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ANGELrNA WAGNER STAFF WRITER AMW722@ CABRL'\11.EDU

The ITR department on campus is a valuable source to everyone. Sometimes they can be non resourceful at times, but everyone has their bad days. I understand about the new Worm virus that has been plaguing Windows based computers for the past week. So far the virus has not affected Macintosh computers. I know that since it's the beginning of the semester, everyone is trying to frantically connect to the Internet. We need something to keep us occupied arowid here. There's always some sort of Internet connection problem. Macintosh users are being left out in the cold though. Instructions were given to students at check in on how to use the Secure Network Setup to get their Internet to work. The instructions that were given out were only for Microsoft Windows. Usually there is another set of instructions for Mac users, but there was none. Not everyone on campus has a PC. The majority of English and communications majors and graphic designers thrive on Macintosh computers to get their work done. After I left messages with the ITR help desk, I decided to stop by their office. They told me that the steps given on the yellow sheet at check in should work. It didn't work so I had to have my roommate go online and look for Mac instructions. Low and behold there were instructions on there on how to connect to the Internet. We tested

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It's not that I just want the Internet to check my e-mail and all, but most of my classes require emailing things back and forth. I can't do this without an Internet connection. The campus network is for both PC and Mac, but why are the PCs getting all the attention? I have been patient, but I just wish that they could find a more effective way for Mac users. It would make me a happier person and a lot of others as well. ITR is usually on top of things, but they seemed to have blanked on the instructions for Mac users this time around.

After trying all sorts of things, I decided that I needed to call them again. I left a few messages but nobody ever got back to me. At one point they scheduled with me a time where they would come to the room to fix my Mac. They never showed up. I understand that there are a lot of other students who had Internet problems too but I waited around for a no show.Then one day when I went to my morning class a fellow Mac user told me what I was supposed to do. I needed to use 1.2.3.4 in order to get on to the network so I could register my computer. What do you know? It actually worked. I'm just wondering why ITR couldn't just tell me that in the first place when I called on the phone. I understand that ITR is a great resource but they need to organize their ways better. I'm wondering how good it does look when I have to get my roommate to fix my computer because they couldn't. Mac computers need some tender loving care too! When I finally got on the Internet the phone rang. ·'Hi, this is ITR, do you still need us to them out, but that hasn't worked come fix your Internet?"

Bringing back PSAs, friends don't let friends drive drunk

KENDALL NEIL A&E EDITOR KMN722@ CABRINI.EDU

What happened to the saying, "friends don't let friends drive drunk?" Doesn't anyone care about that kind of stuff anymore? I know that it's something my friends and I take very seriously, maybe sometimes a little too seriously. However, it's always better to be safe than sorry. It's OK to have your fun, but not at the expense of other people.

As I'm sure many of you are aware, a student (who, rumor has it, does not attend Cabrini) took his car, slammed on the gas, aiming at students who happened to be standing on Residential Boulevard in between houses 6 and 7. I awoke to a phone call Saturday morning from a friend of mine to tell me he was hit by a car the night before. Not the kind of thing you expect to hear on a

Saturday morning. Thankfully, he wasn't hurt too badly, but I'm sorry; someone could have been killed. How ridiculous can one person be? Did this person expect to get a good laugh at the situation? We can all hope that this incident wasn't with the intent to hurt anyone, but truth remains that people were hurt. I reside in house 7 and walked outside Saturday morning to find dirt and rocks in the road and skid marks in the street. Come on now people. Grow up. Aiming at people with your car is sick, joking or not.

Please keep in mind that this is all my own personal opinion and account of what I heard the incident entailed. My only point in writing this is just to ask the readers to use their heads when drinking alcohol. We are all in college and are all expected to act like adults. Sure, it's fine to have fun every now and then. But let's hope that there's at least one person in a group who can stand up and take someone's keys away from them before something even more serious that took place on our presumably safe campus happens again.