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April 18, 1972 Little Competition for School Offices? by Doug Patinkin, to Peter, Elections Chairman Volume 47, Number 8 • University High School, 1362 East 59th Streete Chicago, Illinois 60637e Tuesday, April 18, 1972 Little competition for school offices? By Doug Patinkin, to Peter, elections chairman. Stu­ political editor dents will be running for positions on SLCC, Student Board and Cultural Little competition is expected for Union. Elections for Social Union the May 2 elections of all-school will be included only if SLCC decides officers. to continue it. The president and vice president The week after all-school elec­ of the Student Legislative Coordinat­ tions, voting for class officers will ing Council (SLCC), Junior Jay Goi­ take place., ter and Senior Peter Shapiro, believe Until Jast year, most candidates the problem may be the result of were nominated two weeks prior to increasing student disinterest in stu­ the election and several students ran dent government because of its di­ for most positions. minishing effectiveness (see 10-sec­ This year and last, however, stu­ ond editorial page 8). dents ran for many positions unop­ PETITIONI~G for offices prob­ posed. ably will begin Thursday, according JAY FEELS that the increasing lack of interest in elections is due to the fact that "students have realized Seniors help that student government isn't going to accomplish anything." organize hike He added that, "A few years ago Photo by Margot Miller U-Highers will direct the planning people thought that when they elect­ DURING THE CLIMAX of ''Tiger, Tiger Thomas) to leave home in a dramatic attempt to and execution of the Chicago Walk ed somebody they'd be changing the Burning Bright," Mama (Senior Kim Wer­ save him from her overprotectiveness. His sister, for Development May 7. school. At that time concerned stu­ ninghaus) tells her pleading son (Senior Joe Ci lie (Sophomore Gayle Hoard) painfully listens. The 30-mile walk, also known as dents ran. But now they realize that the Hike for Hunger, will begin in student government is largely in­ Grant Park, time to be announced. effective." Senior John Goldwyn, who found­ Peter feels that Principal Marga­ Black Arts Week to include ed last year's Chicago Walk and is ret Fallers and Lab Schools Director coordinating this year's, said that Philip Jackson have changed the since the first Walk took place five role of SLCC and made it less plays, speakers, exhibits years ago in Fargo, N.D., the idea effective. has spread to hundreds of commu­ "FALLERS AND Jackson ex­ "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" way in 1962. Exhibits, planned by Mimi, will nities. ercise their authority as they feel fit will be the theme of this year's Black According to Drama Teacher Paul include a display of books by black Working with John as co-coordina­ without much regard to student gov­ Arts Week, April 24-28. Shedd, its director, the story origi­ authors and African art in the glass tor are U-High Seniors Martin Book­ ernment. Thus there is a wide The program is being sponsored nally was set during the Korean War cases on the first floor. Mimi also er, Joel Friedland and Howard Nus­ spread belief among students that by the Black Students Association but has been updated to the Vietnam plans to arrange an exhibit of black baum. S.G. is a joke. This of course leads to (BSA) for the second year. BSA War for U-High's production. student poetry and art work in the Eighty-five per cent of the money disinterest in elections and in stu­ members with major planning re­ The play deals, he said, "with the library. raised by the walkers- each walker dent government." sponsibilities include Seniors David tendency of the black mother to A DIN~ER of black soul food is is responsible for securing donations Peter added that with the Council Cockrell and Leslie Riley and Soph­ dominate the family and overprotect planned for Friday before the play. according to the number of miles he of Procedures and Rules in effect, omore Mimi Poinsett. her children." A fee of 50cents to $1 will be charged. completes-will be split between one SLCC is less involved in legislation "TO MAKE blacks and nonblacks LESLIE HAS scheduled four black Trips to the DuSable Museum, foreign and one domestic project. and rulemaking so it has become aware of black culture" is the pur­ dances for different mornings of the Afro Arts Theater and Black The remaining 15 per cent will go less important. pose of Black Arts Week, according week, all to be performed in the Topographical Center will be of­ for operating expenses of the Ameri­ ALTHOUGH only three weeks sep­ to David. Belfield Theater. fered, with signup sheets posted can Freedom from Hunger Founda­ arate the announcement of the elec­ The week will include plays, dance Five U-High girls will present one around the school. tion, a government agency started in tion and the election itself, Peter productions, speakers, exhibits, a of the dances. Other dance per­ 1961by President John F. Kennedy. feels the period will be adequate for dinner and several trips to places of formers will come from Malcolm X According to John, this year the campaigning. black culture. The black literary College, Harlan High School and a In The walk route has been planned to avoid "There's no point in having cam­ magazine, Onyx, will be published. community theater-dance group. the area west of Sixty-seventh paigns and signs everywhere six The play "Tiger, Tiger Burning Speakers, still to be confirmed, Wind Street, where several beatings took weeks before the election,'' he said. Bright" by Peter Seiblenam, will be may include Dr. Charles G. Hurst Beginning yesterday - Sophomore, place on last year's walk. Jay also feels that the short inter­ presented each evening from Jr., president of Malcolm X; Mrs. junior girls cheerleading clinic, John recommends that walkers val does not matter. Wednesday, April 26 through Satur­ Margaret Burroughs, head of the 3:30-4:30p.m., Sunny Gym. wear thick socks and hard-soled "Anybody who's going to run day, April 29 in Belfield 137, the DuSable Museum of African Ameri­ Tuesday, April 8 - Volleyball, Mor­ shoes and dress for the weather that knows it before the election is an­ theater. Times and ticket prices will can History, and a Black Panther. gan Park, 4 p.m., home. day. nounced anyway. If a person can't be announced. Mr. Tim Black, a social studies Thursday, April 20-Friday, April 21 Food and water will be provided get his 50 signatures on his petition "TIGER, TIGER Burning Bright" teacher at Wright College who was -Freshman, sophomore and jun­ along the way. in 10days, he might as well not run." was originally presented on Broad- among North Central Association ior class testing. evaluators who visited U-High re­ Friday, April 21 - Baseball, Latin, cently, will lead a discussion group 3:30 p.m., away; Boys Tennis, on education. Latin, 4p.m., away. MR. HAROLD Johnson, director Monday, April 24-Friday, April 28 - Blowing the whistle on crime of the film "Bird of the. Iron Feath­ Afro-Arts Week. er," will talk about the differences Tuesday, April 25 - Baseball, Har­ By Karen Meier between black and white actors and vard-St. George, 4 p.m., home; Increasing numbers of U-Highers are carrying whistles as part of a art in movies. BSA hopes to get the Boys Tennis, Elgin, 4 p.m., home. community safety program. Called Project WhistleSTOP, it was started last film from WTTW, channel 11, which Wednesday, April 26-Program for month by the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference (HPKCC). showed it recently. freshman, sophomore parents Under the plan, people who observe trouble on the streets blow their In addition to the distribution of (storypage9), 7:30p.m. whistles. When someone hears a whistle blown, he calls the police and blows Onyx, a reading of poetry by black Wednesday, April 26-Saturday, his whistle. This response signals to the assailant and victim that the police U-Highers and other authors is April 29 - "Tiger, Tiger Burning have been called. Project WhistleSTOP was adapted from a successful scheduled. Bright,'' Belfield 137, times to be program begun last July on a block in New York City, according to Mr. Ross announced. Lathrop, coordinator of the project in Hyde Park-Kenwood. Thursday, April 27 - Volleyball, The whistles can be bought for 50 cents at the Hyde Park Bank and Trust Former student Latin, 4p.m., home. Co., 1525East Fifty-third St. and the University Bookstore, 5750Ellis Ave. Friday, April 28 - Boys tennis, Mr. Lathrop welcomes students in the program. "Whether because of hurt in accident Francis Parker, 4 p.m., away; their long hair or other reasons they are the most hassled group in the Aaron Parzen, a U-Higher who Baseball, Francis Parker, 3: 30 community. Therefore, it is important that they be an integral part of the moved last year to La Jolla, Calif., p.m., away; Girls Tennis, Francis program.'' was seriously injured in an auto­ Parker, 4p.m., home. U-Highers say they have various reasons for buying the whistles. truck collision March 28 in Northern Tuesday, May 2 - All-school elec­ Junior Gerald Robin bought his whistle "for my own personal safety and California. tions; Baseball, Morgan Park, to protect other people in the neighborhood.'' According to a student in contact 3:30 p.m., away; Boys Tennis, Senior Susan Smith explains, "I bought a whistle to support a with the Parzen family, Aaron has Morgan Park, 4p.m., away. worthwhile community project. I like to feel that if I ever heard anyone in been in a coma since the accident.
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