If anyone wants to buy chocolates ($3 a box) or Student Price Cards ($7) contact Derek Gaw or Chris Fong. The SPCs are pretty useful and you save much more than seven bucks if you use them. I bought one myself already; you should too!

Yeah!!! Tripod is getting a Cgi-bin!! That means bulletin-boards, instant-post guestbooks, and on-site polls will be coming to Grad 2001 in the very near future!

Anyway, a lot has happened over the weekend. Intel has dropped a load of new processors at least tripling the speed of mine. I also watched Fight Club which didn't prove to be as bad a movie as everybody claims... I kinda liked it actually.

What's with all you people out there who are still attached to Quake 3? Give it up! I'll admit that Quake 2 was fun and fragfilled, but it's newest reincarnation just doesn't cut it.

"Q3 is very competitive and it's not all that fun unless you're at the top of the frag list. UT on the other hand, is fun filled carnage, plain and simple."

Stein Divide pictures are finally posted! See them here first!

Here's a request to all of you hotties out there from Sanford Kong...

Hey Hotties!

Unreal Tournament D3D/OpenGL Demo will be delayed for a while as UT is being developed in Raleigh (ya know, the place with the hurricane) and the development team has evacuated the building. We wish all those under the threat of Hurricane Floyd our best and hope they will get through this impending disaster.

First off, another year at Saints kicked off today and while everything was expected and languid, Grade 11 has come as a shock to many of us. Not only has the normal "back to school" shock and "Frappacino withdrawal syndrome" set in, but the sheer amount of work that we all know should be done without procrastination is enough to scare even the strongest of us. This is it gentlemen, this year is the most important year of your high school career. If you screw up you screw up bad, but if you excel you'll be elevated to new heights. So decide quickly what's it gonna be, because if you're going to start something you better do it this year.

Enough about school already! How about the Dreamcast? Sega's newest, leanest, meanest console hit stores across North America today. The Dreamcast will ultimately be the judge of Sega's fate because of the lower than expected sales of Sega's brainchild in Japan. Anyway, the question that is plaguing everyone at this point is, "should I buy one?" If you've got an extra $300 sitting around then the answer is a resounding "yes!" With no new gaming console coming out for at least year and the Dreamcast's Internet connectivity and gorgeous graphics, it's money well spent. For those of us on a tighter budget, this editor recommends that you wait until September 13th, for Sony's Playstation 2 announcement (we'll keep you posted of course). If you already have a Dreamcast, we here at Grad 2001 have a few recommendations: First off, get Soul Calibur! This is the best fighting game ever according to almost every gaming magazine and web site. In terms of other games we can wholeheartedly recommend NFL 2000, Ready 2 Rumble, Trickstyle, Hydro Thunder, and Tokyo Xtreme racing.

Final Fantasy VIII? Is it the Final Fantasy we've all been waiting for? Does it live up to the Final Fantasy name? Should I buy it? If you're a PSX owner and you have an interest in RPGs buy it! Never has a game ever pushed the PSX to the limits FFVIII does. The graphics are breathtaking. The PSX shouldn't be able to do this! The soundtrack is excellent when it's good but as with all game music some of the pieces are a bit repetitive. But don't let this deter you, FFVII was just the same. If you're looking for the musical masterpiece of FFVI, look somewhere else, but FFVIII's soundtrack is nonetheless great. The new Junction battle system is intuitive and deep, albeit a bit complicated. Characters are now very unique and can be customized with the addition of Guardian Forces and different magics. Weapons and armor have been done away with, for the better, and money is only attained by regular payments made to you by SeeD. Th story is excellent and while it isn't the epic tale of FFVII, it is a much more mature and personable story, so to speak. The characters are also excellent, with the exception of Squall who, like Cloud, is often clueless, uncaring, and cold-hearted. Nevertheless, FFVIII is a slightly better game than FFVII and definitely deserves your money.

Finally, the MTV Video Music Awards. I'd like to say that Chris Rock is definitely not a great host but because he was so damned funny it made up for the rest of the crap. But about the awards in general, I cannot say that I agree with all the choices for winners; however, it was a great show and definitely worth the 3 and a half hours needed to watch it, if not for anything but Brittney!