Archive - 2006

I wasn’t aware that this information was so easily accessible. Now that I know this site exists, I will probably think twice about what I buy. Or at least check out the site."
- Emily Munn, a junior exercise science major at Ithaca College.

While the dream sounds amazing, few collegiate stars move from varsity practices to big league starts.

The first phone, a Samsung A920, packs a punch with numerous entertaining media features built into a solid smooth clamshell. The second, an LG 9800, better known as “The V", opens into a stunning keyboard, 320 x 256 pixel screen and two speakers that collectively resemble a miniature laptop.

Killer.

On a sweltering hot August day, North Carolina A & T State University football player Kareem McKelvey swallows a small pill two hours before practice. As he progresses through drills and mini-scrimmages, the team’s assistant trainer watches practice from the sideline, holding a small palm pilot-like device. This device, directly linked to the capsule McKelvey had ingested, gives the trainer an accurate reading of his, and up to 98 others’, body temperatures.
Prevention

With popular first-person shooter games like Counter Strike, Quake, World of Warcraft and Unreal Tournament, these players are gaining attention with highly competitive, adrenaline-driven gaming. Worldwide tournaments feature all the bells and whistles of a techie version of the Super Bowl.

I wouldn’t go as far as celebrity, but the game is growing and I’m glad I’m a part of it. I feel like a pioneer. I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t want to play video games, and I think someday that’ll be a reality."