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KfWil lilEB WATCH ugcs.caltech.edu/~almccon/ pop_soda/ It is the on-going debate that has battled lin guistics and amused the masses for years. Is it "soda” or is it "pop?" Generally, it depends on where a person lives when it comes to defining the socially acceptable term for the bubbly drink most in Texas simply call "coke.” Researchers at the California Institute of Technology and Lewis & Clark College have put together a Web site devoted to "The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy." Their goal is to study which term is used in relation to regions of the United States. To accomplish this, the site asks visitors to give their hometown and what term they use to help build the interactive map showing the results. Aside from the three main choices of "soda." "pop” and "coke” there is an “other” category. There, visitors can give a response that is more elaborate than the simplified choices available. Some of these responses are actually more interesting than the survey itself. If nothing else, the site is a great conversation starter and a legitimate test of w hat people say in each region. The conclusion researchers have reached (“People who say "Pop” are much, much cooler”) is amusing and open to debate. The controversy has been going on for years, and this Web site certainly isn’t going to bring it to an end. Nonetheless, it’s a fun site with some interesting infonnation available. health.com / m ' I V 1 ,X ‘ rson ls re<ers not onlyioJ K -' 1 lK '‘ ,l,h hul menial and sp, muj u... : 1 lealth.com covers all of these categories a? unday v ighest r; :an slow I There vide, wit (them. a comprehensive $iteo« my other more. Health.com is things dealing w ith health issues' It has sections specifically for mind and ti beauty, finxi, fitness and relationships. Itals«i site users a place to discuss all of these eaten! w ith other visitors. 1 fealth.com is one location where mforr • on almost anything health-related can be fond; is kept up-to-date on the latest discoveries.Uni doesn’t talk down to visitors, nor does it feat; anything that would go over the averagereadji head. The infonnation available is compleie. s ti > undeistand ami practical. I he site’s only downfall is that sonieoftt* mor e interesting and helpful things requirep. ' tnes ' ment. For example, customized exercise and' plans require paying a fee after a free 10%* 1 low ever, the majority of the site is freejm time when “super-size” portions reign, is an invaluable tool. Be it mental,emotionij physically. Health.com is the placetotum. *4*4 igency. South he govei 4.7 ; nine — ' are today tially higl The i UDS in / demic le rlso tried disease vents v frazil. Pc ■ *4*4k Denise Schoppe PEOPLE IN THE NEWS J. Lo, Affleck receive custom-made game NEW YORK (AP) - Mr. and Ms. Pac-Man, Super Mario and the princess, and ... Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck? Director r mm. than a perfect "10" for cancel ing a speaking engagement at a fund-raising gala less than two weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Pennsylvania-based Mainline Rescue Inc. says it paid the actress a $15,000 advance and 1 don't care if levers form again," Twain said in i Time magazine interview m newsstands Monday. 1 to no need to do that. A few hours after to October statement, tire 31- year-old Canadian wassiijH LOPEZ Kevin Smith is giving the newly engaged cou ple a custom- made video game to thank them for costarring in his recently wrapped movie "Jersey Girl," according to the New York Post. The game, "Jen Saves Ben," features an animated Lopez who must find and rescue Affleck, who has been kid napped and chained to a ware house wall. "J. Lo has to get him back but doesn't know where he's gone," said Brad Graeber of Texas-based Powerhouse Animation Studios, the compa ny that created the game. As she karate-kicks her way through the game, Lopez must face an animated Smith, who totes a ray-gun, and an evil- robot Matt Damon. She gets three tries to save her fiance without being killed, and if she succeeds the pair is shown kissing. The game features a sound track of Lopez's music. Bo Derek cancels fund-raising speech SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — An animal-rights group claims Bo Derek deserves less appearance fee plus $6,402 for two first-class plane tickets for its Sept. 22, 2001, event in Malvern, Pa. After repeated attempts to reschedule, the charity asked for the money back, but Derek balked, the group claims. In a lawsuit filed in November, the group says Derek responded that she had already pledged the $15,000 fee to another charity. "We did explain to her that we needed the money for food and to heat the kennels but it didn't make any difference to her," said William Smith, founder of Mainline Rescue, which places abused animals with new owners. Derek, who sells a line of pet grooming products and resides in Santa Ynez, could not be reached Sunday through her talent agency or a message left with her sister. In May, she issued a statement saying the group declined her offer to return the money in hopes of scheduling another event. Twain aims to sell 10 million in third album PARIS (AP) — Shania Twain, possibly on her way to becom ing the first female singer with three 10 million-selling albums, can afford to be a little contradictory. "I never burned to perform, her signature Still the One," singer on "Star ^ French reality garnet® which amateur singess® 6 * house and vote eachotW on the basis of their«»! progress. Twain’s * album, "Up!" releasedW sold 874,000 copies in js® week, giving her a good^ start toward reachingeig" 1 -: its for a third time. Johnson to speak on living with AID South :ome ur nough t demic, ai signs of I ously. This y - Denney h> u “^^*194 mill Tony mocra iverage 1 iver the r ’ould be “Soutlj assively ithering, associatei Presid jbetween comment Count AIDS Da ease amii people in populous Carry i the street promote / to raise i Beijing’s | ness even “Sr’Ien = HIV/AID DES MOINES, Iowa Basketball Hall of Farner^ Johnson will T University 5' with "Magic Drake about living Johnson will speak Tuesday night at Drake U niversity's Knapp Center. The school handed out 4,000 tickets. "He is prob- ably one of the mo nen. individuals there and are sp topic, said H er " jjt4 the university s due t dent activities at Drake ^ Johnson helped Angeles Lakers h ^' nbA c# pionsh.ps m his nd which ended m 199 • JOHNS®' Taliba bus di police MARI Passenge said the c taking tf after they ing rou prompt in response. The N heavy tra *Philadelp several a less cong senger Sa “Peof making fi Do yoi doing up where yo was anno Weisb shot bacl the Talibc Attention . Undergrad and Qtad Students Do the Research Present the Research ♦ Compete for Cash Prizes Student Research Competition March 25,2003 To register go to http://gsc.tamu.edu/srw Sfu For more information email srw@tamu.edu