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The Magazine of ~outh Communication Vol. 9 No. 5 .................~ September, 1985 Do song lyrics create sex fantasies? Will warning labels on record albums prevent teens from buying "porno" records, such as "Like a Virgin" and "You Give Good Love?" Reporter Stephanie Walters talks to teens, to record companies, to deejays and to the PTA in her investigation of the new wave of explicit song lyrics. The U.S. Senate is now also getting into the action. You can too! Read Page 6. Also Inside • Chicago teens are breaking curfew. Why are the police so inconsistent in the way they enforce curfew laws? Glenyse Thompson explores the problem on Page 3. • "Young Chicago" is back! Read Glibel Gomez's emotional short story about two teens learning the dif­ ference between dreams and realities on Page 8. Inside- Out A teen report on Chicago schools Why are so many Chicago high school INSIDE Chicago high school students students locked out of their schools by themselves. Students are the INSIDERs. 8:05 each morning? That's why New Expression paid eight Do Chicago's college-bound students high school INSIDERs to analyze the evaluate their high school classes to be Chicago public high schools last summer. sure that they will survive in college? The result of their surveys, interviews, Should Chicago high school students be student hearings and long hours of study is tutoring one another? Counseling one printed in a 12-page report for this another? Managing services for the September issue of New Expression. schools? You'll find their report - in color - in The answers to these questions are the middle of this newspaper. Inside Track Networks tune out to teen contraceptive commercials It's noon and a teenager tunes into the make about sex. And if a teen decides to latest episode of "All My Children." On be sexually active, AGOG wants him or the screen Tad Martin and Dottie her to be prepared to be responsible." Thornton can be seen in a foggy win­ To help accomplish their goal, AGOG dowed car kissing and . ... has instituted a toll free number: 1- The sexual activity that comes after 800-INTENDS where a youth can ca ll to the kissing is the concern of a campaign obtain a booklet called "The Facts." The sponsored by the American College of booklet tackles teens' questions about Obstetricians and Gynecologists. sex and contraceptives . AGOG, along with Martin E. Janis & Co., has recently produced a series of TV commercials about contraceptives Tanya Bonner ai med at combating unintended teen pregnancies . The TV commercials encourage Photo courtesy of the American Broadcasting Company teens to use a method of birth control if Youth year dates they decide to become sexually active. Just three months left in International October's theme is "Youth Develop­ When AGOG sent copies of the TV Youth Year! ment" NE editors commercial to CBS , ABC and NBC, the -From Oct. 6-9, the " International networks tuned out. Here are some September-October Youth Service Conference" offers work­ regret mishap "NBC decided not to air the commer­ events planned for the Chicago-area, shops on youth opportunities for service ci als because they explicitly emphasize most of which are free: and teen justice to be held at the Hotel contraception, which is one thing we September is "Education Month." Continental, 505 North Michigan. The The editors of New Expression extend don't get involved with," the Channel 5 - " Black Expression/American Tra­ registration fee for all three days is $75, our apology to the Cook County Sheriff's spokesperson said; who asked that her ditions" is at the Art Institute and the but students can attend on the day of Department for the fact that several of our name would not be used. Chicago Public Library, Cultural Center. their choice for $35. For application in­ staff acted irresponsibly during Interna­ Fran Preston, public relations man­ For more information, call George formation, call Linda Coon, 793-3255. tional Youth Year. The Sheriff's Department ager for ABC, mentions that it is just the Schneider, 443-8680, throughout Sep­ If you are interested in housing a teen gave our staff several opportunities to pro­ network's policy not to air any commer­ tember. from a foreign country who is attending vide teen leadership in Youth Year activi­ cials on birth control. However, local -"Chicago Metro History Fair: the conference for three days, contact ties, and we did not meet our commitment CBS, ABC and NBC stations would not Selected Exhibits" is at the Daley Center Debbie Davenport, 427-2710. on several occasions. comment on this matter. Plaza. For more information call Adrian - On Oct. 16, help out " World Food Moreover, our actions were hypocritical In a news release , Dr. Luella Klein, Capehart, 943-9090, throughout Sep­ Day," sponsored by Church World Ser­ because New Expression criticized the former president of AGOG, argues that, tember. vice. For more information , call Janet local adult organizers of youth events for Palrod, 953-2767. not involving teens and giving them leader­ / "There appears to be a preoccupation with sex on TV . without one word ship in our May editorial. about sexual responsibility." The editors hope that the Department AGOG has been attempting to change Big hike in student bus cards recognizes that the irresponsibity of a few this situation, and, according to Morton of our staff members is not representative Lebow, public information director, they Teens upset about the increase in stu­ that the 250 percent increase will be a of all the teens at New Expression, and are making some progress. dent bus cards from $2 to $5 can express problem for some students. certainly is not representative of teen lead­ "So far the campaign has attracted a their opinion to the CTA , a public affairs Schofield said the CTA deemed it a fair ers throughout the city. lot of attention. Already minor network spokesman said. increase. "Of course some students will We still firmly advocate greater participa­ stations have aired the television com­ A CTA spokesman, who refused to be have problems paying $5 but some stu­ tion by youth in the events of International mercial," he said. identified, attempted to justify the bus card dents carry $50 bills to school too," he saiCl. Youth Year and in all city-wide youth ser­ "AGOG's main goal," Lebow said, "is hike by saying, " It's a oneshotdeal" and the Students can write to: Michael Cardilli, vices. to call teens' attention to the fact that first raise in nine years. CTA chairman, 222 Merchandise Mart there are choices a young person can Spokesman Glenn Schofield admitted Plaza Chicago, II., 60654. Robin Wade Emergency Medical Tech )raining Program EMT-A at: COLUMBUS HOSPITAL Final Registration September 30th Call Trudy Case/Director 541-8484 2520 N. 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By Glenyse Thompson caring about what the police might Some of Chicago's off-duty say or do, after curfew begins. police officers are working as The next Weekend I may leave out security at parties where teens even though it is after curfew, but are in violation of the curfew law. caring because I hear that some­ Teens leaving some of these par­ one in my neighborhood had been ties are being picked up by on­ picked up. duty police officers for violation of " In my opinion. the police are curfew. not consistent in enforcing curfew Th1s Inconsistency in the en­ correctly. You can never guess forcement of curfew is typical of when you could be picked up for what teens polled by New Ex­ violating curfew," Quintrece said. pression throughout the city say Officer Dowwles, a News Af­ they are experiencing. Nearly 60 fairs spokesperson with the Chi­ percent said, "some police are not cago Police Department, would consistent and I never know what not comment on the inconsistency to expect" about curfew laws. that teens find in enforcing the City curfew states that all teens curfew. ages 16 and under must be ac­ She referred the question to compamed by an adult after 11 :30 Commander Orvell Ric, who on Friday and Saturday nights and works in District 6. " It should not 10:30 on weeknights. be," he said.