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What's Up
Monday
Special Health Services:
Free and anonymous HIV testing
is available on campus. Call 775-
J064 for more information.
TAMU Roadrunners:
Meet Sunday through Thursday at
S:30 p.m. in front of G. Rollie
White coliseum for group runs.
iCallSteve at 823-1334.
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International Studies Soci
ety: Runoff elections and planning
for next year at 7 p.m. in 507 Rud
der. Call Eleanor at 693-4597.
NAAGP: General meeting
jin 225 MSC at 8 p.m. Call Lovely
jit 847-7373.
Texas Environmental Ac-
jtion Coalition: Elections with
together after; bring food in
1202 Francis at 7:30 p.m. Call
'James at 693-728 1.
Keathley Hall. “Meet your
exec” hall meeting at 7:30 in 305
Call Sarah at 847-6307.
Call Amboy Duke at 847-5406.
Society of Educational Ad
ministration: Paul Samsonov, a
cultural exchange student studying
in the department of educational
administration, will hold a conver
sation about his homeland (Belarus,
a republic of the former USSR)
slide shows in 225 Harrington
from 11:30 a.m.-l2:15 p.m.
Tuesday
Breakaway: A weekly, non-
denominational Bible Study at First
Baptist Church in College Station at
9 p.m. Call Gregg at 693-9869.
Student Counseling Ser
vice: African American Support
group in Henderson Hall from 5-
6:30 p.m. Call Dr. Williams at
845-4427.
Alcoholics Anonymous:
Open, nonsmoking meeting at
noon. See monitor at MSC for loca
tion or call 845-0280 or 847-9252.
feathley.
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Engineers Student Chapter:
Presentation by Tom Williams and
Doug Williams about transporta
tion related issues on the TAMU
campus in 1 1 0 Koldus at 5:30
p.m. Call Angie at 845-9949.
KANM 99.9 FM Cable:
Amboy Duke presents Jewish Fly
guys: The Final Frontier from 4-
6 p.m. on KANM 99.9 FM Cable.
R io Brazos Audubon
Meeting: Martin Reed, owner of
Martin Travel in Fort Worth and
organizer of birding tours, will
speak at 7:30 p.m in 102 College
Station Conference Center. Call
Bert at 846-9042 or 693-3214.
TAMU Waterski Club:
Mandatory meeting discussing
summer skiing at 8:30 p.m. in 501
Rudder. Call Todd at 693-3843.
Orthodox Student Organi
zation: Final church service of
the year with Father Jim in All
Faith’s Chapel at 5:15 p.m. Cal
Nicholas at 847- 3484.
Jesus Is Alive Christian
Fellowship: Fellowship,
prayer, sharing the word at 8
p.m. at All Faith’s Chapel. Call
Tony at 845-1 680.
Mexican Student Associa
tion: Elections, summer plans,
picnic in 106 Richardson at 7
p.m. Call Argentina at 845- 1121.
Women’s Studies
Program: Geeta Rama Seshan
(^Eisenhower Fellow) will speak on
‘^Gender Justice in Contemporary
India” at 3 p.m. in 326 Academic.
Call 845-7994.
Semper Fi Society: Staff
Elections at Course D at 7:30 p.m.
Call Wade at 693-6776.
Math Society: Officer elec
tions in 317 Milner at 6:30 p.m.
Call Julie at 845-3045.
What’s Up is a Battalion
service that lists non-profit
student and faculty events
and activities. Items should
be submitted no later than
three days in advance of the
desired run date. Applica
tion deadlines and notices
are not events and will not
be run in What’s Up. If you
have any questions, please
call the newsroom at 845-
3313.
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E-mail stalker’s threats become reality
Die Associated Press
EL PASO — A computer “stalker” is apparently
arning E-mail threats into reality.
Two families have told police that messages sent
a their teen-age sons on a local computer bulletin
sard have been followed by destructive acts against
fmily vehicles.
In both cases, the threats were made by “Hydro,” a
nickname used on an electronic bulletin boam shared
kya small group of El Paso teen-agers.
One of the families, from the west side of El Paso,
have told police that threats to their son preceded two
family vans being torched.
The most recent fire was Friday, when the family
awoke at 3 a.m. to find their 1994 Dodge Caravan
aflame. Taped to a rock outside their home was a
computer note: “HYDRO IZ GOD.”
“It’s strange, and it’s very scary,” said Rio Grande
Free Net operator Don Furtn, who operates at the El
Paso Community College. “These local bulletin
boards are very busy at nights.
“There are a lot of people who sit in their rooms,
and they’re so wrappea up in this virtual environment
they’ve created,” he said.
Police reports show a second family, from north
east El Paso, also received threats from a computer
user nicknamed “Hydro,” and found the windows of
their Isuzu smashed March 23.
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Computing Toolbox
A weekly column dedicated to computing at Texas A&M
j\.s we learned last week, a Local Area
Network (LAN) is a type of computer
network at Texas A&M, and a network
can be thought of as an “infonnation
lighway.” Since many organizations and/
or workgroups at Texas A&M work
together, it's important that electronic
communications be set up between them
so they can transfer files, data, and elec
tronic mail. Texas A&M's campus net
work accomplishes this.
The campus network consists of a
backbone network (the large, sturdy part
of Texas A&M's highway) connecting
most buildings on campus. Each building
is considered a LAN that connects com
puting resources such as personal comput
ers, printers, workstations, ett., located in
the same general area.
Three widely used LAN technologies
are called “token ring,” “Ethernet,” and
“FDD1” (Fiber Distributed Data Inter
face). Token ring networks are not widely
used at TAMU. Ethernet connects com
puter systems with coaxial, twisted pair,
or fiber-optic cable. Until a few years ago,
Ethernet was the best solution for a
computing network. It would allow a data
transmission rate (the maximum speed
limit on the highway) of ten million bits
per second, or 10 Mbps. By comparison,
the data rate over a high-speed modem
over a phone line is currently 14.4 Kbps
(14,400 bits per second); this standard will
soon increase to 28.8 Kbps.
At Computing and Information Services
(CIS) we have begun to use Fiber Distrib
uted Data Interface (FDDI) for the campus
network backbone. FDDI is a type of
network that uses fiber-optics as the
physical transmission medium. Fiber-
optics delivers a clearer and more secure
signal and allows a speed limit ten times
higher (100Mbps) than Ethernet.
In August 1993, CIS network technicians
replaced the campus Ethernet network
backbone and installed an FDDI network
backbone. The benefits of its speed, band
width, and distance will last a long time.
There are currently four FDDI rings on the
Texas A&M campus: a Main campus ring,
a West campus ring, a ring connecting the
two, and a ring maintained by the Depart
ment of Computer Science. Feeding build
ings directly from FDDI rings increases
performance and improves reliability.
CIS would like to provide many more
network connections across campus. Long
term plans include individual connections
in dorm rooms and a FDDI backbone for
every building. Future plans also include
replacing all existing thinwire (a type of
coaxial cable) with more reliable twisted
pair ethernet. FDDI and Ethernet will
continue to copiplement one another for
several years to handle network speed
requirements.
Rheingold says in his book Virtual
Reality, “the world is going to be webbed
with fiber-optic bundles...carrying informa
tion back and forth across town, continent,
or hemisphere in large amounts fairly
quickly. Until the speed of light barrier is
broken, [only] the physical size of the
planet precludes a truly instantaneous on
line shared cyberspace.”
Ask the Computing Wizard
(?: Where can I get
more information about
our campus network?
A: The Network
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) is
available on Gopher at gopher.tamu.edu or
via anonymous FTP from net.tamu.edu. The
Network FAQ covers many aspects of the
network including modems, SLIP/PPP,
obtaining connections, and more.
Q: Where can I get a map of the cam
pus network?
A: A postscript version of the campus
network is available via anonymous FTP
from net.tamu.edu. As the campus network
grows constantly, the map becomes out
dated. Each map has a date on it to indicate
when it was last updated.
Please send comments, topic suggcsUons, and questions for
the Computing Wizard to SUGGEST@TAMU.EDU or call
845-9325. We want your input!.
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