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It has been accepted for inclusion in New Expression by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. ·.~~·:·x· ~teW e~ev:-e~ff'V elass of 7996 YOUTH COMMUNICATION 1995·1996 Board of Directors Officers It is ished President ~w e'lf'"e~ff'V William (Dal) Frost · (ret.) Canadian Pacific Forest Products, Inc. NE St•ff '95·'96 It's over. We made it. Four years of high school is down to a matter of hours. Looking back, I hope Immediate Past President Managing Editor each and every senior feels proud of his or her accomplishments and remembers only the good times Deborah L. DeHaas · Arthur Andersen & Co. Heather MacDonald, Kenwood and the friendships they formed. College/Careers Editor VIce President We leave the Chicago Public School System experiencing growing pains while trying to affect real Helen Murphy Jones • Crain's Chicago Marjani J. Coffey, St. Ignatius reform. While the fi rst steps have been taken, much remains to be done. If real rcfonn is to take root in Business Creative Writing Editor our schools, they need our communities' support. As alumnis, we can give back to our former schools Kente B. Johnson-Taylor, Chicago Academy for the Arts Treasurer and help innumerable struggling students. None of us could have Marta Kilpatrick • Sara Lee Corporation Entertainment Editor done it alone, and to solve the problems the school system deals William Lee, Harold Washington College Secretary with, we must help others. Layton E. Olson · Howe & Hutton, Ltd. Health Editor I'd like to think that the Class of 1996 will herald a new era of Rachael Zamora. Whitney Young Assistant Secretary young adult activism and change. perhaps starting with the News Briefs Editor Helen Schubert • Helen Schubert Public Democratic National Convention this August. We must move Robert Martin, Htrsch Metro Relations forward without forgetting where we came from and how we got Fashion Coordinator General Directors there. Shena Ponder. Whitney Young Phi lip Costello · Logic Plus It's obvious that teens can make a difference in their own lives Mary Dedinsky · Medill School of Journalism Photography Editor and the lives of those around them. While being a student is hard Jean Doyle • Ben & Jerry's John Kraft, St. Ignatius enough, we, as teens and young adults. must remember to fight to Kai El' Zabar · N'DIGO Magapaper make our voices heard no matter how uphill the battle may be, Special Assignments Editor Paula Eubanks · Columbia College while remembering to have fun and be young. Marcia Chatelain, St. Ignatius Bill Haljun ·The Neighbor Group Heather MacDonald has experienced a lot of changes this year, and Sports Editor John B. Johnson • Rand McNally & Company New Expression Harold Bell, Hyde Park Claude Peck • (ret.) Inland Steei-Ryerson I think that we have attempted to give teens a voice that the Foundation establishment must listen to or be left behind. Teens must remember that they are in control of their Alpaa ... Chemica Brown, Whitney Young Harvey K. Porchia · Chicago Tribune own destinies, with a voice and an opinion that deserves to be heard and acted upon. Peace. Ka rmeisha Boyd, Whitney Young Dimitra Tasiouras · Chicago Foundation for P.S. Our regular health column, sponsored by the William C. Bannerman Foundation, is this month's Quiana Carter, Whitney Yo ung Women cover story. Ayesha Harmon, Whitney Young Craig Taylor· YOCAT Design Heather }VIacDonald Davtd Jones, Fenger Youth Advisor Sarat Mackey, Maria Heather MacDonald, Kenwood Mooog;"gEd;tO< ~ ) Leslie Matthews, Whitney Young Honorary Directors Corey Miggins, Harlan Jose Chapa • Jose Chapa lroc .. Communications Alexandna Morns, Whttney Young Dick Ciccone· Chicago Tribune Roman Morrow, Columbia College Fred Eychaner · WPWR·TV Channel SO Anne E. Nash, Lane Tech Clarence Page· Chicago Tribune Ylayn Ousley, Whitney Young Charles Price- (ret.) Chicago Sun-Times C over photo b y Paul Price, South Shore Billye Rhodes, Whitney Young Robert Regan • Oakbrook International Merideth Stone, Whitney Young Heidi Schultz· Agora Inc. Marcus Thomas, Kenwood Gloria Scoby • Crain Communicaltons, Inc. Amanda Veasley, Whitney Young Table o[ Contents llluatr•tors/Photogr•phers Many thanks to our friends and supporters Mark Flores, Latm who made this Issue possible: John Martin The College Beat Paul Pnce, South Shore ACLU AT&T Mtke Rob1nson, Morgan Park Amencan National Bank Foundation Religious institutions and Hollywood U. Bualneaa lntema Anhur Andersen/ Roberto Balcazar and Andersen Consulting Jahmilah Bell, Jones Metro Avenor America, Inc. BankAmerica Foundation Adult St•ft Bank ol America Illinois Executive Director The Chicago Bar Foundation B1ll Brooks Ben & Jerry's Editorial Advisor William C. Bannerman Foundation The Board of Directors The Law & You Adolfo Mendez Leo BumeH Company, Inc. Copy Editor The Chicago Community Trust Handling street encounters with police MargaretAnn Cross Chicago Reader Graphics Director Chicago Tribune Foundation City Ails Enc J W1ham s Crain's Chtcago Business Photography Director The Friends of Youth Communication Ramses del Pmto Dania The Freedom Forum GATX Corporation Advertising Director Gallery 37 Greg E. McClain Harris Bank Foundation Celebrating New Expressions Business Manager Household International, tnc. Diane Lynn Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Kemper Funds * Supplement begins after pg. 8 Director of Development Kraft Foods, Inc. Edd1e L. Robinson Chas. Levy Company New E•pre ..l on Is publoshod once a monlh except July. August and The John D. and Catherine T MacArthur Seplember by Youth Communocaloon, a noltor·prolol organlzahon Foundation EdoiOtlaJ oHoces are al70 E Lake Sueet. Suote 81 5, Chicago , IL 60601 Marshall Field's Phone (31 2) 641 NEWS FAX (312) 641 ·6470 The Nalco Foundation E·mall. NewXpreasOaot.com The Northern Trust Company F01 a subscnptlon, send S1 2 (eoghltssuos) per year The Albert Prck, Jr. Fund Sisters With Voices to Youth C01nmunlca11on. New E•pre ..lon ClrculniiOn, Polk Bros. Foundation 70 E. Lake Sueot, Suite 81 5, ChiCago . tL 60601 WPWR-TV Channel 50 Foundation whh name, address and zop code Walgreens A new beginning for the sistas C 1996 Youth C01nmunlcatlon W.P. & H.B. Whtte Foundation Howard L.Wlllett Foundation, tnc. Women In Communications, Inc. 2 NE JUNE 1996 gender you like to sleep w1th, it body and half of lhe time it's from By William Lee, Harold Wa. hington doc~n't make any difference." boredom or dissatisfaction wilh !.heir Bangcok says. Curtis Lowe, a appearance." Nineteen-year-old Maugarita Teens getting pierced tattooist at the Ch1 cago Tauooing Tkalccvic Vladimir. M.D .. says Gonzalez it up nervously on the Co., agree>. "You can p1ck anyone from an adult standpoint lhat ''basi examination table. from lawyers to doctors, college cally the main psychological problem ''I'm a little nervou - now ," she students, white-collar workers. is entering into society now when ays, giggling. in more places than More professional people are being lhcy're adults [with tattoos]." The piercing artist goes through tattooed now:· he says. "There is a percentage of people the steps a fi nal time and lays out Piercing and tattooing aren' t new who do have [mental] instabilities," the in truments necessary for the fad~. Bangcock insists, poinung out Bangcock says. "But lhe majority of procedure. He choose and sterilizes just their ears ... that body piercing and tauoos have people getting p1erced and tattooed the spot where the ring will go, been practiced since the beginning are very lhougbtful, artistic-minded placing the receiving tube in ide of ume. He ci ted a magatme article people." one nostril to make sure not to about the Iceman, a prchi>tonc man Lumenthal agrees. "It used to be puncture the eptum. He pu he the found 111 ICC who apparentl} had that way: Tattoos were a b1ker lhing needle through her no~e. then ptcrcmgs and tattoos around his or pi<!rcmg was kind of a freaky sort place a terilized nng into the hole, body "So at lca~t 4,000 }Cars ago of thmg. and it's really changmg. closmg it wnh a pair of forceps. we c.Jn dou1mcntthat people were There are no barriers anymore." Gonzalez wipes away a few tears doing p1crung ... Another reason teenagers may get and admire her new nose ring. The rt:a\on' teens lil\c tattoo and tattoos or piercing is sexuaL For Gonzalez did ll "for the hell of body p1crung range from wantmg e'(ample. a p1erced tongue tS it." she ay . to "titm" to \\anlJng to lind ..,ometimes used for oral sex. For the past few year body them,ehes "Basic.ally, some people are piercing has risen as the latest "[Teenager'>) are lool\mg to fit in . un~atisfied with lhetr exual fa hion craze. supported by Thi'> 1~ one of the way that some experience and have to find ways of countlc s movie and mu ic stars. one expres\es themselves. their experimenting and findmg new ow body piercing is catching the mdJvJduality This is how someone ways of having a better experience, eyes of teenagers-and their noses. choose to bring lhcmselve clo er and that' one of the places thar lips and even !.heir genitals.