Which phone and what deal?

I'm getting ready to go to college and am thusly in search of a good family plan. The problem is that I don't know how any of this works and am rather lost. My Dad already has a cell phone so all I have to do is find myself one, right? There're no catches/package deals/etc.? I found this site here but the deals seem to be too good to be true...what is that site?

If one were to stick with Verizon, how would one go about doing this? I'm young so I want something "cool" but know that going over the top is out of the question. Is this a good phone?

I hope this was the right place to ask this.

EDIT: I can't post links? How am I to ask for help?

EDIT II: I hope this is okay -- cell phone previously referred to : LG White Chocolate; site name : telstreet