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Show v ' ig. INTE October 10, 1994 4WM When Ms . When I watch someone getting beat up, it makes me feel good inside, said Tom Klimish, age 17, high school senior. Watching a violent movie right before a basketball game is a good way to pump myself up so I can do my best in the game. When our children grow to be brutal in theirindifference to others, it is often because Jthey have been taught a dehumaniz-- T ing disregard for those around them, said Louis SulliyanJ M.D., former Secretary of Health i and Human Services. Many of our parents have abandoned! their children to the media., Sol these children turn to the media for value formation, role modeling and guidance. On October 27, 1994, in an effort to encourage Utah families to be responsible for what they choose to see on television and at the movies. Governor Michael Leavitt will sign a proclamation designating October as Crime Prevention Month and October 27 as Turn Off the Violence Day. Turn Off the Violence Day is one of a series of Utah events that focuses on crime prevention. Crime Prevention During Month, Utah will host a three-da- y Western Regional seminar on crime and violence, sponsored by the National Crime Prevention Council. This will bring a variety of national and state specialists to the podium, including Senator Orrin Hatch, Governor Michael by at-ri- 486-869- 1. Irma Noriega Staff Writer act as role models. Statistics show many children Despite the recent increase in distance learning, when given an option, students prefer a teaching environment, said Dr. Delores J. Davis at Drake Universiface-to-fa- ty. Caracas $279 $390 Sao Paulo Mexico City $175 $184 Hew York City Washington, D.C.$184 Boston $184 Fares are each from Salt Lake City based on roundtnp purchase Restrictions apply and taxes r included. Call for other worldwide destinations. Call ce for a According Drake, teachers do more than present material. They answer questions, encourage students, assist them, and most of all Blood Drive Wed., Oct. 26 in Syme Lounge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. participate in the drive you must sign up. Do so by calling To ' Leslie Freeman at extension 117. FREE Student Travels magazine! Great Food, Good Friends Phones! at Jackson program and Lincoln elementary schools. Officers help students with their homework and provide guidance and emotional support to these students. Kirk said he has been involved all five years. It is difficult to know how well the projects work. How do you measure success? said Kirk. We sec a definite attitude change in the students. Some people expect that succeeding with this program will mean every kid becomes a doctor or a lawyer and that is unrealistic. According to Kirk this program njakes the yolunteers better officers. We get more understanding of the "challenges facing kids. J So howwll Turn Off The Violence Day make a difference? Violence - Coordinator Susan Burke-Saiit probably wont but it will raise awareness . We will one into turn two day hope days and then longer. The Utah Council for Crime Prevention is planning community events on that day. The public can participate in these events. One way Westminster Student Volunteer Director Maureen Reed is helping to turn off the violence is through the Westminster Big Buddie Program. Once Reed establishes a connection between Westminster and an elementary school Westminster students will be invited to tutor and provide guidance for students. Students wishing to get involved can call Also, the general public can attend the Western Regional Conference by prercgistcring with the Utah Council for Crime Prevention. Day Staff Writer soon to affect students, teachers $258' $293 Guatemala $259 Puerto Vallarta $175' Costa Rica $275 t t Police say Turn Off The Violence Day not enough Marianne with children National changes in education Paris Brussels i)iv forum Leavitt, Peter Edellman, U.S. mined by the teachers, as talking out of turn, chewing gum, making Department of Health and Human Services, and from the National noise, running in halls, cutting in Crime Prevention Council Jack line, dress code infractions and litCalhoun, executive director, Fay tering. In 1980, the top seven probWarren, director, Mac Gray, deputy lems were suicide, assault, robbery, executive director. Policy makers, rape, drug abuse, alcohol abuse and business and religious leaders, edupregnancy. Research has shown that viewcators, psychologists and law enforcers will be encouraged to ing repeated violence has a marked learn methods of initiating action to effect on the attitudes of young prevent crime and violence. people about violent acts. Heavy The Utah Council for Crime viewers behave more aggressively Prevention. has joined vyithtjie than light viewers., Children jnd Utah PTA, churches, law enforcers adults who watch a large number of and others to launch a campaign to aggressive programs also tend to Turn Off The Violence on October hold attitudes' and valhes that favor 27, Governor Leavitt, in a public the use of aggression ,to solve conservice' message supporting the flict!. These correlations are solid, Turn Off The Violence is encourag"-- " reported a 1992 America r! PsychoJL ing familiesjto be more responsible,, logical Association survey, about exposing their children to "It is time to make violence in excessive violence and asking peoentertainment less acceptable and less profitable, and more people ple to reduce the amount of graphic violent entertainment coming can do that by making it less popuinto the home. Only you can turn lar," said Tibby Milne, executive it off," said Governor Leavitt. director, Utah Council for Crime Prevention. One thing everyone According to a 1992 survey by the American Psychological Assocican do 4s turn it off. This is not ation, by the age of 18 the average censorship, it is a free choice. We child has witnessed 200,000 acts of are not suggesting that people stop violence on television alone, going to movies or watching TV, were suggesting people be more including 18,000 simulated murders. This figure does not include responsible in choosing what they violence or murders seen in watch. This will send new mesmovies, videos or video games. sages to those who control our Children watch an average of 26 entertainment choices that we hours of television a week, A child want a change. Hopefully, they will will have watched many more react by producing entertainment hours of television by high school with less graphic violence. For more information about graduation than time spent in school. Turn Off The Violence Day, conA TV Guide study in 1992 listtact the Utah Council for Crime ed the seven biggest problems in Prevention at public schools in 1940, as deter by v , life,) watch someone getting beat up, it makes me feel good inside. Stephanie Mommsen Forum Staff Writer i d S-- k I by r and young adults come from deprived homes. Harold Hodgkin-sodirector of the Center for Demographic Policy in Washington D.C. states, Today almost 50per-ceof Americas young people will spend some years before they reach the age of 18 being raised by a single parent; 350,000 of them every year are born to addicted mothers; of children in the nation are in poverty and at least 2 million have no adult supervision at all after school. As a result of these alarming statistics, teachers are left with the task to install values, positive behavior, conscience, and respect for others. Thus, defenders of learning argued that distance learning cant provide human interaction or install values. However, opponents to marcurriculums ginal educational defend the distance learning free bias and democratic environment. According to them, in distance learning no one is segregated by sex, race, handicap, or assumptions of intelligence. Regardless of the controversies, computers and distance learning are the next step in social evolution. The mastery of their technology will provide students with the necessary skills to be competitive. n, nt Turn Off The Violence Day is a step according to Susan Burke, of the Governors office. The problem is bigger than that and Governor Leavitt, who is expected to sign a proclamation that day, will participate in the Western Regional Conference on violence Oct. 26, 27, 28 and 29 to discuss the rising problem of violence and youth. One day is not going to have that great of an effect on violence." said police sergeant Phil Kirk. asleep-se- t problem that .Thisjs g takes and attention. According to Kirk the programs which are really having an effect on violence are the Mobile Neighborhood Watch, Midnight Basketball and officer tutoring pro grams for elementary students. Kirk said the mobile neighborhood watch program is helping to curb violence. In Rose Park more than 100 people are participating in the program. The incidence of violence is decreasing. The recent shootings at Smiths grocery in Rose Park could have happened anywhere said Kirk. Actually the violence in that area is less. The- Mobile Neighborhood Watch is volunteers who are supplied by the police with cellular The volunteers drive phones. around and if they see problems they call the police with the mobile phone. Not just anyone can volunteer. Kirk said there is a rigid screening of participants to make sure they are not supplying a potential crook with a mobile phone and a means to target places or people for a crime. The Salt Lake Police have been involved in a weekly tutoring just long-lastin- on-goin- ff s ' sk d - at-ri- sk 488-468- 8. ASTHMA MEDICATIONS STUDIED Asthma is a potentially fatal disease. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (including asthma) is the fourth leading cause of death in America. 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