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Cars whoosh by Ashley Barlow as she rides her bike down 5th Street in Pocatello toward 色花堂app, when her phone beeps. It鈥檚 a text message from her best friend Becky asking what she is wearing. This is a ritual they do in order to prevent the chance that they might wear the same thing. Does Barlow stop her bike next to the cemetery to answer the message? No. She 鈥渢exts鈥� Becky back while peddling down the busy street.

鈥淚 probably should have been paying attention to what I was doing,鈥� says Barlow. 鈥淏ut I have to text message back while I鈥檓 thinking about it, or I鈥檇 forget.鈥�

Many students at 色花堂app-Pocatello campus feel this urgency as well. It鈥檚 not uncommon to see students sending written messages by cell phone between classes, in the cafeteria line, or during a lecture.

ISU Mass Communication Professor Dr. John Couper says, 鈥淲ith the way media is converging between PDAs and telephones, text messaging will become more common.鈥�

And why not? It鈥檚 convenient. A person doesn鈥檛 have to stop what he is doing to ask or answer a question of someone else.

One ISU student, Josie Orozco, often asks questions like: 鈥淲hatz up? Want 2 go 2 this? Or Howd u do on ur test?鈥�

This kind of text messaging shorthand is used often by ISU students. The lingo allows ISU student Misty Clover to type approximately 44 words per minute on her cell phone key pad using software on her phone that gives her the option of choosing the most likely word from the letters already typed.

鈥淵ou can write so much more in a shorter time,鈥� Clover said. However, even though texting communicators can write with speed, text messaging is still slower than verbal conversation because each participant has to wait for the other to reply, which can be a good thing or a bad thing.    鈥淚t鈥檚 a good way to answer when you can鈥檛 compose a lie fast enough,鈥� said ISU student Winnie Kimeu.

On the flip side, ISU student Hilary Hughes said, 鈥淚 feel like you can say in three minutes over the phone what you can say in two hours over text messaging.鈥�

Forget poetry; text messaging has now become the mouthpiece of love at ISU.

鈥淚f you like somebody,鈥� said Clover, 鈥淚t鈥檚 like they鈥檙e constantly with you. They鈥檙e constantly being reminded of you.鈥�

But just as text messaging can fan the flames of affection it can also douse it stone cold. My first experience with text messaging resulted in a canceled date. I can see how text messaging can be convenient, but it鈥檚 sad when it replaces chivalry.

鈥淚鈥檓 sorry I can鈥檛 go 2 the dance w\ u,鈥� said my 鈥渒night.鈥�

I was mad that he told me that way instead of being a man and talking to my face or at least to my ear instead of my eyes. But, that Friday night wasn鈥檛 a total waste. I went to a magic show with my roommate, who incidentally managed to text message her other friends through out the evening. 

It is possible that before text messaging, my guy would have had no choice but to initiate a verbal communication. Now it is possible for him and others to hide behind the emotionless brevity of words.

鈥淎 disadvantage of text messaging is that you have to take everything literally,鈥� said ISU student Robert Geddes. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 tell if someone is being sarcastic. They should have happy or sad faces like they do for instant messaging.鈥�

Although Couper is excited for the 鈥渟pontaneous communication鈥� it allows students, he does say that it comes with a price. 鈥淚t breaks down the continuity of idea. You might get the jist of ideas, but it loses every scrap of depth.鈥�

Apparently, that doesn鈥檛 detract from the popularity of text messaging among students, especially in class. In grade school, students are taught not to talk during class, but they are not disciplined to stop communicating with their thumbs when the teacher is speaking.

鈥淚 try not to text often in class because it is kind of rude,鈥� said ISU student Angie Schere, 鈥渂ut sometimes you have to.鈥�    Text messaging allows a freedom from these restrictions because it is done silently. However, a student鈥檚 sudden interest with peering beneath his desk and his flapping arms giving away the covert activities of his thumbs.    鈥淚n a decent class, text messaging has to be a distraction,鈥� said Couper. 鈥淢entally it is not possible to do two things fully at the same time.鈥�

Couper even had to threaten to dismiss a student because his text messaging in class was diverting his classmate鈥檚 attention from Couper to the student鈥檚 phone.

But, even Couper text messages in school鈥攁lbeit not in class鈥攖o tell anxious students that their assignments have arrived on time.

Nevertheless, text messaging can be rude. 鈥淚t鈥檚 okay to text when you are talking to a friend,鈥� said Orozco, 鈥渂ut if it is someone important, like your boss, I wouldn鈥檛.鈥�