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On time and under budget
MATT HAYNIE
you' RE A BUSY PERSON. You have
classes all day, meetings all after-
noon and college or club events at
night. You've got phone numbers
scribbled on every available scrap
of paper as well as the backs of
your hands and halfway up your arms. You
know that you've got an orgo test sometime
next week and a paper due on Friday — or is
the orgo test Friday and the paper due next
week? Ah! The life of a Rice student!
Unless you really enjoy living in a state of
perpetual disarray, you're probably trying to
find a good way to keep your life organized.
More and more frazzled college students are
eschewing paper organizers and picking up
snazzy new personal digital assistants. Since
you're obviously too busy to wade through the
myriad of PDAs on the market, here's a run-
down of a few of the more affordable PDA
options.
PALM Ml00
For the past year or so. Palm's mlOO has
been the PDA of choice for people who want
an organizer that packs a moderate punch
without a huge cost. By equipping the Palm
mlOO with Nokia-style changeable color face-
plates, Palm has marketed them toward "hip"
consumers who actually believe a handheld
organizer can be fun. The ml(K) doesn't have
the computing power of its more expensive
Palm cousins, but it's easy to use. That's good
for someone just looking for a way to keep
track of appointments, phone numbers and
maybe play a quick game of minesweeper.
TYPICAL PRICE
MEMORY
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
$130
2MB
Cheap, color faceplates
Small screen, low memory,
more fun than useful
BODYMINDSOUL
HANDSPRING VISOR DELUXE
This handheld also uses the Palm operat-
ing system, which makes it compatible with a
huge array of programs, many of which can be
found free on the Internet. For only a little
more cash than the mlOO, the Visor Deluxe
has four times the memory and includes the
Handspring's signature hook — the Spring-
board Expansion Slot that allows you to up-
grade to a wireless phone, digital camera, etc.
(Of course, the lack of accessories available
makes that a questionable attraction.) Al-
though the Visor weighs a bit more than the
ml(K), it has a larger screen. And don't forget,
it's available in several different colors.
Compaq's Ipaq and Casio's Pocket PC line
offer the familiar Windows interface and appli-
cations like Word and Excel. However, re-
member that this is a Windows product, so
there are often glitches in the memory-hungry
programs.
TYPICAL PRICE
MEMORY
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
$300 - $600
varies by model
Windows
Windows
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urnKi
TYPICAL PRICE
MEMORY
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGE:
$170
8MB
Fairly cheap, powerfu1
Bulky
SONY CUE
Sony's entry into the handheld market has
seen a recent price drop that makes it one of
the most cost-effective PDAs on the market.
Like the Visor Deluxe, the Clie has 8 MB of
RAM. but it also boasts a memory stick card
that allows it to expand up to lfi MB. The Clie
also features the novel Jog Dial that allows
users to navigate through the Palm operating
system by turning a knob.
TYPICAL PRICE
MEMORY
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
$250
8 MB
memory stick, small size
Flimsy, somewhat pricey
WINDOWS CE HANDHELDS
Although more and more handhelds are
being made with Microsoft's Windows CE
operating system, the memory demands keep
these devices in the high price range. Both
All of these handhelds will al-
low you to synchronize your in-
formation between your PDAand
your PC with the push of a but-
ton. All of the listed Palm OS
devices are monochrome, so if
you're looking for color, you
might want to spend a little
more and get a higher-end Palm
(there are several we didn't
mention) or Windows CE ma-
chine. However, there are few
programs that require color,
so unless you really like to
see those reds and blacks
during solitaire, you can
probably do without it. Be-
sides, if you only need to
make sure you're on time
to powderpuff practice or
your next rehearsal, any
one of these machines
should do just fine. ■
CHEAPER IS BETTER
The Handspring V isor
Deluxe (shown nt righl)
provides all the function
vou need for less than
$175.
RCC GADDI THRESHER
Man cannot live on juice alone
COREY E. DEVINE
a ROUND MIDNIGHT the second
night. 1 had a showdown with a
Twinkie — a little voice from deep
inside the yellow, icing-filled treat
calling. "Eat me! Eat me!"
I was fasting. Why? Who roped me into it?
And was everyone around me right to think 1
was crazy?
To start at the beginning, I began feeling
bad over the summer. At the urging of a
friend, I went and talked to a specialist in
holistic medicine. He looked at my diet and
saw the problem immediately — garbage in,
garbage out.
Here's the philosophy behind fasting: When
you eat, you fill your body with toxins. There
are other substances in your food — preserva-
tives, pesticides, etc. — that build up in
your body and weaken your immune
system, making you sick. Tradi-
tional medicine only sup-
presses symptoms of sick-
V
ness and never treats the cause.
Juice fasting allows your body to cleanse
itself of all the garbage inside. When you stop
putting toxins into your body, you'll begin to
expel the ones currently there. As your body
purges itself, you may come down with mild
cold symptoms. It's natural and expected. In-
stead of suppressing the negative effects
caused by toxins, your body is actually expel-
ling them and, in the process, making you
more healthy.
Most medical doctors will tell you that
fasting is terrible for your system. Eating so
few caiories a day puts your body in great
duress; however, holistic medicine has evi-
dence that shows fasting to be effective. You'll
have to decide for yourself.
It's important to remember a few key facts
should you decide to fast. First, only drink
organic juices. "Juice" from a soda fountain
isn't going to cut it if you expect to derive any
nutritional value from what you're imbibing.
Your juices should be fresh (not from concen-
trate) and should have no sugar or preserva-
tives added.
You should take a multivitamin while fast-
ing. Few college students get enough vita-
mins. and though pill form is not the best
method, getting them the alternative way is
better than getting nothing.
Get plenty of rest. Your body is, in theory,
repairing itself. At the same time, you're tak-
ing in very few calories. This mix will make
you very tired. Don't fight it. If you're going to
be very active or needing to do great mental
work (like writing a paper). put your fast off for
another time.
Start slow. Take a day and eat only raw
fruits and vegetables. You may need to do this
for two days before you feel comfortable cut-
ting out solids altogether. Even after you're
comfortable, your first fast should last no
longer than three days.
Don't fast for the wrong reasons. If you're
just trying to lose weight, you need to find
some other way. Fasting isn't a good option <:
dieting. Once you begin to eat again, you may
even gain weight since you've slowed your
metabolism down so much during the fast
Before you start your fast, talk to your
doctor. Do some research. Find an herbalist.
I was careful to take all advice as just what it is
— opinion. Medical doctors told me the herb-
alists are quacks and the herbalists told me
modern medicine is making the quality of life
poorer than ever before. Did I believe either
one of them? Not really.
When I began to eat again. I had more
energy and everything tasted better. My runny
nose disappeared and I felt energetic. I can't
really say with any certainty that it was due to
the fast, but I will say 1 didn't find the whole
thing to be a negative experience. I'd recom-
mend it to friends, with the condition that they
do research on it and talk to a doctor. It you
aren't ready to jump into fasting without in-
struction, buy a kit from a local health food
store. ■
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