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Thursday, September 11, 2003 •Page 5
Computer questions answered
Laura Cunningham
Cq/umnist
Editors Note: This elite column will
appear weekly and will be written by the
training team coordinator.
How do you get your technology ques
tions answered? Where should you go to
get face-to-face
help? Here are
your answers...
1. Passwords -
Students always
struggle to remem
ber their pass
words. Elon
changed them, they changed them, was it
the one with numbers or letters? The
answers can be found in two places. All
Web account, e-mail account and OnTrack
password questions or problems can be
solved by calling the Help Desk at ext.
5200. Blackboard accounts and passwords
are handled by Instructional Design and
Development at ext. 5000.
2. Wireless - How are students with
laptops getting wireless Internet access?
There are wireless zones in several loca
tions throughout campus. The wireless net
working allows students to be connected to
the Internet without plugging in. If you
have a wireless card, visit the Student
Computing Services store (next to Cantina
Roble) to get it configured to Elon’s net
work. If you don’t have a card, you can pur
chase one from Student Computing
Services. The wireless locations on campus
include: Academic Village, Alamance,
Belk, Carlton, Danieley Commons, Duke,
Fonville Fountain, Harden, Lake Mary Nell
area. Long, McEwen Communication
Building, Mooney, Moseley, Powell,
Carolina, Acorn Coffee Shop and Cantina
Roble. For more information and to view a
map of the wireless zones on campus, visit
www.elon.edu/technology/wireless.
3. Computer Support - Are you expe
riencing personal computer problems?
Student Computing Services provides com
puter troubleshooting, installation of soft
ware and hardware and repair services for
student-owned computers. (PC Support is
for Elon-owned computers only.) Students
can receive free phone support by calling
ext. 5100. Student Computing Services is
located on Williamson Avenue (next to
Cantina Roble), and is open Sunday
through Thursday from 1 to 9 p.m. and
Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. For more informa
tion about Student Computing Services,
look a t their site, www.elon.edu/computer-
support/SCS/index.
4. Media Services - Looking to borrow
the newest technology and get help with an
upcoming presentation? Media Services
loans equipment, free of charge (there are
late fees), for a period of three hours to two
days, depending on
the equipment.
Three-hour equip
ment includes lap
top computers
(including wire
less), data projec
tors, mini DV cam
eras, digital cam
eras and zip drives. Two-day equipment
includes portable projection screens, tape
players, TV/VCR combos and boom boxes.
Media Services also provides production
services such as posters, color printouts,
transparencies, lamination, cassette dupli
cation and video and audio dubbing. For
more information about Media Services,
call ext. 6598 or visit www.elon.edu/media.
5. Student Technology Center - The
Student Technology Center, located in Belk
116, is a high-end, multimedia develop
ment computer center for students, featur
ing the newest technologies at Elon.
Software programs developed by Adobe,
Macromedia and Apple are featured, as
well as hardware such as scanners and
video-editing stations. The Student
Technology Center serves as the hub of the
elite program and provides many resources,
such as one-on-one peer consulting, books,
documentation and image CD's. The cur
rent lab hours are Monday through
Thursday 8 a.m. to 1 a.m., Friday 8 a.m. to
9 p.m. and Sunday 3 a.m. to 1 a.m. For
more information, please visit
www.elon.edu/elite/stc.
6. Tedmok)gy Woikshops - Technology
wfflkshops are availabk; bi-weekly for all stu
dents. These woikshops frovide the necessary
training to help you excel in your academic woric
and collegiate life. Taught by elite students, these
woikshops cover topics such as Microsoft Office
XP (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint,
FTMitPl^, PuWisher, and OuUook), Maaxjmedia
MX Suite (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks) and
Adobe. (Acrobat aixl Photoshop). All upccxning
wotkdiops are posted at
www.eloaediVelite/training.htra
Do you have a technology question? We can
answer it! Please contact elite@ek)aedu.
Contact Laura Cunningham at pendu-
lum@elon.edu or 278-7247.
September 11 remembered
Dan Hanson
Columnist
Few people have experienced what this
generation experienced on Sept. 11, 2001.
As we watched our nation fall under
attack, shock and awe fell over this cam
pus and the nation. Since that day the
nation has operated on an edge, fearful
that the next sunny, warm day could bring
another attack on America.
Events such as this come years apart.
Ask your grandparents what happened the
day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Ask your
parents what happened the day President
Kennedy was shot. When we get older,
people will be asking us what happened on
Sept. 11, 2001. Regardless of the time past
the sights and sounds of that day will echo
in our minds as we tell our story.
As time moves on, the World Trade
Center will be reconstructed, • those
responsible will hopefully be brought to
justice, and undoubtedly our nation will
move forward. However, I am uncertain
how our nation will fare?
I wonder if that day will have lasting
impact on the psyche of Americans. What
will this impact be? Will this event bring
us together, or will we go back to the Sept.
10 mentality that governed our lives?
As we look back on that day, what will
we remember? Will we remember the
attack itself or the aftermath of that
attack?
For me personally, I will remember
both but for different reasons. I will
remember the images of that day. The
planes crashing into buildings and images
of people in New York and Washington,
D.C. will all stick in my mind.
However, what is more important for
me is what happened after this attack. We
saw neighbor helping neighbor, firefight
ers and police officers finally getting the
respect they deserve and a reemergence of
the ideas that this nation upon which was
founded.
What has come out of the ashes of this
horrific disaster blooms everyday in the
hearts and minds of Americans. Those
who decided to hijack those planes, in my
mind, may have destroyed buildings and
taken lives, but also showed us the true
side of the American spirit.
Never forget what happened on this day
in 2001. Don’t forget the images. Don’t
forget the sounds. Don’t forget those who
died getting so many people out of the
towers.
And never forget the core American
values that make this nation great. The
freedoms we enjoy and the lives that we
live should be remembered on this day.
History will show two things from this
day, death and destruction and a second
illustrating hope and renewal that this
nation will rebound, just like so many
other generations.
Contact Dan Hanson at
pendulum@elon.edu or 278-7247.
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Football headline inaccurate
To the Editor,
“Phoenix looks impressive in 24-7 loss
to SoCon foe Furman”
How can you still lose and still look
impressive? Have we set our standards
that low for our team?
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