Vol 30 issue 12

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\ olume 30, issue 12 March 25, 1994

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Maine South U.S. Park Ridge, IL

Cafeteria debate continues

by Chuck Kaufman In the past two months, the halls of Maine South have been filled with much discussion about problems with the cafeteria. This overall concern with the cafeteria came to a head recently when some students decided on their own to boycott the cafeteria for a day. In attempting to address the student body's concerns in a more productive manner. Student Council recently increased its efforts to work with the administration, Marriott Food Services, and the lunch line personnel to discuss problems in the cafeteria and to consider possible solutions. Initially, the Student Issues ^ommittee began to draw up a list of concerns expressed by various students. Later, this list was presented to Full Council where some additions were made. In general, the concerns surrounded three major areas: the

quality of food, the sanitation and health procedures both in the lines and in food distribution, and the pricing of various items. Then, on February 24, the Student Issues Committee, along with the president of Student Council, Joe Steinfels, and the sponsors, Mr. Feichter and Ms. Finneran, met with Dr. Cachur, Cindy Cohen, the district Marriot representative, and Sue Gorden, the coordinator of the Maine South cafeteria, to address this list of concerns. In the discussions of food quality, many students shared their experiences of receiving hot food that is not hot enough or cold food that is not cold enough. In particular, cold french fries and unchilled sandwiches were cited as examples. In addition, problems with the freshness of buns, fi-ench fries, and bagels were brought up. At the February 24 meeting, Cindy Cohen and Sue Gordon See Cafeteria debate page 6

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The many faces of movie violence by Maria Poulos Violence - a trend in movies that, in some people's view, has continually gotten worse. There is a lot of controversy over what is appropriate and what should be censored. Recently, this controversy entered the Park Ridge community and wreaked some havoc. Faces ofDeath4 was featured at Golf Mill Theater two weeks ago. For those not familiar with Faces of Death, it is a series of movies that show live footage of pie dying. Usually, these chps not show a loving family huddled around their old, dying grandmother who has her family's support during her de-

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parture, but rather, bloody accidents and violent murders. One such clip of an accident featured a girl getting run over by a motor boat, then a close-up shot on what was left of her. Another showed an alligator biting off a guy's head. Even more gruesome was one clip in the series consisting of people bashing in the heads of live monkeys, taking out pieces of the monkeys' brains with their knives and eating the pieces. If people are wondering who would go to see something like this, they should take a look around. Many Maine South students participated in the event. And many of them also support

the movie's right to be shown in public. When asked whether or not these kinds of movies should be censored, sophc)more Kierstin Forsythe said, "No. Those movies are great. I think they're kinda funny." Senior Carey D<!ma comments further by saying, 'It's not really accesible to the public. You have to go out and find it, so people know what they're getting." Of course, there are two sides to every story. "My brother wouldn't let me see it because it was too horrible," s;nior Shawnee Pourmehdi says. "I was eight ye;irs old when I first saw it and it was sick," remembers senior Mjg O'Donnell.

Among other violent movies that have gained some notoriety among Maine South students are Reservoir Dogs, A Video Drone, andA ClockworkOrange.These movies have excessive violence and some even contain scenes showing brutalization of women through gang rape. All of these movies are available at local video stores. Finally, commenting on the general trend of violence in movies, Marjee Chmiel says, "I think it's sick that my eight year old brother can watch people's faces being blow off without even flinching. Sometimes he'll even laugh, he's so jaded from movie violence."


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