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Wednesday, October 4,1995 v immmmtMrn Mingling witl LUCY ARNOLD Features Editor of US' axr USC alumni are getting ready to , "dance the night away" this Home- pV?, coming weekend. Dradl The Alumni Association is once 8 again sponsoring the annual Tea Dance ^ ^ as one of its homecoming festivities. ^ This post-game blast is open to the public, although alumni are obvious- recer ly targeted. Alum The Tea Dance is not a new addi- a^ tion to the Homecoming calendar. a 1 "It has been a longstanding tradition for 30 years, maybe longer . . f than that," said Lynn \ W** Bradley, director of spe- - |f' cial programs for the Alumni Association. "It . started off as a place | > % ; where the Gamecock Orchestra would play." . The Gamecock Orchestra? They were a musical group atUSC way back where Now a modern band plays at the event *? each year. This year, Second Nature en to will be the featured group. John "Ifs more of a party band," Bradley Chris said. "For the first time, we're ap- M pealing to our younger alumni." befori Second Nature plays dance mu- cbana sic, including just about any genre ^ ^ that's popular. w Besides music, food and a cash bar t] will be available. The event will be ^1 held at 4 p.m. at the National Guard ^a^ a Armory. Tickets are $4 and anyone Embe is welcome to this (hopefully!) Car- l?wec olina victory party. Earr < Another Carolina tradition is the are n< USC Alumni Awards Dinner. This E( event gives the association the op- *her < portunity to present awards to many Alum Anc These days, when the rich and famous want to plan a meeting, they might utter the phrase, Til have my people call your people." In the future, the rich and famous (and the not-so-richand-famous) may say something like, Til have my PDA schedule it with your PDA" For those of you who don't understand the jargon I just slung at you: A PDA is a "Personal Digital Assistant" (Although, PDA can also stand for Tain in the Digital Ass," depending on who you talk to.) This acronym has come to represent what many in the telecommunications industry see as the future of scheduling and personal communication. Yes, in a few years, your trusty DayTimers and Mortar Boards will have gone the way of the dodo, only to be replaced with high-speed, hyperconnected digital equivalents. For some people, this technological revolution is already a reality While there is no hard-and-fast rule, PDAs are usually portable, hand-held devices that schedule your day, take notes, keep track of contacts, handle e-mail, etc. More importantly, these [unctions are done intelligently. Repetitive tasks are automated by the machine. 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"It has photographs, it B ibout the award winner..., and A also have a message from Hootie le Blowfish." jotie and the Blowfish will be zing the Outstanding Young ni Award, but they are unable V ;nd. Fortunately, they are send- H tideo recorded response to their award. Other awards be- ^B -y-s. ing presented are the B % ] Distinguished Alumni f I Award to Charles P. /1 Austin, the Outstand|||| ing Black Alumni . j - Award to Willie Lee Jf I Catoe and the Algernon r Sidney Sullivan Award to Dr. J. Preston Darby. I morary Lifetime Memberships Alumni Association will be giv- B Augusta Baker, Bob Fulton, H Ducate Jr., Joe Pinner and Dr. H topher Sharp. any groups will hold reunions ^B e the dinner, giving them the e to catch up with old classmates iends. Groups from the 50s and % ill be holding their reunions at B % ime. W le dinner will be held this Fri- V ^ 17 p.m. in the ballroom of the issy Suites Hotel. It will be fol1 by a dance featuring Jimmy mmrnm St His Orchestra. Reservations scessaiy. >r further information about eiif these events, call the USC ni Association at 777-4111. B I you though is possible between PDAs and other PDAs/computers. Many perform miraculous feats, like faxing, beaming data through the air, dialing the phone for you and recognizing your handwriting. "That sounds nice," you're saying to yourself. "So, why haven't I seen these things around?" Principally, PDAs haven't taken off because the cost for good ones can easily be more than $500. Because the cost of a PDA is so high, the industry isn't growing. In fact, some estimates show it shrinking and recent layoffs by some PDA manufacturers seem to support those estimates. This saddens me, because I happen to think the PDA concept has tremendous potential. Being the technonerd that I am, I ran out and bought a PDA as soon as I could afford one. In my case, the Apple Newton MessagePad 110 has been a solid performer. However, not everyone is as fond of intelligent assistant technology as I am. "I can do the same thing a $500 PDA can do with a notepad and papeF," is one comment I often hear. The Newton has taken particularly bad hits because it uses handwriting recognition that was, in the beginning, ...uh...less than perfect It got so bad that Gany Trudeau did a whole IB i *""' fl BADM BADM X JflBMr^%f| BADM badm CHEM ENGL 1 ENGL I T I ENGL[ ipnra I nvPQ* r.poi > IV1XVU UV ? vu? y Hot Meals In A Crispy Crust. Gl NT^I i lausage & Pepperoni Pizza Deluxe GINT"1! Turkey, Broccoli & Cheese tint ^ * Chicken Fajita ^ ' : u"L?-^. GIN I 51 OTPOCKETS IIEANfQCXERl 11132 | 5 43695 30033 3 j ETC. ^ kw? fl TTVTTVT JINJJI it PDA was series in "Dooneslast name of a pro- lulhl^^^l fessor on my Newt TECHNOBABBLE and it interpreted it ? T~^ :? as the word "violat- Marc LaP?"n'a"> ed!" (Do you think it's trying to tell me something?) So, obviously there is still room for improvement. Despite, the shortcomings of the Newt and other PDAs, I believe that one day they will become as useful and commonplace as a DayTimer. It's just going to take some time. Like the first computers to roll off the assembly lines, the first PDAs have often been lacking in power and ease of use. However, also like computers, PDAs will mature with time, becoming more powerful and intelligent each year. Do you really need a PDA? Well, I wouldn't * f* > * it . a i l J place any 01 tne current crop in tne must nave Set paid 43 See 002 HIST I f2 0 See 001 HIST 327 20 See 001 HIST 538 225 See 003 MATH I 11 E376 See 851. MATH 122 465 See 001 MATH 550 559 See 001 MUSCIIO 112 all'Sections NURS 223 )2 See 004-6 OA DM 240 10! -See 005 PHIL 102 587 See 005 PSYC 226 i463 Sec 851 PSYC227 '101 See 801 PSYC3I0 398 . 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"So, H i J ___ xi i._ ow | aoanaon mem to ignorance: , Bf Conservative groups immed B . criticized the NARAL survey, ai B that abstinence programs like S HB sped, used in 1,600 school districts ^B "Kids want to learn about ho1 ^B why, to say no to sex," said Caia nBl aids, spokeswoman for Focus on thi ' ^B ily in Colorado Springs, Colo. "S ^B don't we implement public polic reflects that?" ^B Communities from Califor ^B Louisiana to New York have foe recent years over condom distril ^B AIDS education and teaching abst ^B Since 1994, five states ? Missii ^B North Carolina, Oklahoma, South ^B ta and Texas ? have passed lav ^B hibiting, restricting or discouragir ^B prehensive sexual education, N/ ^B survey found. Such laws were pr ^B in a total of 27 states. ^B North Carolina's law says absl ^B until marriage must be the focus sex education course. It requires i to show parents any materials SR SI a couple thii category, but they do qualify as a cool, fun way to organize your life. I even know people who take their PDAs to business meetings and inJ. l *. 1?i ?i ujrviews as a sun, ui status syniuui tu siiuw uiat they are connected and "technohip." I guess you could say the PDA is the latest, greatest toy of the digital age. People justify it as useful, but really buy it because it's fun. If you subscribe to the philosophy of "The one who dies with the most toys wins," then a PDA is definitely for you. Although, I recently reminded someone of another motto: "The one who dies with the most toys, still dies." In short, if you have $200-$500 to kick around, then a PDA might be worth considering. But, I wouldn't go into hock for one just yet. Will a PDA really help you? WeU, I was chronically late to classes and meetings before I got my PDA and I am still chronically late after sev eral months of using it. I forgot people's names pre-Newt and I still can't remember them postL Newt. So, my PDA has not revolutionized my life, or freed me from all earthly worries. It is a fancy method of keeping names, lists, notes and dates straight. I personally find it to be an effiI A night you but a night MASTER HYPNO' ?2" Gary Conr See 001 see 002 Taking you on a comedic See 002 see ooi where the boundaries fa see ooi as the imagination will See 002 See (K)3 a* (X)3 TUE-THUR See 002 8:30 PM I See OOI $6 See (X)2 See OOI Wed. & 1st she ooi I 004 Accommodai Find out wher bands are pic O Shopp Enter 3 they are used. Laws in Oklahoma, Mississippi and Texas are similar, n con- c . u n w i j , . , South Dakota repealed a mandate ntion requiring schools to teach about AIDS. ' Twenty-two states require schools to S SU^" teach some sex education, said NARAL , president Kate Michelman. Nineteen jnougn ^ states prevent schools from handing out )r sex- , r . conaoms. ^ 1?n" But Mockaitis said schools shouldn't . " take the lead in sex education. s f31 ' "Schools should reinforce the values and ^ ??~ messages that parents are trying to teach merry, ^eir children," she said. "Instead, they reinforce the messages the culture bomwe bards our children with." ? Newberry noted that his suburban Liately Washington, D.C., district allows par guing en^g 0pt their children out from a speex Re- cihc lesson, or the entire sex education , work, program. Only 2.5 percent of parents of w, and elementary school students, and 1 perMock cent of high school students' parents e Fam- choose that option. !o why Evelyn Shalom, a health teacher at :y that Ridgewood High School in Bergen County, N.J., said she fears for teenagers if nia to her state's legislature chooses to restrict ight in sex education. nition, ?I would, of course, like for young peoinence. pie to abstain from sexual intercourse," ssippi, Shalom said. "But I also think that stul Dako- dents are going to make a whole range vs pro- of choices. And I want to help them make ig com- informed choices." JtAL's Even when schools teach abstinence oposed only, teenagers still are bombarded by sexual messages from films, TV and adtinence vertisements, Shalom said, of any "Part of what we're doing in schools schools is counteracting the effect of the media before and the culture as a whole," she said. EGE Ig... cient and enjoyable way to do these things, but your mileage may vary. (My Newt-even has a name: Yoda. Why Yoda? Well, just like the "Star Wars" jedi master, my Newt is small and wise.) Which PDA is the best? To tell the truth, I can't tell you because I haven't tried 'em all Unfortunately, I don't have thousands of dollars to spend to do in-depth research about which personal assistant is the best of the bunch. I love my Newt, but I have no idea how it really compares to General Magic's Magic Cap or any of the other PDA-types out there. If you are considering a PDA purchase, be sure to comparison shop to find the right fit and functions for you. And, as my Newton's namesake would say, "May the force be with you." Marc LaFountain, a journalism senior, can be emailed at lafountain-martf@sc.edu. To subscribe to an electronic version of this column, send email to listserv@univscvm.csd.sc.edu with "SUB TBABBLE YourFirstName YourLastName" in the body of the message. won't remember, you can't forget... FIST BHOW wSpfcjeiaJ Givaogta FRJ & SAT SUNDAY 8:00 & 10:30 8:00 $9 $6 >w Friday are non-smoking lions Provided by Travelodge tainment Wo|^a|. Je- SnBpper