University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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I 80's SHIIIEPS dblly S66 YE llf3fi0ll Some would say that Hunter had no life. He didn't agree. It's stupid to say that video game people are geeksf, said Hunter Dileo, St. Louis freshman. NI do have a social life. I do have a love life. I do have ajob. This is just my form of releasef' Weaned on Pac Man and Pitfall, many children ofthe 80's, now in college, were presumably too busy to spend days glued to the screen. But technology matured with the video game generation. You'd be surprised how many people are interested, Dileo said. Ren Childers, Lawrence senior and sales clerk in the electronics department of Wal- Mart, 3300 Iowa St., said that among college students, the Sony PlayStation was the most popular home entertainment system. Games for the Sony PlayStation came on compact discs rather than cartridges, Childers said. John Feeney, Lawrence senior, enhanced his PlayStation with a big-screen television. He said he played at least halfan hour each day, and bought an average of two games per month. The habit ran him about S90 per month, Feeney said. story by Liz Musser if 34 iv v1deo games '4It's my second-favorite thing to do be- sides drinkingf' he said. Ifyou combine the two, it's magic. Drew Sollars, Lawrence junior, owned the more nostalgic systems like Atari, Intelevision and Bally Videocade. HYou know, back then Atari was a family thingf' he said. Dad played Atari, every- body played Atari. Dadjust doesn't sit down and play a game ofIVIortal Kombat. Now the kid goes and sits in his dark room and plays all by himself. Despite Sollars' nostalgia, the modem world of home entertainment systems con- tinued to grow. On Sept. 29, Nintendo released, in the American market, it's most advanced video game system yet - the Nintendo 64. Employees from Target, 3210 Iowa St., and Wal-Mart said they sold out of the Nintendo 64 systems in less than two hours the day they came out. Despite all the time, money and energy they spent, the video game aficionados were able to rationalize their hobby. Most people think that it's bad to play a lot of video games because it makes you develop anti-social behavior, Feeny said. uBut most people are morons. Q

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SIIIOKEI' VS. IIOII-SIIIOIIBI' deb 6 still BUYS Smoking - a right or a privilege? In society there was a mixed view on this issue. No Smoking signs were commonplace in public buildings. Smokers had to go outside to light up. A walk by the Kansas Union at any time of day would find smokers out- side feeding their habit. E v e n W h e n th e Weather got bad, smok- ers braved the elements in order to get that in- between-class smoke. Non-smokers devel- oped strong opinions about their counterparts. Many students picked up a cigarette to relax during the evening or between classes. Sniokingjust one or two cigarettes to relax or while socializing often led to smoking a pack or more a day. or to a serious life-long addiction. tphoto by Knudtenl smokes, said Chris Andersen, Leawood freshman. Smoking Was tradi- tionally a hard habit to break. How to quit could de- pend on Why a smoker chose to do so. 'tlf life were simple and you smoked for fun, it would be easy to quitf, said Kori Westfall, Gilroy, C alifornia sopho- more. t'But people smoke be- cause they have problems and when you quit and another problem arises, your first line of solving the problem is getting a Smoking is your choice as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights ofothersf' said Jared Grillot, Parsons senior. The more time a non-smokers spends with a smoker, the more exposure they have to its byproducts and effects. I Won't even date someone who ?5aiSg story by Jennifer Burns cigarette, Westfall said. The Great American Smoke Out, which took place on November 21, 1996, was an incentive to give up the habit. On this day, health agencies promoted the idea that kicking the habit for a day could lead to permanent results. E3 '7 Q7 . JQB? Q7 Qing