Thursday, October 26, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Supply won't satisfy demand, holiday craze
Continued from page 1A
Wells said that getting the Playstation on opening day could be difficult. He estimated that SuperTarget, 3201 Iowa St., would sell out within a half hour and that a line of people would be waiting when the store opened at 8 a.m.
All of the hype might amaze some people, but Allen said it was all in a day's work.
"We've been through this kind of thing with the Furby," she said. "There's always one big item around the holiday season that people get excited about."
Nick Delgadillo, St. Louis sophomore, said he was excited about the Playstation 2 because of the new and improved games that would come out for the machine.
"It's supposed to be the best thing that's coming out right now." he said.
Although Delgadillo doesn't have the money to buy the system, he said he planned to buy it after Christmas.
"If I had money, I would be lining up with the rest of the people at 6 a.m. in the morning," he said.
Matt Thornton, Topeka sopho
'It's supposed to be the
Video Game Breakout
best thing that's coming out right now"
Nick Delgadillo St. Louis sophomore
more, also was excited for the Playstation 2's release. Thornton said even though he decided to wait until next year to buy the Playstation 2, he knew friends who had been on up to three different waiting lists for almost a year and a half.
"They are going to buy every Playstation that they can to pull a black-market move when Christmas time comes," he said.
But Thornton, like Delgadillo,
said he didn't have the $300 to
spend on the Playstation 2.
"If I had $300 allotted away a year ago and got on the waiting list, I would have taken off work tomorrow," Thornton said. "I would have been completely ready."
strate rate: Amount of data
processed at one time
Speed: Data processing rate,
speedertz
Memory: Chips that store data from game cartridge
— Edited by Warisa Chulindra
Atari 2600 (1977)
Atari 2600 (1977)
8-bit 1.19 MHz
128 bytes
Nintendo System (1986)
The home video game systems sold today are fast, colorful and high-tech. Here's a breakdown of how video games have changed since the early 1970s, when they had no color, sound or automatic scoring
The Video Game Age
1962: Steve Russell develops "Spacewar" at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; it offers to other universities.
PONG (Atari)
1972: Magnavox Odyssey,
the first home video game
console; uses scorecards and plastic templates
put over the TV screen for each game.
1980: Mattel releases Intellivision console to compete with Atari
1974: Atari's PONG game; closely resembles Odyssey's tennis game; more than 25 million Atari 2600 game systems sold
1982: Coleo Vision released with the Donkey Kong game pack (shown at right)
1986: Nintendo Entertainment System energizes video game market; more than 62 million consoles sold by 1995
1989: TurboGrafx-16 by NEC, the first game console with a CD-ROM drive
1990: Super Mario Bros. 3 released;becomes top-selling game ever
Coming today:
1996: Nintendo's 64-bit sys tem introduced
Sony PlayStation 2 Uses CD-ROM and DVD disks, has a high-speed Ethernet port; Combines a video game system, and DVD-Video player; 128-bit 294.91 MHz 8 megabytes; 500,000 units of Playstation will be released.
Faculty members discuss ways to improve libraries
writer@kansan.com
Bv Jason Krall
Kansan staff writer
Maintaining the quality of the libraries on campus is important as library staff members hope to provide more electronic resources for outside access, faculty members said yesterday.
KU Libraries has had two meetings this week in hopes of getting student and faculty input on a strategic plan that will guide the libraries' development during the next three years.
Two more meetings are planned, but about seven faculty members who attended a meeting yesterday wanted to make sure that Watson Library remains an "intellectual commons," even as its resources become easier to obtain from a home computer.
Wallace Johnson, professor of East Asian languages, said he was afraid that the cost of bringing more electronic resources to the library would mean less money for purchasing books.
Marianne Reed, senior systems specialist for KU Libraries and a member of its strategic planning steering committee, said funding for books would not be cut.
"There is a rumor going around that somehow
books are going to be sacrificed to fund electronics," Reed told faculty members at the meeting. "That rumor is not true."
Some suggested that improvements be made to the libraries to draw in more students.
Michele Eodice, director of the KU Writing Center, said she envisioned Watson Library as a more stimulating environment, with amenities such as a coffee and juice bar.
Johnson said students and faculty needed to be included on planning committees.
but keeo said the committee was comprised of library staff members only, and the committee would seek faculty and student input through open meetings and e-mail.
The library developed its last strategic plan in 1993, said librarian Jim Neely, chair of the committee. Funding sources for projects within the plan will be identified in later stages, but the University's next capital campaign, expected to begin seeking funds next fall, is one possible source, Neely said.
Another meeting for student input will be Monday at 3 p.m. in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union. The committee will seek more faculty input at a meeting tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. in the Frontier Room of the Burge Union.
— Edited by Shawn Hutchinson
kyan McKinney, Toppeka senior, uses one of the two computers available on the fourth floor at Anschutz Science Library. Library personnel are working on a plan to keep up with computer technology and availability. Photo Illustration by Tara Kraus/KANSAN
Engineering class alters curriculum
Bv Jennifer Valadez
By Jennifer Valades
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Engineering Communication to Non-Technical Populations, or ENGR 514/PHX 514, is a class that requires students to go to local elementary schools and conduct presentations. At the elementary schools, the class is called Go-Tech.
A course previously offered at the University of Kansas has been restructured to enhance the experience it provides for students.
Before the restructuring, KU students presented to individual fourth-, fifth- and sixthgrade classrooms. Now, they will present to elementary students in a mass assembly three times a week. And instead of presenting as individuals or duos, the KU students will present in larger groups.
Cheryl Cox, engineering administration coordinator and Go-Tech coordinator, said the class now was being offered to students in chemistry and physics, and chemical, civil and mechanical engineering. She said the course would be offered in the spring and would continue to be offered each semester.
"The students will develop presentations on their areas of discipline to be made to nontechnical audiences," she said. "Students will present their ideas in an informative and challenging but educational way, and it will be fun."
Katie Allen. Independence, Mo., junior and Go-Tech student coordinator, said students taking the class would benefit by presenting to the elementary school students.
"They will learn better by reteaching what they've already learned in a way that fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders will understand," she said. "They will develop applications of what they've learned."
"They will go as interdisciplinary teams to present to the fourth., fifth- and sixth-grade groups." she said.
Cox said the schools involved were Riverside Elementary School and Pinckney Elementary School, but she was expecting more to sign up.
we're anticipating having a very good representation of schools in Lawrence," Cox said. "We hope to have all of them."
Edited by Amy Randolph
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2 day book sale
please note: valid KU CARD required 8-10am each day
thursday,october 26 friday,october 27 TODAY! 8am-4pm
and spanish literature)
friday,october 27: half price sale 1-3pm $1 per bag 3-4pm
humanities, social sciences, engineering, science materials anthropology, business, history, english and american language and literature economics,education,engineering,political science,sociology,reference books including dictionaries, science,slavic language and literature, women's studies (also smaller amounts of material in classics,french literature,philosophy,religion,
H. O. P. E. Award Honor for Outstanding Progressive Educator
BOCO
Board Of Class Officers
- Nomination forms are available for pick up and drop off in the Organizations and Leadership Office on the 4th floor of the Kansas Union.
- Nominations are due by 5:00 p.m.Friday, October $ 27^{\mathrm{th}} $ ,2000.
- Elections will be held November 1 $ ^{\mathrm{st}} $ and 2 $ ^{\mathrm{nd}} $ in front of Strong Hall from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. The top five finalist will be interviewed by the Senior Advisory Board.
- The Senior Class Officers will present the winner Saturday, November 11th,2000 at half time of the KU - Texas game.
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