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DAILY EGYPTIAN JUNE 13, 2013
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VOLUME 98, ISSUE 142
Cycles stun at Shriners Circus
CHRIS ZOELLER | DAILY EGYPTIAN
Extreme motorcycle riders prepare to perform inside the globe of death Sunday during the Ainad Shriners Circus at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. Circus media advisor John Blondell said children often enjoy the motorized attractions more than any other portion of the show. Circus organizers said the performances at Du Quoin had the biggest crowds out of their ten performances so far this year.
E-mail transition to affect campus community TREY BRAUNECKER Daily Egyptian The university has decided to switch all e-mail hosting from Google to Microsoft later this year. Faculty and staff at the university are being moved to Microsoft Outlook as the new e-mail client, while students are being moved from Gmail to Microsoft Office 365. “Combining all of the university’s e-mail clients under Microsoft would help integrate certain features in Microsoft e-mail accounts and
help improve communications on campus,” David Crain, assistant provost and chief information officer, said. He said the university has 36 different e-mail clients for students and faculty, which makes it difficult to contact faculty who are not currently using Gmail accounts. “Having that many clients causes a few problems,” Crain said. “We are in different systems, we do not have shared calendars on e-mail and our global address list, which is the directory you see when you
e-mail people, does not include all faculty.” He said if university faculty primarily use Microsoft e-mail accounts, all faculty would be able to share important dates on calendars, know who is on their e-mail at the time and also share contact information. Joyce Shemonia, office manager for the department of english, said she has worked more with Outlook in the past, but after using Gmail for nearly four years, she might be reluctant to return.
“Originally, I did not want to use Gmail after working with Outlook, but once I started understanding all the options, such as sorting and labeling conversations in your inbox, I started to really enjoy using Gmail.” Shemonia said the option to use Google Drive, a file storage system that allows file storage, file sharing and editing online, was one of the initial features that impressed her the most after switching. She said being able to save documents to an online file and send it to other departments at the
university through Google Drive saved her plenty of time and effort. While Gmail’s features may be more user-friendly, the switch to Microsoft may also have benefits for both faculty and students. Alex Merchant, a junior from Effingham studying computer science, said many of the services provided by Microsoft Office 365 are also provided by Outlook, but there are some features that help Microsoft Office 365 stand out from Gmail. Please see E-MAIL | 3
Mounds community debates mold, school’s future MATT DARAY Daily Egyptian The future of a southern Illinois elementary school and its students were discussed at a board meeting Wednesday at Meridian High School. The Meridian Elementary School in Mounds was closed this summer
because of mold found inside the building during maintenance. The meeting presented possible courses of action to the public regarding the future of the school. Terry Moreland, superintendant of schools, said options such as demolishing parts of the school and sharing Meridian High School space have been considered because
the estimated costs of removing the mold completely is approximately $3 million. “We had to do some homework because we’re stuck with what we can afford and what we can’t afford,” he said. Moreland said this is a problem because the school is about $18,000 in debt and unless funding is found, they would pursue some of the
cheaper options they discussed. He said the district asked the state for funding, but was told none could be provided. Bob Huff, an architect for J.H. Petty & Associates, said there were 35 spores found on the outside of the school and one found inside, according to a report summary done by Courtice-Grason, an
environmental consulting and safety support service company. “These molds are growing in the building materials, but have not broken out of the wall to the air,” he said in the report, which was given to attendees. “It is just a matter of time before this happens.” Please see MOUNDS | 3