2008 Woodie Awards
Community Insight
Issue date: 2/25/08 Section: News Briefs
Local high school wins citywide Academic Decathlon
West Loop high school Whitney Young took the title as Academic Decathlon champions in a citywide competition held Saturday, Feb. 16. The high school has taken the title 22 times out of the last 23 years. Thirty Chicago high schools participated, and other finalists included Lane Tech, Jones College Prep, Morgan Park, Walter Payton, Chicago Agricultural Science, Lincoln Park and Brooks College Prep. State finals will be held at Lane Tech on Mar. 15.
Fight breaks out at juvenile center
Ten residents were involved in a fight Monday, Feb. 18 at the Cook County juvenile detention center at 1100 S. Hamilton, in the midst of a Black History Month celebration. More than 40 residents underwent medical check-ups following the incident, although no injuries were serious enough to require hospitalization. The fight was handled quickly and efficiently by security, and ended within 15 minutes.
Sen. Durbin pushes for increased campus safety
Following the tragic events at NIU last Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin spoke to Congress on the issue of campus safety, and mandatory emergency response plans for colleges across the nation. He is calling for a requirement by all colleges across the United States to draft these emergency plans and test them each year in order to begin building more safe campus environments. Durbin co-sponsored the safety measure plan with Sen. Barack Obama and presented it before a House-Senate conference committee. If put into effect, it would provide federal grants to colleges for the enhancement of campus security.
West Loop high school Whitney Young took the title as Academic Decathlon champions in a citywide competition held Saturday, Feb. 16. The high school has taken the title 22 times out of the last 23 years. Thirty Chicago high schools participated, and other finalists included Lane Tech, Jones College Prep, Morgan Park, Walter Payton, Chicago Agricultural Science, Lincoln Park and Brooks College Prep. State finals will be held at Lane Tech on Mar. 15.
Fight breaks out at juvenile center
Ten residents were involved in a fight Monday, Feb. 18 at the Cook County juvenile detention center at 1100 S. Hamilton, in the midst of a Black History Month celebration. More than 40 residents underwent medical check-ups following the incident, although no injuries were serious enough to require hospitalization. The fight was handled quickly and efficiently by security, and ended within 15 minutes.
Sen. Durbin pushes for increased campus safety
Following the tragic events at NIU last Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin spoke to Congress on the issue of campus safety, and mandatory emergency response plans for colleges across the nation. He is calling for a requirement by all colleges across the United States to draft these emergency plans and test them each year in order to begin building more safe campus environments. Durbin co-sponsored the safety measure plan with Sen. Barack Obama and presented it before a House-Senate conference committee. If put into effect, it would provide federal grants to colleges for the enhancement of campus security.
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