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It has been accepted for inclusion in New Expression by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. = ""I.. hi_s .-..«::..-. -th: • Academic probation The politics of school life p. 6 • Winter Fashion Don It get caught in the cold p. 5 • October Essay Contest We have our winners p. 12 - - .. -- . YOUTH COMMUNICATION 1996-1997 Board of Directors Officers President Helen Murphy Jones-Grain's Chicago Business Twenty years ago on November 23, 1976, Youth Communication, publisher of New Expression, was incorporated. Twenty years of representing the voices of Chicago teens. Immediate Past President Youth Com munication's founder, the late sister Ann Christine Heintz, envisioned adream . Many people have dreams, but William (Dal) Frost-Canadian Pacific Forest Products, Inc. (ret.) the difference between Hcinlz and most people were her actions! The main purpose of New Expression has always been to give teens a way to express what's on their minds. In Heintz's VIce Presldent-lntemal Affairs words, New Expression would not be about "doll house journalism." It would reach out to a large Chicago audience, dealing Philip Costello-Logic Plus with teen views on gangs, teen pregnancy, and drug abuse issues, to name a few. NE Staff '96-'97 VIce Pres/dent-External Affairs Twenty years ago, Frank Burgos, a Clemente senior served as the first Managing Editor of New Expression. With a staff Dimitra Tasiouras-Chicago Foundation lor Managing Editor of30 and a 12 page layout to work with, Burgos helped deliver copies to 35 schools and circulated 40,000 issues. Burgos would Women J . M ichael Rodriguez, Daley College later become a reporter for the Miami Herald and the Chicago Sun-Times. Creative Writing Editor Treasurer Twenty years later, I have the privilege to serve as Managing Editor. Deborah L DeHaas-Arthur Andersen & Co. Kente B. Johnson-Taylor, Chicago Academy for the Arts With a growing staff of 40 and an average of 16 pages each issue, New Entertainment Editor Secretary Expression is now reaching 82 high schools and bas a print run of 60,000. Amanda Veazley, Whitney Young Layton E. Olson-Howe & Hutton, Ltd. Subjects dealt with in New Expression's very first issue were, TV Fashion Editor Assistant Secretary violence, a fight for reduced student fare cards (to ride on the CfA), and a r. Shena Ponder, Whitney Young Helen Schubert-Helen Schubert Public headline that read: "Dive into action at the local ' Y.'" Relations Photography Editor Times have changed. Jessica Karcz, Maria General Directors In our current issue, we are addressing theeffects of marijuana on unborn Essay Contest Editor Mary Dedinsky-Medi// School of Journalism babies, the death of a ' role model" rapper, and how (not just students but) Emily Lai, Lane James Dodson, Jr.- CNA Insurance entire schools were put on probation. Jean Doyle-- Ben & Jerry's Virtual Reality Editor Although I have mentioned how things have changed over the years, the Kai El' Zabar-N'DIGO Magapaper Andy Sit, Whitney Young dedication and determination to bring teens the news they need and want Paula Eubanks-Co/umbia College J. Michael Rodriguez has grown each year. This being our I 55th issue, New Expression is ready Special Assignments Editor John B. Johnson-Rand McNally & Company Ayesha S. Harmon, Whitney Young Marla Kilpatrick-Sara Lee Corporation for 155 more! Claude J. Peck, Jr.- inland Steei-Ryerson Today', New Expression is the largest student-produced paper in the city of Chicago, with great recognition among city and Sports Editor David A. Jones, Fenger Foundation (ret.) nationwide officials. Harvey K. Porchia-Chicago Tribune Reporters Although, founder Ann C. 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Jessica Martinez, Hubbard Corey M1ggins , Harlan rr===== Table of Contents Alexandria Morris, Whitney Young Many thanks to our friends and Anne E. Nash, University of Illinois supporters who made this Issue Nnenna Onwunmelu , St. Scholastic Academy possible: Best ol1996 Ylayn Ousley, Whitney Young ACLU Ellen Pavlick, Kenwood American National Bank Foundalion Our readers pick the winners ~"'~ Cynica Townsend, Lincoln Park Arthur Andersen & C/ Jennifer Walton, Curie Andersen Consulting Illustrators/Photographers Avenor America, Inc. Mark Flores, Latin William C. Bannerman Foundation Mark Hertz, Francis Parker Bloomingdales Adult Staff Leo Burnett Company, Inc. Executive Director The Chicago Community Trust Crucial Conflict Bill Brooks Chicago Reader Editorial Advisor Chicago Tribune Foundation NE's Exclusive interview Adolfo Mendez City Arts Crain's Chicago Business Copy Editor Margaret Ann Cross The Friends of Youth Communicalion The Freedom Forum Graphics Director GATX Corporation Eric J. Wiliams Gallery 37 Photography Director Harris Bank Foundation Ramses del Pinto Dania Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Kemper Financial Services, Inc. Video games review Kraft Foods Inc. New Expre.. lon IS published once a month except July, August, September, and December by Youth Commumca!Jon, Chas. Levy Company Mario 64 good bet for Christmas a not·fOr·profJt organ1zat1on The John D. and Catherine T. Ed1torial off1ces are at 70 E lake Street, SUite 81 5, Chicago, MacArthur Foundation IL 60601 The Nalco Foundation Phone. (312) 641 NEWS FAX. (312) 641 -6470. The Northern Trust Company The Albert Pick, Jr Fund Polk Bros. Foundation For a subscnption send check for $12 (for e1ght Jssues) to Rand McNally & Company Basketball preview Hew Expression Subscnpt1on, 70 East .ake Str~o;&t. SUite 815 Chicago IL 60601 WPWR TV Channel 50 Foundation nc;lude name, address. and z1p code Walgreens What's the score l te ~ 19~ fouth Comrnumcat1on W P & H B. White Foundati on Howard L.Willet1 Foundation, Inc. Women 1n Commun1cat1ons, Inc. ~==========================~========~] : 2 NE DECEMBER 1996 I NEWS REPORT I 109 schools receive through academic prOOation "PP By J. Michael Rodriguez, Dol~y that fell below the 15% criteria on Each individual !.taff of probation scores of the system's students, as School Reform Board of Trustees. their Iowa Test Basic Scores and schools arc responsible for imple­ well as the lesson plans of the "We are saying to failing schools, A~ e'tG rk Sef~ TAP reading cores. menting the plans mapped out by teachers. ' We will help you, but we insist that the Chicago public school's Board Other "borderline" schools, were the support teams. Failure to do so allows the CPS you do what it takes to earn the trust of Trustees put 109 schools of the considered under alternative criteria Supervising the principals and board to remove staff that fail to of the parents and students who 557 in the system on academic that were weighed including staff of these Implement the School I mprovement expect you to provide a solid probation until otherwise approved performance on schools will Plan. hold new Local School education,'" Chico said. for removal. the IGAP tests, be a team of Council (LSC) elections, reconstitu­ While Chico talks about failing ul consider this a slap in the face attendance and " Probation tion of school rules and regulatiOns, schools and prov1dcs a list to the by the board of ed." says Oswaldo dropout rates, M anagers" mtervcnt1on of the school board public, ew Expression tried DeSantiago, 17, a junior at Kelly, and progress compnsed of between the princ1pal and LSC obtainmg informatiOn on top schools one of the schools on the probation made by school current and officmls. or closure of that school. in the sy tcms rrom the board of list. "The way the school board leadership to former Before any of that can happen. the education. made the list available to the public better school pnncipals CPS board must hold a hcanng for "We don't normally rank order," was just unnecessary." lesson plans. wtth excellent each situation. claimed Carol Pearlman, a spokes­ Paul Vallas, chief executive After reviewing track records That ha many teachers and wo:nan for the CPS. "Some schools officer of the Chicago public that data, CPS o school pnnc1pals womed and angered have adm1~1ons criteria that don't schools, defends the action. officials placed on probation 1any privately sa) that the Board's meet others' [critena].~ she ex­ " We' re not sympathetic to 31 schools on will be probatiOn liM IS nothmg more than plamed remediation excuses and we refuse to accept cons1dered for removal ""1thout political po~tunng. mtended to make ay~ Jcnmfer Baz1dlo, a jumor at them as status quo," he said.