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I . I ' .. E LETTERFrom the Editor new expression NE's May focus: reaching out to others 5 T A F F By Jessica Olson, Managing Editor/Production, Bogan Managing EditorfEditorial It's spring in Chicago. Andre Rooks, Whi tney Young OK, so the freezing temperature may not feel like green leaves should be on trees and flowers will be blooming, but it is, Managing Editor/Production nonetheless, spring. The sun is actually out after 4 in the afternoon and the school year has been reduced to a matter of Jessica Olson, Bogan weeks. In this issue of New Expression we offer ideas on how to keep busy. Photography Editor Our readers who want to make a difference to all of Chicago can read about City Year, a program Nicole Davis, Kenwood that involves young people in community service while earning money for education. We give them a City Editor/News reason to get involved with our front page story, which features teens from the Robert Taylor Homes Erica Miller-Mahin , Kenwood who are fed up with how their home is featured by the press, especially in recent weeks. By focusing City Editor/Features on these teens, we not only prove that all CHA residents aren't crackheads and gang members; we Ana Cabrera, Whitney Young prove that many of them can be role models. Sports Editor On the lighter side, we review "Threesome" (p. 15), a funny but predictable movie that could have Earnest Weatherby , Whitney Young been named: "Reality Bites, the College Years," and give you a day in the life of a newspaper, "The Reporters Paper", starring Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, and Glenn Close, which we review on page 17. Laticha Allen, Hyde Park; Emil y Arroyo, Clemente; Look for NE interviews with Gabrielle (p. 18), Cece Peniston (p. 18), and U-MYND (p. 15). We're James Boozer, Simeon; LaTanya Burke, Lane Tech; also reviewing "Culture Clash," the Latino answer to "Saturday Night Live" and "In Living Color," Robert Cardenas, St. Joseph's; Terence Clark, (p.14) and Comedy Spartz, an all-ages comedy show {p.20) at the lmprov (p.14 )- Carver; Rashcda Donner, WhilnCy Young; Sharmin Jessica Olson In our continuing prom coverage, we offer ways to cut back on the cost and look your best (p. 19) Ghaznavi , Lincol n Park; David Harrell, Columbia and a Pro and Con on whether prom is worth the trouble (p.6). An editorial on page 6 addresses the Coll ege; Raven Hill , Morgan Park; Audrey issue of teens drinking on prom night. Readers are encouraged to call our new voice mail line at 220-NEWS and leave their Hudgin s,Taft ; Helen Hun ter, Carver; Isaac Jack opinion of drinking on prom. sonII , Morgan Park; WandaJones,Lindblom; Melanie Lewis; Bao Li , Whitney Young; Keyosha Moore; Ruqaiyah Morr is, Kenwood; Marvin Patterson; Aruba Roy, St. Martin De Porres;Adrienne Silljluels, Morgan Park; Chante Spann, Morgan Park; Marcus Thomas, Kenwood; Dwi gh t Turner. Carver; Nahir Vazquet, Clemente. Northside Bureau debuts! Northside Bureau Shanda Arnold, Wah Disney; Chausha NE expands. Meet the teens and hear Bridgeman , Schneider; Garbnel Burnell. what's up out North ...... pp. 9 -11 Darwin; Benji Davila, Darwin; Nicki Felton, NE Thoughts Darwin; Lena Henderson,Lanc Tech; Angie Hill, new expresslon Schun; Mona Johnson, Alcott. Real LifeNightmare ...... p. 13 Graphics Staff Sola Akaintunde, UIC; Erika Bryant, Whitney NE Interviews with ... Young; Andre Darcy, Julian ; Pauline Hilliard, TABLE Krash Man ...... p. 16 Kenwood; Jason Miller, Metro; Earnest Cece Peniston ...... _.. _...... -P- I 8 Weatherby, Whitney Young; Rudee Bredy, De La Sa lle. OF Entertainment Photography Staff Cutlure Clash comedy show Muneerah Askia, Hirsc h Metro H.S.; Heather highlights Latino talent...... p. 14 Black, Kenwood Academy; Erika Bryant, Whitney Young; Bernard Camacho, EE-Urban Youth Comedy Sportz review ...... p. 20 Program; Amanda deZuller, Whitney Young; Talisha Echols, Columbia College; Lamont Gibson, MAY 1~9~ Photo Journal Columbia College; LaToya Johnson, Cune; Erica Teen Philharmonic ...... p. 21 Kas~ U of C Lab School; William Northern, Dcla Salle; Claudia Rico, Curie; Judith Sanchez, Jones Volume 1~ •Number ~ Cover photos by Ewa Sarnaclw, Lane Tech Metro; Ewa Samacka. Lane Tech; Maria Vasquez, Kelvyn Park. Adult StafT Executive Director - Susan M. Herr, Editorial Adviser- Eii73bclh Kaufman; llureatOOuppkments Coordinator- Adolfo MCIXlez; Copy Editor -\1argaretAnn Cross; Graphics Director -Enc J. Wrlliams; Alateen (312)471-0225 II, Chicago Dept. of Health/ For financial aid: Graphics Manager Larry Mrller Alanon Center Mental Health lrmis DeJ:artment Designer/Special Projects -Ollo GontAiez, for Information (312) 744-8033 of Public Aid Photography Adviser -Ross OliVIa Karreman, (312) 890-1 141 STD Hotline (Operation Venus) (31 2) 793-4706 Program Coordinator - Dcnms Sykes; 1-800-227-8922 Atd'OCs~ To help the Advertising Director-Greg \1cCiain; Information on AIDS (312) 346-1475 Director of Development -Garfield Phrllpolls; environment: 1-800-AID-AIDS FaTies~ Business Manager - Pam Wil10n (312) 777-4442 Green peace Child abuse and neglect: (312) 666-3305 New Expression 1\ J'lhh\lnl oro: a nx11lh except July, Cca:i"e~ 1-800-25-ABUSE (312)202-8898 Citizens For a Better Augu.s~ and F-ebruary by Youth Cunmumcaoon/ Illinois Dept. of Children and Family Special Youth Environment Clucago, a n 2 N E MAY1 994 Teen reaches peers through HIV/AIDS education By Tuence Clark tllseasc. l have now been mvolved m St.alT Writer To tell yo11 tile trlltll, this program for two ycaro;. Carver High School Last spnng. I was chosen by the et's talk about what the world is I was l'eiJ' afraid of South S1de Health Center and t.hc afraid of. Let's talk about what getting illl'olved in Amcncan Red Cro s (M1d-Amenca Lthe world is afraid to address as Chapter) to go to Washmgton, DC. to an issue that affects them. Let's talk this progrttm part•c•ratc m an AIDS convcnuon of youth from many state~ . We ~pent about contracting HIV. bectutse like 111a11y Teens come up to me. some three day' plannmg ~trateg•cs to looking scared, some cocky, mo t promote A1DS awareness throughout others, when the Tuence Clarlc hesitanL..they talk to me about how the country We talked about mcorpo they can get, or not get infected with word AIDS was raung the AIDS ~ '>age mto mov•es the AIDS virus. mentioned, I j11st that had <;tory hnc created to Interest I am involved m an AIDS educa teens. hke basketball Through this program, I can tion program at the South Side tlidn 't want to hear it. I have earned awards for my hard touch a teen more than an adult Health Center. I have dooe AIDS "'ork 1n promoung AIDS awarene workshops in schools, churches, and teacher, Beverly Menefee, got a call 10e outh Side Health Center can. communities. I show films, explain from the South S1dc Health Center awarded me ali HIV/AJDS Peer bow to use condoms properly, and as lung her to send I 0 students to tram Educator of the Y car. The Amencan test the groups on HIV and AIDS for promoung AIDS awareness Red Cros~ a"'ardcd me two wnes as knowledge. Menefee asked I 0 students to go. HIV/AlD peer educator and HIV/ arc the fastest n mg group to come m Side Health Center at (312)445-5445. To tell you the truth, I was very Nine accepted. I dcmed the mvtta AIDS m~tructor I behc"c that contact w1th the AIDS v1rus. Through thi program, I can touch afraid of getting involved in this tion, but my friends encouraged me. I everyone hould try to learn ~ much Remember, everyone tS vulnerable. a teen more than an adult can. So program because like many others, went one ume and have been going about AIDS as po~•ble, <:-'>peclally lt anyone would hke information many kids who have been in my when the word' AIDS was mentioned, ever smce. Before I became an teenage~ and young adults. The 1993 on th1s program or h~ to get "'orkshop come to me and teU me, I just didn't want to hear iL educator, I did not realLZC there was Center for D~asc Control report •molved. you may contact Vanessa "You d1d a wonderful job." Kno"' But then one day, my favorite so much for me to learn about the showed that teens and young adults m1th or Beuy JTUth at the South mg this makes me feel enriched. Don't see enough of you or your Winning photos (above and school? left) by N£'s Photo £d11or, NE photo editor's Oops, we goofed ... Nicole Davts, Kenwood ''h•lc I'm there!" work wins big In our April bsue, we Raymond Smith, 1. Martin De Porres Then tell us Carver senior to honors misspelled Tribune food critic High chool Whats Up! "Smell' like p•~~ ft be the people thnt do NE photo cdJtor N1eole Dav1s, Phil Vettel'~ name. We represent state at 11. They act hke they can't control thl.'tr a seniOr at Kenwood Academy, New national business apologize for the error. bladders." IS among I !!2 w1nner' ol the Jason Haymon, Luther 'outh High Expression competition National New,paper Assoc.Ja- clrool t 1on/ QuIll & Scro II ff you have a brain, what -~---=~;:s--;;:~iiitfii!,;i~:i~ii~~~ "They aren't up to p.lr WI.' ncl.'d anotha is looking 1994 International s hould you do w1th 1t ? Usc 1t! one (bathroom)" Wnting, Photo for On Feb. 25, Latesha Odneal, Robert Vincent, Carlin lliglr School Conte'> I a sen1or at Carver Area H1gh "They' re lllrt , the ~ t .llb art' thrt). the N1 cole's WJJllllng ~ School, used her bra1n and Ut)(m, ol the stalls MI.' lllrt). Unnt' "on the entry, "Seen and faith at the ~tate bu s •n e~s lltlnr 'o you can set' 1.'\l'rHlll\.'·, buJ:-.llt'''" from all the Heard" ( Located on the Southeast s1de of the should go home early?" "I feel ashamed," he says. make them stronger. cny, the Robert Taylor Homes Like Kathy, many teenaged But not all his peers are living up Kathy says she was born with the public housmg development is Robert Taylor residents feel they are to their full potential, he says. ''As wtll to uccccd. She wants to be an known for high marks- in 1Ls being discriminated against because black people we're already put down cngmcer "I want to own my own crime rate. 1ts residents' high school of where they live, especially by the and then the negativity these people computer corporation and I just Jropout mte, and its percentage of media. bring to our neighborhood just want to have money." :-.he says. She tc~ n mothers. ''Why can't they do a posiuve makes things worse." knows the only way to achie"c her It IS not known for its strong sense ~tory about the things that go on m And it's not just the negative news dreams IS to go to college. nf community, or its residents' our neighborhood?" asks Marquts coverage that's discouraging. It's Michael attnbutc:-. h1s strength to Ollrage to nsc above the prer Johnson, a sophomore at DuSablc. also disheartening to have to oppose sports and to all of his after· school pre~surc to fad. Yet these clements And there arc many posiuvc peers and, in some cases, family activities. 'Tm ju~t too busy'' to get tbO eXISt things going on in Robert Taylor members who do not support thetr into trouble, he says. Kathy Kelley. a B-averagc because, if anything, 1t instills a decision to stay in school or avoid Michael also expects to go to DuSablc I l1gh School student who strong sense of community among joining gangs. college, but he says a lot ot people smiled constantly dunng a recent its inhabitants. DuSablc's graduating class of would be surprised to learn of his mtervtcw, has a full roster of There are block parties. Talent 1994. about 40 percent of wh1ch college plans. Such low expecta community and <;chool activities. shows. Bible study classes. Picnics, reside in Robert Taylor, started off tions are based on where he goes She 1s a writer for her ~c hool peer-tutoring programs, and so many with about 500 students. They arc to school as well as where he 1ewspaper and literary magaz.inc. other activtties going on that now down to 262. "My friends who lives. She's a member of the school choir, residents say the media refuses to dropped out arc now like, ·come "DuSable ha~ always had a bad and a member of the police explorer recognize. Why? Because, Kathy with us and come hang with us,"' reputation, and so bad news is summer program, a program for says, people want action and says Derniecc Goodwin, a senior. always what they (the media) young people interested m learnmg violence, which is why she thinks so "These people try to stand in your always expect. They just want to how to help others during emergen much attention was given to the way to keep you from doing what keep up the stereotype." cies. recent outbreak of shooting and so you want to do.'' Diana Davis, a senior, is deter Kathy's only "problc.:m" is that she lillie media focus was spent on Or as Michael Bass, also a senior, mined not to live up to negative lives at Robe1t Taylor. The minute residents' active response. says, "They just hate to see you stereotypes or become another she mentions where she lives, people "We had a peace rally which media coverage except the mention achieve." statistic. look at her differently and treat her involved a lot of churches, leaders of of a couple of fist fights amongst Michael and seven of his peers, Instead, her plans arc to become differently. She says that when she the neighborhood and people from some boys. sitting in a DuSable classroom well the fi rst in her family to attend and tells people outside of her commu Operation PUSH to offer their This kind of news coverage can be after the final bell of the day, say graduate from college. "I'm gonna nity where she lives. their usual support.'' Kathy says. But, she very discouraging to teens like they will achieve. They have get there," she said, "no matter response ts: "Don· t you thmk you added, they received practically no Marquis, who's a straight-A student. something in them that somehow what." Media needs to mentionthe good, as wea as bad, about Robert Peace marchers vow to Taylor Homes restore strength to community By Keishon Boswell, Southside Bureau, DuSable I'm tired of people saying that the Robert Taylor Wll this madness ever end? Homes are so bad. That's just a stereotype so that By Michael llishop, Southside Bureau, DuSable the media and others can make "Bring the black men back, bring the black women back, bring By Anit ra Fonde rn, Southside Burea u, DuSable us poor blacks look bad. the black families back and we're not gonna let nobody tum us There are some Yes! It's true that some of around.'' For the past few weeks there has been violence positive things that the people who live there fight everywhere, especially in the Robert Taylor These were the words spoken by a reverend at a recent rally go on. Instead of and ki ll at times. Yes! I know at the Robert Taylor Homes Homes. In a th ree-day weekend, 300 reports of that's bad, but who has the organi7cd by Operation Push. The shooting was made. In o ne building, 4500 S. State, putting that on the right to judge us? There are a a 17-year-old male was shot in the throat and rally. on 520 l and 5247 S. Federal "We're not gonna let news or in the lot of killings going on that are St., add res ed the 'iolence in killed. I was not a witness to this shooting, but newspapers, the gang-related that are not in the Chicago. nothing bring black when the paramedics brought him out on the Robert Taylor Homes. negative things are The Mm1sters Div1sion was on people down, and stretcher. I could see blood all around his face and I know that the housing hand and spoke to the young black clothes. This had so much of an effect on my published. projects are dangerous, but teenager' about the gangs. telling we're gonna make emotions that it caused tears to roll down my face. what does anyone expect with them they shouldn't kill one another our community a Living around it is not much of a problem, but the fact that thousands of when you actually see out in the treet. st£ong and safe people live almost on top of each other. XX Washington. the building someone dead a a result of For the past few When they built the project buildings, they knew gang violence. it touches a p~ idem of the Robert Taylor community" weeks there has what was going to happen. Now that it's happen Home . was at the rally, along with nerve. The police and ing, they want to tell the world that Robert Taylor Go pel choirs from different security officers do not been violence is home to the worst and most dangerous people in churche· in the area. A rap group called the Sluggers per under tand half the -jobs. everywhere, the nation. fonned. I can understand that There are some positive things that go on. There were people \\ ho cared about each other and their different males belong to especially in the Instead of putting that on the news or in the communit), as mdicated by the words poken by the reverend: organization , but why Robert Taylor newspapers, the negative things are published. can't we form one organi "We're not gonna let nothing bring black people down, and Homes There are night basketball games and picnics for v.e're gonna make our community a strong and safe commu- zation? everyone in the summertime. Just remember, there is some good in everyone. nity.'' 4 N E MAY 1994 City Year creates a foundation Ior our future By Sao Li, taff Writrr, Wbitnr) Young They a1m to sene as role model-. corporate, communlly. for children They also beautify foundatton, and indi-vidu id you ever think ll landscapes and hutld1ngs 1n run als Corporate <.pon<.of\ Boston City Year teens would be poss1ble to do~ n areas and help con\lruct like T1mbcrland donate work on a refurbishing help the commun1ty, project, (above, right, D playgrounds off1t:C sp.. u.:c' untl orms. get an education, and earn Jar left) only one of City Year corp members .. ay hoot\, pants, swcat\hlrt'>, money at the arne lime? Well, they benefit fro1m the program ..tnd shoes for corp mcm many types of now you can. Whether you are as much as the program benefit<> hcr\. community service jobs nch, poor,a high school gradu City Year corp from the1r tnput "Cit) Year has \!though Ch1cago I' II'> ate, a college student, or a re tored my fallh in myself and newc't s1te. Ctt} Year 1s aho in tng. previous gang member, City my generation," satd Terese Pnn 1dence R I . and Columh1a. Du 'ahle. Dunbar. Year prov1des the chance. The G1bson. 18 . corp member S C Ctt) Year planned to scan a ull1van. Juarez, program, new to Chicago, is Members work from 8·30 to \Ummer plloc program tn Chi Ev an~ton T own 5·30. Monday to cago wnh ahout SO corp mem \htp. and Lake Fnday, earn mg about ber'>. However. With the ex V1cw Your $100 a week and traordlnanly enthusiJ\IIC rc \chool m1ght be obtain1ng a $5,000 sponse~ from hoth the public and the next one Even tf 11 is not, given an opportunit) to do hand grant upon program pn\atc scc.cor~ here. Ctty Year you can '>till apply b} calling on '>Crv 1cc ~ uhtn their commu completion College dectdcd to launch into ,1 ntne- the ofl1ce nt!y ... bound member'> must Explatning why "rt can lead you to someth1ng usc half of the money she JOIned 19 year· bes1dcs a year of e\pcnence," for funhcnng their . ~ old Bernadcu VaJda satJ 'tafl member Kauc Lott. ··A education. Tho)e not "C1ty Year has restored my S.IIU. " I li\Cd In 3 corp member. Car) n utton. go1ng to college d1llcrcnt countnes reccl\cd a full ~cholarshq:- for rcccl\e $2,000 in ca-.h faith in myself and my bcfo re I came to college and a JOb offer from Instead of the grant ,\merica. I dttln't Hcadstart ''here -;he \\Js do1ng a Corp mcmher, al'o generation," spt·.tk English 1) SCf\ ICC pWJCCl. .. must register to vote, Cl>llllliUnll) rC.Jthcd geared to people 17-23. obtain a library card, and open Terese Gibson, 18, corp member. ouc to my family Alan Khazei and M1chael If you want to be a part of a savings account They take and I JUst vv ant to Brown started the non-profit CifJ' l'ear, call 46-1-9 99 for courses tn CPR.ftrst aid, gnc somethmg City Year in 1987 10 Boston, producing a resume und lcarn1ng month program ~1th XO partll'l· h.1ck. Young people should be application information. after thetr graduation from ahout tax prep.~ration . Program punt\. Ct•lp naemhe" will be Harvard Law School. partictpanh that arc high <.chool c.:<~rnang I:]- a \\l'clo; . Ctt) City Year promotes commu dropouts must work lor" Cil~ D . Y~ tr has .llrc.~t.l) hl'gun Ill nity servtce. Corp members City Year has hecn named .ts u re_l'I\C uppltc.:utinlh and Editor's Note: If you'd like to take an active separate into teams of 10. For model for President Clinton's expcch to ll'l'cnc 'iOO ,tppllca nine months, they hold after nationw1de serv1ee plan fhe IIOII\ lor the XO -.paces, Corp role in making a difference, read about thi school programs, Vlolence government will partially lund mcnlher' ha\l' L.llupuigncd 111 preventton workshops, help the program offering opportunities City Year. hut it wtll rem,tin ,ll clwol Mound Ch1L' ,1go anclud- homeless and AfDS pauents. least 51 fh funded hy privute. If you liked the coverage you saw Look in June's on the Robert Taylor Homes, .____just wait until September! for a story on another group for public service minded y oung people to j oin, Public Allies MAY 1994 N E 5 Editor's note lbe truth about Aspecial moment that's not so special prom and liquor By Jessica Olson, Managing Editor/Production, Bogan Drop a bomb totaled car, twisted, pulled out of shape from Proms can create a powerful impact. What happened to the A driver is left up to the imagination. The message: Don't drink or drive during prom or this on prom priceless memories could be you. That message is repeated in posters throughout the school. Drinking and driving do not By Isaac Jackson Ill, Staff Writer, Morgan Park High School By Raven Hill, Staff Writer, Morgan Park High School mix. Designate a driver. Stay sober. At the same time, while the school administrators are hanging the posters, in some schools rom represents th~ last fo:mal dance with ears from now, looking back on your champagne glasses and beer mugs are passed out your friends. It IS a fashion show where high school years, one of your most with the price of a senior prom ticket. P the best of the best shine like stars. Prom unforgettable moments will probably be Y These are just some of the conflicting images for most people will be the last time you we ~ .-- 6N E tMY1994 Depo-Provera: New contraceptive altel .. mtive By Ruqai}ah \1 orri~ tafT Writer, Krnwood .\cadtmy Depo- Provera contracepuve lnJCCllon is a new form ofbtrth control gtven as a shot in the buttock or arm once every three Important facts months If you recetve your tnjecuon promptly at the end of the Lhtrd month, Depo-Provera will be over 99 percent effective. That make~ tt as strong as the orplant patch w1Lh a rate of 3 percent about the Pill for acc1tlenwl prcgnan~..) The Plll ran at 5 percent. a condom 2 percent anti no melhml at all gtve an 85 percent chance of getting pregnant. Do D.Qlt.r) it if you: By Ruqatyah Morris, Staff Writer, Kenwood pills are there? • might be pregnant: Academy There are • ha"vc 'aginal bleeding without a known reason: The Ptll has been demysttfied several hundred • h.tve had hlooJ clots 10 your legs: through public awareness and brands and • h,t\e prohlcms '"llh }'Our liver. education, but there are still combtnattons. • or arc ullcrgt.: to any tngredtenl'> tn Depo- Pro, era. That lingering questions. A doctor, a but only two \\, hy your doctor mu~t gt"c) ou a presa1pt1on. counselor, and some students baste types - the Po"thlc rt'-k'> ol Dcpo-Provcra tncludc make up thts Q&A. 21-day packs, and headaches. Some of the • 'ag10al hkcJ10g, and the 28-day packs pos1t1ve stde effects are a lighter • a change tn the men,trualllo\1. or no hlccd10g at all. How can you tell who to give penod, regular penods, less Ls1ng a hnrmone·ha,cd ~.ontra.:cp!l\e ltke Depo-PrO\cra the Pill to? How do you use them? I've cramptng, less acne, and lower 10\..fC.Iscs n'k 11 I •m110g blood clol\ or hav mg strokes. George There are no specific ways to heard that if you're on the Pill, nsk of pelvtc tnflammatory Luockmg l'l ~It mat Ho,pttal uJJeJ that Dcpo-Prcl\era .. take tell if a person can take the Ptll or you have to take it at exact!y dtsease" about one year 1!1r one tn rega10 lentlll). WJthdra\\JI aho not. "What we usually do IS that the same time every day. pnxlu c' et kch 'tmllar to thrf\e of htnh control pJII, ltl..e hot we try to gtve the patient the Each day, take one pill ltts How can I know if a missed best to take tl at the same lime. !lashes and mt,'>ed lowest possible dosage that we period is a side effect of the pcn()(h."' can whtle still preventmg preg but JUSt make sure to take 11 Pill, or an actual pregnancy? Depo-Prm·era Ita been on the \\\>men who nancy. It's basically a roll of the wtthin two hours of that ltme. If Remember that the Ptll market for one year and is still took Dcpo-PrO\era dice .~ says Dr. Eric Beber of The you take the Pill consistently unttl prevents ovulatton If no egg ts e>.pcnenccd a Untversity of Chicago the pack ts hntshed. released for ferttltzat1on. then the considered experimental, o \\eight gain of Hospttal chance of acctdental need to have a penod ts re don 't rule out the already ahuut 3 f")untl per pregnancytslessthan moved But tf you thtnk you're Who cannot take How ~ear of u,e. The~ 5 percent pregnant get tested existing contraceptive method the Pill? can you If you have not aho had head- Women who thtnk taken the Pill consts What is the rate efficiency a.. he,, nen ou.,- they might be preg tell who tent1y, talk to your for preventing pregnancy? nc '· d.:..r~.t c::J c:: u I do.: trc. lc ~.r.tmp~. n.tu,c:a. \.tgm.tl nant, have htgh blood doctor about maktng The current rate ts about 97- dt,charge. h.to.: k.tc:he,, Jcprc\\ton tn,omntJ. ;k nc. pch 1c patn. and pressure, liver or to give up for tt and back up 99 percent effecttveness M1ss1ng no h.ur gnm th llr e \CC::"I\ c h.ur I'"' blood clottmg prob the Pill btrth control wtth other ptlls lowers effectiveness rate, Bc,IJc, the ..: l.:lllllplttallon,.,. 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This What are some side effects? don't think that means you has one of two effects. Some Tracy Schultz of Planned can't get pregnant within that Ask your doctor or call pills prevent ovulation, while Parenthood says, "Some of the year! Planned Parenthood's Info Hotline, others keep the egg from being negative s1de effects are weight Pregnancy can occur as soon planted in the uterus. gam, spottmg, m1ssed pero1ods, as one month after gett1ng off the Ptll. (312) 427-2275 How many different types of tenderness, nausea, provtdl' J .11h prl'n.ll.il eart·, l\lO Ill pregnant gtrJ, at 6657 1\.unh.u-1.. Services and 1'igl1ts house StX 1,d .lgCiltlt's: ,IJld fill.X I ha' lxl'n ·'" arded ~.O(X.) h) thl' gc.1rcJ to the nutntHHul nl'l'd' 1.1f Oppcnheiml'r Foundation for It' lor pregnant piMc tlw pregnant "11111.111 pn1po~al ;ln ' t..:tlmt t .111~'n .md I'hrcc \chools DuSahll', 'tlllcnce pte' enllllll. Ont• 1.lf the Auq10 , .llld On h,t\l' 'dli.Xll ,u.:t 1\ I lie' thl' \l"hll{ll prllJX)Sed \\,IS school S1Udellts h;I\Cd hl'allh ·hntl''· "h1d1 ma) Ill h,I\C: lh ' tlllll'llh \\fill' e'~•l)' 011 A~ promt scd, NE i ~ \ haring ENGLEWOOD: Juantta Bl ac k, pt cgn MAY 1994 N E 7 -~ck--·------~·,.o... , ..,~~m~ .... ~---'R··- - -~-- I'm sorry, Alice is out By Sharmin Ghaznavi She is white. I am Asian. We' re no she sick? Her mother said she was Staff Writer longer best friends. We' ve lost testing to go into St. Ignatius. She Lincoln Park touch. went on to say she thought St. This comes as no surprise to me. Ignatius was best for Alice, because The odds, or rather her parents, there were more of her "kind of were against us. From the first time people" there (white). As blunt as I can remember, her parents didn' t that was, I didn' t want to believe she like the idea of us being friends. No was prejudiced. The comments that wouldn' t let me use the phone. She outright declarations or anything, followed were enough to make me called me. Soon there was a new Her mother ... after all, they weren' t prejudiced. believe. She continued to say how rule in her house: no calls on God forbid. Her parent's actions, after entering St. Ignatius, Alice weekdays. went on to say she looks and comments were enough, would start making the right kinds of We talked at school. Though we enough at least for me. I don' t think friends, (white). She would begin to couldn' t go to each other's houses thought St. Alice ever realized anything. learn about her culture, finally. She or talk on the phone, our friendship I didn' t at first, either. The first would learn to appreciate who she got through it for awhile. Friends Ignatius was best Shannin Ghaznavi time I came to realize her parents' was (white). usually do school projects together, prejudice I felt stupid for not Suddenly, a lot of weird events, but we never did. I would tell Alice for Alice, because realizing it earlier. Alice wasn' t such as the problem with the phone I already told someone else I would there were more of called Alice a there at the time. Her mother used to calls, made sense. The truth hurt. I work with them, when in fact, I couple of weeks am who l am. They hadn' t. I thought I was protecting her "kind of I ago. She was out. fa ulted me fo r something I her from something that hurt, the She'd call me back. Her ... Alice and I were best couldn 't help. truth. I didn' t realize that I hurt her people" there mother would be sure to I wanted to make our in the process. But I just couldn' t tell her I called. friends. She is white. I am friendship last. l was a tell her what I felt in my bones. It (white). She never called back. I litlle girl. l didn't know hurt me enough. We lasted, though, called her again the other Asian. We're no longer best what I was bargaining because when I was with her, she day. She says she was friends. We've lost touch. with. Since that incident, knew I considered her my best still against me, our friendship home all that day. She all attempts to destroy our friend. deteriorated. We tried but the never got any message. friendship became clear We graduated and went to obstacles, her parents, destroyed our Her mother called for her. and blunt. I no longer different high schools. She went to friendship. She had to go. help out at the school a lot, so I saw called her. She would call me. Since St. Ignatius. I went to Lincoln Park. I've grown since then. I wish I had This sort of thing happened often her around. I'd gone up to her to ask Alice never did realize what With school no longer there to yelled the truth to Alice. Maybe our when Alice and I were best friends. why Alice was absent that day. Was happened, I had to say my parents house our friendship and her parents friendship would have lasted. Maybe. Chicago's "Twilight Zone" Where city, suburban attitudes clash By Jessica Olson, Managing Editor/Production, Bogan ou have just entered the The only thing I've been able life in your own hands, and it's Most high school Twilight Zone. You can to do is try to separate myself actually clean. No beer bottles in the Y leave behind everything from those who I live around, street there. students in my you thought you knew. The laws of and watch the battle between However, it's boring as hell. And science, all those boring things you city and suburbs fro m a safe yes, you're safe, but only if you' re neighborhood memorized in Physics and Chemis distance. Most high school lilly white. I don't think everyone in wouldn't have try, no longer apply. "!"before "E", students in my neighborhood my area has realized that lynchings except after "C"? Not here. Not wouldn' t have anything to do with were outlawed. anything to do with even time runs smoothly or straight. me because I go to a public school This attitude is why I have never me because I go to a This is how I've always viewed and consider myself a city girl. And called home home. The Twilight the neighborhood l li ve in. Sur then, a Hispanic friend of mine Zone is a combination of the worst public school and rounded by the real world, and from outside my neighborhood once attitudes of the suburbs and the city. Pulaski, Cicero, 79th street and 87th asked me how to get to my house I've never had the money or the consider myself a city street, I've lived in the Scottsdale while avoiding the girl. And then, a neighborhood for nine long years. Burbank, Hometown, and Chicago mob in white Calling it the Twilight Zone began Ridge. Earl y on, I learned that in sheets. Hispanic friend of as a joke bet ween my sci f and a most circumstances people were As far as I'm The Twilight Zone is mine from outside my friend. l was too far out of the city either be grouped as a city person or concerned, there to take the CTA and not close a suburbanite. If you lived in the is no divide a conzbination of the neighborhood once enough to the suburbs for Metra. ' burbs, city kids were all gang greater than that The Twilight Zone. But the more I bangers and drug dealers. If you between ci ty and worst attitudes of the asked me how to get thought about it, the morel rcalited li ved in the city, those who li ved in suburbs. It to my house while that the tenn could apply to more the'burbs were snobbish and stuck makes the Grand suburbs and the city. than just its physical location. It up. To my friends, I resided in the Canyon look like avoiding the mob in could also refer to the mixed-up suburbs, so I might as well have a crack in the white sheets. attitudes of some of those who live li ved in another country. To those in sidewa lk. there. my neighborhood, I went to a Suburban schools arc far nicer. mindset to "go suburban," but by r live about a block away from the Chicago Public School. Enough You can actually walk down the location l don't qualify as city either. Southwest suburbs Oak Lawn, said . street at night without taking your aN E MAY1994 Welcome to the Twilight Zone. New Expression opens North Side Bureau Schurz to ban Beginn1ng with this 1ssue. New Express1onwill devote a spec1al sect1on every month to news from the North Side. We have a team of reporters working out of our North S1de off1ce. or bureau Our bureau is located at the Boys & Girls Club on Leavitt Street, near Clyboum Avenue. Most of our reporters come from the Lathrop Homes public hous1ng proJect and the Logan Square Boys & G1rls 'gang' clothing Club (see profiles on followmg page) If you live 1n the North Side and would like to JOin our staff . sw1tch eas1ly to other symbols that call Adolfo or Uz at (312) 641 -N EWS 8~ Gahrifl BurtKllr We need your help! Call us 1f you know about something happen1ng on the North Side we should identify them Schurz H1gh Schoolts "The school can't tell you what to write about. bann1ng certatn clothing next fall wear, they don't buy your clothes. • In the fall, we'll officially open our South S1de Bureau at DuSable H1gh School. Both bureaus are in an effort to curb gang acbvtty, says Daryn Beryl. a sophomore. made possible by a grant from the McArthurFoundat1on but students say the new dress Sheila Bumste1n. a h1story code won't solve any problems. teacher, says a dress code wtll In a letter ma1led recently to prevent students from wearing parents and students, Schurz gang colors and. as a result ~it will pnnctpal Sharon Rae Bender help the school stay as neutral as sa1d the new code w11l prohibit poss1ble ," she satd But a dress all team names, 1ns1gn1as and code won't prevent vtolence. she logos" That includes brand sa1d names that appear on outer "You can change the clothes, garments. such as sw eaters. but not the person " Burnstein sa1d coats. Jackets and hats. Sharconda Donaldson. a junior. Dr. Bender d1d not say which sa1d . "I th1nk that the dress code spec1flc brand names o r logos sho uldn't apply to us because we will be banned The pnnc1pal go to a public school sa1d that any hst would become "The clothes that we wear now qUickly outdated smce gangs are not hurtmg anyone." ~~JUSt: the) Clll cJ,w.. Je,.,," Si\IU st' htXll." ,,11d Bn.m \ d•un' . a fn:,hm.m 'I oh,1na Corte/, .t Jlllllt1r '' hn " l'rJ..' ,t, a te.tchcr .ud " \Vht•n ''l' get to our kx:J..erson the: 11te lourth uer '"' ~1 1\ ,:, usmg tea..:h senmd lltx1r .titer !:!'Ill. there·., al crs .md pan:nh to 'er.e ,c, mentors for \\,tys the ,,une motha nhhmg u,. .. the studenh The li lth-ller I' ll) tr.m.;fer '·')' st•mor l 111"\.'n,t <;.tl ~·.tdll. ,tutlents ttl \.lilt: t'l thn..ooc t1Ul t'l - ~..:h, 1! lh.~t\ .tnnov1ng. '•'\' Otnnlt'l ,lies to pn1te..:t them ln11n g.1ngs The llcmande!, .tlso ,, \l'l1111r "11l e .td ,1te, pn.l\ 1tle a mon: ~e~·un: karnmg en vantage' arc th,ll they (the p.tn:nt:-.) \ mmrncnt for student' "ht1 ,m: hJ..eh ttl help out the sccum gu.mh. the) J..ecp tx· m' oh t•d m g.111g tn1ubk. \ t th '"~· Clemente tries something different dl\e1phne 111 the sdtool fhc: d1,ad ltx:.llltlll\. atx1ut .'Os t uJen t~ .tttend rcgu vant.tgc 1s that the 'n.• annoymg J.tr da-.se' taught h) Clemente te.t.:h confrontlhed1fficultle!> facmg Clemente mothers, who worJ... " ' hallway mo~tl y "But the) "rc dorng the1r Jtlh." he crs. under the d1n.ooctwn lll ark1, Ort11 ~ tud en L<, . monitors EtK' h parent also sen.es as a Parents patrol school 4111r f..ly add ~ . F'pcnu11a rut . •ts 'l:.tant pnne1pal Clemente has a drop out rate of 70%, mentortO By Lena Henderson Reporter Gabriel Burnette, a junior at Schurz. works on his story on the new dress code at Schurz. He is wearing pajamas, one of the few The community I used to live in is called outfits not banned by his school. Lathrop Homes. It was once a beautiful place to live. Now it has changed into the projects, and from the projects to the ghetto. When I was little, there were no gangs or CABRINI GREEN drugs. There were just a lot of senior citi zens and little kids. Now gangs have pushed out the seniors. Up and down the IS NOT ALL BAD street there is gang violence and drug By Antonio Mcintosh dealing. Everyone nowadays is either selling or doing drugs, some might be doing Cabrini Green is not all bad like both. I just try not to hand with the wrong people say it is. crowd. The reason I say this is because I There was always something to do. My used to live there. The gangs and the friends and I would hand around outside or violence is what makes it bad. But if go the Boys and Girls Club. The club was you lived there you would see for the best place to go. They have a lot of yourself just how good it is. You get Growing up in the Hood activities such as Smart Moves, Power to know a little of everybody. At Points, Computer Club, Jr. Leaders, etc. In By Christina Arnold first, I didn't anybody in the Greens the summer, there was summer camp, except my family. But as I went to (Dedicated to Dantrell Davis, sports camp, or you could just go swimming school and stores nearby I was who was killed last year at Hamlin Park. It was hardly ever boring. meeting good people. by gunfire near Cabrini Green. There was always something going on. A lot of kids get killed because of He was 7 years old). There were carnivals, block parties and the guns. Still, the police should warn The violence is all I see club took us on a many field trips. people before they go knocking I lived at 2818 N. Leavitt. When I say Next, I think they will Lry to kill me down their front door to search their I want an education, I don't want to die people on the steps in my buidling doing house. If you did it to them, they Can't they hear my people's cry? drugs, I felt it was time to go. My mon felt would bitch about it. The police Wake up everybody! Don't you see? the same way. She didn't think I should be aren't innocent either. To me, the Stop before you kill me! exposed to such things. police aren't doing their job. I hate the violence! I hate the gangs! Where I live now is not so bad. It's clean Come on people, let's make a change. and there is not a lot of gang violence. We can stop it if we only tried. Hardly any at all . It's pretty boring, though. If we stop it, there will be no more cries. But I gues you can't get something for When Dantrcll died I understood- nothing. that's how it is when you li ve in the hood. I'd rather be safe than have fun. ., · cte.ne.. t.e ~. · .. ""·~~~-:: ·~ . ...~..... @< Go~.-n Tet'~ h ~::-\/' K.,lvyn Purk L.r,kf'!VIe'v 'l..o:nc Ltncoln l·•ork. ~udon:na Mnt-h._,... ll..oosevelt Seb•..-~ Sen•• Sptnlldlnl( Sulllvt'-n '-"••IH.~r 1V••n ~••·••1-.~n Are you Involved In an lnterestlng club on the North Sid&? We want to beat' troro yoijl Ten us what's golng on In your nelghborholld, b$tl$to still, Join our bureau! Call Adolfo or Liz at (3'f2) G4'f,.NEWS. Mona Johnson Benji Davilla 10 N E MAY 1994 Look fm· IIIOI'l' stm·irs fl·om oni~ nrw lnn'l'iiU in futm·r issurs of \rw Exp1·ession (01'1Jrttrl· }·et, .ioin us!) ' When I think of my neighborhood 8} Ayanna •· ikki'' Felton When I t hink of m y ne1gh borhood in Logan Square, I t h1 nk about an 1n c ident t hat happened o n J anuary 18. I t was about 2 p . m . when J was walking down the <;treet. I saw cops. Then an ambu lance passed by. That's when I knew something was up. When I arn ved to the scene. one of my fnends from school walked up to me and <;a ld . "Ke1th got s h o t' " 'l hen I ran to get a c l oser look and 1 saw hi s mother. s h e Chatrsha Bndgeman wa., '>cr eamIng. H 1<, llltle brother and SI Sters were <,tand Ing a r ound in shock. 1 walked Ha\~ e von ever hea1ld of Lathrop Homes? them h ome. l didn't want to '-t.ty because hi'> sister wa<. my By Cbatisha Bridgt~mn bc..,t lncnd. After that. I JUSt Have you ever heard of lathrop Homes? "" cnt home con" 1nc1 ng n1ysclf that I w a.., okay ... lathrop 1s good because it's fun An'f"Nay rt goes. a place is f ·<>Ur uay<, later. "'-'C haU his only fun if you make it so Most of the kids over here make rt fun tuncral ,H, rn) hirthUa)- enough. including myself. There s also a lot of programs for kids. J .111 u a r) ~ ~ . I a h" a) ., t h 1 n k o f In the summer. rf you don't seen a child runnrng rn the streets, th1.., a.., he1ng tragi<..' and <;tUpltl. K.Lith W,l.., <;hOt Ucad dunng a they'lll be rn a program occupyrng themselves. d 1 'put c '-"' e r a h th k e t h a II. The bad things are just mess1ng away our commun1ty-the guns, gangs and drugs. I hope all the gang-bangers are put behind bars soon. ...L\11 •••'.. "' life B) Gabriel Rurwltr All my life I've lived in a ,;olent 8} Luu llt ndt!">>>n commumty. Gangs have always a The days when you played 1n the park, btg part of my life. And you had to be home before dar1< . I had an older t-tep-brother who The days when you used to make mud p1es, was tn a gang ~ty step-brother And got caught when you told l1es. The days when you live to go to school, was al\\-ay~ telhng me what lands Because all you d1d was act like a fool. ofthmgs go on in gangs. nnd that The days you played double dutch 1n the street, I should g~t mto one. And the boys would come I am sure glad 1 didn't take his and stop the rope w1th the1r feet On hot days, when the 1ce cream truck drove by, advice llo~t a number of good When money looked like 11 came from the sky. fri~nd:; and a r~lnttve to gang Those days when you made snowmen violen('e. And the boys would dump you and gnn. The one that a!Tected me the Those days when your mom sa1d don't get d1rty But you managed to anyway most was when my bt•st ftiend Those were the good days was shut to death. I was y~ars The days we m1ss . old, he was 10. That ts " h) I hatt> gang ''iolenct' nO\\ . I <'lltl I lt•l!tll'l IIIII IIIII I Cfrtl>t ;,., illlfllt'/lt' James Gluck Race of head of household Of the 17 public housing complexes managed by the Chicago Housing Lathrop Homes Statistics African- \mrriran 459 Authroity, the Lathrop Homes is one of the White 2 14 first to be built in the city. Construction of Poplulation Male Female Hispanic 197 the Lathrop Homes began in 1937 and was Asian Number of 10·14year olds 97 108 Total number of residents: 1,893 completed in 1938. Here are other facts Nalive American ""I 8(, Number of buildings: 29 about the community surrounding New Number of IS-19year olds 87 Other 2 1 Expression's Northside Bureau: Number of units: 927 Number of 20-24 year old~ 35 127 Total 896 MAY f994 N E 11 A world without words can be a lonely: the Black History Makers of Tomorrow Essay frightening place and it could be your world if Contest the Bud Billiken Back-to-School you can't read. Without the ability to read Parade and our annual Teen Leadership and comprehend, you could feel trapped, Conference. isolated and without much hope. We contribute to the United Negro College Your local McDonald's Owners of Fund and ACT-SO, an annual Academic, Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana want to CulturaL Technological and Scientific Olympic help you discover a world filled with opportu- showcase of young black talent. nities and accomplishments through reading. At McDonald's, we know you can That's why our Literacy Program includes make it when Ronald McDonald Read-Ins, Book Drives and ~ • you know how to read. Tutoring. We also sponsor programs like McDonald's Educates .. . . m ® Q 1992 McDonalds Owners of Cl>cagoland and Northwesllndlana 12 N E MAY 1994 Though s This month, NE Thoughts focuses on violence's effects in poetry and prose. Real Life Nightmare By Anthony Bell, Whitney Young Saw a report on the TV screen hain, bat,knife . .. check. pullover Jacket. We begm The beating continues. Even a young brother was shot trying to pursue a dream Rope, plastic, tallung to him. I can't hear after he stops movmg, the beat he was only seventeen years of age and got shot in his back with a twelve gauge drinks ... CHECK A exactly what is being srud, but I C ing contmues. They wrap plastic He was a futwe basketball star clap of thunder sounds and know it's not good because of around h1s body and hang him, His potential was known and he was going very far all of a sudden, I'm in a car the expresswn upon his face. As by the neck, from a beam in the He wasn't in a gang or selling crack with five others, the wind we talk, the figure begins to cetlmg He 1s dead. Everyone just a seventeen-year-old guy, young gifted and black shield wipers going full back up. He backs himself into a turns to walk away. I feel guuty. being at the right place at the wrong time on the basketball speed. The court he was I can never forgive seen dying aroma of heavy my so-called another victim of the drive-by thang another brother is dead, liquor fills the "boys" for domg .nother family in pain car. The hail this, nor myself Death to the btac:k attack and rain slap for that matter. Innocent brothers are dying every day .nd tut's a shame, if I must say against the car damn My conscience has This drive-by thang has gotten out of hand windows, taken over. I turn Jet's put an end to this, come on my brother man making It to walk away. I to the crips and bloods, the folks and the people sound as if hear my name. I let's put an end to this violence because as blacks we are equal thousands and turn around every day another fwteraJ, every day more pain let's bust a move to approve if we don't we wiiJ never change thousands of qUickly and look it hurts my heart to see brothers die so young BB pellets are at the corp e and we got to blame ourselves we can't blame the gun being dropped sw1nging back and a gun can't fire without a finger to pull the trigger from the sky. forth from the and the klan just laugtl and say, there goes another nigger The windows cc1llng. One eye Death to the black attack The seH-destructive black attack are so fogged catches my just last week a young sister was shot that, along with attention. It IS the on her way home from a friend's house around the block the rain, I can only vis1ble body Sixteen, her life had just begun barely see 50 part - the only Sixteen, and now her life is gone IDustBI.ion by PauliDe Hilliard Ktnwood Academy feet outside the thing that isn't When tut blue chevy cruised up the street, SHOTS rang out, she was knocked off her feet car's front bemg covered by A BEAUTIFUL young sister innocent and black window. Everything is silent, wall. He is trapped so he starts plastic. It 1s the same eye that I Another victim of the seH-destructive black attack except for the squeaking of to panic. have star d into when I heard death to the black attack the windshield wipers and I can tell he will be willing to the cnes of mercy. I hear my The seH-destructive black attack the sound of a 40-ounce try anything to escape what he name agam. I panic. I turn to run I remember when I was coming u, yeah, we had violence, but it wasn't this f-ed up bottle of"brew" being turned knows is coming. He tries to but I get nowhere. Alii can hear I was able to play on the Jot upside down and the occa push his way through the is the echoing of my name as I Me and my friends didn't worry about being shot. sional "Argg," indicating how human wall we form. He is run through then ver-ending We played ball, hung out by the school strong the liquor is as it stopped. Someone grabs him. A hall. Sweat drips down my face. Wasn't worried about a blind m-f with a gun acting a fool passes down our throats. We fist lands upon his face. Then My heart races. I feel something But nowadays we got to lock our kids up Because the streets is just too f-ed up turn the corner, a left, at another, and another. 1 just touch my shoulder and I Jump Our streets have become a miniature Middle East Keeler Avenue. It is still stand back and watch. I hadn't up, breathing as ifl have just So now I'm pumping the lyrics to promote peace raining. A backseat passen realized what I had become a won a marathon. I'm gonna get it started, come on, follow the lead ger points to a figure stand parent of. Before, I knew I was I am asleep. Dreaming. My YEAH, we can do it, this I TRULY believe ing in front of an abandoned all for it. But now the idea mother has been calling my We gotta get a grip on ourselves, we are out of h.nd We gotta kill the black attack to preserve our BROTHER MAN name, trying wake me up for building. Without a word, we didn't seem so "cool" anymore. I to DEATH TO THE BLACK ATTACK all know what we are about stare on as the victim of this school. THE SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BUCK ATTACK!!!! to do. Another clap of thun brutal attack falls to the I am reli eved, yet sad and der sounds, and a flash of ground, blood dripping from his distraught at the same time, white light (lightning, I face and stab wounds on his because as I sit on the edge of my We're all affected by tile viole11ce arou11d us. Tlli11k guess) appears before my stomach. I look him in the eye, bed, I realize the past isn't dead. about !low the vioh•llce ytm see a11d hear affects you, eyes. The scene switcheH. We and, to my 1:1urprise, he calls my It ian't even pnst. In my mind, it am/ write a poem or a short story. or draw a picture, are inside the abandoned name. lie knows me! I can't is a forev r-playing episode of and send it to: hear Hcrcams, just my name tragedy. 1'herc is no way to kill building. NE Tlwugllts We surround the figure, a being called out as he stared the past. Somehow, somewhere, male about 17 wearing a back in my eyes, begging me to it w11l always creep up on me. c/o YouthComrmmicatio11 white and turquoise Starter help him. I can't. 70 E. Lakt• Suite 815 Cl•icago, n 6060 I tv\1\Y 1994 N E 13 ...... ------·-·------/ ------· 1· H01/ZONS ''Culture Clash'' showcases Youth Services Latino talent By Nahir Vazquez, Starr Writer, Clemente High School A Safe. Fun Space for haws like "Saturday Night open more doors for Latino actors "hijole" and Rita Moreno explained the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth Live" and "In Living Color'' and programs on TV. On the other word "bronca." portray mainly Caucasians hand, if the show is cancelled There was also a skit about a Latin . Drop-In Center 5 and African Americans. Well, now because of low ratings, other type superwoman. A Latino housewife . Discussion Groups WFLD-Fox 32 offers "Culture American TV networks like NBC went out flying to the rescue of citizens . Activities Clash," which features Latinos. Like or CBS mav not consider the idea with her frying pan in hand as her . Education and Outreach "Saturday Night Live" and "In Living of other Latina-based shows. - weapon. The show makes fun of many 961 Montana St. Color," "Culture Clash" is composed Every segment of "Culture stereotyped views that people have of of skits poking fun at stereotypes. The Clash" has a word of the month. Latinos. There are many funny scenes Chicago, Illinois ~ main difference between those shows Famous actors explain some each week as well as guest stand-up Spanish slang words through a Call472-6469 (Day) or 929-Help (6·1 0 p.m.) . · and "Culture Clash" is that the skits comedians or singers. So check it out. on this show arc about Latinos. funny example or scene. Edward 327-5381 (TID 1orHeartng Impaired) · = .. If this show is successful, it will James Olmos explained the word CNE is coming CNE is com1ng• CNE is coming C~E is coming So what is CNE? 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She's absolutely convanced that she's female. NO MINIMUM ORDER However, the computer files thmk • SCHOOLS • GROUPS otherwise, and unul she proves that she is reaJ Iy a she. AJe x has to stay tn the ·TEAMS • INDIVIDUAL male dorm room assigned to her • CHEERLEADERS At first, AJex as not happy about bemg assigned to the same dorm room as SWEATERS . T-SHIRTS • SWEAT SIDRTS "' Eddie and Stuart. and she tnes to CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESIGN KIT separate herself from them as much as :.. " . possible. However. she finds she has a lot in common wath Eddae And Stuan makes it has massaon to "get closer" tO CHICAGO AJe.x. Soon. the three are the closest of friends. anseparable. The fnendshap evolves mto a love triangle for the "90s. 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It is advice for Krash Man : try .. Something for the Players'' had very low and tends to get something original. an intere Ling, '70s style-back rather monotonou at times. Like I aid earlier, this ground music, which gave me Unlike Heavy D and Guru. if CD isn't all that. He shows orne hope th at maybe the CD you heard Krashman · s new some promise but I ' d only wasn't all bad. And it's not. You single on the radio, you would recommend two cuts: just have to really search for the not immediately realize it wa "Something fo r the P layers" Krash Man good. him. And furthermore, you a nd " Caug ht Up." M{)1~V~ @.. ~ CNE is coming CNE is coming Do you have any questions CNE is coming about your pregnancy??? CNE is coming So what is CNE? HOW ABOUT A Any lustrations??? WAY TO GET FREE Would you like a place to explain PUB WHILE MAKING SOME what it's been like for you? CASH? Give us your ideas! SEE PAGE 21! 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Hackett's w1fe Marty Y MAY 1994 N E 17 • • • • ••••• n's side:R&B By Marvin Patterson, Starr Writer By Marvin Patterson, Starr Writer Her deia;Jtilt o1 dis new alliin 11 lMnty-lll'ee-ye;r-oM Cece PeriltDn, 11&8 meets Dance. Pelilton says she had wenty-three-year-old will IIIJt IIIIIUar - pop/ltn:e !IIIIi:, II more tine mttte IIJJdio tD aoeate dis mille 11101111 tu 1111w peop1e that she alliin than she had wi1lt her British pop sensation can be a lnlll more R& B tnt, wlli:tt was made m TGabrielle didn' t believe her oriented. Slle does 10 witll two 111011111s, and also dreams would come true as a record ing artist because of competition in the her aeanl alliin, had more tine ID Pi:k music business. But her real dreams ''1111181t Ya Knew," 111 out wlli:tt 10181 tD Peiospective/MM II'UIIOle as IQIIel. came true as a inger with her smash Recordl. 8lnc8 Also, Sinc8 her hit debut " Dreams," which entered the charts at number two. reteasq her PI last abln, she hal On her songs, what you hear is debut alliin 1"ft. taken voi:e naly_,,.. and fOir lit lessons. Gabrielle, not a lot of studio wizardry. siUes, PeriltDn "Voice is Ice an A talent scout ~aw Gabrielle as ~she 'd liVe a itstrunent. ,. heavy potential outside the club new app~'Oadt tD her voi:e lessons market and in turn persuaded the latest alliin. he. with pacilg company to consider her as a record As lor her II& B sliltt, mysel and havitg ing artist. Six months later, ·· oreams" PeriltDn sail, "My better iltonq and so ld over half a million albums. appi'Oadt • reaJI'IIQI ttte diction, .. she sail. 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Express yourself. Read, Taurus (April20-May 20) Inte ll ec Cevin Colby and Jay Pauer from complete unfinis hed projects. The write and attend sem inars that w ill tual purs uits will highlight the fi rst Comedy Spartz at the lmprov rewards wi ll be fulfi lling. You will This is not a gr.5!attime to imple enhance your profession. Your 10 days o f thi month. Focus on definitely get the "job done ." So ment. Keep on making changes to m ind is acute and everyone will challe nge and d ivers ity. This a ll ow your energies to re ma in improve. But now is not the time. notice. Re main humble, especiall y Stan~ provides o pportunity for you to focused. Another Leo w ill be Let a L ibran keep you balanced! with that do ting Scorpio mate. become a "shining star" for a Virgo. interested . Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) The Pisces (Feb. 20 · March 20) The 4th, team Gemini (May 21· June 20) T he firs t humor a Virgo (Aug. 23· Oct. 22) 25th a nd 26th w ill remove that 5th, and 6th w ill a llow your two weeks will be fi ll ed with Your articulatio n is high . The c lo ud around your head . It is now o rig inality to surface. Communica propositio ns a nd proposals. Be very enortat 20th will be yo ur day to accept your time to confi de in that tone tions of a ll sorts sho uld be high objecti ve with your mate . A llow bouquets. S me ll these flo wers and you trust. Le t the past go, and take lighted. Letters, small trips and this period to be a "get acqua inted let that fragrance become " unfor o ne day at a time. Yo u will feel a visits sho uld be o n your persona l Comedy time," and "love the o ne you 're gettable." A Gemini w ill no tice big we ight off your chest. E njoy agenda. Yo u will be greeted with." Especially that Cancer! you. yourself with a L ibran. gracio usly by a ll that you encoun Sporlz Cancer (June 21· July 22) Afte r the Scorpio (Oct. 23· Nov. 21) You have ter. But a spec ial impulsive Aries Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Yo u By Ana Cabrera, City Editor, Features, 2 1st your re latio nshi ps w ill fl o ur the desire to start over. A ne w m ight try to be creative. Stick to will express his/her delight! Whitney Young ish. Yo ur charming de meano r and approach s ho uld be in the making. structure. This will prove positive knew it was going to be a strange night when Elvis Presley came to sit A unique program created for high next to me. My friend and I had been school Sophomores, Juniors, S eniors invited to attend the fi rst showing of Columbia and graduated Senio·rs to explore Col Comedy Sportz in Chicago, and I umbia College, the city of Chicago and really didn't know what to expect, the visual, performing and media arts. having never gone to a comedy club. I'm sure a lot of you haven't been to College Sample college life this kind of club, either, but let me tell you, it was worth going to. Earn college credit We felt a little out of place in the Summer in the city 20-something beer-drinking crowd at Chicago the lmprov, but after the show started our age didn't really make a differ Some scholarships are ence. Beginning with the Bulls' theme available... song "Rock and Roll. Part 11,'' the A nnounces Call Bonnie Lennon for comedy teams were introduced. Then additional information came the referee who informed the at (912) 669-1600, audience of the rules of the game. Extension 184. There are not many. Various audience responses determine how the teams score: If the audience gives a groaner for a bad JOke the team loses points, for example. This 1sn' t yourtypical stand-up comedy routine. There is a lot of audience participation, which 1sn't u ual, and all the rouunes done are purely improvisational. So if you do go make sure to yell out all your suggesuons because gelling yourself heard IS most important. My favorite part was when a team member is asked to leave the stage while the rest of team gather.:. July 11th Through August 12th suggestion~ from the audience. First we were a~ked to name an acuvity; potato peeling won. But you're not actually peeling a potato but Tanya Harding's head, and you're not usmg a peeler but a toothbru h. Then the team member· 1sked back and she 1994 has to guess what she IS upposed to be domg. Pomts arc added accordmg to whether she gets 11 nght. So remember. go sec Corned) Sportz. Perfom1ances are C\CI) SCHOOL SUMMER111 Friday and Saturday 8 p.m at the HIGH lmprov. 504 N. Wells. Ma!.e sure to call for rc ervations at (312) 549- ro(u.mhtll ( 'olJ,yi tldnu t.i !Ol / Ul/l·nl& U"'thout 8080. tickets arc only $10. Make r'9'17'rl ''~ aqt ruN, r,,[,,r, f"Ti td, St':t, Ttltqton }wwlvn]'. durrlttltly, 1runl tfr1.1'1tlfllttm. nnd na comedy club going the teen thmg to 'taltlJl ,,. rtJrnv ttntJ1n INSTITUTE -..:::::: do. 20 N E MAY 1994 Teens make beautiful music together in Protege Philharmonic B) \tuneerah \,Jcia, tafT" riter tatcs. Hir!.Ch \tctro Lpon reu."l\ ing "The Challenge resttv,JI Ill 19 9. Chtcago :\lu,IC \I an .II DePaul Cen- JUSt illlC!ldmg a pertorrnilllC{; The Protege Plulh.trmnnJc rc- ter. 1 S St.tlc 5t If you're mtcr- tactJoscphGI)mphat 312-341 Protege Philharmon1<:. ol a Lll ctunc :· an 10\ ltatlt)ll from 'Te cent!! m,wcd to a nc\\ pa can the estL·d tnjotntng ~~ · htlh.umomc or founded b! ~facstro Joseph the Pcopk ·' Rcpubh ol Chma. r Gl) mph. i~ compo~cd of more the Protege Phtlh.trnlllllll.: \\all than '0 Chtc-ago teen mu~ictans. 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Lake Street, Suite #815 Chicago IL, 60601 Is May 18th, 1884 M\Y 1~14 NE 21 Athletes need to shut up and play Refs need to remember impartiality is their game By Adrienne P. Samuels, Staff Writer, Morgan Park By Earnest Weatherby, Sports Editor, Whitney Young A friend and I were watching the Arkansas-Ariwna game in the NCAA Tournament Over the past four years, I have seen high school basketball deteriorate from an entertaining when a questionable goal-tending call was whistled against my friend's favorite team, sport into a played-out soap opera. Four years ago, I went to games to see who would win, not to Ariwna He thought the referee made a bad call, but I thought it was a good one. Was I see who the ref decided to foul ouL Back then, people said, "May the best man win." Today, right? Was the ref wrong? Who knows the real answer to that one? people should say, ''May the man who's in best with the ref win." What we do know is the ref made thecal I based on what he saw, which is all we can Players should not have to play up to the ref. It's hard enough to play the opposing team, let ask. Ath.letes should know that the way they sec things may be different from what refs alone the oflicial. What I mean is that refs give some teams a hard time. No matter what they do, see. His call is fmal, so they might as well deal with iL they always get the foul cal led on them. This forces the team to play even harder, but not against As a high school student, there have been many times when the opposing team. They must play harder against the ref. Not only must the I've gone to school following an athletic event and heard team team remember their plays, they must remember to dodge their official. This is members grumbling, ''We were cheated!" or 'The ref was ridiculous! The official is there to help, not hinder. An athlete's only concern calling some crap!" Each time I wonder if it could really should be the game. They go to practice to learn how to play. They don't go to have been that bad. Then I think to myself, "Nah, there had to learn the best methods of "Sucking Up to Your Official." be some other explanation for iL" Nine times out of I 0 there is Many games are lost because refs favor certain teams. Any opponent is -a missed assignment, bad defense or just a total lack of bound to lose, because all too often, a team's established reputation causes the efforL Athletes can let bad calls compound their mistakes by referee to overlook certain mistakes. How many times have charges, walking, letting it frustrate them and get them out of their game. and pushing not been caJJed when Simeon, Carver, King, Mount Carmel, and SL Sure, referees, umpires, and other officials make mistakes Martin De Porres basketball teams played? There are too many to counL they're paid to avoid. They don't, however, make you swing It is possible these teams could be better than their opponents. However, how at bad pitches, miss open-field tackles, or take bad shots can anyone ever see if the opposing team is better if the referee caJJs every foul during a game. When refs are making bad calls, players need Earnest Weatherby Adrienne P. Samuels on them? to compose themselves and concentrate on fundamentals. Morgan Park played SL Martin De Porres (home of the infamous Jerry Gee Otherwise, they'll end up playing out of control. and Tyrone Triplett) and ended the game with more than 18 fouls. SL Martin As far as the idea of favoritism toward outstanding players, that 's ridiculous. Charles ended with less than I0. Something is definitely wrong with this picture. Barkley is a great player. Are referees overlooking everything he does on the court? No. I am not the only one who feels the refs make bad calls on purpose. Whitney Young played Why is he always one of the league leaders in technical fouls? There have been many Washington in the Girls City Serni-Fmals Championships at the UIC Pavilion earlier this year. times when because a player has decided to argue hopelessly about the ofliciating, they During this game, unfair possession was granted to Whitney Young. A popular cheer started lose sight of what they want to accomplish. What's the use of complaining? Every thing among the crowd, " 1-2-3, shoot the referee! 3-2-1, kill the other one!" Now really, would a crowd that an athlete docs on the court is not perfeeL of 50 to 60 people be saying this if the referee wasn't wrong in his judgment? I think noL No one said it would be easy to play above bad officiating. The championship teams Basketball used to consi l of a ball, two teams, and one impartial official. Now the game is realize that they must earn thc1r vit:tones. No one is going to give them anything. made of a hall and three teams. The ones in black and white are the refs. NESports Taft's Lady Eagles CNE is coming! YllllmoW that SeliG athlete( I) still on the hunt Ylll've been waitiQI lor CNE is coming! a to cover? Young team readies for mature ucce CNE is coming! B) Audre) Hudgins. WT Writer,Taft High place 10 the 660-yard dash at a. •lftlnl. •d tel a no be/llleltlley ..m School Wmnemac tadJUm March 31 . What is Get tUt IIIPIII(I) ~ .tilly daii'YI II NPa Taft's Girl ' Track Team is on the The latest meet was agrunst Mather JIDe "'aaltl ta Slnllrl"' at Winnemac Stad1um on April 14th way 10 becorrung successful as CNE? Jennifer Burlinski. Melissa Amta Hud. on came m I st place 10 the CIIB41-1887 • air r. Allllle • Liz. • IIPftl a Guadaloupe. Anita Hudson and I 00-yard dash, Mehssa Guadaloupe Check out It Yld C..lllicallll 1st in the 200- yard dash. and Jennifer Dorian Ratliff trive 10 become the page 21 to 111111 tllelilrl best. First )'eM Coach To""el)' sa~d . Burlinskl I sl m the 8 yard dash "AJthough wc' reju l LarUngoul with Whew! Can they get any better than find out! 70 E.l.alllllltl815 these young wo men on the Leanl. thl '?? they· ve aided to our rise 10 the top." Coach Towel) help lead th1 19-girl track team on and help~ boo t the1r self-e teem o the) can get bcuer and bcner as the <;ehool )Car roll~ on. At Taft's latest meet w1th Lakevic"" where Jenmfer Burhnsk1 came m I st liE ClEAT liCIT. Rent for Prom '94 at Gingiss In the upcoming comedy PCU (Port Chester University or Politically Correct • University) laughs arise , when the intensely E committed students Choose from over 50 great styles including des1gner tuxedos, regularly $94.95. instantly protest any act or statement that they feel is "Politically DIE ClEAT lAY. Then play all day at Six Flags Great Amenca with your Incorrect. 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