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Columbia College Chicago Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago New Expression Youth Communication Chicago Collection April 1984 New Expression: April 1984 (Volume 8, Issue 3) Columbia College Chicago Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.colum.edu/ycc_newexpressions Part of the Journalism Studies Commons This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. Recommended Citation Columbia College Chicago, "New Expression: April 1984 (Volume 8, Issue 3)" (1984). New Expression. 58. http://digitalcommons.colum.edu/ycc_newexpressions/58 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Youth Communication Chicago Collection at Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. It has been accepted for inclusion in New Expression by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. The Magazine of ~outh Communication .................~ Vol. 8, No.3 April, 1984 Boy Meets Girl! Big Deal? It is a big deal when both the boy and girl are top athletes in their fields in the nation. He is rated among the top five high school students running the 1500 meter race nationwide and ex pects to participate in the 1988 Olympics. She's a prize winning karate expert who has won over 700 trophies and who earned a black belt at the age of 13. See what happens when these two excep tionally gifted athletes from two totally differ ent worlds compete with one another in a range of athletic con tests. And find out more about each one of them through our photo stories on Pages Six and Seven. • NE repo rte r Kevin Davy un • Imagine a Prom Night when • The summer job crunch is on , Also Inside: covers the problems that may everything goes wrong . Actu and it may be "crunchier" than occur in the city this summer as ally you don 't have to imagine ever in '84. You 'll find the facts a result of the merging of two of it, you can read all about it on in Nick Huerta's article on Page Chicago 's largest street gangs. Page Five . Two. The story's on Page Three . Inside Track .. But now the bill is sitting in the House Chicago United applications are usu of Representatives for final approval. ally available through the high school job House Speaker lip O'Neill and House counselors. Under this program, teens Congress may add Majority leader Jim Wright are saying will work between 30 to 40 hours-per that they will not vote for this military aid. week for eight weeks at $3.35 an hour. If the House of Representatives rejects Both job programs will start July 1. 16,000 summer jobs the Military Aid bill, the Amendment to Nick Huerta fund summer jobs may also die. Teen workers in Chicago will fall on with them or be turned away even What will definitely exist for the first hard times this summer unless the U.S. though they may have waited in line for time under the 1984 Summer Youth Em Congress passes an emergency act to hours. Family income requirements are ployment Program, according to Mroz, is double the number of summer jobs that similar to last summer ($8,840 for a fam that a percentage of 18-21-year-olds will Teachers Chicago has been promised. ily of three; $19,440 for a family of eight). be placed in permanent jobs at the end Employment for high school students If the U.S. House of Representatives of the summer. These jobs will be "work will be especially hard this summer be agrees to approve a bill that has already experience jobs." set to face cause the new government job guide been passed by the Senate, then Chi " We will not have these people lines will give 6,000 of the 16,975 jobs to cago summer jobs could be back up to sweeping the streets, or playing basket 18-through 21-year-olds. And that 30,000, about as many as 1983. ball or what have you ," Mroz said. "We sex charges leaves only 10,000 jobs for applicants The Senate proposal is an amend are going to place these applicants in who are 14-through-17· years old. That's ment sponsored by Sen. Alan Dixon of areas where they'll learn skills such as The new guidelines set by Chicago 22,000 fewer jobs in 1984 for 14- Illinois to fund an added $100 million jobs computer programming, clerical work, Public School Superintendent Ruth through-17 year olds than they were able nationwide for the Summer Youth Em and accounting." love on sexual harrassment of students to get last summer. ployment Program. The 10,000 jobs available this sum may not add protection to students, According to Mark Mroz of the Mayor's However, this Amendment is attached mer for 14-to-17-y~ar olds will be the since sexual harrassment is hard to Office of Employment and Training, jobs to a bill that seeks money for military aid traditional " training jobs," such as prove. will be given out on a first-come, first for El Salvador and the rebel forces try sweeping streets, taking care of children New Expression's interviews with served basis. Applications will be avail ing to overthrow the Nicaraguan gov and, yes, keeping softball scores in the teachers and the Chicago Teachers able around May 15. Meanwhile, teens ernment. park. About 700 public job sites have Union indicate that teachers fear that interested in jobs can call the Hot Line What happened in the Senate was been approved. some students may charge a teacher (744-8787) to keep up with the latest that the Republicans, who wanted the The other major Chicago summer with sexual harrassment as a way of information about where and when the military aide requested by President employment program, Chicago United, getting revenge. applications will be processed. Reagan, met with the Democrats who is hoping to get jobs for 2,500 students. To keep this threat under control, ac Mroz warns that job applicants will wanted summer jobs and they agreed to As of April 12, 1,049 jobs have been cording to a representative from the Fifth have to bring all required eligibility proof swap votes. pledged, said Sharon Dungy, the pro District of the Chicago Teachers Union, gram Assistant Director. the Union is prepared to press a law suit Mountaineer ('~ STUDENTS Although every public high school re against the student or the students' par Sunglasses \ ceived applications for Chicago United ents, charging the student with slander Temporary Opening jobs last year, only 31 high schools re (false accusations). Retail $16.00 . on Sampling Crews ceived applications this year. Each of the Although tre revised guidelines state NOW $7 95 p ost paid 1984 schools received 135 applications. that "The employee should be recom Some sales experience The reason why only 31 high schools mended for suspension or dismissal if Available in Black, Red, Brown or equivalent helpful received applications this year, said the allegation has substance," a charge Dungy, is that "We don't want too large a (circle one) of sexual harrassment is very hard to After-school hours pool of eligible young people." prove unless there are witnesses. Most Check or money order payable to: until-8:00 p.m. Chicago public high schools that re sexual harrassment does not take place FOREST-ONE CONCEPTS ceived the applications the week of before witnesses, therefore creating a P.O. Box 1114 Limit T.V. CANDY COMPANY March 20 include Lindblom, Whitney situation of a Board Employee's word 3 per Chicago, Ill. 60690 Young, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Clemente against the student's word. customer 282-7825 and lane Tech. Colleen T. Robinson ·- What can you offer a high school graduate who isn't goin to colle e? A good living. "It was for me_ To me, it's my Ron Sample does one alma mater. I learned how to of the most important write in the Coast Guard. I iobs in America. went in as a mess boy and I came He learned It In the Coast Guard. out as a Chief Journalist. As a senior Aviation Machinist Mate "It was the at Brooklyn Air Station, Ron Sample has Alex Haley. most important a lot of responsibility. Not only does he author of Roots. experience of supervise the highly technical mainte my life. And it can be yours too, nance and repair of the Coast Guard air if you're qualified. '' craft used in rescue operations- but he Today, the Coast Guard offers is often a member of the crew perform great opportunities tor young men ing the rescue. and women . You can be part of a It' s a job that calls for a rare com small service that does a big job: bination of courage, leadership and saving lives, fighting pollution, technical expertise. And Ron Sample and enforcing maritime law. has plenty of all three. If this sounds good to you , call Like the crew members he super or wirte us. As Alex Haley says: vises, Ron learned his profession in the "You can do a lot of good for Coast Guard. He earned his rate through yourself helping others. And that's a series of specialized schools and prac what the Coast Guard is all about." tical experience, and now intends to make the Coast Guard his career. "I like the job security," Sample I I says. "And I especially like the I I idea of helping others while you help yourself. " Ron Sample is what to PETTY OFFICER day's Coast Guard is all DARRELL G.

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