James Madison High School - Prospectus Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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N % To Censor Or Not To Censor The US Supreme Court has made a new ruling that edu- cators have the right to cen- sor school newspapers. This ruling comes from the case, Hazelwood School District vs. Kuhlmeier, where the publishers of the student pub- lication, “Spectrum” were ordered by their principal to take out two specific articles. The Court’s decision was that educators do have the right to edit student publications. These articles were on the subjects of teen pregnancy and on the impact of parental divorce on students. The stu- dents’ principal felt that the teen pregnancy article was too positive and was not suit- able for younger students. The article on divorce, he said, did not give both sides of the story. The First Amendment says that every person has the right to free expression. It is felt by some that this privi- lege and right has been taken away from students who hap- pen to state their opinion on subjects adults might find of- fensive. Much of the popula- tion felt that the Bill of Rights does not say for adults only.” »7 « A iW'v Principal Locks Students Out Discipline problems at schools around the country have gotten out of hand. Some principals such as Joe Clark at a New Jersey High School have gone to the ex- treme of carrying base- ball bats and shouting through bull horns which indimidate students. On a single day he threw out 300 students for be- ing tardy or absent. His reasons he said, were that these students were “leeches and parasites” and were disrupting the school. One hundred faculty members have left their jobs over the past six years because of his so called “disci- pline policies. Joe Clark may deter the school of unwanted stu- dents, but he may also be losing students that might have succeeded. The dropout rate before Clark became principal was 13%, now it is 21%. Now the problems are on the street, where they can lead to more serious and disasterous effects. School provides an equilibrium for chil- dren. If the school envi- ronment is taken away from them, there is not much left to choose. Possible Peace In Central America Over the past century, the Cen- tral American region, made up of Nicaragua. Costa Rica. El Salvador. Guatemala, and Hon- duras. has been in turmoil wrought by civil wars and wars between the Central American nations. In the fall of 1987. talks among the five nations changed that. In early August 1987. a Central American peace plan was signed by the leaders of the five nations in Guatemala City. Costa Rica's president. Oscar Arias, the chief architect of the peace plan, called for cease fires in the civil wars, an end to outside aid for local insur- gents. democratic reforms, and free elections. The plan al- lowed the Central American governments to work out the details by November 7. 1987. The success of the peace plan depends on the cooperation of the Central American nations and on reduced U.S. interven- 1 lion. This plan may be a step f towards peace in a region stra- - logically important to the U.S.

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Stock. Market Takes A Fall »v. »v.. J ..VW, ;» ' ; w Vi V The yeor tP 96 wo5 the year of the presidential election. Democratic hopefuls were Gory Hart, Michael Dukakis, Richard Gephardt, Bruce Bobbitt. Paul Simon. Albert Gore, and the Reverend Jes- se Jackson. Countering Jock- son was the Republican Par- ty’s Reverend Pat Robert- son. The remaining Republi- can candidates were Vice- President George Bush: Sen- ate Minority Leader. Robert Dole: Pierre Du Pont: former Secretory of State. Alex- nnrior Hr.in- nnri Jack KemO. October 29, 1929 had been called Black Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Aver- age had plummeted almost 200 points, sending the economy and the govern- ment into the panic that lead to the Great Depres- sion. in business activity during a generally prosperous pe- riod. terback for the Buffalo Bills. Three other Democratic can- didates dropped out early In the race, two of whom were female candidates Jeone Kirkpatrick and Pat Schroeder. Senator Joe Bi- den. who was accused of plagiarizing his speeches, also dropped out of the race. On October 19, 1987, an- other tremendous drop in the Dow caused the day to go down in history as Black Monday. The Dow dropped 508 points in one day. Was it the signal of an- other depression? the public wondered. Analysts, however, said that the mar- ket decline suggested the beginning of a recession, which, unlike a depression, is only a temporary decline The collapse actually be- gan on Wednesday, Octo- ber 14, when the Dow tum- bled 95 points. Two days later, the Dow had dropped another 108 points. From the stock market action after Black Monday, one could see that a depression was not in the makings. On October 20, the day after Black Monday, the Dow leaped 102 points upward. During the months follow- ing the Crash of '87, the Dow unpredictably rose and fell day after day. When the market will settle down is the question many asking now. tr The presidential race made headlines this year with the media's influence in the sex scandal involving Gory Hart, who dropped out and later returned to join the race. A flurry of insults were tossed back and forth between the two Republican consensus favorites. George Bush and Robert Dole. Never before hod there been such slander between members of the some party. Bush snatched the spotlight a couple of times when the wimp fac- tor was said to couse public disfavor of him. and in the instance of a shouting match between him and CBS Even- ing News anchorman Dan Rather. The next president, whom- ever he may be. hos many important issues to deal with. Problems with the Con- tras and Nicaragua, olono lCo • f 9 with all of Central An ore only a sample. There are nuclear arms treaties to be discussed with the Soviet Union, the job of stabilizing the fluctuating market after the market crash on October 19. 1937. and reversing the present action of the falling dollar for the next president to labor over. The already large and increasing deficit and conflict in the Persian Gulf are persisting problems as well. Our future president must be capable of handling these problems os well os those to come In the future. ' 4 - r . V

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On December 7, 1987, the leaders of the two super- power nations, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gor- bachev, got to- gether for a sum- mit meeting in Washington. This meeting was a three-day summit and also was the first meeting in the United States in 14 years. The main at- traction of the summit was the agreement on and the signing of an in- termedia te-range nuclear power treaty. The Intermediate- Range Nuclear Force treaty was better known as the INF treaty. It was agreed that the two nations would withdraw and eliminate their in ter media te-range and shorter-range missiles, with ranges between A V V % lULit 315 and 3,125 miles, in Europe and in Asia. The So- viets agreed to withdraw 1,752 of their SS-4, SS-12, SS-20, and SS-23 missiles while the U. S. agreed to withdraw 859 of their Pershing II and Tomahawk cruise missiles. It is believed by sev- eral congressmen that the INF treaty is different and has more effects than its predecessors because this treaty actually eliminates and reduces an agreed class of missiles. If the INF treaty succeeds as planned then the chance for another arms control trea- ty will be higher. These treaties re- present hope for peace and “better relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. 'V i a ii m Ki §1ii Dir Heather O'Rourke, a 12-year- old actress who starred In “Poltergeist died of intestinal complications at the Chil- dren's Hospital in San Diego on February 1, 1988. Her death resulted from Congeni- tal Intestinal Stenosis, which is a narrowing of the intestine and, in Heather's case, was caused by a birth defect. O'Rourke attended Tierra del Sol Middle School in Lakeside as a seventh grader. She was actively involved in the school's literary club. As an elementary school student, she had been the president of her class. Before O'Rourke s death, she had played in several roles. Along with the “Poltergeist movies, she had also starred in the TV series “Happy Days . She had just finished filming “Poltergeist III in June, 1987. Her death was an unexpected and sudden trage- dy. People who knew her, her family especially, were in a state of shock. Ho one will for- get the loss of such a fine