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KYLER POST

Editor-in-Chief

Alumnus, lawyer and avidjuggler Greg Hanthorn (C 82) will

be the guest speaker at the Dec. 11Fall Commencement Ceremonyin the Steven J. Cage Athletics &Recreation Center.

Hanthorn is a practicing triallawyer in Atlanta for Jones Day,one of the worlds largest legallawyers worldwide. Jones Days

In this springs edition of theBerry magazine, Hanthorn ex-plained that it was his work expe-

Funny story, Hanthorn said.

janitor, and that work experiencewas on my resume. When I was asummer clerk at Hansell & Post, Ihad the pleasure of working on a

case that was being argued in theUnited States Supreme Court. TheHansell & Post partner workingthe case, G. Lee Garrett, Jr., latertold me he picked out my resume

from among the folks workingon the prestige project becausehe saw that I had cleaned toiletsand believed that someone whoknew what work was would be a

Hanthorn has twice been se-lected as Law and Politics GeorgiaSuper Lawyer in the practice areaof business litigation. He has also

been named in the past three an-nual national issues ofSuper Law-

yersCorporate Counsel Edition .Hanthorn said he learned to

juggle as a child at a summercamp at Callaway Gardens inAtlanta.

During his time at Berry, Han-thorn also worked for the Car-rier, where he met his wife, JudyCash Hanthorn (C 85). During hissenior year at Berry as editor-in-

chief of the paper, Judy, a fresh-man, worked as the photographyeditor.

Aside from meeting his wife,Greg said Berry was an incredible

four-year experience for him.Those four years allowed meto simultaneously go in more dif-ferent directions with more differ-ent people than I ever could haveimaginednewspaper, CollegeBowl, speech team, double majorin economics and general busi-ness, taking lots of English classesand drama. It was the perfect placeto get engaged in everything andnot to be told This is for X only.No doors were closed, and ev-ery faculty member and adviserworked hard to make sure thatevery student got the most out ofwhat the school had to offer.

The commencement ceremony

Center auditorium. The studentspeaker will be class valedictorianMelissa Williams.

vv Sports | Page 6-7Features| Page 3

Entertainment|Page 8 Quote of the week:

Accept the chal-lenges so that youcan feel the exhila-ration of victory.

-General Patton

Lawyer and amateur juggler Greg Han-

thorn (82C) will be delivering the com-

mencement address at the Dec. 11 Fall

Commencement Ceremony. During his

time at Berry, Hanthorn served as editor-in-chief of the Campus Carrier, member

of the College Bowl team and even a

janitor.

Up in smoke...

PARKER SEALY, Staff Photographer

Senior Craig Morgan enjoys smoking on campus. Morgan along with other students have led an opposition to the smoking ban,including a widely-circulated petition. Recently, a survey was taken of individuals on campus about a smoking ban. Make sure to checkout page four for an opinion about the potential smoking ban.

Fall sports

wrap-up

Cheap Gift Ideas

Grads face

tough job

marketKELLY DICKERSON

Deputy News Editor

Seniors graduating in Decem-ber will be facing hard economictimes and a tough job market.

Associate Professor of Eco-nomics Frank Stephenson and

Director of the Career Center WesMoran both said they encouragestudents to stay in contact withthe Career Center, faculty mem-

bers, friends and family sincethese contacts can be very usefulin job searching.

Stephenson said economic re-cessions and slow job markets gohand in hand.

Recessions and the years im-mediately following recessionshave sluggish labor markets,Stephenson said. That this reces-sion is the most severe since theDepression, just makes it all the

-ished college.Stephenson said graduates

will have to remain positive dur-ing their search.

The biggest challenge is re-maining upbeat and continuing to-nomic environment, Stephensonsaid.

Moran said the job search willusually take between six and ninemonths.

The early bird gets theworm, Moran said. We encour-age students to start the job searchas soon as possible.

Moran said networking andstaying in contact with friends,family, and previous employersand intern employers is essential

job is through networking, regard-less of the state of the economy,Moran said.

Moran also said that taking adiverse approach to job searchingis important.

Using several tools such as job search websites, the CareerCenter website and personal con-tacts will yield the best results,Moran said. Its important to takea broad approach so that you in-crease your chances of landing a

job.

SEE JOBS P. 2

Hanthorn to address fall graduates

CONTRIBUTEDBYTIM REDMAN


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and makesure toremember

yoursafetyrules.

Love,The CarrierStaff

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JobsCONTINUED FROM PG. 1

Stephenson encourages students to keep searchingfor a job even if they are frustrated.

Graduates should persevere with their job searchand count on landing a job even if its a few months laterthan they would like, Stephenson said. Berry studentstime.

Moran said Berry students have a competitive edgein the job market.

Moran said. Berry is well respected by employers.

Senior Kim Carlson said she does not believe that

graduating from Berry will give a student a drasticadvantage but said the skills and qualities students

searching for a job.Berry emphasizes involvement and leadership so

much more than larger state schools, Carlson said. Weare incredibly lucky to be at a school that has so manyways to get involved and gain valuable job experience.

The Career Center helps many seniors prepare forgraduation by hosting career fairs, mock interviews,resume help and general job search guidance.

Carlson found the Career Fairs to be especially helpfulin establishing relationships with potential employers.

The Health Career Fair helped me make some per-sonal connections with graduate schools, Carlson said.I also met a current physician assistant who I was ableto set up valuable shadowing opportunities with.

The Career Center also offered valuable interview

practice for graduating seniors.

We host mock interviews that teach students valu-able interview skills, Moran said. Students receivewritten feedback from their interviewers.

Moran said the Career Center is seeking to have100% of all graduating seniors turn in their resumes. TheCareer Center is offering prizes for those students whodo turn theirs in.

I cant emphasize enough the importance a resumehas in the job search, Moran said. The goal for 100 per-cent of seniors to turn in a resume is our way of encour-aging them to start their job searches and help them inthe best way we can.

The Career Center website has links that offer resumeand cover letter help, job search websites, graduateschool preparation tools and internship opportunities.

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-gate the burning of two chairs near Morgan

out billing all residents for the damages.Associate Vice President for Stu-

was working with Residence Life to con-duct interviews with students to determinewho is responsible for the incident.

We do not have proof positiveat this point, said Dennis Goshorn, Berrysdirector of housing.

Because Berrys investigation isongoing, administrators have not decidedwhether to charge residents of Morganchairs. Each chair was valued at $400. With

about 350 students living in the two build-ings, each student would be billed about$2.29 to cover the damages, if administra-tors choose that route.

Junior Catie MacArthur said shewould be more concerned about Berrys

be about paying $2.Two bucks isnt a big deal, but

its the principal that they dont know whois responsible and shouldnt charge thosewho arent involved, she said.

since the incident, and Goshorn said he isntyet sure when they would reopen. Bumpussaid the decision belongs to Goshorn, Deanof Students Debbie Heida and Director ofResidence Life Lindsey Taylor. Those threeadministrators made the decision to shut-

administrators are exploring ways to pre-vent a similar incident in the future. SeniorAmanda Jennings, a resident assistant in regulate the provided wood by requiring

Jennings also said the college isweighing a plan to keep the gates on the -able to monitor their use.

For now, resident assistants arekeeping watch.

Resident assistants are keeping aon rounds, especially over the weekends,

Jennings said.She added that the resident assistants

have been asked to keep a mental count ofthe remaining chairs so they will be able to

notice if any disappear.Goshorn said he hoped to resolve the

situation quickly.

of view is more of a consequence than apunishment, and hopefully it is a short-

term solution, he said. We want to return to keep them closed forever, but unfortu-nately a small group of students does thisto everyone.

Bumpus said the sooner the responsibleperson comes forward, the sooner the col-lege will step away from the topic.

I still hope that the person(s) respon-sible for burning the chairs will come for-ward because if they did that we couldreach a resolution and move on, she said.

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OPINIONSPAGE 4, CAMPUS CARRIER DECEMBER 2, 2010

The Carrier editorial reflects a consensus of the The Carriers editorial board.

Smother Notice: Brain Fog

Kyler Post

Editor-in-Chief

Charnele Noel

Business Manager

Ashley McIntyre

Managing Editor

Rachel Childs

Copy Editor

Claudia Hagan

News Editor

Stacey Fronek

Opinions Editor

Daniel Warner

Cartoonist

Katherine Lavey

Features Editor

Megan Benson

Sports Editor

Chauncey Brown

Entertainment Editor

Meredith McDermottPhoto Editor

Gordie Murphy

Graphics Editor

Jessie Duckworth

Online Editor

Jordan Ferell

Asst. Business Manager

Kelly Dickerson

Deputy News Editor

Iris Garrett

Asst. Features Editor

Matthew Stokes

Asst. Sports Editor

Dillon Yost

Asst. Entertainment

Editor

Candler Hobbs

Asst. Photo Editor

Tanner Huynh

Asst. Graphics Editor

Alex St. Martin

Asst. Online Editor

Kevin Kleine

Adviser

EditorialBoard

THE CARRIERBerry College

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The Carrier is published weekly exceptduring examination periods and holidays.The opinions, either editorial or com-

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Berry Colleges board of trustees or TheCarrier editorial board. Student publica-tions are located in 202 Richards Gym.The Carrier reserves the right to edit all

content for length, style, grammar andlibel. The Carrier is available on the BerryCollege campus, one free per person.

All of us have heardpeople (often vehe-mently) express theiropinion about the pro-posed smoking bansome are for it, someagainst it. One thing is forcertain, however: It is nota neutral topic. Everyonehas an opinion about itand not just about the ban,

but also about the man-ner in which it has been

presented and way thatothers are responding.There has been a widely

circulated petition that rec-ommends a more moderateapproach to the problem. Therehas been an SGA meeting aboutit. Overall, it has become a bigdeal at Berry. Considering all ofthis, we have determined thatmaybe its time to pull backand get a broader perspectiveon the issue. We think that allof the controversy suggests might not be the worst idea inthe world.

Now, we admit, there have part of the administration tohear student opinions, such asthe aforementioned SGA meet-ing. There was a poll on VikingWeb, but honestly, a nonsci- one posted may be the worstpossible method of obtaining atrue indication of public opin-ion. Yes, it was easy to createand easy to evaluate, but thats only was there a very narrowtime frame in which studentsand faculty could complete thesurvey, but the very nature ofa voluntary nonrandom pollis inherently inaccurate. Inter-

ested parties will vote andeveryone elses opinions will

be left unexpressed.Any issue that is important

to the administration shouldhave surveys and polls that

are conducted in a more pro- poll on Viking Web doesnt cutit; in fact its even worse thancourse evaluations, the turnoutfor which is about as bad asthat of a Presidential election.And the smoking ban is argu-ably a more important issuethan some professors tenure.The moral of the story is this:If you say that you want stu-dent participation in decision-making, then youre going tohave to get an accurate modelof student opinion, which may

mean that you cant cheat justbecause its easier.Plus, it doesnt have to be all

or nothing, ban or no ban; thereare more moderate optionsavailable for consideration aswell. As a liberal arts collegethat focuses on encouragingstudents to pool informationfrom a variety of differentsources and viewpoints andthen formulate their own opin-ions on the topic, maybe itstime for Berry to take a similarapproach.

Since this issue is so polariz-ing, some concessions may be anecessary step to attaining anysemblance of a consensus, but

this compromise shouldnt beconsidered a bad thing. Afterall, Berry claims that it highlyencourages student involve-ment in on-campus decision-making, and a compromise issimply an indication that a vastmajority of the student body isinterested in the verdict.

A liberal arts schoolliberal meaning related tolibertyis supposed to teachstudents to exercise their free-dom effectively, not just for theheck of it, but to make wisedecisions about employing andeven regulating personal free-dom. This is a prime example

of an opportunity to determine just how successful Berry has been in educating students tointelligently discuss controver-sial issues and ultimately reachan informed decision.

Santa Stocks You in Your SleepBy Daniel Warner

MEREDITH

MCDERMOTT

Photo Editor

As the world has grown moreeconomically competitive inrecent years, internships have

become a key component of thecollege experience and a keyingredient for success later inlife. They have become so vital,in fact, that someone recentlytold me employers are not look-ing to see if you had an intern-ship during college, but howmany and how much practical

work experience you gained.By showing experience in

a practical work environment,you make yourself more market-able to future employers. Theyare able to see that you have per-formed at a professional level,which translates to less time andeffort getting you acclimated totheir work environment if theywere to hire you.

But the work experience canonly does it add to your resume,

but gives you experiences todiscuss during an interview.Demonstrating knowledge of

learned in the classroom willencourage employers to respondand take notice.

An internship can also helpyou decide whether a certainprofession is right for you, discover before you graduate

makes you unhappy.

I did not fully grasp the worked as a photographer in theWashington Bureau of HearstNewspapers, the media con-glomerate that owns 15 dailynewspapers, including those inHouston and San Francisco.

During my nine weeks at experience in dealing with thehustle and bustle of providingdaily content to newspapers.Amid the daily chaos, I learnedmore about my own career inter-ests and needs. And, of course,I sharpened my photography

skills, shooting alongside someof the best photographers in the I was next to a Pulitzer Prizewinner.

By observing their strategyof how to approach an event,I gained knowledge and latercombined that with my owncreativity. In turn, I saw my pho-tography improve and becomemore diverse during the courseof the summer.

Perhaps most critical to myfuture success, I also developedcontacts to further my owncareer when I begin applying for

jobs, and every internship has

-tion or size of the outlet. In mycase, my mentors were a formerAssociated Press bureau chief inWashington and Hearsts cur-rent bureau chief, both of whomcan pick up the phone and reachalmost any journalist. WhileI spent my summer working

for them, by the end they wereoffering to work for me by mak-ing calls on my behalf for my jobhunt.

I also interned with a localreal estate company, HilltopRentals, which enhanced my col-lege experience by allowing meto work toward mastery of a dif-ferent niche of photography.

Fortunately for Berry stu-dents, we have great resourcesfor students who want to have areal-world experience.

Outside of professors, theCareer Center is a great resource-ships. There is an establishednetwork of Berry graduates

who are willing to help studentsinternship coordinator can helpyou search for possibilities, place that suits both the studentand the employer. This resourceshould not be underestimated,

but utilized to its fullest poten-tial because the professionals inthe Career Center are there topartner with you.

Even at their worst, intern-ships are a valuable experience.They allow you to gain experi-giving you the freedom to make

a decision as to whether thatprofession is right for you. If itis, you will have developed a setof valuable resources that willprove to be important as youleave Berry.

Be your own advocate. Theball is in your court now.

The imperative of internships


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OPINIONSDECEMBER 2, 2010 CAMPUS CARRIER PAGE 5

Christmas Shoes.It makes me want

to skewer babykoalas. Can you

make shoes out of

koala skin?

What is the worst Christmassong of all time?

8 days ofChristmas by Des-tinys Child. Its acomplete disaster.I encourage you to

listen to it if youhavent already.Ashley McIntyre

Managing Editor

Merry Christ-mas With Love byClay Aiken. Leaveit to Aiken to ruina Christmas song!

Jessie DuckworthOnline Editor

Whateversong Kyler Postis singing.

Theres no suchthing as a bad

Christmas song.

Megan BensonSports Editor

LETTER SUBMISSION POLICY

Letters to the editor must include a name, address andphone number, along with the writers class year ortitle. The Carrier reserves the right to edit for length,style, grammar and libel.

E-MAIL: [email protected]

Bonny HarperAsst. Opinions Editor

Dillon YostAsst. Entertainment Editor

Ifyou have an opinion, we want to hear it!If you want to write an opinion, all you have to do is send it to

[email protected]

By Ken Paulson

Its the holiday that got away.Dec. 15 will be the 219th anniversary

a critical turning point in the history ofthis country and one that transformedany Bill of Rights greeting cards in localstores.

Its not that Americans are short onpatriotism. In fact, we celebrate Veter-ans Day, Constitution Day, Flag Day,Memorial Day, Washingtons Birthday,Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inde-pendence Day.

Contrast that with Dec. 15. Has any-one ever wished you a Happy Bill ofRights Day? Have your children everparticipated in a Bill of Rights pageant?Not likely. As a nation, weve com-pletely lost sight of Bill of Rights Day.

There was certainly a lot of enthu-siasm for it in 1941 when PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimedit a federal holiday. There was a huge

celebration in New York City withactress Helen Hayes reading the Bill ofRights and opera star Rise Stevens sing-ing the national anthem. All of this wascapped off with a gala event at the Wal-dorf Astoria.

FDR saw the celebration of the Billof Rights as a weapon in Americas waragainst totalitarianism, describing thesefreedoms as a threat to the Nazis.

To Hitler, the freedom of men tothink as they please and speak as theyplease and worship as they please is,of all things imaginable, most hatefuland most desperately to be feared,Roosevelt said.

This nation does an outstanding job of celebrating Independence Day,

but too often loses sight of how theBill of Rights guarantees our collectivefreedom.

-cans refused to ratify the Constitutionuntil they received an assurance thatthere would be a set of guarantees to

be embodied in the Bill of Rights thatwould protect them from a strong cen-tral government. Without the Bill ofRights, there would be no Constitution.Without the Constitution, this would bea dramatically different country.

10 amendments to the Constitution:

The First Amendment protects ourfreedom of speech, press, religion, andthe rights of assembly and petition.

The Second Amendment protectsour right to bear arms.

The Third Amendment is a bit dated,but bars the government from quarter-ing troops in our homes.

The Fourth Amendment protects usfrom unreasonable search and seizure.

The Fifth Amendment guaranteesdue process, protects us against self-incrimination and prevents the tak-ing of our land without appropriate

compensation.The Sixth Amendment guarantees

the right to legal counsel in criminalproceedings.

The Seventh Amendment gives usthe right to trial by jury in civil matters.

The Eighth Amendment protects usfrom cruel and unusual punishmentand excessive bail.

The Ninth Amendment says thateven though some rights are spelledout in the Constitution, it doesnt meanthat other rights dont also belong to thepeople.

The Tenth Amendment says that anypowers not granted to the United States

by the Constitution are reserved for thestates or the public.

Its a remarkable list that has heldup well over more than two centuries.Together, these amendments preserve

personal freedom and protect us againsttyranny. We need to appreciate andcelebrate these freedoms.

To that end, a coalition of educators,artists, authors, journalists and librar-ians have recently launched 1 for All, anational campaign to build understand-ing of the First Amendment and its rolein a free society.

The nonpartisan campaign(http://1forall.us) offers teachers les-son plans, provides grants to collegesso they can hold First Amendment fes-tivals and symposia and encourages allAmericans to learn more about thesefundamental freedoms.

While some of us who have madeour living in the news business areparticularly partial to the First Amend-ment, its important that we honor andprotect the entire Bill of Rights. Weak-ening any one amendment weakensthem all.

Dec. 15 is a good day to spend a fewminutes talking to children about whythe Bill of Rights sets this nation apart

from all others. All Americans shouldbe proud of this singular achievement.

FDR had it exactly right that dayin 1941 when he said, No date in thelong history of freedom means more toliberty-loving men in all liberty-lovingcountries than the 15th day of Decem-

ber, 1791.On that day 150 years ago, a new

nation, through an elected Congress,adopted a declaration of human rightsmankind from one end of the world tothe other.

Now thats something worthcelebrating.

Ken Paulson is the president of the First

Amendment Center and a founder of 1 forAll.

A good day to celebrate freedom

Maybe its just the time of the sea-printed piece in the Carrier, just a fewdays from completing my Berry expe-rience, I cant help but be thankful.

Despite the countless pages ofresearch papers, stacks of indexcards and late nights in the news-nothing short of spectacular. Any-one who knows me understands thatIve always loved Berry. Ive alwaystalked about this place with a gleamin my eye and a smile on my face. Butit wasnt until recently that I at longlast realized that this journey wouldsoon be complete.

After having a hand in nearly 100issues of The Carrier, Ill lock up theturn in my key. For three and a halfyears now, my role on this campus

has been to keep the Berry commu-nity informed, educated and evenentertained. So why stop now?

The biggest thing Id like to tellthe students at Berry that Ill soon

be leaving behind is to not take this

place or these people for granted.While its easy to get lost in theoverwhelming workload that seemsto have a grip on all of us, youll wantto take time to just breathe Berry in,

believe me. There have been very fewdays in my college career in which Isimply took time to enjoy the beauti-ful place that has become home to somany of us. We are lucky folks, thatsfor sure. Dont ever forget that. Thistime of year is one of the most spec-tacular reminders of the beauty thatsurrounds us every day.

But aside from its magnetic beauty,it is the people, the relationships

built here and the invaluable experi-ence I have gained that will remainimprinted on my brain long after Iveturned my tassel.

into Berry student life as a wide-eyed

on those people were a second fam-ily to me. At no other school woulda freshman be given control over thesports section of the newspaper. Butthats what Berrys all about: grow-ing, cultivating and reproducing

leaders.And in my maturation process asa leader, Ive met so many friendsand mentors, students, faculty andstaff alike, along the way. The memo-ries made here with those people areworth the price of a Berry education.Its all worth it, in fact.

Ill miss the buffalo chicken wrapsin the Dining Hall. Ill miss the satis-reading the paper on Thursdays. Illmiss Miss Linda in Valhalla. Shes agreat lady. If you dont know her, youshould. I wont miss cleaning otherpeoples lint out of the dryers. Thatsdisgusting, and you people should beashamed of yourselves.

But most of all, I know that wher-ever I may end up next, it will neverquite seem like home.

A letter from the editorKYLERPOST

Editor-in-Chief


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SPORTSDECEMBER 2, 2010 PAGE 7, CAMPUS CARRIER

WOMENSGOLF

GOLFMENS

Fall 2010 Team Finishes:1st, 10th, 6th, 4th, 7th

Top Performers

Chadd Reynolds5 events: 752 strokes, 75.2 avg.

Alex Irvin5 events: 771 strokes, 77.1 avg.

Alex Elmore

5 events: 778 strokes, 77.8 avg.

Jose Garcia5 events: 787 strokes, 78.7 avg.

Top Performers

Top Performers

Caysie Holley4 events: 700 strokes, 87.5 avg.

Nikki Cline4 events: 688 strokes, 86 avg.

Morgan Johnston2 events: 374, 93.5 avg.

Fall 2010 Team Finishes:1st, 10th, 6th, 4th, 7th

VOLLEYBALL

Sarah Steffan350 kills 15 assists

Claire Scott319 kills 23 assists

Erin Godwin261 kills 54 assists

Record: 22-11Home: 10-1Away: 4-4

Berrys kills/set: 12.2Opponents kill/set: 6.1

Berrys assists/set: 10.9Opponents assist/set: 5.4

Berrys aces/set: 2.2Opponents aces/set: 0.8

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ENTERTAINMENTPAGE 8, CAMPUS CARRIER DECEMBER 2, 2010

Lessons and

Carols ring in

holiday tradition

22nd Annual ChristmasCandle Lighting Service of

Nine Lessons and Carolswas held Wednesday Nov.30 in the College Chapeland featured the Berry Col-lege Singers and ConcertChoir. The candle lighting,sponsored by SGA, helpedclose the ceremony as the

performance ended in theHallejuah chorus fromHandels Messiah. HarryMusslewhite, Lecturer andDirector of Choral Activi-ties, directed this years

program.

DAVID CHIEM, Staff Photographer

Over the past few months, the gaming

world has been in a good place. The so-called hardcore gamers have been contentlogging in hours upon hours shooting uptheir friends in Bungies Halo: Reach andActivisions Call of Duty: Black Ops. Whileat the same time, the casual gamers have Wiimotes to UbiSofts Just Dance 2 or Dis-ney Interactives Epic Mickey.

However, the 2.5 million MicrosoftKinect units sold this past month areattempting to bridge the gap between thesetwo species of gamers. Will it succeed?

the same time. It is not much more than acamera and motion sensor attachment tothe Xbox 360 that translates the playersmotions into actions on the TV screen. Itdoesnt even have a controller, which actu-ally turns out to be the beauty of it. As ifgaming couldnt get any more casual thanwrist. This, along with Kinects face recog-

nition and voice command features, makethe device so easy that even the buffoonson Geicos cavemen commercials could doit. Many suspect that the controller-freegameplay will be the key factor in pullingcustomers away from both the NintendoWii and Sonys new Move PlayStationdevice.

Surprisingly, that is exactly what mightprevent hardcore gamers from connectingwith the Kinect. Believe it or not, thereare people in this world who take muchpride in the fact that they can navigate the

rather complex controls and game modesof titles like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.Simplicity is not something that generallyattracts gamers of this sort.

Precision is one thing that gives hardcoregamers a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. and see a Jedi knight swing his lightsaberto slice a few stormtroopers. But the factthat the motion sensor cannot detect andmake some gaming fanatics throw downtheir Mountain Dew in dismay and shut theconsole off even before 3 a.m. rolls around.Microsoft claims to have covered this preci-sion issue with Kinect, but most will agreemotion gaming is relatively young andcould take years to mature to its potential.

If Kinect has any prospect of bringingout the best of both worlds, it lies in the factthat it has the Microsoft name. Xbox 360

junkies have been anticipating the arrivalof the next generation of consoles, buteven the sight of a new attachment may be

and starry-eyed.

However, the controller-free play andthe Microsoft name may not be enough to

bridge the gap when there is a $150 price tagin the way. So far, the relatively high costhas not been an issue. Microsofts Kinecthas sold faster than Apples iPad did at thetime of its release. Shoppers carried home

2.5 million Kinects this past month, whichis nothing to laugh at, but many suspectthat this is simply a combination of the holi-day season shopping bonanza and Kinects

high-budget ad campaign. Only time willtell whether Kinect will have what it takesto connect the different sects in the gamingworld.

DILLON

YOST

Asst.Entertainment

Editor

Microsoft has already sold over 2.5 million Kinect units, making the device one of the most suc-

cessful video game products to date.

Will Microsoft make the Kinection?

GORDIE MURPHY Graphics Editor

GOOD LUCK ON YOUR FINALS!

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