European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Acle Leader is Barking up the wrong tree Mike Royko Brulato. Thai is a Strong word. My dictionary says it Means a like a brute cruel and unfeeling Savage violent re 111  despicable. Another Strong word from despise Quot to look Down on with contempt and scorn to regard with dislike or a pug a a  so if we say someone is brutal and despicable we re not talking about snatching a Hubcap burping on an elevator or even lighting up in the presence of a non smoker on Earth Day. I hese words should be reserved for really Low Down Rotten vile creatures or behaviour. Thugs terrorists sex fiends child abusers. It Tes born senders and a speaking As a chicagoan a baseball teams from new York. What has brought on my interest in the two Strong words the other Day. Jay Miller head of the Illinois a l a used them. He said a this is the most brutal despicable method to fight this  and what problem was he talking about drugs which we All know scramble the brains of countless americans. And the a method Quot that he says is a the most brutal despicable Quot Way to fight the drug problem would you car to guess maybe chopping off the fingers or hands of drug dealers plucking out their eyes an automatic death penalty for dealers or flinging All known drug users into cold Damp rat infested cells to sweat and tremble alone until they have shaken their addiction wrong. What prompted Millers revulsion was an announcement by two High schools in a Blue Collar suburb that they would use specially trained dogs to sniff around the schools for drugs. The dogs will sniff students lockers and students cars. Since the schools have 4,500 students the dogs Aren t expected to sniff each and every kid. But the idea is that just the possibility of being sniffed and caught will discourage students from carrying drugs or stashing them in their lockers or cars. Now i think that most of us have at one time or another been sniffed by a dog. It is the nature of a dog to sniff but unless the animal tried to Chew my leg off. I be never considered the sniffing to be brutal or despicable. If you re sniffed by one of the drooling Breeds leaving you with a moist fool you might find it disgusting. But not brutal or despicable. At one time. I had a lovable but dim witted Labrador retriever named Ole who could not be broken of an urge that made him sneak up behind females and give them a sniff. Since he had a cold wet nose they usually shrieked and leaped. But even that could t be called brutal and despicable. At worst. Ole was an inconsiderate and presumptuous oaf. So i can t agree with the aclus Miller that a bit of sniffing around a couple of High schools is brutal and despicable. Of course he is talking about the students alleged right of privacy. And possibly the symbolism of the use of dogs. As for students privacy rights once they get to school their rights Are limited. They done town the schools or pay for their operation. They done town the lockers or the school parking lots. The schools Are owned by the governmental bodies representing the taxpayers and operated by those hired by the governmental bodies. So if the school officials decide they done to w ant drugs being brought to school or sold and used in the schools that seems reasonable. The problem is that preventing drugs from getting in Isnit easy. One Way would be to give every student a Complete body search when they arrive. That would be costly time consuming and probably could be considered an aggressive intrusion and Miller would probably Rush to court with a lawsuit. But a dog sniffing few students lockers or cars that Isnit exactly on a scale with chinese tanks rolling into Tiana men Square. I know this will upset Miller but id like to see dogs sniffing around every High school in Chicago and suburbs. Its common knowledge that some students Are zonked by lunch hour. And that others run lucrative drug operations in the schools. So what does Miller consider a greater threat to society a a dogs wet nose at a locker or some fast Buck kid dealing crack in the washroom in fact if it were up to me. I d use two sets of dogs. One would be strictly for sniffing. The others preferably pit bulls would be used to admonish the drug carriers. Tribune Media  piece who decides which German article goes with which noun and Why must they torture students so reporter Ron Jensen finds out. Rages 6-7. 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