Monday, August 17, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section D·Page 9
Computers not scarce on campus
Labs provide students access to Web, e-mail
By Liz Wriston
Kansan staff writer
Computers, e-mail, the Web.
These things may seem complicated to students who are unfamiliar with computing services at the University of Kansas. But using popular software packages, getting a University e-mail address and browsing the Web are easy from a campus computer lab.
The Computer Center, located on Sunnyside Avenue, has a lab of PC and Macintosh computers that all students can use. Applications installed on these computers include word processors, spreadsheets, Web browsers and graphics programs. Printing services are available, and there also is a scanner. The lab is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Budig Hall houses another large
computer lab. It opened in August of 1997 and added 120 new computers to the campus. Other labs are located in Fraser Hall, Malott Hall, Nunemaker Hall, Robinson Center, Strong Hall and Summerfield Hall. Many of these labs are open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays. Hours differ on the weekends.
Several schools and departments also maintain labs for their students.
Students living on-campus also may use computer facilities in University residence halls. Students living in scholarship halls, Naismith Hall or sororities and fraternities should contact their hall managers or house advisers for information on computing resources.
More details about computer lab locations and hours are available in a brochure at the Computer Center.
There are other computing services the University provides to enrolled students.
Free KU Internet e-mail accounts are available. Students can register online at
"The point of the computers is to give students quick access to e-mail. We hope to have some if not all of the stations running by the first day of classes."
Lydia Ash
Budig computer lab supervisor
http://www.cc.ukans.edu/account
.htm. Students may use Web
browsers at campus computer labs to access the registration page. E-mail accounts are usually activated within 48 hours of registration.
"The web page has links to set up accounts, and students must provide their student ID number and date of birth to register," said Wes Hubert, assistant director of academic computing services.
Students who live off-campus and want to access the Internet from their own computer systems can pay $35 each semester for dial-in accounts. Registration for dial-in service also is available from the registration page.
New to the University this year are computer stations on the third
and fourth floors of the Kansas Union and the main floor of the Burge Union, said Lydia Ash, Budig computer lab adviser.
"The point of the computers is to give students quick access to e-mail," Ash said. "We hope to have some if not all of the stations running by the first day of classes."
Ash said other locations would be in Anschutz Science Library and on the third and fourth floors of Watson Library.
Students with general computing questions should contact the Computer Center staff at 864-0410. For questions about Internet access, contact the System Access staff at 864-0439. Students also may send their comments by e-mail to question@ukans.edu.
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