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Adults: Do they view today's teens as unfit employees?
Reporter Kathy Nash surveyed 90 adults to find out whether they stereotype today's teens as bumbling, unintelligent employees who haven't learned their math and English. She asked if they think of teens as a sexually immoral generation. As a suicidal generation. As a socially uninvolved generation. She also surveyed 90 teens about these same four stereotypes about teens. Who's more negative? Read her story on Page 5 to find out. You may be surprised.
Also Inside
• Teens across the city are concerned about AIDS. At one high school, guards appeared at the doors to keep students inside after an AI OS rumor spread through the school. Read Lisa Ferguson's story on Page 7.
• Will high school students promise to abstain from drugs, sex, gangs and pop music for financial rewards? DuSable students have been offered this challenge, and so far, 988 students have signed up. Brenda Legrone's story appears on Page 2.
• "Young Chicago ' is back' See Page ~ I nside Track . · Photo by Brent lbata Teens get pay for 'good conduct'
Students at DuSable had just become " The teachers can help with the $10 or $15 a week. The money will be acquainted with their controversial evaluation of the first four guidelines placed in a high-interest savings ac medical clinic in November when they (about grades and class attendance), count until the student's graduation from were presented with another new pro but for the last six guidelines we are DuSable. The participants in this will be gram that is aimed at reducing preg planning to form student share and care encouraged to leave the money in their nancy and drop-outs and improving the groups," says Minister Velma accounts until after they've finished col students' success rate. Thompson, the Administrative Assistant lege, but they are free to use the money Over 988 students at DuSable have to Reverend T. L. Barrett, founder of he however they wish. already s1gned-up for The Life Enrich program. Although the freshmen are the only ment Program, which will make current The share and care groups are like students who have sponsors right now, freshmen eligible for over $3,000 by the support groups that give encourage they are not the only students who will be time they graduate ment and guidance to students who may rewarded. This year, every DuSable In order to be a member of the Life be having problems with the guidelines. senior will receive a gift at graduation. Ennchment Program the students must " Student are instructed about how to The gift could be a car, a radio, a watch adhere to certain guidelines. They must cor.duct and discipline themselves," or a similar gift. The more-valued gifts go have ·c· averages, have good atten Thompson said. to the top students and after the top stu dance. snow up for class on time, join a In addition to falling in line with these dents are taken care of, there will be a spec1al organization that gives support guidelines, each student is required to general drawing. to new students in the program, abstain spend two hours a week with their finan The Life Enrichment Program was from act1ve sexual1ty, drugs and gangs, cial sponsors and take courses m money started as a result of the Reverend T.L. listen to classical and jazz music and be management. Barrett's concern over the public re sp1ntual The gUideline about spirituality " I really don't think any of my fn ends sponse to the new medical clinic at IS opt1onal. pa1d attent1on to the Program, but I stop DuSable. "He thought that the idea was None of the students who have signed ped and listened because I thought 1t good, but that it was not enough," sa1d up understand yet how they will be was great," says Enc Hune, a DuSable Thompson. The purpose of th1s program evaluated - espec1ally about the sophomore. " I think college is a part of is not only to decrease the drop-out and Former Julian cheerleader Thomas Harmon gangs, sex, drugs and mus1c. Organiz life and that is my main goal, but I signed pregnancy rate but mainly to " inspire ers of the program from the Life Center up for diSCiplinary reasons. I think 1t will students to be success minded," she Church of Un1versal Awareness are still help me d1sciplme myself." sa1d. Cheerleader considering how to conduct these Already, over 200 businesspersons evaluations. have agreed to sponsor a student at $5, Brendalyn Legrone claims sexual bias New wonder drug cures acne Julian High School's Thomas Har mon, the school's first and only male Sam Marlin was desperate to stop the started to peal, itch and erupt with sores. that the patient has not tried everything cheerleader, was removed from the acne sores that covered his face. "I had I was hot dunng the first days, but the yet. There are safer drugs that have an squad in September, and Harmon is to get the stuff off my face," he said. doctor told me that this can happen with equal effect to accutane. Safe is better." claiming"sexual discrimination" in that "When I heard that doctors were pre any maJOr drug." Normally an "absolutely necessary" decision. scribmg a new m1racle drug called ac Dermatologists see the drug accutane case would only arise from a severe Harmon, 17, a junior at Julian, had cutane, I asked our family phys1cian to as a last resort because the drug is so case of cystic acne. Although 20 percent been on the squad for two years and had g1ve me a prescnption. I had already new that med1cal science still has a lot to of all teens suffer from acne, only 0.6 already been picked to be on the squad g1ven up on my dermatologist."' learn about the long-term effects from percent suffer from cystic acne as Sam for the 1985-86 season. When he came That was two years ago when Sam using the drug. But it's not easy for der does. back to school in September, Melvina was a freshman at Whitney Young. matologists to convince a desperate Acne is caused by a male hormone in Cambric, Girls Athletic Director and Today Sam is free of acne after using teenager to play it safe. males and females that is released dur cheerleader sponsor at Julian, told him two bottles of accutane (60 tablets) for Dr. Nathania! Morgan of the Morgan ing puberty. This causes the production that he was no longer on the squad. Said over 10 months. He wasn't free of the bill Park Medical Center finds that patients of oil glands of the skin. The hormone Cambric,"! took him off of the squad be however. The two bottles he used cost expect a drug to do exactly what it's sup stimulates the top layers of skin, which cause of his irresponsibility, and not $55 each. The precautionary treaments posed to do and nothing more. "Sure block the oils from flowing freely. This giving a reason for not going to camp." and lab fees totaled about $3000. they're satisfied! The acne is gone! But causes plugs of oil underneath the skin The camp Cambric referred to was a Sam's doctor ins1sted that Sam read a you have to remember that this IS a new which produce either a blackhead or a cheerleading camp at Northern Illinois pamphlet about the possible side effects drug, and that makes it dangerous." whitehead. If the plug ruptures under University which nine of the Julian of accutane- dry lips, skin and mouth, Morgan demands that a teen and the neath the skin, it forms a cyst. Teens cheerleaders- attended last summer. eyeball swelling, an increase in blood fat teen's parents confer wih him before he with severe acne looking for a der Harmon did not attend the camp and that could lead to heart disease 1n later will prescribe the drug. " I want them to matologist who has used accutane can gave no reason to Cambric why he didn't years, the swell1ng of bone endings and know that there are definite nsks," he contact the American Academy of Der attend. problems controlling blood sugar lead said. " Certainly sexually active women matology (869-3954). Cambric daims that she made Har ing to poss1ble d1abetes. must be on birth control because the mon aware of the reasons for his re But Sam was Willing to risk these con drug causes serious birth defects." Faith Tucker moval from the squad. But Harmon sequences, even after his condition got " I wouldn't prescribe the drug unless it says, " She didn'tgive me a reason why I worse during the first few days. "My face was absolutely necessary. It is possible (Continued on Page 3)
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No political discussion Leslie Byster, an adult or ·owed! This imaginary sign ganizer of Students/Teachers Or ems to hang above most social ganizing to Prevent Nuclear War Jdies classrooms in Chicago. agrees that a lack of education is a "Teachers don't like to be in large part of the problem. "There •lved with political discussion," are some teachers who try to id Cassandra Tate, a senior at present what's going on, but most hitney Young. "It's just like reli- teachers don't have the informa t :m; they just don't want to seem tion." be teaching it." Byster rejects the media char This sterile atmosphere in the acteriz.ation of 1980's students as 1ssroom may be contributing to the "Me Generation," and instead, udents' lack of interest in politi suggests that the seeming apathy tl activity, according to a New of today's students is due to a lack cpression survey of 110 Chi- of awareness, frustration and 1go high school students from confusion about ways to get in !Ven schools. volved. Sixty percent of the teens sur Sixteen-year-old Valerie Brad lyed say that they have not par ley of Metro understands this I , :ipated in any form of political feeling. A survey she conducted Dec. 23, 1985 - Amundsen students organize candlelight protest against gang violence. ~tivity. Most of them (34 percent) for her journalism class on the 1y that they have some strong arms race showed that "People Amundsen last month. On Dec. they have gone so far as to com since her parents were involved in )litical opinions, but they are not have opinions, but they don't 23, over 100 students staged a mit civil disobedience to protest the civil rights and Vietnam valved in political action be- know where to go with them." Val candlelight vigil at the school after government policy. movements of the 1960's. " I grew 1use they do not have access to erie says,"lf I had the information one student was killed in a gang One of these protesters, Chris up with a certain way of seeing formation about ways to get in about where to go to help stop the related incident. Within a short tina Perez, a junior at Oak Park equality and respecting life," she 'lved. arms race, I'd be very wi lling to time, the students had organized River Forest High School, was ar says. One of these students, senior help." the protest to draw attention to the rested on June 4, 1984, when she For Christina, becoming politi icole Ross from Lindblom, says To St. Ignatius Junior Joann problem of gang violence. They refused to leave a demonstration cally active instead of just having a at political issues are not raised Ball, who has been involved with plan to carry their idea to other at the Rock Island Arsenal. For political opinion is important. She her classes. "We don't discuss the peace movement since 1980, high schools around the city. For her, political involvement is says,"lt's the only way anything ings like nuclear war," she says. the issues are clearly defined. more information call 989-2700. something she has grown up with will change." 3ut I think that it (nuclear war) is "Nuclear war and apartheid are Some other students also see teresting, and other students the big issues today," she says. "A this link. Forty percent of the stu light feel that way too." lot of people don't get involved be dents surveyed by New Expres Dewey Griffin, a social studies cause they don't think they will be sion say that they are politically JACKETS e SWEATERS !acher at Westinghouse, be affected. In order to be affected, involved. Most of them say that wes that most students do not you have to be open-minded and they have helped organize pro ecome interested in political is see that there is some kind of link grams or conferences on issues e EMBLEMS Jes unless their grades are in between yourself and the rest of like nuclear war and apartheid. ::>lved. "Until I made it compul the world." Some say that they have boycot ory for them to read a newspaper This link to the rest of the world ted a product because of some for ALL SCHOOLS nd watch the news," he says, "I became very clear to students at injustice. Six students say that All Styles lale cheerleader charges sex discrimination wool, nylon or satin jackets :ontinued from Page 2) Wal',er is very disappointed about man, talking to him about the pro asn't on the squad anymore. Harmon being taken off of the blem, or making that statement. ORDER 1 to 1000 verytime I tried to approach her squad. "I think Thomas is a great "I think that everyone should ::>out it, she looked at me and person and an excellent cheer have a right to be on any sports Come to our factory or phone us alked away." leader. It's a shame he's not on the team, whether the person's male As it appears, Harmon isn't the squad anymore." or female," said Harmon. But for free design kit 'lly one who didn't know the rea Senior cheerleader, Kellie Neil Cambric flatly denied Harmon's )n for his dismissal. Cheerleader son, agrees with the decision. "He accusation of sexual discrimina • Cheer & Pep Club Outfits icki Agess, 17, thought that a didn't say anything. He didn't call, tion. Said Cambric, " I discussed it ::>te was held among the cheer not even the last day before we left with Mr. (J.W.) Smith, the Boys' • Custom T-Shirts and Sweaters For Groups !aders, but she said, "I wasn't at for camp. He could have said Athletic Director at Julian, and we ::hool that day so I wouldn't know something." both came to that decision." • Special Team Discounts >r sure." After learning of his dismissal At this writing, Harmon has not Eugena Walker, a 16-year old and his alleged failure in trying to been let back on the squad, al • Award Letters mior and co-captain of the porn talk to Cambric, Harmon says he though Cambric said, "Thomas on squad (which is incorporated went to talk to Dr. Edward Oliver, can try out again next year if he •ith the cheerleaders under the Julian's princpal. Said Harmon, wants." CHICAGO KNITTING MILLS , arne Cheer-Poms) knew nothing "He just looked at me and said, 'I bout a vote. "They would have have nothing to do with this"'. Faith Pennick ad to say something to me first. " Oliver denies ever seeing Har- 3344 W. Montrose 463-1464 HERFF JONES NEW LOCATIONS Downtown SOUTH NORTH 162 NORTH STATE STREET 2115 EAST 87TH STREET 3455 NORTH WESTERN AVE. 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Teens today are immoral and irres msible; they have sex freely and often ~t pregnant before they finish school. Teens today are suicidal; they can't ndle the amount of pressure in their 'es. Teens today are selfish; they're un illing to get involved in any serious · 'ties. Photo by Brent lbata Is this the way adults view to 25 percent of the adults surveyed gineering, agrees. "I don't think Dione Johnson, a senior at don't learn basic skills, like math, ty's teens? Do they believe view teens as immoral and sexu they're immoral but they're terribly Longwood, believes that the in school before they're hired. So stereotypes of teens in tele ally permissive, 39 percent of the sexually permissive. They sleep media hasn't given enough atten when other teens apply for jobs, >ion, movies and newspapers? teens surveyed view other teena around too much due to these new tion to the problem of stress, employers think twice about hiring Surprisingly, adults are less gers this way. situations: legalized abortion, which she sees as a special qual any of us." ely to think this way about teens "Teens have sex freely be society's attitude toward sex and ity of being a teen in the 1980's. " I But Bill Lowery, who employed an teens themselves, according cause they can go to a free clinic birth control." think the media should go more teenagers last summer for Stan a New Expression survey of and get birth control. Most of the The gap between teens and into the pressure that drives teens dard Oil , says that he thinks the l adults and 90 teens. girls who get pregnant do it be adults is even higher over the to suicide so adults can under same way about today's teens as Only on the issue of "involve cause they want to keep their suicide issue. Only 16 percent of stand that the unusual pressures he does any other applicants for a en!" were teens and adults in boyfriends,"commented Shelly adults in our survey think of teens we face are real." job. " You look for certain char Jreement. Just 21 percent of the Lawrence, a junior at Dunbar, who as a suicidal group, while 45 per Adult and teen opinion also dif acteristics in a potential employee jults and 27 percent of the teens thinks that most of today's teen cent of teens think of their own fered greatly on the issue of job no matter what his age. It doesn't ink of today's teens as a selfish lack any moral standards about generation as being pressured preparation and academic matter if you're 16 or 56. If you · "uninvolved" generation. sex. toward drug use and suicide. achievement. While 25 percent of come in late, and you don't know "Teens are more involved in " I don't view todays' teens as Lee Simonek, a psychologist at the adults surveyed agree with the how to dress, and you don't know g things better for them immoral but I do view them as the Ray Graham Training Insti stereotype that today's teens are how to talk or listen, you won't get ~lves," said Jamie Rosman, a sexually permissive," said Karen tute, understands why teens are poorly prepared to hold jobs, over a job at any age," he said. nior at Kenwood. "That's self Starkman, a supervisor of North more likely to see their peers as 43 percent of the teens surveyed Despite Lowery's . open- lprovement, not selfishness." Shore's personnel department, "I suicidal than adults do. "Adults feel this way about their own gen mindedness, it appears from the But on the issues of "immoral fault their parents because they like to feel that they've given teens eration. survey results that teens are most ( and "poor job skills" teens don't tell them about sex." a better world; therefore, they "I've had teens working for me likely to suffer from stereotypes tke a much harsher look at them Sharon Johnson, receptionist don't accept bad aspects such as who couldn't do simple percen when they go looking for a job. As ~lves than adults do. While only for Seargent and Lundey En- suicide," he said. tages," said George Evans, the Sue Disandro of Leo Burnett's owner of ABC Cleaners, 916 East personnel office commented, " I 87th St., an employer of teens. "I have concluded that today's teens go over simple things that they make poor employees. They ha should know, but some of them ven't learned the basics in school. just don't catch on." What I mean by basics is not just John Moultrie, a Wendy's man reading and writing but speaking ager, agrees. "Working in a fast proper English. food store requires basic reading "They are more of a hinderance skills and math skills. And a good than a help," she said. " If they had number of the teens don't have a better sense of responsibility these skills. We have to deal with about their work and basic skills shortages of money or food be they wouldn't do poorly on the1r cause of simple errors." jobs." Sean O'Connell, a sophomore at Metro, believes that teens are This is the last in a series of guilty of conduct that promotes articles on the way teens are th is stereotype. ''Some teens stereotyped. Attention Young Men and Ladies Do you have these qualifications to win a possible A complete line of fine customized 4 Year College Scholarship? lingerie and accessories. 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By Adolfo Mendez teachers that work for them as an incent1ve to work Most of the stu While Nadeem Ahmad was dents who rank 1n the bottom half struggli ng with math problems in of their d ass say that they prefer h1s chemistry class at Lincoln wntten compliments, and most of Park, he kept remmding himself those in the top half prefer spoken that h1s hard work would pay off compliments. with good grades at the end of the Very few students (21 percent) semester. A good grade is enough say that they are rewarded by of a reward for Nadeem, who says compliments from other students. he shows off hiS grades to his par Cassandra Thrasher, a senior at ents and friends. Whitney Young, says, "I get stu For Correy Bellamey, a senior dent compliments, but I'd rather at Austin, good grades have been hear them from a teacher." a ticket to added rewards. " I got " I get compliments from smart picked to go on a trip to travel students, but others put you through various states and visit down," said Patrick Simon, a the World's Fair because of my senior at Simeon. grades and my reputation," he Commenting on the reasons said. students feel this way, Dr. Grades are like a paycheck for Suzanne McNeill, a Research As sixty percent of the 112 Chicago sociate in Adolescent Psychiatry students from 28 different public at Micheal Reese Hospital, ex and private high schools who plains that academic success were surveyed by New Expres among teens isn't a big criteria for sion to determine what rewards a compliment. " Physical appear actually motivate them to study. ance and social skills are more The other two academic re important to teens," she said. wards checked most frequently by But McNeill stressed the im teens in New Expression's sur portance of rewards. "When no vey were "being allowed to one cares how they're doing, and choose independent work" and they're not getting rewards, stu " the chance to work with the dents quit and give up on learning. teacher on an advanced project" They may even drop-out. And (both 22 percent). that's a loss . .. that's a loss," she Yet, when asked whether they said. were encouraged to work on in George Hillocks, Professor of dependent projects, only 17 stu English at the University of Chi dents ( 15 percent) said that they cago's School of Education, says had been in a class that encour he cautions his student teachers aged independent projects. about praising students. " If stu Jana Johnson, a junior at Whit dents know they did bad work, and ney Young, finds that independent you praise them, they'll think work is encouraged in only a few you're a phony, " he tells them. classmates were as interested in of her classes. "And even in those "But telling them how rotten they attending as he was so he won the classes, the reward presented by are is not going to help either," he chance by a majority vote. He said explained. the teacher is " to improve my added. it was a rewarding experience for Although some teachers re grade," she said. Other rewards that interest him since he had the opportunity WC3Jd students' achievement by Although Teddy Wallace, a some students are: "knowing that to return and " tell everyone about excusing them from class, only junior at Von Steuben, would like it's an especially challenging class the Broadway musical." fifteen percent of the students ..------1 to work with a teacher on a project that I'm allowed to choose" (18 Peter Insley, a physics teacher surveyed were interested in this as a reward for his achievement in percent), and "being picked tore at Whitney Young, believes in type of reward. class, he has " never heard of present the class" ( 17 percent). challenging students as a reward. "Just because you're ahead of teachers offering to work with stu Last summer, Jose Ruiz, a For example, he ties a string other students doesn't mean you SIGN dents." senior at Kelvyn Park, repres around a student's index finger don't have to attend class," says But students in the survey do ented his speech class at a per and connects it to another stu Josette Johnson, a junior from receive compliments from their formance of " Cats." None of his dent's index finger and challenges Jones Commercial. "Besides, if the students to free themselves, you're out, you might miss some MOW. using physics principles, without thing important." untying the string. If the students in the New Ex Insley also claims that he uses pression survey are typical, to TRAIN ''Very few students feel his students' curiosity as a re day's teens are more interested in ward. 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They are a threat at 11 students and three to society. AIDS victims should had AIDS according to a not be allowed in school." story on television. "You can't get AIDS by casual " Everyone was in a state of contact," said Collins J. Love of ic," she said. "There was talk the Department of Health's Sexu t walking out of school that ally Transmitted Disease (STD) The principal had put guards Program. "You don't have to be door to keep the students worried about classmates. You She (the principal) got on don't have to be worried about e intercom to deny it all and calm toilet seats and doorknobs, down." either." rumor was totally false. The New Expression Survey people still think it's true," indicates that Chicago students a said. Similar scares have (35 percent) are refraining from at Simeon, Whitney Young using public bathrooms as a pre Dunbar. caution against AIDS, while 10 month after the Corliss inci- percent avoid water fountains and on Dec. 10, Superintendent five percent avoid getting food at As a precaution from transmitting AIDS, Whitney Young students avoid placing their mouths Ianford Byrd announced public restaurants. Public tele · on the dummies when they orally simulate artificial respiration. uidelines proposed by the phones present an uncertainty, oards' Medical and School also; six percent expressed a fear feel that way. students and teachers about policy. . Services, stating that pub of contracting AIDS from phones. "This disease has to cause AIDS and other STDs. Before the ''I'm glad we're going to get the col students with AI OS Despite all these needless pre more 'closet' cases. I've been AIDS scare, the schools were re chance to discuss AIDS in the be allowed to stay in school cautions, only 35 percent have there all my life, and, with such sisting outside help from groups classroom," said Naseem Kahn, a less the student was of high risk taken precautions where it counts homophobia going around, I'll like VD Confidential. junior at Von Steuben. " I think it the other students, such as - in their sexual activity. And never come out," she said. " One of our objectives for would be better than TV because I sores that cannot be most of those (58 percent) are Janet is disturbed by the rumors 1990," said Love, "is to insure could ask personal questions to '"""u:""'" and biting and scratching taking the precaution of limiting spreading through her school. that, as a country, graduating high the speaker, and I could relate or. themselves to one partner. " Everyone in my school is AIDS school students have adequate more to it being live. I think I'd r normal conditions, a stu Amazingly, despite all the fear, 62 crazy," she said. "You cough and information about AIDS." learn more from a classroom ex with AI OS does not present percent of the teens surveyed still they think you have AIDS. It's to According to our survey, most perience." n infection risk to those around continue to be sexually promiscu the point that you believe the teens (55 percent) receive their Will these classes stop the im. "AIDS victims are still ous, which is risky. myths. Instead of thinking about information about AIDS from tele rumors and panic? " I hope so," eople," says Vanessa Under A bisexual teen, Janet, (not her school and my life right now, I've vision, not from dassroom study. said Love. " You can't play around lOad, a junior at Lakeview. "They real name) expressed her uncer actually caught myself thinking Half of the teens in our survey feel with people about a deadly dis on't have to be exduded just be- tainty about AIDS. She has been about death. It could be in me now. that they now have enough infor ease. You can joke around, but they have AIDS. If a friend abstinent for more than a year. " I I could have AIDS now." mation from TV to make good per people remember it. There is such had AIDS, I wouldn't stop don't have sex with anyone at all. I In order to alter those fears of sonal decisions about AIDS, but a need for education!" friends with that person, but still hug my friends and all, but AIDS, which are based on hear even these teens admit that their Research assistants for this story uldn't go around hugging some of them have stopped hug say information, the Department knowledge is not sufficient to dis were Pati Hale, Angela English, that much, either." ging back. And they don't even of Health is working in the schools, cuss public policies about AIDS Kirby Britten and Roberta En Some students, though, refuse know I'm bisexual. both private and public, to teach such as the School Board's new glish. believe the medic~l facts on " I'm scared. Really scared. I IDS. They disagree with Byrd's think about my future and wonder if I'll even live through my New Expression survey of eighteenth birthday. I think about Chicago students disclosed people shying away from me. I Everything about AIDS 35 percent would be afraid of think a lot of people that are gay by Kirby Britten hrooms, does not spread creasingly, AIDS is being con AIDS. tracted by heterosexuals. 'Everyone in my school Evidence definitely points Description away from saliva transmitting s AIDS crazy. You cough AIDS. Doctors say kissing Ways to Avoid does not spread AIDS. AIDS is not a diease, but a Contracting AIDS nd they think you have syndrome that destroys the body's ability to combat certain Abstain from sexual inter diseases like cancer. Symptoms/Possible course. This is the best pre IDS." First reported in 1980, AIDS ventive method. has two conditions: Kaposi's Signs of AIDS Reduce the number of dif Sarcoma (KS) and Pneumo ferent sexual partners. cystis Carinii Pneumonia Look for: Use a condom during sexual (PCP). It is possible for one Fever or sweating often intercourse. LEARN person to contract both PCP when a person doesn't have a Do not exchange body fluids· and KS at the same time. cold or flu . usually done during sexual ac A SKILL Twenty-three percent of all Swelling of lymph nodes tivity. ANDA' AIDS cases reported in 1985 (found in the neck, armpits, Stop the use of shared nee YOU CAN FALL had both PCP and KS. and groin) which lasts more dles, for any form of injections. School of BACK OM. KS is treatable by doctors. than two months. DRIVING However, PCP is often referred Tiredness that cannot be You know what it's to by doctors as " automatic explained by increased physi Cures for AIDS like to have a trade or a crnft death." cal activity, work schedules, or knowled!!e or a skill to drug use, etc. AIDS at this time is not cura fall back on It sure makes Causes Diarrhea which lasts a long ble or reversible. taking ch ·mc~ a lot easier. time and occurs for no appar AIDS itself does not cause You can get your "fall ent reason. death. But by weakening the Doctors have not yet found a Weight loss of more than 10 immune system it allows other back-on" skill in the Army cause for AIDS. However, pounds during a period of less infectious diseases to cause Reserve. Or ynu may dis most evidence shows that than two months that can't be fatal harm, resulting in death. See how easy cover it's the career you AIDS is caused by a virus pas explained by a diet or exercise. A person with AIDS who do it can bel want. And all along. you'll sed from person to person. A white coating, with spots nates blood can pass the dis have the excitement and This virus is HIIV-111; it is so on the tongue or in the throat. ease on to another person. • Low rates adventure of learning and weak that it cannot survive There may also be a sore However, new methods estab applying your skill in the contact with household am throat or problems in swallow lished in March allow blood • Teen program monia. ing. banks to screen for AIDS. It's available 15-17 Reserve. AIDS is transmitted through now a one in a million chance Call us about the very direct exchange of body for someone to contract AIDS • 4 week courses specific opportunities in a fluids, which seems limited to AIDS Victims by blood transfusions. • Lessons Reserve unit near you, plus sexual intercourse and the Testing centers for AIDS are Monday thru Thursday part-time salary. benefits. sharing of needles during drug Studies show that available. Yet these tests only training schedules use. homosexual or bisexual men, prove if you have been ex 4 :00-6:00 Casual contact, such as injected drug abusers, and posed to the virus. The testing • Action on Blue slips 926-2640 talking, hugging, shaking Hemophiliacs are most likely to centers do not reveal if you hands or being near someone contract AIDS. have AIDS nr will have AIDS Call Now: with AIDS, does not spread the Seventy percent of cases c or more mformat1on about ARMY RESERVE. conditon. reported have occurred in gay AIDS you can call the AIDS I---·~R6-737o---~ Also, the use of public bat- and bisexual men, but, in- Hoth'le at 871 -5777. 227 South Blvd. BE AUYOU CAM BE. • Can parents put teen in mental ward? YOUTH AND THE LAW YOUTH AND THE LAW YOUTH AND THE LAW YOUTH AND THE LAW Parents or guardians do have the power • In the Hospital charge. At that point the hospital had five to comm1t a child under age 18 to a days to inform him they were going to court psych1atnc hosp1tal. What are the teen's Minors admitted to mental hospitals have to prove that he must be retained or else let rights if this happens? This months law col clear legal rights. Unfortunately, Ron soon him go home. If they said they were taking umn has the answer. discovered that hospital personnel are not him to court they had to mean it because necessarily hired to protect those rights. the law prohibits threatening a patient. By Sanford Silverman Patients with questions regarding their The hospital did file for a hearing to com rights and possible violations of these rights mit Ron. He was served court papers and • Parent Power can contact the Guardiansip and Advocacy informed of the date of the hearing. (The Comm1ssion (GAC) , a state agency con law requires that the hearing begin within Ron A-Way was havmg some problems cerned with the rights of various groups five working days of the hospital's filing.) at home and at school. His mother spoke to mcluding mental patients. The law reqwes a fnend of hers, Mrs. Pan lkey, who that the GAC's phone number and address • Lawyers to the defense suggested to Mrs Way that she look mto be clearly posted in all mental hospitals and admitting her son to the adolescent ward at that a patient's communication w1th the Ron knew that he was entitled to an at a local psych1atric hospital. GAC not be interfered with. torney, but he was worried because, obvi Mrs. Way consulted a staff psychiatnst at Ron called the GAC and told them he had ously, his mother would not supply him with the hospital, and, after a brief discussion, been admitted to a mental hospital but the funds to hire an attorney to challenge Dr. Rush lnto1t assured Mrs. Way that her didn't want to be "locked up." They told him her decision to hospitalize him. Fortunately son was a perfect candidate for admission he could sign a "five-day notice." (Under for Ron, the law requires that if a patient Photo by Jim Rodd to his hospital. So, without seeking a sec the law, a minor over the age of 14 can give cannot afford to hire his own attorney for the ond opinion, Mrs. Way decided to go along the hospital a written request for his re hearing, that a public defender be provided Ron's attorney presented some of Ron's with Ron's hospitalization. lease. Any interested person over the age at no cost. Actually, in most instances, if the friends, Dr. Pinyon and Ron himself. (Ron Dr. lntoit explained that under the law, of 18 may also request the release of a patient does not approve of the public de was not required to testify, but he decided to even if Ron didn't want to be hospitalized, minor. The hospital then has five working fender who is assigned to him, he can go along with his attorney.) Mrs. Way as his parent could "voluntarily" days to release the patient or else file for a switch P.O.'s or ask that an attorney from During the final arguments, the State's admit him without his consent because he court hearing to require the patiant to re GAC handle the case. Attorney argued that the state had demon was under 18. All she had to do was sign a main in the hospital). A few days later an assistant public de strated that Ron has some mental and piece of paper. Ron was told by some patients and staff fender arrived at the hospital to meet with emotional problems and that professional The next night Ron was awakened by two that he shouldn't try to get out by signing a Ron. Ron found this lawyer, Ade A. Kid, to treatment was necessary. Kid argued, men in uniforms. His mother explained to five-day notice because he would have "to be very competent and concerned. To however, that the law requires the patient him that the men were going to take him in take the hospital to court" and prove that he gether they decided that Ms. Kid would, in be placed in the "least restrictive alterna their ambulance to a mental hospital. Ron didn't need to be there. Ron called the GAC fact, represent Ron. tive.'' In other words, if treatment is neces said that he refused to go. The men told him again to inquire about this and discovered Kid told Ron that he was entitled to be sary, it must be performed in a manner that that he had no choice because his mother that the staff wasn't giving him the whole examined by an impartial psychiatrist and places the least restrictions on the patient. had already signed him in, and that if he story. that since Ron could not affor-d to hire a After the final arguments, the judge de refused to go with them they would have the Actually, under the law, the hospital is psychiatrist himself, that the court would cided that treatment probably would benefit police take him there. Under the law, police required to take Ron to court to prove to the appoint one to be paid by the state, if Ron Ron, but, noting the "least restrictive alter officers may transport minors to mental judge that 1) Ron suffers from an emotional requested it. native" requirement, the judge decided that hospitals if necessary. disorder severe enough to require hos hospitalization was too severe and un When Ron arrived at the hospital he had pitalization and 2) that Ron can benefit from • The Hearing necessary. The judge ordered Ron to a five-minute meeting with Dr. lntoit. He hospitalization. (If the patient is over 18, it undergo out-patient psychiatric therapy, in heard all of the rules he was to abide by. must be proven that he is dangerous to On the date of the hearing, Ron's attor cluding family therapy, requiring him to himself and others.) ney asked the court to appoint an impartial check back with the court in three months. ••• Do you need: Ron signed the notice requesting his dis- psychiatrist to examine Ron. The court ap The judge warned him that if he did not •!• •a doctor referral pointed Dr. Scant 0. Pinyon and continued cooperate in his outpatient treatment, that • • a counselor to talk to (postponed) the case for three days. the judge might re-hospitalize him. •t:.!-. • health information VALUABLE COUPON! Three days later, everyone showed up in It was an ordeal for Ron, but in the end he : • birth control, pregnancy court. The doctors and Ron's mother were was able to receiv~ the help he needed •;, testing or teen parent referral PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY allowed to testify, and Ron's attorney was •- and information without being separated from his friends allowed to cross-examine them. Then and school. :( Help is only a call away. ·i· 248-0166 ~:• Monday-Friday, l-5pm the staff will ••• answer - 24-hour taped message ••• Health .:. Evaluation and .:. Referral • Service BEVERLY HILLS COP Managing Editor: Lisa Moultrie, Hyde Park. Ann Pickney, Longwood; Kimisha Pierce, Chicago Youth News Service Bureau Unity; Alphonso Rodriguez, Clemente; Col- and other recent movie releases Chief: Stephanie Walters, Lincoln Park. lean T. Robinson, Pennsylvania State Uni· available at City Editor: Mitzi Evans, Simeon. varsity; Franshonn Salter, University of Editorial Director: Glibel Gomez, Whitney Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Dwanye Sanders, DISCO SOUNDS Young. 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By Robin Wade Fourteen of the 20 recom mixed-track class for every stu mendations have been approved dent where school issues, sexed., by a majority of the 631 students current events and career plan Three months ago nine Chi who returned responses. ning can be discussed for credit." cago public high school students, The favorite recommendation, Lindblom students (76 percent) calling themselves Project In according to the survey, is one favored this recommendation the SIDER, stood before 30 newspa that calls for "respecting each most and Carver students (56 per, radio and television reporters person in the school for his or her percent) favored it the least. to offer their recommendations for talent and giving them the chance Cneda Jefferies, a junior at change in Chicago high schools. to assist others in the school (in Carver, explained her disagre Their 20 recommendations were some cases for credit) as tutors ment with the mixed-track class. Tracy Walls (left) and Yvette King (right), members of the Project based on two months of study and and peer counselors or in operat "The Challenge Students at our InSIDER team, tabulate student responses. student hearings, but they admit ing a student fund, planning school act as if they don't want to ted to the reporters that they were cafeteria menus and carrying out be mixed with us so I don't want to human communication a.xperts to from general high school such as speaking for themselves, not for a variety of other activities" (79 be m1xed with them. I like the idea, improve communication between Tilden, Senn, Julian and Stein students throughout the city. percent). though,"she said. teachers, students and adminis metz favor this recommendation Now, after distributing copies of Three other recommendations Students throughout the city trators" (53 percent.) (66 percent) than do students the recommendations in 15 high that deal with building a better also express support for " a Students really want clearer from magnet high schools (52 schools, the Project InSIDER spirit of community in the school change in student councils to im explanations about the reasons percent). team is ready to _speak for stu also got high marks. Nearly 70 prove student decision-making" that certain classes are needed To combat the "failure" pro- , dents. percent say that they want "a (62 percent) and approve "hiring for college preparation (73 per blem, 60 percent approve of a cent) . Freshman (73 percent) are grievance committee in each as anxious to see this happen as school where students who are I!IIROLL NOW seniors (79 percent). over-their-heads in a class can Other popular college prep turn for help. recommendations are "requiring Only one of the Project In teachers to review the goals of SIDER recommendations had each college prep class based on negative reactions from over a what colleges say that they expect quarter of the students surveyed: Photographers, a student to learn in that class" (65 the recommendation to release percent) and "allowing a student teachers from some of their class reporters, to switch college-prep classes load so that they can coordinate (even switching to a class in an tutoring programs and peer coun MEDICAL other school) if the student can seling programs, especially join New Expression show that his current class is not teachers who are "not good in really college-prep caliber" (52 classes with 3Q-35 students." And TRANSCRIPTION percent). although 29 percent oppose that Teens in the survey strongly recommendation, 44 percent 8 WEEK COURSE Are you interested in joining New support the Adopt-a-School pro favor it. Expression staff as a reporter or gram and want to see it grow (69 Robin LaSota, a Project ln Take The Firat Step reviewer? Then come to the fourth percent). And they're equally en SIDEFfmember, was pleased with all-city meetir)g on Wednesday, Jan. thused about involving people the positive response from these Towards Your New from business and industry to 15 schools. "I hope that the district Career Today 22 at 4pm at 207 S. Wabash, 8th come inside their classrooms to superintendents and school offi floor. If you are unable to attend, but help them relate their classwork to cials will act upon them," she said. Position Now Available would like to join the staff, call Lisa the real world of careers (69 per The project InSIDER team will Moultrie at 663-0543. cent). Students who say that they seek responses from 4,000 stu •HOSPITALS •CUNICS plan to go on to business and dents city-wide by Feb. 15. They PRIVATE DOCTOR'S OFFIC. trade schools support these are calling on all school leaders to The photographers and illlustrators recommendations 100 percent. help distribute the forms. (Call Beverly Career Center for New Expression will meet at As for the discouraging number Project InSIDER at 663-0543 to 2145 W. 85th St. 4pm on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 4pm. If of failures and drop-outs, 56 per offer your help.) you have a 35mm camera and cent of the students surveyed Schools involved in the first re Call Now For More Information "urge the Board of Education to port are: (South) Lindblom, Julian, would like to see your photos pub focus on grade school students to lished, please join us at this meet Carver and Kenwood; (West) 445·8989 be sure that they are not falling Whitney Young, Tilden, Metro, ing. If you are interested but cannot behmd, and urge that high school Farragut and Jones Commericial; Illinois State Board make the meeting, call Jim Rodd at tutors be recrUited to help with (North) Von Steuben. Senn, Near Of Education A roved 663-0543. math and readmg in the grade North, Lincoln Park, Steinmetz schools " Many more students and Sullivan I I ~~ Art by Charles Aikerson By Keturah Shaw at Pifzy. "F1n1Bhed, Miss Righteous?" room on the wall. But are you sure Just then the door opened. "Damn!" P1flY shook her head, pulling in her Rodg would do it? I mean he's clean ... he thought. It was Mr. Bowie with his stomach to stuff fingers in blue jean he's a school boy." greasy white Vienna bag. "What's gonna do it, Lola? What's pockets. Her jet black curls shifted "Let me deal with him. I know what "Elois," he called. "Are you there, goi:ma fl.n.aJ..ly wake you up?" from side to side at the slow kind of boy he is all right." dear?" "You know what wakes me up real movements of her head. "Yes, Lola That night Lola cornered her Rodgers' heart raced frantically. good? When I'm la.yin' in rna bed an' Goodloy, I'm finished. Finished with brother. Without th.1nk1ng, he jumped up and that damned sun come sh1n1n' in rna this stupid conversation and finished "No! No wey, Lola. You're my sister ran. But there was no place to go. Mr. face real ha.rdl Make me mad. But you with you! and I love you, but I'm not stealing Bowie is old, but his huge body know what I does, Pif1Y, baby? I jus' "And you know someth.1ng? You're from anyone. You have to wake up, constituted a frightening barrier to put rna pillow over rna head an' go finished, too. You were finished the girl. Why don't you get a job like the freedom. right back ta sleep!" second you set foot on Josh Avenue." rest of us?" Outside in the car George sat "Lola, listen to me. You and George With that, P:1f1Y turned on her heel and '"Cause it ain't all that easy the way impatiently as he threw a cigarette out can go around robbing every store in headed toward the bus stop. Lola you mak.in' it sound. Sides, this is the of the window. "Where is he? Doesn't Chicago, but some day some one will laughed wickedly in the girl's easiest job you ever seen. We in an' we take that long ta clean one cash be hurt!" direction. out. Take the money an' scram!" register." Quickly George slid out of the Lola's black eyes laughed at her "Lola!" Some one called from behind. "Lola, I'm really sorry, but I'm not bandaged red convertible and went to friend. "No," she said. "Not me, I'm too "Hey, girl, wait up." going to. It's wrong." the store door. cool for these folks." Spreading her Lola turned. It was George, tall and "I think you'd better ... or else." People were staring inside the arms she included the neighborhood skinny in last year's blue jeans and "I "Or else what?" picture window. and its abandoned buildings, the drug love sex" T-shirt. George was the new "Or else I tell Mama that you're the "Call the police," someone said. addicts, the sp1lled garbage cans and white kid in the neighborhood. boy I seen runnin' wit Mr. Harper's "I already did," called another. the line of bars along the avenue. Everybody liked him. He was "in." wallet." George ran into the store to see Mr. "Yes, you're cool all right. Smok!ng "Hey, baby, what is up?" "Boy, I dunno noth.in' 'cept how to Bowie towering over Rodger. 'Got to pot, pick-pocketing, gambling and "Got that info you wanted. O'Boy get money. An' this time it's through get him out of Rodger's way,' was all robbl.n8 people who never did a thing leaves the store at twelve exact, but you, sweetheart." he could think of: George ran into the to deserve that kind of treatment. O'Girl steys around to watch things. "You'd do that?" Rodger asked in old man, kicking h1m down. Drinking until you can't see! But I What're we gonna do about her?" disbelief. "Let's gol" he said and ran. guess cool people have to be high. "Humph." Lola put a hand on her "I swear I would, Rodg. I swear!" Sirens, loud voices, pounding Alwa.ys high and never touching earth. hip. "I think of sumth.in'. C'mo, let's "All right, 111 do it." She heard h1m footsteps all surrounded Rodger. A It's all you think of anymore. I'm high walk." hiss. "I'll go out and take what isn't police officer called out, "You have a and I'm trying to get h.igherl The streets were crowded as usual. even mine. Steal, be criminal, be right to remain stient ... " Sometimes I think you never come Same drunken faces sitting in the wrong. And I won't even care how I At the shopping center Mrs. Bowie down. But I gusss that's cool." curb; same Uquor factory odor clinging feel inside afterward. I won't FEEL was engrossed enough in her With her arms folded matter of to the air. Looking up, Lola could see anything. I'll be just like you, big shopping that Lola was able .to slip factly across a small chest Lola looked an orange Coors sign. Instinctively she sister. Just like you. Yes, I'll do it, awey to find a phone booth with the went into the bar room. sister. Anything for my sister . . . my thought that Rodger and George would A tall, fat man in a red T-shirt asked sister!" be home by now. Her mother would ~ YoUDg Chicago her gruffly for some ident1f1cat1on, all The next day Lola and Rodger there, of course. But she won't know. headed down to the store. "She never knows anything," Lola Bditor: Tracey Deutsch_ the time looking at them as if he very much doubted that they had any. "Hi, Mrs. Bowie. I came in cause I mused. Statf: Dawn Weathers, Curie; Smiling, the two of them gave h1m knowed how much you appreciates a "Hello? Yeah, let me talk ta Rodg. Rochelle Robinson, Young; !D's they'd purchased in Jew town, good clothes sale." Rodgl You know Rodger?! Yeah, h e in? Renee King, Tilden; Michatle and they ordered beers from a corner "Really, dear? Have you found one?" What? I cain't hear you. JAIL! What Brooks, Senn; Clia Grimm, Von table at the rear of the darkened place. "Oh, yeah! But we gots ta git there you mean, jail? Fo what? Hurt some Steuben; Zerlene Thompson, "Wey I see it, " Lola said, "it's up ta right away or everything be gone. body? Naw, baby, you got the wrong Tilden; Erica Griffen, Young; me ta get O'Girl out the way. Let me C'mo, I sho you." For a moment the boy. White folks don't know one black Amy Jauck, Von Steuben; get a square man." older woman hesitated, lookin8 around man from the next. There is some kind Keturah Shaw, Curie. She drank her beer greedily. George the empty store frowning. Then a of mistake here. Without bali? Naw, without hesitating pulled the pack of smile smeared across her tiny face. man, that ain't fair. That ain't even "One minute," she said, walking Graphica Staff: Charles N ewports from the roll of his sleeve fair. and handed her three. She lit one down one of the four aisles of food. Lola held onto the phone even as its Aikerson, Mendel; Anrico slowly, as if it were terribly important Rodger came in then and quickly hid dead tones reached her ears Rodger Noland, South Shore; ReginAld that she got it right. For most of the himself behind the last aisle. Once Lola was good. Rodger was clean. Wright, CorliBs. hour she sat there and thought. had gotten the woman a safe distance "Life jus' ain't no good at all. Jus' "Well, Rodg could go with you away he came out of the spot and ain't no good at all" The tears rolled Coach: Fred Garda.phe, instead of me, while I keep Mre. Bowie turned off the alarm. Nervously, the down her cheeks Columbia College. busy. You wait in the car for h1m an' short boy got the key. It was right "Lola?" It was Pifzy. Beautiful, SANE he go an' get the money. You did find where George said it would be Piffyl Lola could feel an uncertam "Young Chicago" is made out where they keep the register key "I can't believe rm doing this," be hand on her shoulder. possible by a grant from the didn't ya, man?" sa1d to himself His shakin~ fingers 'Piffy baby, 't.. e sun woke me up "Sure, under some books O!l. the dropped the key and h"' cent to again jus' IlOW' ••• a.r.' I ain ~ even got lllinois Arts Council. counter and the ala."''!l is in the back retrieve it.. n pillow ta. cover r:1a head.' New Expression January 1986 ---- By Tracy Deutsch She felt like k.1ll1ng someone. She really did. She was sure her absolute hatred and disgust with the woman standing in line ahead of her must be obvious. Th1B argument over a library fine had been getting louder. " ... five cents," was all her mind let her think. She had the inexplicable desire to throw something large, dark and heavy. Throw it hard. From behind the narrow desk, steel frames that shaped ice-grey eyes turned on her. The mouth said "Overdue?" but the eyes told her to crawl into a sewer. That was okey with her. But, instead, something snapped inside. The books fell by themselves, and she couldn't breathe. "Lemme out. Can't breathe. Lemme out. I'm dying ... " And she was facing in the other direction. Later, she couldn't remember hurling herself against the cold metal handles. She didn't hear the curses of the old man when she knocked against him. She forgot the stairs; she tripped and fell. She didn't feel her Nikes slap and spring from the sidewalk when she jumped from the last step. She just remembered running ... tearing out to awey. She hated smoking. everything else. As 1f it were all sandwich into duck bite-size pieces, the stars and everything ripping at When she put her hands into her connected and alweys had been. As 1f and the ducks quacked in faster tempo her insides. Things cracking and empty pockets, she felt awfully cold. everything would always be that wey, as 1f in appreciation. breaking and forcing open her So she turned for the second time and she'd alweys be standing there. And as she lookeli around at the memory. And it all came over her eyes that day. This time it was the sound of She thought it was something like stars and the overweight birds and the in shattered crystal. the ducks that brought her back. Same what eternity must be. ripples collared by streetlights, She was running then and her feet damn ducks had been quacking since And she felt it then. Being a part of suddenly, something in her came weren't part of her body. she'd been seven years old. things that were purely herself. together. They ran on their own. The dead dirt When she looked up, the moon was Feeling the almost winter wind and She figured he hadn't taken all of and dying sidewalk and cheap neon escaping from silver-edged buds and running to get awey from something her with him. She figured there were signs streamed past. She stood and the leaves rustled stories to inside and seeing the pond at night. some things that she had sole watched. People's blank faces stared themselves. She couldn't see the pond, She thought that the part of her that possession of. Something that didn't through her. They seemed molded into but she knew it must be out there in did these things had always been depend on anyone else. She figured no. one fleshy mess. Then it all whirled the inky darkness beyond the there. He hadn't taken it. one would take it awey. together and nothing mattered. She pink-orange of the streetlights. She And without knowing quite why, she So, she smiled, tentatively at first, didn't feel a thing. heard the ripples brush the shore, and opened her backpack and took out her but th en it came easier. And she Aw, damn! Now she remembered the movements seemed to fit with uneaten lunch. She broke the started the long walk home. that she couldn't quite breathe, and the Chevy had just missed her by inches and the driver was honking to wake About YoUD4l Chicago the dead, and she had no idea where she was. Then she saw it. The warped, once "Young Chicago" is a Are You Considering a Career in: blus bench. There, in the park. "Oh, publication of teen literary work jeez." She figured she must be a real that publishes monthly within mental case. New Expression. • accounting!business • graphic design Th1B was it, all right. ThiB was If you are lnterested ln where they'd held hands and kissed becoming a "Young Chicago" • data processing • photography and melted into each other. Where writer, simply send your • word processing • advertising they'd met. Where he'd held her until manuscript and phone number she thought they were the only things to Tracey Deutsch, Young that mattered. Chicago Editor New She shuddered, then, but the Applications Being Taken memory came anywey. Th1B had been Expression, 207 S. Wabash, where they'd talked, so ca.lmly, about Chicago, IL 60604. The deadline . ..for an how it wasn't working. Where they'd is February 28. The editor will llternately watched mad puddles and select the stories that will be employment ihigibillt:y .louds and made sophisticated discussed at future meetlngs and traDlirrgprogram 1\equ.:U-exn.ent» ·c·omiBes to be friends, in any case. notizy the authors. 1 at Youth 1. :Se a high school ju:n:io.t>, tlhe laughed at the wey she The next Young Chicago 2. Meet J'I1>A l.ncom& • -a nembered it all. "Like strains of meeting will be February 10 at Communication. Guidelines (a9Jtle as fo:r a .UB!c that leave you dancing when 4 pm at New Expression, 207 the song's fading fast," she thought. For more Mayor's Su:mme:r "X"outb 8. Wabash, (8th :fl.). All Employment Progra.m.) She laughed at the words no one else information call 3. Have a Socia.! Security hflard. interested teen authors are inVited. For more information 663-0545, oaro. 8he didn't notice him untlJ she saw 4. Be a Chicago l.'esident. th(j clga.rotte. It lit his face. She could call Tracey Deustch at 663-0543. between 3-5p.m. see h.Js blue eyes glittering above the "Young Chicago" staff and jackot she'd bought for him His hands readers are indebted to t.he Deadline: were steady and 'l1a breath puffed grey TIU.nois Arts CouncJl for its January 22. gtwst.s. financial support. Bhe ro1wh1:d to take t,he cigarette lfl New Expression January 1986 I Ooinion Different schools, different rules? Last year a Whitney Young student fected by the rules. Yet, student's input was suspended for wearing an earring. is rarely heard in the making of any of He protested. The case was brought these rules. before the District Suprerintendent. It's possilble that an anti-earring rule The District Superintendent ruled that could make sense in a school where when boys wore earrings at Whitney students are threatened by gangs. Young in 1984 they wore them be Perhaps this is why CVS in 1985 has a cause of fashion rather than as a gang strictly enforced rule against boys' symbol. So, now, males can wear ear wearing earrings. rings at Whitney Young if they want. But why wouldn't the rule be dis Hurrah for men's right at Whitney cussed in classes or by the student Young! A victory for the students! But is council so that the whole school com it really a victory? munity builds up some respect for the It's true that the student won the fight rule? against one rule. But why was it a rule And considering the fast change of in the first place? Does anyone in any gang symbols and fashion and life high school normally know why a rule is styles, today, why doesn't the school a rule? Or how the rule was arrived at? community review the rules each year Or, even, who made up the rule? -change some, eliminate some, con For example, at CVS and Stein sider the need for new ones? metz, students must wear their ID's Why can't seniors offer background around their neck at all times while in about the school's rules to freshmen school. At Dunbar, students cannot and transfer students each year and have "unusual" haircuts. This means then allow these new students to raise no mohawks or partly dyed hair (even questions and objections? I though spiked hair is allowed at Lane If there are serious objections to a Tech). rule by any member of a school com The students in these schools must munity, why aren't there adequate abide by and obey these rules. Most of grievance systems - like a good court them don't know why. A student from proceeding - that students can use Steinmetz commented with a sly smile, and have faith in? "I guess because they think it's fash Every school exists in a different ionable to wear I D's around your neck." neighborhood and each school forms Art by Patrick Thompson A Dunbar student just slumped his its own unique community from its stu shoulders. "I don't know,"he said. dent body. Each school needs to func Why don't the students know? And tion as a community where everyone why do they have to "guess?" The stu can participate in the making and A tale of frustration dents are the ones who are most at- changing and explanation of the rules. A fable by Glibel Gomez The nearest boy's bathroom was downstairs, so Mark made his way towards the staircase. Rrrrring! The shrill sound of the "Where are you going?" asked the school bell filled the halls. hall monitor. Does anyone in any "Hello, Mark," the teacher greeted " I have to find the janitor." the student " Well , you have to go the other way. "Oh, hi, Mr. Thompson." Mr. When the bell rings the second time no high school Thompson was standing by the door, one uses this door." holding it open. Mark tried to step Mark turned to go to the other normally know why a aside to enter the room , but Mr. bathroom. But, just before he reached Thompson blocked his way. the bathroom at the east end of the "You're late," he said. hall, a woman stopped him. rule is a rule? "But the bell just rang!" "Where are you going?" she "Yes, and you were not inside the demanded. room when it did." "Well I'm looking for ... " "It just rang!" "Where's your pass?" "You're late! Get a pass!" " I don't have one yet." "But I just came from the bathroom." "What! No pass? Don't you know it's Sterotypes unfair "Then find the janitor and get him to a rule? It's in the Student Handbook." write a note saying you were in the "But I've been sent to find the I read your article " My Classmates bathroom." janitor ... " Letters Called Me an Oreo," and I agree that With those immortal words, Mr. Moral: Youth should not be teenagers put stereotypes on others, espe Thompson went into the room and seen ... should not be heard . . . cially in school where different groups form. closed the door behind him. should not be ... Parents have goals for Sometimes I want to meet other people in us different groups, but whenever I'm around them, I feel uncomfortable. Help for hungry I think the article about "I Will Be Open For some reason, I usually feel left out. About Sex With My Children" was a superb We seem to have differences in ideas and I read the article about "Hungry People" Coming in article. The survey was very interesting. I other characteristics. I don't think things will in this city and not many people are doing gave it to my mom, and she said that it is ever work out This just doesn't seem fatr! their part. exactly what she wanted for me I have seen places for the hungry people, February! Saba Taqi I surveyed myself to find out how I would and I have gone inside to talk with the spon • The winning entry in try to make goals for my chtldren come true sors They have told me that they get items and to find out how my parents are trying to from only a couple of places every month. our contest on how you make them come true for me like churches. Usually the items are used will handle sex with Now I know why they yell at me for doing up before they can get more. wrong I agree with you 100% on your arttcle They also told me that they don't have your children. about the "oreo." I'm a sophomore at Von canned goods because no one will donate • Career Search: learn David Lipinski Steuben Metro Science Center, and it ts a any As a student, I think that all high very academic school. It is true about stu· schools should help the poor people. how two seniors went dents of different groups being about looking into their stereotyped. Sang Lee futures and what they Sex is all there is I hear those same stereotypes quite often. People who are smart talk about the discovered. I read your arttcle about teens abstrain people who are not as gifted and vice versa. I don't think teenagers are at all involved • W hatever happened to mg from sex and thought I should comment I'm an honors student myself and I don't 1n hunger cnses. Last week our student on it criticize. I wtsh that more people would be counctl had a food dnve, and for the first class discussions? I have seen many girls pressured into sex like me and then everyone would stop con four days we collected only ten cans of Reporter Tanya Bonner by their boyfriends I have also seen many stdenng themselves as more than some food' After much advertising we collected a has some answers. of those relattonshtps end soon after I one else few boxes. guess they thought '"I love him; tt's okay.' Finally, we all could become more aware Teens should realize that there are hun • Computer skills - can and they soon fmd out that sex was all that of one another's needs and, thus, help one gry people tn thts world and they need our anyone survive in the the relationship was about another help to survive. 1990's wi· hout them? Hanan Nano Sheronda German Cynthia Louie New Expression January 1986 ~ ENTERTAINMENT BEAT By James Gultry, Jr. As we draw closer and Cher will definitely be nomi closer to Feb. 5, the day when nated for her exceptional work the Academy of Performing on " Mask," as will Anne Ban Arts and Sciences selects its croft for "Agnes of God" and Oscar nominees, film critics Kathleen Turner for "Prizzi's are constructing lists of proba Honor." The fifth nomination ble nominees. So, as New Ex for best actress will most likely pression's entertainment col be taken by one of the follow umnist, I too have developed a ing: Karol Browne for "Dream In the Army National Guard, you1l list of nominees for best pic child," Miranda Richardson for tures, best actor, and best ac "Dance with a Stranger," and Guard everything that's close to you. Your tress. Ellen Burstyn for "Twice in a At the top ol my list for best Lifetime." country, state and neighbors. And your picture is Steven Spielberg's Lastly, the best actor com " The Color Purple," which petition is the most interesting future, too. With good part-time income, new should be one of this year's big because even though other winners. Other exceptional critics say William Hurt is most skills and an extra bonus to help pay for col movies were " Witness," likely to take the Oscar home "Mask," and the "Kiss of the for his outstanding perfor lege. Today there's no reason to take ch?nces Spider Woman." My fifth nomi mance in "Kiss of the Spider nation will go to one of the fol Woman," I feel Harrison Ford's with your future, when you can Guard It. lowing: the box office smash performance in the romantic " Back to the Future," Ron thriller " Witness" was more Call Information for the office nearest you or call toll free Howard's "Cocoon," Woody captivating. Also in the running 1-800-252-2972 or mail coupon below. Allen's "Purple Rose of Cairo," will be Jack Nicholson for ''Fantasy," or the adventure " Prizzi's Honor" and Gene romance "Out of Africa." Hackman for " Twice in a The race for best actress is Lifetime." The fifth slot of this really the most competitive of nomination will go to either all categories. Raul Julia for " Kiss of the Meryl Streep for "Out of Af Spider Woman" or Micheal J. rica" is my first choice; how Fox for "Back to the Future." ever, Whoopi Goldberg has a Fox is the youngest actor in the better chance of winning for category. her performance in "The Color On Feb. 5 we will all see how Purple." If Goldberg wins, she far off I was with these predic will be the first black woman to tions. take home the Oscar for best actress. MOVIES The Color Purple Illinois The Color Purple dominance. In one scene, when Celie has an opportunity to leave her tor FREE COLLEGE All teens who have ever felt de menting husband and start her life UPJtional pression, who have ever felt op all over, Goldberg creates a totally pressed by forces they couldn't believable performance as she control - and that may be every looks at the daring stare of her §guard teen alive - w1ll relate to Celie's husband and wordlessly submits TUITION!! story 1n "The Color Purple." her dignity to his tyranny The Guard belongs. Whopp1e Goldberg plays Celie, Sophia (Oprah Winfrey) por a black woman in the early 1900's trays a character that is the direct who, as a child, has been sexually opposite of Celie. She is a stub 4-Year, Full-Tuition Scholarship abused and separated from her born, strong-willed woman who sister and now must continue to refuses to accept any male op (at any Illinois state college or university) face a world which Celie believes pression toward her. Oprah plays doesn't love her. this role with sensitivity and a YOU ALSO GET: Whoopie Golberg makes an in touch of humor as she literally credible leap from comedy to this fights her way through conflicts. Good Pay, Vocational Training senous role with such amazing These contrasting acting roles of success that she is rightfully being Celie and Sophia are superbly ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD OPPORTUNITIES suggested for an Academy counterpointed by Spielberg. 1301 North MacArthur Boulevard • Springfield, Illinois 62702 Award. She brings to life the The costume design and dialect struggle of a woman who over of the actors seems very authen comes the cruelties of two black tic. The script and the actors avoid men, a struggle that begins when th e exaggerated dialects of NAM E: ------she is barely 14. movies like "Gone with the Wind." AGE: ------PHONE: ______Director Steven Spielberg al The script, the acting, the ADDRESS: lows the audience to grow up with filming and the sensitivity towards Celie, who is driven to timidness, the important little details that CITY: ______~------anger and fear because of the make a mov1e great are what col STATE: ______cruelty. He helps the audience ors this movie purple - purple for grow in understanding of her re triumphant! ZIP CODE: jection and lonllness. And, finally, he causes all of us to reel in shock Tanya Bonner when Celie shakes off this male IIJ New Expression January 1986 Entertainment · · The Jewel of the Nile A Chorus Line: The MOVIES Movie If you liked the adventure film Director Richard Attenborough makes "Romancing the Stone," you're sure to an unsuccessful attempt to transform a love its sequel, "The Jewel of the Nile." great Broadway production into a movie. Jack Colton (Michael Douglas), Joan The movie in its attempt to keep faith Wilder (Kathleen Turner) and Ralph with the original play bored me to death (Danny DeVito) team up again for an as 17 dancers stood on the white line of other treacherous adventure. This time a stage and one by one, as their names their search is for a mysterious "Jewel of are called, talk about their lives. That's the Nile." The title is misleading, but I fine for a play, but it's a poor scenario for won't give it away. a two-hour movie. In "Romancing," scenes jumped out Both the movie and the original play unexpectedly. And although "Jewel" feature many scared, yet eagar dancers achieves that effect at times, the major at the mercy of director Zach (Michael ity of the action scenes are long and Douglas), each auditioning for a chance predictable. Some of the scenes are im to strut their stuff in a musical. There itations of other movies, but the re really is no story line in the movie, aside makes are still fun. from Cassie's (Aiyson Reed) attempts to Even though some of the situations revive the shattered love affair between are unbelievable (Joan climbing a herself and Zach. After Cassie dumps mountain in heels while dodging him, she tries to overcome Zach's at machine gun bullets), they are still en tempts to keep her from getting a part in joyable. The characters travel from the play, while the movie shows throughout North Africa; they escape flashbacks of their affair. from life-threatening dungeons, sand This slipping in and out of the story storms and dangerous African tribes continues throughout the movie, break men. ing any possible intensity in the already This time Kathleen Turner and undersized plot. Michael Douglas fail to bring laughs at But the movie is saved by all of the their one-liners as they did in "Romanc superb song and dance numbers, pro ing." They seem a bit too comfortable duced with the excitiment, zest and with their roles. energy of a great Broadway musical. It was Danny DeVito and his off-the The monologues, which precede the wall lines that make this adventure film dances, are excellent. Each character an adventure comedy. He took simple becomes real to the audience, an effect one-liners and produced hilarious out that's helped by all of the action taking bursts from the audience. He was the place behind the scenes before the only memorable character in the film. performance. The movie audience is The African desert, the action-paced able to sense what it's like for dancers scenes, the great cinematography, the before their big performance. good music and DeVito's hilarious deliv The movie captures the feelings of ery all come together to produce a highly disappointment and success of Broad The Jewel of the Nile entertaining and enjoyable film. way. And if you're going for the dancing, then you won't be disappointed. A Chorus Une: The Movie Mark Maynard Tanya Bonner for men). This song also sets a trend by establishing a new dance, something Lovers" is a hit on the adult contempo MUSIC that Morris has used effectively to sell rary charts, the rest of the up-tempo his style in the past. numbers skip from disco, to adult con Overall, "The Color of Success" will temporary, to pop. Morris Day prove to be a true disappointment to the In short, although this album has good fans of Morris Day. Hopefully, he will material, it's not great because it lacks a Color of Success learn something from this and again be vital ingredient for a successful album VIDEO come the Morris of old. guidance. Hopefully, Holiday will find a producer that can help her tap her al When Morris Day announced that he Kevin Davy most unlimited potential as a recording Arena was leaving The Time in order to be artist. come a solo act, he left with a promise Duran Duran that he would make some party music. Jennifer Holiday Kevin Davy Judging from his first solo album, the outrageous, egotistical, chauvanistic Say You Love Me "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Rio," "The and overbearing performer we knew Tim Reflex," and "The Wild Boys" show and loved is long gone. When Jennifer Holiday first gained Duran Duran to be among the most in "Color of Success" almost completely recognition as the star of the long Replacement novative, imaginative and creative ar abandons the unique style that made running broadway musical, "Dream tists in the realm of music video. Unfor Morris Day arid The Time one of the girls," music critics everywhere proc The Replacements' latest album, tunately, little of this creativity is evident most successful and colorful bands laimed her to be another Aretha "Tim," is the most polished of their re on their latest video cassette release around. Gone are the up tempo "party Franklin. cords. The lour-man group is riding high "Arena." music" numbers with trend setting lyrics Although there are many similarities on the critical acdaim of their last album, "Arena" attempts to combine live con accompanied by soaring synthesizer between the two vocalists, it was ex "Let It Be" (number three album on the cert footage, videos and a story line in and guitar arrangements that often stole tremely unfair to compare a performer Village Voice critic's poll). But this is their volving English actor Milo O'Shea as the the show from Prince when The Time who hadn't recorded an album to an es first album on a major label (Sire). original Duran Duran, the evil genius and his "Royal Badness" toured to tablished legend who has been dubbed The polished flavor doesn't take away from the movie Barbarella. O'Shea's gether. "The Queen of Soul." Five years and from the wild, unbridled sound of the Duran has returned from exile with the Also missing are the raunchy, egotis two albums later, Jennifer Holiday is still Replacements. The mixture of rockabilly intent of stealing the youth, energy and tical ballads that featured outrageous trying to live up to the early unrealistic and thrash will entrance you. The lyrics popularity of his musical name sake. lyrics, in songs such as "If the Kid Can't expectations. reflect pain, loneliness, and insecurity, While this is going on, the band is play Make You Come" and "Gigolos Get Most of the numbers on this album are giving you a feeling of rapport with the ing a concert at the Oakland Coliseum Lonely Too." quite good, but the album lacks cohe band. as part of their 1984 tour. He replaces this style with plain, ordi siveness and direction as Holiday tries For instance, "Swinging Party" is a The concept has potential, but it is nary, straight, old fashioned soul and to be everything to everybody. song about feeling scared and insecure: never realized. The bad acting and mild tempo disco music. This would be This is not surprising because she in " ... if being afraid is a crime /We hang stilted dialogue make it impossible to fine, except for two elements: Morris corporates the talents of seventeen side by side/At the swinging party down take the plot seriously. The band mem does not have the exceptionally strong songwriters and nine producers, in the line ... " "Here Comes a Regular" bers themselves contribute nothing to and smooth vocal style that is necessary cluding George Tobin and Michael deals with loneliness: "You know a per the action of the story. In fact, they have for this type of music, and he cannot Jackson. Too many people with too son can work up a mean, mean thirst to be rescued by their forms. The musi write music within the restrictions of this much control usually spell trouble for /After a hard day of nothing much at cal impact of the concert is lost because style. A perfect example of both of these any project. all ... " "little Mascara" is about marital of constant talking through the songs. is the title tune, which has lyrics that are In the title song, Holiday uses her breakup: "It worked so well in the Only the reworked videos of familiar extremely repetitious and features Mor phrasing skills and vocal control to the beginning/Now where did it go wrong." Duran songs show any signs of life, but ris attempting unsuccessfully to sing max. The ballad gives her the freedom to Musically the best songs are "Hold My few of them are shown. When the origi (whine) above uninspired instrumentals. use her trademark interpretations while Life," a great pure-rock song that has nal version of the Oakland concert was Fortunately, one song on this album displaying her tremendous alto range, some of the most original chord changes shown on Cinemax last year, it induded provides strong evidence that Morris which is arguably the best in popular I've ever heard, and "Dose of Thunder," 11 videos and lasted an hour. "Arena" Day is simply experimenting with a new music. Michael Jackson's contribution, a wonderful hard core song that almost only contains nine songs, and IS about style. "The Oak Tree" follows in tradition You're the One, is a pop ballad in which sounds improvised. 45 minutes long. of Time hits "The Walk" and "The Bird." Holiday proves she can use a sweeter, I recommend "Tim" for those who "Arena" lacks the imagination and He uses this hit to cut loose his ego and more melodic style. enjoy the three-guitar, one-drum lineup, spontaneity of earlier Duran video work. chauvanism to the tune of creative But this album indicates that she is still and to everyone who appreciates For thirty dollars, even devoted Duran keyboard and synthesizer arrange searching for her own up-tempo style down-to-earth, common-man themes. fans will find 11 a real disappointment. ments (his chauvanism should be taken one that best fits her. Although the first for what it IS, his style, but not a standard single from the album "Hard Times For Jack Stoller Nancy Wallace New Expression January 1986 Entertainment Mrchael forms duets wtth Elton John on Lov1n ,' a past ZZ Top song, were vag natton of bluos-llnged rock and heavy the current h t Wrap Her Up " uely heard 1n Dtppmg Low (In the Lap of metal w1 I conttnue to d light thetr fans MUSIC Often. I got worked up over the cold Luxury) " and more than satiSfy rock fans m gen ness of some of the subJect matters and Desp1te these cnltc1sms. " After eral. then melted down to a calm and hopeful burner" scores another v1ctory for th1s Elton John concfus1on. sort of like Ice on F1re ·· talented tno of rock The group's comb1- Ann pt'*'-Y Ice On Fire Roberta English The t1tle of "Ice on F1re" best de Z2 Top scribes Elton John's latest album It Seniors ... don't be left out free7es you w1th 1ts popping, upbeat Afterburner rhythms and then melts you w1th 1ts soft ltunl} lUkt>SOI hOttllnlt'loh.l\1' OIH o•nlot and ~enllmental melodies ZZ Top's "Afterburner" •s red-hot. portrollt lolkl•n Yl·t thb 'tn.Jllln\l'Slrn••nt In The album IS a m1xture of pop-rock "Sleeping Bag," a song already re lim(' will II·! \'OU .1ncl \"our frh·ncl~ ,t. NEED CLASS RING ]OSTENS INFO DOWNTOWN THE STEVENS BUILDING NORTH SIDE 17 North State, Room 911 5433 West Addison Chicago, illinois 60602 Chicago, illinois 60641 263-3402 794-9500 Nonprofir Orgamzabon U.S. Postage PAID Chgo Perm1t No 8387 207 S. Wabash, Chicago l.linois 60604, (312) 663-0543