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Show 4 tx.Lakesidh Thursday, August 6, 1998 Lakeside Review MORE HOURS AT SCHOOL proposal good for students School-da- y By KRISTEN JENSEN TX. already do spend between six and seven hours in school. In order to graduate, students attend a full day of school instead of just the four hours required before. So you see, there really isnt anything to worry about. Chances are, your school schedule would go unchanged. But it would be a great advantage to us if we did have a couple more hours of school. If we were able to add more hours, students could take easier, more relaxing classes that couldnt be crammed into their schedule earlier. Students could also take more college level classes so that they would be able to get more college credit. This would save money because then they wouldnt have to pay more money at college for more classes. The result of more school hours may also be higher AP test scores because students are able to take more classes. After these smart people graduate, they would be able to get better paying jobs since they took more advanced classes in high school. Adding another couple of hours to school would also be helpful in the foreign language department. Even though a foreign language is not required to graduate from high school, most colleges require two consecutive years of a foreign language for you to attend. People have been questioning whether todays teaching methods are advanced enough to keep students interested for another hour or so. Even though teaching methods could be improved, we should be looking toward the future. Since we live in a correspondent Its summer. You have gotten back from exhausting day of activity. brain-wastin- g ' As the intellectual teenager you are, you sit down and scan the newspaper in an attempt to find the comics. But something grabs your attention. As you read the article and gasp in shock, you realize that this article is, in fact, informing you about the state schools boards decision to add more hours to public school. Sputtering and falling to the floor, you gasp, No! Not more school! ' This was probably the reaction of many teenagers when they heard about Superintendent Scott Beans new proposal, which is to add more hours to the average school day. But maybe its not as bad as we think. Maybe, just maybe, there is no need for falling down on the floor and screaming. According to the plan released several weeks ago Scott Bean, Superintendent of Instruction, thinks high school students should spend around 6 12 hours in school, which means adding 1 to 2 hours to the school day. But in most schools in Weber district, as well as Ogden district, students day and age where people cannot survive without cell phones, I think more time should be spent on technology training so that children are prepared for the changing environment. Within the next ten years, we might not even need teachers or classrooms. Adding more time to the average school day would also help control crime and keep gangs off the streets. We should all know by now that when youth have time on their hands, trouble often occurs. Even during the summer, crime rates go way up because students are out of school and bored. Also, having kids at school longer would enable parents to work more hours before coming home. If parents adjusted their schedule to stay at work only one hour longer, it could have major money benefits. The average working adult works 250 days a year. So if they all worked one extra hour per day, that equals up to about four extra weeks of work. Even at just one dollar an hour, thats still a lot of money for a rainy day. So next time you hear about the proposal to add more school hours, dont whine and groan. It might not even affect you, and even if it does, youll be smarter from it. Kristen Jensen will be a junior at Weber High School in the fall. She is involved in theater, loves to play the Jlute and piano, and is a member of her citys youth council. She admits she would sell her soul for cheesecake. SPEAKING OUT Whose the better driver, adults or teens? By HARMONY BRZOSTEK adults? TX correspondent percent of the world would say, NO!! I recently took an informal poll of friends and neighbors, half of whom were adults and half teenagers, and not surprisingly only two out of about 50 people said that teens were better drivers. Does this astound you? When asked who he thought was the better driver, Lindsey Winn, who will be a sophomore at Layton High School in the fall, said, Adults are better drivers because they are more responsible and have more experience on the roads. They are also more aware of whats going on around them. Shari Hammond, who will be a junior at Layton I ligh, agrees. Adults are more experienced, but only some adults. What some adults lack in maturity, some teenagers make up, she said. There are some good adult drivers, but there are also some bad ones. The same goes for teenagers. Heres a question for those of you w ho are skeptical. Ninety-eig- Youre the road, following to your -- - what you take for an older driver going ten miles under the speed limit. Youre barely pushing 35 on a 45 mph road. : You catch an opening in the next lane and decide to pass this slow poke, but when you look over to see whos grandmother or grandfather it is, you see your best friends older brother. Now, youre thinking, what on earth is he doing going this slow? Is he almost out of gas or something? But when you confront him about it the next day, he looks down and says, I was just being careful. 7 So, docs this mean that teenage drivers are safer then Anti-smoki- problems hope stories of health will stop youth ' SALT LAKE CITY - ThethatUtah ment of Health the -- is betting Departwill truth set a generation free from potential addiction to tobacco. Beginning Dec. 10, the agency will launch a $250,000 media campaign aimed at teens. The funds come from the $15.8 million expected to be generated by Utahs new cigarette tax. Were targeting youth to not only stop, but to never start, said Rebecca Murphy, a community health specialist with the Department of 1 lealth. ' ' The Health Department and the Utah Commission have asked Crowell and Associates, a Salt Lake City advertising agency, to oversee the campaign. Alan Simonson, 10, says he recently quit smoking after learning the truth about the hazards associated with it. It got me pretty scared," said the Ogden youth, who started smoking when he was just in the first grade. 7 Health officials estimated that even though anti-smoki- - , Auto accidents are the leading cause of death for 1 5-- to Drivers ages 1 6 and 1 7 are 8 times more likely to be killed in traffic accidents than adults ages 1 30-3- 4. Five out of 20 teenage drivers will be involved in an auto accident. More than one in 20 teenage drivers will be in a fatal or serious injury accident -- Compiled from The Steering Committee by Harmony Brzostek Parents Kristy and Russell Martin, from Roy, ask: What do the drivers of today have (in terms of experience) that the drivers 20 years ago didnt? To keep from getting the evil eye, and to keep his allowance coming, their son Shawn Martin, who will be a senior at Roy High School, willingly said: Adults have wiser ways in driving: teens are just beginning. Adults also Many have battled on this issue, and many battles have been lost by teenagers to their parents. Take a trip down the road and see for yourself who the better drivers are. Im not saying that adults are, or that teenagers are - this is one of those decisions you need to make on your own. But the next time you see your youths like Simonson are too young to legally purchase tobacco products, more than 27,000, or 12 percent of Utah youths, smoke. Simonson says he and his friends stole cigarettes from stores and parents. About 300 Utah teens reviewed 35 ads, which were produced by the Massachusetts Department of Health. Those selected will now appear in print and on radio and television. One of the television ads will feature Pam Laflin, 28, of Malden, Mass. She will arrive in Utah on Dec. 15 to make school appearances. laflin smoked her first cigarette, a Benson & Hedges, at age 10 after watching the movie Grease. I wanted to not be a child," she recalled. I wanted to be a grown-uAt age 24, she was diagnosed with emphysema. Since then, she has had a lung transplant, which her body is rejecting. I made a decision to smoke when I didnt know anything about it, Laflin said. I smoked to be cool, but it ended up devastating my life. anti-tobac- p. From 3 They soon earned $10,000. This was the seed money, and the city council gave $90,000, to be used toward building a skate park. With the money earned and a skatepark close at hand, what will this place offer? According to local boarders there may be handrails, stairs, a fun box, a half and a pipe, and a quarter pipe. All of this is going to be in the center of a bowl, so skaters can get acceleration for all ramps and other stuff in the middle. Ben Boyce, from the recreation department at Brigham City, said the skate park may center around a series of small bowls. He said the city is hoping to start construction some time this fall - the end of September or beginning of October. Were really anxious to get Scenes From 3 entertaining and a heck of a lot more plausible. And there is not one song by Whitney Houston in the whole movie. Does Roy City, whose officials announced recently that Roy will also build a skateboard park, have any plans for its park Roy City Manager Blake Wahlen said there are no plans yet for what will be in the park. ; However, he said the city has asked some people from the community to be involved in planning it. Marcus Whisler, who will be a sophomore at Roy High School in the fall, was on the journalism staff at Sand Ridge Junior High School this year and likes to skateboard, snowboard and listen to music. praises at Catherine Zeta-Jone- s from Mask of Zorro, and so carelessly gave her the title of Scotts grade-- choice babe of ' ' the week. A But no longer. She is stripped of the title, and I now give it to Ms. Barrymore, my first and only love. There is a downside. It pains me that they left this very much needed aspect of the whole CinScott Stephens, who will be a derella theme out. There are no at Northridge High School junior singing mice. They were the in the fall, enjoys playing basketwhole reason I watched the Disball, mountain biking and perfectney version more than once. And, I too quickly threw my They said ing the words.) already-perfe- The coordinators purposely are targeting youths because 90 percent of todays smokers started the habit while teenagers. The Federal Trade Commission says tobacco companies market heavily toward teens, pouring $4.6 billion into advertising through 1995 and 1996. anti-tobac- co Tobacco ads in Utah add up to about $36 million annually, or about $18 for each Utah resident In comparison, the one-tim- e state campaign will average out to 12 cents per person. body. (His Ive never been a get up, drink coffee, read the paper kind of girl. I try to stay in bed for at least 1 0 minutes to ponder my place in the universe.' I Then wash my face, check my karma and get my balance for the day. Then I can go out into the universe with a positive attitude. Drew Barrymore in the latest issue of React, a weekly magazine for teens. S'CAIMI To Subscribe: 625-44- 00 If you want it anti-tobac- ct it Harmony Brzostek, who will be a junior at Layton High School in the fall, says she enjoys listening to local baruls, dancing and writing. She Massachusetts began its campaign in 1992. Since then, it has reduced the overall consumption of tobacco products by 20 percent. ' yet? CLASSIFIEDS welcomes at Cinnamon82(u aol.com. ! round because skateboards arent meant for the snow. best friends older brother going ten miles under the speed limit, just pass him and give him a little smile, then dont ever mention it to him again. After all, he was just being careful. ; SOLD! And SOLD FAST! ADVERTISE! in the ... Standard-Examine- r CALL ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Retail Classified 625-434- 5 625-430- 0 If the tobacco industry can get people to use a lethal product then we should be able to use the same strategy to get people to not use them, Murphy said. Youth smoking is on the rise, locally and nationally. Recent figures show smoking among Utah youths has increased 19 percent since 1989. More than 75 percent of those kids still will be smoking in eight years. New director starts advising position at WSU OGDEN Karla Satchwcll of Laramie, Wyo., has been -- their learning days. Some tend to go slower, but most teenagers happen to go faster because they seem to be in more of a hurry to get things done. Adults are by far more intelligent on what they need not do. campaign targets teens with truth ng Officials dont remember as much from statistics at a glance Driving ht Skate started on it, Boyce added. Is this park just for skate-- ; boarders? They might have a separate part for bladers, Stradler said. This park is going to be out in the open, so its more than likely not going to be open year - named the new director of Weber State Universitys Academic Advisement Center. Bringing 15 years of administrative and advising experience to her position, Satchwcll hopes to increase campus awareness about the center adand build upon its high-tec- h services. vising ,, The center helps more than 4,000 students each year, many of whom are new to the university or in the process of deciding on a major. Students who have someone to talk with about class schedules, support services, personal problems or career choices have a better sense of direction. My goal is to make sure every stu- started at WSU this month. I so plan to work closely fac- dent receives the information they need to be successful in school," said Satchwcll, who w ith al- ulty advisers to ensure students who have selected a major receive specialized assistance in their field of study." WSUs center has been nag tionally recognized for its efforts. In addition to sessions, students are served through online, and telephone advising. Satchwcll intends to expand the current services by offering video conferencing via the Internet during fall semester. virtual-advisin- These electronic-advisin- g methods allow us to efficiently serve a large number of students whose schedules prohibit them from coming to our Ogden and Davis campuses for appointments, she said. Satchwcll initiated similar projects while at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. She was director of UWs Center for Academic Advising, where she launched a university-orientatio- n class geared toward k students. Additionally, she served in UWs offices of Development, Residence Life and Housing. Prior to her work at UW, Satchwcll was director of Student Activities at the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology in Butte. virtual- -advising at-ris- Karla was an obvious choice for this position because of her strong management background, excellent interpersonal skills and experience in alternative forms of advising, said Kathleen Lukkcn, associate provost. Her ability to keep up with advancing technology while maintaining a personal relationship with students will benefit WSU into the next century." A Montana native, she earned a bachelors degree in elementary education from Montana State University in Bozeman. She later received a masters degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green Stale University in Ohio. When you're ready to leave, call our office to start and stop your newspaper while you're away. 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