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New Expression: November 2006 (Volume 29) Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago New Expression Youth Communication Chicago Collection November 2006 New Expression: November 2006 (Volume 29) 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: November 2006 (Volume 29)" (2006). New Expression. 209. http://digitalcommons.colum.edu/ycc_newexpressions/209 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. Chicago high scho«;»ls on probation Page 14 More CPS students signing up for tutoring Page 6 How does the mini­ mum wage affect teens in llinois? Page 5 Safe Haven laws bene­ fit babies and teen moms Page 7 Should all schools have off-campus lunch? Page 16 Editor-In-Chief Staff John Hope Tywanna Lesley, Marshewn Markham Ill, Harlan Academy Lori Moody, Currie High School John Martmez. Curne High School Features Editor Camille Villegas, Clemente H1gh School Whitney Helm, Young Women's Cynth1a Collms, Our Lady ofTepeyac Leadership School Jasmine Stuart. North Lawndale College Prep Graphics/Layout Shemika Cooksby, North Lawndale College Prep Judith Espino Felena Carmena, Perspective Charter David Hughes, Jones College Prep Mariah Allen, Perspective Charter Nikita Burns, Morgan Park Sharonda Underwood, Morgan Park Copy Editor Vincent Dixon, Gwendolyn Brooks . Phil Costello, Executive Director Wendell Hutson, Program Director President After School Matters Columbia College Chicago Annette Peck, Executive Service Corp. Alphawood Foundation • (Volunteer) Brinson Foundation 619 S. Mich1gan Avenue William C. Bannerman Foundation Vice-President Francis Beidler Foundation Phone (312) 922-7150 William D. Frost, Canadian Pac1fic Chicago Community Trust Fax (312) 922-7151 Newspnnt (Ret1red) Chicago Reader Chicago Tribune Foundation Secretary Christ Church Benevolence Fund [email protected] Charles Boyce, MAE/johnny Commu­ City Colleges Chicago nications Coleman Foundation New Expression is printed by the Columbia College Chicago Treasurer Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Russell Pryor, Dolins, Dolins & Sonn­ Elizabeth Morse Genius sky. LTD Charitable Trust Illinois Arts Council Past President Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family John Marshall, Bowater Newspnnt Foundation Kenosha News I Howard Brown Board Members Lake Couno/ Press, Inc. Todd Adams, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee journal Sentinel Giovanna Breu, People Magaz1ne Newspaper Association of Kevin Davy, Shore Bank America Tracey Robinson-English, Ebony Magaz1ne Northern Trust Company Jerry Field, lllino1s Institute ofTechnology Albert Pick, Jr. F.und Layton Olson, Howe & Hutton Polk Bros Foundation Relations Foundation Roosevelt University St. Paul Travelers Insurance United Parcel Service Howard L. Willette Foundation newsbriefs ol \() • 0 0 N r1 L.. Q) ..0 E Q) > Garfl ld Park Girl dl during z0 stud nt lnJur d gym cia c 0 by pollee Vl Vl Q) Students and teachers at Andrew High School are still mourning the death L.. of a sophomore student who collapsed in Oetober during a gym class the a.. X Recently six students were transported to area hospitals after mace was day before LU sprayed at a Garfield Park high school when police responded to a report­ ~ ed gang disturbance. Angelita Gutierrez, 16. ofTinley Park. was walkmg on the school's outdoor Q) track about noon when she collapsed. z Chicago beat officers responded to reports of a gang disturbance at Marshall High School at the 3200 block ofWestAdams Street. according The Cook County medical examiner's office ruled that Gutierrez died of a to police News Affairs Officer Kelly Liakopoulos. The officers discharged congenital heart problem for which she was being treated. mace while in the school. she said. An EMS Plan I and Level I Hazardous Materials response was called about Consolidated H1gh School District 230 spokeswoman Carla Erdey said the noon because of the mace. Fire Media Affairs Assistant Director Eve Tinley Park school has portable defibrillators, but she did not know if one Rodriguez said, correcting inttial_ reports. was used in trymg to resuscitate the girl. Six students were transported to area hospitaLs. Three went to Mount The Gutierrez family declrned to comment. Sinai Hospital, one in "red'' or "serious to critical" condition. and t:Wo m One netghbor satd the famtly moved IntO thetr home a few months ago. "green" or "good" condition. Three other students were transported m "green" condition to John H. Scroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and Rush "I just knew them from wavmg when they pulled tn and out of their drive­ Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rodnguez sa1d. way." sa1d the neighbor, who asked that his name not be used. "They seem to be ntce people, but I really don't know them. That's horrible what happened to thetr daughter. Just hornble " nc a 0 Two of the state's highest-Sconng public high schools-Northside College Prep and Walter Payton College Prep--both need new pnnctpals by June 30, creating a first-of-its kind talent search in Chicago Having two such top-flight Ch1cago public school openings at the same time 1s "unprecedented." sa1d Barbara Radner. dtrector of DePaul University's Center for Urban Education and longtime CPS observer. "This is like Harvard and Yale," Radner said. "I guess this IS the marathon." Northside Prep, overlooking the North Channel of the Chicago R1ver, opened In 1999 at Bryn Mawr and Kedzie to rave reviews. It was the first of a new set of test-based college preps intended to stop the "brain drarn" of high-sconng kids fleeing the city's public h1gh schools. Payton opened in 2000 at Oak and Wells, on the edge of Chicago's posh Gold Coast. and quickly moved up the test score ranks Last year. it came in second in the state -- tied with Whitney Young Magnet High School. Payton officials learned they would need a new leader when Principal Gail Ward was tapped to become head of CPS Principal Preparation and Development. Northside officials, meanwhile, have been hunting for over a month for a replacement for James "Jay" Lalley, the former principal of St. Ignatius College Prep who opened Northside and will be retiring at the end of the school year. Since Aug. 31, only I 0 candidates have applied for the Northside job, despite two rounds and $5,000 of national advcrtrsing. 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They must solely rely on their income many fam11ies mcluding teen parents, but many "' "'<11 from working to surv1ve. people wonder 1f the dollar mcrease will real­ L c.. Many teens have said earning $6.50 an hour, ly make a difference. X the current minimum wage in Illinois, is a rep­ Most people can agree that the current mini­ UJ resentation of freedom and liberation from mum wage and living below the poverty line " An increase in min1mum wage to $7.50 may ~ <11 parents. is detrimental to families, especially the chil­ help families depending on how many hours z dren. they work," said Parker. But making minimum wage is simply not "Someone who works full-time should not be Many people agree that an mcrease of $1 is enollgh especially when teens become the living in poverty. The child of those who make not gomg to cause m1racles but they do parents. mmimum wage suffers the most because the1r believe It's a st<lrt to a better life. parents are always workmg," sa1d Marnanne According to the U.S. Department of Labor, McMullen, commumcatlons director of SEIU, " Any kind of Increase w ill add to the local the 1996 Amendments to the FLSA allow an orgamzed labor union economy It has a pos1tive affect in the com­ employers to pay teens minimum wage of not munities for people who need goods and less than $4.25 an hour to employees who serv1ces," McMullen added. are under 20 years of age dunng the first 90 The Solution consecu~ive calendar days after mit1al employ­ ment. After 90 consecutive days of employ­ Fortunately, Illinois leaders recognize the ment. the worker must receive the m1n1mum problem work1ng people have living on min­ Jackets! wage of $5. 15 per hour, which is the current imum wage and plan to do something all ryles and color federal mmimum wage. about 1t. sa1d McCullen. COMPL ~TI:: WITH LETI"ER £!\G :-ill EMBLE~I S In 2005, Illinois raised its to $6.50 an hour for Accordmg to Thomas Balanoff, president of -SCHOOL employees 18 and older. Employees under age the SEIU IllinoiS Council, Gov Rod -TEAMS 18 are able to earn a minimum of $6, wh1ch 1s Blagojevich has consistently led efforts to -CHEERLEADERS 50 cents less than the adult mmimum wage.
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