/ 5? 5? / New office buildings may breed health hazards Move toward energy efficiency decreased fresh air ventilation You feel fine every morn inq Until you reach the office, when you start sneezing. smf fling or Suffer from a general feeling of physical malaise You re not allergic to work, per se. but you might be aller gic to the building in which you work Office buildings, like homes can be a breeding ground of environmental ha/ ards Add to that other work re lated hazards, such as video display terminals and repot• tive strain injuries, and the workplace can endanger your health Fortunately there are solutions to these health ha/ ards. but it takes patience as well as a smart employer to track them down Sick buildings make people sick Indoor air pollution can give workers itchy eyes, sore throats, runny noses, di/zi ness, headaches, fatigue and nausea It 20 percent of em ployees suiter these symp toms, the olhce probably oc CUpM*£> O .3«^r\ i/UMUHiy Pari of the problem began say the authors ot The Solu lion to Pollution in the tVorM place in the 70s. when the energy crisis led to more ener gy efficient buildings But that reduced the free flow of fresh air So poor ventilation allows toxins such as asbestos formaldehyde bacteria molds, tobacco smoke lead and pesticides — to circulate Dirty air filters circulate dust New carpets and dry cleaning chemicals give off toxic fumes The discovery of Sick Building Syndrome is relative ly recem. anu worrsts eum plaints are often the only clue there is a problem There are, however, environmental con suiting firms that are equipped to diagnose sick buildings Workers who spend their days in front of video display terminals can suffer from a host of problems Hunching over a monitor causes back, shoulder and neck strain Wrists bend awk wardly at the keyboard can lead to carpal tunnel syn drome, a painful nerve disor der And the glare of compu ter monitors can cause blurred vision and headaches Graduation means goodbye to spring breaks, summers oil, And IBM student prices. |m l«»n soil till! on \oiir « a|> .Iiwl *m»wii. tln’ivs "till Inn** l*» take tnl\.ml.i^* "I (Ik* j!n .iI »tinl«nt |m n v on .in I KM I Vr-onal SN •'ll in J \\ In tln r \on 11*■« 11 |o (T»\il»- mi|»n s*i\* |»a|»« i-. “rapin' ** .111«I Njnv.iiKIn ri" lor ’-chool. or !h 1 ^i»»• •**■* n*|>ort*> loi work, or cm ii n -miK ' tin I*'*' J conn*- pn lo.iilrii with -oft ware lh.il will li t von do ju-t that \ntl il ha- a mon-c to make il ca-\ to n-'i I Mil". 11 n ■ n ■ an aiidnl Iim»I- l i k« a notepad. calendar 1 nail Ini 1 ramill". \ml nil a ililli irnl nnli \mi < an art a an at low |irnv mi tin Hnlaml I >i - kli i|i Mil'll s\'tlll! Iiiim Mil .1 .1 V ( .i.mIii.iIimii mr.in-* '.in ill*; .1 lot ol 111\• ' Hut Uforv niiii (lo, llirrr- 'till • to » }i«*« k into .1 jiriMl **limI*’IiI |»r»*t* HV’J* s!*r NN Il.lt Null * .III (111 nn it h ' J IimI.IN .• i 14i NN ll.lt It < .III do lor Non toluol I MNN Microcomputer Support Lab 202 Computing Center M onday- Friday 9am-5 pm ' 346-4402 • **.% \ *•' * • •••v* '* * M Vi" iHM 1*0 VfcJr- SOwt** » tfm (:*>•* s >*•*'•»* «BM 1 & . ...’ BV *ulN5» ;*m*kr'«MSr4HMA(k)«'' o On»> * »-C*»#C? ’•■ •* •**&*»* *»'*•* *•» 1 BV • :ryjr** i^n, * frlo..- .• . » ‘ *BM **•»*<>«♦ Sy«M»'v' * *»xl rn. . «I*•• * M* v .v portion Ho**'**.» • -rg •'**'*>*'* ■ >• v . 'po»*t* «Mv\¥pot|Uy '•**' JOBS ( ontinucd from Page 5B ship, a trained chef will earn an average $35,000 salary A top flight exec utive chef can earn $200,000 Are health care ben efits and costs a prob lem for your company? Enter the health-care cost manager, a new breed of corporate exec utive who can earn $75,000 to more than $200,000 for helping slash a firm's medical outlays As many as 70 percent of Fortune 500 companies are expected to include this position in their organizational charts by 1995. ENVIRONMENT JOBS If you are interested in cleaning up the planet and protecting it from further exploitation, be come an environmental specialist Technically trained people are most in de mand These include hazardous waste clean up teams, recycling spe cialists and waste han dlmg management ex perts, as well as profes sionals whose expertise overlaps environmental concerns: accountants, attorneys, personnel managers, assessors, heavy equipment opeia tors, geologists, hydrol ogists civil engineers and more TECHNICAL CAREERS We re in the midst of a computer explosion, and job growth in the field is destined to be superb, said Robert and Anne Snellmg, au thors of Jobs' What They Are. Where They Are. What They Pay One excellent entry level job is systems ana • yst These analyze busi ness procedures and problems, and design and test computer pro grams A college degree with an emphasis in computer science can launch a career that starts in the mid $20 000s Also not surprisingly anyone who specializes in computer repair or modification is in an ex cellent position sll\l SI \U \ll t( Congratulations to the graduating class of 1991!