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LUNCH W111l MACK 10 May Writing RULES Send typed or neatly printed entries with: Your name: Home address: Contest Phone number: Age: School: Teacher's name: Write a letter to your Send to: parents telling them Writing Contest New Expression something you've been 70 E. Lake St., Suite 815 Chicago, IL 60601 wanting to tell them but never had the chance Must be under 19 to win. W1nners will appear in next month's New Expression. Sponsored by March winners appear on page 5. The Polk Bros. Foundation -- A Chicago Concern •• ·- Celebrating New Expressions On April11, Youth e Communication held the awards ceremony lor the Celebrating New Expressions city-wide high school arts contest. The Event was held • in the Walnut Room restaurant on the seventh lloor ol Marshall Field's state street store. A great time was had by all, especially the winners who took home $1000, $500, The lovely, talented, and entertaining Robin and $100 Savings Bonds. Robinson, Fox News 32 anchor person was superb as the Mistress of Ceremonies
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Enjoying the student artist award ceremony are (1-to-r) Garfield Phillpotts, YC's Director of Developmen t; Susan Herr, YC Executive Director; Lois Weisberg, Commissioner Department of Cultural Affairs; Cassie Davis, Community Relations, Marshall Field's; Chris Zorich, Chicago Bears, and; Len Dominguez, Deputy Mayor Education . ._._._._._._._._._._._._NE • ..-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. ~w 'lf"e5i<9L~'v - - ~
Ice Cube & crew wreck shop at the Peace in Da' Hood concert
What it's all about, 1 mlc, 1 man, and 10,000 fans. The 11 Peace in Do' Hood 11 concert was going on at the International Amphi theater last month and New Expression was there. The concert started small, with the opening acts performing Bad Boy I Arista artilf Notorious B IG takes the stage while the crowd was still coming in. But, by the time Ill and AI Skratch came on to shoot their video, the joint was jumping big time. Noto rious B.I.G. rocked the house with the phat beats, and Bone Thugz in Bone Thugz-N-Harmony get their money. Harmony were plum loco. But, everyone knew who the man was, and here he is for all y' all who are unaware ... Amerikkka's most wanted .. . Ice Cube. P.S . I s .1t "F n'd ayII yet2. . .. Ice Cube brings ''eace In Da Hood" because. I'm going to the mov1es. _.._._._._._._._._._._.NE•Cdle lena for now, but lle'l be back Friday. .-..-.-.-.----..-.-.-.- 'V'W ("~!i Just think .. . YOU could be working for A&M Records - the major record label that produces hot stars like CeCe Peniston and Barry White. If you are interested in the entertainment and business industry, Y.E.S (Youth Entertainment Summer) TO JOBS is just for you. According to information received from the program's Jaleesa Hazzard, "Stu dents have developed confidence in their abilities, pride in the accomplishment of getting into and completing the program, and an understanding of how to use their Y.E.S. expe rience to open doors that have been closed." Y.E.S TO JOBS evolved about nine years ago when A&M Records' executives Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss reflected on nationalities in the entertainment industry. They saw a real need to increase job opportunities for minorities and to provide a place for new talent to receive hands-on work experience with guidance from industry profession als. Hence, Y.E.S. TO JOBS was born. Y.E.S. TO JOBS provides a 10 -week summer job experience for teens between the ages of 16-18. To be eligible, high school students must have a grade point average of 2.5 and a 90% attendance record in school. Entry-level positions begin at record compa nies, retail stores, radio and television stations, cable networks, trade publications, film and production companies, public relations and entertainment law firms. Students do clerical duties such as answering the phone, typing, photocopying, and filing. Through out the program, career seminars, workshops, a newsletter and other enrichment activi ties will be offered. A&M Records, Warner Bros. Records, Warner Chappell Music Publishing, Per spective and Atlantic Records, WEA and BMG Distribution, KTlA Television and Castle Rock Films are some of the companies that have hired full-time employees trained through the Y.E.S. TO JOBS program. - The program starts June 27 and ends September 2. Students work around 35-40 hours at CECE PENISTON an average salary of $6.00 an hour. Even though the deadline for applications was April 1st, Hazzard saj's you can still apply by sending a letter to A&M Records, Inc ., 1416 N. LaBrea Avenue, Hollywood, CA, 90028. You can also talk to your school counselor about this program (the only places in the Chicago area that still have openings are Glendale Heights and Des Plaines - people who have access to cars are preferred). Apply now... Who knows? Maybe YOU can become the next star ... or star-maker. "The Shortest Distance between You and Success is CLC !" Why? Because CLC can prepare you quickly for where • Classes to fit your schedule • Short Term Courses the new, well paying positions are ...job s that offer security, • Financial Aid( if qualified) • Placement Assistance promotions and the independence you're looking for. Can • Accredited by C.C.A. you do it? Ask any of the I,OOO's of successful CLC grad Fox Valley Center • Yorktown Shopping Center uates! Our "Systems (or Success" makes all the difference. Hawthorn Center • Northbrook Court • Woodfield Mall 1 Call (312) 427-2700 1 200 S. Michigan Ave .. Chicago, IL 60604 Chicago Ridge Mall • Orland Square Shopping Center 'j Stratford Square Shopping Center • Golf Mill Shopping Center Computer Learning Center "Advanced Programming Programs also available. • ~ North Riverside Park Mall • River Oaks • Southlake Mall j VIHIIIE ..... ~., APRIL'S "CHEATING" WRITING CONTEST WINNERS FIRST PRIZE$100 You Big Cheater! To cheat or not to cheat? That is the question. Most of the time, cheating 1s a sure way to win a contest or pass a test. Cheating can do wonders for your grade, win you money, or even an election for political office. The lure of these prizes is sometimes too much, and people lie, steal, and yes, cheat to get what they want. In my opinion, cheating is wrong. When you cheat, you never know if you could have done it on your own or 1f you were good enough You rob yourself of the chance to prove your worth to the wor1d and to yourself. Cheating can also shatter someone's trust in you and destroy relationships. For instance, 1f you cheated on a final exam, and a teacher you liked and respected caught you , the trust that the teacher had put in you would be gone Similarly, 1f you Cheated on your boyfnend or g1r1friend, your relationship might end. That IS not to say that I have never cheated before. Somet1mes dunng a hard test, I may ask the answers to a few questions or g1ve someone a few answers In one of my classes, my friends and I have even set up a sort of cheat1ng ring We have signs and s1gnals that correspond to answers on the tests There is also that occasional pretest glance I may get at the answers if the teacher has them set out. All of this robs me of some of the drive I could have to work harder and 1mprove myself If I studied more or tned harder, I wouldn't cheat because I wou'd know that I could do 1t I suppose that I JUStify the cheat1ng I do by telling myself thal1t's only for a "little th1ng~. If I stood a chance of winn1ng money or pnzes by gett1ng a certam grade on a test. I wouldn't be able to cheat because that would be cheatmg for a "b1g th1ng" My consc1ous would nag at me until I confessed. and the little voice 1n my head would keep tell1ng me that I could have stolen the pnze from someone else or that I had to cheat because I wasn't good enough However, everyone doesn't ha•:IJ o conscious about wb1g th1ngs" that's as big as m1ne. If someone is caught cheating. all pnzes and money won should be taken and the person should be barred from any other tests wh1ch can be taken for money or pnzes. The guilty person should also have to serve some scrt of detention or even suspens1on. Cheating 1s very wrong and can have some maJor consequences, but people do it anyway. So, again I say: To cheat or not to cheat? That1s the question Leslie Russell- Whitney Young SECOND PRIZE$75 I don't lh1nk 1ts right to cheat on a test, but in my s1tuat10n "Hell -yeah" I would ci"'eat on a test if I stood to gain money or pnzes F1rst of all that money would come in hanciy. I have a child. I am a teen mother who doesn't have a JOb and I am still in school I'm on welfare and don't get that much money It takes a lot to take care of a baby To win prizes would be good too, because I would have something that I took the t1rne to try and wm. What pumshment should be given to people who cheat 1n school? Well, I think that the people who cheat in school should get kicked out depending on what kind of test they cheated on. And 1f they were to win, their money or pnzes should be taken away 1n front of the whole school Carlandra Winters- Arts of Living THIRD PRIZE$50 I strongly believe that cheating is an Immoral act. What I mean is that cheaters think that they are getting away with something when 1n fact they are not. The culpnts tnck or dece1ve people in order to get what they want, and may do so, but in the long term , they lose someth1ng far greater. If I were to take a test knowing that I stood to gain money or prizes, I would not cheat. I would study hard making sure I understand the matenals that had been covered. I believe that when a person cheats, he or she gains nothing and therefore amounts to noth1ng. If it happens that I were to lose, I would accept my loss. When a person cheats, that person 1s only dece1v1ng himself or herself I vividly remember an occas1on which I encountered regarding cheating. It was when I was in the fifth grade. My English teacher, Mr Hayes, stepped out of the classroom to report to the main office. Before he left the classroom, he was grading the students in my class' grammar papers He had all of the papers graded but did not record them 1n the grade book. I knew this because on student in the class went to Mr Hayes's desk to look in his grade book. Another student suggested that we all change our grades on the test but five other students and myself declined the offer. The other students changed their grades nght after Mr. Hayes came back from the main office. The next morning, Mr. Hayes told the class that he was very sur prised with all the high grades in the class. Considering the fact that we scored poor1y on our last test, he gave the class a pop quiz. I was confident when I took the quiz because I studied. I finished my quiz quickly. As I came back to my seat, the students who had changed their grade were still puzzled about their answers on the quiz. Students who cheat will realize that they can never achieve their full potential. Cheaters will find that they will never learn because they are only cheating themselves. Cheaters may win in the beginning, however, in the long run, they will lose. Fisayo Awoniyi. Whitney Young ._._._._._._._._._._.__.NE•. .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--. Sponsored by Polk Bros. Foundation - A Chicago Concern '1,-eW e~('f'V - . - r -~ 6 ~ l'f'f> BUILD program providing positive activities for gang members "I've been in the gang for eight woman downstairs for $60. main focus is to stress positive "Recently we worked with years: says 21-year-old Mar "Things like this can get you behavioral changes and rein one kid who was smaller 1han shal, who asked that his last in trouble. You'll most likely get forcement in the youth gang everyone else. Because of this. name not be used. a violation: says James. members and potential gang he was teased constantly. So to "I love them, they're my There are penalties for mis recruits. prove himself, he went up to r----·- brothers: he says. takes, too. Or as Marshal puts BUILD conducts basketball, this Korean woman and blew 1 R ·we have picnics, banquets, it: "If you mess up you get dealt softball, footbalL soccer and her head off. Thinking before balls, and other things: says with." hockey games to draw youth reacting can have a large, James, a "supervisor" for the and young adults. These pro positive effect on your future." Gangster Disciples. "We dress "Recently we worked· grams work because "the BUILD BUILD also encourages com up in three-piece suits and with one kid who was workers know the street scene.· munity involvement in the effort have fun. We portray ourselves Many BUILD workers have ex to reduce gang activity. For ex more as an organization than smaller than everyone perience in gang life, allowing ample, Cabrini Green has a a gang." else. Because of this, he them to relate to these gangs. grievance committee where Gang membe~ portmy was teased constantly. So BUILD works to provide young people from oppo:;ing gangs themselves as "fun· and glam to prove himself, he went men with jobs. get together to work out prob .\\ ourous to prospective mem James, a BUILD worker, says, lems. This is an example of ~ : up to this Korean woman i bers. "I stress to youths when I'm talk some1hing 1hat works in helping f and blew her head off." youth. ·' i But what they fail to show is Ing to them, not to get Involved S, the dangerous side. What initia with the gangs, because once One you1h in the program, tion entails-the violations, the When you think about it, the you get in, you can't get out Malcom, says, "In the fall, I'll be time when someone wants to situation is really not as ·down· easily. And to get out is a prob going to UIC. hurt you because you are in a and "cool" and in Do house as lem: "I don't want to waste my life on nothing. BUILD helps a lot.· 1\ rival gang. The time when you they portray it. What about the ones already '------·------are considered an accomplice Since joining a gang can be in the gang? Audrey Hudgins. to crime just because you are a very deadly decision, where "We encourage them to fin in a gang. Those times are what can teens turn for alternatives? ish high school or go on to col count. When the real world One place is the Broader Ur lege,· says Dan Swop, execu comes into play. ban Involvement and Leader tive director at BUILD. "We try "We have rules that are not ship Development, commonly to emphasize goals-to pre to be broken. For example, one known as BUILD. The agency is pare for the future. We also en man broke in a house and stole a private, nonprofit that works courage them to think before a CD player, then sold it to the with and directs youth. Their reacting." NE: What has made you stay in the Girl Scouts for nine New years? ROSAELLA: Friends and experiences. You can meet mad (a lot of) people from all over the United States. Our troop goes everywhere and we are not done yet. Expression's NE: Why should teenagers decide to join in Girl Scouts? ROSAELLA: You can get much respect through the things you do. Girl Scouting gives you a lot of leadership expe rience on a local and national level. I'm going on a trip, through the Girl Scouts, to Mobile, Alabama. NE: What is this for? ROSAELLA: This is for aquatic biology. There are going to be about 49 other Girl Scouts in my age group from all over. I'm going by myself. This Is a chance for me to be independent. Chicago High NE: What do you think of the stereotype of teenage Girl Scouts as nerds? ROSAELLA: This is so untrue that it is not even funny. Just because we are out there doing something with our time, we have to get put down. We do more than just go camping and sell School cookies. We do normaL fun teenage things. We go to Great America, and travel every year. We need to get more teenagers involved in Girl Scouts. Now you've seen Girl Scouts from a teenage point of view. If you'd like to know more infor mation, call the Chicago Girl Scout Council, (312) 435-5500 . ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.s.a•ro•i•Miiac~~lfa•r•~------.-.-..-.-.-.--..--..--..--..-.-.-.-.-ii ~w e'ff"e~ri'V / I I T WHAT IS BLACKNESS? A Natural born woman I wear clothes that are suitable to the "style of the 90's," but I'm not Black. I act I'm every woman. I have a natural. I don't dress in the Hlp-Hop and talk as nicely and normally as what a trend. I have my own styles of clothing. I don't dress to Impress. "White person" acts like, but I'm not Black. I I do dress to please, however, me. When I first began dressing the way I felt comfortable In, no go out and talk to different races of people, body appreciated it. I felt as though I was the laughing stock mostly Caucasian, but I'm not Black. I check of the school. I wanted it to stop. Now it has People don't stare, whisper, and laugh as much, really not at all I feel as out less colleges that are Black, but I'm still though, now, they respect me. For me. Nevertheless, I still won not being who I'm supposed to be - Black. der why they just couldn't have accepted me for who I was So is there a wrong way or right way to and the way I was. Everyday I walked down the hallways of popularity I dreaded be Black? Am I a bad example to my those lonely walks. I'd try and convince someone that walking people? Am I just a plain ol' Uncle Tom fel with me was better than them walking by themselves Yet, even- tually I was the one who ended up walking by myself. To be low? Is there like a booklet or rule that has judged by those of my peers who served to be specators for to do with being the proper Nubian in this that new, weird girl. I even broke down and cried in c lass one world? Am I supposed to go to follow oth day. I couldn't survive However, when, through the corner of my eye, I looked at these my peers. I saw some ers rules rather than mine? thing I saw my answer Someth1ng familiar. I saw Billion Bay I saw Nike. I saw G1rbaud . And I have seen a lot of stereotypes that have I saw straight hair These things that I saw were things of their liking, their styles, and their trends Not mine. In to do with Black people. And some individu return, the things they saw were th1ngs of my liking, my style, and my trend Not theirs I als of that race don't "go with dot flow." I learned something from this. I'm sure they did too Fashion may be a ll that. But s1ster girl. know I don't. I don't kill people, I don't es homeboy, natural fashion is all that, and more Tammi M. leShore, Crane tablish myself as "ghettoish" as some do, I Photo by James Shuford, South Shore choose who and where I want to go and be in life, I choose my own style of music, appearances or any other subjects that you will talk about ... and complain. ~"Lindblom students shouldn't I'm not being "Black." I'm just being who I was when I was born and now until my dy be moved to my schooll ing day: Andre' Richardson Hogan II. And I think that suggest1on to relocate Lindblom students to Harlan is very I'm proud of it. I know who I am. I know that ndiculous. Th1s s1tuat1on w1ll not go well for Harlan and Lindblom students my people have suffered 400 years of de who have worked really hard to g1ve these schools a good name. pression from Africa to America. I know that I'm afra1d that someth1ng could happen 1f Lmdblom students transfer to I must love my Nubian "sistas" as well as oth: Harlan. There could be too many fights, or gang wars. ers. I know that I must love myself first in or Besides, Harlan is located on 96th and M1ch1gan; whereas, Lmdblom 1s on 61 st and Wolcott. For Lindblom students, gett1ng to Harlan will be a b1g der to spread my love to others. I know that inconvience. I must really think about what I'm saying Lindblom students who take any bus to Harlan will encounter students before I have the authority to open my from other schools, students who m1ght start f1ghts because they're from a mouth ... like YOU should be doing. rival school. So just leave me alone. Let us go our It is not fair for the Board of Education to try to close down L1ndblom JUSt separate ways of happiness and we' II be for cutting down the budget. If there is a way, there are a couple of solutions that could help if the Board closes down Lindblom in the Fall. all good. The real problem with the color 1 ) Parents can send their students from Lindblom to other schools w1th1n Black is that we still have problems of rac their district, like Hubbard or Cune or Kelly. ism, Black on Black crime and other bad 2) The Board of Education should allow Lmdblom students the opt1on of things ahead of us. So why should we get applying to schools like Whitney Young, Collins, Morgan Park or Kennedy. into detail of "Who's Black WhoN in 3) Parents can think of different, but good, transportation routes from the America? SouthWest and past different territories to their new school. Some would say that Harlan would benef1t from Lmdlbom's student atheletes And no matter what you say about me (they have a good football team, but the other teams need a l1ttle help). for not being who I am with your so-called Lindblom can be egotistical, thinking they're better than they rea lly are m "Afro-American Method", I'll still be who I football and basketball. If they didn't humble themselves before commg to am: BLACK. Harlan, there could be problems. Andre' Richardson Hogan II, Curie Corey Miggms,Harlan _.._._._._._._._._._._.NE._._._._._._.__.._._._. ~ew e>i~'r7 ATTENTION ILLINOIS RESIDENTS! JROTC and scholarships Did you know that this summer students who are in the Army J.R.O.T.C. Program, and who will attend a university or a col Getting tuition money for program which provides col class. Many score between lege, are eligible for enrollment in a program established by the college is like a nightmare for lege-trained officers for the 90Q-1400 on the SAT and 19-29 State of Illinois, whereby the professor of military science at the some, and for others It's like a regular Army, Army Reserve, on the ACT. state university or college can waive the tuition for any student dream come true. For most. and Army National Guard, Scholarship winners receive who attends their said state school. It's just stressful. and is offered at more than 600 a tax-free subsistence allow To be eligible for this program you must: There 's a number of options colleges and universities ance of $1 00 per month for a) Be a U.S citizen available, including scholar throughout the nation. each year that the scholarship b) Be an Illinois resident ships, Pell grants, and loans. Just what can J.R.O.T.C. do Is in effect. This summer, some c) Be or will be enrolled full time. Another option, which hap for you? Calloway says, "If the time in August, the subsistence d) Be in good academic standing pens to be the subject of this potential is there, we definitely allowance is going up an ex e) Be enrolled in the Army R.O.T.C. Program. story. is joining the Junior Re can help. J.R.O.T.C . training tra fifty-dollars. The scholarship Besides being eligible for the things listed above this student serve Officer's Training Corps improves the ability to study, to also allows you a designated must be enrolled in an Army R.O.T.C. Class and participate in (J .R.O.T.C .) Program. The take tests, to set goals, and to amount from which you may all required activities. There is no contractual obligation for the J.R.O.T.C. Program , which can focus. These are the tools a stu purchase textbooks. class student until they have reached their junior year of college. be taken for up to four years dent needs to get better rooms supplies, and equip In addition, the student gets his/her normal major concentrated for credit, covers a broad grades and have a better ment. It also pays up to $400 classes and tuition paid for under this program. For students spectrum of subjects, including chance to attend college." per year for miscellaneous fees who are interested in the military this is an excellent choice. I American history, how govern Scholarship winners are usu such as laboratory, student ac SAY GO FOR IT!! ment works, our constitution, ally well-rounded, active stu tivity, transcript and gradua For more information or questions concerning how this pro technology awareness, and dents with good grades and tion fees. gram may benefit you, contact: Captain Phillip Smith at (312) 996-3452 current events. above average potential. Nikita Dixon, Manley Nikita Dixon, Manley According to Sgt. George They're often chosen for their Calloway, who has been high achievement, broad in teaching at Manley High terest, leadership ability and School for the past 10 years, demonstrated willingness to NORTHWESTERN RUSIN the J.R.O.T.C. Program pro take on challenges and over Chicago First Private Business College vides ·preparation and train comethem. ing to join the U.S Army and Also, students are looked scholarships for those that upon for academic excel A Northwestern Business CoUege you'D qualify." 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'" u t'll ntLtlatr for aro·....,litation WJth Nor1h Central Au<~Cutio n of CuU~ges CJ\LL/WRITE FOR FREE DESIGN KIT . ...1 s~ t. oo iA a nd '" tli'Cr... d itrd by til.- A o· credi tinf~ Counell for lmlept·ndenl Collt'{ll'8 und ._._._._._._._._._._._._NE • ..-.-.-.-.-.-.--..-.-.- ,lew e"i'\ ~7-7-t-~'l A world without words can be a lonely, the Black History ~~akers of Tomorrow Essay frightening place and it could be your world 1f Contest the Bud Bill1ken 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 1ncludes g{j make it when Ronald McDonald Read-Ins, Book Dnves and • you know how to read . Tutoring. We also sponsor programs like McDonald's Educates .. . . m ~ t·"l2M-Dor "1~..-.cland 'YI"-'Stlncloilna m sponsored by THE BANNERMAN FOUNDATION CANCER and teens COMMON SYMPTOMS Teens should be concerned plant fossils. 500,000 people die our immune system fights about cancer, because a each year from cancer. them off. Meaning that if our person's environment and life- The death rate for all other immune system is low, you OF CANCER style can influence whether or cancers actually decreased have a better chance of not they get the disease. 13.3% since 1950. getting cancer. AIDS, which Cancer can strike at any The highest percentage of destroys your immune • Change in voice, age, not just adults. Teens who breast cancer is found in minority system, can leave you constant hoarseness or develop cancer may have women, while whites have the vulnerable to Karposi's · chronic cough. leukemia, or melanoma, highest rate of melanoma or skin Sarcoma, one of the aeadli- cancer of the testicles, or cancer. est cancers. • Lumps in breast. ovarian cancer. • Moles that change color or Childhood disease is rare, What is Cancer? Interview with an Expert grow. but there were 8,000 new cases of cancer in minors Cancer is a growth of abnormal For more insight on the • Abnormal bleeding. since January, according to the cells that invade the body. The subject, New Expression • Change in stool shape, American Cancer Society. Still, cells gather in clones to make interviewed Ms. Anderson, a color,bleeding. the chief cause of death by tumors or benign tumors, or they nurse-practitioner at the • Urinal problem, pain and disease among children is spread. Women are affected by DuSable Bogan Clinic. cancer. breast cancer, men prostate discomfort. A teen's greatest risk for cancer and children mostly get NE: What causes cells to • Abnormal Pap smear. cancer later in life comes from Leukemia. Studies show that change and attack other bad habits-chiefly, smoking. there is some DNA codes that, in cells? For more information, contact the According to the American effect, say "cancer." In some cell Cancer Society, 70% of all high traces, pro-ononcongenes have ANDERSON: There's a American Cancer Society Informa school students reported been found. This is an altering hereditary code that says tion Service at 1-800-227-2345. having tried cigarettes. device that causes cells to cancer. But no one knows Smoking is the biggest mutate. Carcinogens attack exactly what causes it. The cause of cancer deaths and normal cells and may eventually main cancers are, prostate NE: What are tumors? ANDERSON: Radiation can most smokers started smoking cause one of the them to be- cancer for men, breast cause cancer, but it can also kill in their teens. More than 70% come cancerous. cancer in women and leuke- ANDERSON: Tumors are cancer. You only get as much of adults who smoke started This cancer-causing agent is mia in children. cancer, too. There are two as is needed to kill it. smoking daily, before age 18. produced because people come kinds of tumors a cancerous Kathy Kelley, DuSable in prolonged contact with an NE: Can cysts cause cancer tumor and a benign tumor. Cancer in History agent like smoking. or develop into cancer? Benign tumors are just a bunch Other causes come from doing of cells bundled up and are not Cancer is the leading cause drugs, early sex, too many sex ANDERSON: No. Cysts are harmful. of death today, but it has partners, bad eating habits, an only sacks of fluid, blood, existed since prehistoric times. unhealthy environment, and puss or water. But if they're NE: If radiation can cause It has been found in traces of stress. not taken care of, they can cancer, why do they use it as a bone marrow of dinosaurs and Everyone has cancer cells but become fatal. treatment? fA c!J3oofi-c!J3oofi-a-{j)oofi Coupon From ~ .:> r------, Present Coupon at Time of Rental and Receive 15% OFF Your Rental • Good For Rentals $150 and Up - In House Rentals Only 1 : Not Valid with Any Other - Offer EXPffiES 4-30-95 : L------~------~ DESIGNER TUXEDOS From $39 PROM DRESSES - With Adult Only SHOES and ACCESSORIES 9515 S. Western (AcrossfromEvergreenPlaza) 238-4696 N Student government reports good year Student government in the Chicago Public School System is well-known for planning dances or sponsoring bake sales, but rarely, if ever, do students actually govern. But change for the better is slowing taking place, according to the four-year old Student Alliance, a national, non-profit organization working to give students a voice in the1r education. Student Alliance in Chicago is made up of the students representatives on the Local School Councils (LSCs), and other reform-minded students. Fifty of the 72 Chicago Public High Schools participate 1n the Alliance , which is 1,500 members strong. "We help individuals," says Vanessa Perez, vice-president of the Student All1ance. Perez, a sophomore at Prosser, cites the Alliance's involvement in the student protest at Juarez over cold classrooms as evidence of the group's efforts to "fight for student's rights " So what have your student leaders done for you lately? "Adults don't like to listen to us, but we are un1t1ng the students 1n order to force them to listen to us," Vanessa Perez, vice-president of the Alliance and a sophomore at Prosser. To that end, the Alliance helped 14 LSC representatives atta1n the1r own bulletin boards 1n the1r schools. This enbales them to post student information. In add1!1on, the group has helped seven other LSC representatives put a suggestion box in place. Also, the Alliance recently held a rally downtown to protest what they call the "stealing" of Chapter One funds to balance the budget next school year. The Alliance has several projects pending Nathaniel Branscombe, president of the Alliance and a junior at Hyde Park, is working with the City-ide Coalition of School Reform to help ensure that schools open on time this fall. He is also contributing his ideas as plans to restructure the organization are be1ng drafted Plans are in the works and funds are being sought for cable-access talk-show starting late th1s summer, to help students voice their problems and op1n1ons, according to Branscombe But the Student Alliance is not without 1ts students cntics. Lakeshia Hamilton, the non-voting student member on the Board of Education, has nothing to do with the Student Alliance for "political reasons." Hamilton, a senior at Kenwood, says the Alliance is "all about politics and influence " "They want b1g things like more rights, while we are working on the small things, like cleaner school buildings," she says. The Alliance won't criticize Hamilton publically, but secretly, she's considered a "lame duck" who has failed to bring students' concerns to the school board But Rachel Dimas, a LSC representative from Lake View, agrees with Hamilton "So far, the Alliance IS all talk and no action," Dimas says. Still, the student Alliance has the potent1ai to make some real reforms and changes to the problem-ndden Chicago Public Schools. "We (the students) have more power than we know," Branscombe says. "And the Alliance can help us realize that power." Heather MacDonald, Kenwood The Student Alliance set up shop in Chicago in 1991 . The group, a national association that relies on individual donations or foundations for their funding, has offices on the North Side. The Alliance has four adult advisors: Philip Bleicher, executive director; Patti Quigley and Barbara Morell, who help supervise the group; and Dr. Jeun Huston, an advisor to the organization. The student omcers are: President -Nathaniel BrMscombe, jurior at Hyde Park Career Academy Is President. VIce-president - V111essa Perez, a sophomore at Prosser Vocational. Secretary - Ql• Rice, a senior at Whitney Young. Trealll'er - Lance Baymoo, a sophomore at Cretger Vocational. Heather MacDonald, Kenwood _.._._._._._._._._._._.NE•.-.-.-.-..--..-.-.--.. 't Teens joining ''crews'' as an alternative to gangs Listen up: the North Side crews are wreck ing the scene. These days, a lot of crews are started for protection from gangs in their neighborhood. Some crews re semble gangs, and commit crimes and claim terriotory. But not all crews fall into the trouble-making category. Many crews are just a group of friends that just stick together and just kick it. Membersdon'tget a violation to join. Also, the crews here believe in kickin' it, not killing it. They say thev' re not killing or causing any trouble. Crews such as TBC (The Blunted Crew), is ~ a group of mostly high The Blunt Crew is is one of several on the North Side formed by teens as an alternative to gangs. school girls. TBC was founded one year when they need help they needed a name positive." Honey 1# By Monica Gonzalez, Sullivan ago by five girls: or when they need a to go under so they AI "Let the three be Melaine Rivera a.k.a. friend. came about 3-4-6. me." And Pooh, "3-4- Babs,MonicaGonzalez A message to other Why that name? 6 is on attack... " a.k.a. Shorty Mac, crews or to the public: Here's the answer from J-Bird said, "The Nythia a.k.a. Wako, "If you're cool, then J-Bird: "The three is a three are in the rise Tonya a.k.a. Doodles, we're cool--we're not state of mind. Also all and anyone that steps and Melissa Rivera bad we're just young the 3s are held by the on their path will be a .k.a. Pebbles. and having fun," one three 46s representing crushed." Today, there are 25 member said. "You got the versatility of the Shots out to POR, members. one life to live so live threes; there are so PHP, DOPE, Ruthless, How do you get in it." many facets." and to the other crews TBC? You have to be Another crew that's The original heads out there. down with the crew kickin' it at the same Fred a .k.a. Honey 1# If you want to kick or and get along with the time trying to perfect Jason a.k.a. "J" Bird , just become a mem rest of the members. If skills so they can make Brian a.k.a. Tribe, Juan ber, drop us a line at one goes down then money and get on the a.k.a. Grassstain and (312) 941-6687. Don't we all go down. Our scene is 3-4-6. other members AI and trip, we'll get in touch. purpose is to stick to Two years ago dur Pooh. Or if any other crews gether, have fun, kick ing Sullivan High And a message just want to kick it, drop it to help one another School talent show, from 3-4-6: "We're all a line. NORTH 'ti\~Af ( CfCf ~ Six high schools to participate in Global Awareness program Six Chicago Public High Schools will participate in an educational program called the Global Awareness. -I' The schools participating in this Do you lose faith when year's program are: Fenger. Mor- you hear about religious gan Park, Harper. and Foreman on scandal? the South Side; and Lake View and We inteNiewed teens Senn on the North Side. The goals of the program: of different faiths, but who 1) To increase knowledge of global all live on the North Side, and cross-cultural issues. to find out what they had 2) To increase writing skills. to say. 3) To develop leadership skills of Shancka Gunn. 13, from high school juniors. Walt Disney Magnet During April, each school will host school says: "No, it does Returned Peace Corps Volunteers not make me lose faith and Fulbright Scholars as speakers because I know that it's to make presentations of their inter not God doing that. it's national experiences to various the priests. And I don't worry bout that because they will classes. go to hell. The program. approved by the ·1 also feel that priests who have been preaching for a Chicago Board of Education and long-time may think they have to commit a sin in order to the Chicago Youth Success Foun get out of being a priest, so they choose to rape or molest dation. a1ms to reach over 1.000 students in it's 6th year of "Bringing the World Back ch il dren .~ Home to Chicago." Jennifer Gonzalez. 13, says, ·ves, I would loose faith, it The students will be asked to write an essay on what they learn from the speakers. would make me not want to go to church anymore. The student with the best essay. one from each school. will participate in a week long ·rhey (church leaders) are supposed to have respect cross-cultural trip of their own to a Native American community in May. for God and themselves.~ Gonzalez said. Each student. known as a student Ambassador, goes as a representative of their Begir Hysa, a 14-year-old Muslim. says· · I'll still believe in school and is expected to talk about what they've learned to their peers. God no matter what happens in church " If your school's not among those selected to participate, you can find out how to Shanda Arnold, Sullivan change that. by calling Brian DeFilippo at (312) 627-2708 .. Monica Pegues, Du Sable NEwsbriefs j fft'l; P!d.a-lj They won without cheatlnglll NE ~! 2 &4 ! &~Cf7 Whitney Young. statewide champiOns In the Academic Decathlon. placed second 1n the nohonol com· petition lost month. lnitlolly. the schools team was considered a sore loser because members challenged Slelnmel7 s 'victory· In the stole compelitlon. Atter It was learned that Sleinmet7 cheated, decathlOn otticlals declared Whit ney Young the true winners-for the lOth year In a row Notionally, firs! place winners were students from a Los Angeles high school Next month New Expression Will present lnteNiews with the members of Stelnmet7s DecathlOn team Just Say 'To Top things to do outside the classroom Sports ore by for the most popular extrocun1culor octivrtles for teenagers. a Gallup SuNey found About 50% of boys and 40% of girls ore Involved In sports. Here ore the percentages of youth involved in various activities Boring Tuxedos Interscholastic sports 45"1. Bond or orchestra 17"1. 'lWo Proms1 School plays 14"1. Schoolnewspaperoryeart>ook 10"1. Our Designer Thxedos Debate clubs 4"1. stmt at just $129.95. Changes In Chicago schools State lawmakers hove passed numerous bills which ore ominous to the future o f the Chicago Public • Banded Collar Shirts in School system. The changes will allow non-accredited nurses to work In the schools; pay Catholic Schools to oc Fashion Colors cept Public School children, forbid teachers to strike when they ore not paid their regular salary; and spill the school system Into 10 separate districts with their own management system • Vests • Cummerbund and How do you spell a good teacher? R·E·S·P·E·C·T Bow lies in Every Respectful to students Is the most Important c haracteristic In a teacher. according to teachers and Color and Pattern students in high schools. A study by Dr. John H. Buc kner o f tho University of Kentuc ky found that both teachers and students In high-schools agree that the following personal and professional characteristics ore Important for teachers: Take Home Your First Personal characteristics Professional characteristics Choice El-'CIJ' Time! 1. Respectful to students 1 Really know tho subjects they teac h ? . Willing to listen 2 Are fair when grading 3 Accept students 3. Check lo make suro all students undorstond BUY-A-TUX 4 Demonstrate warrnth and kindness -1 Are aware thol sorno sludonls need exira help 5. Are enthusiastic 5 Toke more time wllh those who nood II whon explaining 615 W. Roosevett Rd. Adrienne Somuels, Morgan Pork 312-243-5465 l )jx·n '.1.1\' .1 ''l\'k • llt'l'l~uku .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--..--.~NE-.-..-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. ~~-PW e"f...{'f'\t!"!r~i~'l A kid bombed his In some of the re ported c a se s of t eens parents with artillery abusing parents, it has oc shells because an ~~l]J curred in sing le parent erroneous fear of a homes. But it's st ill no parental attack was stranger to two-family presented. homes. Usually the child will see one parent hitting the - Taken from court other. With the child hav records of a parental ing this example, and no abuse case. other discipline, the child does what he or she seen. In another case, a Unless or until it's stopped it child asked his parents if he can become routine. could go outside and the fa After reading the re ther said no. The child then _) search and conducting in proceeded to beat-up both 1 terviews, it seems that dis parents. 1 c ipline and morals begin in When you he or ' .__.______::- .~----- the home. If there's no dis about "abuse," you usually cipline in the child's home, think of parents abusing chil or if the child abuses his or dren-whether it was men her parents, then in all re- tal or physical abuse - but ask yourself the same the child, the head of the ents try to discipline the ality he/ she is not free to be you've heard the stories. question, "Why?" "Why household, regardless to child, he retaliates. So, in a a child at all. And, as in But, would you be would someone want to any situation? sense, the child becomes most cases, both the abus lieve, in some cases it's the abuse his/her parents?" Let's focus on the boss over the parent. ers and abused suffer be child who is actually abus (Well, surely some "wiseguy" 'why?' Researchers find The child's internal anger of cause of the conflict. ing the parent. It doesn't teens could give some an this problem has its begin not having the opportunity happen as much as its re swers to that, but this is seri nings with the parent not to be a child builds up and Beshonda Spencer,VonSteuben verse, with a one-in-ten ous,) And, "What parent having control. So, the the abuse escalates from chance, but it does happen would allow their child to child feels he can do as he there. This anger at one's -both mental and physical abuse them?" Have these wishes. Once this is set in a self is also an excuse used abuse. And, just as in c hild families forgotten the simple child's mind, it's hard to by parents who abuse their abuse cases, you can't help fact that the parent is over change. 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Mack 10, of course , but you can call him Mack. If you caught the April 16 show, you know he's got skills - he was the one doing auets with Cube. New Expression caught ;with the hardcore rapper, the after he rocked the fntemationa Amp,hi theater, at the Ha rd Rock Cafe. "This is my ti rst time here in Chicago a nd I like it thus fa r," said Mack, the new member of the Lench Mob crew. Mack started rapping in junior hi_gh and he hasn' t stoP.~ · Shorty j from the Lench Mob) is Maclc: s homie and Mack's been hanging around the Lench Mob recording studio for same time. That's wnere he got his big break. As Mack tells it( "I came into the studio one oax when Cube was there alone and I told him I wanted to rap. I didn't have a demo or nothing. I just started ra_Qping for him, and he • li~ed it." The rest, as they say, is 0 h1story. ~ Headquarters Despite the negative im CD age of the music bu si nes ~ Mack • has "no complaints at a ll about 3 We custom print your his new career. 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Ani me is a with none of the m1sery - al word that describes animated car· loons drown and produced in Japan. though you can lose miser Anime isn't new, being only about ably. forty or fifty years old, but it is one of ' Take the game The Blue and the hottest forms of animation exist the Gray, from Impressions ing today. Many people have seen Animeanddon'tevenknowit. Anime Software, 1t's an engaging Civil is often characterized as a cartoon " .. War simulation based upon in because of it has characters with fnntry, artillery and cavalry overexaggerated features, standard combat. There 1s also a Photo courtesy of Tri·Stor Pictures cartoon humor and cutesy music. However the Autdity of animation, campa1gn mode that allows you to fight the whole war, from either the Federal or topics covered and the added depth Confederate s1de. And, at first, you're gonna get your butt kicked. But, once you get make most anime seem to be more the hang of 1t ... you can, of course ... make the game harder (although, some of the than just o cartoon -' histoncal battles are more than hard enough). Graphics are straight military style in Anime sow it's humble be· , ginnings in Japan with the most rec· / campa1gn mode, and m Micro Mmiaturem you see little soldiers, cavalry men, and ognizoble cartoon Telsuwon Atom -" artillery pieces f1ghtmg , mov1ng and dymg (they are a little too cute, but they do the (Atom Boy over here) then on to others ltke Tetsupn 28 (a k.o Gtgontor) JOb.) . You can control individual troops, groups of troops, or your whole force, wh1ch is Anime really began to toke off with the introduction of Mach Go, Go, Go (Speed Racer). From there it went Bottle of the Planets, toT ranzor Z Ani me n1ce, but since, each 1nd1v1dual sold1er can represent up to 400 men, it's often hard to really got noltced with two of it's biggest and most memorable creattons: tell when you are los1ng men, and 1n some battles, the computer pieces never seem to Voltron and Robatech. After all, who doesn't remember the lion of Voltrons, d1e (or, maybe I should learn the art of tact1cal retreat). The game is challenging, but or Rick Hunter and Minmei of Robotech war is hell . By 0-Fault ~ Animeisoftenstrongewhen , The reason for this IS that Anime IS :;,. ·~ 7 I often bosed on Japanese society, ,. < 'Y! ·~ ranging from past history to the non· '~ \ existent future. Unlike American ':l ' animation based off relig1on, reli· \ ~ \""to~ gious Anime isn't considered reli· ,-... - gious, Anime is constdered enter· \ \ tg:__, tainmenl. The two main religions of r:: \ l-~ ~ :-- '.. Japan. (Shinto&Buddhism)canplay '(:-¥=- )Jt major parts in sub1ects of Ant me. }-~ ~ /· Such features as Ushio & Tara, Oh , f..,<· ,_. -1..y"" fe. my Goddesses, Heavenly Sphere j · "' · / < -\:::: ' Shurato, and Legend of the Over '-;.::....- Fiend are some of the many that have religious focus. Another peculiar aspectofAnimeistheplaceofwomen in them. Japan is very much a male dominated society, with roles for women being small. In spite of this, in Ani me there are a lot of titles based upon females , with some containing nothing more than one male pres ence.. Videos like this ore Bubble gum Crisis, lczer-1, and especially Goll Force and Project A-ko What has to be realized is how Anime is accepted in the society. Anime and it's brethren Mango are Thereaccepted are ascomtcs an art read form and '" JapanAn. . r-~~~ij~~~q~~~~~,~~ft!MIIIM~~~~mftt2~~~~~~ watchedmarket isn't by oldjust onaimed young at alike,kids. Inle~~=:~~~=~22:::~~::======:.. America most cartoons are mode for Hey! 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Common Sense also hod ing the event. and grinding in the water. featuring mole artists Freddie his face in the place along with Needless to soy, it was a wet Jackson and Mantell Jordon brotho' man D.A. Smart. Big Beat/ Atlantic moment. Next, my girl Cecile (both hove hot new albums to After the concert, Mary Dotcher recording artists o .k.o. Ce Ce Peniston really promote). I also hod a great from "On The Street Promo FoBu rocked the worked it out on sta ge. In Fact, time having lunch at the Hyatt tions" and Doc Brown threw crowd at the Amphi she worked it so much that her Hotel with the lovely Toren Notorious B.I.G. a double theater with their hair come out of place. And Mitchell who's the publicist for platinum party at the Drink new single "Just how she dances in those nine Def Jam Recordings, along with night club. The whole Bod Boy Roll ," while their inch heels is beyond me. And, Def Jam/Polygram artist Mantell posse come to support B.I.G. label motes, Chang a s for brother man Aaron Hall, Jordon and my right hand man Sean "Puffy" Combs along with ing Face's, rubbed his pe rformance was top of the Raymond Boyd of "Fresh" K- Dee and Columbia Records' the crowd the right line. It was some show. magazine. We all sot around lyrical terrorist BIG L (promoting way with their hot talking about the problems we his debut single "Put It On"). singles "Foolin Youth Communication held its have in our respective cities Around" and fifth annual CNE (Celebrating from winter storms to earth Well, you guys, I need to start "Stroke You Up." New Expressions) Awards quakes. pocking and getting ready to Since R-Ke lly wasn't Cere mony at the Walnut Room go on assignment to New York around, they at Ma rshall Field's. Several The "Peace In Do Hood" concert . I just won no to send a shout grabbed a ma n out Chicago celebrities were on recently come through Chi-town, out to all the women who hove Morvin and Montell Jordon of the audience a nd hand, such a s Fox 32 news headlined by Ice Cube. Also on influenced my life: my mother Chicago showed much loved a sked if he'd mind if they anchor Robin Robinson, Chi- the bill were Craig Mock, Althea Patterson , my grand to home jam Jesse Campbell at stroked him up. Of course, he cogo Bear Chris Zorich, Deport- Notorious B. I. G ., ILL AL Scratch, mother morgret Davis (who I the Excolibur. Campbell was song "I don't mind." Then, the ment Of Cultural Affairs Com- Bone Thugs & Harmony, and give hell to, but to whom I in town promoting his album trio H-Town drove the women mi ssioner Loi s Weisberg, and Chicago home jams HMH who promise to one day organize ''When U Cry I Cry." Cemo crazy by singing "Port Time award - winning poet, Michael did their ever popular songs my room), I love you. 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I am a teen Irwin's words of advice ~~~ ~~~~ mom who once didn't ring true because of her ~:- -- ~-l '" I .~ - - 1.. - have any idea of the own life experiences. In information or help that her teenage years. she r is out there for teen had problems with school ) : ;:, () ,.. mothers - until I met Jan and at home. She was !> . • Irwin. kicked out of schools for l ~( -~ ~-~ Irwin is a self employed fighting and not getting ~( 1 , \,- ' ( educator/speaker who along with teachers; and, j I ~ u I' ~ ' ( "' : • _. can help you to make she ran away from home. .J~· ~ ~~ plans to be successful in started hanging with life. She has spoken at friends, drinking and education, hard work. Chicago Public Schools, getting in trouble with the have to quit- even though p rivate schools, and law-so when she says she and success. your life has changed, your Now. Irwin says she a lternative schools has been there. she direction doesn't have to." (schools for pregnant means it. enjoys talking to young Irwin is available to speak adults - and listening to teens). Her subjects But. the time came at your school, you can have included "Setting when Irwin had to decide their views on life and self reach her at (312) 978- Standards," "Setting for herself (like many of us motivation. Her motto for 0214. teen moms is "You don't Goals." "Making Plans." do) where she was going have to give up-you don't and "Plans to Reach to take her life. She chose Tanisha Johnson, St Gregory gs &reat America Co TD'RD1 ; jus fmr Ftmting at Gingiss A $29.50 Value! Ri({e VIPER® A New- (',oHrd Wnodcn Rollt•r Coaster! glngiss® Six Flags· GREAT AMERICA '® A n ne W•n.•l,,t.tl•• wnflll Comfw') I t.w..wr-w. ll!n!.~ foRMA LW E A R ····················~········· SHOW-AND TELL - Bad Boys is more than kids'stull ····························~· "Bad boys, bod boys, wotcho gonno do? Whotcho gonno do when they come fo r you?" I kept thinking of that TV show theme song during the movie "Bod Boys," although, this movie is better than anything I've seen on TV. This movie is ~lied with soda-out-your-nose humor and hand-over-your-eyes excite ment. You gotto see it! Martin Lawrence and Will Smith ploy two Miami cops who must find a hundred million dollars in stolen heroin before their deportment is shut down. Lawrence is funny yet tough as Marcus Burnett, a dedicated family man, and Smith is tough yet funny as Mike Lowery, a single, rich playboy. In a race against time, the detectives must track a master thief into the Miami underworld, dodging bullets and bod guys along .the way. One sexy witness (Tea Leoni as Julie Mott), is the only person who can identify the thief, but when she calls the police station, she wonts to talk to Lowery because he is the only person she trusts. One problem, Lowery isn't in the office. Acting quickly, Burnett's captain has him impersonate Lowery, but there's a catch: Burnett has to pretend to be Lowery for the duration of the case or risk losing her trust. Now, between shoot outs and cor chases, married man Burnett, has to stick close to their only witness (who's curious about Lowery's playboy image), while super playboy Lowery goes go home to his partner's wife and kids. I won't tell you how it ends, but, the action moves as fast as the jokes. In other words, "Bod Boys" is nonstop entertai nment from sta rt to ~nish . Martin Lawrence, left, and Will Smith stsr In Lekeshia McGee, Har1an Detectives Bernett(Msrtin) snd lowery(Wi/1) protect their only witness, the action-packed Columbia release, "Bad Julie Mott (Tes Leoni). " New JePsey DPive a wild ride through teens' lives REPO RTERS Florence ·r oyo - Conod o,Undblom; Kenya Davis. Kenwood; Andre Hogan. Curle; Heather MacDonald. Kenwood; Robert Martin, Hirsch; Jennifer Meyer. Bogan; Aruba Roy. St. Martin De Porras; Adrienne Jason is about seventeen years old and has a everyone; his boys, the police, his girl, and his Samuels. Morgan Pork; Harold Bell. Hyde Pa rle; Chemica Brown. Whitney Young; Rodell Dawson. Von Steuben; Nll cause it's to come to grips A o MIN ASS!SJANT based on true with a situation Sherry Inez Smith. Jones. that he may not NE fUNoERS INCLUoE- events, and; AIIstate Foundation;Amoco Foundation; Arthur Andersen &Co.; Avenor America be able to although it's lnc.;Bannerman Foundation;Bank of Amerlca;Canadian Pacific Forest Products; just a movie, handle, only Charles Levy Circulating Co.;Chicago Dept. of CulturaiAffairs;Chicago Sun Nick Gomez time will tell. Times;Chicago Tribune Foundation; Crain Communications; Ida and Arie Crown shot the film , New Jersey Foundation; Dow-JonesN ewspaper Fund;Richard Driehaus Foundation; Fei-Pro on location, Drive is written Mecklenberger Foundation; Harris Trust; lnclyne lnc.;The John D. and Catherine right after the and directed by T. MacArthur Foundation; Leo Burnett; Kraft General Foods; Nalco Foundation; events actually Nick Gomez Northern Trust Bank;Oakbrook International; Polk Bros. Foundation; Quaker occurred. and produced Oats; R.R. Donnelley & Sons; The Chicago Reader; Sora Lee Foundation; Sears Jason is by Larry Roebuck & Co.; Stone Container; Walgreen's; W.P. & H.B. White Foundation; shown as a iiiiF;;;iiiiiiia Meistrich and Howard L. Willett; Women of Christ Church; Women inCommunication -North product of his i Spike Lee. Shore Chapter; WPWR-TV, Channel 50 Foundation. environment. Jason( Ssrron Corlley) snd friends sit stops "boosted" ride in the Nick Jason is played :iiAff Gomez film "New Jersey Drive," s Grsmery Pictures release. He and his by newcomer Executive Dtrecl01. Susan Herr; Editorial Advlser/P!ogram Coordinator. Dennis Syi(es; Bll'eau/SUpplements Coordinator, Adolfo Mendez; G!aphlcsCoodlnator, Joe L.Johnson. Jr.; Layout Coodlnat01. Otto R. GoozalezJr .. friends run together, mourn together, and hey! , Sharron Corley, supported by Gabriel Casseus Photography Coordinator . Molly Winkelman; Advertising Director, Greg E. McClain; Director ol Development. they even mack on the ladies together. and Donald Adeosun Faison. The result is a Gorfield PhiDpotls; Business Manager. Pamela Wlson Then, when one of Jason's friends get shot well-written story with solid acting. If I can say New Expression Is publish e d o n ce a m o nth except July & A ugust by Yo uth Commun icatio n /Chic ago. a n o t fo r pro fit age n c y . New during a joyride in a boosted car, things get anything that sticks out in your ears, it's that Expression Is a m e mbe r o f Yo uth Ne w s SeNice. Edito rial o ffices crazy. The police do everything they can to lock this movie is well worth the $7.50 ticket price. are a t 70 E. Lake Street Suit e 8 15 , C hic a go . IL60601. Ph o n e (312) Jason's crew up. Jason catches wreck from 641- NEW S. FAX 641-6470 . ' Charles Franklin Fo r m a ll subscriptio n send S 12 p e r y e ar ( 10 Issues) t o C irc ulation, NewExpression70 E. Lake Suite 81 5Chlcag o. IL 60601 with name. address and zip cod e . © 1995 Yo uth Communlcatlon/Ch NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION US POSTAGE PAID CHICAGO IL PERMIT #8387 Youth Communication• 70 E. Lake St.• Chicago, IL 60601 L