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...David S. Bennahum '90 reflects that same sense of serenity in technology with his new memoir Extra Life: Coming of Age in Cyberspace. He portrays technology as the safe haven for teenagers whose lives might not be picture-perfect. Family and societal turmoil fades into the background while they take refuge in a computer lab. Complex but logical strings of programming code restore order and sense to otherwise tumultuous lives...
From a young age, Bennahum found solace in video games. Intensely lonely as an American growing up in France as a young child, his first taste with video games came as he vacationed in the French Alps with his family in 1973. Suffering from a sprained ankle, he discovered a new game called "Pong" in the hotel bar, and was mesmerized by it. "Who or what controlled my opponent's movements? What were the rules governing the flight of that square shuttlecock?" The reader can really feel how important finding a niche was to him through the simple yet emotional...
...This Issue: Brooke A. Masters '89 Night Editors: Julie L. Belcove '89 Emily M. Bernstein '90 Martha A. Bridegam '89 Noam S. Cohen '89 Seth A. Gitell '91 Brooke A. Masters '89 Features Editor: Brooke A. Masters '89 Editorial Editor: David J. Barron '89 Photo Editor: David S. Bennahum '90 Sports Editors Mark Brazaitis '89 Julio R. Varela '90 Copy Editor Norris H. Case '90 Business Editor Kenneth M. Richman...
News Editor for This Issue: Brooke A. Masters '89 Night Editors: David J. Barron '89 Martha A. Bridegam '89 Noam S. Cohen '89 Ross G. Forman '90 Emily Mieras '90 Editorial Editors: Laurie M. Grossman '89 John C. Yoo '89 Copy Editor: David P. Greene '91 Photo Editor: David Bennahum '90 Features Editor: Benjamin R. Miller '89 Sports Editor: Colin F. Boyle '90 Business Editor: Andrew Samwick...