The James Logan Courier

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Attn. Students: Don’t forget your money on Thursday. We will be having our Holiday Food Faire at lunch in Colt Court. Clubs, classes and sports teams will be spreading holiday cheer with lots of tasty treats. Don’t miss out!

Need Driver’s Ed? Check out the Adult School! Cost is $125. The next session is December 19, 20 & 21, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for an application or further information.

By Jessica Li, Courier Features Editor

When is video gaming and computer use too much? In this modern world, technology is king in developed countries. There are many people who like to use computers for internet, research, entertainment and more. It seems like the internet has everything on it. Computer and video game use may become compulsive, necessary, and difficult to manage.

Video game overuse or addiction is excessive or compulsive use of video or computer games that interferes with daily life. While it is not an official disorder, it can cause social withdrawal, bad decision-making, irresponsibility, harm one's health, and even be a cause of death.

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

Every motion control system needs its own collection of carnival-themed mini-games, and "Carnival Island" would appear to be the Playstation 3's me-too equivalent. But the hand-drawn animation that opens the game's story mode suggests there's more to this collection than simple imitation, and while that isn't all the way true, it bears out to an encouraging degree.
"Island" features seven carnival standbys — frog bog, skeeball, hoops, coin/ring/baseball toss and shooting gallery — in its base offerings, and because the Move controller is just plain more precise than the Wii remote or Kinect, the games work exactly as you'd expect and respond to your motions precisely as they should.

The responsive controls are, naturally, "Island's" most important virtue. But the game's best asset lies in the way it breaks from convention in designing 28 additional games simply by rearranging those seven base games.

From wikipedia:
Belle da Costa Greene (December 13, 1883 in Washington, D.C. - May 10, 1950 in New York City, New York) was the librarian to J. P. Morgan and after his death in 1913, Belle continued as librarian under his son, Jack Morgan. In 1924 the private collection was incorporated by the State of New York as a library for public uses, and the Board of Trustees appointed Belle first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library.

Visit the Morgan Library and Museum online.