ON CAMPUS

With the Millennium celebration just around the corner we decided

to ask students from Costa Mesa High School what they had planned for New

Year’s Eve.

Here’s what they had to say:

“I’ll be going on vacation with my parents to Texas. For me the fact that

this will be the year 2000 makes no difference. We will probably be at

home dancing.”

IVTTE ORDONEZ, 17, senior, Costa Mesa

“I’m just going to stay at home. I’m kind of scared because the media has

been saying something bad is going to happen. That’s the main reason I am

going to be at home.”

ARIANA SOTO, 17, senior, Costa Mesa

“I just want to do something memorable. Because in 50 years when people

ask me what I did at the turn of the century, I want to say that I was

having a good time. That I was with my friends, not at home on the

couch.”

JILLIAN DeMELLO, 17, senior, Costa Mesa

“I will be baby-sitting until 11 p.m. After that I will probably be with

my friends. I want to have fireworks. Usually you only have them for the

Fourth of July, but this is different because it will be the millennium.”

KRISTEN BAGWELL, 14, freshman, Costa Mesa

“I think it would be fun in Times Square in New York watching the ball

drop. But I’ll probably be at a friend’s house playing board games,

lighting fireworks and banging pots and pans.”

SHARON DAY, 14, freshman, Costa Mesa

“I want to be with my friends. We will probably stay up all night long

talking about school, fashion and celebrities. We will probably be

drinking sparkling cider and eating pizza, candy, ice cream and maybe

Chinese food.”

EMILY ABBOTT, 14, freshman, Costa Mesa