Junior Dolores Palmieri stops regularly throughout the day at the drinking fountain to fill up her water bottle. Palmieri, having taken a biology honors class as a freshman, knows all too well the germs around the school. “So many people get their faces up close to the nozzle! I feel like it is filled with germs. Also, the knob that you press down on must be gross too! People touch that and then go and touch their eyes or food! Germs will circulate that way,” she explained.

Jillian Ruff

When shown the results, as much as she had prepared herself with her prior knowledge, Palmieri was still in a slight state of shock. Her reaction: “It’s a good thing they sell water in the lunch line.”