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Pulling out his money for a "light" snack is Senior
Steve King .
Junior Gina Simunaci stops at her locker to trade old
books for new ones on her way to her next class .
Five Minutes & Counting

0 ne minute remaining . All eyes are on Two seconds. Feet are flat on the floor.
the clock. Thirty seconds . Everyone One second left. Knees are unbent ... and
sits on the edge of his seat. Fifteen the belli
seconds . Pencils tap, impatience is high. A lot of students have the bells down
to a scien,ce . Those five small minutes
between classes, "passing periods", were
to some the most important part of the
.day.
"I like to talk to my friends and go to
my locker," said Sophomore Lisa Rosen-
berg, echoing the sentiments of most
people who were questioned.
However, there was one problem.
Some times five minutes just wasn't enough
time.
Junior Andria Hahn expands that
"Sometimes I had a class in the other
building. I had to go to my locker to get
my books and then back to the otherside,
so I was always late."
Shelly Stellmach, a junior, argued,
"There were times when I wanted to talk
to my friends, but I couldn't because I
would have been late."
Though five minutes may have seemed
like a long time, most found it wasn 't
enough .