin & Jerr(J Fwldatla't Zelda Opara, Bogan llnYollnce Cam1itlee ol Christ Clurth Delexia Powell, Whitney Young ~.. Going to School, Getting Paid lllustr•tors/Photogr•phers 8olrd o1 orectm Henry T. Cllancler Rebecca Babcock, St. Scholastica Chis. J..eoiy Cornpeny Work study programs aid teens Columbia College Jeannine Chuchan, The Chicago C<m1uity TMI Devin Haley, Triton College Chicago Reader Joaquin Ochoa, Weber Chicago Soo-rrnes Charity Trust Nehruba Reddins, Whitney Young Chicago Trb.rre FOllldalloo City ol Chicago Department ol Cu'llnl Alfalrs, Gallery 37 Adult St•ff CNA lnalrance Companies Executive Director Oebolah L DeHaas Bill Brooks Gaylord and DonXhy Oomelley Foundation Scratching The Surface Editorial Advisor R.R. Doonelley & Sons Canpany Billy D. Montgomery Dow Janel Newspaper Fllld Itchy disease disturbs teens Copy Editor Ftl·~ FOUldabOn Friends ol Youth Coovnoolcatioo MargaretAnn Cross GATX Corporation Graphics Director Galery 37 Eric J . Williams The Inland Pr8Sa Foundation New • .,.,...,., to publtthed onr.oo a montn oxcepe My, August. 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