Clarke reflects on a year of battles and successes
NL: How do you feel about current neighborhood-University relations?
MPC: I was interviewed last week about this issue, but it got a little confusing. I have a few complaints this year about the noise and the parties, but I had a lot of complaints about one block of east University Parkway, the 300 block. In general I had fewer complaints with the exception of the 300 block of East University Parkway. There are several problem properties. There are loud parties late at night, mainly. People get drunk and they're outdoors being drunk.
NL: Do you think relations have improved?
MPC: I guess. I think it's better than it was. But I still have a number of real problem properties that I can't seem to get a handle on.
NL: What do you think should be done about this issue?
MPC: I guess more University housing. If the University dealt with disorderly conduct by suspending students from school, in other words, if there were academic consequences, it would improve the situation. The University is supposed to be doing that. I hope they are. That's the only thing that's going to work as far as discipline goes. We can send the police, and people are going to get arrested.
What really counts with undergraduates is, does Hopkins care? If Hopkins does something about it, if Hopkins lets its undergraduates know in meaningful ways that we should be good neighbors that would make an impression on students. Loyola College has had a very strict policy and it's been very successful.
NL: How will the next session of the City Council be different from the one that just ended?
MPC: I think that I have a better focus now on how to go about combating violent crimes. I think we will focus our attention on seeing that strategy through to success. I think we will spend more time working with school systems to improve schools. We have a good superintendent who has worked with us and cooperated with us. The two main issues seem to be on improving. We must develop a full-fledged youth policy for safety and success. Stay tuned.
We need everyone's help. One of the issues is summer employment for our youth program, so that young people have a chance to work instead of hang out and find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
NL: Is there anything else that needs to be done?
MPC: We have to make sure we're always doing a good job clearing snow.
MPC: I was interviewed last week about this issue, but it got a little confusing. I have a few complaints this year about the noise and the parties, but I had a lot of complaints about one block of east University Parkway, the 300 block. In general I had fewer complaints with the exception of the 300 block of East University Parkway. There are several problem properties. There are loud parties late at night, mainly. People get drunk and they're outdoors being drunk.
NL: Do you think relations have improved?
MPC: I guess. I think it's better than it was. But I still have a number of real problem properties that I can't seem to get a handle on.
NL: What do you think should be done about this issue?
MPC: I guess more University housing. If the University dealt with disorderly conduct by suspending students from school, in other words, if there were academic consequences, it would improve the situation. The University is supposed to be doing that. I hope they are. That's the only thing that's going to work as far as discipline goes. We can send the police, and people are going to get arrested.
What really counts with undergraduates is, does Hopkins care? If Hopkins does something about it, if Hopkins lets its undergraduates know in meaningful ways that we should be good neighbors that would make an impression on students. Loyola College has had a very strict policy and it's been very successful.
NL: How will the next session of the City Council be different from the one that just ended?
MPC: I think that I have a better focus now on how to go about combating violent crimes. I think we will focus our attention on seeing that strategy through to success. I think we will spend more time working with school systems to improve schools. We have a good superintendent who has worked with us and cooperated with us. The two main issues seem to be on improving. We must develop a full-fledged youth policy for safety and success. Stay tuned.
We need everyone's help. One of the issues is summer employment for our youth program, so that young people have a chance to work instead of hang out and find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
NL: Is there anything else that needs to be done?
MPC: We have to make sure we're always doing a good job clearing snow.
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posted 12/14/07 @ 2:08 PM EST
wow. that's the softest interview I've ever seen. why didn't the interviewer ask if she liked puppies and rainbows too? I'm not expecting hardcore investigative journalism but at least give it a shot. (Continued…)
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