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The Battalion Monday, April 21,1 ■VERy BESI yEHRS' fROM IHEIR DEBUI JUBUM, ,10 SHAH BO.’ H KALEIDOSCOPE fOR 1HE EARS. OBl'CEC By JACK JOSEPH PillB. HANAGEHEN1; HAPPEN EN1NEP/V.E.H Computing Toolbox A weekly column dedicated to computing at Texas A&M In early 1992, a new creature began burrowing its way around Texas A&M. This friendly critter, called Gopher, helps you browse many of the resources on the local campus network or on the worldwide Internet. Texas A&M’s Gopher provides easy access to endless amounts of information. You can use Gopher to do such things as: • Find out what University events are happening on any given day. • Look up faculty, student or staff phone numbers, electronic mail addresses and office locations. • View current and archived issues of campus newsletters such as the Fortnightly, System News, Computing News. • Access NOTIS, FirstSearch, TEXSearch and the Evans Library Archives. • Check out current campus employment opportunities and job descriptions. • Read up on computer resource information. • See what the local and national weather forecasts and current conditions are. Because Gopher is a tool used on the Internet at thousands of other locations, the amount of information available is unbelievable. Besides information pertaining to a particular geographical area, Gopher servers also specialize in medi cine, science, commerce, government, entertainment and other special interests. Gopher servers deliver text, index searches, still images, audio, public domain software all over the world. With Gopher, you can: • Learn what earthquakes took place yesterday. • Read today’s student newspaper from a school 2,000 miles away. • Pick up a quote from Paradise Lost for a term paper. • Read city council meeting minutes from Wellington, New Zealand. • Listen to the final U.S. Presidential Debate of 1992. • Read about the Human Genome Project. • Learn about federal grants. • Download public domain software. These examples are a tiny sampling of the information Gopher can deliver. The fantastic thing about Gopher is that you don’t need to be a computer geek to use it. Gopher is easy to access and easy to use. Ifyou have a VM, Open VMS/VAX or UNIX account, after logging on type Gopher to access Gopher’s main menu. If you're a student, and you don’t have an account, use ACCESS to create one. (Call 845-4217 for information.) If you don't have an account, you can access Gopher from the computers in most of the microcomputer labs on campus. If you have a computer that is connected to the campus network via Ethernet, you can install the Gopher software on your machine. Once you've accessed Gopher, a list of menu options ap pears. You can choose menu items until you come across the appropriate information, or you can use VERONICA (the Gopher search engine) to do a local or world wide search for any word or combination of words. If you have questions about using Gopher, or if you, your department, or your organization would like to make informa tion available on Gopher, send e- mail to gopher@tamu.edu or call Sam Fleitman at 845-6903 or Dawn Lee at 847-9368. Ask the ComDutinq Wizard How do I move around in Gopherspace? A) Each client is a little differ ent, but gener ally, the arrow keys and re turn key will allow you to choose various menu items. Q) What can I do if I stumble across a document that I want to read later? A) You can either save the document to your hard drive or your account and then print the document if you would like. Or, select a bookmark at that location in Gopherspace. Then, whenever you would 1 iks to go back to that document, you can choose that item from your bookmark list and go directly to that menu item. For more information on bookmarks, choose ‘About Gopher’ from the root Gopher Q) Is there a list of what information if available through Gopher? A) No! The amount of information is virtually endless. New documents, images, etc., are made available on a daily basis. Trying to compile such a list would be like trying to summarize an encyclopedia set. Upcoming Events The following free short courses will be presented in the upcoming weeks: Introduction to Processing on the Cray (Pt. one) April 4, 3:00p.m. - 5:00p.m., 039 Wisenbaker Introduction to Processing on the Cray (Pt. two) April 6, 3:00p.m. - 5:00p.m., 039 Wisenbaker Open VMS/Vax New User Orientation April 7, 6:00p.m. - 7:00p.m., 223A Zachary Open VMS/Vax Operating System April 7, 7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m., 223A Zachery The Multimedia of CIS also offers the following classes for a small fee. Call the Multimedia at 845-9999 to make reservations for these classes: Microsoft PowerPoint (Apple) April 18, 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m., 002 Teague, $15 Aldus Persuasion (Apple) April 19, 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m., 002 Teague, $15 MacroMedia Director (Apple) April 20, 1:00p.m. - 4:30p.m., 002 Teague, $25 Microsoft Powerpoint (IBM) April 21, 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m., 218 Teague, $15 Aldus Persuasion (IBM) April 22, 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m., 218 Teague, $15 Please send comments, suggestions, and questions for the Computing Wizard to SUGGEST@TAMU.EDU or call 845-9325. Page 8 Remembering the resurrection The Tex, njent Judici issued agai: peared on Cadets last ^ ■ Michael recommen of a technii Accordii gulations NW/’/icfc didates for Resurrection Week came to an end Thursday as hundreds of people gathered in front of RudderFc j ^ '^Ye^kn tain to watch a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ. This meet — point that Citizens Continued from Page 1 Garcia, who has tested HIV-positive, told the attor ney and immigration officials he had been harassed, beaten and raped by Mexican police, as well as ostra cized by Mexican citizens. In these cases, an asylum officer must determine if the person has a credible fear for returning to his homeland, Everett said. After making this decision, the asylum officer has the authority to grant asylum. Sands said the process can be long and tedious. “Every application is scrutinized very heavily,” Sands said. "1 through the pro In Garcia’s ca service in Mexi< with law official Biere was takes a long time tor one:: inhere. M ss ” Hat the re; , he had many years of AIDS-rt* and had a long history of ral including beatings and rapes "Coupling that with evidence of general Met™ government laws and attitudes toward AIDS ec.fl tion, the asylum officer in this case determine;]-: person had a credible fear,” Everett said. Everett said the decision sets a precedent. “Everything that is new sets a precedent," he "Every new decision in the immigration servicesfij precedent and in immigration law, everything isnw "Chances arc that if other people in similarsr: lions find out about it, it may nolster their case." Tei Election Continued from Page 1 Corps member, was elected to the third senior yell leader spot. Ashby said he is grateful the elections are over. “The negative connotations that went with the elections are behind us,” he said. "1 have no hard feelings toward one person or any group.” Whitaker also said he is relieved the campaigning and elections are over, and he is sorry that a few people had the effect they did on the elections. “I’ve known Trent for seven years now,” Whitaker said. "He’ll make a great yell leader.” Ashby said because the: leaders represent the entire!]:: versity, it is important for their; act as a team and to uphold values of the school. “I want everybody to thin! the yell leaders as a team and expect this coming year toiu; exciting year,” he said, {Jexcis A8JVC University Xoadrunners' and CKessina 3foJ present.. Paul ' on M Pi Prc Run £JRru tfie Dines By Kim ] The Batt Dr. L for the honore hosted Mobley. He h mtervie versity vacant s ley wa: year. Proe day in the A&l P, The As 5X&10X Sat, AprifSO, 19<54 DEI Monda here at Soh loaded tor ont Aftt foande to take the Ga: For little t streets fotenti new c will n< So sign o with s the w c hase Woun L “v\
