New Roof Worries Students the Building Is Unoccupied to Avoid IAQ Problems,” the Website Warned
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FOX HIGH SCHOOL November 15, 2012 Volume 8, Issue 2 projects. “Schedule roofing work near fresh air intakes at a time when New roof worries students the building is unoccupied to avoid IAQ problems,” the website warned. By Veronica Cheney Dr. Rossiter stated, “The smells not Staff Writer nice but it’s not toxic. We have EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) We have all been aware of the roof- certifications that the smell isn’t ing that has taken place for the past few toxic but it’s not a pretty smell.” weeks. If not from the pounding noises The least amount of disruption is then from the smell of the hot asphalt as the goal, and the roofers will soon it seeps in, giving some of us headaches. be finished. “Because they have two The workers are not just tarring the companies working simultaneously, top of our school, but they are taking up it’s going a lot faster,” reported Dr. the whole roof, down to the metal, and Rossiter. replacing it. Dr. Kevin Rossiter explained Four classrooms are being done that on some heavy, rainy days there each day in two places around FHS, had been up to 21 leaks. Now the school which makes eight a day, eighty will have a brand new roof. rooms after ten days. There are Christopher Pyles, one of the roof- 110 classrooms in the school. If the ers, explained several steps they are weather stays nice it should not taking in the renovation. First there is take very much longer. foam insulation. Then a layer of hard- The good news is that it should board is used, before the first layer of be finished within a couple of asphalt. Next a reapplication of asphalt weeks. Whether we will ever know is required before a coating of gravel to if it is bad for our health in the long finish. term, who can say? We are fre- Many of us are wondering, why now quently reminded of the short term and not during the summer? Dr. Rossiter effects with a constant headache stated that the main reason that this is throughout school (even as I write sive, the Center for Disease Control and happening now is that it is when the these particular materials can be irritat- this article my head throbs), but it Prevention, the CDC, official website has roofers were available, but also we are ing; and while carcinogens may exist in will soon be over and the 21 leaks asphalt fumes on its hazards and expo- a year round school. Having a summer asphalt fumes the connection between that we had last year will be fixed, sures list. Venomous spiders and noise in session means there is not much time the fumes and cancer was inconclusive,” stopping mold and water damage mining also made the list. for summer work. delivered a Channel 4 news reporter from beginning in the building and The New York State Department of “There was a study by the CDC done on an October 30th report about the costing the district more money Health had a webpage about Indoor Air in 2000 that concluded the fumes from roofing project here at Fox High School. which could be better spent ben- Quality Problems (IAQ) during roofing Although the connection was inconclu- efiting the students. Success on the stage Local school spirit battle at Frankie G’s By Tyler Coleman one at the restaurant know that Staff Writer you were representing your high school; a small portion of your During the month of October, money would go in a pot. The Frankie G’s in Imperial held a school with the most amount of spirit contest at their restaurant money would win. between Windsor High School, Seckman High won the com- Seckman High School and Fox By Lyndal Doherty man (12) and Jake Cancino (11), worked petition, followed by Fox then High School. Staff Writer through the weekend as lead roles that Windsor. The competition raised The way the contest worked After a long two and a half months were not double cast and caused audi- over 4,100 dollars! Frankie G’s of work, the fall play hit the stage and ences to laugh like crazy. was that you and your family informed the Fox Forward that a pleased audiences all over. Even with slight technical glitches, the could go to the restaurant and small proceeding of the profits With almost 600 people in attendance weekend of performances had audi- purchase meals, if you let some- would go to each school. over the four nights, each performance ences on the edge of their seat with saw an audience of over one hundred excitement. With the fall play complete, people. The double casting left each per- cast and crew members are readying formance with its own quirks and jokes themselves for the winter One Acts and causing a unique experience each night. the spring musical. Be on the look out for Some characters, such as Tyler Cole- more theatre troupe news! INSIDE Fox library Point/Counterpoint NHL lockout Page..........2 Page..........7 Page..........12 Going digital Are sports overrated? Will there be a season? TCID:PP November 15, 2012 2 News Speed of sound broken with Fox Forward Editor in Chief freefall from the edge of space -Brett Stevens Videos of the flight show Baumgartner Design Editor spinning out of control for part of the -Madeleine Cain time, yet, fortunately, he did not lost con- sciousness. In an interview on the Today Photo Editor show, Felix said that there was a lot of -Tyler Coleman pressure on him when he spun and all his blood went to his head. Felix said they call Sports Editor this spinning a rapid onset. Following this, he was able to make a -Josh Venner perfect landing near Roswell, New Mexico. Describing the feeling, the 43 year old Staff Writters Austrian skydiver said it was, “Like swim- -Austin Carter ming without touching the water.” -Veronica Cheney Also on the Today show, Felix said that he could only sip drinks while in the to earth from a helium balloon, which was -Lyndal Doherty spacesuit, not eat, and that he was in the By Veronica Cheney so high that earth was just a hazy ball, suit for six hours. -Tyler Giunta Staff Writer brown and blue in the distance. Fearless Felix, as he has been called, -Zeyu Liu The first record was the top speed dur- has achieved much over the years. He first “The whole world is watching now. I’m ing free fall. Baumgartner reached 834.37 -Hayley Thornton skydived when he was 16 years old. Now coming home,” Felix Baumgartner stated miles per hour, according to Red Bull a former Austrian military paratrooper, he -Kyle Winkeler as he made his most recent dive back to Stratos Mission Team. The speed of sound is a skydiver, BASE jumper, daredevil, and Earth. is a mere 768 miles per hour. has both a helicopter and gas balloon pi- On Sunday, October 14, 2012, His second accomplishment was a loting license. He flew across the English Baumgartner became the first person to parachute jump from the highest altitude. Channel using a carbon wing. Among his ever break the speed of sound without a He was 128,097 feet, or 24 miles above the records for skydiving is Rio de Janeiro’s jet or a spacecraft. The mission had been Earth, passing Joseph Kittinger’s record of Christ the Redeemer Statue, PETRONAS rescheduled from October 9th due to 102,800 feet in 1960. Joe Kittinger, 84, was Towers in Kuala Lumpur, and Taipei 101 weather conditions. Baumgartner’s advisor and capsule com- Tower in Taipei, Taiwan. The daredevil has The balloon used was 55 stories tall municator on this recent mission. also landed inside a cave in Croatia. After and carried a high tech capsule under- Baumgartner also broke the record for this latest dive he said that he is ready to neath. His suit was also very high tech, and the highest altitude for a manned balloon settle down and fly rescue helicopters for if it were to tear he would have died in- flight. He was four times higher than pas- a career. stantly. Two and a half hours after leaving senger jets fly. Felix Baumgartner said that,” The air is the ground, Felix Baumgartner reached A forth record broken, though not a where I am at home,” which describes his Fox library: the edge of space. He broke three world planned one, is a YouTube title of the most sense for adventure. records at the same time during his jump watched number of live views of the dive. breaking into the be rented out to multiple users. But, this is only the begining. Other books that can be found on the shelf are not your average books. digital age Barron’s AP workbooks can be down- loaded from the Follett shelf and be used at no cost to you. Subjects By Lyndal Doherty present include Calculus, Biology, Staff Writer American Literature, British Literature, Psychology, and U.S. History. Fox High School is stepping up to Not only has the library staff been the proverbial plate by introducing working hard on an E-book shelf, but the technology of E-books to the they have been adding to the non- everyday book selection. digital book selection. The selection The library staff has been hard at of new books in the library has been work in the years leading up to the growing steadily in the last couple introduction of the E-books to make years and Mrs.