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ed older guys because of their money, his late 20's and older have in common experience and their vehicles. These with a girl in high school or below? Girls dating young ladies are usually called car Leave older Everyday after school, I see older booties. What is the problem with men, who should be at ~\Ork, circling older uuvs people your age? men alone around school in their big, fast cars. If A few years ago, I remember an not after school. they are at the high by C hri'>topher Waller, Suncon incident, where th1s girl was very h} Tcnei llc Cib.,on, Mor8tlll l'ar/.. school basketball games, the football young and she was dating an older games and so on. They wait on that What is wrong with teenage girls guy. She was apparently "Young girls today naiVe girl to walk out of school. digging older guys? talk1ng too much and the FICEIFF look like older women." Sometimes she doesn't have to be na'1ve, Since people say girls mature faster, guy beat her a number of This is excuse that but just impressed with the materialistic who says a 15-year-old can't talk to times. After he struck her older men use to come value of the older man . 23-year-old man? I know that parents several times. he made onto young girls. This happens at many other high don't approve of it, but who should? her get out the car and However, it is getting schools as well, sometimes within the How many times have you witnessed a walk. played. fl's time that school with overly friendly security guy in a car pick up a girl who is not When girls become men step up to the guards and staff. old enough to see a PG-13 movie? involved in older relation plate. and start taking Young ladies should not have to put These conflicts happen every day. ships, consequences can responsibility up th1s nonsense at an educational fac il Recently, Chicago R&B singer come up. These relation Some of the older ity or anywhere else where teens hang Robert Kelly was alleged to had video ships can get physical men who are pur~uing out. taped sex with a minor. Kelly's situa and it leads to injuries young girls not only Older guys prowling the teen scene, tion is kind of difficult w1th his fame and even 1n some case have wives at home, please mess with someone your own and the fact that this isn't his first fatality. But every rela but daughters also. age! time be ing involved in a relationship tionship has some ele How would they feel if with an underage girl. A few years ment of risk young or old. some old creep was chasing after their Take tho R. Kenv survev ago, Kelly had a relationship wi th the I am not trying to hate on anyone, daughter everyday after school? It's not on page & but if I had a car or had money, most late singer Aaliyah, while she was a a fetish, but a sick ness. let us llnow vour reennus about teen. They were even married for a female s would consider me as a su per ln early h1story, older men did marry tbe charges against him. short period of time. star. So, maybe Aaliyah was right. young girls. But in today's time, it's But this is not new. Over the "Age ain't nothin' but a number." ILLEG AL! What exactly does a man in [email protected] years, young ladies have always want- IPRil 2002 • NEW IIPRESSION e I I ing to the Surgeon General. The kindergarten through 12th. cation in high schools is getting teens to Surgeon General said high school enroll "We are seeing an erosion of physical participate. The problem stems from the Exercising ment in dai ly physical education dropped education nationally at the high school fact that PE classes ar<:.general and offer from 42 percent in 1991 to 27 percent in and at the elementary level because we a large variety of ~6rts. i\dvocates of 1997. are adding other academic requirements, •-~ more ~~~ducation say that classes the need The cause for thi s sad trend is the lack such as computer and art," says NASPE shouldhe thematic, in which only a few of physical and president sports are played, such as classes on nutritional educa Marybell Avery. pitching and batting with sports like tor uvm tion classes in pub She adds, baseball and softball. As a result there would be a greater interest since the stu By Audrey Galo, lic high schools. "This hasn't Many of these pro dent has a choice on what sports they Northside College Prep been easy for grams have failed physical educa want to learn. ational Public Health Week (April 1- to receive funding tion teachers Another alternative method to PE is 7) is celebrated \\ith different activitie from the federal who have had to offering classes like yoga, dance, or tai and nutritional seminars. But, instead of government incorporate more chi, all great forrns of exercise. celebrating. the nation will also be because of the stu practical It is very important that a solution be reassess its nutritional priorities. dents' low levels of approaches in reached that allows the next generation The Surgeon General along\\ ith other participation in order to increase to be healthy adults. Obesity related ill nutrition and fitness organizations warn class, and schools by passing gym and student participation." nesses already cost the United States It that the United States is rapidily growing other non-academi c classes like art, Some call it the "New PE," because over a $100 billion a year. is time that in the number of overweight children physical education, and music. its curriculum is formed from activities the PE curriculum change and that the and teenagers in the United States. Thi s In fact, a surve) done in 1997 by the that challenge teamwork and problem strict military type class be replaced with epidemic has slowly de' eloped since the ational Association for Sport and solving skills. The new curriculum is relaxed environments were kids and early 1990s, and can be attributed to the Physical Education (NASPE) showed also more focused on teaching nutrition, teens learn that exercise and other physi dwindling number or physical educati on that Illinois was the only state requiring hygiene and health. cal activity can be enjoyable. and health programs in schools, accord- daily physical education (PE) for grades The main problem with physical edu-
long-term prediction for these kids is grim unless their immediately. NE News Briefs entire families get involved in healthful strategies for Britain's teen birthrate is twice as high as in Compiled by NE Staff weight management. Germany and three times higher than in France, though lower than the rates in the United States, Obesity and Diabetes can be linked London store to give "morning-after" pills Canada and New Zealand. By Beth Gardiner Marshall said specially trained pharmacists wou ld WASHINGTON, March 15 / PRNewswire/ -- Health care .c The Associated Press interview each teen-ager before dispensing the med cost projections fail to account for the rapidly escalat ication. Those getting the pill free must be under 20, ing prevalence of Diabesity(TM), warns Shape Up LONDON (AP) - Teen-age girls will be able to get the but there is no minimum age, she said. America! -- the nonprofit organization committed to morning-after emergency contraception pill for free as She said local health authorities were funding the helping Americans manage their weight. Diabesity(TM) part of a publicly funded pilot program being launched distribution and had chosen the two Tesco stores for is the causal connection between obesity and type 2 at two English supermarkets. the program because of their long hours and accessible diabetes, and is the focus of ongoing initiatives by Karen Marshall, a Tesco spokeswoman, said Monday locations. Shape Up America! that the local health authority in North Somerset, Critics said the availability of the pill would encour "Diabetes costs form the lion's share of the $117 western England, contacted the chain about offering age teen-agers to have sex. billion in annual costs attributed to obesity in a recent the pills for free as part of a program aimed at reduc report issued by the US Surgeon General's office," says ing teen-age pregnancy. Youth Respond to President's Challenge Barbara J. Moore, PhD, President of Shape Up America! Tesco will distribute the pills for no charge to those c. The Associated Press "Our Diabesity(TM) initiatives aim to help Americans under 20 at the pharmacy counters in its stores in learn how to limit portion sizes, make wiser food Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon, both near Bristol in WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush says American choices, and adopt a more physically active lifestyle - western England, Marshall said. children have raised $4.5 million to help the youth of because type 2 diabetes is one condition that is wors The local branch of the National Health Service and Afghanistan in the five months since he asked each ened by further weight gain and is actually improved the North Somerset Teenage Pregnancy Clinic are both youngster to earn $1 and send it to the White House. by weight loss." collaborating with Tesco on the project, which will " America's children have been extremely generous A recent study by Rand Institute researcher, Dr. also give teen-agers advice on contraception and sexu in helping the children of Afghanistan," Bush said in Roland Sturm, (Health Affairs, 2002;21{2):245-253) al health. one of his weekly radio addresses, last month. He said describes the high costs of obesity and compares the " This is a small part of a range of initiatives we much of the money is used for school supplies such as effects of obesity, 20 years of aging, smoking, and have developed to tackle teen-age pregnancy," Simon pencils, notebooks, crayons and soccer balls. problem drinking on the risk of acquiring diabetes. Bilous of the clinic told the British Broadcasting Corp. When the Afghan school year begins this month, Among the four factors evaluated, obesity has the " All our work is in the context of encouraging young many women and girls will be setting foot in a class most powerful and costly effect on health. Obese peo people to say 'no' if they do not want to have sex and room for the first time, he said. ple face a risk of diabetes that is five times greater only to engage in sexual activity if they feel ready for " This will be a remarkable moment in the history of than that of smokers and is even higher than the it." Afghanistan," Bush said. "Under the new government effects of 20 years of aging. Parliament voted last year to permit over-the-count of a liberated Afghanistan, educating all children is a A separate study (New England Journal of Medicine, er sales of the morning-after pill to support the gov national priority. And America, along with its coalition 2002:346:802-810) identifies an alarmingly high ernment's program of reducing teen pregnancy. partners, is actively helping in that effort." prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance among The pill is available free with a prescription, but Afghanistan's education system has been suffering severely obese children, regardless of their ethnicity. many women do not want to wait for a doctor's since the Soviet invasion in the early 1980s, and it nearly One out of four obese children and one out of five appointment so they pay nearly $30 to get it over the ceased functioning altogether in the mid-1990s under obese teens will likely develop type 2 diabetes. The counter instead. The pill is more effective if taken Taliban rule. • lEW EIPIESSIII • IPIIl 2112 'ill home and \\atch tck,.•sion I he) in a )nung pcr~on's life ~imply because "ant to go out meet \\.lth thc1r lnend'>. then: ,., no need to sutTer mer a book of March Winners but "ithout an) monc) that ts JU'I fractions and equations if we all knmv Should high school students get paid to go to impo'>Sible. )chool oflic1als rut so much we will not u<,e them in the future. I have pn:s-,ure on stuc.Jcnts; the) mal\e all thc~e pcr<,onall)' never met an) one 'vho school:- tests ">0 important. and most ol the umc remembers anythmg the) have learned in 1s1 Place mg em ironment, education and the all the k1ds \\lnd up m local colleges some cla<,ses m high school Craig Nathaniel Hampton experience would pa) ofT I ooking at because the) had no money to save up Students "ant cell phones, cars, Gv.endolyn Brooks thi · fro:n a financial point of' iC\\, if stu ~l!condl). students at this age ~hould clothes, but "nh all that lime h1gh dent '"ere pa1d to go to school V\ hat be c\pcnencmg the prcs<.,urcs of makmg sc.hool takes up there •s no ''a) to obtain Imagine )Our dream job. Picture your kind of bmd \i\Ould th1s put taxpayer-. m? money nut of school Student!> \.\ill learn the~e possessiOns. self in that position. earning a shameful \\here \\Ould the C\tra mone) and funds more. li\ mg and earnmg the1r \\a) And then \i\llh Ossama bin Laden ter salai) with top benefits. Lool\ hac~\ and come from '' What programs v-.ould be through li fc. not b) Sltllng in a class rorillng .<\mem.a "ho 1\no\v:, what <.:ould thin~\ about aJ I of the hard worl\ and cut? room )chool onl) 1\eeps them awa) happen tomorrow? I lo'v about conccn effort it tool\ to achic\c )OUr drl!am . . tuc.Jcnt~ should not get paid until from thc1r norn1al C\er:da) li,es tratmg on the fun and cnjo) able things? and smile \vith atisfact10n. u h teachers arl! proper!) pa1d I here arc ~o tl!a.:h~.:r \\ill teach '>tudcnts h
By Teneille Gibson, Morgan Park back to the controversial marriage to the with the 17-year-old. They married in late R&B singer Aaliyah, who was a teen late 1997. While R. Kelly was preparing to per when they married. In addition, Kelly Perhaps the most famous and scandal form as part of the had an out of court settlement on ized case involves Elvis Presley. His opening ceremonies a similar charge in 1998. wife, Priscilla was only a 14-year-old of the Winter While he may be the most ninth grader when Elvis began dating Olympics in Salt recent, issues with celebrities pur her in 1959, during his army tour in Lake City, Utah, the suing teens are not new. Germany. According to the book, "That's Chicago Police It is also not the first time a Alright, Elvis," he met Priscilla, he had ful in dealing with celebrities, no matter Department was celebrity has been accused of sex an even younger girl living in his house. how accessible they may be. investigating a with an underage girl. In 1962, the 15-year-old girl moved "Do not get involved any adult, no videotape of R. According to several celebrity in with Elvis at his Graceland mansion in matter who they are. Let someone know Kelly allegedly hav biographies and websites, includ Memphis and they lived together for five if you are being harassed," says Sgt. ing sex with an ing the entertainment based, years before they married in May 1967. Robert Cargie. underage girl. Kelly Spiritone.com, there are several Police say teens should be very care- denies any wrong celebrities who have fallen for doing and his attor teens. ney reportedly said his client was not According to Find Law Legal News, HE Survev on involved with the tape. Errol Flynn, film star in the 1930's, was Illinois state statue prohibits adult acquitted for statutory rape charges R&B Sensation men fro m having sex with girls under involving two teenage girls in 1942, but R Kenv 17, and it is a felony to videotape a sex the, scandal only increased his populari ual act with anyone under 18. ty. Please take a few moments to "A relationship between a 17- and According to Entertainment Weekly, in voice your opinion on the sexual 18- year- old is consensual. A 14-year 1958, piano madman Jerry Lee Lewis allegations R Kelly is facing. old has no judgment and the law recog married his 14-year-old cousin, Myra 5. If it were not for R Kelly's fame, nizes they cannot be involved," says Brown. Even though there were wedding By Leticia Shelley, Fenger do you think he would be under Sgt. Robert Cargie of the Chicago Police bands involved, the revelation virtually investigation. Yes or No Explain News Affairs Division. destroyed Lewis' young career. 1. Since allegations surfaced again Kelly's attorney, John M. Touhy, Other published reports show guitarist about R Kelly, have your feelings 6. What kind of punishment, if any, claims the tape is a forgery. "Any tape and songwriter, Chuck Berry, with a con changed about him as an artist or should be the accuser receive for you have is fake, and we find the timing viction in 1961 after he transported a person? actions. of these events to be extremely suspi 14-year-old girl across a state line in cious," Touhy said during an February 28 1961. He ended up in jail for a year 2. Can you still listen to his music 7. What will happen to R Kelly's interview in the Chicago Sun-Times. and-a-half. without thinking about the scan music career after this situation? In that same article, a professional Sony Bono, the late singer and politi dal(s)? vi deo maker said the chances of fabricat cian, in 1963, then 28, married 16-year 3. Do you think R Kelly is guilty or Send your responses to: ing a fake video that goes on for 26 old Cherilyn La Pierre, better known as innocent? Yes or No Explain New Expression R. Kelly Survey minutes allegedly bearing Kelly's image Cher. 600 S. Michigan Avenue and voice is "slim to none. " Recent history accusations involve 4. Do you agree or disagree on Chicago, IL 60605-1990 Th is isn't the first time Kelly has been Woody Allen . According to the book whether the accuser should take {312) 922-7151 (fax) plagues by allegations of sexual relations • What Falls Away, w Allen took porno some blame for her actions? E-mail: newexpress@aoLcom with underage girls. graphic photos of his adopted daughter Include your name and age Kelly's problems with teen girts go Soon-Vi Preuin and had an alleged affair (t) IIW UPIESSIII • IPIR. 2112 call to check on the status," teens agree that jean:-, :-hom say:. j oshua ]ohm-on, I 6, who 8) Try your b<:st to be the s.1ys Jdahn Wallace, 18, who and 1:shirts arc definjte no-nos,. attt'nd.'> Simeon, who aL..o say'> best employee that you can be, Finding attends Dunbar. "I generally do even for fast-food places. he i willing tO work a long dilr becau:.<; no one C. perfect anJ that within a two week pt."t'i- "I don't care if it is tancc from home if the job was no one can do everything all at 0<1." McDonald's or Burger King, I decent. one time. a decent dressing up in ~mething According to the book, While it is debated " hether am d oth make the pcr:.<>n , many nice like NauticJ, Polo, Fubu," "Success Abilities. "there are ~-v eral rule~> on finding a good iob job. by [}ana Rettig, Dnnhar l) Look for an employer ~u~ I CHANGE? who encourage.'> info rmaJ and work-related communication Are you 'lick and ttred of ask 0 0 bt:twcen all levels of employ ing your mom and dad for 0 money, so you can go hop ees and management 2) Make a good impre...sion ping, go the movi~. etc. We.U. here's a good solution: Get a when ) ou arc doing a job inter good job! ,;e'"· It show:. the employer However, finding a job is not that you are -.erious and prcdsc as easy as most people think it about being a good employee. is, according to many teens. 3) u :·am mo re about unad job.. . "Every time a pen.on goes verthed '4) (,et details ahout an occu to places such as McDonald' , White Castle. P.ayle:.s Shoes. pauon or mdustl) '5) lktcml.ine if ) ou the ngh t etc., to fill out an application. they alway use this same old :-kiU for the job line - We will call you,'" says 6) Find an employer who ~how-, J l.tck of f.tvoritisrn. b~ , Curtis tillweU, 19. who now works at UPS im:·quity, intimidu:ion , or abuse .1 good ~-umc. But other teens say that it ) \X' rite but be hon<....,t too. Don't write a takes persistence to get hired. "I find out if they arc hiring, n:..'>umc about thing.-. that you havt:n't done, yet. fill out an application, and then
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APRil 2002 • NEW EIPRESSION • TEENS AND JOBS weekends. During the summer (June 1st to Labor Day) teens are allowed to work Fight for vour rights at work 40 hours a week 7am to 9pm. The hiring of teenagers although a By Audrey Galo Teen Worker's Bill of Rights it is stated ment and training. The U.S. Department popular trend is also risky for employers, Northside College Prep that teens have three basic rights; pay of Labor (USDOL) has set important laws who must comply with many laws set by ment, safety, and security. By providing . that prevent employees under 18 years the Department of Labor. Yet employers In the past couple of years, the num a service to the employer, workers must old from performing certain tasks, thus still try to trick teens, a sophomore from ber of job opportunities for teenagers be paid accordingly. For workers under preventing injury. Northside College Prep, spoke of his has increased rapidly. Unfortunately, the age of twenty, the first 90 workdays In the workplace employees have the experience working at a movie theater, many of these working teens are being can be paid at $4.25 an hour. After the right to equal employment opportuni "at first they were paying me less than taken advantage of because they are 90-day period, the employer must begin ties, to join a union, to file a complaint five dollars and fifteen cents the hour, unaware of their rights and benefits to pay the federal minimum wage, which without losing their job, and to refuse so I complained to my boss and they given to them as employees. Many teen is $5.15 an hour. For those workers 16 to work if the task poses a health risk. paid what was right," Working for some workers aren't sure of what are appropri years and older remember that overtime It is also important to remember that one can be stressful and confusing at ate wages, work hours, and work condi must be paid at a time and a half rate during the school year (Labor Day to times but if you aren't sure of a particu tions. Luckily, many safeguards have for every additional hour past 40 hours. June 1st) workers under 16 years of age lar situation in the workplace, feel free been made by the government to pro Safety in the workplace is detrimen can't work before lam or after 7pm and to contact the Department of labor's tect all workers, young and old. tal, so as an employee, teens have the are only allowed 18 hours per week; 3 Child labor information center at In the U.S. Department of Labor's right to demand safety clothing, equip- hours on schooldays and 8 hours on 312.353.1880. Responding to sexual harassment By Leticia Shelley, Fenger ly made a term or a condition of an individual's felony where if the person is 17 or older, and the vic and Chavis Harrison, Columbia College employment, academic status, progress or promotion. tim is under 13, the criminal can receive six years to In other words, if you are on a job and the boss thirty years of a prison sentence. I thought he was just being nice. tells you can get promoted, if you perform a sexual If you have experience these forms of sexual harass This is what Jennifer Burke, 17, of Rochester High task, no matter how small, realize that is a form of ment whether it is from a student or adult, then you School in Rochester, Michigan said after her volleyball harassment. If you are in school, and a teacher sug should report is as soon as possible. coach made lewd suggestions to her. gests that your grade can increase if you did a sexual Katherine Thomas, a guidance counselor with "Everyday my volleyball coach would make little favor, realize that he/she is trying to make you a vic Chicago State University Upward Bound Programs comments that implied sex, but I couldn't say any tim. works with many students preparing them for college thing, because all the men there were sexist," Burke Such actions and words can negatively impact an says speak up before it gets out of hand. said. individual's work or academic performance, or create an "Confront the person face to face about these She added, "They always wanted girls to wear short intimidating, hostile, or offensive work or education unwanted touches or words. If you are afraid, then skirts. It made me feel uncomfortable, so I transferred environment. you can tell a counselor or any adult you can trust to to another high school." Whether you are in school, work, or at home you help you with this situation," Thomas said. Clint Davis of Denby High School in Detroit, says should know that any of these forms of harassment while it is not typical of guys of guys to be sexual har perform against you is prohibited and against your rassed, it does happen. rights. "On my job, rny supervisor would always ask me to A. Sexual harassment starts with verbal abuse using do odd jobs like take her home, even though she had a words that are not appropriate such as you have the car." right behind, sweet lips, and nice size breast etc. coaslderlna a career Sexual abuse and sexual harassment are all too B. Sexual flirtations such as pretended kisses, wink prominent. Whether it is the recent reports of what is ing your eyes or hand gestures. In tournallsmP going on with many Catholic priests, or local school C. Touching you in uncomfortable ways like rubbing officials making off hand remarks, teens no longer your legs, hitting you on the behind, placing hands have to suffer in silence, according to teen advocates. across someone's breast or gesturing with body parts. Sign up tor the Sexual harassment can come from range from par Section three of the Chicago Public Schools Policy ents, teachers, and security guards to someone off the Statement, states that any employee or students act 2002 summer Urban Journalism street asking you for a date in a uncomfortable state ing alone or joining together may make an oral or ment. written complaint of sexual harassment. Complaints of workshop tor MinoriUes According to Sexual Harrasment Resources, a group sexual harassment can be made with in 90 days of the that puts out pamphlets to assist victims of sexual harassment complai ned of and may be made to any of abuse and harassment, children are being sexually the following persons like a supervisor, administrator, June 24 - AUiust 14 exploited at the rate of one out of six boys before the teacher, or counselor. age of sixteen, and one out of three girls before the " If you are being sexually harassed verbally the MoodaJ-frtdQs, 10 a.na .. -2:H IJ.II. age of eighteen. authorities could not do anything about the harass With statistics like this, you could be sitting next to ment but you can tell someone. If they act on it than a victim in your school, or playing with one on your it becomes sexual abuse," says Chicago Police Officer Centact IIIII MOIIIODllll athletic team. Pauline Heard of the 2nd District. According to Chicago Public Schools Sexual According to the Illinois Criminal and Subject Law lor an IPPIIcatiOI Harassment Manual "sexual harassment is unwelcome Manual criminal sexual abuse is class A misdemeanor, sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other where the criminal can get less than a year, but more at 312·922·1151 or verbal, visual, or physica l conduct of a sexual nature than six months if the victim is under age seventeen. E•all: rclld•Oaol.ca• and submission to the conduct is explicitly or implicit- Pedophile criminal sexual abuse of a child is a class X
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1 ~t in1>tead of the traditional don't U!>C April 1 t as an April I~L. many people refused <:xcu~e to be downright mali The origins of April Fools oav to follow t11e oew calendar. ciou1>! TI1e people that by DankUe Scruggs, whipped cream on my hand Why do we even have April still celebmted the St. Scholastica while I was a Jeep and then Fools day anyway? NewY<:ar on April tickled my nose with a feath The most popular theory, lst were called fools When asked what was the er. I ended up smearing accordjng to numerous web and were sent mock best April fools joke an}'bod)' w hjpped cream all over my -ite including Teacher link: gifts and on phony played on her, Christina face before I fmally' woke up. teacherHnk.edu. usu.edu errands. AJdugom, a seruor at St. I got her back t11ough by wip (under April) is when a Whichever theo Scholastica with a qwck smile ing it off my face and putting French King changed the cal ry you beHcve, just said , "My sister Eva put it down her shirt'" endar in 1582, making January
ter level of education." in 1999. The school offers courses such Private schools are good but Myth ~: Teachers at private as Environmental Science, Physics, and schools are definitely more experienced. Global Issues to freshmen. Northside not all that Fact: Although being on the job for also offers six that's right six language 20 years does not necessarily mean classes: Chinese, Japanese, German, by Danielle Scruggs, advanced degrees Latin, Spanish, and French. The school St. Scholastica Public schools in well-to-do areas: 66 you're doing a great job, it should be noted that teachers at public schools does not offer the International percent-100 percent Bacculaureate (IB) program, but it does Did you know that between 1995 and Public schools in middle class have more experience than teachers at private institutions. offer seven AP courses. 1999, the percentage of high scoring areas/Catholic schools: 50 percent-75 Another prestigious public high eighth graders who left the Chicago percent Percentages of teachers with ten or more years experience school, Lincoln Park, is home to Illinois' Public School system for private or Non-religious prep schools: 50 per longest running IB program and has parochial schools dropped from 27 per cent-60 percent Public schools: 67 percent Catholic schools: 55 percent double honors and performing arts pro cent to 17 percent (December 2000 Non-Catholic parochial schools: 33 grams. In December 2000, teachers issue of Catalyst magazine)? "How did percent-66 percent Non-religious prep schools: 44 per- cent from Spain and France joined the school that happen?" you may be asking your Yaunette Douglas, an energetic senior faculty. self. This goes to show that perhaps you Aren't the public schools in Chicago do not have to go to a private school to fuU of teachers who can't teach, stu get a rich education. dents who refuse to learn, and poor Myth 5: All private schools are pre facilities? Isn't the only alternative to dominantly white. go to a private school and pay anywhere Fact: Actually that is far from the between $3,000 to $20,000 (and some truth. Although certain movies, books, times more) a year for four years to get and TV shows tell a different story, only a top-notch education? 12 percent of all private schools are Actually, the answer to all those exclusively white, compared to 9 percent questions could be no. There are a tot of public schools. As a matter of fact, of myths about private school education the most racially divided schools are the that a 1994 Money magazine article public schools are in rich areas because "Why Private Schools Are Rarely Worth they're in areas that do not include the Money" by Denise Topotnicki man much diversity. aged to bust. Here are a few of them. Also, it should be pointed out that Myth 1: Private school class sizes many Catholic schools enroll people that are smaller than public school classes. are not Catholic. Baptists. Muslims. and Fact: Private and public school Jewish people are a part of Catholic class sizes are relatively the same. school communities. Furthermore, it has not been proven As you can see, there are many mis that smaller class sizes equal a better conceptions about private school educa education. A tot of it depends on the tion. You must keep in mind that no teacher, which Leads to the next myth school will ever be perfect and going to about private school education. school that costs $5,000, $10,000, or Myth 2: Teachers at private even $20,000 a year wilt not automati cally solve all your problems. According schools are more qualified than teachers Non-Catholic parochial schools: 42 who also attends St. Scholastica has a to Money, your best bet is to go to at public schools. percent completely different view about the move to a rich neighborhood and go to Fact: Believe it or not, teachers at education she that has received. that public school. go to a magnet Myth 4: Private schools offer public schools are generally more skilled "You ca n see the difference between school, or go to a suburban public than private school teachers. According people who go to Catholic school and more challenging classes than public school where the tuition for city to the same Money magazine study, half people who go to other private schools, schools. dwellers is far less than private school of all public school teachers hold is we are not as ignorant," she says. Fact: Truth be told, the top public tuition. advanced degrees (i.e., masters, doctor Douglas adds, "Sometimes I feel like schools offer as many challenging cours If you can get a high quality educa ates) while one third of all private I'm not getting a lot of options for es as private schools do. One example tion for free, why not go for it? school teachers hold advanced degrees. classes but I do think I'm getting a bet- is Northside College Prep, which opened Percentages of teachers with IPIIl 2112 • lEW EIPIESSIII 0 N TERTAINMENT Singer: Ginuwinc Rapper: Ghostface IGIIah Heal name: Elgin Lumpkin Real name: Dennis Coles Hard Rappers Shame on his parl:nb! If your Well a name like Ghostfacc laM name is Lumpkin, why Killah does give a brother would you name your child more street credit than Dennis Soft Names Elgin??? Coles does.
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Would you buy a CD by a guy named Clifford Rapper/Actor: tee-T Rapper: MC l.yte Smith? Or by someone named Elgin Lumpkin? Real name:TrJcy Marrow Real name: Lana Moorer "Heck no!" would probably be your answer. Well, A guy named Tracy? 'Nuff said. Don't blame Ms. Moorer for chance!> are, you already have! 'Jake a look at the:-c not using her real name. You'd name~ and discover the real name!> of your beloved ncvcr take lyrics like "Ain't a hip hop ~tar~ . MC alive that can deal with me" very seriously from some Rapper/ Actor: Icc Cube one named Lana anyway. Heal name: O'Shea Jackson Rapper: Foxy Ilrown !=air enough. I low many pec> Heal name: lnga Marchand plc would buy !>tuff like he sound~ more like a Park AmcriKKKa'~ MoM Warlll.:d and Avl:nuc penthou~e girl more The Pia) cr~· Club from ~on me than a girl from the lttrect-., no? one named O'Shea~
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Wht·n you think of Kirk Franklin, you think of the outr:tgcoult am.l '>t'l'U lar beat~ to hi., go.,pcl ~ong., 'J hi'> <. J) really didn't pu~h the bound,rnn o f go'>pcl mu'>ic like I thought it would Win an autographed photo ol Eden s Crush and '>hould have Bc~idc~> that , the CD wa., -.till great, but with a .,mooth E-mail vour answer to [email protected]. -.tyle Jn.,tead of the rapping it wa~> more ingcniou., beat~ One random winner will be selected The Oc'>t tra ck~ arc " llo~anna , " whic..h i., now lx:ing played on local go1>pd rJdio Mation~ and "9 11 ," which Eden s Crush Trivia wa:-. dedicated to the tr.rgcdy on September I I , 200 I .'J'hc "hidden 1. Who's the lead singer of Eden's Crush? tr:rck," b the only twiM in tht· CD and 2. What's the name of Eden's Crush first single? the be~t tmtk in the Cl> Thi., tr.Kk 3. What's the name of the television show that spawned ha., a rot·k type heat with a lrttlc bit of Eden's Crush? r.1p beat~ . Aion~ with that i., a lillie bit of ~ pani'>h l y ric~ . Thb track i~ definite 4. What is the title of Eden's Crush's debut CD? ly fo<: u.,ing on different men and cth 5. How many different ethnic back rounds make up nr <: itic., Eden's Crush? The Hcbirth of Kirk Franklin dif fned from hi~ last CD Nu Nation
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and have a good head on my shoulders. Who IS to when the senior citizens should bow their heads. Our blame? My parents. I had the blessed opportunity to grandparents and such , are just as responsible as our Parents can t be brought up in structured home, and was trained to parents, if they haven't taken the most vital time in always mind my manners, care about the community ra ising their children to avoid future conflicts. blame what thev and most importantly, myself. I was defin itely not Generations before us did splendid jobs; the civil spoiled. I had to grow 1nto a product1ve individuaL rights eras, women's rights movement. post slavery After all I was nurtured as one. rebellions, the fight against Vietnam . The root to all haven't trained Of course everyone is not as triumphant. but once these movements' success was the traimng. the proper, or improper tra1mng is cultivated, it IS now I'm tired of adults cri tiCizing our behavior, and co n By Cecile Ca rroll. Ke nwood a part of the child's growth and therefore apart of his demning our culture. The main reason we don't know or her character. Unfortunately, parents don't have or right from wrong, and have become so destructive and I agree with Will Smith when he made the infamous take the time, the energy. or the Information to help demeaning is because we have not been taught. song: "Parents just don't understand." If you really us. Sure, we need money to survive, but parents have Babies are born neutral, but if a child is not proper think about the relationships with our parents, and become too involved in making a living and maintain ly disciplined, and nurtured. you leave the world to other adults, they sort of do n't understand. However. ing a status, that children are raised by themselves, or ra1se and influence your child, and this culture is not the endless miscommunication, and mi sun ~ an entity were you want to neces derstandings between the adult population sarily raise your ch1ld. and the current teen generation is way On the other hand, this genera beyond a simple phrase in an 80's rap song . tion can still become a dynamic The current generation gap has expanded group of individuals. I'm not in into a cultural issue. Many youth are mis denial. but I believe that every led, and many are uncouth . Not to say that th ing is paved and done for a rea all of us are infested with rude beha vior, ill GENEM T[ON son. We are battling ourselves in manners, non-chala nt attitudes, disobedi an unsupportive society. We have ence, disrespect, and are spoiled, but many now here else to go but up ,and are. with the appropriate environment I'm not saying all of us, however, enough and leaders we can prove the old of us are in this category to paint a dis fogies wrong. trustful image of this particular generation, This article was to defend the "coincidentally" following Genera tion X. countless teens and young adu lts If any adults or seniors are reading this ~ who are caught in the unfortunate article, they are probably celebrating the ill trained environments we have gospel finally being exposed among us and been exposed to. However, we for us. Oh contrare! We are not at fault for the growth the media. need to check ourselves at some point, even though it of evil that has supposedly captured all of us into a Television and music are not the reliable sources of is hard, to determi ne our own li mits regardless of the web of eternal condemnation . Sorry, but the problem education and training of children, but look at the an imosity we contain for th is unhopeful society. But I with the youth today is the parent's fault. The commu strong influence they have on us. What can you ask for every eye that reads and understand this paper nity, the seniors, everyone before us is held account expect, if you let our society and children's friend s be please share it with a fellow student or an adult. We able. Why? The lack of training has produced an the most influential part of our lives? have to stop getting blamed for not being trained. It's increased measure of neglect. Some parents don't have the information to train not our fault. I like to think that I'm responsible, well~ mannered children themselves. Now whose fault is that? This is
IPIR 2112 • l EW IIPIIIIIII • .:.·E.A.SH·ION ·. . · · · . ooking good without spending it all
b) Veronica Grifftn , Columbia the everyday people that l know do colo r, its own attitude, and its own College not have that kind of money. I speak time and place. fo r many when l say, "more than half Sunrise to sunset, it's all about look the time expensive does not mean WE DO NOT HAVETO SPEND A ing good. Let's keep in mind that you quality." LOT OF MONEY ON CLOTHING'!! don't have to spend hundreds of dol THERE IS: lar on an outfit to come out with the The flat shoe by Donna Karen. Do l GAP wonderful conclusion of beauty. Don't hear "Payless"? RAMPAGE get me w rong, there is nothing wrong Black Flat, $255 WET SEAL with top designer, but who can really OLD NAVY afford them ? Would you like the dress to match? URBAN OUTFITTERS, Who do these "top of the line" The "fatter me" dress looks like it Oh yes, ladies, try thrift stores, designers think they are? Sure they should be flattering soroeones grand esp ecially with today's styles being have nice clothes, but so do smaller mothers kitchen window. a merge of the 70's and 80's. Thrifts designers who are creating the same Wrap Dress, $1 ,200 stores are the perfect places to get styles at the same quality, but because the most authentic, no t cheap look. their names are not Giorgio Armani, Ladies right now l'm going to break Coco Chanel, Liz Claiborne, o r Gianni it down in simple terms. Fashion is all Versace, their styles go unheard of. about a frame of mind. It's an expres I don't kno w about aU of you. but sion. It has its own moods, its own
MV lop 5 spring trends Spring and #1. Lace. Not full trimmed lace, but lace trimming around neck lines. Add to this look with ankle boots, and hand ba g to match. Summer trends #2. Fun ky tennis shoes with no socks. These look great with mini skirts, flood jeans, and capris. by Veronica Griffin, #3. Belts. Belts with big buckles that hang off of jeans, Columbia College skirts, and capris. The studded belt look goes great with stiletto boots. The style for sum mer 2002 is goi ng to be extremely fem #4. Eyelet tank tops. They are so "in " and give a sexy inine with a total hippie-gypsy spi n. Think ruffles and image to a classy look. lace; antiqued, whiskered denim and pretty peasa nt tops; #5 . Minis. Super-short minis are perfect for spring and circle skirts and eyelet tanks. su mmer. They can be dressed up worn with eyelet tops and heels, or worn down with a tee and flip "The Truth Shall Set vou Free From Loolllnu Crazv" flops. Last yea r, at the same time, we sported graffiti-print tanks and overly frayed jeans. This year, it's more about lace-trimmed tops and suede-lace up denim minis.
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By Lawrence Davi , 'imcon of a udden, an outburM of blew up, :.o did their ~hoe'> , host of other color.,. They dothing line thts .,pring athlete., starting '>porting the which went from the two abo made a -.htft to leather Garnett i., also spon.,orcd b} The NBA has become more chrome dome look. lbcn, color '>et to gold, grccn and a Tod.t} ·., .1thkte., h.n.e ton And 1 gym -.hoe. of a fashion -.how rather than Jordan -.ct the trend with ttnucd m that \.arnett -.ct another what a basketball game. the po-.t game tailor made trcnd in appt.>ar'> to h<.: another fashton It seems like a long time ~wb a~ he met the pre~~ C\ef) thing able trend b} bemg drafted ago, but it w:u. only a few Toda}. there are pia) cr., from gym out of high -.chool ~h en hc.· rear back that the game of porting head bands from shoe came o ut o f Chtcago farragut, basketball used to be all about top notch players, and hi-. endor-.c there were only a handful of guys playing their best hoop . corn row You even have ment'> to htgh '>Chool pla}er~ "" ho had Howe,·er, it M."ems that this marque pla)er-. coming to tht•tr own 'ktpped colkgt. to enter the approached h;u, changed the game!- Armani outfit.,. clothtng pro., "low e\Tf} cia-,., ha'> league worldwide. But e"cn before the hne-. do1.en of teen., gomg for the One of the fiNt fa<,hion Jordan era. the carl) 80'> fca !·or cxam draft trends in the NBA began in tun:d '>tar'> ltkc \1agtc plc look at Other -.pon-~ athlete., 1986, when former Clucago john-.on and l.trr) Bird 1\.e\tn tntlude Allen 1\c:r..on ~ho Bull uperst.a.r ~1.Jchael Jordan t•ndor-.mg
by Joseph Moore, Whitney Young nament. NE: Granted that you are going to the NBA will you tay all four years of college or Name: Marcus White NE: Who are your ba<,ketball role models? leave early if the opportunity is pre ented to School: Whitney Young Marcu : Kevin Garnet, Dariu Mile , Shawn you? Age: 18 Kemp, Kobe Bryand and anyone who made Marcu : 1 would leave. Sport: Basketball the jump to the NBA Position: Power Forward/ Center out of high school. NE: How did you han Height: 6'8" dle the pre -ure of Weight: 21 5 lbs. NE: What are your being team captain'? Shoe Size: 17 major goals for Marcu..,: l ju~t tried to DePaul? do my be..,t and put NE: What was your most memorable Marcu<,. Dcc1dc on a be-.,t foot fOf\\ J.rd. moment this year in basketball? major, and figure out Marcus: Winning the Proviso West tourna what I'm go111g to do NE: Who wa~ ) our ment, and winning MVP of it. I have my with the rest of my pic!.. for the A name in the record books along with other life. I al<,o want to be Tournament? great high school basketball players. named Freshmen of Marcu .... : Dul..e the Year for NE: What your greatest high <,chool basket Conference USA NE: Who do }OU pic!.. ball accomplishment? for IH A Bo}S Marcus: Making it to city championship my NE: Do you believe Basketball sophomore year on varsity. you have a good Champions? chance of making it Marcus: I didn't. The NE: Was this year more special for you the pro ranks? best team. in the . tate were not down there. because it was your senior year? Marcus: Yeah, preuy good chance, Chicago Marcus: It was suppose to be since we were is a big publicity city. I' ll get that extra push NE: Do you have any hidden talents? suppose to go down state, but it was sti II spe since r'm home grown. Marcus: They have to be seen. cial because we won the Proviso West tour-
IPIIl 2102 • IIEW EIPIESSIIII G GUILD COMPLEX & YOUNG CHICAGO AUTHORS PRESENT: YOUTH EVENTS Tues April2 Von Stuben and Northside College Prep HS 4 pm Word W1de Writing Workshop 6:30 Open Mic 7:00 Students from Von Stuben and North S1de Prep read from their work
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