"much carbon dioxide. In order
to deal with this air problem,
some teachers keep their class-
rcom ‘windows open year
round and have their students
_wear warmer clothes. —

- _ Another su ion to help
solve the problem would be to

clean the ‘carpets regufarl
oak toxic Soul

; because

‘cop.
notice headaches, ‘dizziness,
tiredness, and an upset stom-

; she air problem could also
. interfere. with “the student’s
leamming® because th¢y cannot
concentrate on their work or
the * teacher’s lessons. It: is

important that the students

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Carishrooke elementary schoo!
ave Bakey

sou not one the classroom
any longer necessary. It is
also important that the stu-
dents get 2 lot of fresh air.

~Itts possible that some of .

the students have hooked on to

“the ‘idea’ of having “poor air
Quality” and start saying that

when they leave at the end of

‘the day they are sick and about
"to throw up. .

“I don’ t think it’s that bad, ”
sooke said, ay

y, think that it is fine except for
* sometimes when the windows
" aren’t open a bit.”

Disagrees Bryanne

* Shields,“i don’t think so. I'd

I son that the. windows’

should be open more often, so
that there is more fresh air.” ’ -

Matthew. Kothtow *. joys, sal

“Some kids are overreactin;

"don’t think it’s that bad.”.

Most people

. the poor air quality until ‘they
~.- Saw itin the

newspaper or they
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: Maybe itis owing about
fe fa roblem thet makes: you
do not Beow a ;

‘Soon Jan. 1
. bringing us into a new mil-

' alread

2 goin;
' people are selling their homes
and ‘building reserves with .

Teacher sponsor:

Bugged by Y2K? Not kids

‘Emilie Foll-Fraser and

Kara Maschail
Contributing Writers
HAVE you heard of
the 2600 Bug?

In the 1960s, computer
programmers tried to save
memory Tae by using the
last two its of the years,
such as 99 rather than 1999,
> instead of

fennium, it might send us
back in time +9 1900, which
could scriously damage our
economic system.

The government offered
many companies a choice.
They could pay a fot, of

money to have them made .

Y2K compliant, or they could
crash with the rest of society.
A. survey was taken of

10, 500 companies. Fifty per- ©
‘cent said thar they had paid, _

25%. said that they were

: world coming to an end?

Many people think Y2K is
us all.. These

supplies of water.and canned

‘though

Y¥2K accessible, 18%:
ef were ‘planning: to-

a and 7%. said they had

“never. ey heard of the deal-:

“We're all going to die!”

There is a difference in
opinion - for some people.
Brooke McGillivary says,
“Year 2000 is goin; ing Jo
exciting and fun. Y2K buss
are stupid! People are overre-
acting.”

But there is hope. Even
it will cost around
$500 million, computer engi-
neers believe that they cas fix
it.

Our: ‘interview — with
Maureen Flynn, Quality

Assyrance Analyst for Plexus ..

Systems Design and.a Grace
6 student, Bess Kennedy,

shows a difference in opinion: -
between children and adults. ©
al Y2K were ‘to occur, .

“just oné certain place: Th
_only if the Y2K bug appens,

which i it won’

ability to maintain th
ly way ¢ of life.” :

they'll “Chilis
ey’ bring up the next’
eration into the millennium.

Do you think Y2K is te be
taken seriously right now, 3
bit. later, or. not. at all?
Maureen: “It is too fate. It
had to be worried about’ a
while ago.” :

Bess: “Definitely not to be
worried about.” : :

What is your view of th
Y2K bug? Maurcen::“I
real problem’ for some con}
puter installations.

. software.

2000 when they mi :
Bess:.“It’s ist kind of.

government,”
/ Bess: Sit.