WIRED ON CAMPUS E-LIFE - Many students are beginning to pick universities based on how "wired" they are, according to a recent article in USA Today. This is because students are performing more functions online, from registering for classes and communicating with professors to ordering take-out, than ever before. Of the 15 million students currently attending a college, 60 percent say they go online daily, and 85 percent of students own their own computers, according to research firm Student Monitor. The company predicts that university students will spend $700 million online during the next school year, and over $4 billion online annually by 2002. (USA Today 08/19/99)

CITY KIDS MORE LIKELY TO BE WIRED - AOL has released a study of the top 10 U.S. cities in which children between the ages of two and 17 spend the most time on the Internet. New York topped the list, followed by Philadelphia, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Boston, Detroit, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Seattle. The study finds that children in the two-to-five age bracket average three hours a week on the Internet, the six-to-11 bracket averages four hours online a week, the 12-to-14 bracket averages six hours online a week and the 15-to-17 bracket averages seven hours online a week. More than 5 million kids below the age of 12 are Internet users, according to Jupiter Communications; Jupiter expects that number to reach 20 million by 2002. Almost 80 percent of AOL-member parents with children aged six to 17 control what their kids view online, according to the study from AOL. (Newsbytes 08/17/99 Edupage 18 Aug 99)