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SL6 THE NEWS TRIBUNE Elk Moon Murder is whodunnit lor personal computers Came: The Elk Moon Murder System: PC or Macintosh CDROM System requirements: PC: 48666Mhz 8 MB RAM (works with MS DOS or Windows 95) Macintosh 60840 or Power PC processor PuMsher Activision Price: $2995 Raring: Not rated suitable for ages 13 and up Graphics and sound: -kirk-kit Play control: Megs bite: Nintendo Power Source (the Nintendo area cm America Online) has announced that registration for the cyber summer camp Camp Hyrule '96 will begin on Monday Campers can register for Camp Hyrule (named for the mystical land in the popular Zelda game series) by logging on to the Nintendo Power Source area through America Online and will then be assigned to different eaten groups During camp which runs Aug 12-17 Nintendo game counselors will assist each group in cabin events such as trivia contests video game challenges and even the raiding of other Campwide activities will include live chats with video game industry experts e-mail relay races interactive caimifire stories virtual nature hikes and overnight campouts (late-night chat shows) The camp will close with a Parents Day showcasing craft projects and other camp activities Bill electronic entertainment column appear every Saturday He can be reached by e-mail at wrhOptribnetcom or by mail mail at The News Tribune PO Bax 11000 Tbcoma WA 98411 By BN Hutchens The News Tribune In Activision's new interactive murder myi-tery you play the part of a detective trying to solve the minder of popular local artisan Anna Elk Moon Brutally murdered in her studio in the town ofSantara Elk Moon was famous her intricately designed American Indian pots and your partner Detective John Night Sky must gather dues and interview suspects in order to figure out whodunnit The catch is that because of bureaucratic pressure you have only five days Each step you take toward solving the crime wears down the eight hours a day that you have to reach your objective There a lot of playerconfcrolled action in The Elk Moon Murder but players will have to prioritize interviews alibi checks and forensics report orders wisely As you begin talking to persons of interest discover that Elk Moon may have been involved in an extramarital affair a counterfeit art ring and other shady dealings Interviews consist of hats of questions that you can ask suspects Click on a question and a full-motion video interview scene will play Law actress Amanda Donohoe is just one of many actors who star in the murder mystery Tips: Your Personal Digital Assistant (FDA) will link you to police headquarters and the other detectives assigned to the Elk Moon Case Use it to check your e-mail and voice mail and to keep track of the facta glean from interviews Your PDA also serves as a virtual filing cabinet for evidence forensics results and bios The Eli Moon Murder mystery game la played on personal computers Survey: Most people overestimate college cost Sexual harassment common By Dennis Kelly USA TODAY in US schools study shows i I I I I 3 5 1019 adults to help counter an onslaught of recent publicity about soaring college costs Hie forty Hartle said the stories often focus on the price of the most expensive schools where costs can run $25000 to $30000 a year In the new survey adults: Estimated tuition at two-year public colleges at Actual cost: By Tsmera Homy Gannett News Service Most people think the cost of college tuition is much higher than it is sometimes overestimating by thousands of dollars a new survey says The American Council on Educa- the phone survey of the original 1632 students were -eliminated from the study because they were not bothered by the sexual attention Harassment is defined as one of 14 things that $1194 Placed tuition at four-year public universities at $6130 Ariual cost $2982 Figured a four-year private university is $19590 Actual tuition: $14510 Actual cost numbers are from Department of Education statistics for -1994-95 and are for tuition only Hie survey has a 3 percentage paint margin of error Ohio State University President Gordon Gee said the slant on priced in some media recently "only perpetuates the sense of unease that families feel could possibly happen you like it" didn't like it Lee explains QUANTUM HD 150MB INT $199 85SMBEXT $279 Sexual harassment is so common in UB public high schools that almost three-fourths of those who receive unwanted sexual attention from classmates admit to harassing others too says a new University of Michigan study Eighty-three percent of girls and 60 percent of boys report having been sexually harassed at school Of these students 72 percent say they have harassed others Twenty-eight percent of the students said they had never been harassed themselves but admit to harassing others the least (the study) suggests that the line between victims and perpetrators is very fuzzy" says lead researcher Valerie Lee an education professor Hie study Culture of Sexual Harassment in Secondary Schools uses 1993 data from a nationally sample of 1203 eighth-to llth-graders in 79 public schools Results will be published in the American Educational Research Association JoumaL She says about 11 percent of 4 -AwMteMbwfl ft 1 4 Lee says that sexual harassment can result in academic problems such as paying less attention in dess Students also may suffer stress or anxiety or they may avoid extracurricular activities or not want to go to school Schools have not responded well to the problem Lee says schools it seems that the mqjor responses have been to try and ignore it as much as Kean and then you might feel srt she says The idea of punishing the perpetrator and protecting the victim work either you look at it and see doing it and getting it and giving Lee says need to respond to this in some very direct way bring it to the front and not try to cover it up This is part of a larger issue of ralues and respect We teach those things in our schools very much" -I 5 rnn Assisted 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