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It has been accepted for inclusion in New Expression by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. • CREDITS TUNE IN--Join NE in discussing issues of concern to teens every Saturday morning on Chicago Access Hotline 21 (Cable Channel 21 ), from 9:30 - 9:55 NEW EXPRESSION a.m. This "live," liNE STAR call-in program Editor-In-Chief allows teens to dis Cecile Carroll, Kenwood cuss issues that impact our lives, N'Sight Editor from a teen perspec Terrence Chappell, Brother Rice tive. The program Features Editor runs every Saturday Danielle Scruggs, St. Scholastica through the end ·of Entertainment Editor June. Tune in , call in Teneille Gibson, Morgan Park and tell a friend. Opinions Editor ~ 011 TV llloStS Teuille Gillsol, Mlr'9ll Pllt lsUtPIII sweat•l aad Cecile Carrol, leawiiGd. review 1llei' aotes before a sltow, as Jessica Clmlll, JoHs U• lefll 111'1811'1$ to lib callS II tile IIOIIIIIIf Sa-..., •llnlilll TV sllow. 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Communication. © 2002 Youth Communication N'SIGHT '"Teenagers.., bevvare' Students win commitments on Summer new school securitv measures Compt!ed hy E staff Another CYU member, Margie Rodriguez, 16, told Duncan that many of ecurity guards 111 Ch1cago Public the ecurity guards are not much older than choob (C P) will begin \\Caring vi ible the students, which creates a level of con curfew name tags am1d other pos 1ble changes, fol flict in itself. liwmg a tO\\ nhall meeting between Chicago "At some chools guards are just 18, Public . chools and youth group, Chicago "'hich means we can't tell the difference Youth n1ted (CYU). betv.een a guard and a tudent, especially early 350 CY teens met \~ith CP mce many (guards) 5pend the1r time flirt chool Ch1ef Arne Duncan last month to ing wnh tudents, in<>tead of doing their crackdown addrc. the problem they ha c experienced jobs," Rodriguez aid. ""ith ecurity officer<> m high chool . Other complaint aired by the group Teens like Aaron Garc1a said students are included: By Cecile Carroll a!el;." Dav1 said. able to enter h1s <>chool w1th guns, and he * Con ult1ng students on ecuril} guard Kenwood La t year, the Ch1cago \\onder \\ hy the ecurity guards are not trammg mea ures Pollee Department reported preventmg 11. * Changmg the hift change polic) to Teenagers beware. If you 71,000 curfe\\ "'10lat1on , ther CY teen uggested that security accommodate student lea\. i ng school guards be bener tramed and h1gher stan Whtle not committing to any immediate thought adults and law offi accordmg to the task force. dard be applied to the1r job . change , the group sa~ Duncan did agree cials nagged you enough on However, according to the to future meeting with the group to \\Ork on the weekends, it is going to National League of Cities, "We kno"" there 1s trammg for etunty guards. but we .,...ouldn't be here tomght if it the propo ed changes. get worse. cities that rei on curfew to wa wor!...1ng," ->aid CY member Kitty "Th1 i ju t the beginning." said CYU While the weather may be control v1olence and crimes Pa1gc. member lvaro aldana. warmer and the days are are succe sful in elimmatmg longer, hanging out late th1s the problem. only half the summer could have you time. hanging with the pollee, The League . Uf'eyed near accordmg to a law enforc ly 800 c1ties and found that Teens get involved in LSC elections ment and government ta k after nightt1me curfc.,... s were force cracking down on cur implemented, gang violence Compiled hy \£Staff dunng the ummer. includtng de.,. eloping a fews. was reduced by as much as In 19 9. the fir t year of chool unpro\emem plan. This task force, spearhead 50 percent. Also. Cities that Mo-;t h1cago h1gh the L C's, -20 student appro' ing and monitoring ed by Congressman Danny enforced day time ( chool school students arc too campa1gned for lot , but the chool budget. and K. Davis (D-7th), says it is hour) curfews, a\ a marked young to vote, but they are -;ince that }ear, tntere t fell addressing the need to steer reduction in juven1le truancy, electmg the chool' prin not too young to run for ofT, tlropptng to I 72 in Cipal. young people away from gang violence and cnmes leadl.!r hip pO'>lliOn 1n the1r 199 . crime and drugs by eliminat among teens. " ur children' future schools. Otlictal feel that \\ 1th ing the late night hour when According to the Chicago re!Je on im oh ement." Last month, more than more marketing. tudcnt many of these crimes occur. Juvenile Curfew rdmance, a1d Arne Duncan. Chi ago 200 '\tudents campa1gncd to mterest \\ill mcrea e. During a press conference children under 17 shou ld be Publ1c chooL Chtef. in a reprc ·ent the youth '01ce rach L C is composed announcing the initiative, at home between the hour~ pre<;, taternent on their Local 'chool of COlll lllliOit) re~idents. Davis said the task force of I 0:30 p.m. - 6 a.m. during As1dc from the 206 ·tu want to "ensure that summer the week and II :30 p.m.-6 ouncil (LSC). teachers, parenh. and htgh dcnt ·. the L C filing period is a positive interlude for our p.m. on the weekend'> In the third h1gh~.:st can school students. 1 children." Parents are subject to a $200 didate total, '>lncc the lnl local school counctl ended \\ ith OH~r .500 can "This is not a pancea for to $500 fine if thc1r youth ttal clect1on in 1989, 206 \ olunteer member 1.., didate:-. in lu iing 4.~00 youth crime, but is one violate curfew. !·or more teens ran during the May c.\.pected to ..,pend at least parent reprcst'ntat I\ e~. important tool for our village details, go the the web ite: elections. I 0 hours a month \\or!-. ing 1,675 communi!) residents. to usc in raising our children www.nlc.org. Their term c; will beg1n on oflicwl L ' duties.