Computing Services University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Fall 1993
The Jayhacker
Computing?
Are you in the doghouse with your profs for the way your papers look? A trip to the Computer Center "lab" may just help. Computer Center staff won't bite—or bark at your questions—when you visit the student computer labs.
If you are new to campus—or to computing-you can take a tour, find computers to use, learn to use software in 3-hour workshops (now just $20 for KU students), or ask a question or two at the Consulting Window or from Customer Assistance. There are more than fifty computers in the Computer Center labs for students to use—and many more at other places on campus. If you use the Computer Center labs you can take your choice of Mac or PC (IBM-compatible) microcomputers and print your documents free on dot matrix printers or pay just 20¢ a page to laser print your assignments.
If you've already discovered the Computer Center-you may not know about all of the services offered to students. With a student account-now available to all KU students-you can discover electronic communication and online information. With an account, or from many labs on campus, you can explore KUfacts.
Isn't it time to get ready for the next century? Start by reading this issue of the Jayhacker to find out about computing at KU. We call it jayhacking—and it's computing for everyone!
Welcome to the lab
Inside the Jayhacker
Need help with computing? A trip to the Computer Center "lab" may help. The Consulting Window is open 10 a.m.to noon, 1 to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Customer Assistance Window is open from 7:30 a.m. to midnight on Friday and Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. the rest of the week.
- Who, what, when, where, and software-campus resources for you to use
- Compute your way to an A:Term papers
- More about KUfacts
- How to find computers close to you-day or night
- Computing services for KU students
- Campus map
- And more!
Come on down
How can I get help? Who do I ask? Is my computer dead or just lazy? Can I type my term paper? Do you have a laser printer?
The Computer Center can be a confusing place. So if you've had any of these questions, you may be pleased to hear about Computer Center general information tours. Tours take 15 to 20 minutes and will be held October 4 to 7, Monday and Wednesday mornings, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. For tour information call 864-0100 or stop by the Computer Center reception desk.
You'll get more than information. All tour participants will get a free laser print card and $1 worth of free printing for your first paper!
KUfacts for KU and you!
Have you heard about the campus-wide information system? It's called KUfacts and it is something new for everyone.
KUfacts is a way for you get information about all sorts of things on the KU campus. You'll find concert and event schedules, library and health center hours, enrollment information, and placement center services. And new to KUfacts is anonymous online AIDS information from Watkins Health Center.
KUfacts connects you to electronic books, lets you get local and national weather, and can connect you with libraries and other computing resources around the world. All of these thingsand moreare available at your fingertips from most computer labs on campus
Although KUfacts is lots of things, it isn't really what it could be. Why? Because you aren't using it.
Right now you won't find information about student organizations at KU. Starting this fall, if you are a member of a student organization, you can post information about your organization for the rest of campus to read. You can let people know about your organization's purpose, members, meetings, and anything of interest to KU students, faculty, and staff.
And it is easier than you might think.
If you represent a registered student organization, stop by Room 203 at the Computer Center and ask to open an organization account. Get a form signed at Student Affairs in Strong Hall, then come back to the Computer Center to get instructions on how you can include your organization's information on KUfacts. You can come to a free afternoon seminar from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Computer Center on September 29 or get help at the Computer Center's Consulting Window Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.to noon or 1 to 4 p.m.
Then encourage all your friends to see what you have posted. KUfacts Make it fun to use.
The Jayhacker is published once each semester by Computing Services at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Volume 3, number 1, Fall 1993.