Record-Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 19

Tuesday January 9 1996 Pag 19 Classified 21-24 cCortl3oQm Are you wired yet? College papers linked by Internet By Nick Goldin New York Timas News Sendee The first organization to link college papers around E-mail addresses is the University Wire based in Evanston IIL The University Wire or U-Wire is an electronic news service that collects and distributes local cam- pus news among a network of 18 daily campus newspapers including The Yale Daily News the Oklahoma Daily of the University of Oklahoma at Norman and The Daily Texan of the University of Texas at Austin Christina Headrick the editor in chief of The Daily Northwestern said her paper has been using U-Wire stories on a regular basis since E-mail made it easier last spring much better dun running a wire service story" Headrick said "Not only will those stories be printed in The Chicago Tribune but U-Wire stories serve our specific readers Among the stories that have moved on the U-Wire in die last several months are a piece from die Please see College 20 After a recent list compiled by four Cornell freshmen of reasons why women have freedom of speech" was distributed to lens of thousands of people via die Internet students at several other colleges as well as Cornell read shout it in their campus newspapers But unlike most out-of-town news that appears in university publications the articles about die misogynist E-mail message weren't taken from The Associated Press or any other major wire service They woe distributed by electronic mail from a service run especially for campus news In an age when an increasing number of Americans are embracing die convenience and efficiency of electronic mail college newspaper editors have found that the new technology enables their papers to cover events from other schools with a regularity that was never before possible How to use to help with your studies use the global network in her job as information systems librarian at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute observes that the network is home to current information shout hundreds of academic disciplines focused dikussionsj and more She offers these dps on getting the mo6t out of the Internet: Getting started Buy a guidebook but tty to read it all at once Keep it pn band for reference Check out courses on using the network schools libraries Internet service providers and local computer stores are sources As soon as possible look for information resources offered on the Internet and use them as questions come up Farrington recommends the internet Please see Studies 20 '7 TROY NY (AP) The Internet can help you with your studies and perhaps even I help you find a job Polly-Alida Farrington who has taught hundreds of students and professors bow to Do you have home computer? iv- n- Or do you work with computers at school? If so let us know how you use your computer for an upcoming story ri Do you use on-line services or the internet? Send your response to Computer Pod Recordjoumal 1 1 i A Crown SL Meriden Conn 06450 or e- mail it to 76435 l370compusefvecom -f- MustnSon by Dorothy ToiTMRscord-JoumsI even better in its sequel form By William SchHfmann fls there jV i tOi i vr you? Video Games poor Jim and you lose a ton of life points In another Jim turns up as a blind salamander in a digestive tract full of pinball bumpers Then the chair ride in which Bim climbs up several stairs in one of those chairs for people' who have difficulty climbing As he goes he must dodge old ladies falling from the floors above There are animals galore including pigs Jim uses as weights and cows which get kidnapped in one area and tell you what a great job you've done when you complete a level Graphics are even better than in EWJ1 bizarre and otherworldly with excellent details great colon (green is especially well done) and fantastic variety Sound effects including comments the -sploosh of squishing puppies and the symphonic accompaniment to the salamander section (and the panicked screams when it hits the wriggling red walls) are excellent Control is simple with the d-pad handling Jim's movements and the buttons his guns his whiplilce head and Snott's activities The fun comes in dealing with the challenging puzzles and secret rooms and how to conquer each level's obstacles Creating a sequel that's not a rip-off is touch the folks at Playmate have pulled it off with EWJ2 and proved once again that a 16-bit cart can hold its own against foe new CD players if you put some effort into it Let's go fishin' I'll bring the worm One of the most unlikely video game heroes of all time a worm is making a comeback and even better the second time around Sequels usually satisfying as the original But with Earthworm Jim 2 (Play-mates for SNES) you get the original plus -r remember EWJ pistol-pack-ing wonn with die whippy head off on a quest to find his true love Princess What's-Her- Name while evading his archenemy PtyCrow This time Jim has a bunch of new guns including a screen-clearing Bam Blaster some hooting missiles and a totally useless bubble gun which causes no damage but is fun to watch And he has a new pal a green charmer named Snott who lives in Jim'i backpack Snott isn't a freeloader he earns his keep by turning into a parachute or a sort of Indiana Jones bullwhip sticking to gooey green areas above and letting Jim swing to otherwise out-of-reach places Levels seem even larger and more complicated than before There is a reward though lev-: el-ending bosses are pretty weak 1 There are strange special sections too In be- tween groups of levels Jim must use huge marshmallows to bounce tossed puppies in the air and across a courtyard to a funnel held by Peter the pooch called Puppy Love Jim starts out with four pups credit Each time you miss one and it goes splat one is deducted When the four are gone a vicious dog attacks there is share your poetry ifwith us We publish -V poems from teen 5 writers in our Poetry? remember they have 1 rhyiine If you have a poem please send it to Poetry Comer jTeen Page Record-journal IlCrown St Meriden Conn 06450 Or you may fax it to (203) 639-021 0 or e-mail it to us at: compuservecom Need school advice? Plenty of books available Freidman Bade to School College Survival Strategies for Aduh (Arcq $1295 paperback) by Ffonk Bruno Admissions for the High School (Facts mi Hie $995 paperback) by Jack DiSalvo and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo "The Princeton ReviewStudentfAcce Guide to Paying for College" (Villaid-Random House $16 paperback) by Kalman A Chany with Geoff Maitz Money for (Facts on File $1495 paperback) by Laurie Blum "Flee (And Almost Five) Educational Oji-portunities for (John Wiley Sotii $1495 papeiback) by Gail Grand There are plenty of bodes to help academic wannabes make the grade or gain admissions These are either on the market now or are due for updates this fall: School selections "The Princeton Review Student Access Guide to the Best 309 Colleges 1996 Edition" (Villaid-Random House $18 paperback) "The Princeton Review The Big Book of (Villaid-Random House $2: paperback) "A Student's Guide to College Admissions" (Facts on File $2295 hardcover) by Harlow Unger "Women's (Arco $15 paperback) by Joe Anne Adler with Jennifer Adler i i Please see Books 20.