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Computers played a Checking e-mail be-
big part in many students lives. came a routine habit for many
CtHuftillJM Writing papers for school , play- students. Senior Kimi Griffin
ing games, and searching for spent about an hour a day on
lulped~ information on the internet were her computer at home. During
popular ways to spend extra that time she checked her e-
~J(jj;­ time. Classes such as journal- mail. "On the internet I am
ism and business classes re-
quired computers to get the constanly checking my e-mail,
dR.dll tutd work done. or I am looking up information
With students having for speeches. 1. am also look-
uwiy.owv- teachers required students to Griffin said.
more access to computers, ing for college information,"

wd!JU(Itutd spend more time on them for For junior Sandra
reports and projects. Junior Springer, being a journalism
Nicole Venuto discovered that student required her to learn
6tMJ/MU,J many of her classes, such as how to work on computers and
English , requ ired papers to be use recent technology.
ciMJeJ ~IRJv. typed. "I am usually playing tion tookawayourdarkrooms,
"Since the construc-
on the computer about once a I have to use a negative scan-
month , but now I have a paper ner for photography," Springer
to write every two weeks that said .
has to be typed," Venuto said. Busines class taught
Classes required senior Jill Ohlmann the ba-
many students like senior sics of using computers.
Kristen Fisk to research in- "In business class, I
formation needed for reports. learned to type properly, which
Many of them used such re- has helped me write reports
sources as encyclopedias, for other classes," Ohlmann
computer programs, and the said.
internet. - Computers connected
"I use computers for students to the internet and
papers, reports, and lots of En- helped them find useful and
glish projects. I have an ency- interesting information. They
clopedia on the computer that also were taught computer pro-
I research with. I also use grams and procedures that
America on Line as a place to were neccesary for classes,
find more information," Fisk college, and jobs that they
said . wanted to pursue in the future .

Juniors Jac k Chang and Ben Jaksich
work together in Keyboarding II. An
important assignment fo r the class, was to
do product searches on the intern et. photo
by Kelli McMahon

Computers