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Brett Matthies
Wendy McCarty
, Shane McClure
Dean McDermitt
Jason McElroy
Kevin McKay
Brian McNeel
Michael Melander
Shelley Merchant
Tonya Meyer
Mitchell Miles
Paul Miller
Rhonda Miller
Suzanne Miller
Paul Milone

Jonathon Mislivec
Renee Mitchell
Julie Moore
Christopher Moorhead

tlife' Is Not

a Bed Of Roses

I Peo- though. I wouTd simply quit
I did have a few defenses
am only about 25 pounds and
pretty much a square.
ple could see me, but I really when I was overheated, had a
couldn't see them. I could be power failure or experienced a
made to operate within seconds, system crash. If users left my
but unfortunately I was at the disk on top of the drive, I could
mercy of human hands. Just erase completely!
what was my role? A school Despite it all, those humans
computer. decided I was a worthwhile piece
My abuses were many. Be- of equipment. I computed their
ing a computer was not as easy as grades, created tests and pro-
one might think. I endured grams, spit out facts and figures,
hours of cussing, being hit, and set copy for yearbook and news-
being blamed for human errors. paper, and did all their scheduling
However, the thing I hated most for classes.
of all was sticky fingers on my Even though my life was hec-
keyboard. Having crumbs and tic, I had decided I was still valu -
pop spilled all over me was no ball able. fN
Upstairs in the 11/12 Building Math teacher Emil Biga sits either. Furthermore, some of
s the computer room. In this room there down at one Macintosh computer to en- my frustration came from users Cari Fee/haver
tre twelve apple computers and five Ma- ter his classes grades into the computer sticking my disk in incorrectly!
:intoshes for students and staff use. (J. using his own program. (J. BURKHOl -
3URKHOLDER ) DER)
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