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Columbia College Chicago Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago New Expression Youth Communication Chicago Collection November 1995 New Expression: November 1995 (Volume 19, Issue 8) 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 1995 (Volume 19, Issue 8)" (1995). New Expression. 141. http://digitalcommons.colum.edu/ycc_newexpressions/141 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. This m«>.-.~h: • The bad boys of Jodeci speak to NE p. 18 • Prep s orts Simeon football wants the state championship p. 17 • Michael Jordan steps up for youth p.1 YOUTH COMMUNICATION 1995·1996 Board of Directors Officers Find the balance ... President Fun, Peace & Fighting Injustice "teW e'if'e~ff'l/ William (Dal) Frost-(ret.) Canadian Pacific Dear Readers. Forest Products Inc. NE St•ff '95 The school year is in fu!l swing, the warm sun and long days of summer have Immediate Past President been replaced by bitter wind and few hours of daylight coupled with grade Managing Editor Deborah L. DeHaas·Arthur Andersen & Co. and college application anxiety. Now it's important that we step back, relax, Heather MacDonald, Kenwood Vice President and take a long look a things that matter to and School Affairs Editor Helen Murphy Jones· Crain's Chicago effect us on a dally basis. Chelsea W. Tarshis, Whitney Young Business This issue of New Expression explores the phenom Treasurer College/Careers Editor ena of raves, a trend sweeping Chicago and Marta Kilpartick· Sara Lee Corporation Ma~ani J. Coffey, St. Ignatius becoming more and more mainstream and Secretary increasingly dangerous. Creative Writing Editor Layton E. Olson - Howe & Hollon, Ltd. But just to make sure that no one thinks or works Kente B. Johnson-Taylor, Chicago Academy for the Arts Assistant Secretary · too hard, New Expression snagged and interview Entertainment Editor Helen Schubert - Helen Schubert Public with Jodeci, one of the premier Hip-Hop/R&B artists William Lee, Harold Washington College Relations today. Health Editor General Directors We here at New Expression strive tor the balance Rachael Zamora , Whitney Young Philip Costello - W.M. Plastics Inc. between serious topics and entertainment that Mary Dedinsky- Medill School of Journalism every teen must find to make his or her world News Briefs Editor Jean Doyle - Ben & Jerry's Robert Martin, Hirsch Metro Heather MacDonald complete. Kai El' Zabor - N'DIGO Megapaper No one wants to work constantly, and everyone Photography Editor Paula Eubanks - Columbia College welcomes entertaining breaks from the daily grind. But we must remember John Kraft, St.lgnatius Bill Haljun - (ret.) Leo Bumett that It is crucial tor us to keep a critical eye on things going on around us. and Claude Peck - (ret.) -Inland Steel- Ryerson Production Manager Foundation to raise our voices in protest when injustice is found. Lilian Jimenz, Bowen Harvey K. Porchia - Chicago Tribune One teen who exemplified this philosophy was Earnest Weatherby, the New Expression. Special Assignments Editor Craig Taylor · YOCAT Design former sports editor here at He died earlier this month, shocking us all. It has become a cliche, but Earnest really was someone who Marcia Chatelain, St.lgnatiaus Associate Directors John B. Johnson • Rand McNally brightened the wo~d around him. I can remember looking up to him my first Sports Editor year here, and hoping that I would know as much as he did when I was a David A. Jones, Fenger Dimitra Tasiouras- Chicago Foundation for Women senior. While that remains to be seen, I sorely miss his guiding inftuence. Reporters Youth Advisor He will never be forgotten and certainly n~ver replaced. Harold Bell, Hyde Park Otto Gonzalez - Department of Cultural Affairs Sincerely, Mark Flores, Latin Heather }VlacDonalcl Leslie Gray Honorary Directors Margret Gulbrandsen, Whitney Young Jose Chapa • Jose Chapa Inc .. Communications Managing Editor James Johnson, Von Stueben Dick Ciccone· Chicago Tribune Ylda M. Kopka, Notre Dame Fred Eychaner- WPWR-TV Channel 50 John Martin Clarence Page- Chicago Tribune Corey Miggins, Harlan Charles Price- (ret.) Chicago Sun-limes Anne E. Nash, Lane Tech Robert Regan ·Oakbrook International .-----Table of Conten~--- Monica Pegues Heidi Schultz • Chicago Magazine Paul Price, South Shore Gloria Scoby- Crain Communications Inc. Billye Rhodes, Whitney Young Lekeisha Robinson, Harlan Many thanks to our Tales of "Roomates from Sandy Struglinski, Maria Marcus Thomas, Kenwood ·friends and supporters Things they don't tell you in those college catalogs who made this issue Business lntems possible: Roberto Balcazar and Renelsa Jones, Jones Metro AT&T Adult St•ff Arthur Andersen/Andersen Executive Director Cafe D'Expression Bill Brooks Consulting Editorial Advisor Avenor America, Inc. Mind bending poetry from NE·s readers Adolfo Mendez William C. Bannerman Foundation Graphics Director Chas. Levy Company Eric J. Wiliams The Chicago Community Trust Photography Director Chicago Tribune Foundation Ramses del Pinto Danta City of Chicago Department of Advertising Director 37 MJ steps out for youth Greg E. McClain Cultural Affairs, Gallery Mary Dedinsky He can do more than just dunk a ball! Business Manager Diane Lynn Paula Eubanks Director of Development Freedom Forum Dennis Sykes William Dal Frost New Expression is published once a month except July, August and February by Household International Youth Communication, a not·for-prof1l agency. Helen Murphy Jones Ed1tonal off1ces are at The "Bad Boys" speak out" 70 E. Lake Street SUite 815 Chicago IL 60601 The John D. and Catherine T. Phone: (312) 64I·NEWS. FAX: (3f2) G41-6470: MacArthur Foundation Jodeci on their bad reputation For mail subscription send $1 2_per year (mne issues) to Circulation, New Expression 70 E. Lake Suite, 815 Chicago, IL 60601 Layton Olson with name, address and zip code. Claude Peck «> 1995 Youth Communication YOCAT Design - 2 NE NOVEMBER 19"95 I j '= Cover Story By Heather ~lacDonald , Ken""ood fpends and hsten1ng to " music." Em1iy ScarbOI"ough v so d Bundled inside Day-Gio raincoats with Not everyone agree5 da ngling sock hats wearing glitter Bernard Beck. a soc1 )lOg 'f orofeSSOf make-up and orange polyester bell at Northwestern Urwe•s.ty sa ~ ·Raves bottoms the teens saunter across • are JUS the newest. ana T" • danger Roosevelt Road on Chicago s South ous to date way for •ee"1agers to Side. prove to themseNes and t" ~ r paren's The streets are lined with large red that they can and · ·~ever stone factories that have long stood :heywon ' idle. All of the windows are boarded up. Beck says that this new fOfm of and some doors hang off their hinges teenoge rebellion " OS fads The Sidewalks are deserted. save the usually do un1quely dressed teens. and the road. OF THE FUTURE "The scary par. is t which IS pitted wtth pot-holeS, IS QUiet. ~-- -----~--~---- ge•oodlyhur:orbecO!' They stop at one of the doors to the on d'ugs." Bed sad .na'1y factones. check1ng the street Despte the ac • o drugs of before van1sh1ng 1nto the huge build chOice at a rave. Ecs•a a , rous Ing O:t•de, are noi os hof!Yl some of Soon. other Stmaarly dressed teens thebe erknowndrugs in cause follow them m•o the factory. and wtm1n senous damage 20 mnutes the rave 1s g01ng strong wtth • rrous Oxide Jo. ..:ght osoften venous forms of techno muSIC bias 1ng pedd ed openly m :iva-<:: balloons and purnpng mto the s m m he comNal- -<e a· eo ;he Raves are sem1-1mpromptu. sweaty. rave 111ega' all-n1ght dance part1es that are •.trous Oxide oroouc n lns ant flourishing n Chicago and 1n maJOf Cit feefng o light-headedn-: end loss Ies across ~he country o oolonce ·.v e speed: g e cx.:\se In e pa mree vea•s. raves have one! nduong euohOOO IS no· ohY$1- created a r·ew subculture in Cr,,cago ca ·oddiC Neana ·se-ectsonJylost unlike anything else Raves exist 1n prac a ew mnu es AccOfcf:ng •o ;ne Los tically another world where outrageous Angeies TitTles -o m roo~ers co .:. outfits and open use of liege drugs are has caused severo oeo:ns.n, epas the nOfm The center of thiS world Is two years techno the muSic these part1es revolve Lopez says '!rous OXIde s not very around popular n Chicago o :nougn1 IS Com Rave muSic has mm rna Iynes wh1ch mon dtspenses with the vest1ges o pop song ECS'OS) ISOVIO' • emo~·pooulo·o· structure .1gn01"1ng verses. choruses and he so-co ed rave drug:s 1n Crvcago bndges 1n favor of free-form rhythm Origno ~ os o replocerr.ent tor drNen expanSion LSD. it sells tor about 20 do as o coer 'Gabber' and 'jung e· are two of the sule most popular fOfms of rave music Gab Ecs'osy dtSiorts men•e Sharpness ber is !()Credibly fast techno thor IS often unosoeeas nehearmeor Short·rerm impromptu Jung1eusesonlydrumsand "THE MUSIC, THE ROOMS, THE LASERS AND THE FILM use con cause .nsomf)JQ and 1s oon bongos. end is largely expenmental. gerous or those v.1 .. hea problems Although they are sweeping Ch• w, longterm use :ne ha uanogen c cago. raves have a dar!< side Since etfecrs subside. 1ts pulse-qulcken1ng parlles usually last until6 Of 7 a.m . they LOOPS CREATE AN OUT OF THIS WORLD EXPERIENCE ... 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