Seems there's a small problem at Utah State University. Students keep bumping into one another. Literally. The undergrads are so busy fiddling with their cellphones, iPods, and other gadgets that they're not watching their steps. "These devices have created an alternate universe where students aren't paying attention to what's going on around them," says Brooke Nelson, a senior and the editor-in-chief of the Utah Statesman, which this fall published an editorial titled "Hey Aggies, watch where you're going."
Indeed, when it comes to technology, college students are in another world. From cellphones with built-in cameras, which students use to create social networks on and off campuses, undergraduates are ravenous for new ways to connect. And universities have the resources to serve up tech in ways that the outside world can't.
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