Chicago Tribune July 23, 2000 'THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT' What worries high school students? According to more than 1,500 students from 64 high schools in Illinois, Connecticut, Nebraska and Rhode Island, their top concerns are damage to the global environment and the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. The students were recently polled as part of their participation in the Capitol Forum on America's Future, an education program developed by Brown University's Choices for the 21st Century Education Project. They were asked to choose their three top concerns from a list of 12. Their top four concerns were that damage to the global environment will become irreparable (54 percent), nuclear, biological and chemical weapons will proliferate (49 percent), the U.S. will drain its resources trying to solve other countries' problems (37 percent), and increasing immigration will exacerbate strains in our society (31 percent). The Illinois schools that participated included Gordon Tech and Lincoln Park in Chicago, Maine Township High School in Park Ridge, Streamwood High School and Wheeling High School. Complete poll results are available at www.choices.edu/capitolforum.html.