0 9 0 0' 0 2B Wednesday February 232011 The Statement t Wednesday, February 23, 20117// The Statement statement Magazine Editor: Carolyn Klarecki Editor in Chie: Stephanie Steinberg Managing Editor: Kyle Swanson Deputy Editors: Stephen Ostrowski Elyana Twiggs Designers:. Maya Friedman Hermes Risien Photo Editor: Jake Fromm Copy Editors: Josh Healy Hannah Poindexter The Statement is The Michigan Daily's news magazine, distributed every Wednesday during the academic yea. To contact The Statement e-mail klarecki@michigandaily.com. Cover by Marissa McClain THEJUNKDRAWER random student interview by stephen ostrowski Welcome to the Ran- dom Student Inter- view, where the line between journalistic integ- rity and personal boundaries becomes blurred. There's alot of pressure on me to make this funny. So you bet- ter do well. OK, I'll try. I'll do my best. What are your spring break plans? I'm going to Los Angeles. Are you telling me the truth? I just met you. I mean, I'm a straightforward guy. You can trust me. So if we become friends after this, you're not going to dou- ble-cross me? No, I'm not going to do that. All right. I just want to clear the air on that. I'm not that kind of guy. That's great to know. I'm sure there are a lot of lovely ladies who would want to know that as well. Um, so what's bringing you to L.A. on spring break? I'm visiting some family out there, and the weather and everything. The weather? Cool. Yeah. Cool. What are you going to do out in L.A.? Pretty much just relax, go to the beach... Read a book or two? Maybe. You're not the reading type? Kind of. It depends. On what? whether or not you like to read? Does it fluctuate? Sometimes I like reading, some- times I don't. When do you like reading? When it's not school related. OK. So what non-school relat- ed material do you like to read? Sports stuff I guess you could say, pretty basic yeah. You're an intelligent guy, I can tell. Yeah, exactly. I learn a lot. OK. Anything else you like? "Harry Potter," newspaper circulars? Not really. Never read a "Harry. Potter" book. Well then I think we're going to have a lot of good conversa- tions moving forward. By the way, I apologize, I'm a little stuffy and sick. My doctor said I should stop being contagious in a few days so you're fine. OK. Good to know. It's only swine flu. Don't worry about it. What are your sum- mer plans looking like? I really have no idea, um ... You've invested a lot in your future. Yeah, pretty much. What would you like to do? I don't know. I'm going to try to work at the pool I worked at last .summer so I got to figure that out. Relax, have fun with my high school friends I guess. So you're still attached to high school? Yeah, definitely. Like a "Dawson's Creek" kind of thing for you? Yeah. You watch "Dawson's Creek?" I'm a huge fan. Interesting. I'm a huge fan. Finally we can relate on some- thing. I guess the last few ques- tions rounding up: what'd you get at Pizza Hut? I got a pepperoni pizza and some breadsticks. Is that your favorite place in the Union? Yeah, that or Wendy's. Depends. Because they're healthy or what do you like about them? I mean, the health factor defi- nitely plays a role, and I don't know. It's not too expensive I guess. I'll see you at the gym. I came from the gym. I can tell. All right, thank you Tom. - Tom is anS LSA freshman McKenna Green (LSA freshman) "I'm compulsively checking it on my phone or on my computer all the time." 12 hssrs ags Comment like }3 people like this VWrite a comment... - -_______ ____ __ Event e n seAll What are you planning? 6 event invitations 1 UM vs. OSU Newspaper Challenge Happening Now CAN'T GET ENOUGH MICHIGAN DAILY NEWS? FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @michigandaily, @michdailysports, @michdailyarts for the entire class. So if time is money and class takes time, you could instead be spending at least a few dollars if you are a light user, $15 if you are a medium user and $30 to $50 dollars if you are a heavy user during an hour-and-a-half class. Maybe Facebook isn't so free. Next time you are in a lecture hall and find your finger drifting toward the Facebook bookmark on your Internet browser, just imagine Mark Zuckerburg, in all his reclusive glory, slipping into the seat next to you and reaching his hand into your pocket to pluck a pair of shiny quarters. Amy Hassan, an LSA freshman from San Diego, says she uses Face- book "too much" during class. She admitted she can be on Facebook for a full hour during a lecture period. When she was asked whether or not she would go on Facebook for an hour in class if it cost her $50, her response was immediate. "Definitely not," she said. "Not nearly as much." In the survey, 36 percent said that Facebook was "pretty important" to their lives and 12 percent said that it was "very important." Eighty-three percent of respondents said they visit Facebook without consciously mak- ing the decision to do so. LSA freshman McKenna Green said it's definitely possible to be addicted. "I'm compulsively checking it on my phone or on my computer all the time," she said. She also echoed the response from the student survey, saying she some- times found herself on Facebook without making the conscious effort to go to the site. To call something "addictive" is attaching a pretty sizeable red flag. There are many examples of non- chemical activities that have been known to be addictive. The Ency- clopedia of Mental Disorders refers to these as "process addictions." Gambling, sex, and binge eating are examples of addictions that studies have shown to overlap with chemi- cal-related addictions. "It's a question of what's going on in the brain," said the James Olds Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Kent Berridge. "People who are compulsively eating, gambling or compulsively pursuing sex could have some of the same fea- tures a drug addict has." The modern definition of addic- tion has changed over the past few decades. The more outdated quali- fication for addiction was grounded in withdrawal effects or the "com- pulsive nature of addiction -that it becomes uncontrollable, it persists even when a person tries to quit," according to Berridge. The Encyclopedia of Mental Disor- ders does not recognize a "Facebook Addiction," but it does recognize an Internet addiction disorder. "One symptom of Internet addic- tion is excessive time devoted to Internet use. A person might have difficulty cutting down on his or her online time even when they are threatened with poor grades or loss of a job," according to the Encyclo- pedia. Facebook makes it difficult to quit. You cannot delete your account. It is not an option. Instead, Facebook offers the option of "deactivating." By deactivating you are preventing yourself from receiving notifica- tions - and that's about it. It is essentially the same as logging out of your account. When you feel the itch to return all you need to do is click "login." The site's mission statement is to "give people the power to share and make the world more open and con- nected." However, when it comes to power there seems to be a significant incongruence in its allocation. Try calling Facebook's head offic- es in Palo Alto, Calif., and you will be directed to an automated voice machine, which will offer a set of options. Every single option will lead to another voicemail that will encour- age you to send them an e-mail, or visit their website. Considering its privately held stocks, circuitous voicemail and reclusive founder, this company hardly seems to be the paradigm of openness and connection it claims to be. 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SEE YOUR POEMS AND SHORT STORIES IN PRINT. IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO SUBMIT WORK TO THE ANNUAL LITERARY ISSUE. E-mail klarecki@ michigandaily com Kent Berridge (professor of psychology) "People who are compulsively eating, gambling or compulsively pursuing sex could have some of the same features a drug addict has." 12 hours ago ."Comment"Like ~j9 peopleike this Write a comment... T HE H ON OR S OCI E TY O F n yo ihgnCatrFbur 5 0 Schvlarship AplIcratons PHI KAPPA PHI Pd Feto omai ar ,01 UM PH IKA PPA PHI.U MI C H.E DU "-'- 3 Chat (Offline)