6A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 2002
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The debut of two new video game consoles by Microsoft and Nintendo has done little to damage the popularity of Sony's one-year-old PlayStation 2.
PS2remainstop system
The PlayStation 2 has the widest fan base, said Ethan Parker, employee at Game Guy Video Games, 7 E. Seventh St.
"The PlayStation 2 has more games than the other systems and you can play the old PlayStation games too," he said. "It also plays DVDs out of the box."
Despite releases of Xbox, GameCube, year-old system still selling strong
Josh Mayhle, Kansas City, Mo sophomore, said the PlayStation has a better game selection because of contracts with game companies.
"Sony has exclusive deals with some companies," he said. "These companies only make games for the PlayStation."
Boyce Richardson, Girard sophomore, said he owned both a PlayStation 2 and the new Nintendo GameCube. He agreed that Sony's game selection was better, but that the Xbox is best for multi player action.
"The GameCube is more fun if you have people using all four controllers," Richardson said.
"The PlayStation 2 has more games than the other systems and you can play the old PlayStation games too."
Ethan Parker
He chose to buy the GameCube because he heard of rumors of the Microsoft's Xbox system crashing.
"I paid $420 for the Xbox and two games. I sold one and only got 450 bucks out of it," Newell said. "The other was sitting in my apartment so long I finally opened the box and played it. It was not worth the money. It was the biggest waste of money I made all year."
Scott Newell, Topea junior said he saw the debut of the Xbox as a way to make money. He purchased two of the game consoles to sell on the auction web site, E-bay.
"the PlayStation 2 is still $300—the same price as the Xbox," he said. "But you have to pay $200 more for a modem and a hard drive, and the Xbox comes with that. So if you are comparing apples to apples, it is $500 to $300."
an year. Jeff Fox, owner of Game X Change, 800 W. 23rd St., said the PlayStation 2 is the best game system for college-aged players.
"Nintendo is marketed toward kids and families," Fox said. "Sony markets PlayStation toward 20-to 30-year-old males."
Fox said from a price stand-
point, the Xbox was a better buy.
apples, it is not.
Although the Xbox does come with a modem and hard drive,
Fox said Microsoft hasn't made an issue of it's added amenities
"They haven't pushed it hard yet," Fox said. "Sega tried it with the Dreamcast and that company went out of business."
Parker said the instability of the video game industry also may be a reason why more people turn to companies normally associated with game consoles like Sony and Nintendo.
"The Xbox is by Microsoft and they don't know what they are doing," Parker said. "They always go with the idea bigger is better, and that is not always the case."
Contact Tims at jtims@kansan.com. This story was edited by Jeremy Clarkson.
THESYSTEMS
PlayStation 2
Made by Sony,
Debut: Oct. 26, 2000
Games: More than 200, and plays
DVD
Two controller ports, comes with
one controller
Extra Controllers: $35
Games: $50
Console: $300
XBox
XBOX
Made by Microsoft
Debut: Nov. 15, 2001
Games: 48
Plays DVD, but DVD controller is
sold separately
DVD remote: $30
Four controller ports, comes with
one controller
Extra Controllers: $40
Games: $50
Console: $300
GameCube
GameCube
Made by Nintendo
Debut: Nov. 18, 2001
Games: 99
Four controller ports, comes with one controller
Extra Controllers: $35
A $15 memory card is needed to save games.
Games: $50
Console: $200
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SOURCES: SCEA.COM, XBCOOM.COM AND NINTENDO.COM
Before the accident, Weaver was an active person. In high school, he started for the varsity lacrosse team and ran cross-country and track.
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Extreme sports like bungee jumping and parachuting also appealed to him, so when a friend offered to take him and others bridge diving, he took the opportunity.
They went to a bridge northwest of Topeka that stood about 50 feet over the water.
They checked the water depth before jumping, and none of them could touch the bottom.
But at the top, no one wanted to go first.
"We all got up there and, 'Oh, man, there's no way,' Weaver said, "But I'm like, 'We drove 45 minutes. We're not just going to
stand here."
Weaver jumped first, without incident, and several others followed.
wrong, though, when everyone came down and they all went behind my back and no one said anything," Weaver said.
Weaver went to jump a second time while his friend Jake Weller, Wichita sophomore, stood on the shore to take a picture.
But when Weaver jumped, he lost his balance. Instead of hitting the water with his feet, he landed on his rear end.
"I could tell something was
"When I hit the water, I knew I was in deep trouble," he said. "I was lying face down. My back was throbbing. I felt like I had knives all over. And I stuck my head up and I screamed."
When Weaver hit the water his spine compressed like an accordion, fracturing two vertebrae.
Weller was the first to reach Weaver and bring him to shore. Weaver said he didn't think his injury was too bad at first.
Weller described the lump he and his friends had observed in the silence.
"It was probably about a half inch out of his back," he said. "It was just huge. It looked like someone had hit him with a softball right there."
While Weaver and his friends did have cell phones, no one knew how to direct an ambulance to the site. The group made the decision to try to move him.
After carrying him up a hill, under the bridge and to the car, his friends drove him to a Topeka hospital. Weller said he could tell Weaver was in a lot of pain.
"Every bump hurt. Every turn hurt," Weller said. "When you speed up, that hurts. When you slow down, that hurts."
After contacting Weaver's parents, who were on vacation in Italy, he underwent surgery to fuse the damaged vertebrae. Weaver then went through months of physical therapy to repair the torn muscles, ligaments and tendons in his back.
"You realize how lucky you are, how lucky I've been," Weaver said. "how many times I could have paralyzed.
One doctor told Weaver that most similar patients are permanently paralyzed. But instead of a wheelchair, he has an 8-inch scar as a reminder.
"The doctor looked at me and was like, 'You're a very lucky kid.'"
Contact Pracht at apracht@ kansan.com. This story was edited by Jenna Gofffert.
TUITION
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"I appreciate all of the time Provost Shulenburger gave to us, but I still think it is inadequate," said Jonathan Ng. Leawood junior and CLAS student senator. "The administration has more resources, and they haven't fully
allocated them in order to get the message out to students about the tuition dialogues."
Jason Ranard, Grand Island, Neb. freshman, said he thought the dialogue could have been more in-depth and more students should have known about it.
"I don't think it was publicized very well because the student body was missing a lot of good opinions and questions," he said.
Shulenburger said he thought the dialogue was a good start.
"What I would like for the future are more suggestions," he said.
Shulenburger plans to meet with graduate students and
members of Student Senate at 6 p.m. tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Chancellor Hemenway will meet with the Round Table Thursday at the English Room.
Contact Carr at mcarr@kansan.com. This story was edited by Kristi Henderson.
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