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(11/02/00 4:46am)
Weightlifting, running, being captain of the cheerleading squad and attending cheerleading practices were all part of the norm in senior Todd Eager's life. He was in the best physical shape he had ever been in, but then unexpectedly, he was struck down in his prime last summer.\nEager's mother took him to his hometown hospital in Fort Wayne June 6, because he had a severe headache, dizziness, a fever, bloodshot eyes and he could barely breathe. \nHe was suffering from a rare illness called menningococcemia, which is a blood bacteria that causes blood to become toxic. \nThe hospital held him overnight and by the second day, two helicopters were flown there from Ann Arbor, Mich. to take him to the University of Michigan Hospital. Eager said he went into septic shock, when the vessels and veins dilate and the pressure drops causing the body to shut down. His liver quit working and his kidneys and lungs failed. \nBut Eager's heart never failed.\n"If they hadn't got there when they did, I wouldn't have made it another half hour or 20 minutes," Eager said.\nThe University of Michigan Hospital is one of three hospitals in the nation to have an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation machine, which is a portable lung and heart bypass machine, Eager said. \nEager's friend and roommate, junior Matt Money, said that once Eager was at Ann Arbor, he was on life support, and there was a 95 percent chance that he would die. Money said he called to check on him several times throughout the summer.\nDr. Robert Bartlett treated Eager at U of M, and he has become close to the Eager family, Eager said. Bartlett invited Eager and his family to dinner at his house with his family during the Oct. 14 Michigan football game against IU.\n"We keep in touch," Eager said. "I have blood work done every week and it's faxed to him because he wants to keep up with my stats."\nHe was released from the hospital July 10 and went home to Fort Wayne where he began physical therapy. By the time the school year began, he was in good enough health to attend classes.\n"He is a lot thinner now and he gets tired really easily, so he sleeps a lot," Money said. "People are always sending him cards and stopping by to see how he is doing."\nHis doctors believe he survived because of his muscle mass, and since he was in shape, he had enough energy to fight it, Eager said.\n"I still don't feel like myself yet, and I probably won't the rest of the year," Eager said. "This is a slow process."\nHis parents and two brothers were always there to support him, said freshman Kelly Miller, his friend and former cheerleading partner.\n"His mom was an angel," Miller said. "She was a nurse herself, so she was always making him drink protein drinks and babied him all the time."\nEager said one never knows how much family, friends and teammates matter until one has an experience like this.\n"I will never be able to tell (Miller) thanks enough, because there aren't words," Eager said. "She drove from Elkhart, Ind., about once a week and was with me at my worst. She is a very special person." \nEager now attends cheerleading practices and has accomplished one of the goals he set for himself -- to run the flag out at the IU-Michigan game.\n"Some other goals I have are to work out when I can and to push myself and try to get strong again as well as to run better and more easily," Eager said. "I want to show my family and doctors that I will beat the odds and be ahead of schedule in the recovery process."\nMiller said she is impressed with how he has stayed positive throughout the summer and how his health has improved.\n"I knew if the doctors could get him over the first hurdle that he would be fine, because he is the strongest person I know," Miller said.\nEager said he has realized that people shouldn't take anything for granted.\n"I learned no task is too small and should not be taken lightly -- like taking a shower or combing your hair," he said.\nEager is a biology major, but he is unsure with what he wants to do with his life, he said.\n"God has a plan for me or I would not be here," he said. "I don't know if I will be led to continue in a medical career or to teach at a high school since I love kids, but I am not really sure."\nHe said this last year was tough, but it was one of life's lessons.\n"My advice is to never pass off flu symptoms," Eager said. "It is not worth taking a chance"
(10/27/00 6:36am)
Several students are registering for next semester's classes on the Web using a pilot program that will run until Nov. 17. The purpose of the project is to see if it is ready to be implemented for all students.\nAssociate registrar Roland Cote said nearly 3,000 students from the Kelley School of Business' MBA program, residents of Willkie Quad and students in the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation were selected to participate.\nCote said students were chosen from a wide base.\n"We also wanted a defined group that would include a broad population ranging from the sophomore level through the doctoral level," Cote said. "Willkie students were selected because our data indicate that it is the residence center with the highest percentage of students who own PCs. This will help to determine whether students who have PCs at their residence are likely to register from that location or not."\nCote said the project would give them a chance to determine what the impact on public computing facilities might be if all students were allowed to register via the Web.\n"We will be sensitive to the need that some individuals may have for face-to-face interaction and assistance," Cote said. "We must also be aware of accessibility issues, particularly where certain disabilities preclude an individual from using this type of remote facility."\nBut Cote said registering on the Web would help out students.\n"The Web is maturing into a reliable and respected medium for conducting important business," Cote said. "We believe that the convenience offered by the introduction of the Web is a tremendous benefit to the students."\nUniversity Information Technology Services worked jointly with the office of the Registrar on the project. Robert Reynolds, senior software analyst for UITS, said they began focusing seriously on the project in July.\n"The Registrar is in contact with students everyday, so they know what students need," Reynolds said. "We handle technical expertise, so it was important to mesh the two and we were able to meet our goals to have it ready for a pilot."\nThe current student registration system runs on IU's mainframe, called IUIS. To make registration on the Web possible, Reynolds said IU purchased a java program from ResQNet, Inc. in New York.\n"This java program runs on a Web server and is able to translate between the HTML language of the Web browser and the native language of the mainframe," Reynolds said. "The goal of the pilot project is to test the feasibility of making mainframe registration available over the Web, while IU works on the new PeopleSoft student system."\nCote said they will determine the success of the pilot by conducting an analysis of student interaction with registering on the Web, and collecting information and comments from students as they complete the registration process.\n"We will evaluate the nature and frequency of the requests for assistance that we receive during the pilot, and we will evaluate the impact of registration on the Web on existing computing facilities," Cote said. "We hope that if this pilot is successful, and if the modifications required to make it work successfully are minor, that this opportunity will be extended to all students who register in April for the fall."\nFreshman Kristen Da Rosa said she would like online registration to be available to all students.\n"I think it is a great idea," Da Rosa said. "It would be a lot easier and so much more convenient"
(10/06/00 6:15am)
IU banned Napster for a second time April 20 after the University was threatened with a lawsuit from the heavy metal group Metallica. Now Georgia Tech has decided not to ban Napster, because university officials feel a ban would be impractical. "At a university like Georgia Tech, such a solution is impractical. Further, even if we found a temporary method, our students are bright enough to find ways around it," according to a statement released by Georgia Tech.\nBut IU officials said Napster will continue to be off-limits.\nSenior Matt Cramer said he agrees with Georgia Tech's decision.\n"Right now I do not see anything wrong with sharing files, so I don't think (Napster) should have been banned," Cramer said. \nChristopher Simpson, IU vice president for public affairs and government relations, said Napster was banned for legal reasons.\n"There are technical legal ramifications of having a site like Napster up, and these are still unclear," Simpson said. "The courts will decide this and everyone is watching with great interest."\nHe said the focus is not on the intelligence of the students.\n"It is not an issue about the smartness of the students, because ours are among the brightest in the world," Simpson said.\nMark Bruhn, information technology policy officer for University Information Technology Services, said he agrees with Georgia Tech's assessment because blocking any application is impractical from a technical standpoint.\n"We don't feel, from a cultural standpoint, like we should block anything unless it is in self-defense of the University," Bruhn said. "The legal situation surrounding (Napster) is unclear and concerning legal issues could be taken against the students."\nThere are other Web sites that many students are using in place of Napster, such as Scour.com, mp3.com and imesh.com.\nCramer said he uses both Scour and iMesh to download music from the Internet.\n"It is a lot easier to use Scour because you just type in whatever song you are looking for, and it gives you places where you can download the song," Cramer said. "I also feel that the whole banning of Napster is irrelevant, because people find ways around it, which is obvious, like Scour."\nHe said there is a way to still use Napster through a program called Napigator despite the ban, but he doesn't like it as much because it is slow and doesn't work as well as Scour.\n"Instead of turning your computer into a server, you can gather songs from Napster, but people can't grab the songs from your computer," Cramer said. "It basically sets up a server other than the Napster server, which pulls the music from the Napster server to the new server."\nBruhn said they are now watching Scour and are going to try to prevent it from being a problem through education.\n"We want students to learn about Scour and to use it properly and legally," Bruhn said. "However, if we get complaints about people using Scour or any other application in an illegal way, then we will investigate it. This has been our practice for many years and it will continue."\nHe said the outbound usage is very high, so unless they can get students to decrease usage of the site then they might have to take technical action to restrict use.\n"We have limited outbound traffic to 15 megabytes per second, and we reduced that to 10 percent (Wednesday)," Bruhn said. "This way we are limiting the amount of information from Scour that the people outside of the University can get, because the problem is more with what the outside world is getting so we are limiting the information taken from the University."\nHe said UITS suggests that students limit their use and that they not serve files to the Internet community.\n"There is a parameter that can be set in Scour that keeps other people from seeing the person's files on their desktop," Bruhn said. "Under options under media library there is a check box that says do not share my files with the Scour exchange community."\nCramer said he sometimes checks this box on his Scour.\n"I turn the file sharing off during the day to cut down on network traffic, but if I am up late at night like two or three in the morning then I go ahead and turn it on," Cramer said.\nBruhn said Napster would stay blocked until the legal situation is clarified.
(10/05/00 4:32am)
Monroe County Habitat for Humanity and IU Habitat for Humanity are building their first handicap-accessible house.\nJennifer Titus was chosen to be the recipient of the house by the Habitat selection process. The first phase is anonymous, so there is no bias when the Monroe County committee views the applications, said junior Jennifer Murphy, president of IU Habitat for Humanity.\nTitus, a lifelong Bloomington resident, has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair. Her house will be completely handicap accessible, including the appliances.\n"The first thing we did was build a ramp for her so she could get to her house, and we got a side-by-side refrigerator, so she could reach the icebox, too," said senior Cathy Jones, work site coordinator for IU Habitat for Humanity. "There are a lot of things you don't even think about having to do differently, so this is a new challenge for Habitat but we are always open to new ideas."\nThe Lion's Club of Monroe County is sponsoring the house by supplying the money, and they also volunteer at the work site.\n"A Habitat house ends up costing between $30,000 and $35,000," Jones said. "The homeowner has to eventually pay this money back, so she will pay it back, however long it takes, to the Lion's Club interest free."\nFraming day for the house was Sept. 16, and it is now almost winterized, Jones said. Work sessions are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.\n"They are right on schedule with the process," Murphy said. "The roof is ready to be shingled, and they did framing a couple of weeks ago."\nTitus has to put in 250 hours of sweat acuity (hours Titus has to spend working on the house), and these have to be finished by the time the house is completed, said Mary Stroup, Monroe County Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Coordinator.\n"Jennifer is there on Saturdays and is doing the hours with her mother, who she currently lives with," Stroup said.\nJones said working on the house gives Titus a sense of ownership and pride.\n"She has to be there every Saturday, and it's frustrating for her sometimes because there are some things she just can't do," Jones said. "Me and the other leaders make a conscious effort to find things she could do, so she will feel good."\nMurphy said Titus is very independent and is definitely contributing.\n"She is a really sweet and has a heart of gold," Murphy said. "She is willing to put in the time and works in the office, too."\nTitus said she hammers and cuts insulation and will at least give anything a try.\n"I am glad to be a part of something that will benefit me, and it is really kind of neat," Titus said.\nShe said she was ecstatic when she learned that her application was chosen and that she was going to have a house built for her.\n"I was shocked and was very happy," Titus said. "It is more or less a dream come true to get something that will cater to my needs."\nStroup said the plan is to have the house finished either Dec. 9 or 10, so she can get in her home before Christmas.\n"We will try to have it dedicated a week after that in which everyone who helped with the house will be there and the Lion's Club will present her with the key," Stroup said.
(10/03/00 7:02pm)
A relatively new Web site, iuclass.com, is targeting IU students to help find things they need in the Bloomington area -- an alternative to the classifieds. The site is not affiliated with the University.\nJunior Jon Tavernier is responsible for the creation of the free site, which he started in February 1999. The site features classified advertisements from the area. \nTavernier said he is mainly the only person running the site, but anyone can place an ad on the site by filling out a membership form.\n"I noticed a lot of free sites that have a lot of classified items, so I decided to open a classified site for the Bloomington area," Tavernier said. "It\'s free and is built by IU students. It is a meeting place for students to find items without going cross country or to a bookstore."\nTavernier is a computer information system major and said this would help to make him more marketable when he looks for a job after graduation.\n"This will set myself apart from other students during interviews, and I wanted to do it for the experience," he said.\nTavernier said he is pleased with the success of the site because he has seen increases in the number of visitors to the site during the past two years. And he has added other attractions to interest students such as items to download, virtual cards, contests and news.\n"I wanted to establish something for the people besides just classifieds, so they will want to come back to the site," Tavernier said.\nMany students were unaware of this site, but said they are happy to know of its existence.\n"I didn\'t know about this site," sophomore Lauren Moore said. "I would definitely use the site for reference like with jobs or if I was looking for something in particular."\nSophomore Erica Warner said she is skeptical about the site because she is unsure of the quality of it, and said it would depend if students were Web shoppers as to whether they were to use the site.\n"It sounds like it would be convenient, but I won\'t use it because I won\'t have the need for it in the near future," Warner said. "I am not searching for anything." \nEditor's Note: This story originally appeared Sept. 22.
(10/03/00 6:54pm)
The School of Informatics officially opened this semester, making it the first new school to emerge on campus in more than 25 years. Students who choose to major, minor or receive a certificate in this field will find many jobs available to them when they graduate, school officials said.\nDean of Informatics Michael Dunn said the cognate area that the student is studying would be the key to what type of job the person receives. Some example cognate areas are journalism, economics, chemistry, fine arts, public and environmental affairs, telecommunications, computer science and interior design.\n"A student with a cognate area in fine arts could possibly be a digital artist or graphic designer," Dunn said. "Also with chemistry for example, the student could work for a pharmaceutical firm. They would work with information technologies in that particular industry."\nThe school teaches about information technology applied to solving human problems.\n"Unlike computer science that focuses on core technologies, our students will be trained with tools used in various disciplines and be able to use and participate in development," Dunn said.\nHe said starting salaries will vary widely depending on the cognate area, but overall salaries should range between $40,000 to $60,000 a year.\n"The interesting feature about the School of Informatics is that it allows students to explore information technologies and subject matter and end up with the credentials to get a well-paying job," Dunn said.\nBecause informatics is a new school, there aren't any graduates as of now, but the school hopes to have a placement and internship program in place in a year and a half to two years.\n"Information Technology Association of America currently has one million, six hundred thousand vacancies in information-technology related jobs," Dunn said. "These jobs will continue to develop since there is a need for them, and right now the Midwest is the hottest region for new technology jobs."\nHe said other related jobs are virtual set designer, Webmaster, database developer and software developer.\n"There are brand new jobs that people aren't even aware of like a user experience analyst," Dunn said. "These people design computers and computer interfaces."\n"Students trained broadly with information technologies are very likely candidates for decision support or management positions of information technology issues," he said. "The school tries to educate students broadly since people change careers three and four times during their life."\nFreshman Jonathan Raimondi is majoring in informatics and is taking I101, an introductory course to informatics.\n"I am happy with the way class is going, and things are pretty good right now," Raimondi said. "I am going to go into network engineering probably with my degree in informatics."\nDunn said with informatics it is like a two-way street as students can minor in it instead of majoring.\n"You will still get a heavy dose about information technologies through a minor in Informatics," Dunn said.\nFreshman Cory Steger is majoring in computer science and is unsure of what he will do with informatics at this point. He is also enrolled in I101, introduction to informatics, and is just exploring his options right now.\n"There are a lot of careers in informatics, and it is an up-and-coming profession," Steger said. "My teacher tells us that there are so many jobs out there"
(09/22/00 4:58am)
A relatively new Web site, iuclass.com, is targeting IU students to help find things they need in the Bloomington area -- an alternative to the classifieds. The site is not affiliated with the University.\nJunior Jon Tavernier is responsible for the creation of the free site, which he started in February 1999. The site features classified advertisements from the area. \nTavernier said he is mainly the only person running the site, but anyone can place an ad on the site by filling out a membership form.\n"I noticed a lot of free sites that have a lot of classified items, so I decided to open a classified site for the Bloomington area," Tavernier said. "It's free and is built by IU students. It is a meeting place for students to find items without going cross country or to a bookstore."\nTavernier is a computer information system major and said this would help to make him more marketable when he looks for a job after graduation.\n"This will set myself apart from other students during interviews, and I wanted to do it for the experience," he said.\nTavernier said he is pleased with the success of the site because he has seen increases in the number of visitors to the site over the past two years. And he has added other attractions to interest students such as items to download, virtual cards, contests and news.\n"I wanted to establish something for the people besides just classifieds, so they will want to come back to the site," Tavernier said.\nMany students were unaware of this site, but said they are happy to know of its existence.\n"I didn't know about this site," sophomore Lauren Moore said. "I would definitely use the site for reference like with jobs or if I was looking for something in particular."\nSophomore Erica Warner said she is skeptical about the site because she is unsure of the quality of it, and said it would depend if students were Web shoppers as to whether they were to use the site.\n"It sounds like it would be convenient, but I won't use it because I won't have the need for it in the near future," Warner said. "I am not searching for anything"
(09/21/00 4:12am)
As a grand-prize winner in a contest sponsored by Tecmo, Inc., senior Clint Trice won an all-expense paid trip to Tokyo. Tecmo, Inc., a game company, hosted the contest in July for its Dreamcast title "Dead or Alive 2," a martial arts video game, along with Babbage's Etc. and gamestop.com. \nThe contest was posted on gamestop.com and entrants had to submit general information about themselves. Brian Iannessa, public relations representative for Tecmo, Inc., said there were around 30,000 entries. \nThe trip included round-trip air fare, $1,000 in spending money, hotel accommodations, admission to a Tecmo game show and a VIP tour of Tecmo's headquarters.\n"This is a dream come true for a hard-core gamer," Iannessa said. "They will get to meet the game developers."\nIannessa said the game stop is where companies showcase all the games that are going to be debuting in retail stores, as well as show some of their new and current products such as new hardware and PlayStation 2.\nHe said Temco wanted to do the contest to keep the public interested in them and "Dead or Alive 2."\n"It was a way to keep people involved and excited about the game as well as to keep the Tecmo name alive," Iannessa said.\nTrice will leave today for Tokyo and return to Bloomington Wednesday. He found out about the contest because he is a member of the site.\n"I figured I would just try it and see what happens," Trice said. "I couldn't believe it when I won, because I haven't won anything before and I have never been to Japan."\nTrice is a fine arts computer graphics major and is interested in games not only as a hobby, but as a possible career.\n"I have been playing video games for a while," he said. "I hope to get in the industry and do arts for them. This will be a real opportunity for me to see how games are made."\nHe was allowed to bring one guest with him, and he chose to bring his roommate Chris Rice, a first year grad student in the MIME program.\n"I am just a tag-a-long who got lucky," Rice said. "I am just excited to play the games and the working models of how they are supposed to be when they are released. Plus, I hope to pick up some games while I am there, because Japanese games are interesting … It will be fascinating to go to Tokyo"
(09/19/00 5:19am)
"I hate Sam Donaldson like I hate eating peanuts. I can't stop eating them, and I can't stop watching Sam Donaldson."\nLee Hamilton, a former U.S. Representative and director of the Center on Congress started the evening off with this quote from a former constituent. \nHamilton introduced television newsman Sam Donaldson to a full house that left some audience members standing last night in the Whittenberger Auditorium of the Indiana Memorial Union.\nThe free event was sponsored by the Center on Congress and lasted an hour. Donaldson spoke for about 20 minutes and then took questions from the audience.\nDonaldson has worked for ABC News for the past 40 years and has covered five U.S. presidents. He was chief White House Correspondent from 1977 to 1989 and 1998 to 1999. He is a co-anchor of an ABC News Sunday morning broadcast, has a live Internet newscast and is a correspondent for 20/20. He has won three Emmy Awards and in 1998 was named "Broadcaster of the Year."\nDonaldson was energetic, reflecting on the past when there were only three networks. Topics ranged from the current presidential election to an incident where he was tear-gassed. Donaldson said he thinks this year it is a tactical election, because as a country everything is all right and there are no big national waves.\nDonaldson also commented on the Bush and Gore campaigns. He said people will be voting for who they like. He said he didn't like Bush's speech at the Republican convention whereas he thought Gore emerged from the Democratic convention as more of a likeable guy.\nMany students came to hear him speak simply because he is a well-known public figure.\n"I grew up watching him on TV and on Sunday mornings lately, so I thought it would be interesting to come and hear what he has to say," said Samantha Buchanan, a freshman.\nSophomore Jack Fan said he has always been impressed with Donaldson and his news presentations.\nAt the beginning of Donaldson's speech, the lights in the auditorium unexpectedly went out. The newsman captivated the audience with jokes keeping everyone laughing during the situation. Donaldson said the audience all knows what he looks like and that he would continue in the dark, but the lights came on within a couple minutes.\nThe night ended with a standing ovation and with Donaldson giving peace signs to the crowd.\nHamilton said he thought the speech was terrific.\n"I don't ... think he was just informative ' he was an entertainer," Hamilton said.\nSenior Jen Burnett said she was surprised that the audience didn't ask more questions that pertained to her generation, such as funding for higher education.\n"I thought he was a really good speaker," Burnett said. "He was funny, but it seems like he was very rehearsed as well."\nSenior Raju Raval said she thought he avoided commenting on how members of the media are biased as to what information they allow the public to know about, but Raval said he liked things overall.\n"I thought he looked very professional," Raval said. "He spoke like he knew what he was talking about and was very polished"
(09/18/00 5:38am)
Television newsman Sam Donaldson will speak at 7 p.m. today in the Whittenberger Auditorium of the Indiana Memorial Union. The free event is sponsored by the Center on Congress.\nLee Hamilton, a former U.S. Representative and director of the Center on Congress, invited Donaldson to speak this evening, said Charles Wise, director of research and programming for the center. Hamilton will be introducing Donaldson's speech, "A View From Washington."\nDonaldson has been affiliated with ABC News for 40 years and has covered five presidents. From 1977 to 1989 and 1998 to 1999 he was chief White House Correspondent where he covered the presidency for World News Tonight as well as other ABC News programs.\nPreviously, Donaldson was co-anchor of Prime Time Live, and he has covered major events such as the TWA Flight 800 crash, the Vietnam War and U.S. military corruption. He is currently a co-anchor of an ABC News Sunday morning broadcast, has a live Internet newscast and is a correspondent for 20/20.\nIn 1998 Donaldson was named "Broadcaster of the Year" by the National Press Foundation. In addition he has been named "Best Television Correspondent" four times, and he has won three Emmy Awards and a George Foster Peabody Award.\nDeborah Still, programming assistant and Web designer for the Center of Congress, said Donaldson will speak for 20 minutes and then open it up to the audience for a question and answer period.\nWise said he believes students would gain a lot by going to this speech.\n"They will get some insight into the Congress that represents them and the policy issues that Congress is engaging in that impacts students," Wise said.\nJournalism professor Jon Dilts, who teaches graduate seminars on reporting and law, said Donaldson is a legend in American journalism and is someone he believes people would want to hear from.\n"(Students) would get a lot out of it," Dilts said. "He fills the room with his personality, and he is energetic."\n"It is hard to find journalists with a long history and (who are) still in the trenches doing it," Dilts said. "He is still Chief White House correspondent and is not behind a desk."\nJunior Mike Gibson, who is minoring in journalism, said he thinks it will be very beneficial to listen to Donaldson speak.\n"I think that it is really a good idea to have someone of that stature come to speak," Gibson said. "It is great exposure for journalism students to see someone who is really successful in that field"
(09/13/00 5:23am)
At www.iuexchange.com, a student-run Web site that opened Aug. 15, students are given the chance to buy and sell textbooks, CDs, sports equipment, tickets, cars and a list of other items. \nStudents can place what they would like to sell on the site, and then those who are interested would bid on the item ' in essence an online auction. Junior informatics major, Pete Sanidas is credited for coming up with the idea.\n"I saw this as a way to fill needs that needed to be met, and I am always thinking of things like that," Sanidas said. "Doing things like this is what I do and what I want to do in the future."\nThis site is not affiliated or associated with IU and there is no fee for using this service. There are additional fees, which are optional, only for the enhancement of selling products. \nStudents can pay with their credit card or have an invoice mailed to them with the amount they owe. \n"We have very good software from the same company that does Bidbay, which is competitors with ebay," Sanidas said. "There will never be an issue with us of not being able to handle transactions."\nThe inspiration for this site was the idea of being able to buy and sell old textbooks, junior Chris Brunt said. He also helped in developing and working on this site.\n"We are fed up with paying ridiculous prices and selling our books back for a ridiculous price," Brunt said.\n"This site can be useful to everyone in Bloomington, and people will benefit from it, but we want to keep this local," he said.\nThere has been a lot of time, effort and dedication put into this site and Brunt is a little overwhelmed by it all.\n"It has been a lot more work than I thought it would be, especially now that school has started, but I am still glad I did it," he said.\nStudents are excited about trying out the site.\n"It seems really good because bookstores screw you," freshman Erin Jeffery said. "I totally would consider using it, especially if you would get more money for your books than from the bookstore."\nSophomore Janel Kobi is a little uncertain about the site.\n"I would be doubtful until the first time I used it and saw how it works, because the bookstore is more of a sure thing when you need books in a crunch," Kobi said. "However, if it becomes a secure transaction and saves you money then I would try it."\nThe future for www.iuexchange.com looks promising as long as people use it.\n"There is no reason we are ever going to shut down unless new technologies come along and make it obsolete," Sanidas said.
(09/08/00 5:23am)
Walking through hordes of people, whose faces all blur together, students make their way through campus and arrive at intended destinations ' unaware of who or what they have passed.\nIn the hustle and bustle of everyday life it is often easy to forget who does all the things to make life on campus more exciting and invigorating. Most of the student body never have a chance to meet these people. \nBut with senior Mike Gosman's dedication to IU, he is bound to leave a legacy.\nGosman is a history major from Milwaukee, Wis. and has been the Union Board president since January. But he has been involved with the board since his freshman year when his older brother, an IU student, told him about UB as a way to get involved. Before he became president Gosman was on the lecture committee.\n"I have had a really positive experience with Union Board, and I got to coordinate the Bob Knight lecture, which hadn't occurred for five years," Gosman said. "I got to announce Bob Knight at Assembly Hall mid-way through my sophomore year, which was the first time I spoke in public. After I was involved with that I was hooked. My fate was sealed to get more involved with the board."\nUnion Board is the largest student programming board on campus that plans all types of events, Gosman said. A few of the areas UB concentrates on are concerts, lectures, films, Late Night at the IMU, Live from Bloomington and more.\nGosman said he has many goals left to obtain during his time as president.\n"One of my goals is to create as wide of a variety of programs as I can since there are over 30,000 students," he said. "I want there to be a program that every student can identify with on campus. What gives me the greatest pleasure is looking at the audience at our events and seeing people gaining something from being there."\nHe would also like to increase awareness of UB, and what they are all about, he said.\n "When someone sees that it is a Union Board event, I want it to be something that they will want to attend," Gosman said. "My hope is that when students leave this campus, and when they look back, they will remember the events like the forum."\nVaughn W. Allen, a junior and director of public relations for UB, said Gosman is a hard worker and very professional at his job.\n "When you look around at the new things Union Board has done this year ' IU Late Night, Late Night busing, IDS columns, relations with administration, IDS coverage and several projects that are in progress, you can see how much he has contributed," Allen said. "Largely because of his tireless work, Union Board will be a stronger organization than it was when he got here. We are lucky to have such a leader."\nOthers give credit to him for their positive experiences with UB.\n"He was my first contact with Union Board last year, and he soon became one of the closest people I worked with," said sophomore Justin Guild, director of Campus Forum for UB. "I am quite sure that if it wasn't for Mike, my position on Union Board today or the experiences I have shared with others while being on the board would not exist. He has this tremendous ability to motivate others and see what it is they are striving for."\nThis job keeps him busy, but Gosman still makes time for academics, a social life and sports. He loves IU basketball and the Green Bay Packers.\n"It's a balancing act," he said. "When I have less time to do things, I make better use of my time."\nAllen said he is good at everything on and off of the job.\n"What's funny about Mike is that he appears to be such a teddy bear," Allen said. "So whenever we'd compete, at pool, cards, basketball or anything else, I'd expect to beat him. But he handily defeats me every time. The guy's just good at everything."\nHis friends see him as a happy guy who is always willing to help others.\n"I have known Mike for about 2 1/2 years now, and he is one of the best friends I have met at college," Ken House, vice president for programming, said. "He is entertaining, outgoing, and always has a smile on his face. He is someone I can trust and count on to get the job done."\nSenior Jeff Zuckerman, concerts director for UB, said he is hilariously funny.\n"His wit is so subtle, it often passes over a head or two, but eventually we all end up in stitches," Zuckerman said.\nIn spite of the busy schedule, Gosman maintains he has never lost sight of what he is here to do, Allen said.\n"He's never hogged the spotlight or sought recognition. It's as though he never did this for himself; it feels like he did all of this for the sake of Union Board and for the betterment of the IU campus," Allen said. "Mike has been truly selfless, and I have a profound respect for him"
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A new school emerged on campus this year for the first time in more than 25 years. The School of Informatics is now open to students for undergraduate degrees.\nThe school teaches about information technology applied to solving human problems, said Michael Dunn, dean of informatics.\n"We are one of a handful of a new breed information technology schools," Dunn said. "We concentrate more on the use, and we have had tremendous cooperation with other units on campus such as computer science, school of library (science) and other information technology related units."\nStudents who choose to major in informatics will apply this knowledge to other disciplines that they have chosen such as journalism, computer science, cognitive science, geography, interior design and many more.\nThe school is lobbying the legislature for more money, Dunn said. He said the legislature should be interested because informatics will play an important role in educating students for the new economy.\n"It is exciting to take a concept and actually give it shape with detailed courses and curriculum and finding people to implement these things," Dunn said. "Plus, it is exciting to find interested students."\nThe school only offers lower level courses, but that should change in the near future.\n"This year we are offering classes largely at freshman and sophomore levels," Dunn said. "Next year we plan to phase in junior, senior and masters level. We are just taking these things one step at a time."\nSome critics of the school say it might not be teaching the right things.\n"I worry that the School of Informatics doesn't belong at a first-rate research university, as Indiana University is supposed to be," said Gail Hanson, a distinguished physics professor. "Is it carrying out forefront research in areas of computer science, information technology or related areas, or is it teaching students how to design Web pages, which is something that could be done at a two-year junior college or community college? Perhaps it is too early to tell."\nSome of the courses offered include I101: Introduction to Informatics, I110: Basic Tools of Informatics, I201: Math Foundations of Informatics and I400: Technology and Business: Making the Marriage Work.\n"We have a total of 180 students enrolled in introduction to informatics with three sections being taught this semester," department secretary Wendy Elliot said. "Also, basic tools of informatics has been divided into two eight-week sessions."\nAssociate professor Gregory Rawlins, who teaches Introduction to Informatics, said the course is going well and students are enjoying it.\n"The students are pretty open, and we have had interesting discussions with it only being the first week of school," Rawlins said.\nFreshman Clay Earley, one of Rawlin's students, said he likes the class, which he views as one of many steps to getting a guaranteed job once he graduates.\n"Nowadays, you can get a job anywhere with the qualities this degree has," Clay said. "The professor is really into getting everyone involved."\nSome students took the class out of curiosity.\n"I wanted to see what it is all about," freshman Cory Steger said. "It seems like it may be a little hard, but it will be useful, and I would recommend it to other students."\nEnrollment has been high this semester, leaving some students on a waitlist.\n"I have always had two concerns: one being not enough students and the other having too many, and it looks like it will be the last one," Dunn said.\nTo deal with the high number of students who want to participate, the school will offer more sections in the spring.\n"I am excited about being a part of something new," Rawlins said. "You get to be a pioneer certain to make mistakes, but certain to learn something from these new experiences"