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College Wi-Fi woes
Colleges shouldn’t ban wireless
Internet completely because of a
few students who misuse it
Kyle Steele
The Clackamas Print
Wi-Fi shouldn’t be banned in schools, but
there should be rules and regulations to Wi-Fi
use.
I’ve had many classes here at Clackamas
where the teacher is giving a lecture, and behind
me is an individual typing on their laptop during
the lecture and interrupting everyone. They are
looking up MySpace, sending their friends mes
sages of such great importance as: “Dude, that
message was so kewl.” Or, “Check her out. She
' is very kewl,”
while spell
ing “cool”
wrong.
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Schools have already tried to ban Wi-Fi. For
example, the University of Texas tried to in
2004, but gave in after students pointed to an
FCC notice that allowed them to continue to
run Wi-Fi in schools. But*this issue was more
about Wi-Fi in the student dorms and not so
much about during classes.
Schools should just look at altering rules and
policies instead of punishing all students for
something only a few students abuse.
Wi-Fi is a double-edged sword. It can help in
the classroom to do research. It can also make
cheating much easier by using devices that can
connect to the Internet, such as Sony PSP.
During lectures, students on computers- can
distract the class and instructor. However,
Wi-Fi isn’t nearly as bad as someone listen
ing to the radio during Jammin’ 95.5’s “The
PlayHouse” very loudly during class.
I feel to combat any of the distractions dur
ing class the instructor must
initiative to
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iPods: they're taking over the wdÿd
, Derek Erickson
J | The Clackamas Print
Can you remember the record
player? The crackles and scratches
putting you to sleep as Pink Floyd
hummed away on the needle... yeah,
me neither..
There is no doubting lhe venues
in which we listen to music on-the-
go are changing. MP3 players have
busted on lhe scene, bringing options
and variety to the portable music
scene.
When file sharing programs
bounced back from the Napster blow,
music was abundant and everyone
needed a place to store it
This is when the iPod first came
out, just another MP3 player amongst
the rest It had a program for the
Apple computer called iTunes and
was very expensive. Other compa
nies still thrived in the competitive
market of MP3 players.
But over time things changed,
iTunes moved to the PC and made
paying $1 for songs seem ... almost
cool. People hypnotically slapped
down cash to get their songs the legal
way. I watohed in awe, clutching my
Rio “Cali” close, enjoying the free
dom from consumer pressure.
Then it happened, the iPod Shuffle
smashed onto the scene. It (¿me with
a $99 price tag and thé ability to
... randomize? That’s right, you can
randomize your songs so that you
don’t know what the hell’s “cornin’
at ya” next
This is when the commercials
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started pouring in. Every musical
flavor of the week, bolstered by a
few classics, either had a song for the
commercials or had their silhouette
dancing about like they didn’t just
pay $99 for spontaneity.
Everyone is catering to this new
trend. Online media is available in
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load to one’s iPod. iPods can now
play videos as well and there seems
to be nothing left for them to accom
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can dance to all of your
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com. They also sell iPod lockdown
security devices, cases, earphones
and an assortment of attachable and
portable speakers.
With all of die available acces
sories, the apparent monopoly and
the amounts of suckered customers,
iPod is looking like its going to very
quickly take over the world. I just
hope that they start offering iPod
implantation surgeries - maybethen
the iPod will be small enough.
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