1997_08 The Daily Collegian August 1997

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Friday, August 27,1997
Timeout
Bits,
Pieces
& Stuff
By David Childers
Newest Friday feature to hit
the Daily Collegian: It's called
Bits. Pieces & Stuff. It was spe¬
cially designed for your abbrevi¬
ated attention span.
First apology of the semes¬
ter: Normally we would have a
motion picture review for your
reading pleasures on Friday, but
there were no films available for
today.
First non-apology of the se¬
mester: If you have seen the
movies slated lor release. I think
you would agree you're not miss¬
ing much
Movie I have nightmares
about reviewing this semester:
Three words - Home Alone 3.
Best concert of the summer:
The Offspring and the Vandals at
the Rainbow Ballroom. You have
to love the Offspring's lead
singer Dexter Holland. It took
him all of 30 seconds to do his
first stage dive.
Best fight at a concert this
summer: The tour manager of
Collective Soul going nose-to-
nose with a Rainbow Ballroom
staff member. Free piece of ad¬
vice to the Rainbow - find some
staff members who understand
that they arc rent-a-cops at a
small-town venue and NOT se¬
cret service agents protecting the
president.
Best move by a Fresno State
employee: Don't let anybody
fool you - Star 101 did not sign
the Wallflowers to play at their
birthday party. That honor went
to the USU's concert booking
agent Victoria Uratta. Whoever
is responsible, it should be the
most exciting thing to happen on
campus outside of an ASI meet¬
ing.
The "you can't beat quan¬
tity" award: New Rock 104.
Nine bands at one gathering, and
apparently they will announce
the biggest band today at 5 p.m.
I definitely don't have any inside
information, but I'll guess any¬
way. Sur\jey says — The Foo
Fighters.
David Childers is a Liberal
Studies major and the Collegian's
entertainment guru. You can e-
mail him at dchild@psnw.com.
Electronic gizmos top
college students' wish list
By Leslie Weddell
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Sure, saving for college tuition
is a high priority, but so is saving
for the really important things like
music, clothes and electronic
equipment.
A recent study conducted by "U.
The National College Magazine"
asked 675 students at 25 colleges
what items were on their "ultimate
wish list."
Among the most popular items
were cordless phones, CD players
and TV/video equipment.
Some of the newest products on
the market are: Compact micro¬
wave ovens with auto-touch con¬
trols, instant start keys, lO.program-
niable power levels and 700 watts
of power might induce your student
lo do more than pop popcorn and
re.-heat pizza; suggested retail price
S149. Digital phones with caller ID.
call wailing and a 50-number call
log means your kid will never miss
a call or lose a phone number - criti¬
cal matters to college students;
S279.
A 13-inch TV/VCR combina¬
tion unit that incorporates big-
screen features such as an on-screen
menu with a full-function VCR.
The compact size is ideal for
cramped dorm quarters; $379. A
mini-system, complete with a three-
CD drawer load, three-way sur¬
round-sound and dual cassette al¬
lows students to do a lot more than
play their favorite music.
An A/V function hooks the unit
up with a TV and VCR, creating a
'■dorm-enlertainment system."
Just what you wanl - the roar of
the football stadium inside your
room; $399.
If you do purchase some (or all)
of the latest technology or any- tech¬
nology make certain that it is cov¬
ered by insurance.
A 1995 survey by the Chronicle
of Higher Education reported
16,011 acts of burglary at 489 col¬
leges and universities with 5.(KM)
students or more.
The personal possessions of
dorm-dwelling students arc covered
by their parents' homeowners
policy.
New students should consult
their parent's insurance agent to be
sure that expensive.computcrs. ste¬
reos and televisions arc fully cov¬
ered.
Students who live off campus
are no longer covered by their par¬
ents' homeowners insurance; these
students should purchase renter's
insurance to cover their belongings.
Having electronic items en¬
graved with your driver's license
number and state of residency also
helps police track stolen items.
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Canadian students face soaring tuition fees
Reaier
OTTAWA— Most Canadian
university students will be hit with
big hikes in tuition fees when they
return to class this fall, Statistics
Canada said on Monday. Tuition
for undergraduate arts students
rose an average of 8.7 percent to
C$3.117 for the 1997-98 academic
year compared to C$2,867 in the
previous year. SlatsCan said.Arts
tuition fees increased in every prov¬
ince except Quebec, the agency
said.
Most university programs have
tuition rates similar to the rate
charged for arts, except for higher
fees for medicine, dentistry, engi¬
neering and architecture.
Since 1985, tuition fees in arts
'programs have more than doubled.
while the cost of living in Canada
has increased 37 percent. StatsCan
said.
Over the past 15 years, tuition
fees have become an increasingly
important part of university rev¬
enue. In 1981-1982, tuition made
up about eight percent of total op¬
erating revenue for universities,
StatsCan said. Fifteen years later.
the amount almost doubled to 14.5
percent.
StatsCan estimated that total
expenses for an arts student at the
University of Toronto for the 1997-
98 academic year would total up to
C$10,940. At the University ol
Saskatchewan, a full year would
cost an arts student arounJ
C$7,148.
West Virginia U. earns No. 1 Party School title
College Press Service
MORGANTOWN. W, Va.-Dc-
bauchery reigns at'Wcst Virginia
University.
Well, that's according to an an¬
nual student survey by Princeton
Review, which recently gave WVU
the nod as the No. 1 party school in
the country.
The distinction-which often en¬
dears students but dismays faculty-
is based on the popularity of alco¬
hol, drugs, the Greek system and,
last but not least, studying on cam¬
pus.
"School isn't taken very seri¬
ously here," an anonymous WVU
junior told the Princeton Review.
The test-preparation company
based their rankings on a survey of
56.000 college students.
"Drinking is a way of life." an¬
other reported.
WVU. nestled in the Appala¬
chian hills, knocked out last year's
party school, Florida State Univer¬
sity, from the top spot. Behind
WVU were University of Wiscon¬
sin at Madison, State University of
New York-Albany. University of
Colorado at Boulder and Trinity
College in Hartford, Conn. Round¬
ing out the top 10 list was Florida
State, Emory University, the Uni¬
versity of Kansas, the University of
Vermont, and Louisiana State Uni¬
versity.
As part of its annual survey, the
Princeton Review polled 56.000
students and ranked colleges in 61
other categories as well.
The vote for No. 1 "Stone Cold
Sober School" went to California
Institute of Technology, where cam¬
pus life is described as "Sleep,
study, socialize: Pick two," accord¬
ing to the Princeton Review.
Other categories included:
• Best food: Deep Springs Col¬
lege in California.
• Future Rolarians: U.S. Nasal
Academy.
• Dorms like palaces: Randolph
Macon Woman's College.
• Worst dorms: Tuskegee Uni
versity.
• Happy students: Washington
and Lee University.
• Students never stop studying
Princeton University.
• Student almost never study
University of Missouri at Colum
bia.
• Best quality of life: Universit>
of Richmond.
• Jock school: Wabash College
Barbie puts on University of Virginia Orange
By Matt White
Newport News Daily Press
NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Barbie
is going to college.
Under a new licensing arrange¬
ment, customized versions of
America's favorite plastic sweet¬
heart are selling at 19 big colleges
around the country, including the
University of Virginia at
Charlottesville.
The deal puts the Mattel doll,
dubbed University Barbie, into
school bookstores on some of the
nation's highest-profile campuses,
outfitted in school-specific cheer¬
leader uniforms.
Or were you expecting Organic
Chem lab suits?
The dolls have been on sale
since July on campus and in sur¬
rounding areas, with schools and
Mattel reporting huge sales.
"Somebody stopped me the
other day and told mc they bought
one." said UVAchcerleading coach
Kelly Carter. Still, she said, the
cheerleading uniform that all the
different Barbies wear is the same
design, with only appropriate col¬
on and logos added, and doesn't
match U.Va.'s real uniforms.