Illinois Issues

———————A publication of the University of Illinois at Springfield

April 1998 A primer for planting, pages 28-31

Thinking twice about hypersprawl, page 26

Volume XXIV, No. 4 Ethical crossroads, page 14

FEATURES 14 Ethics Crossroads by Howard Wolinsky As medical science quickens the pace of what's possible, will bioethics help us decide what's right? 24 Cops in Schools by Jessica Winski Enough preteens have gotten caught with guns to fuel a perception that kids are more violent these days. But how much do we really know about the subject? 26 Suburban hypersprawl by Jennifer Davis As subdivisions spring up, some Illinois towns worry about losing a rural way of life. Others see economic gain in the development of the state's remaining farmland. 28 Snapshots Global warming, ethanol and the I&M by Toby Eckert, Gayle Worland and Alf Siewers 32 Media and culture The once and future Chicago Defender by Laura S. Washington

DEPARTMENTS 3 Conversation with the Publisher by Ed Wojcicki 4 Editor's Notebook by Peggy Boyer Long 6 State of the State by Jennifer Davis School building? April Fool! 8 Briefly by Peggy Boyer Long 34 People by Jennifer Davis 36 Letters 37 A View from Metro East by Patrick E. Gauen Air route in the fields of nowhere 38 Politics by Charles N. Wheeler III Primary wrap-up

Credits: This month's cover was illustrated by Kyle Quincy Ringquist. Kyle studied fine
arts and graphic design at Illinois State University in Normal, where he received his undergraduate
degree. Since then, his paintings have sold in auctions and through businesses.
currently, he paints in his studio in Springfield.

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