Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell
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te' FUTURE,<br />
What's your definition of a "great time"?<br />
This month, the award for the most unique interpretation of<br />
iUcsc two worth goo to Junior Cathy Bocckmana. Let's all hope<br />
didn't spend tuo much time and money getting bold of her<br />
ticket lo the largely-publicized, long-awaited Uptoncs concert on<br />
October 6. Site wcut, along «lth the rest of the San Francisco<br />
Unified School District, to what promised to be a night to<br />
remember at the Kabukl. 1 don't think Cathy remembers too<br />
much about It though. She managed to make it through the open*<br />
Ing act, but soon after the Uptoncs appeared, cs Is...<strong>The</strong> frequent naming of specific students makes the<br />
column a burden to read." I agree. No one wants to be mentioned<br />
in their school newspaper anyway. I sure don't know anyone who<br />
does. Do you? I'm sure Erik doesn't. But then again, t can't real-<br />
IJMask him. now can IT He's In S.weden...<strong>The</strong> student continues.<br />
'Comments, meant to be amusing are not at all funny." Well,<br />
she's absolutely right. Let'* scrap the whole humor idea. OK? Instead,<br />
we're change the title from ScbcoS Dux to Cruel Oi/s, and<br />
wo can prfnt oWfiaries; what do you thinkf Well report on new<br />
death* at OakUnd's Castkmtmt ;i'gh School and we can print<br />
excerpts from tee CIA's .new 44-pafc manua/ on the<br />
Piycbologfzal ImpUcmtioo* of Oucrilt* War/on, (soon to be<br />
available In paperback; at your local B. Dsltoa Bookseller). I tell<br />
you. I mut be Incompetent- Please scad suggestions on how to<br />
restore my sanity, totfae editor In Room 5.<br />
A chat with an Angel...<br />
By Cindy Ng<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir well-known and highly<br />
risitle red berets can be seen In<br />
moil major cities In America, In*<br />
eluding San Francisco. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
patrol the ltrceU ard protect Its<br />
dlireas. <strong>The</strong>y are the Guardian<br />
Angels. In the folio*ing interview,<br />
with Toe LOVTU. Curtis Sllwa. the<br />
founder and president, talks about<br />
his organfration.<br />
Toe <strong>Lowell</strong>.- Why did you start tb*<br />
OuaiHlan Angels orgaabatioaT<br />
Cttfth SUwa; Well. I vu born and<br />
nbed In New York City, and<br />
anyone who *4s born or raised<br />
there, whether poor. rick, or In<br />
between, sees crime all the time all<br />
around them. <strong>The</strong> police were telling<br />
you. IJ order to rctpond lo<br />
crime, to put ban on )our win*<br />
dowi. lecks on your »>-on. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
h*d crime-witch and Mock-watch,<br />
wbkh meant you learned lo watch<br />
crime, but do nothing about it.<br />
And there seemed to be a vast<br />
number of young people out then<br />
who had a lot of energy, particularly<br />
from the minority com.<br />
munlty. the ones who are most<br />
associated with commlttinf the<br />
crime*. And I felt It was very eaiy<br />
lo 'channel thai energy Into<br />
something positive, but you hid to<br />
create a mechanism. And the<br />
mechanism I created was the<br />
Guardian Angels.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lowcil: What do the Ciw<br />
dlaa Angels do?<br />
SUwa: We give a uniform presence<br />
ahlch Is A visual deterrent. We<br />
auk* a positive rob model tor<br />
young people In communltlec<br />
where maybe only the pimps, the<br />
poihen. and the worst elements ol<br />
society are role models. When a<br />
crime Is committed, we utilize our<br />
citizen's rights to physically in*<br />
ter'cre. detain a suspect, and turn<br />
him over to the notice.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong>: What does It tafcs to<br />
t» a Guardian AogeU<br />
SUwa: You have to be sixteen years<br />
of age or older; working, tfolng lo<br />
school, or proving to us that you've<br />
been searching lor wo.'k and not<br />
juit ihootiDg dice and tipping<br />
•tae. You've got to go through an<br />
interview; your criminal record U<br />
checked to the best of our ability;<br />
and your reference* an checked.<br />
You haw to go through three mooths<br />
of training, then through the<br />
basic self-defense itacc >oti carry<br />
no weapons. CPR. Tint aid. the<br />
legalities of making a citizen's arrest,<br />
and m general human relations<br />
format. Wi're looking for<br />
not macho man or macho woman,<br />
not Robert Conrad with the<br />
Eveready batteries, or Robert<br />
DcNlrc. Rather, what we're looking<br />
for Is tort of a can of Secret<br />
deodorant, somebody who's cool,<br />
elm. and collected, able to withs-<br />
tand ths verbal abuse aad physical<br />
i<br />
<strong>The</strong> LoweU: To* local potto haw<br />
objected to your presence. Why?<br />
Slfcra: I think they ]tut took it as a<br />
slap In the face, an Indictment<br />
•gainst their ability to do their job.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y view it as some type of competitive<br />
agency that's trying to<br />
make them lor 1 ' >«-i. If they tool<br />
bad. It's not ior anything that we<br />
hare Jooe but rather for their past<br />
pafo.iaancc.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lo*tU: Whkt kind of pecple<br />
}ob tba GvantUa AfigdsT<br />
SUw«i All dlffcrcbl types. People<br />
who csscntlaDy dare to care,<br />
because they're rooccrocd about<br />
their community. <strong>The</strong>y may be<br />
white, black, hbpanlc, orircUl.<br />
male or female. But generally they<br />
come because they are sick and<br />
tired of what society melf often as<br />
a preventatlve care for the ."tolng<br />
crime problem.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lowtll: Why U then a need<br />
te* the Guardian AngebT<br />
SUwa: SDmetimo the police ao<br />
tually do a bit mere harm than<br />
good by throwing gasoline on the<br />
fur. This docuTt mean that their<br />
Intentions an wrong. It's Just tf at<br />
they don't understand how you gn<br />
control of a situation, calm It<br />
down, without having to whip out<br />
a baton, without having to put on<br />
a muk, without having to put on<br />
the pretence of authority.<br />
Origin of the Nobel Peace Prize<br />
<strong>The</strong> Nobel Peace Prl - . jallioo<br />
with the profile of U founder.<br />
Alfred Nobel<br />
By Michael Lee<br />
Every year, along with the<br />
recognition of the outstanding accompfohmenu<br />
uf individual* in<br />
chemistry, physic*, physiology «nH<br />
medicine, literature, ani*<br />
economy, the Nobel Peace Prize<br />
goes lo the erf anlxatlon or prrwi<br />
that hu contributed mo*4 la promoting<br />
the brotherhood of man.<br />
AUred Nobel, a 19th century<br />
Swedish chemltl. Industrialist,<br />
and philanthropist, set up a fun/I<br />
which would award people whose<br />
clforts and work have made the<br />
greatest benefit t > mankind.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Income canted from his<br />
estates Is divided Into five pans<br />
and 1$ distributed to the winners of<br />
each category. (<strong>The</strong> prize In<br />
economics was not established until<br />
1968. It U Independently spon*<br />
tored by a Swedish bank, but Is<br />
itfU one of the six Nobel prixes.)<br />
For the Peace Prize, a live-man<br />
HorwTfLin committee chooses the<br />
penon who. according to the<br />
founder's will, has **. . . done the<br />
most or the best work for fraternity<br />
among nalicni. for the abolition or<br />
reductioo of standing armies, and<br />
(or the holding and promotion of<br />
peace congresses.**<br />
Nobel's Interest In peace was In*<br />
fluenccd greatly by literature —<br />
early In hh life by tbc works of<br />
Shelley aad later In his life when<br />
he was suffering from physical and<br />
emotional problems.<br />
What Nobrl loved most were the<br />
Mealf (be literature presented. He<br />
regarded literature as a source of<br />
strength and health for humaotty.<br />
August £chou and Kagnar<br />
Sohlman. *ho have written selections<br />
on the I'eice Prize, cited<br />
Arinarchl Ucy. a Turkish<br />
dipU"i*t who worknt with Nobel,<br />
and Bertha von Suttner. a pacifist<br />
at thai time, is other great in*<br />
fluencrs on Nobel's sympathetic<br />
altitude towards peace.<br />
Nobel believed thai countries<br />
must create in international<br />
security by having constant ar<<br />
bit ration over conflicts.<br />
ll I* Ironic that Nobel. *ha had<br />
Achieved his greatest lame at the<br />
imtnlor ol dynamite, had al***r*<br />
believed explosives .would **t as<br />
deterrent* to end at! wars.<br />
Since the explosives caused<br />
grr«ter damage In a short time, he<br />
thought, nations would not be at<br />
apt or hasty to become involved In<br />
wan.<br />
Tony Gray, author of the bonk<br />
ChsmpJoci of fY«ce. points out<br />
ihat Nobel never truly believed<br />
that explosives would end all wan.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> very fact that he Included a<br />
Peace Prue among his awards ts<br />
proof lhat he hid no real faith la<br />
the validity of his argument.**<br />
Gray contends.<br />
"If he had. there would be no<br />
need to offer a prize for the champions<br />
of peace: for he had done<br />
more than any man until then to<br />
make war unimaginably terrible."<br />
he writes.<br />
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