A computer lab has become one of the most popular hangouts at Northern Virginia Community College after officials decided to load its PCs with popular video games, install a PlayStation and an Xbox, and declare it "for gamers only." The goal of this lab is to entice students to take game-design and other IT courses. John Min, dean of business technologies on the college's campus, decided to create the Game Pit, as the lab is called, because he noticed that IT enrollment had been falling since 1999. It is too soon to tell whether the effort will raise enrollment, say professors in the department. At least one student playing here, though, says he plans to take a course next semester that he learned about at the Game Pit. The Game Pit has also helped create a sense of community at the college.