Colleges get web access using advertisements

by Adam Greenberg assistant a&e editor

Colleges are now teaming up with corporate sponsors, like television, rock concerts and wrestling before them.

Companies are offering sophisticated World WideWebservicesto schools. either for free or fo.ra reasonablyJ.ow.cost.

is one of the reasons for the flooding.

The stonn this past Thursday caused a minor amount of flooding, which did little more than inconvenience the students living there. Throughout the night, Public safety continually checked in on the basement of the house, to make sure that the situation was well in hand. Those living in the basement were warned, however, that they should avoid any contact with water that seeped in. They were told that the water may have run through some electrical wires, and that the chance of electric shock from contact with the water was a good

The caveat is tbat advertisingwill 1Je pht.ce(lonthe~•~ ttiat vices are the trust~ the student," according to a Sept. 3 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Societystill has a need for places "that aren't commercialized."such as libraries and college campuses. according to Harry C. Boyte, co-director of the Center for Democracy and CitizellSbip attbe University of Minnesota. wasalso qpoted in the arlicle.

Dt. Jen:imeZurek, de-- • a letio board discussions. cu.stomizAIpost• ' sume builder and portfolio center. While it may seem that a better option for collegeswould be to developtheirown intranet, the Jenzabar web site states that a school "would have to spend several million dollarsand at least a year to imitate" all of the • ties offer. the college • My~