Unlike most other public school systems that approach decreasing student violence with prevention, Chicago has taken up a different method: statistics and probability. Former police officer, Ron Huberman, with a "passion for data analysis" has proposed the preventative method as an alternative to other more expensive options. According to his study of 500 past incidents over the years, students at highest risk of violence are black males with a tendency for behavioral flare-ups and an unstable living environment. Attacks happen within a two-hour window of either very early or very late. The controversy of such a program comes from questioning parents who ask why 10,000 out of over 400,000 students are given extra resources, especially in a poor population. Supporters of the plan admit that this cannot save everyone and this all sounds alot like hearsay to me. "Maybe this person will be shot, just maybe." Students are often caught in the crossfire of gang fights and these situations can happen to anyone. Have they given consideration to better monitoring areas with high activity versus people who "might" be shot?
I have to mention the article on the front page "City of 8 Million Was a Ghost Town at the Polls" for its photograph. The article on a very basic level discussed the overwhelming absence of voters in highly populated areas. The news itself didn't keep my interest as long as the photograph of the unoccupied clerk: slumped over, mouth slightly open in a frown, and drooping eyes: the perfect picture of boredom. It made me laugh.
In another development in the Iranian election controversy, judicial officials have shut down 3 pro-reform newspapers. I remember watching the newsfeeding over the summer on GMA, seeing people take to the streets, protests, and violence. Some of the only information media broadcasters could get as outsiders were in the Twitter updates from Iranian students. Even that began to be monitored by the government. It is yet another attempt to quell dissent in an illegitimate election.
I have to mention the article on the front page "City of 8 Million Was a Ghost Town at the Polls" for its photograph. The article on a very basic level discussed the overwhelming absence of voters in highly populated areas. The news itself didn't keep my interest as long as the photograph of the unoccupied clerk: slumped over, mouth slightly open in a frown, and drooping eyes: the perfect picture of boredom. It made me laugh.
In another development in the Iranian election controversy, judicial officials have shut down 3 pro-reform newspapers. I remember watching the newsfeeding over the summer on GMA, seeing people take to the streets, protests, and violence. Some of the only information media broadcasters could get as outsiders were in the Twitter updates from Iranian students. Even that began to be monitored by the government. It is yet another attempt to quell dissent in an illegitimate election.
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