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NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY
February II, 2000 Vol. CXXXIX, No. 2«
Palm
Pilots entering world of academia slowly but surely
tops came out, you saw many more people in schools using them. Now I just see all my business friends outside academia using (Palm Pilots).”
Employees at Pertusati University Bookstore said that though the organizers are not flying off the shelves, they haw been selling steadily since they came into prominence about three months ago.
“We’re moving a lot of Palm Pilots, especially since you can buy them on discretionary,” said Ron Gubitz, an employee at the bookstore’s Computer Store and a sophomore majoring in creative writing.
Although exact figures are not available, employees estimated about five of each of the three models available are sold each week. The prices range from $149 to $329.
Most of those people who Navid Kashani, an employee at a Circuit City store in West Los Angeles, sees purchasing Palm Pilots are older rather than students. He estimated that about 30 percent of the people who buy electronic organizers are students.
“Everybody wants one,” Kashani said. ‘They first day I get them in they’re out. They’re the hottest item we have.”
The biggest appeal is that the organizers are electronic, Gubitz said.
“You can put it in your pocket, it looks cooler and you can .ilso link it up to your computer to download e-mail,” he said. “It’s got a lot of capabilities.” Palm Pilots, which 3Com owns, has about 80 percent of the market share for handheld electronic organizers, according to data from NPD Intelect
Market Strategies. With sales upward of $400 million, devices such as the Palm Pilot have displaced “old-fashioned” paper organizers for some.
Nirad Gupta, a sophomore majoring in architecture, uses a Palm Pilot 5.
“I used to use a Day Runner before,” he said. “You can store all your appointments on there and you can store your phone numbers, but you can’t do anything else. It’s limited.” Features on Gupta’s Palm Pilot include programs he has downloaded that supply area codes for anywhere in the country, U.S. maps and directions and games such as Tetris.
“(Palm Pilots) are really intuitive," Gupta said. ‘They’re really sensible and easy to use. “You can learn to write in
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By CLAIRE LUNA
Editor in Chief
Though the business world may be embracing Palm Pilots with open arms, students aren’t quite so enamored with the gadgets.
Hailed for abilities such as being able to wirelessly download e-mail, “beam” information from one to the other and manage information in a sleek package, Palm Pilots and other electronic handheld organizers are enjoying increasing
—	though still relatively limited — success in the realm of university life, professors said.
“In some ways academia has lagged the business industry in this (trend),” said Niraj Verma, professor of urban planning and development. “When lap-
Community Area awards to be given
Honor: Distinction to acknowledge residents of certain buildings who help foster sense of neighborhood
By JOE PIASKCKI
Staff Writer
Honoring exceptional efforts at helping residents to get to know their neighbors, the Community Area Building Government will start giving "Community Builder Awards’’ in March.
The Community Area consists of Pacific, Vista, Honors House, Hillview, Max Kade, Founders, Centennial, Seven Gables, Annenberg, Stardust, Colonial House, Cardinal and Gold, 28th Street House and Severance Apartments.
“We have buildings scattered all over the place,” said Nick Stein, president of Community Area Building Government and a sophomore majoring in print journalism. “We want to foster a sense of community among us."
The awards will be presented to the student, event, faculty member and building judged to have done the most outstanding job to help residents meet and interact with one another. They will be given awards monthly for each category.
Anyone in the Community Area can nominate any event or faculty member and any building or student in the area that has done an exceptional job of creating a sense of community among residents, Stein said.
Nominations should consist of a paragraph or two expressing why the nominee should be honored and can be submitted to a resident advisor or though e-mail at community_usc(ffihotmail.com by the first Friday of every month. Winners will be recognized by an advertisement placed in the Daily Trojan.
“Hopefully this will help make everybody aware of all the other buildings in the community,” said Devon Gallegos, a member of Community Area Building Government and a sophomore majoring in creative writing. It is difficult to bring everyone together because the community is so scattered, he said.
Most Community Area residents said that they are not familiar with all the buildings in their community but hope the awards will help solve this problem.
“As far as programs, we don’t do a lot together," said
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Pholo coufttity ul Sunny Lo*
Story of creation. Sunny Lee, a junior majoring in history, works on a silent dramatic film titled "Two Nickels” for an inaugural L.A, film festival.
Magic moments
By LENA WARMACK
Stuff Writer
A believer in magic, tales and myths, a child growing up in Olney, Md., dreamed of creating a world of fantasy and ■illusions for others to see.
Sunny Lee, a junior majoring in history, is living out his dream of film-making with “Two Nickels," a short dramatic movie he co-wrote, produced and edited as an independent film that will premiere in AngelCiti’s First Annual Los Angeles Film Festival at Raleigh Studios on Sunday.
“I always wanted to be a magician,”
History major produced silent film that will show Sunday at festival
Lee said. “I always liked making people amazed and showing them things that seem impossible happen."
Lee’s hopes to become a director of photography and take charge of cameras and lighting for all types of films.
“Two Nickels” is a silent period piece that takes place during the 1920s with an 8-year-old boy who wants to see a Vaudeville magic show but can-
not afford the cost — two nickels. Disappointed, the young boy sits in the theater's lobby and meets a drifter who attempts to cheer him up.
“Does he succeed or doesn’t he?” Lee said, adding that the ending has a bit of a twist.
"It all ties together," Lee said, explaining the parallel of the character's difficulties to his own hardships in life. “In a similar way (to myself), lie finds magic through some other way. It’s about a kid who wants to be a part of something but something restrains him.”
Lee was rejected from the USC
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